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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Four

Seenaa Dhokataa Keeyyata Afurtamaa – Lakkoofsa Afur

Testing and Triumph: The Formation of the Image of the Beast and the Sealing of the Wise

Qoramtii fi Injifannoo: Ijaarsa Fakkii Bineensaa fi Mallattoo Qajeelota Ogeessotaa irratti Cufamuu

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 23, 2024

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The prophetic line which illustrates the testing represented by the formation of the image of the beast in the United States runs parallel with the three waymarks that represent the line of the Constitution. They run parallel to each other and they contribute specific information that addresses the other line. How is it that those who pass the image of the beast test will then be prepared to walk in the light that proceeds from the throne-room of God, during the time of persecution that begins at the Sunday law in the United States? What is it about the test of the formation of the image of the beast that seals the wise virgins into an experience which allows them to navigate through the period of persecution that begins at the Sunday law, when national apostasy is followed by national ruin, and Satan begins his marvelous works?

Sararni raajii Ameerikaa keessatti bifa bineensichaa ijaaruu irraa kan bakka buufame qormaata agarsiisu, sarara heera mootummaa bakka bu’an mallattoowwan sadan wajjin wal cina dhaabbata. Isaan wal cina deemu; tokkoon tokkoon isaanii immoo odeeffannoo addaa sarara isa kaan ilaallatu ni gumaachu. Akkamitti warri qormaata bifa bineensichaa darbatan yeroo ari’atamni seera Dilbataa Ameerikaa keessatti jalqabu keessa, ifa teessoo mootummaa Waaqayyoo irraa ba’u keessatti akka deeman qophaa’u? Qormaata ijaarsa bifa bineensichaa keessa maaltu durboota ogeeyyii muuxannoo tokko keessatti cufu, muuxannoon sunis yeroo seera Dilbataa jalqabutti, yeroo gantummaan mootummaa biyyaalessaa badiisa mootummaa biyyaalessaatiin hordofamu, Seexannis hojii isaa dinqisiisaa jalqabu keessatti, yeroo ari’atamaa sana keessa akka qajeelanii ce’an isaan dandeessisu?

> “It is impossible to give any idea of the experience of the people of God who shall be alive upon the earth when celestial glory and a repetition of the persecutions of the past are blended. They will walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. By means of the angels there will be constant communication between heaven and earth. And Satan, surrounded by evil angels, and claiming to be God, will work miracles of all kinds, to deceive, if possible, the very elect.” Testimonies, volume 9, 16.

> “Yeroo ulfinni samii fi irra-deebi’inni ari’atama yeroo darbee walitti makaman, muuxannoo saba Waaqayyoo isa yeroo sana lafarratti jiraatu yaada kennuuf jechuun hin danda’amu. Isaan ifa teessoo mootummaa Waaqayyoo keessaa ba’uun deemu. Karaa ergamootaa, samii fi lafa gidduutti wal-qunnamtiin yeroo hundumaa ni jiraata. Seexanni immoo, ergamoota hamootiin marfamee, ofii isaa Waaqayyo ta’uu dubbachaa, warra filatamoo mataa isaanii illee yoo danda’ame gowwoomsuuf, dinqiiwwan gosa hundumaa ni hojjeta.” Testimonies, volume 9, 16.

Sister White comments on the message Christ presented in the synagogue in Capernaum recorded in John chapter six. Her comments are in The Desire of Ages, in the chapter titled The Crisis in Galilee. There she emphasizes that Christ made no effort to prevent the rebellion that occured in John six, though He knew full well He would lose more disciples then than at any other time in His ministry among men.

Obboleettiin Wiyaayitii waaʼee ergaa Kiristoos mana sagadaa Qifirnaahoom keessatti dhiheesse, kan Yohaannis boqonnaa jaʼa keessatti galmeeffame irratti yaada kenniti. Yaadni ishee kitaaba The Desire of Ages keessatti, boqonnaa The Crisis in Galilee jedhamuun argama. Achittis isheen akka cimsitu, Kiristoos fincila Yohaannis 6 keessatti uumame ittisuuf yaalii tokko illee hin goone; kunis yeroo sana keessa tajaajila Isaa namoota gidduutti raawwate keessatti yeroo kam iyyuu caalaa bartoota hedduu akka dhabuu Isaa guutummaatti beekus taʼeera.

> “When Jesus presented the testing truth that caused so many of His disciples to turn back, He knew what would be the result of His words; but He had a purpose of mercy to fulfill. He foresaw that in the hour of temptation every one of His beloved disciples would be severely tested. His agony in Gethsemane, His betrayal and crucifixion, would be to them a most trying ordeal. Had no previous test been given, many who were actuated by merely selfish motives would have been connected with them. When their Lord was condemned in the judgment hall; when the multitude who had hailed Him as their king hissed at Him and reviled Him; when the jeering crowd cried, ‘Crucify Him!’—when their worldly ambitions were disappointed, these self-seeking ones would, by renouncing their allegiance to Jesus, have brought upon the disciples a bitter, heart-burdening sorrow, in addition to their grief and disappointment in the ruin of their fondest hopes. In that hour of darkness, the example of those who turned from Him might have carried others with them. But Jesus brought about this crisis while by His personal presence He could still strengthen the faith of His true followers.

> “Yeroo Yesus dhugaa qormaata taʼe, isa bartoonni Isaa keessaa baayʼeen duubatti deebiʼan, dhiheesse, buʼaan dubbii Isaa maal akka taʼu ni beeka ture; garuu inni kaayyoo araaraa raawwachuuf qabu qaba ture. Inni dursee arge yeroo qoramaa sana bartoonni Isaa jaallatamoon hundinuu akka ciminaan qorataman. Dhiphina Isaa keessatti Geetseemanee, dabarfamee kennamuun Isaa fi fannifamuun Isaa, isaanii biratti qormaata baayʼee ulfaataa taʼa ture. Osoo qormaanni duraan kenname hin jiraanne taʼee, namoonni kakaʼumsa ofittummaa qofaatiin sochoʼan baayʼeen isaanii wajjin walitti hidhatanii turan. Yeroo Gooftaan isaanii mana murtii keessatti yakki irratti murtaaʼe; yeroo tuutni isa akka mootii isaaniitti simatan isatti qonyee isa arrabsan; yeroo uummanni qoosan, ‘Isa fannisaa!’ jechuun iyyan—yeroo hawwiin isaanii biyya lafaa ni fashalaaʼe, warri of barbaadan kun amanamummaa isaanii Yesusiif qaban mormuudhaan, gadda hadhaaʼaa garaa baʼaa, gadda isaanii fi abdii isaanii isa isaan baayʼee jaallatan badiisa keessatti argamuun irraa kaʼeetti dabalanii, bartoota irratti fidu turan. Yeroo dukkanaaʼaa sana keessatti, fakkeenyi warra isa irraa deebiʼanii namoota biroos isaanii wajjin harkisee fudhachuu dandaʼa ture. Garuu Yesus inumaayyuu yeroo Inni argama Isaa dhuunfaatiin amantii hordoftoota Isaa dhugaa taʼan cimsuu dandaʼutti, rakkoo kana akka uumamu godhe.”

