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

Bhuku ra Danieri - Nomboro Imwe neMakumi Maviri neSere

The Prophetic Significance of Christ’s Baptism and Temptation: Unveiling the Characteristics of Three World Powers

Ukubaluleka Kobuprofethi Kobhabhadiso Nokulingwa KukaKristu: Ukwembula Tici Tetikhwepha Letintsatfu Temandla Emhlaba

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

ការបោះត្រាបានចាប់ផ្ដើមនៅថ្ងៃទី ១១ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ ២០០១ នៅពេលដែលទេវតាដ៏មានឫទ្ធានុភាពនៃ វិវរណៈ ជំពូក ១៨ បានយាងចុះមក។ ការយាងចុះមករបស់ទ្រង់ត្រូវបានជានិមិត្តរូបដោយការយាងចុះមករបស់ទេវតានៃ វិវរណៈ ១០ នៅថ្ងៃទី ១១ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ ១៨៤០ ហើយក៏ដោយការយាងចុះមករបស់ព្រះវិញ្ញាណបរិសុទ្ធនៅពេលព្រះគ្រីស្ទទទួលបុណ្យជ្រមុជទឹកផងដែរ។ បុណ្យជ្រមុជទឹករបស់ព្រះគ្រីស្ទបង្ហាញទៅមុខដល់ភ្លៀងចុងក្រោយដែលយាងចុះមក នៅពេលដែលអគារធំៗនៃទីក្រុងញូវយ៉កត្រូវបានបំផ្លាញឲ្យដួលរលំ។ អំណាចពីខាងលើបានចាប់ផ្ដើមឡើង ហើយនៅពេលនោះដែរ អំណាចពីខាងក្រោម (រណ្តៅគ្មានបាត) ក៏ត្រូវបានសម្ដែងចេញផងដែរ ព្រោះព្រះបន្ទូលរបស់ព្រះជាម្ចាស់មិនដែលបរាជ័យឡើយ។

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Kristu paakabhabhatidzwa, pakarepo akaenda murenje akatsanya kwemazuva makumi mana, mushure maizvozvo akaedzwa naSatani nemiedzo mitatu. Imwe neimwe yemiedzo iyo mitatu inomiririra hunhu hukuru hwesimba rimwe nerimwe remasimba matatu anotungamirira nyika kuArmagedhoni. Miedzo iyo mitatu yaiva kudada, hunhu hweshato; chido chokudya, hunhu hwechikara; uye kuzvitutumadza mukuedza Mwari, hunhu hwemuporofita wenhema. Kudada nokuzvikudza zvinomiririrwa naRuserifa mutsananguro yechinyakare yaIsaya.

> How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

> Wawile bwanji kugwa kuchokera kumwamba, iwe Lusifala, mwana wa m’bandakucha! Wawile bwanji kudulidwa pansi, iwe amene unafooketsa mitundu ya anthu! Pakuti wanena m’mtima mwako, Ndidzakwera kumwamba, ndidzakweza mpando wanga wachifumu pamwamba pa nyenyezi za Mulungu; ndidzakhalanso pa phiri la msonkhano, m’mbali za kumpoto; ndidzakwera pamwamba pa utali wa mitambo; ndidzakhala wofanana ndi Wam’mwambamwamba. Koma udzatsitsidwa ku gehena, ku m’mbali za dzenje. Iwo akukuona adzakuyang’anitsitsa, nadzakulingalira, ponena, Kodi uyu ndiye munthu amene anagwedeza dziko lapansi, amene ananjenjemeretsa maufumu? Yesaya 14:12–16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Kasanu Lucifer anozvitaura mumwoyo make achiti, “Ndichadaro.” Satani, aimbodanwa kuti “mutakuri wechiedza” (Lucifer), uyo zvino ava kutakura rima chete, ndiye “waizunungusa ndudzi.” Muuprofita anobatanidzwa ne“ndudzi,” nokuti ndiye mutungamiri wesangano rakaipa rendudzi, uye wesangano revatengesi rinotsanangurwa muna Zvakazarurwa chitsauko chegumi nenomwe nech chegumi nesere.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> “Madzimambo navatongi navagavhuna vakazviisa pachavo mucherechedzo waantikristu, uye vanomiririrwa seshato inoenda kundorwa nevatsvene—navo vanochengeta mirayiro yaMwari uye vane kutenda kwaJesu.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Pakubhabhatidzwa kwaKristu, Mweya Mutsvene akaburuka, zvichimiririra nguva iri pashure paSeptember 11, 2001. Mushure mokubhabhatidzwa Kwake, Satani akaidza Kristu nechipo chokumupa simba rinoshandiswa naSatani kutonga umambo hwenyika, nokuti pakudonha kwaAdhamu, Satani akanga ava mutongi woumambo hwenyika.

