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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Three

Ufunuo hwaJesu Kristu - Inombolo Yesitsatfu

Unveiling the Prophetic Foundations: A Study of Revelation and the Path of Truth

Kufumura Ensiiko ez’Obunnabbi: Okwekenneenya ku Okubikkulirwa n’Oluguudo lw’Amazima

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Jeff Pippenger

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August 21, 2023

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> “So in searching the field and digging for the precious jewels of truth, hidden treasures are discerned. Unexpectedly we find precious ore that is to be gathered and treasured. And the search is to be continued. Hitherto very much of the treasure found has lain near the surface, and was easily obtained. When the search is properly conducted every effort is made to keep a pure understanding and heart. When the mind is kept open and is constantly searching the field of revelation, we shall find rich deposits of truth.

> “Saka, pakutsvaga mumunda uye kuchera kuti tiwane zvishongo zvinokosha zvechokwadi, pfuma yakavanzwa inozivikanwa. Tisingazvitarisiri, tinowana dombo rinokosha rinofanira kuunganidzwa nekuchengetedzwa. Uye kutsvaga uku kunofanira kuenderera mberi. Kusvikira zvino, chikamu chikuru chefuma yakawanikwa changa chiri pedyo nepamusoro, uye chaiwanikwa zviri nyore. Kana kutsvaga kuchiitwa nenzira yakafanira, kuedza kwese kunoitwa kuti kunzwisisa nomwoyo zvichengetwe zvakachena. Kana pfungwa dzikachengetwa dzakavhurika uye dzichiramba dzichitsvaga mumunda wezvakazarurwa, tichawana dura rakapfuma rechokwadi.

> “Old truths will be revealed in new aspects, and truths will appear which have been overlooked in the search. Mighty truths have been buried beneath the sophistry of error, but they will be found by the diligent searcher. As he finds and opens the treasure house of the precious jewels of truth, it is no robbery; for all who appreciate these jewels may possess them, and then they too have a treasure house to open to others. He who imparts does not deprive himself of the treasure; for as he examines it that he may present it in such a way as to attract others, he finds new treasures. . . .

> “Zvokwadi zvekare zvichazarurwa muzvimiro zvitsva, uye zvokwadi zvichaonekwa izvo zvakanga zvisina kucherechedzwa mukutsvaka. Zvokwadi zvikuru zvakavigwa pasi peunyengeri hwekukanganisa, asi zvichawanikwa nomutsvaki anoshingaira. Paanowana nokuzarura imba yepfuma yezvishongo zvinokosha zvechokwadi, hakusi kuba; nokuti vose vanokoshesa zvishongo izvi vanogona kuzviwana, uye ipapo naivowo vane imba yepfuma yokuzarurira vamwe. Uyo anopa haazvitoreri pfuma iyoyo; nokuti paanoi ongorora kuti aiipe nenzira inozokwezva vamwe, anowana pfuma itsva....”

> “Those who stand before the people as teachers of truth are to grapple with great themes. They are not to occupy precious time in talking of trivial subjects. Let them study the Word, and preach the Word. Let the Word be in their hands as a sharp, two-edged sword. Let it testify to past truths and show what is to be in the future.

> “ඔබ්බ ඉදිරියේ සත්‍යයේ ගුරුවරයන් ලෙස සිටින අය මහත් තේමාවන් සමඟ පොරබැදිය යුතුය. සුළු විෂයන් පිළිබඳ කතා කරමින් ඔවුන් වටිනා කාලය වැය නොකළ යුතුය. ඔවුන් වචනය අධ්‍යයනය කරත්වා, වචනය ප්‍රකාශ කරත්වා. වචනය ඔවුන්ගේ අත්වල තියුණු, දෙමුවහත් කඩුවක් මෙන් තිබේවා. එය අතීත සත්‍යයන්ට සාක්ෂි දරේවා, අනාගතයේ සිදුවනු ඇත්තේ කුමක්දැයි ද පෙන්වා දෙේවා.”

> “Increased light will shine upon all the grand truths of prophecy, and they will be seen in freshness and brilliancy, because the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness will illuminate the whole.” Manuscript Releases, volume 1, 37–40.

> “Chiedza chakawedzerwa chichavhenekera pamusoro pezvokwadi huru dzose dzechiporofita, uye dzichaonekwa dziri mutsva uye dzichipenya, nokuti mwaranzi inopenya yeZuva Rokururama ichavhenekera zvose.” Manuscript Releases, bhuku 1, 37–40.

I believe that I have now placed enough prophetic representations in place with the previous articles to have a good point of reference as we begin to proceed through the book of Revelation. If you are reading these articles online, I would hope you understand that the articles are in sequence by date. I understand that there are those following the articles that are familiar with most of what I am sharing, and I offer to them my apologies for all the redundancy. I have been trying to give enough biblical support for the truths we are handling, that someone new to the principles that Future for America employs will understand and stay engaged, though they might lack some of the familiarity with these concepts that many of us already know.

Ndzi pfumela leswaku sweswi ndzi veke swifaniso leswi eneleke swa vuprofeta hi ku tirhisa swihloko leswi hundzeke, leswaku hi va ni ndhawu leyinene yo kongomisa eka yona loko hi sungula ku ya emahlweni hi buku ya Nhlavutelo. Loko mi hlaya swihloko leswi eka inthanete, ndzi tshemba leswaku ma swi twisisa leswaku swihloko leswi swi landzelana hi masiku. Ndzi swi twisisa leswaku ku ni lava va landzelaka swihloko leswi lava va toloveleke swo tala swa leswi ndzi swi avelaka, kutani ndzi va kombela ku rivalela hikwalaho ka ku phindha-phindha loku hinkwako. Ndzi ringetile ku nyika nseketelo lowu eneleke wa Bibele eka ntiyiso lowu hi wu kambisisaka, leswaku munhu loyi a nga ha riki na ntolovelo wa milawu leyi Future for America yi yi tirhisaka a ta twisisa naswona a tama a tshama a khomekile, hambiloko a nga ha pfumali ku tolovelana lokuntsongo ni miehleketo leyi leyi vo tala exikarhi ka hina hi nga se yi tiva kahle.

There are some very powerful truths, which until recently I had never recognized that have been opened in the book of Revelation. I could simply set the truths out there in the public domain without trying first to build a premise of prophetic support before I share them, but the truths are so new and so serious that I have not been willing to share without some foundation upon which to place the truths, which I believe are represented as the unsealing of Revelation that happens just before probation closes.

Muna zvokwadi dzine simba zvikuru dzakazarurwa mubhuku raZvakazarurwa, dzandakanga ndisati ndamboziva kusvikira munguva ichangopfuura. Ndingadai ndakangoburitsa zvokwadi idzodzo pachena kuvanhu vose ndisina kutanga ndavaka hwaro hwekutsigirwa kwechiporofita ndisati ndadzizivisa, asi zvokwadi idzodzo itsva zvikuru uye dzakakomba zvikuru zvokuti handina kuda kudzizivisa ndisina imwe nheyo yandingadzimisa pairi, iyo yandinotenda kuti inomiririrwa sekusunungurwa kwezvisimbiso zvebhuku raZvakazarurwa kunoitika nguva pfupi nguva yokuedzwa isati yavharwa.

> And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22:10, 11.

> Zvino akati kwandiri, Usanamata mashoko echiporofita ebhuku iri; nokuti nguva yava pedyo. Asina kururama ngaarambe asina kururama; uye ane tsvina ngaarambe ane tsvina; uye akarurama ngaarambe akarurama; uye mutsvene ngaarambe ari mutsvene. Zvakazarurwa 22:10, 11.

Jesus set forth a principle about teaching the truth, that I believe applies here. The principle is set within the identification of the work of the Holy Spirit.

Yesu akabeka pachena nheyo pamusoro pokudzidzisa chokwadi, yandinotenda kuti inoshanda pano. Nheyo iyi yakaiswa mukuzivikanwa kwebasa roMweya Mutsvene.

> And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. John 16:8–16.

> Uye kana iye auya, acharatidza nyika pamusoro pechivi, nepamusoro pokururama, nepamusoro pokutonga: Pamusoro pechivi, nokuti havatendi kwandiri; pamusoro pokururama, nokuti ndinoenda kuna Baba vangu, uye hamuchazondionizve; pamusoro pokutonga, nokuti muchinda wenyika ino watotongwa. Ndichine zvinhu zvizhinji zvokutaura kwamuri, asi hamugoni kuzvitakura zvino. Asi kana iye, Mweya wechokwadi, auya, achakutungamirirai muchokwadi chose: nokuti haangatauri zvake; asi zvose zvaanonzwa, ndizvo zvaachataura: uye achakuzivisai zvinhu zvichauya. Iye achandikudza: nokuti achatora pane zvangu, agozvizivisa kwamuri. Johani 16:8–16.

When Christ stated, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now,” it upholds my conviction that there is now much to share, but there should first be a logical premise to build those truths upon. That being said, the previous verses identify the three angels’ messages as represented by the Holy Spirit reproving “the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” Those three messages are the final warning message, so this passage identifying the work of the Holy Spirit is an important testimony, for it emphasizes that the message is progressively understood, and it is only understood by those who possess the oil of the Holy Spirit. John, in the book of Revelation represents that very truth when he identifies that he is a Sabbath worshipping Seventh-day Adventist at the end of the world.