> “Compassionate Redeemer, who in the full knowledge of the doom that awaited Him, tenderly smoothed the way for the disciples, prepared them for their crowning trial, and strengthened them for the final test!” The Desire of Ages, 394.

> “Fayyisaa Gara-laafessa, kan badiisa Isa eeggatu guutummaatti beekee utuu jiruu, karaa bartoota isaatiif gara laafinaan qopheesse, qormaata isaanii isa olaanaa ta’eef isaan qopheesse, akkasumas qormaata isa dhumaa sanaaf isaan jabeesse!” The Desire of Ages, 394.

The Sunday law is the final test where character is manifested. Before the final test Christ, who never changes, allows a test by which His people’s eternal destiny will be decided. It is a test they must pass before they are sealed, and before their probation closes at the Sunday law. It is a prophetic test that prepares the wise virgins “for their crowning trial, and strengthens them for the final test!” Their “crowning trial” is their crowning test, for the wise virgins are those who are “purified, made white and tried.” The final test is their crowning trial, and in that testing time, the wise virgins “will walk in light proceeding from the throne of God”. What is it within the testing process represented as “the formation of the image of the beast” that prepares the wise virgins for the crowning trial and allows them to walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. What is the light that proceeds from the throne of God?

Seerri Dilbataa qoricha dhumaa isa keessatti amala namaa mulʼifamudha. Qormaata dhumaa dura, Kiristoos inni matumaan hin jijjiiramne qormaata tokko ni eeyyama; isa kanaan mootummaa bara baraa saba Isaa ni murtaaʼa. Qormaata kana isaan osoo hin mallatteeffamin dura, akkasumas osoo balballi araara isaanii Seera Dilbataatiin hin cufamin dura darbuu qabu. Inni qormaata raajii ogeessota durboota “qormaata isaanii isa gonfoo taʼeef” qopheessu, akkasumas “qormaata dhumaatiif isaan jabeessu” dha! “Qormaanni isaanii isa gonfoo taʼe” qormaata isaanii isa olaanaa dha; sababiin isaas, durboonni ogeeyyiin warra “qulqulleeffaman, adii taʼanii fi qorataman” dha. Qormaanni dhumaa qormaata isaanii isa gonfoo taʼe dha; yeroo qormaataa sana keessatti, durboonni ogeeyyiin “ifti teessoo mootummaa Waaqayyoo irraa baʼu keessa ni deemu”. Adeemsa qormaataa keessatti isa “fakkeenya bineensaa uumamuu” jedhamuun bakka buufame keessaa maaltu durboota ogeeyyii qormaata isa gonfoo taʼeef qopheessa, akkasumas ifa teessoo mootummaa Waaqayyoo irraa baʼu keessatti akka isaan deeman ni taasisa? Ifni teessoo mootummaa Waaqayyoo irraa baʼu sun maal dha?

> And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Revelation 8:1–5.

> Inni inni chaapphaa torbaffaa banetti, yeroo walakkaa saʼaatii taʼuuf samii keessatti callisni taʼe. Anis ergamoota torban warra fuula Waaqayyoo dura dhaabbatan nan arge; isaanittis malakata torban kennaman. Ergamaan kan biraas dhufee, iddoo aarsaatti dhaabate; inni ixaana mootummaa warqee qaba ture; innis kadhannaa qulqulloota hundumaa wajjin iddoo aarsaa warqee kan teessoo mootummaa dura jiru irratti akka dhiʼeessuuf ixaanni baayʼeen isaaf kenname. Aaraan ixaanaa, inni kadhannaa qulqullootaa wajjin ture, harka ergamichaa keessaa fuula Waaqayyoo duratti ol baʼe. Ergamaan sunis mootummaa sana fuudhee, ibidda iddoo aarsaa irraa guutee gara lafaatti darbate; sagaleewwan, qaqawweensota, balaqqeessaawwan, fi kirkirri lafaa taʼan. Mulʼata Yohaannis 8:1–5.

In the last days, in the period where the parable of the ten virgins is being fulfilled and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are being sealed, the seventh seal is unsealed and it identifies fire being cast to the earth in answer to the prayers of the saints. The fire that is cast down in the final and perfect fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins is the message of the midnight cry, as typified by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the Exeter camp meeting, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, which was there represented as fire. Notice Sister White’s commentary on the message of the midnight cry.

Bara dhuma bara dhufaatti, yeroo fakkeenyi durboota kudhanii raawwatamaa jiruu fi kumni dhibba tokkoo fi afurtamii afur mallatteeffamaa jiran keessatti, chaappaan torbaffaan banamee, inni ibidda kadhannaa qulqullootaatiif deebii taʼee gara lafaatti darbatamu adda baasa. Ibidda guutummaa fi raawwii mudaa hin qabne fakkeenya durboota kudhanii keessatti gadi buufamu, akkuma dhangalaʼuun Hafuura Qulqulluu walgaʼii qubannaa Exeter irratti taʼeen fakkeeffamee fi dhangalaʼuun Hafuura Qulqulluu guyyaa Pheenxeqoosxee keessatti, isa achitti ibidda jechuun bakka buufamee, ergaa iyyata halkan keessaa ti. Ilaalaa ibsa Obboleettii White ergaa iyyata halkan keessaa irratti kennite.

> “Those who rejected the first message could not be benefited by the second; neither were they benefited by the midnight cry, which was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. And by rejecting the two former messages, they have so darkened their understanding that they can see no light in the third angel’s message, which shows the way into the most holy place. I saw that as the Jews crucified Jesus, so the nominal churches had crucified these messages, and therefore they have no knowledge of the way into the most holy, and they cannot be benefited by the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered their useless sacrifices, they offer up their useless prayers to the apartment which Jesus has left; and Satan, pleased with the deception, assumes a religious character, and leads the minds of these professed Christians to himself, working with his power, his signs and lying wonders, to fasten them in his snare.” Early Writings, 259.

> “Warri jalqabaa jalqabaa fudhatan, ergaa lammaffaa irraa faayidaa argachuu hin dandeenye; akkasumas iyya halkan walakkaa, kan amantii keessaa Yesuus wajjin iddoo qulqulluu irra caalaa qulqulluu ta’e mana qulqullummaa samii keessa seenuuf isaan qopheessu, irraa illee faayidaa hin arganne. Ergaawwan lamaan duraa sanas fudhachuu diduudhaan, hubannaa isaanii hamma dukkaneessaniiru; kanaafis ifa ergaa ergamaa sadaffaa, isa karaa gara iddoo qulqulluu irra caalaa qulqulluu ta’e agarsiisu, keessaa arguu hin danda’an. Ani akkan arge, akkuma Yihudoonni Yesuusin fannisanitti, waldoonni maqaa qofaatiin Kiristaana ta’anis ergaawwan kana fannisan; kanaafis karaa gara iddoo qulqulluu irra caalaa qulqulluu ta’e sanaatti beekumsa hin qaban, achittis araara gidduu-seensaa Yesuus irraa faayidaa argachuu hin danda’an. Akkuma Yihudoonni aarsaa isaanii faayidaa hin qabne dhiheessan sana, isaanis kadhannaa isaanii faayidaa hin qabne gara kutaa Yesuus keessaa ba’e sanaatti ol dhiheessu; Seexannis, gowwoomsichaatti gammadee, amala amantii of irratti fudhata; humna isaa, mallattoolee isaa, fi dinqii sobaa isaa hojjetaachaa, yaada warra Kiristaana ta’uu isaanii himatan kana gara isaatti geessa, kiyyoo isaa keessatti isaan cimsee qabachuuf.” Early Writings, 259.