> And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

> Zvino dhiabhorosi yakamutora, ikamukwidza pagomo refu, ikamuratidza ushe hwose hwenyika nenguva imwe chete. Zvino dhiabhorosi ikati kwaari, Simba rose iri ndichakupa, nokubwinya kwahwo; nokuti rakaiswa mumaoko angu; uye ndinoripa kuna ani naani wandinoda. Naizvozvo kana iwe ukandinamata, zvose zvichava zvako. Zvino Jesu akapindura akati kwaari, Ibva shure kwangu, Satani; nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi, Uchanamata Ishe Mwari wako, uye uchashumira iye oga. Ruka 4:5–8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Zvinhu zviviri zvikuru zvinoratidza Roma yeupapa (chikara) uhure hwayo, nezvokudya nezvinwiwa “zvine muchetura” zvarinogovera.

> Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

> Pamusoro pazvo, ndine zvinhu zvishoma zvandinopikisana newe nazvo, nokuti unorega mukadzi uya Jezebheri, anozviti muporofitakadzi, achidzidzisa nokunyengera varanda vangu kuti vaite upombwe, uye kuti vadye zvinhu zvakabayirwa zvifananidzo. Zvakazarurwa 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

“Chikafu” nechinwiwa zvaanopa ndizvo dzidziso dzake dzenhema.

> “The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

> “Chivi chikuru chinopomerwa Bhabhironi ndechokuti ‘chakapa marudzi ose kunwa waini yehasha dzeupombwe hwacho.’ Mukombe uyu wokudhakisa waunopa kunyika unomirira dzidziso dzenhema dzarakagamuchira somugumisiro wokubatana kwaro kusiri pamutemo navakuru venyika.” The Great Controversy, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Chikara cheRoma Katolika chinonyengerawo nyika nouroyi hwacho, izvo zvakare chiri chinhu chinotorwa mukati.

> And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

> Uye chiedza chemwenje hachizombovhenekerizve mauri; uye inzwi rechikomba nerechikomba harichazonzwikwizve mauri; nokuti vatengesi vako vakanga vari vakuru venyika; nokuti ndudzi dzose dzakatsauswa nouroyi hwako. Zvakazarurwa 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Izwi lesiGreki elihunyushwe ngokuthi “ubuthakathi” lithi pharmakeia, elisho imithi. Inkomishi yegolide esesandleni sakhe ayimeleli nje kuphela inkomishi yokuphuzela iwayini, kodwa futhi imele inkomishi okulungiselelwa kuyo nokulethwa ngayo imixube yakhe yemilingo yezokwelapha. Ezweni lanamuhla, leyo mixube yemilingo ilethwa ngezinaliti, hhayi kangako ngendebe. Lapho uSathane evela emva komthetho weSonto osuseduze ukuza, uyokwenza izimangaliso zokuphilisa. Izimangaliso ezihambisana nale mixube kanye nezimfundiso zamanga zobupapa zamelwa uSathane etshela uKristu ukuba enze isimangaliso sokuguqula itshe libe yisinkwa.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Nhoroondo youprofita iri mberi nekumashure kwemutemo weSvondo ine zvimiro zvakafanana. Nguva yekuedzwa yomufananidzo wechikara kuAdventism inotungamirira kumutemo weSvondo muUnited States inomiririra nguva yokuedzwa yomufananidzo wechikara yenyika yose. Ndokusaka tichiziviswa kuti, “dambudziko rimwe chetero richauya pamusoro pevanhu vedu munzvimbo dzose dzenyika.”