Apo Kristu paakati, “Ndichine zvinhu zvizhinji zvokutaura kwamuri, asi hamugoni kuzvitakura zvino,” zvinotsigira kusimbiswa kwangu kuti zvino kune zvakawanda zvinofanira kugoverwa, asi chokutanga panofanira kuva nehwaro hunonzwisisika hwokuvakapo zvokwadi idzodzo. Nezvakadaro, mavhesi apfuura anoratidza mashoko evatumwa vatatu sezvaanomiririrwa noMweya Mutsvene achitsiura “nyika pamusoro pechivi, napamusoro pokururama, napamusoro pokutongwa.” Mashoko iwayo matatu ndiwo shoko rokuyambira rokupedzisira, saka chikamu ichi chinoratidza basa roMweya Mutsvene sechapupu chinokosha, nokuti chinosimbisa kuti shoko iri rinonzwisiswa zvishoma nezvishoma, uye rinongonzwisiswa chete navaya vane mafuta oMweya Mutsvene. Johane, mubhuku raZvakazarurwa, anomiririra ichocho chokwadi paanoratidza kuti iye muAdventist woMusi weChinomwe anonamata paSabata pakuguma kwenyika.

> I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. Revelation 1:10.

> Nalikuwa katika Roho siku ya Bwana, nami nikasikia nyuma yangu sauti kuu, kama ya tarumbeta. Ufunuo 1:10.

Seventh-day Adventists at the end of the world who will understand the unsealed message in Revelation will do so because they are “in the Spirit.” In the context of the parable that we have been told “illustrates the experience of the Adventist people,” John is a wise virgin, for he has the oil of the Spirit. He represents the wise virgins at the end of the world, who hear a great voice “behind” them. The “voice from behind” him is the Alpha and Omega as identified in the very next verse, and the voice informs him to return to the old paths and walk therein.

Vasekudyi veSeventh-day Adventist pakuguma kwenyika vachanzwisisa shoko rakasvinudzwa riri muna Zvakazarurwa vachadaro nokuti vari “muMweya.” Mumamiriro emufananidzo watakaudzwa kuti “unoratidza chiitiko chavanhu veAdventist,” Johane imhandara yakachenjera, nokuti ane mafuta oMweya. Anomirira mhandara dzakachenjera pakuguma kwenyika, dzinonzwa inzwi guru “shure” kwadzo. “Inzwi rinobva shure” kwake ndiro Arfa naOmega sezvarinotsanangurwa mundima inotevera pakarepo, uye inzwi iri rinomuzivisa kuti adzokere kunzira dzekare afambe madziri.

> Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Jeremiah 6:16.

> Zvanzi naShe, Mirai panzira, mutarire, mubvunze pamusoro penzira dzekare, muti, Iripi nzira yakanaka? mufambe nayo, mugowana zororo kumweya yenyu. Asi vakati, Hatizofambi nayo. Jeremia 6:16.

The “rest” Jeremiah refers to is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the latter rain. In the next verse Jeremiah provides a second illustration of the foolish virgins who refuse to return to the foundations of Adventism (the old paths) and walk therein.

“እረፍት” በኤርምያስ የተጠቀሰው በኋለኛው ዝናብ ዘመን የመንፈስ ቅዱስ መፍሰስ ነው። በሚቀጥለው ቁጥር ኤርምያስ ወደ አድቬንቲዝም መሠረቶች (የቀድሞ መንገዶች) ተመልሰው በእነርሱ ለመመላለስ የሚከለክሉ ሰነፍ ደናግል ሁለተኛ ምሳሌ ያቀርባል።

> Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Jeremiah 6:17.

> ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲓⲧⲁϩⲟ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲣⲉϥϣⲱⲛⲉ, ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ: ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲡϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲡⲓⲅⲝ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ: ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ. Ⲓⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ 6:17.

When John hears the voice behind him directing him to the old paths or the foundations of Adventism, the voice he hears is as a trumpet. That voice is conveyed through the “watchmen” that God set over Adventism. Father Miller was the watchman that blew the warning trumpet at the beginning of Adventism during the proclamation of the first angel announcing the opening of the judgment. But John specifically represents those who proclaim the third angel’s message announcing the close of the judgment. He represents those who return to the foundations that God erected through the work of Miller.

Apo Jwanani apulika liwu pambuyo pake lomuwongolera ku njira zakale kapena ku maziko a Chiadiventisti, liwu limene apulika liri ngati lipenga. Liwu limenelo limaperekedwa kudzera mwa “alonda” amene Mulungu anawaika pa Chiadiventisti. Atate Miller anali mlonda amene anaimba lipenga la chenjezo pa chiyambi cha Chiadiventisti pa nthawi ya kulalikidwa kwa uthenga wa mngelo woyamba wolengeza kutsegulidwa kwa chiweruzo. Koma Jwanani akuimira mwapadera iwo amene amalalikira uthenga wa mngelo wachitatu wolengeza kutsekedwa kwa chiweruzo. Iye akuimira iwo amene amabwerera ku maziko amene Mulungu anawamanga kudzera mu ntchito ya Miller.

We have repeatedly shown through the years, (and it can be found in Habakkuk’s Tables), that the first angel’s message “fear God” is to convict of sin, and that the second angel’s message is where righteousness is manifested and the third identifies judgment. These are the three steps of the three angels and also the three steps of the work of the Holy Spirit. Those three steps are also represented by the three Hebrew letters that make up the Hebrew word that is translated as “truth.” In the passage from John sixteen, Jesus is speaking of the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding God’s people into “all truth,” while also showing them “things to come.” Yet Jesus states that He has “many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.”

Kwemakore anopfuura, takaratidza kakawanda, (uye zvinogona kuwanikwa muMatafura aHabakuki), kuti shoko remutumwa wokutanga rokuti “tyai Mwari” nderekupa mhosva pamusoro pechivi, uye kuti shoko remutumwa wechipiri ndimo munoratidzwa kururama, uye rechitatu rinoratidza kutonga. Aya ndiwo matanho matatu evatumwa vatatu uyezve matanho matatu ebasa roMweya Mutsvene. Matanho iwayo matatu anomirirwawo nemavara matatu echiHebheru anoumba shoko rechiHebheru rinoshandurwa richinzi “chokwadi.” Muchikamu chinobva muna Johane gumi nenhanhatu, Jesu ari kutaura pamusoro pebasa roMweya Mutsvene mukutungamirira vanhu vaMwari kupinda mu “chokwadi chose,” achivaratidzawo “zvinhu zvinouya.” Asi Jesu anoti, “Ndichine zvinhu zvizhinji zvokutaura kwamuri, asi hamugoni kuzvitakura zvino.”

I hope you have understood some of the significance of the Hebrew word translated as “truth.” For we have just began to apply that symbol to our study. In the first three verses of Revelation one the communication process between God and man is identified. It is identified even before the Revelation identifies the three-fold nature of the godhead. It finds a second witness in the last verses of Revelation and in so doing, based upon applying “line upon line” it produces more light.

Ndinovimba kuti manzwisisa zvimwe zvezvinorehwa neshoko rechiHebheru rakashandurwa richinzi “chokwadi.” Nokuti tangotanga chete kushandisa chiratidzo ichocho pachidzidzo chedu. Mundima nhatu dzokutanga dzaZvakazarurwa chitsauko 1, nzira yokutaurirana pakati paMwari nomunhu inoratidzwa. Inoratidzwa kunyange Zvakazarurwa zvisati zvazivisa chimiro cheutatu chaMwari. Inowana chapupu chechipiri mundima dzokupedzisira dzaZvakazarurwa, uye pakuita saizvozvo, zvichibva pakushandisa “mutsara pamusoro pomutsara,” zvinobudisa chiedza chakawanda.

Then when we add Genesis 1:1–2:3, we find a third witness and another prophetic line to lay upon the previous two lines at the beginning and ending of Revelation.

Na kona manje tikiwengezera Ekigambo kya Olubereberye 1:1–2:3, tusanga omujulizi ow’okusatu n’olunyiriri olulala olw’obunnabbi lwe tunaateeka ku nnyiriri ebbiri ezo ezasooka ku ntandikwa n’enkomerero y’Ekubikkulirwa.

Then we add the last promise in the Old Testament identifying the Elijah to come, and we have four prophetic lines.

Ndipo tunaongeza ahadi ya mwisho katika Agano la Kale inayomtambulisha Eliya atakayekuja, na tunapata mistari minne ya unabii.

Then we add the first chapter of the New Testament and we have five lines to put together the ultimate message found in the Bible when applying the principle of Alpha and Omega to all the lines. If we would finish off the five lines we have already identified, by applying the principle across the board to those five lines, then we should expect to see the end of Matthew and the end of John testifying to the same information that all five of the “first and last” prophetic lines that we are considering.

Zvino tinobva tawedzera chitsauko chokutanga cheTestamende Itsva, uye tinenge tava nemitsara mishanu yokubatanidza pamwe chete kuti tiwane shoko rokupedzisira rinowanikwa muBhaibheri apo tinoshandisa musimboti waArfa naOmega kumitsara yose. Kana tikapedzisa mitsara mishanu yatakatotara kare, nokushandisa musimboti uyu zvakaenzana pamitsara iyo mishanu, ipapo tinofanira kutarisira kuona magumo aMateu nemagumo aJohane zvichipupurira mashoko mamwe chetewo anopupurirwa nemitsara yose mishanu youprofita ye“kutanga nokuguma” yatiri kufunga nezvayo.