In the Millerite history the test of the message of the midnight cry “was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary.” The message of the midnight cry that is now being developed is also represented as the testing of the formation of the image of the beast. They are both the test that leads to the close of probation where character is manifested. When the Millerites entered into the Most Holy Place by faith, their faith was once again tested. The faith of the one hundred and forty-four thousand will be tested at the Sunday law, but they are promised that they will be safe, for they will walk “in the light proceeding from” the seventh seal, which was opened when the message of the midnight cry began to be unsealed in July of 2023.

Seenaa Miilarayit keessatti qormaanni ergaa iyya halkan walakkaa jedhu “amantii isaanii irratti hundaaʼuudhaan Yesus wajjin Gara Iddoo Hundumaa Caalaa Qulqulluu Mana Qulqullummaa samii keessaatti akka seenan qopheessuuf ture.” Ergaan iyya halkan walakkaa amma guddachaa jiru immoo akkasumas akka qormaata uumamuu fakkii bineensichaa taʼetti bakka buʼee dhihaata. Isaan lamaan iyyuu qormaata yeroo balballi araaraa cufamutti geessu, iddoo achitti amala namootaa mulʼifamu dha. Yommuu Miilarayitonni amantiidhaan Gara Iddoo Hundumaa Caalaa Qulqulluu seenan, amantiin isaanii ammas irra deebiʼamee qoratame. Amantiin dhibba tokkoo fi afurtamii afur kumaa seera Dilbataatti ni qoratama; garuu isaan nagaa akka taʼan abdachiifamaniiru, sababiin isaas isaan “ifa chaappaa torbaffaadhaa baʼuun” keessa ni adeemu; chaappaan sunis yeroo ergaan iyya halkan walakkaa jiʼa Adoolessa bara 2023 keessa hiikamuun jalqabutti baname ture.

The message that was unsealed at that time is established through the methodology of line upon line, which is the methodology of the latter rain. The latter rain began to sprinkle in 2001, and the final testing of Adventism began. In July of 2023 the final period in the testing process that concludes at the Sunday law began when the message of the midnight cry, which is also the latter rain, which is also the increase of knowledge that is produced when the seventh seal is removed, and is also the unsealing of the seven thunders as well as the Revelation of Jesus Christ. All the lines that represent an unsealing of prophetic light are identified as being unsealed in the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel chapter eleven.

Ergaan inni yeroo sana baname mala “sarara irratti sararaa” jedhamuutiin hundeeffame; innis mala bokkaa boodaa ti. Bokkaan boodaa bara 2001 keessa facaasuu jalqabe, qormaanni xumuraa Adventismis jalqabe. Adoolessa bara 2023 keessatti, yeroon dhumaa adeemsa qorumsaa isa seera Dilbataa irratti xumuramu jalqabe; yeroo sanattis ergaan iyyi walakkaa halkan keessaa, kan bokkaa boodaa dabalatee, kan dabalata beekumsaa yeroo chaappaan torbaffaan irraa fuudhame keessaa maddu ta’e, akkasumas banamuu torban keessaa mommooqsaa fi Mul’ata Yesuus Kiristoos ta’e, jalqabe. Sararoonni hundinuu ifa raajii banamuu tokko bakka bu’an seenaa dhokataa keeyyata afurtamaffaa Daani’el boqonnaa kudha tokko keessatti akka banaman ni beekamu.

In that hidden history the line of the Constitution’s three primary waymarks is represented. It is the line when church and state come together to form the image of the beast. It contains a prophetic line that addresses the presidents of the United States which illustrate the dynamics of the political struggles that occur in the history of the Republican horn of the earth-beast. That line includes the parallel histories of both major political parties of the United States. That line is closely related to the horn of apostate Protestantism from its beginning in 1844, until it usurps the control of the civil government at the Sunday law.

Seenaa dhokataa sana keessatti sararri mallattoolee daandii sadan ijoo Heera mootummaa bakka buufamee jira. Innis yeroo waldoonni amantii fi mootummaa tokko ta’anii fakkeenya bineensichaa ijaaranidha. Inni sarara raajii pirezidaantota Ameerikaa Yunaayitiditti dubbatu of keessaa qaba; isaanis seenaa gaafa qabsaa’ota siyaasa gaanfa Republiikaanii bineensa lafaa keessatti uumaman agarsiisu. Sarrarri sun seenaawwan wal bira qabiinsa qabu paartilee siyaasaa guguddoo lamaan Ameerikaa Yunaayitidii of keessatti hammata. Sarrarri sun gaanfa Pirootestaantizimii gantuu wajjin jalqaba isaa bara 1844 irraa kaasee hamma yeroo seera Dilbataa irratti mootummaa sivilii too’annoo isaa saamutti walitti dhiyeenya cimaa qaba.

The prophetic role of apostate Protestantism includes the witness of the Hasmonaean Dynasty as a symbol of apostate Protestantism. In the backdrop of the line of the horn of apostate Protestantism you also have the line of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. From the line of Laodicean Adventism you have the line of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That hidden history also has the line of Islam of the third woe. Russia has a line, the United Nations has a line and of course, the papal power has a line.

ବିମୁଖ ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟିଜ୍ମର ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ଦର୍ଶୀୟ ଭୂମିକାରେ ବିମୁଖ ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟିଜ୍ମର ପ୍ରତୀକ ଭାବରେ ହାସ୍ମୋନୀୟ ବଂଶର ସାକ୍ଷ୍ୟ ସମ୍ମିଳିତ ଅଛି। ବିମୁଖ ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟିଜ୍ମର ଶିଙ୍ଗର ରେଖାର ପୃଷ୍ଠଭୂମିରେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ଲାଓଦିକୀୟ ସେଭେନ୍ଥ-ଡେ ଆଡଭେଣ୍ଟିଷ୍ଟ କଳିସିଆର ରେଖା ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଛି। ଲାଓଦିକୀୟ ଆଡଭେଣ୍ଟିଜ୍ମର ରେଖାରୁ ଏକ ଶତ ଚୁଆଳିଶ ହଜାରଙ୍କର ରେଖା ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହୁଏ। ସେହି ଗୁପ୍ତ ଇତିହାସରେ ତୃତୀୟ ହାୟର ଇସ୍ଲାମର ରେଖା ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଛି। ରୁଷିଆର ଏକ ରେଖା ଅଛି, ଯୁକ୍ତ ଜାତିସଂଘର ଏକ ରେଖା ଅଛି, ଏବଂ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ, ପାପତନ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ଶକ୍ତିର ମଧ୍ୟ ଏକ ରେଖା ଅଛି।

If a student of prophecy applies himself as a Berean living in the last days, he will feed upon the lines that are identified in the hidden history of verse forty. The student of prophecy will take the book out of the angel’s hand and eat it. Then when the final test of the Sunday law arrives, he will not only have come to understand the message of the midnight cry that was unsealed, but he will fully understand how the image of the beast was formed in the United States.