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Izimangaliso zokuphulukisa zikaSathane, ezenziwa nguSathane emva komthetho weSonto, zimele “ubuthakathi” balokho okubizwa ngokuthi yimithi, obudayiselwa abantu phakathi nomlando oqala ngo‑Septhemba 11, 2001. UJesu wathi, “umuntu akayikuphila ngesinkwa sodwa, kodwa ngamazwi onke kaNkulunkulu.” “Ukudla” kweRoma kuyizinkambiso namasiko akubeka ngaphezu kweZwi likaNkulunkulu.

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> “Mu masunthwe ari kufambira mberi zvino muUnited States kuti vatsvagirire masangano nemaitiro echechi rutsigiro rwenyika, maProtestanti ari kutevera mumakwara evapapa. Chokwadi, kupfuura ipapo, vari kuzarurira upapa musuwo kuti muAmerica yechiProtestanti huwanezve ushe hwepamusoro hwarakahaya muNyika Yekare. Uye chinopa kufamba uku kukosha kukuru ndechekuti chinhu chikuru chiri kutarisirwa ndiko kumanikidzirwa kwekuchengeta Svondo—tsika yakatanga neRoma, uye iyo yainoti ndicho chiratidzo chesimba rayo. Ndiwo mweya weupapa—mweya wokuwirirana netsika dzenyika, wokukudza tsika dzavanhu kupfuura mirairo yaMwari—uri kupinda mumachechi echiProtestanti uye uchivatungamirira kuita basa rimwe chetero rokusimudzira Svondo rakaitwa neupapa pamberi pavo.” The Great Controversy, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Amasiko n’imigenzo ni byo “byokurya” by’inyigisho iyo nyamaswa isimbuza Ijambo ry’Imana, kugira ngo ishobore gushyigikira ugusenga ibigirwamana kwayo kwa gipagani.

> “How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

> “Jinsi Kanisa la Rumi linavyoweza kujiondolea shtaka la ibada ya sanamu hatuwezi kuona. Ni kweli, hudai kwamba linamwabudu Mungu kupitia picha hizi; ndivyo Waisraeli walivyofanya waliposujudu mbele ya ndama wa dhahabu. Lakini ghadhabu ya Bwana ikawaka juu yao, na wengi wakauawa. Mungu aliwatangaza kuwa waabudu sanamu waovu wasiomcha Mungu, na kumbukumbu iyo hiyo inaandikwa leo katika vitabu vya mbinguni dhidi ya wale wanaoabudu picha za watakatifu na wanaoitwa watu watakatifu.”