The message that is being unsealed is established in the book of Revelation, so it is the reference point for the other lines, in agreement with Sister White informing us that “all the books of the Bible meet and end in Revelation.” The message of the first three verses of the book of Revelation identify the process God uses to transmit His word to John to write out and send to the churches. The first book of the New Testament, as already noted, sets forth the lineage of Jesus Christ and it starts with a very informative point.

Ujumbe unaofunuliwa umewekwa msingi katika kitabu cha Ufunuo, kwa hiyo ndicho kipimo cha marejeo kwa mistari mingine, kwa kupatana na Dada White kutujulisha kwamba “vitabu vyote vya Biblia hukutana na kuishia katika Ufunuo.” Ujumbe wa mistari mitatu ya kwanza ya kitabu cha Ufunuo unaainisha mchakato ambao Mungu hutumia kuwasilisha neno Lake kwa Yohana ili aliandike na kulituma kwa makanisa. Kitabu cha kwanza cha Agano Jipya, kama ilivyokwisha kuonyeshwa, kinaweka wazi nasaba ya Yesu Kristo, nacho huanza kwa hoja yenye taarifa nyingi sana.

> The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1.

> Bhuku ra tsalwa ra Yesu Kriste, n’wana wa Davhida, n’wana wa Abrahama. Mateo 1:1.

Jesus ended his direct interaction with the quibbling Jews by silencing them with the subject of “the son of David,” a subject that could have only been understood by the Jews if they had understood the biblical principle of beginning and ending. They didn’t, and most Adventists don’t. Anyone who wishes to argue against the principle of history repeating demonstrates that they do not understand that ancient Israel typifies modern Israel, and their unwillingness to believe that principle, is the identical unwillingness at the end of ancient Israel to understand the same principle. Jesus represented that principle in His final riddle to the Jews by directing them to the riddle of how David’s Lord, could also be David’s son?

Yesu akapedza kubata kwake kwakananga nevaJudha vaipikisa-pikisa nokuvanyaradza chose nenyaya ye“mwanakomana waDhavhidhi,” nyaya yaigona chete kunzwisiswa nevaJudha dai vainzwisisa musimboti webhaibheri wokutanga nokuguma. Havana kuunzwisisa, uye vazhinji vevaAdventistwo havauzwisisi. Ani naani anoda kupikisa musimboti wokuti nhoroondo inodzokorora, anoratidza kuti haanzwisisi kuti Israeri yekare inomiririra Israeri yazvino, uye kusada kwavo kutenda musimboti iwoyo ndiko kusada kumwe chete kwakavapo pakuguma kweIsraeri yekare pakunzwisisa musimboti iwoyo. Jesu akamirira musimboti iwoyo muchirahwe chake chokupedzisira kuvaJudha nokuvatungamirira kuchirahwe chokuti Ishe waDhavhidhi angava seiwo mwanakomana waDhavhidhi?

John chapter one, identifies that in the beginning the Word was with God, and the Word is God and the Word created all things. This of course aligns with the other lines we are referring to. And if we then consider the last words in the gospel of John, we see Peter, after hearing Jesus describe how he would die, asking Jesus what would happen to the apostle John.

Johane sura ya kwanza inatambulisha kwamba hapo mwanzo Neno alikuwako pamoja na Mungu, na Neno ni Mungu, tena Neno aliumba vitu vyote. Hili, bila shaka, lapatana na mistari mingine tunayoirejelea. Na tukiyazingatia basi maneno ya mwisho katika Injili ya Johane, twamwona Petro, baada ya kumsikia Yesu akieleza jinsi atakavyokufa, akimwuliza Yesu ni nini kitakachompata mtume Johane.

> Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. John 21:21–25.

> Petro, wakati amwona huyo, akamwambia Yesu, Bwana, na huyu atafanya nini? Yesu akamwambia, Ikiwa nataka akae hata nitakapokuja, yakupasa nini? Unifuate wewe. Basi neno hilo likaenea miongoni mwa ndugu, ya kwamba mwanafunzi huyo hatakufa; walakini Yesu hakumwambia ya kwamba hatakufa, ila, Ikiwa nataka akae hata nitakapokuja, yakupasa nini? Huyu ndiye mwanafunzi anayeshuhudia habari za mambo haya, naye ndiye aliyeandika mambo haya; nasi twajua ya kuwa ushuhuda wake ni kweli. Tena kuna mambo mengine mengi aliyoyatenda Yesu, ambayo kama yangeandikwa moja baada ya jingine, nadhani hata ulimwengu wenyewe usingeweza kuziweka hizo vitabu vitakavyoandikwa. Amina. Yohana 21:21–25.

Peter wanted to know how John would die, or even if John would die. The answer is repeated twice in the passage when Jesus stated it and then John restated, “If I will that he [John] tarry till I come, what is that to thee?” John did live to Jesus’ Second Coming.

Petro akachaka kuziva kuti Johane aizofa sei, kana kuti kunyange kuti Johane aizofa here. Mhinduro yacho inodzokororwa kaviri mundima iyi apo Jesu paakazvitaura, Johane akazozvidzokororazve achiti, “Kana ndichida kuti iye [Johane] agare kusvikira ndauya, zvinei kwauri?” Johane akararama kusvika paKuuya kwaJesu kweChipiri.

You can only see or hear that “truth” if you believe in the repetition of history, and also that the history that is to be repeated, does so at the end of the world. The end of the world is where John was when he wrote the book of Revelation. The last book in John’s gospel agrees with the other lines of beginning and ending for it places John in the history of the events leading to the Second Coming where he, representing those who proclaim the final warning message, sends that message to the churches.

ఈ “సత్యం”ను మీరు చూడగలరు గాని వినగలరు గాని ఒక్కటే పరిస్థితిలో—చరిత్ర పునరావృతమవుతుందని మీరు నమ్మినపుడు, మరియు పునరావృతం కాబోవు ఆ చరిత్ర లోకాంతంలోనే పునరావృతమవుతుందని కూడా నమ్మినపుడు. యోహాను ప్రకటన గ్రంథాన్ని వ్రాసినప్పుడు ఆయన ఉన్న స్థలం లోకాంతమే. యోహాను సువార్తలోని చివరి గ్రంథం ఆరంభము మరియు అంత్యము గురించిన ఇతర సరళులతో ఏకీభవిస్తుంది; ఎందుకనగా అది యోహానును ద్వితీయాగమనానికి దారితీసే సంఘటనల చరిత్రలో ఉంచుతుంది, అక్కడ ఆయన, అంతిమ హెచ్చరిక సందేశాన్ని ప్రకటించువారిని ప్రతినిధించుచు, ఆ సందేశాన్ని సంఘములకు పంపుచున్నాడు.

> “In the days of the early Christians, Christ came the second time. His first advent was at Bethlehem, when He came as an infant. His second advent was at the Isle of Patmos, when He revealed Himself in glory to John the Revelator, who ‘fell at His feet as dead’ when he saw Him. But Christ strengthened him to endure the sight, and then gave him a message to write to the churches of Asia, the names of which are descriptive of the characteristics of every church.

> “M’masiku a Akhristu oyambirira, Khristu anabwera kachiwiri. Kubwera kwake koyamba kunali ku Betelehemu, pamene anadza ali khanda. Kubwera kwake kwachiwiri kunali pachilumba cha Patmo, pamene anadziwulula yekha mwa ulemerero kwa Yohane Mvumbulutsi, amene ‘anagwa pa mapazi Ake ngati wakufa’ pamene anamuwona. Koma Khristu anam’limbitsa kuti athe kupirira kuonako, ndipo kenaka anam’patsa uthenga woti alembe kwa mipingo ya ku Asiya, mayina ake amene akufotokoza makhalidwe a mpingo uliwonse.

> “The light that Christ revealed to His servant the prophet is for us. In His revelation are given the three angels’ messages, and a description of the angel that was to come down from heaven with great power, lightening the earth with his glory. In it are warnings against the wickedness that would exist in the last days, and against the mark of the beast. We are not only to read and understand this message, but to proclaim it with no uncertain sound to the world. By presenting these things revealed to John, we shall be able to stir the people.” Manuscript Releases, volume 19, 41.

> “Chiedza chakazarurwa naKristu kumuranda Wake, muporofita, ndechedu. Muzaruro Yake munopiwa mashoko engirozi nhatu, uye tsananguro yengirozi yaizoburuka kubva kudenga ine simba guru, ichivhenekera nyika nokubwinya kwayo. Marimo mune yambiro pamusoro pezvakaipa zvaizovapo mumazuva okupedzisira, uye pamusoro pechiratidzo chechikara. Hatifaniri kungoverenga nokunzwisisa shoko iri chete, asiwo kurizivisa kunyika nenzwi risina kusava nechokwadi. Nokurondedzera zvinhu izvi zvakazarurwa kuna Johani, tichakwanisa kumutsa vanhu.” Manuscript Releases, vhoriyamu 19, 41.