Barataan raajii dhokataa yoo nama baratuu ta’e, akka nama Bere’otaa kan bara dhumaatti jiraatuutti of kenninaan, sararoota seenaa dhokataa keeyyata afurtama keessatti ibsaman irraa ni soorata. Barataan raajii macaafa harka ergamaa sanaa keessaa ni fudhata; ni nyaatas. Ergasii yeroo qormaanni mootummaa Dilbataa isa dhumaa dhufu, inni ergaa iyyiisa halkan walakkaa kan hiikame qofa utuu hin ta’in, akkamitti fakkeenyi bineensichaa Ameerikaa keessatti ijaarame guutummaatti ni hubata.

The light of the seventh seal proceeds from the throne and in the context of the parable of the ten virgins it is the message of the midnight cry. The message of the midnight cry is what prepares the wise virgins for the period when the persecutions of the past are repeated.

نورِ مُهرِ هفتم از تخت صادر می‌شود و در چارچوبِ مَثَلِ ده باکره، همان پیامِ فریادِ نیمه‌شب است. پیامِ فریادِ نیمه‌شب همان چیزی است که باکرگانِ دانا را برای دوره‌ای آماده می‌سازد که در آن آزارها و جفاهای گذشته تکرار می‌شوند.

> “In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what God has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as leader. We have nothing to fear for the future except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” Testimonies to Ministers, 31.

> “Seenaa keenya darbe yommuu keessa deebinee ilaallu, tarkaanfii guddinaa hunda kanneen ittiin mootummaa keenya harʼaa irratti geenye keessa darbinee, ani akkan jedhu nan dandaʼa, Waaqayyoon galateeffadhaa! Yommuu waan Waaqayyo hojjete argu, dinqiidhaan nan guutama, akkasumas Kiristoos akka geggeessaa taʼetti amanamummaa qabaadha. Gara fuulduraatti waan sodaanne tokkollee hin qabnu; yoo karaa Gooftaan ittiin nu qajeelche, fi barsiisa Isaa seenaa keenya darbe keessatti nu barsiise daganne qofa taʼe malee.” Testimonies to Ministers, 31.

The Lord is leading His people in the testing process that began in July 2023. His leading included opening up the prophetic Word in relation to the hidden history of verse forty. That history identifies how the image of the beast is formed in the United States, and of course much more than simply that element of end-time events. When we find ourselves in the crowning trial at the Sunday law, when the persecutions of the past are beginning to repeat, we “have nothing to fear for the future except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.”

প্রভু জুলাই ২০২৩-এ শুরু হওয়া পরীক্ষার প্রক্রিয়ায় তাঁর লোকদের পরিচালিত করছেন। তাঁর এই পরিচালনার অন্তর্ভুক্ত ছিল ভবিষ্যদ্বাণীমূলক বাক্যকে উন্মুক্ত করা, যা চল্লিশ নম্বর পদের গোপন ইতিহাসের সঙ্গে সম্পর্কিত। সেই ইতিহাস প্রকাশ করে কীভাবে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে পশুর প্রতিমূর্তি গঠিত হয়, এবং অবশ্যই অন্তিমকালের ঘটনাবলির কেবল সেই একক উপাদানের চেয়েও অনেক বেশি কিছু। যখন আমরা রবিবার-আইনের সময় সেই চূড়ান্ত পরীক্ষায় নিজেদের উপস্থিত দেখতে পাব, যখন অতীতের নির্যাতনসমূহ পুনরাবৃত্ত হতে শুরু করবে, তখন “ভবিষ্যৎ সম্পর্কে আমাদের ভয় করার কিছুই নেই, একমাত্র এই ব্যতীত যে আমরা ভুলে যাই কীভাবে প্রভু আমাদের পরিচালিত করেছেন, এবং আমাদের অতীত ইতিহাসে তাঁর শিক্ষা।”

At the Sunday law the “past history” will be repeated in the period of the formation of the image of the beast in the United States. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has unsealed the final message and led His people to the hidden history of verse forty. There He taught His people to not simply understand His prophetic Word, but also the privilege and responsibility to attain an experience qualified to be among those of His people who were to be His representatives in the final crisis.

Yeroo seerri Dilbataa ba’u keessatti, “seenaa darbe” sun yeroo fakkeenyi bineensichaa Ameerikaa keessatti ijaaramu irra deebi’amee ni mul’ata. Leenci gosa Yihudaa ergaa dhumaa sana hiikee, uummata Isaa gara seenaa dhokataa kan lakkoofsa afurtamaatti isaan geesseera. Achittis inni uummata Isaa akka Dubbii raajii Isaa qofa hubatan utuu hin ta’in, akkasumas carraa fi itti gaafatamummaa muuxannoo tokko argachuuf, muuxannoon sunis akka isaan warra uummata Isaa keessaa bakka bu’oota Isaa ta’anii yeroo muddama dhumaa keessatti dhaabbatan keessaa ta’an isaan dandeessisu barsiise.

One of the prophetic characteristics of those people is that they know how to walk by the light proceeding from the throne. That light is the light of the hidden history of verse forty, which describes in minute detail the religious, political, social and economic dynamics involved in erecting the image of the beast in the United States. The light which is recognized concerning this sacred history is produced through the application of line upon line, from here a little and there a little, and it is the light that describes the history when the persecutions of the past are once again initiated.

Amalli raajii namoota sana keessaa tokko, ifa teessoo mootummaa irraa baʼuun adeemuu akkamitti akka dandaʼan beekuudha. Ifni sun ifa seenaa dhokataa keeyyata afurtamaati; innis akkaataa sirriitti balʼinaan humna amantii, siyaasaa, hawaasummaa fi dinagdee fakkii bineensaa Ameerikaa keessatti dhaabuuf hirmaatan ibsa. Ifni seenaa qulqulluu kana ilaalchisee beekamti argatu, “sarara irratti sarara, as xiqqoo achi xiqqoo” hojii irra oolchuudhaan kan maddudha; innis ifa yeroo ariʼatamni darbe ammas irra deebiʼee jalqabamu seenaa sana ibsudha.

Those who understand the increase of knowledge are the wise, and the increase of knowledge is upon the formation of the image of the beast, and the wise will understand the history of the formation of the image of the beast in the world in advance of the arrival of that history. Jesus, as Alpha and Omega, always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing.

Warri hubatan beekumsaa beekan ogeeyyii dha; beekumsi hubatamaa immoo irratti hundaa’a bifa bineensichaa ijaaruu irratti; ogeeyyiinis seenaa ijaarsi bifa bineensichaa addunyaa keessatti akkamitti uumamu dhufaatii seenaa sanaa dura ni hubatu. Yesus, akka Alfaa fi Oomeegaa, yeroo hundumaa dhuma waan tokkoo jalqaba waan tokkootiin ni ibsa.

It is worth noting that the passage where Sister White identifies that God’s people will walk in light proceeding from the throne is the conclusion of the first chapter in Testimonies, volume nine. The chapter begins on page eleven, so the chapter begins at nine-eleven and it ends describing the Sunday law. It describes the period where the image of the beast is formed and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are manifested, but only if you have the faith to see that chapter in such a fashion.