> “And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

> “Uye ichi ndicho chitendero icho maPurotesitendi ari kutanga kutarira nacho nenyasha huru, uye icho pakupedzisira chichabatanidzwa nePurotesitendi. Kubatana uku, zvisinei, hakuzouyi nokuda kwokuchinja muKaturike; nokuti Roma haimboshanduki. Inoti haina kukanganisa. Ndiro Purotesitendi richachinja. Kugamuchira kwayo pfungwa dzakasununguka kuchaisvitsa panzvimbo painogona kubata ruoko rweKaturike. ‘Bhaibheri, Bhaibheri, ndihwo hwaro hwerutendo rwedu,’ ndiko kwakanga kuri kuchema kwemaPurotesitendi munguva yaLuther, ukuwo maKaturike vachichema vachiti, ‘Madzibaba, tsika, magamuchidzanwa.’ Zvino vazhinji vemaPurotesitendi vanoona zvavaomera kuratidza dzidziso dzavo kubva muBhaibheri, asiwo havana ushingi hwetsika hwokugamuchira chokwadi chinosanganisira muchinjikwa; naizvozvo vari kukurumidza kusvika panzvimbo yemaKaturike, uye, vachishandisa nharo dzakanakisisa dzavanadzo kuti vadzivise chokwadi, vanotaura uchapupu hwaMadzibaba, netsika nemirayiro yavanhu. Hongu, maPurotesitendi ezana ramakore regumi nepfumbamwe ari kukurumidza kuswedera kumaKaturike mukusatenda kwavo maererano neMagwaro. Asi nanhasi pane mukaha wakafara zvakangofanana pakati peRoma nePurotesitendi yaLuther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, neuto rakakudzwa revafira kutenda, sezvazvakanga zvakadaro apo varume ava vakaita kuramba kwakavapa zita rokuti maPurotesitendi.”

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> “Kristu akanga ari muPurotesitendi. Akapikisa kunamata kwemaitiro echimiro kwevaJudha, avo vakaramba zano raMwari pamusoro pavo pachavo. Akavaudza kuti vaidzidzisa mirayiro yavanhu sechidzidzo, uye kuti vakanga vari vanyepedzeri nevanyengeri. Vakanga vakafanana nemakuva akachenerwa jena; kunze vaiva vakanaka, asi mukati makazara netsvina nokuora. VaReformers vanotangira kuna Kristu navaapostora. Vakabuda vakazviparadzanisa nechitendero chezvimiro nemitambo. Rutheri navateveri vake havana kuvamba chitendero chakagadziridzwa patsva. Vakangochigamuchira sezvachakapiwa naKristu navaapostora. Bhaibheri rinoratidzwa kwatiri segwara rinokwana; asi papa nevashandi vake vanoribvisa kuvanhu sokunge kuti chituko, nokuti rinofumura kunyepedzera kwavo uye rinotsiura kunamata kwavo zvifananidzo.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Izimangaliso zokuphilisa, eziyisisekelo somoya wokuxhumana nemimoya, ziyinsika nomsebenzi wakhe oyinhloko.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> “බොහෝ දෙනෙක් ආත්මීය ප්‍රකාශනයන් මාධ්‍යකරුගේ වංචාවටත් අත්කෞශල්‍යයටත් සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අයත් කරමින් ඒවාට හේතු දක්වන්නට උත්සාහ කරති. එහෙත් වංචාකාරි ක්‍රියාවල ප්‍රතිඵල බොහෝ වාර ගණනකදී සත්‍ය ප්‍රකාශනයන් ලෙස ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති බව සැබෑ වුවද, අධිභෞතික බලයේ ප්‍රකට දර්ශන ද තිබී ඇත. නවීන ආත්මවාදය ආරම්භ වූ අබිරහස් තට්ටු ශබ්ද මනුෂ්‍ය වංචාවේ හෝ කපටිකමේ ප්‍රතිඵලයක් නොව, දුෂ්ට දේවදූතයන්ගේ සෘජු ක්‍රියාවක් වූයේය; එසේ ඔවුහු ආත්මය විනාශ කරන භයානකම මුළාවන්ගෙන් එකක් හඳුන්වා දුන්හ. ආත්මවාදය හුදෙක් මනුෂ්‍යමය වංචාවක් පමණක්ය යන විශ්වාසය තුළින් බොහෝ දෙනෙක් උගුලට හසුවන්නෝය; තමන් අධිභෞතිකයැයි නොපිළිගැනීමක් කළ නොහැකි ප්‍රකාශනයන් සමඟ මුහුණට මුහුණ පත්වන කල, ඔවුහු රවටනු ලබන්නෝය, සහ ඒවා දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ මහත් බලය ලෙස පිළිගැනීමට මෙහෙයවනු ලබන්නෝය.”