The end of the gospel of John identifies the communication process as in Revelation’s first three verses, by locating John prophetically in the history of the Second Coming. Thus, using Jesus’ first “second coming” (Patmos) to illustrate His last “second coming.” It connects perfectly with the other lines we are considering, for it represents John at the end of the world, on Patmos where he receives the Revelation of Jesus Christ. What about the end of the book of Matthew?

Mugumo wa Injili ya Yohana unatambua mchakato wa mawasiliano kama ulivyo katika aya tatu za kwanza za Ufunuo, kwa kumweka Yohana kiunabii ndani ya historia ya Kuja kwa Mara ya Pili. Hivyo, ukitumia “kuja kwake mara ya pili” kwa kwanza kwa Yesu (Patmo) kuonyesha “kuja kwake mara ya pili” kwa mwisho. Hili linaungana kikamilifu na mistari mingine tunayoizingatia, kwa kuwa linamwakilisha Yohana katika mwisho wa dunia, huko Patmo ambako anapokea Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo. Je, kuhusu mwisho wa kitabu cha Mathayo?

> Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28:16–20.

> Ipapo vadzidzi gumi neumwe vakaenda kuGarirea, kugomo kwavakanga varairwa naJesu. Zvino vakati vamuona, vakamunamata; asi vamwe vakakahadzika. Jesu akaswedera akataura kwavari, achiti: Simba rose rakapiwa kwandiri kudenga napanyika. Naizvozvo endai, mudzidzise marudzi ose, muchivabhabhatidza muzita raBaba, neroMwanakomana, neroMweya Mutsvene; muchivadzidzisa kuchengeta zvinhu zvose zvandakakurairai; uye tarirai, ndinemi mazuva ose, kusvikira pakuguma kwenyika. Ameni. Mateu 28:16–20.

In the passage all power is given to Jesus, and this would of course be His creative power. And then He gives a commandment to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and also the Holy Spirit that moved upon the water in Genesis one, and the seven spirits that are before the throne of God. This passage identifies that Christians are to recognize the three persons of the heavenly trio as three distinct entities. The end of Matthew adds to the lines as the other six do.

Muchikamu ichi simba rose rinopiwa kuna Jesu, uye izvi, chokwadi, zvaizova simba rake rokusika. Uye ipapo anopa murayiro wokubhabhatidza muzita raBaba, roMwanakomana, uyewo roMweya Mutsvene wakafamba pamusoro pemvura muna Genesisi 1, nemweya minomwe iri pamberi pechigaro choushe chaMwari. Muchikamu ichi zvinozivikanwa kuti vaKristu vanofanira kuziva vanhu vatatu vehutatu hwokudenga sezvinhu zvitatu zvakasiyana. Kupera kwaMateu kunowedzera pamitsara sezvinoita mamwe matanhatu.

> “Christ has made baptism the sign of entrance to His spiritual kingdom. He has made this a positive condition with which all must comply who wish to be acknowledged as under the authority of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Before man can find a home in the church, before passing the threshold of God’s spiritual kingdom, he is to receive the impress of the divine name, ‘The Lord our righteousness.’ Jeremiah 23:6.

> “Kristu akaita rubhabhatidzo chiratidzo chokupinda muumambo Hwake hwomweya. Akaita izvi kuti chive chirevo chakajeka chinofanira kuteverwa navose vanoda kuzivikanwa sevaya vari pasi pesimba raBaba, neroMwanakomana, neroMweya Mutsvene. Munhu asati awana musha muchechi, asati ayambuka pachikumbaridzo choumambo hwaMwari hwomweya, anofanira kugamuchira chisimbiso chezita roumwari, ‘Jehovha kururama kwedu.’ Jeremia 23:6.

> “Baptism is a most solemn renunciation of the world. Those who are baptized in the threefold name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, at the very entrance of their Christian life declare publicly that they have forsaken the service of Satan, and have become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King. They have obeyed the command, ‘Come out from among them, and be ye separate, … and touch not the unclean thing.’ And to them is fulfilled the promise, ‘I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.’ 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18.

> “Ubhabhathizo kukuyilahla okunzulu kakhulu kwezwe. Labo ababhabhathizwa egameni eliphindwe kathathu likaYise, neleNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele, ekuqaleni impela kwempilo yabo yobukristu bamemezela obala ukuthi bayishiyile inkonzo kaSathane, futhi sebeyizitho zomndeni wobukhosi, abantwana beNkosi yasezulwini. Balalele umyalo othi, ‘Phumani phakathi kwabo, nihlukaniswe, … ningathinti into engcolileyo.’ Futhi kubo kugcwaliseka isithembiso esithi, ‘Ngiyakumanukela, ngibe nguYihlo kini, nani nibe ngamadodana namadodakazi Ami, usho iNkosi uSomandla.’ 2 Korinte 6:17, 18.

> “As Christians submit to the solemn rite of baptism, He registers the vow that they make to be true to Him. This vow is their oath of allegiance. They are baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thus they are united with the three great powers of heaven. They pledge themselves to renounce the world and to observe the laws of the kingdom of God. Henceforth they are to walk in newness of life. No longer are they to follow the traditions of men. No longer are they to follow dishonest methods. They are to obey the statutes of the kingdom of heaven. They are to seek God’s honor. If they will be true to their vow, they will be furnished with grace and power that will enable them to fulfill all righteousness. ‘As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.’” Evangelism, 307.

> “ක්‍රිස්තියානින් ගැඹුරු ගෞරවයෙන් යුතු බෞතිස්මයේ විධියට යටත් වන විට, ඔව්හු තමන් උන්වහන්සේට විශ්වාසවන්තව සිටින බවට කරන භාරය උන්වහන්සේ සටහන් කරගනී. මෙම භාරය ඔවුන්ගේ පක්ෂපාතීත්වයේ දිවුරුමයි. ඔවුහු පියාණන්ගේද පුත්‍රයාණන්ගේද ශුද්ධාත්මයාණන්ගේද නාමයෙන් බෞතිස්ම කරනු ලබති. එසේ ඔවුහු ස්වර්ගයේ මහත් බල තුන සමඟ එක්සත් කරනු ලබති. ඔවුහු ලෝකය අත්හරිමින් දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ රාජ්‍යයේ නීති පිළිපදින්නට තමන්ම කැප කරති. මෙතැන් පටන් ඔවුන් නව ජීවිතයක නවත්වයෙන් ගමන් කළ යුතුය. තවදුරටත් ඔවුන් මනුෂ්‍ය සම්ප්‍රදායන් අනුගමනය නොකළ යුතුය. තවදුරටත් ඔවුන් වංචාකාර ක්‍රම අනුගමනය නොකළ යුතුය. ඔවුන් ස්වර්ග රාජ්‍යයේ විධානවලට කීකරු විය යුතුය. ඔවුන් දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ ගෞරවය සෙවිය යුතුය. ඔවුන් තම භාරයට විශ්වාසවන්තව සිටිනවා නම්, සියලු ධර්මිෂ්ඨකම සම්පූර්ණ කිරීමට ඔවුන්ට හැකි වන පිණිස කරුණාවද බලයද ඔවුන්ට සැපයෙනු ඇත. ‘උන්වහන්සේ පිළිගත් සියල්ලන්ටම, එනම් උන්වහන්සේගේ නාමය කෙරෙහි විශ්වාස කරන සියල්ලන්ටම, දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ පුත්‍රයන් වීමට බලය උන්වහන්සේ දුන්සේක.’” Evangelism, 307.

Jesus illustrates the end by the beginning in His Word, for He is the Word, and He is the Alpha and Omega.

Yesu akupereka chithunzi cha mapeto mwa chiyambi m’Mawu Ake, pakuti Iye ndiye Mawu, ndipo Iye ndiye Alfa ndi Omega.

Bringing these seven lines together builds a very detailed picture of the communication process between God and man, with many other critical and important truths set forth and established by the other “lines” witnesses. Seven “lines” of prophecy representing the Alpha and Omega. But what about the book of Malachi?

Ukuhlanganisa le migca isixhenxe kwakha umfanekiso oneenkcukacha kakhulu wenkqubo yonxibelelwano phakathi koThixo nomntu, kanti nezinye iinyaniso ezininzi ezibalulekileyo nezixabisekileyo zimisiwe zaza zasekwa ngamanye “amangqina” emigca. Imigca esixhenxe yesiprofeto emele uAlfa no-Omega. Kodwa kuthiwani ngencwadi kaMalaki?

Malachi’s book is a scathing rebuke against the unfaithful priests in Adventism. It opens with the identification of two classes of worshippers in Adventism at the end of the world.

Buku raMalaki kupopotera kunorwadza zvikuru kunangana navaprista vasina kutendeka muAdventism. Inotanga nokuzivisa mapoka maviri avanamati muAdventism pakuguma kwenyika.

> The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob. Malachi 1:1, 2.

> Chirevo cheshoko raJehovha kuna Israeri naMaraki. Ndakakudai, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha. Asi imi munoti, Makatidai papi? Ko Esau akanga asiri munun’una waJakobho here? ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; kunyange zvakadaro, ndakada Jakobho. Maraki 1:1, 2.

Malachi further informs us that the two classes of worshippers at the end of the world are two classes of priests.

Maraki anoramba achitizivisawo kuti mapoka maviri avanamati pakuguma kwenyika mapoka maviri evapristi.

> And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. Malachi 2:1, 2.