ଏହା ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ କରିବାଯୋଗ୍ୟ ଯେ, ଯେଉଁ ଅଂଶରେ ସିଷ୍ଟର୍ ହ୍ୱାଇଟ୍ ଏହା ଚିହ୍ନିତ କରିଛନ୍ତି ଯେ ଈଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ଜନମାନେ ସିଂହାସନରୁ ନିସ୍ସରିତ ଆଲୋକରେ ଚାଲିବେ, ସେହି ଅଂଶଟି Testimonies, volume nine ର ପ୍ରଥମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟର ଉପସଂହାର ଅଟେ। ଅଧ୍ୟାୟଟି ପୃଷ୍ଠା ଏଗାରରେ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୁଏ; ତେଣୁ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟଟି ନଅ-ଏଗାରରେ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୁଏ, ଏବଂ ଏହାର ଶେଷ ସନ୍ଡେ ନିୟମକୁ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରି କରାଯାଏ। ଏହା ସେହି କାଳଖଣ୍ଡକୁ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରେ ଯେଉଁଥିରେ ପଶୁର ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତି ଗଠିତ ହୁଏ ଏବଂ ଏକ ଶତ ଚୁଆଳିଶ ହଜାର ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି, କିନ୍ତୁ କେବଳ ଯଦି ଆପଣଙ୍କ ପାଖରେ ସେହି ଅଧ୍ୟାୟକୁ ସେପରି ଭାବରେ ଦେଖିବା ପାଇଁ ବିଶ୍ୱାସ ଥାଏ।

Being the first section of volume nine, it opens with that identification, and employs the title, For the Coming of the King. It is clearly referencing not only the Second Coming of Christ, but also the parable of the ten virgins, for the section title then quotes Paul.

Kutaan sagalffaa jildii saglaffaa taʼee, eenyummaa sanaan ni banama; akkasumas mataduree, “Dhufaatii Mootichaaaf,” jedhu ni fayyadama. Inni ifatti dhufaatii lammaffaa Kiristoos qofa utuu hin taʼin, fakkeenya durboota kudhanii illee ni eerra; sababiin isaas matadureen kutaa sanaa achiis Phaawulos ni caqasa.

> “Section 1—For the Coming of the King

> “Kutaa 1—Dhufaatii Mootichaa”

> “‘Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.’ Hebrews 10:37.”

> “‘Amma yeroo xinnoo booddee, Inni dhufuuf jiru ni dhufa; hin turus.’ Ibroota 10:37.”

The following two verses are left off, but they contribute to the light in the passage.

Lakkoofsi lama armaan gadii hafanii jiru; garuu ifa kutaa kana keessatti argamuuf gumaacha qabu.

> For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Hebrews 10:37–39.

> “Ammammoo yeroo xinnoo qofa booda, inni dhufuuf jiru ni dhufa; hin turus. Qajeelaan immoo amantiidhaan ni jiraata; namni kam iyyuu yoo duubatti deebiʼe garuu, lubbuun koo isa keessatti gammachuu hin qabdu. Nuyi garuu keessaa warra badinatti duubatti deebiʼan miti; warra lubbuu oolchuuf amanan keessaa ti.” Ibroota 10:37–39.

Paul was referring to Habakkuk where the faithful wise virgins are contrasted with those who Paul says “draw back unto perdition.” Habakkuk said it this way:

Phaawulos akkuma Hab. quuqama keessatti dubbatetti, durboota ogeeyyii amanamoo taʼan warra inni “gara badiisaatti duubatti deebiʼan” jedhee waamuun walbira qabee agarsiisaa ture. Habaaqquq immoo akkana jedhe:

> Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4.

> Ilaa, lubbuun isaa kan of tuulummaan ol kaafame sirrii miti isa keessatti; qajeelaan garuu amantii isaatiin ni jiraata. Habakkuk 2:4.

Habakkuk’s tarrying time is the tarrying time of the ten virgins, and the chapter of the coming King, in connection with Paul’s words from Hebrews, identifies the perfect fulfillment and application of this chapter in the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That period began on September 11, 2001 and ends at the Sunday law, which is Laodicean Adventism’s last crisis, which in the parable of the ten virgins is the manifestation of character at the Sunday law. The last paragraphs of the chapter address the Sunday law, and the chapter begins by addressing September 11, 2001.

Yeroon Habbaaquuq yeroon turtii durboota kudhaniiti; boqonnaan waaʼee Mootii dhufuus, jechoota Phaawulos Ibroota irraa fudhataman wajjin walqabatee, raawwii fi hojii irra oolmaa guutuu boqonnaa kanaa yeroo chaappaan namoota kuma dhibba tokkoo fi afurtamii afur kaaʼamu keessatti adda baasa. Yeroon sun Fulbaana 11, 2001 irraa eegalee, seera Dilbataa irratti xumurama; kunis inqilabii Adventizimii Laaʼodiiqeeyaa isa dhumaa ti; fakkeenya durboota kudhan keessatti immoo yeroo seera Dilbataatti mulʼina amalaati. Keeyyatoonni dhumaa boqonnaa sanaa seera Dilbataa irratti dubbatu; boqonnaan sunis jalqaba isaa irraa kaasee Fulbaana 11, 2001 irratti dubbata.

> “The Last Crisis

> “Inni Xumuraa Dhumaa”

> “We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.

> “Nuyi yeroo dhumaa keessa jiraanna. Mallattooleen yeroo sanaa ariitiidhaan raawwatamaa jiran dhufaatiin Kiristoos akka dhihoo gaʼee jiru ni labsu. Guyyoonni keessa jiraannu ulfina qabeeyyii fi barbaachisoo dha. Hafuuri Waaqayyoo suuta suutaan garuu dhugumaan lafa irraa ni fudhatamaa jira. Dhaʼichoonni fi murtoowwan firdii duraanuma iyyuu warra ayyaana Waaqayyoo tuffatan irratti kufaa jiru. Balaawwan lafa irratti fi galaana irratti, haalli hawaasaa tasgabbii hin qabne, akeekkachiisoonni waraanaa, mallattoo balaa agarsiisanidha. Isaanis taateewwan dhihoodhaan dhufan, kan ulfina guddaa qaban, dursee ni mulʼisu.”

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

> Humnoonni hamminaa humna isaanii walitti qabuudhaan cimsachaa jiru. Isaan qormaata guddaa isa dhumaa sanaaf of jabeeffachaa jiru. Addunyaan keenya keessatti jijjiiramoonni guguddoon yeroo dhowwaatti ni raawwatamu; sochiileen dhumaa immoo saffisaa taʼu.

> “The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right upon us. The daily papers are full of indications of a terrible conflict in the near future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed of demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. Men have become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails.

> “Haalli wantootaa biyya lafaa keessaa mul’atu, yeroon rakkisaa nu irratti akka gahe agarsiisa. Gaazexaan guyyaa guyyaan ba’u hundinuu yeroo dhihoo keessatti walitti bu’iinsi suukanneessaan akka dhufu agarsiisummaa guutameera. Saamichi ija jabaate yeroo baay’ee ni raawwatama. Dhaabbatiin hojii ni baay’ata. Hattuunii fi ajjeechaan bakka hundatti ni raawwatamu. Namoonni hafuurota xuraa’oodhaan qabaman lubbuu dhiiraa, dubartootaa, fi daa’imman xixinnaa ni balleessu. Namoonni hammina jaallachuudhaan gowwoomfamaniiru, gosni hamaa hundinuu ni babal’ata.