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> “Vanhu ava vanofuratira uchapupu hweMagwaro pamusoro pezvishamiso zvinoitwa naSatani nevamiriri vake. Zvaiva nerubatsiro rwaSatani kuti n’anga dzaFarao dzikwanise kutevedzera basa raMwari. Pauro anopupura kuti kusati kwauya kwechipiri kwaKristu kuchava nekuratidzwa kwakafanana kwesimba rasatani. Kuuya kwaShe kuchatungamirwa ne‘kushanda kwaSatani nesimba rose nezviratidzo nezvishamiso zvenhema, uye nokunyengera kwose kwokusarurama.’ 2 VaTesaronika 2:9,10. Uye muapostora Johane, achitsanangura simba rokuita zvishamiso richaratidzwa mumazuva okupedzisira, anoti: ‘Anoita zvishamiso zvikuru, zvokuti anoburitsa moto kubva kudenga uchiuya panyika pamberi pavanhu, uye anonyengera avo vagere panyika nemhaka yezvishamiso izvo zvaakapiwa simba rokuita.’ Zvakazarurwa 13:13, 14. Hazvisi zvokunyepedzera zvoga zvakaporofitwa pano. Vanhu vanonyengerwa nezvishamiso izvo vamiriri vaSatani vane simba rokuita, kwete izvo zvavanongonyepedzera kuti vanoita.” The Great Controversy, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Dzidziso dzenhema dzakavakirwa patsika nemagariro, zviratidzo zvezvishamiso zvemweya, indasitiri yekurapa neyekutengeserana yekunyepera, pamwe nokubatanidzwa kwounyanzvi hwechechi nounyanzvi hwehurumende, zvose izvi ndizvo zvinomiririra chikara chechiKatorike. Kuzvikudza chimiro chesimba reshato. Kutsunga nokuzvipa masimba pasina mvumo ndicho chimiro chomuprofita wenhema wechiPurotesitendi chakatsauka.

> And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

> Zvino Jesu, azere noMweya Mutsvene, akadzoka kubva paJoridhani, akatungamirirwa noMweya kuenda murenje, achiedzwa nadiabhorosi kwamazuva makumi mana. Uye mumazuva iwayo haana kudya chinhu; uye paakanga apera, akazonzwa nzara. Zvino diaborosi akati kwaari, Kana uri Mwanakomana waMwari, raira ibwe iri kuti rive chingwa. Jesu akamupindura, achiti, Kwakanyorwa kuchinzi, Munhu haangararami nechingwa chete, asi neshoko rimwe nerimwe raMwari. Ruka 4:1–4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Kufungidzira zvisina humbowo ishoko rinoreva chiito kana mamiriro ekutora chimwe chinhu sechokwadi pasina humbowo kana chivimbo chakakwana. Kunobatanidza kuita mutongo kana kusvika pamhedziso pachishandiswa ruzivo rusina kukwana kana rushoma. Kufungidzira zvisina humbowo kunogonawo kureva mwero wakati wokuvimba nezvinofungidzirwa nomunhu, kunyange hazvo kuvimba ikoko kungava kusina kururama zvizere.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

Upurotesitanti walioasi wameikubali Jumapili kuwa ndiyo siku ya Mungu ya ibada bila ushahidi wowote wa kuunga mkono wazo hilo potovu kutoka katika Neno la Mungu, na wanafanya hivyo huku wakijitambulisha kwa kujua kwamba wao ni Waprotestanti, ambao kauli mbiu yao ni “Neno la Mungu pekee,” au kama alivyotangaza Martin Luther, “Sola Scriptura!” Huchagua kuikubali kwa msingi wa mapokeo na desturi za kanisa la Roma, au labda kwa sababu tu ni urithi uliokubalika kutoka kwa baba zao. Katika kilio kikuu cha malaika wa tatu, ukweli kwamba hakuna kabisa uhalali wowote wa kuabudu jua unaoweza kutolewa kutoka katika Biblia utafunuliwa waziwazi, na ndipo wale wanaoendelea katika dhana yao hiyo potovu watapokea chapa ya mnyama.