> “Ati sasa, enyi makuhani, amri hii ni kwa ajili yenu. Msiposikia, na msipoitia moyoni, ili kulitukuza jina langu, asema Bwana wa majeshi, nitawaletea laana, nami nitazilaani baraka zenu; naam, nimekwisha kuzilaani tayari, kwa sababu hamkuhifadhi hilo mioyoni mwenu.” Malaki 2:1, 2.

The beginning of Malachi is typifying the Laodicean and Philadelphian message with two classes of priests. The priests are commanded to “hear.” John represents the priests that do hear, and a priest represents God’s covenant chosen people. They are already cursed and will be cursed again if they do not “hear” and “they do not” or “will not” “lay it to heart.”

Kutanga kwaMaraki kuri kufananidzira shoko reRaodhikia nereFiradherufia kubudikidza nemapoka maviri evaprista. Vaprista vanorairwa kuti “vanzwe.” Johane anomirira vaprista vanonzwa, uye muprista anomirira vanhu vaMwari vakasarudzwa nechisungo chake. Vakatotukwa kare, uye vachatukwazve kana vasinga“nzwe” uye “vasingaise” kana “vasingadi kuisa” “pamwoyo.”

> Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 1 Peter 2:5–10.

> Na n’wina, tanihi maribye lama hanyaka, mi akiwile mi va yindlu ya moya, vuprista byo kwetsima, leswaku mi humesa magandzelo ya moya lama amukelekaka eka Xikwembu hi Yesu Kriste. Hikwalaho na kona ku tsariwile e Matsalweni leswaku: Vonani, ndzi veka e Siyoni ribye ra yinhla ya yinhla, leri hlawuriweke, ra nkoka lowukulu; kutani loyi a pfumelaka eka yena a nge tshuki a khomisiwa tingana. Hikokwalaho eka n’wina lava pfumelaka, u wa nkoka; kambe eka lava nga yingisiki, ribye leri vayaki va ri ariseke, hi rona leri endlaka nhloko ya yinhla; ni ribye ro khunguvanyisa, ni ribye ra ku khunguvanyeka, eka lava khunguvanyekaka hi rito, leswi va nga yingisiki; naswona va vekeriwile swona sweswo. Kambe n’wina mi rixaka leri hlawuriweke, vuprista bya vuhosi, tiko ro kwetsima, vanhu lava Xikwembu xi tihlawulekeleke vona, leswaku mi twarisa ku dzuneka ka loyi a mi vitaneke a mi susa emunyameni a mi nghenisa eku vonakaleni ka yena loku hlamarisaka; n’wina lava khale a mi nga ri vanhu, kambe sweswi mi vanhu va Xikwembu; lava a mi nga si kombiwa tintswalo, kambe sweswi mi kombiwile tintswalo. 1 Petro 2:5–10.

The priests are God’s chosen people who are tested by the “corner stone” in the foundation of the temple. The corner stone is what all the other foundation stones are aligned with, and also it is the stone that bears the weight of the entire temple. Miller’s corner stone was the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six. The corner stone or the stone that the builders rejected is a true story of the building of the temple, which is described very specifically in the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy. One point about the first stone that was rejected is that it was set aside after it was rejected, and from that point on the builders of the temple would regularly trip over the cornerstone, that had been set aside within their work area. It was a stone of stumbling.

బలిపీఠ సేవకులు దేవుని ఎన్నుకోబడిన ప్రజలు; వారు ఆలయపు పునాదిలోనున్న “మూలరాయి” ద్వారా పరీక్షింపబడుతారు. మూలరాయి అనగా మిగిలిన సమస్త పునాది రాళ్లు సరిపోల్చబడే రాయి; అంతేకాక అది సమస్త ఆలయభారాన్ని మోయు రాయి కూడా. మిల్లర్‌కు మూలరాయి లేవీయకాండము ఇరవై ఆరు అధ్యాయంలోని “ఏడు కాలములు” అయింది. మూలరాయి, లేదా కట్టువారు తిరస్కరించిన రాయి, ఆలయనిర్మాణానికి సంబంధించిన యథార్థ చరిత్రయే; అది ప్రవచనాత్మక ఆత్మ రచనలలో అత్యంత నిర్దిష్టంగా వర్ణించబడింది. తిరస్కరించబడిన మొదటి రాయి విషయమై ఒక ముఖ్యాంశం ఏమనగా, అది తిరస్కరింపబడిన తరువాత పక్కన పెట్టబడింది; ఆ తరువాత నుండి ఆలయనిర్మాణకారులు తమ పనిమీద ఉన్న ప్రాంతములో పక్కన పెట్టబడిన ఆ మూలరాయిమీద మళ్లీ మళ్లీ తడబడుచుండిరి. అది అభ్యంతరశిల అయింది.

In Malachi God informs the wicked priests, also known as the foolish Laodicean virgins that he is going to and already has “cursed” them. He curses them for they will not “hear” and “lay” the Elijah message to their hearts. The Elijah message turns the fathers’ hearts to the children and the children’s hearts to the fathers. Turning their hearts represents hearing the Elijah message of fathers and children, which is the principle of first and last. Hearing the message of the first and last is not enough, it must be laid upon the heart. To accept the message of Elijah is to lay it to your heart. If a priest will not hear that principle, he will be cursed.

Mu Bhuku raMharidzo, Mwari anoziivisa kuvaprista vakaipa, vanozivikanwawo semhandara dzoupenzi dzeRaodhikia, kuti ari kuzo uye akatovapinza “chituko.” Anovapinza chituko nokuti havadi “kunzwa” uye “kuisa” shoko raEria pamwoyo yavo. Shoko raEria rinotendeudzira mwoyo yamadzibaba kuvana, nomwoyo yavana kumadzibaba. Kutendeudzwa kwemwoyo yavo kunomirira kunzwa shoko raEria pamusoro pamadzibaba navana, rinova ndiro dzidziso yokutanga neyokupedzisira. Kunzwa shoko rokutanga nerokupedzisira chete hazvina kukwana; rinofanira kuiswa pamwoyo. Kugamuchira shoko raEria ndiko kuriroisa pamwoyo wako. Kana muprista asingadi kunzwa dzidziso iyoyo, achapinzwa muchituko.

They brought the curse upon themselves when in 1863 they began the process of rejecting the very first foundational truth Miller discovered and have done nothing but continue that rejection to this very day. But even though the progressive curse began in 1863, (for they are already cursed), the curse that is in the future tense, takes place when they are spewed out of the mouth of the Lord at the Sunday law. The beginning of Malachi illustrates the end, for the end represents the last warning given to the wise and foolish priests. The wise and foolish in Malachi are represented as Esau and Jacob. The elder brother representing the covenant through the birthright of being the first born, contrasted with a younger brother. The elder being the first and the younger being the last.

Vakazviunzira kutukwa uku pachavo apo muna 1863 vakatanga nzira yokuramba chokwadi chokutanga chaizvo chemusimboti chakawanikwa naMiller, uye havana kuita chimwe chinhu kunze kwokuramba vachiramba ichocho kusvikira nanhasi chaihwo. Asi kunyange zvazvo kutukwa kunofambira mberi kwakatanga muna 1863, (nokuti vakatukwa kare), kutukwa kuri muchimiro chenguva ichauya kunoitika pavanorutsirwa kunze kwomuromo waShe pamutemo weSvondo. Kutanga kwaMaraki kunoratidza kuguma, nokuti kuguma kunomirira yambiro yokupedzisira inopiwa kuvaprista vakachenjera navakapusa. Vakachenjera navakapusa muna Maraki vanomiririrwa saEsau naJakobho. Mukoma mukuru achimiririra sungano kubudikidza nekodzero yobuberekwa yokuva dangwe, achipesaniswa nomunun’una. Mukoma mukuru ari wokutanga uye munun’una ari wokupedzisira.

In Malachi both Esau and Jacob are Laodicean Adventists but the last eventually heard the “voice” of the Lord, repented and had his named changed to Israel. The elder, the first did not hear. Jacob heard the voice of the Lord the night he dreamed and saw angels ascending and descending upon the ladder, representing Christ. Jacob represents Laodicean Adventists at the end of the world who are converted from Laodiceans unto Philadelphians when they experience the first three verses of Revelation one, as illustrated by John and Jacob’s dream of the ladder of ascending and descending angels. That experience marks the beginning of Jacob’s conversion into Israel, the Philadelphian. The ending of Jacob’s conversion story is when he wrestles with Christ at Penuel. Thus Jacob’s birthright story begins in the first three verses of Revelation chapter one when the unsealing of the final warning message is taking place and it ends in the time of the seven last plagues, during the time of trouble.

Kha Malakia, Esawu na Jakobo onse ndi Adayiventi a ku Laodikea; koma wotsirizayo potsiriza anamva “mawu” a Ambuye, analapa, ndipo dzina lake linasinthidwa kukhala Israeli. Wamkulu, woyamba uja, sanamve. Jakobo anamva mawu a Ambuye usiku umene analota ndipo anaona angelo akukwera ndi kutsika pa makwerero, oimira Kristu. Jakobo akuimira Adayiventi a ku Laodikea pa mapeto a dziko lapansi amene amatembenuka kuchokera ku Laodikea kufika ku Filadelfiya pamene akumana ndi mavesi atatu oyambirira a Chivumbulutso chaputala choyamba, monga momwe zasonyezedwera mwa Yohane ndi loto la Jakobo la makwerero a angelo okwera ndi otsika. Chochitika chimenecho chimasonyeza chiyambi cha kutembenuka kwa Jakobo kukhala Israeli, wa ku Filadelfiya. Mapeto a nkhani ya kutembenuka kwa Jakobo ndi pamene akulimbana ndi Kristu ku Penueli. Chotero nkhani ya ufulu waubadwa ya Jakobo imayambira m’mavesi atatu oyambirira a Chivumbulutso chaputala choyamba pamene kuvumbulutsidwa kwa uthenga womaliza wa chenjezo kukuchitika, ndipo imatha m’nthawi ya miliri isanu ndi iwiri yotsiriza, pa nthawi ya masautso.