> “The enemy has succeeded in perverting justice and in filling men’s hearts with the desire for selfish gain. ‘Justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.’ Isaiah 59:14. In the great cities there are multitudes living in poverty and wretchedness, well-nigh destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; while in the same cities are those who have more than heart could wish, who live luxuriously, spending their money on richly furnished houses, on personal adornment, or worse still, upon the gratification of sensual appetites, upon liquor, tobacco, and other things that destroy the powers of the brain, unbalance the mind, and debase the soul. The cries of starving humanity are coming up before God, while by every species of oppression and extortion men are piling up colossal fortunes.

> Diinni haqni jallisuudhaan jal’isee, garaa namootaas bu’aa ofittummaa hawwuudhaan guutuu keessatti diinni milkaa’eera. “Murtiin fagoo dhaabbateera; dhugaanis daandii irratti kufteerti, qajeelummaanis ol seenuu hin dandeenye.” Isaayaas 59:14. Magaalota guguddoo keessatti namoonni baay’een hiyyummaa fi gadadoon jiraatu; nyaata, qubannaa fi uffata illee dhabuutti dhihaatanii jiru; yeroo magaalaawwanuma sana keessatti warri garaan hawwu caalaa qabaatan, qananiidhaan jiraatan, maallaqa isaanii manneen miidhaginaan guutaman irratti, of miidhagsuu irratti, yookaan kanarraa hammaatti fedhii foonii guuttachuuf, dhugaatii nama macheessu irratti, tamboo irratti, fi waanota biroo humna sammuu balleessan, yaada wal irraa hiikan, lubbuu namaas salphisan irratti baasanii jiru. Iyyi ilmaan namootaa beela’anii gara Waaqaatti ol ba’aa jira; yeroo namoonni gosa cunqursaa fi saaminsa hundumaan qabeenya gurguddaa baay’ee walitti kuusaa jiranitti.

> “On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify their owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the most costly material was used. Those to whom these buildings belonged were not asking themselves: ‘How can we best glorify God?’ The Lord was not in their thoughts.

> “Yeroo tokko, yeroo magaalaa New York keessa turetti, halkan keessa ijaarsaawwan darbii irratti darbii ol ka’anii gara samiitti ol ba’an ilaaluuf waamameen ture. Ijaarsaawwan kun ibiddaa hin qabsiifamne taʼuu isaanii ni mirkanaaʼaa turan; isaanis ulfina abbootii isaanii fi ijaartoota isaanii mulʼisuuf ijaaramanii turan. Ijaarsaawwan kun ol kaʼaa fi ammas ol kaʼaa turan; keessa isaaniittis meeshaan gatiin isaa baayʼee ol aanaa taʼe hojii irra oolaa ture. Warri ijaarsaawwan kana qabatan ofiin isaanii, ‘Akkamitti Waaqayyoon caalaatti ulfeessuu dandeenya?’ jedhanii hin gaafachaa turan. Gooftaan yaada isaanii keessa hin turre.”

> “I thought: ‘Oh, that those who are thus investing their means could see their course as God sees it! They are piling up magnificent buildings, but how foolish in the sight of the Ruler of the universe is their planning and devising. They are not studying with all the powers of heart and mind how they may glorify God. They have lost sight of this, the first duty of man.’

> “Ani yaade: ‘Yaa warri qabeenya isaanii akkasitti invest godhan karaa isaanii akkuma Waaqayyo itti argu arguu danda’anii! Isaan ijaarsota guguddoo ulfaatoo walitti tuulu; garuu karoorfachuunii fi mala isaanii qopheessuun isaanii fuula Bulchaa univarsii duratti akkam gowwummaa dha. Isaan humna qalbii fi sammuu isaanii hundaan akkamitti Waaqayyoon ulfeessuu akka danda’an hin qoratan. Isaan kana irraa, jechuunis dirqama jalqabaa namaa irraa, ija isaanii dhaban.’”

> “As these lofty buildings went up, the owners rejoiced with ambitious pride that they had money to use in gratifying self and provoking the envy of their neighbors. Much of the money that they thus invested had been obtained through exaction, through grinding down the poor. They forgot that in heaven an account of every business transaction is kept; every unjust deal, every fraudulent act, is there recorded. The time is coming when in their fraud and insolence men will reach a point that the Lord will not permit them to pass, and they will learn that there is a limit to the forbearance of Jehovah.

> “Akkuma ijaarsaawwan ol kaafamoon kun ijaaramanitti, abbootiin isaanii ofitti amanamummaa hawwiidhaan guutameen ni gammadan; maallaqa fedhii ofii guutuu fi hinaaffaa olloota isaanii kakaasuuf itti fayyadamuu akka qabanitti. Maallaqni isaanii akkasitti itti invast godhan keessaa baayʼeen cunqursaan, hiyyeeyyii caccabsuun argame ture. Isaan samii keessatti galmeen hojii daldalaa hundumaa akka qabamu ni irraanfatan; waliigalteen jalʼaa hundinuu, hojii sobaan hojjetame hundinuu, achitti galmaaʼee jira. Yeroon tokko dhufaa jira; yeroo sana gowwoomsaa fi of-tuulummaa isaanii keessatti namoonni bakka Gooftaan akka isaan darban hin hayyamne gaʼu, achittis dandeettiin obsa Yihowaa daangaa akka qabu ni baratu.”

> “The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings and said: ‘They are perfectly safe.’ But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.

> “މަށަށް ދެން ފެނިގެން ދިޔަ މަންޒަރު އަކީ އަލިފާންގެ ސިއްރު އިންޒާރެކެވެ. މީހުން އުސް އަދި އަލިފާން ނުޖެހޭނެ ކަމަށް ބުނެވޭ އިމާރާތްތަކަށް ބަލާ އެއީ: ‘އެއަށް ފުރިހަމަ ރައްކާތެރިކަން އެބައޮތެވެ’ އޭ ބުންޏެވެ. ނަމަވެސް އެ އިމާރާތްތައް ތާރުން ހެދިފައިވާ އެއްޗެއް ހެން ދެވިފައި އަނދާ ހުސްވެއްޖެއެވެ. އަލިފާން ނިވާ މެޝިންތަކަށް އެ ހަލާކުން ހުއްޓުވުމަށް އެއްވެސް ކަމެއް ކުރެވޭނެއެއް ނެތެވެ. އަލިފާން ނިއްވާ މީހުންނަށް އެ މެޝިންތައް ހިންގައި ނުލެވުނެވެ.”

> “I am instructed that when the Lord’s time comes, should no change have taken place in the hearts of proud, ambitious human beings, men will find that the hand that had been strong to save will be strong to destroy. No earthly power can stay the hand of God. No material can be used in the erection of buildings that will preserve them from destruction when God’s appointed time comes to send retribution on men for their disregard of His law and for their selfish ambition.