> “If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

> “നാലാമത്തെ കല്പനയിലെ ശബ്ബത്ത് നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കു വെളിപ്പെടുത്തിക്കൊണ്ട് സത്യത്തിന്റെ വെളിച്ചം നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കു മുന്നില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കില്‍, ഞായറാഴ്ച ആചരിക്കേണ്ടതിന് ദൈവവചനത്തില്‍ യാതൊരു അടിസ്ഥാനവും ഇല്ലെന്നു കാണിച്ചുതന്നിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കില്‍, എന്നിട്ടും നിങ്ങള്‍ വ്യാജ ശബ്ബത്തിനെ പിടിച്ചുപറ്റി, ദൈവം ‘എന്റെ വിശുദ്ധദിനം’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്ന ശബ്ബത്തിനെ വിശുദ്ധമായി ആചരിക്കാന്‍ നിരസിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കില്‍, നിങ്ങള്‍ മൃഗത്തിന്റെ മുദ്ര സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നു. ഇത് എപ്പോഴാണ് സംഭവിക്കുന്നത്?—ഞായറാഴ്ച പണിയില്‍നിന്നു വിരമിച്ച് ദൈവത്തെ ആരാധിക്കണമെന്നു നിങ്ങളോടു കല്പിക്കുന്ന ഉത്തരവിനെ നിങ്ങള്‍ അനുസരിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ തന്നേ; അതേസമയം ഞായറാഴ്ച ഒരു സാധാരണ പ്രവൃത്തിദിനമല്ലാതെ മറ്റൊന്നാണെന്നു തെളിയിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വാക്കുപോലും ബൈബിളില്‍ ഇല്ലെന്നു നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കറിയുമ്പോള്‍, നിങ്ങള്‍ മൃഗത്തിന്റെ മുദ്ര സ്വീകരിക്കാന്‍ സമ്മതിക്കുകയും ദൈവത്തിന്റെ മുദ്ര നിരസിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. ഈ മുദ്രയെ ഞങ്ങള്‍ നമ്മുടെ നെറ്റികളിലോ കൈകളിലോ സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കില്‍, അനുസരണക്കേടുള്ളവര്‍ക്കെതിരേ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്ന വിധികള്‍ നമ്മുടെമേല്‍ വരേണ്ടതാകുന്നു. എന്നാല്‍ ജീവനുള്ള ദൈവത്തിന്റെ മുദ്ര കര്‍ത്താവിന്റെ ശബ്ബത്തിനെ മനസ്സാക്ഷിപൂര്‍വ്വം ആചരിക്കുന്നവരുടെമേല്‍ പതിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

The commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Ka mabaka a go fokola ao a tlwaelegilego go kwešišwa ka ona ka ga mokgatlo wa Republican ke boikemišetšo bja bona bja go nagana gore baganetši ba bona ba dipolotiki ba loka e bile ba botega, mola dienywa tša mokgatlo wa Democratic di utolla ka go molaleng gore ke bana ba tatago maaka. Ka makga a mantši, ka go boeletšwa le ka mehla, ba Republican ba amogela baganetši ba bona ba dipolotiki ka lentšu la bona, mola ba bontšhitšwe gantši-gantši gore baganetši bao ga ba tsoge ba boloka lentšu la bona. Ba bea maikemišetšo a botegago godimo ga bao ka go boeletšwa ba sa kago ba bonagatša lebaka le le kwalago leo le ka thekgago diponelopele tše di fošagetšego tša ba Republican tša go letela botega le potego. Gape ke therešo gore ba Republican ba bantši ba gana go emela molao wa motheo ka baka la poelo ya bona ya tšhelete, goba ka baka la maemo a sephiri a boitshwaro bjo bo gobogilego ao a ba tlogelago ba le bonolo go laolwa, eupša semelo se segolo sa boporofeta sa mokgatlo wa Republican ke boikgogomošo bja go ithekga godimo ga dikakanyo.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Icho chimiro chekusafunga ndicho chinoratidzwa nechuporofita muvaPurotesitendi vakatsauka pakutenda, chinovapa mukana wokuzviti vakatora nzvimbo yepamusoro mutsika nezvematongerwo enyika, asi muchokwadi vakasiya mabasa avo ehugari pasi petariro isina maturo yokuti vanopikisa vavo vezvematongerwo enyika vachachengeta shoko ravo. Tsananguro inonyanyo zivikanwa yeupengo ndeyokuti munhu arambe achiita chinhu chimwe chete kakawanda achitarisira mugumo wakasiyana, asi maRepublicans vanopikisa vachiti maDemocrats ndivo vakabatwa neupengo, hunoratidzwa muruvengo rwavo kuna Trump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