All four sets of beginnings and endings, “line upon line” give testimony to the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The question is whether the foolish priests will hear or not hear.

Yonse milongo minayi ya ebandeli mpe ya nsuka, “molongo likoló ya molongo,” epesi litatoli na nsango ya Emoniseli ya Yesu Klisto. Motuna ezali soki banganga-nzambe bazangi mayele bakoyoka to bakoyoka te.

> Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:3.

> Amôriwa ndiye anoverenga, navanonzwa mashoko ouprofita uhwu, nokuchengeta zvinhu zvakanyorwamo; nokuti nguva yava pedyo. Zvakazarurwa 1:3.

The wise priests who hear what the Spirit says to the churches, hear the message of Elijah. Miller was Elijah, and some heard, but others refused.

Vaprista vakachenjera vanonzwa zvinotaurwa noMweya kumakereke, vanonzwa shoko raEriya. Miller akanga ari Eriya, uye vamwe vakanzwa, asi vamwe vakaramba.

> “Thousands were led to embrace the truth preached by William Miller, and servants of God were raised up in the spirit and power of Elijah to proclaim the message. Like John, the forerunner of Jesus, those who preached this solemn message felt compelled to lay the ax at the root of the tree, and call upon men to bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Their testimony was calculated to arouse and powerfully affect the churches and manifest their real character. And as the solemn warning to flee from the wrath to come was sounded, many who were united with the churches received the healing message; they saw their backslidings, and with bitter tears of repentance and deep agony of soul, humbled themselves before God. And as the Spirit of God rested upon them, they helped to sound the cry, ‘Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come.’” Early Writings, 233.

> “Zviuru zvakatungamirirwa kuti zvigamuchire chokwadi chakaparidzwa naWilliam Miller, uye varanda vaMwari vakasimudzwa mumweya nesimba raEria kuti vazivise shoko iri. SaJohani, mutangiri waJesu, avo vaiparidza shoko iri rinotyisa vakanzwa vachimanikidzirwa kuisa demo pamudzi womuti, uye kudana vanhu kuti vabereke zvibereko zvakafanira kutendeuka. Uchapupu hwavo hwakanga hwakagadzirirwa kumutsa uye kubata machechi nesimba, uye kuratidza chimiro chawo chaicho. Uye apo yambiro inotyisa yokutiza kutsamwa kuchauya yakaridzwa, vazhinji vakanga vakabatana nemachechi vakagamuchira shoko rinoporesa; vakaona kudzokera kwavo shure, uye nemisodzi inovava yokutendeuka nokurwadziwa kukuru kwomweya, vakazvininipisa pamberi paMwari. Uye sezvo Mweya waMwari wakagara pamusoro pavo, vakabatsira kuridza kuchema uku, ‘Ityai Mwari, mumupe mbiri; nokuti nguva yokutonga kwake yasvika.’” Early Writings, 233.

Miller was typified by both Elijah and John the Baptist, for John the Baptist prepared the way for Christ’s first coming and Miller prepared the way for Christ to come to the Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary on October 22, 1844. Malachi directly identifies John and Miller’s work.

UMiller wayemelwe yibo bobabili u-Eliya noJohane uMbhapathizi; ngokuba uJohane uMbhapathizi walungisela indlela ukuza kokuqala kukaKristu, noMiller walungisela indlela yokuba uKristu angene eNdaweni Engcwele Kakhulu yendlu engcwele yasezulwini ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844. UMalaki uqondisa ngokuqondile umsebenzi kaJohane nowakaMiller.

> Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:1–6.

> Tarirai, ndichatumira mutumwa wangu, uye achagadzirira nzira pamberi pangu; uye Ishe wamunotsvaka vachauya pakarepo kutembere yavo, ivo mutumwa wesungano, wamunofarira: tarirai, vachauya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo. Asi ndiani angatsungirira zuva rokuuya kwavo? Uye ndiani angamira pavanoratidzwa? Nokuti vakafanana nomoto womunyungudutsi, uye nesipo yomuwachi: Uye vachagara somunyungudutsi nomuchenesi wesirivha; vachachenesa vanakomana vaRevhi, nokuvanatsa segoridhe nesirivha, kuti vape kuna Jehovha chipiriso mukururama. Ipapo chipiriso chaJudha neJerusarema chichafadza Jehovha, sezvazvakanga zvakaita pamazuva akare, uye nomumakore apakutanga. Uye ndichaswedera kwamuri pakutonga; uye ndichava chapupu chinokurumidza kupupurira n’anga, navo mhombwe, navanopika nhema, navanodzvinyirira mushandi pamubayiro wake, chirikadzi, nenherera, navanotsausa mutorwa pakodzero yake, uye vasingandityi, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo. Nokuti ini ndini Jehovha, handishanduki; naizvozvo imi vanakomana vaJakobho hamuna kuparadzwa. Maraki 3:1–6.

As the ‘watchman’ for his history, Miller’s work represented raising the foundations of the temple. His work in the beginning must illustrate a work that represents the finishing of the temple. That final work requires another watchman to give the trumpet a certain sound. Miller and the message of the first angel announced the opening of judgment, and the watchman who Miller typifies at the end of Adventism will announce the close of judgment.

Somumlindzi wemlandvo wakhe, umsebenti waMiller wawumele kuvusa tisekelo telithempeli. Umsebenti wakhe ekucaleni kufanele ufanekise umsebenti lomela kucedvwa kwelithempeli. Lowomsebenti wekugcina udzinga lomunye somumlindzi kutsi akhale licilongo ngelivi lelicacile. Miller kanye nemlayeto wengelosi yekucala bamemetela kuvulwa kwekwehlulela, futsi somumlindzi lofanekiswa nguMiller ekugcineni kwe-Adventism utawumemetela kuvalwa kwekwehlulela.

In Malachi the Lord promises to bring judgment “against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me.” Those that are being identified here are those who “fear not” “the Lord of hosts.” William Miller is the messenger of the first angel which calls for men to “fear God.” Rejecting the foundations is to reject the fear of God.

Muna Maraki, Ishe anovimbisa kuunza kutonga “kuzorwa navaroyi, nokuzorwa navanopfuura miganhu muupombwe, nokuzorwa navanopika nhema, navanodzvinyirira mushandi pamubayiro wake, chirikadzi, nenherera, navanokanganisira mutorwa pakodzero yake, uye vasingandityi ini.” Avo vari kuziviswa pano ndivo avo “vasingatyi” “Jehovha wehondo.” William Miller ndiye mutumwa wengirozi yokutanga, iyo inodana vanhu kuti “vatye Mwari.” Kuramba nheyo ndiko kuramba kutya Mwari.

> For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:1–6.

> Nokuti, tarisai, zuva rinouya richapisa sechoto; uye vose vanozvikudza, hongu, navose vanoita zvakaipa, vachava hundi; uye zuva rinouya richavapisa chose, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo, kusvikira risingavasiyiri mudzi kana davi. Asi kwamuri imi munotya zita rangu, Zuva rokururama richabuda rine kuporesa mumapapiro aro; uye muchabuda, mukure semhuru dzakakodzwa mudanga. Uye muchatsika-tsika vakaipa; nokuti vachava madota pasi petsoka dzenyu pazuva randichaita izvi, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo. Rangarirai murayiro waMozisi muranda wangu, wandakamuudza paHorebhi nokuda kwaIsiraeri yose, pamwe chete nemitemo nezvakatongwa. Tarirai, ndichakutumirai Eria muporofita zuva guru nerinotyisa raJehovha risati rasvika: Uye iye achadzorera mwoyo yamadzibaba kuvana, nomwoyo yavana kumadzibaba avo, kuti ndirege kuuya ndikarova nyika nokutukwa. Maraki 4:1–6.

- The beginning of the Bible (Genesis) and the end of the Bible (Revelation).

  Mwanzo wa Biblia (Mwanzo) na mwisho wa Biblia (Ufunuo).

- The beginning of the Old Testament (Genesis) and the end of the Old Testament (Malachi).

  Kutanga kweTestamende Yekare (Genesisi) nokuguma kweTestamende Yekare (Maraki).

- The beginning of the New Testament (Matthew) and the end of the New Testament (again Revelation).

  Kutanga kweTestamende Itsva (Mateo) uye kuguma kweTestamende Itsva (zvakare Zvakazarurwa).

- The beginning of John’s testimony (the gospel of John) and the end of John’s testimony (again Revelation).

  Kutanga kwo uchapupu hwaJohani (evhangeri yaJohani) uye kuguma kwo uchapupu hwaJohani (zvakare, Zvakazarurwa).

- The beginning of Malachi and the end of Malachi.