> “Ani yeroo Gooftaan murteesse yoo gaʼe, yoo garaan nama of tuuluu fi hawwii aangoo qabu keessatti jijjiiramni tokko illee hin dhufne, namoonni harki duraan fayyisuuf jabaa ture balleessuufis jabaa akka taʼe ni hubatu jechuun na barsiifameera. Humni lafa irraa tokko illee harka Waaqayyoo dhaabu hin danda’u. Yeroo Waaqayyo sababa isaanii seera Isaa tuffatanii fi hawwii ofittummaa isaanii irraa kaʼee namoota irratti adabbii erguuf murteesse gaʼutti, ijaarsa gamoo keessatti meeshaan kam iyyuu isaanii badiisa irraa eeguuf fayyaduu hin danda’u.”

> “There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God’s word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them.

> “Namoota baayʼeen hin jiran; barsiistotaa fi abbootii mootummaa gidduuttis warri sababoota haala ammaa hawaasaa jala jiran hubatan muraasa. Warri mootummaa qajeelchan rakkoo mancaatii naamusaa, hiyyummaa, deeggaramummaa, fi yakka dabalaa deemu furuu hin dandaʼan. Sochii daldalaa buʼuura caalaatti amansiisaa irratti dhaabuuf akkasumaan qabsaaʼaa jiru. Namoonni barsiisa Dubbii Waaqayyoo caalaatti yoo dhaggeeffatan, rakkoolee isaan dhiphisan sanaaf furmaata ni argatu.”

> “The Scriptures describe the condition of the world just before Christ’s second coming. Of the men who by robbery and extortion are amassing great riches, it is written: ‘Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.’ James 5:3–6.

> Caaffanni Qulqulluun haala addunyaa dhufaatii lammaffaa Kiristoositti dura jiru ibsa. Namoota saamichaa fi hacuucaan qabeenya guddaa walitti kuusan ilaalchisee, akkana jedhamee barreeffameera: “Bara dhumaaaf qabeenya walitti kuufattaniirtu. Kunoo, mindaan hojjettoota lafa keessan haamanii, isin gowwoomsaan dhowwattan, iyyaa jira; iyya warra haamtees gurra Gooftaa Saba’ootiitti seeneera. Isin lafa irratti qananiidhaan jiraattanii fi bashannandaniirtu; akka guyyaa qalmaa keessaa garaa keessan soorettaniirtu. Nama qajeelaa murteessitanii ajjeeftaniirtu; innis isin hin mormu.” Yaaqoob 5:3–6.

> “But who reads the warnings given by the fast-fulfilling signs of the times? What impression is made upon worldlings? What change is seen in their attitude? No more than was seen in the attitude of the inhabitants of the Noachian world. Absorbed in worldly business and pleasure, the antediluvians ‘knew not until the Flood came, and took them all away.’ Matthew 24:39. They had heaven-sent warnings, but they refused to listen. And today the world, utterly regardless of the warning voice of God, is hurrying on to eternal ruin.

> “Garuu akeekkachiisonni mallattoolee yeroo saffisaan raawwatamaa jiran kennan eenyutu dubbisa? Namoota addunyaaviin irratti dhiibbaa akkamiitu taasifama? Ilaalcha isaanii keessatti jijjiiramni maaliitu mul’ata? Inni mul’atu homaa hin caalu kan ilaacha jiraattota addunyaa bara Noh ture keessatti mul’ate irraa. Dhimmoota daldalaa fi gammachuu addunyaatiin liqimfaman, warri bishaan badiisaa dura turan ‘hamma Bishaan Badiisni dhufee hunduma isaanii haxaa’etti hin beekne turan. Maatewos 24:39. Isaan akeekkachiisota samii irraa ergaman qaban turan, garuu dhaggeeffachuuf didan. Har’as addunyaan, guutummaatti sagalee akeekkachiisa Waaqayyoo tuffattee, gara badiisa bara baraatti ariifachaa jirti.”

> “The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecy of the eleventh chapter of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place.

> “Addunyaan hafuurri waraanaatiin ni kakaafamti. Raajii boqonnaa kudha-tokkoffaa kan Daani’eel keessatti argamu guutummaatti raawwatamuu isaatti dhihaateera. Yeroo dhihoo keessatti haaloonni rakkinaa raajiiwwan keessatti dubbataman ni raawwatamu.

> “‘“Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof…. Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate…. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.’ Isaiah 24:1–8.

> “ ‘“Kunoo, Gooftaan lafa ni onsa, ni diigaa; garaa garas ni garagalcha, jiraattota ishee illee ni bittinneessa.... Sababni isaas, isaan seerota cabsan, sirna jijjiiran, kakuu bara baraa sana cabsan. Kanaaf abaarsichi lafa ni liqe, warri ishee keessa jiraatanis ni badiisan.... Gammachuun dibbeen rukutamu ni dhaabata, sagaleen warra gammaduu ni dhuma, gammachuun baganaa ni dhaabata.’ Isaayyaas 24:1–8.

> “‘Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come…. The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down, for the corn is withered. How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.’ ‘The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.” Joel 1:15–18, 12.

> “‘Aue ïa kata ka sngi! namar ka sngi U Trai ka la jan, bad kum ka jingïapyndem na U Nongdonbor Tam kan wan…. U symbai u la pyut hapoh ki lyngknot khyndew jong ki, ki jaka buh jingïoh lum ki la jot noh, ki ïing buh kba ki la pra, namar u kba u la tyrkhong. Katno ki mrad ki risa jingïam! ki kynhun masi ki la kulmar jingmut, namar ba kim don jingïasam; hynrei, wat ki kynhun langbrot ruh la pynjot noh.’ ‘U sohñiamtra u la tyrkhong, bad u dieng sohsyiar u la rngad; u dieng pomegranate, u dieng palm ruh, bad u dieng apple, kata, baroh ki dieng ha ka lyngkha, ki la tyrkhong: namar ka jingkmen ka la tyrkhong noh na ki khun bynriew.” Joel 1:15–18, 12.

> “‘I am pained at my very heart; … I cannot hold my peace, because thou has heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled.’ Jeremiah 4:19, 20.

> “ ‘Ani garaa koo keessatti baayʼeen nan dhiphadha; … ani callisee turuu hin dandaʼu, yaa lubbuu koo, sababiin isaas sagalee malakataa, iyya lolaa dhageesseetta. Badiisni badiisa irratti labsama; biyyichi guutuun saamameera.’ Ermiyaas 4:19, 20.

> “‘I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down.’ Verses 23–26.

> “‘Ani lafa nan arguudhee, kunoo, isheen boca hin qabdu, duwwaas; samiinis ifa hin qabne. Ani gaarota ilaale, kunoo, isaan hollachaa turan, tulluuwwan hundinuus salphinaan socho’aa turan. Ani ilaale, kunoo, nama tokko illee hin turre, simbirroonni samiis hundinuu baqatanii turan. Ani ilaale, kunoo, lafti firii qabdu gammoojjii taatee turte, magaalonni ishees hundinuu diigamanii turan.’ Lakkoofsota 23–26.

> “‘“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:7.

> “‘“Wayyoo! Guyyaan sun guddaadha; isa fakkaatu tokko illee hin jiru; innis yeroo dhiphina Yaaqoob ti; garuu inni keessaa ni fayya.” Ermiyaas 30:7.

> “Not all in this world have taken sides with the enemy against God. Not all have become disloyal. There are a faithful few who are true to God; for John writes: ‘Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.’ Revelation 14:12. Soon the battle will be waged fiercely between those who serve God and those who serve Him not. Soon everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that those things that cannot be shaken may remain.