කෙසේ නමුත්, “සම්මුතිය” යනු ව්‍යවස්ථාමය ක්‍රියාදාමයේ කාර්යය යන පූර්වකල්පනය යටතේ ඔවුන් සම්මුතිවලට එකඟ වන විට, රිපබ්ලිකානුවන්ගේ උමතුභාවය නැවත නැවතත් පැහැදිලිව දර්ශනය වේ. එහෙත්, “ව්‍යවස්ථාමය ක්‍රියාදාමය” යන මූලධර්මය මත පදනම් වූවක් යැයි ඔවුන් පවසන ඔවුන්ගේ දේශපාලන සම්මුති සිදු කරනු ලබන්නේ කිසිදා සම්මුතියකට නොඑළඹෙන පන්තියක් සමඟය. ඩිමොක්‍රැටුවන් දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාවලියේදී තමන්ට විරුද්ධ සංඛ්‍යාත්මක බලය මඟින් සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම නවතාලනු ලැබූ විට පමණක් ඉඩ ලබා දෙති. දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාවලිය තුළ සැබෑ මධ්‍යස්ථ මාර්ගයක් සඳහා ක්‍රියා කළ බවට ඔවුන් කිසිදා සාක්ෂි සපයා නැත. රිපබ්ලිකානුවන්ගේ උමතුභාවය වන්නේ, සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අසාධාරණ වූ අන්‍යයන් පිළිබඳ ඔවුන් නැවත නැවතත් පෝෂණය කරන ශුභවාදී අපේක්ෂාවන්ය.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Sa karamihan nang higit na nakararami sa mga sumusuporta kay Donald Trump, magpapatotoo sila sa katotohanang ang pinakamasamang katangian ni Trump ay ang kaniyang kahandaang tanggapin ang mga tao bilang mga tagasuporta ng kaniyang adyenda, samantalang ipinakikilala ng umiiral na katibayan na lubos na kapangahasan sa panig ni Trump ang gawin ang gayong pagpili. Ang kapangahasan ang makahulang katangian ng tumalikod na Protestantismo. Tinukso ni Satanas si Cristo sa pamamagitan ng pagsipi ng Biblia, ngunit sa paggawa nito, pinilipit ni Satanas ang talata upang gawin itong isang di-makatwirang pagsubok na walang batayang maka-Kasulatan.