  Kutanga kwaMaraki uye kuguma kwaMaraki.

- The beginning of Matthew’s gospel and the end of Matthew’s gospel.

  Mathayo matswiri ayo kutanga uye Mathayo matswiri ayo kuguma.

- The beginning of John’s gospel and the end of John’s gospel.

  Kutanga kweVhangeri raJohane nemagumo eVhangeri raJohane.

- The beginning of the four gospels and the end of the four gospels.

  Umambo ya kutanga ya Mavangeli mana na umambo ya kumalilia ya Mavangeli mana.

When we remove the prophetic beginnings or endings that are referenced more than once, it equals eight prophetic lines that are to be brought together and placed upon the first three verses of Revelation. What about the end of Genesis?

Patinobvisa mavambo kana magumo euprofita anotaurwa kanopfuura kamwe chete, zvinobuda kuti pane mitsara misere yeuprofita inofanira kuunganidzwa pamwechete ichigoiswa pamusoro pendima nhatu dzokutanga dzaZvakazarurwa. Ko magumo aGenesi?

Genesis chapter fifty ends with the death of Joseph.

Isahluko samashumi amahlanu sencwadi kaGenesisi siphetha ngokufa kukaJosefa.

> So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Genesis 50:26.

> Sa pagkatay hi Jose sa edad nga usa ka gatus ug napulo ka tuig; ug siya ilang giembalsamo, ug gibutang siya sa usa ka lungon didto sa Egipto. Genesis 50:26.

Chapter forty-eight identifies the death of Jacob. The death of Jacob being first in chapter forty-eight leading to the death of Joseph in chapter fifty’s closing verses place the signature of the Alpha and Omega upon the last three chapters of Genesis as the ending of the book of Genesis.

Isahluko samashumi amane nesishiyagalombili sikhomba ukufa kukaJakobe. Ukufa kukaJakobe, njengoba kuvela kuqala esahlukweni samashumi amane nesishiyagalombili, kuholela ekufeni kukaJosefa emavesini okuvala esahluko samashumi amahlanu, kubeka uphawu luka-Alfa no-Omega phezu kwezahluko ezintathu zokugcina zikaGenesise njengokuphetha kwencwadi kaGenesise.

Those two deaths are used as symbols of the beginning and ending of Israel’s captivity in Egypt. In the beginning, Jacob’s body is taken back to be buried with his fathers, and when Moses comes out of Egypt, he brings Joseph’s body to be buried in the burial place of his fathers.

Kufa kuviri ikoko kunoshandiswa sezviratidzo zvekutanga nekuguma kwekutapwa kwaIsraeri muIjipiti. Pakutanga, mutumbi waJakobho unodzoserwa kuti uvigwe pamwe chete namadzibaba ake, uye apo Mozisi anobuda muIjipiti, anobudisa mutumbi waJosefa kuti uvigwe panzvimbo yokuvigwa yamadzibaba ake.

> And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. Exodus 13:19.

> Mose a vha a dzhia marambo a Yosefa a ṱuwa nao; ngauri o vha o anḓadzisa vhana vha Isiraele nga muano, a tshi ri: Mudzimu u ḓo ni dalela zwa vhukuma; nahone ni ḓo hwala marambo anga, ni a bvisa fhano, ni ṱuwa nao. Ekusodo 13:19.

The ending of Genesis is the last three chapters. In chapter forty-eight Jacob (Israel) pronounces blessings upon his twelve sons that are directly identified as prophecies of what happens to those twelve tribes in the “last days” of the investigative judgment.

Kuguma kwa bhuku ra Genesi ndi zwitsauko zwitatu zwa u fhedza. Kha ndima ya fuledzi-malo, Yakobo (Israele) u bula mashudu kha vharwa vhawe vha fumimbili, ane a talutshedzwa nga nḓila yo livhaho sa vhuporofita ha zwe zwa itea kha yeneyo mirafho ya fumimbili “maḓuvhani a u fhedza” a khaṱhulo ya ṱhoḓisiso.

> And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. Genesis 49:1, 2.

> Yakobo akadanidzira vanakomana vake, akati, Unganai, kuti ndikuudzei zvichakuwirai pamazuva okupedzisira. Unganai, munzwe, imi vanakomana vaYakobo; teererai Israeri, baba venyu. Genesisi 49:1, 2.

In the “last days” of the investigative judgment the Lord promises to gather his twelve sons, who are represented as the one hundred and forty-four thousand in the book of Revelation. These are they who John represents in the book of Revelation. They are gathered by a call from Jacob, a call from their beginning history that they are told to “hear,” and “hearken” unto. In the last days, those typified by Jacob’s sons “hear” a message and “hearken” or as John says “keep” those things that are written therein. It’s a call from the father to the children, it is the Elijah message. Those called are called the “son[‘s] of Jacob,” and are also to “hearken unto Israel” their father.

Mungu katika “siku za mwisho” za hukumu ya uchunguzi anaahidi kuwakusanya wanawe kumi na wawili, ambao wanawakilishwa kuwa wale mia moja arobaini na nne elfu katika kitabu cha Ufunuo. Hao ndio wale ambao Yohana anawawakilisha katika kitabu cha Ufunuo. Wanakusanywa kwa mwito utokao kwa Yakobo, mwito kutoka katika historia yao ya mwanzo ambao wanaambiwa “kusikia,” na “kutega sikio” kuusikiliza. Katika siku za mwisho, wale wanaofananishwa na wana wa Yakobo “huisikia” jumbe fulani na “hutega sikio” au, kama Yohana asemavyo, “huyashika” mambo yale yaliyoandikwa humo. Ni mwito kutoka kwa baba kwenda kwa watoto, ni ujumbe wa Eliya. Wale walioitwa huitwa “wana wa Yakobo,” na pia wanapaswa “kumtegea Israeli sikio,” baba yao.

Esau and Jacob in Malachi represent the wise and foolish virgins. The call is from their father Jacob and their father Israel, identifying that when the last call is made everyone is a Laodicean Adventist and the choice is placed into their own hands whether to be a son of Jacob the deceiver or Israel the overcomer. What allows them to make a choice is the creative power within the message. If the message is read, heard and kept, then through the identical creative power that brought all things into existence they will be changed unto a son of Israel. To refuse to hear, is to retain the experience of Jacob, the deceiver.

Esau na Yakobo katika Malaki wanawakilisha mabikira wenye hekima na wapumbavu. Wito unatoka kwa baba yao Yakobo na baba yao Israeli, ukitambulisha kwamba wakati wito wa mwisho unapotolewa kila mtu ni Mwadventista wa Laodikia, na uchaguzi unawekwa mikononi mwao wenyewe ikiwa watakuwa mwana wa Yakobo, mdanganyifu, au wa Israeli, mshindi. Kile kinachowawezesha kufanya uchaguzi ni uweza wa uumbaji ulio ndani ya ujumbe. Ikiwa ujumbe unasomwa, unasikiwa, na kushikwa, basi kwa uweza uleule wa uumbaji ulioleta vitu vyote kuwepo watabadilishwa kuwa mwana wa Israeli. Kukataa kusikia ni kudumisha uzoefu wa Yakobo, mdanganyifu.

The gathering call by Jacob, which is also the gathering call of the message that is unsealed in Revelation is an important symbol to understand. The “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six teaches that there is no gathering, unless there is previously a scattering. The one hundred and forty-four thousand are those who were scattered in advance of the calling. This truth is repeatedly identified in the Bible.

Kukoka kwa kuunganidza kwaJakobo, uko kwakarevawo kukoka kwekuunganidza kwemharidzo yakazarurwa muna Zvakazarurwa, chiratidzo chakakosha chinofanira kunzwisiswa. “Nguva nomwe” dzaRevhitiko 26 dzinodzidzisa kuti hapana kuunganidzwa kunoitika, kunze kwekunge pakutanga pave nekuparadzirwa. Vane zana namakumi mana nezvina zvuru ndivo avo vakanga vaparadzirwa pamberi pekudanwa. Chokwadi ichi chinoramba chichiratidzwa kakawanda muBhaibheri.

> Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. Jeremiah 31:10.

> Inzwani ilizwi leNkhosi, nine tive, nilimemetela etichingini letikhashane, nitsi: Lowo lowasakaza Israyeli utawumbutsela ndzawonye, amgcine, njengobe umelusi agcina umhlambi wakhe. Jeremiya 31:10.

The covenant that is renewed with the one hundred and forty-four thousand includes the promise that God will write his law upon our hearts. But those who have this creative act performed for them by the Lord have been previously scattered.

Sungano rinovandudzwa nevane zviuru zana namakumi mana nezvina rinosanganisira chipikirwa chokuti Mwari achanyora murayiro wake pamwoyo yedu. Asi avo vanoitirwa naShe chiito ichi chinosika vakanga vamboparadzirwa kare.

> Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord: unto us is this land given in possession. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:14–19.