> “Namoonni hundinuu biyya lafaa kana keessa jiran hunda diina wajjin Waaqayyo irratti hiriiranii hin jiranu. Hundinuu amanamummaa hin dhabne. Xiqqoon amanamoon kan Waaqayyoof dhugaa ta’an jiru; Yohannis akkana jechuun barreessa: ‘Kunoo warri abboommiiwwan Waaqayyoo eeganii, amantii Yesusiis qaban isaanuma.’ Mul’ata 14:12. Yeroo dhihoo keessatti, warra Waaqayyoo tajaajilan fi warra Isa hin tajaajille gidduutti lolichi jabaatee ni geggeeffama. Yeroo dhihoo keessatti waan raafamuu danda’u hundinuu ni raafama; akka waanonni raafamuu hin dandeenye immoo hafanitti.”

> “Satan is a diligent Bible student. He knows that his time is short, and he seeks at every point to counterwork the work of the Lord upon this earth. It is impossible to give any idea of the experience of the people of God who shall be alive upon the earth when celestial glory and a repetition of the persecutions of the past are blended. They will walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. By means of the angels there will be constant communication between heaven and earth. And Satan, surrounded by evil angels, and claiming to be God, will work miracles of all kinds, to deceive, if possible, the very elect. God’s people will not find their safety in working miracles, for Satan will counterfeit the miracles that will be wrought. God’s tried and tested people will find their power in the sign spoken of in Exodus 31:12–18. They are to take their stand on the living word: ‘It is written.’ This is the only foundation upon which they can stand securely. Those who have broken their covenant with God will in that day be without God and without hope.

> “Seexanni macaaf qulqulluu ciminaan qoʼata. Inni yeroon isaa gabaabaa akka taʼe ni beeka; kanaaf hojii Gooftaan lafa kana irratti hojjetu bakka hundatti dhaabuuf ni yaala. Muuxannoo saba Waaqayyoo warra yeroo ulfinni samii fi irra deebiʼamuu ariʼatamoota darban walitti makamanitti lafa irratti jiraatan yaada keessa galchuuf illee guutummaatti ibsuun hin dandaʼamu. Isaan ifa teessoo mootummaa Waaqayyoo irraa baʼuun ni deddeemu. Karaa ergamootaatinis samii fi lafa gidduutti wal qunnamtiin yeroo hundumaa jiraata. Seexannis, ergamoota hamoo gidduutti marfamee, ofii isaa Waaqayyo taʼuu dubbachaa, yoo dandaʼame filatamtoota illee gowwoomsuuf dinqii gosa hundumaa ni hojjeta. Sabni Waaqayyoo nageenya isaanii dinqii hojjechuun keessatti hin argatan; Seexanni dinqii hojjetaman fakkeessee ni dhiheessaatii. Sabni Waaqayyoo warri qoratamanii mirkaneeffaman humna isaanii mallattoo Baʼuu 31:12–18 keessatti dubbatame keessatti ni argatu. Isaan dubbii jiraataa irratti dhaabatanii ejjechuu qabu: ‘Barreeffameera.’ Kun buʼuura isaan ittiin jabaatanii dhaabachuu dandaʼan isa tokkicha. Warri kakuu isaanii Waaqayyoo wajjin qaban cabsan garuu guyyaa sana Waaqayyo malee abdiis ni dhabu.”

> “The worshipers of God will be especially distinguished by their regard for the fourth commandment, since this is the sign of God’s creative power and the witness to His claim upon man’s reverence and homage. The wicked will be distinguished by their efforts to tear down the Creator’s memorial and to exalt the institution of Rome. In the issue of the conflict all Christendom will be divided into two great classes, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and those who worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark. Although church and state will unite their power to compel all, ‘both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,’ to receive the mark of the beast, yet the people of God will not receive it. Revelation 13:16. The prophet of Patmos beholds ‘them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God,’ and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb. Revelation 15:2.

> Warri Waaqayyoo ajajicha afraffaaaf kabaja isaanii irraa adda baay’inaan ni beekamu; sababiin isaas kun mallattoo humna uumamaa Waaqayyoo ti, akkasumas namni Waaqayyoof ulfinaa fi waaqeffannaa dhiheessuuf inni irratti mirga qabu kan ragaa ba’uudha. Namoonni hamaan yaalii isaanii yaadannoo Uumaa diiguuf godhan, akkasumas dhaabbata Roomaa ol kaasuu isaanii irraa adda baay’inaan ni beekamu. Dhimmicha walitti bu’iinsaa keessatti, Kiristaanummaan guutuun garee gurguddoo lama keessatti ni qoodama: warra ajajawwan Waaqayyoo fi amantii Yesus eegan, fi warra bineensicha fi fakkii isaa waaqeffatan, mallattoo isaas fudhatan. Waldoonni amantii fi mootummaa humna isaanii tokkoomsanii hundumaa, “xinnaa fi guddaa, sooressa fi hiyyeessa, bilisa fi garba,” mallattoo bineensichaa fudhachiisuuf yoo dirqamsiisan iyyuu, uummanni Waaqayyoo garuu isa hin fudhatan. Mul’ata Yohaannis 13:16. Raajiin Phaxmoos irraa, “warra bineensicha, fakkii isaa, mallattoo isaa, fi lakkoofsa maqaa isaa irratti mo’icha argatan,” “baaharii geejjibaa irra dhaabatanii, bagana Waaqayyoo qabatanii,” sirba Musee fi Hoolichaa faarfataa jiran ni arga. Mul’ata Yohaannis 15:2.

> “Fearful tests and trials await the people of God. The spirit of war is stirring the nations from one end of the earth to the other. But in the midst of the time of trouble that is coming,—a time of trouble such as has not been since there was a nation,—God’s chosen people will stand unmoved. Satan and his host cannot destroy them, for angels that excel in strength will protect them.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11–17.

> “Qormaatniifi qorumsi sodaachisaan saba Waaqayyoo eeggatu. Hafuurri waraanaa saba lafa keessaa tokko irraa gara isa kaaniitti kakaasaa jira. Garuu gidduu yeroo dhiphina dhufu sanaa keessatti,—yeroo dhiphinaa akkuma saba tokko iyyuu jiraate irraa kaasee hin turre sana keessatti,—sabi filatamaan Waaqayyoo hin sochoone dhaabata. Seexanni fi loltoonni isaa isaan balleessuu hin danda’an; ergamoonni humnaan jajjaboo ta’an isaan eegu waan ta’eef.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11–17.

The one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are “God’s tried and tested people” His “chosen people” “will stand unmoved” when “the persecutions of the past” are repeated. The light they will “walk in” is the light of the message of the seventh seal, which is the midnight cry, which is the light identifying the formation of the image of the beast.

Namoonni kuma dhibba tokkoo fi afurtamii afur kun, warri “saba Waaqayyoo qoramanii fi mirkanaaʼan” taʼanii fi “saba Isa filatame” jedhaman, yeroo “ariʼatamni yeroo darbe” deebiʼee irra deddeebiʼamu, “sochoʼuu malee ni dhaabbatu.” Ifni isaan “keessatti deddeebiʼan” ifa ergaa chaappaa torbaffaa ti; innis iyya walakkaa halkanati; innis ifa uumama fakkeenya bineensaa adda baasu dha.

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