> And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

> Akamuisa kuYerusalemu, akamuisa pamusoro pechikomo chepamusoro-soro chetemberi, akati kwaari, “Kana uri Mwanakomana waMwari, zvirase pasi kubva pano; nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi, ‘Achapa vatumwa vake murairo pamusoro pako, kuti vakuchengete; uye vachakutakura mumaoko avo, kuti rutsoka rwako rurege kugumburwa nedombo chero nguva ipi zvayo.’” Jesu akamupindura achiti, “Zvinonzi, ‘Usaedza Ishe Mwari wako.’” Ruka 4:9–12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Pa mutemo weSabata weSvondo uri kuuya nokukurumidza, vaPurotesitendi vemuUnited States ndivo vachatora murayiro weBhaibheri wokurega kushanda nezuva reSabata, uye vachakanganisa murayiro wokunamata Mwari paSabata rezuva rechinomwe, vachiuumba kuva murayiro wakagadzirwa, wokuti vanhu vanosungirwa kunamata pazuva rezuva repagani, iro riri zuva rezuva. Vachamonyanisa ndima yeBhaibheri, vachiishandura kuva muedzo usina chikonzero uye usiri weMagwaro.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tichaenderera mberi nechidzidzo ichi muchinyorwa chinotevera.

> “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.

> Ndzi vonile leswaku xivandzana lexi nga ni timhondzo timbirhi a xi ri ni nomu wa dragona, ni leswaku matimba ya xona a ma ri enhlokweni ya xona, ni leswaku xileriso a xi ta huma enon’wini wa xona. Kutani ndzi tlhela ndzi vona Mana wa Tinghwavava; leswaku mana a hi wona vana va yena va xisati, kambe a a hambanile na vona, naswona a a ri wa nkoka wa yena hi yexe. U tshame a va ni siku ra yena, naswona ri hundzile; kutani vana va yena va xisati, ku nga mintlawa ya Vaprotestente, hi vona lava landzeleke ku nghena exitejini kutani va kombisa mianakanyo yoleyo yi fanaka leyi mana a a ri na yona loko a xanisa vakwetsimi. Ndzi vonile leswaku tanihi leswi mana a a ya a hunguteka ematimbeni, vana va yena va xisati a va ri karhi va kula; naswona ku nga ri khale va ta tirhisa matimba lawa mana a tshama a ma tirhisa.

> “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.

> “Ndzi vone leswaku kereke ya vito ntsena ni va-Adventist va vito ntsena, ku fana na Yudasi, a va ta hi xavisela eka Vakatoliki leswaku va kuma nkucetelo wa vona leswaku va ta lwa ni ntiyiso. Kutani vakwetsimi va ta va vanhu lava nga vonakiki ngopfu, lava Vakatoliki va nga va tiviki ngopfu; kambe tikereke ni va-Adventist va vito ntsena lava tivaka ripfumelo ra hina ni mikhuva ya hina (hikuva a va hi vengile hikwalaho ka Savata, hikuva a va nga swi koti ku yi kaneta) va ta xavisela vakwetsimi kutani va va mangalela eka Vakatoliki tanihi lava honisaka milawu ya vanhu; hi leswaku, leswaku va hlayisa Savata kutani va honisa Sonto.

> “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.

> “අනතුරුව කතෝලිකයෝ ප්‍රොටෙස්ටන්ට්වරුන්ට ඉදිරියට යන්නැයි අණ කරති; හත්වැනි දවස වෙනුවට සතිේ පළමු දවස නොපිළිපදින සියල්ලෝ මරණයට පත් කළ යුතු යැයි නියෝගයක්ද නිකුත් කරති. තවද, සංඛ්‍යාවෙන් විශාල වූ කතෝලිකයෝ ප්‍රොටෙස්ටන්ට්වරුන්ගේ පැත්තේ සිටින්නෝ වෙති. කතෝලිකයෝ තම බලය මෘගයාගේ රූපයට දෙනු ඇත. එවිට ප්‍රොටෙස්ටන්ට්වරු තමන්ට පෙර තම මව කළාක් මෙන් ශුද්ධවන්තයන් විනාශ කිරීමට ක්‍රියා කරති. නමුත් ඔවුන්ගේ එම නියෝගය ක්‍රියාත්මක වීමට හෝ ඵල දරීමට පෙර, ශුද්ධවන්තයෝ දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ හඬින් මුදා හරිනු ලබන්නෝ වෙති.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

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