> Zvino shoko raJehovha rakauya kwandiri zvakare, richiti, Mwanakomana womunhu, hama dzako, ihwo hama dzako, varume vorudzi rwako, neimba yose yaIsraeri zvayo zvose, ndivo vakataurirwa navagari veJerusarema vachinzi, Ibvai kure naJehovha; nyika iyi yakapiwa kwatiri kuti ive nhaka yedu. Naizvozvo uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha; Kunyange ndakavakandira kure pakati pendudzi, uye kunyange ndakavaparadzira kunyika dzakasiyana-siyana, kunyange zvakadaro ndichava kwavari senzvimbo tsvene duku munyika dzavachazosvikamo. Naizvozvo uti, Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha; Zvirokwazvo ndichakuunganidzai kubva pakati pamarudzi avanhu, nokukuunganidzai pamwe chete kubva kunyika dzamakaparadzirwamo, uye ndichakupai nyika yaIsraeri. Uye vachasvikako, vakabvisa ipapo zvinhu zvayo zvose zvinonyangadza nezvinonyangadza zvayo zvose. Uye ndichavapa mwoyo mumwe, uye ndichaisa mweya mutsva mukati menyu; uye ndichabvisa mwoyo webwe panyama yavo, ndigovapa mwoyo wenyama. Ezekieri 11:14–19.

More is to be said about the gathering of the one hundred and forty-four thousand in relation to the “scattering,” but we first need to bring together the consideration of the signature of Alpha and Omega in these nine references we are considering.

Pane zvakawanda zvinofanira kutaurwa pamusoro pokuunganidzwa kwezana namakumi mana nezvina zvuru maererano noku“pararira,” asi tinofanira kutanga taunganidza pamwechete kufungisisa pamusoro pechisimbiso chaArfa naOmega mundima idzi pfumbamwe dzatiri kufunga nezvadzo.

Two classes are represented in the last three chapters of Genesis. A class of rebels and a class of the wise. Both classes hear a voice that says this is the way walk ye in it, but one class refused to hearken to the trumpet and walk in the old paths. The class of rebels in Genesis forty-eight through fifty are represented by the thirteenth tribe.

Mubhuku raGenesisi dzokupedzisira nhatu munomiririrwa mapoka maviri. Rimwe boka revapanduki nerimwe boka revakachenjera. Mapoka ose ari maviri anonzwa inzwi rinoti, iyi ndiyo nzira, fambai mairi; asi rimwe boka rakaramba kuteerera kurira kwehwamanda nokufamba munzira dzekare. Boka revapanduki muna Genesisi makumi mana nesere kusvika makumi mashanu rinomiririrwa norudzi rwegumi netatu.

At the beginning of ancient Israel there were thirteen tribes and at the beginning of modern Israel there were thirteen disciples. The one disciple that is distinguished from the other twelve disciples, (as was Ephraim distinguished from the other tribes) are both symbols of rebellion. Sister White directly calls Judas a foolish virgin.

Ekuqaleni kuka-Israyeli wasendulo kwakunezizwe eziyishumi nantathu, futhi ekuqaleni kuka-Israyeli wanamuhla kwakukhona abafundi abayishumi nantathu. Lowo mfundi ohlukaniswe kwabanye abafundi abayishumi nambili, (njengoba u-Efrayimi wayehlukanisiwe kwezinye izizwe) bobabili bayizimpawu zokuhlubuka. USister White ubiza ngokuqondile uJudasi ngokuthi uyintombi eyisiwula.

> “There have been and always will be tares among the wheat, the foolish virgins with the wise, those who have no oil in their vessels with their lamps. There was a covetous Judas in the church Christ formed on earth, and there will be Judases in the church in every stage of her history.” Signs of the Times, October 23, 1879.

> “Pakati pa ngano pakhala pali, ndipo nthawi zonse padzakhalapo, namsongole; anamwali opusa limodzi ndi anzeru; amene alibe mafuta m’zotengera zawo pamodzi ndi nyali zawo. Mu mpingo umene Khristu anakhazikitsa pa dziko lapansi munali Yudasi wokonda chuma, ndipo m’gawo lililonse la mbiri yake mudzakhalanso Ayudasi mu mpingo.” Signs of the Times, October 23, 1879.

Judas Iscariot was a foolish virgin; he was a tare and if a foolish virgin, then also a Laodicean.

Yuda Iskariyota aive mhandara benzi; aive sora, uye kana aive mhandara benzi, saka aivewo muRaodhikiya.

> “The state of the Church represented by the foolish virgins, is also spoken of as the Laodicean state.” Review and Herald, August 19, 1890.

> “Sthiti ya Kkanisa linalowakilishwa na wanawali wapumbavu, pia linanenedwa kuwa ni hali ya Laodikia.” Review and Herald, Agosti 19, 1890.

Joseph’s two sons both received a blessing from Jacob in chapter forty-eight of Genesis, and from that point on they are referred to as “half tribes.” Half tribes or not, they were still tribes. Judas Iscariot was replaced by Matthias in order to fill in the twelfth place formerly held by Judas Iscariot. Judas was a disciple, and in this sense—there were thirteen disciples at the end of ancient Israel, just as there were thirteen tribes at the beginning.

Vanakomana vaviri vaJosefa vakagamuchirawo ropafadzo kubva kuna Jakove muchitsauko chemakumi mana nesere cheGenesisi, uye kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi vakazotaurwa sa“hafu dzamarudzi.” Kunyange vaiva hafu dzamarudzi kana kwete, vaingova marudzi zvakadaro. Judhasi Iskariyoti akatsiviwa naMatiasi kuti azadze nzvimbo yechigumi nembiri yaimbobatwa naJudhasi Iskariyoti. Judhasi akanga ari mudzidzi, uye mupfungwa iyi—pakanga pane vadzidzi gumi nevatatu pakuguma kwaIsraeri yekare, sezvakanga pane marudzi gumi nevatatu pakutanga.

Joseph’s son Ephraim (the thirteenth tribe) became the symbol of the rebellion when the northern ten tribes rallied in support of Jeroboam and divided the kingdom into ten northern tribes and two southern tribes. Why do I identify Ephraim the son of Joseph as the symbol of rebellion instead of his brother Manasseh? The rebellion associated with Ephraim begins in chapter forty-eight, before Jacob blesses his twelve sons. In chapter forty-eight Jacob first blesses Joseph’s two sons. Because Manasseh was the first-born Joseph expects that the first blessing of his sons should go upon Manasseh, and Joseph rebels against Jacob choosing Ephraim.

Mwanakomana waJosefa, Efuremu (rudzi rwegumi netatu), akava chiratidzo chekupanduka apo marudzi gumi okumusoro akatsigira Jerobhoamu, akaparadzanisa umambo kuva marudzi gumi okumusoro nemarudzi maviri okumaodzanyemba. Sei ndichizivisa Efuremu mwanakomana waJosefa sechiratidzo chekupanduka panzvimbo yomukoma wake Manase? Kupanduka kunobatanidzwa naEfuremu kunotanga muchitsauko chemakumi mana nesere, Jakobo asati aropafadza vanakomana vake gumi navaviri. Muchitsauko chemakumi mana nesere, Jakobo anotanga kuropafadza vanakomana vaJosefa vaviri. Nemhaka yokuti Manase ndiye dangwe, Josefa anotarisira kuti ropafadzo yokutanga yavanakomana vake inofanira kuiswa pamusoro paManase, uye Josefa anopandukira kusarudza kwaJakobo Efuremu.

The beginning of Ephraim as a representative of God’s elect possesses a testimony of rebellion, and the end of Ephraim is Leviticus twenty-six’s scattering of “seven times” from 723 BC through to 1798. In 723 BC the northern ten tribes, the kingdom of Ephraim, (also known as Israel) received a deadly wound as a kingdom of Bible prophecy. That deadly wound began a time prophecy that concluded with the papal power and its kingdom receiving a deadly wound in 1798. The deadly wound of the papal power in 1798 typifies the final fall of Babylon when the king of the north will “come to his end with none to help” in Daniel eleven verse forty-five. The rebellion and fall of Babylon in the last days was typified by the rebellion and fall of the papal power in 1798, which in turn was typified by the rebellion and fall of the kingdom of Ephraim (Israel) in 723 BC, which was typified by Joseph’s rebellion to his father’s prophetic inspiration as identified in the end of Genesis.

Kutanga kwaEfraimu somumiriri wevakasarudzwa vaMwari kune uchapupu hwokupandukira, uye kuguma kwaEfraimu ndiko kupararira kwe“nguva dzinomwe” kwaRevhitiko 26 kubva muna 723 BC kusvikira muna 1798. Muna 723 BC marudzi gumi okumusoro, ushe hwaEfraimu, (hunozivikanwawo saIsraeri) akagamuchira ronda rinouraya soumambo hwechiporofita cheBhaibheri. Ronda iro rinouraya rakatanga chiporofita chenguva chakaguma nesimba rapapa pamwe noushe hwaro richigamuchirawo ronda rinouraya muna 1798. Ronda rinouraya resimba rapapa muna 1798 rinofananidzira kuwa kokupedzisira kweBhabhironi apo mambo wokumusoro “achasvika kumugumo wake pasina anomubatsira” muna Danieri 11:45. Kupanduka nokuwa kweBhabhironi mumazuva okupedzisira zvakafananidzirwa nokupanduka nokuwa kwesimba rapapa muna 1798, izvowo zvakafananidzirwa nokupanduka nokuwa kweushe hwaEfraimu (Israeri) muna 723 BC, izvo zvakafananidzirwawo nokupanduka kwaJosefa kukurudziro youporofita yababa vake sezvinoratidzwa panoperera Genesi.

The rebellion that Ephraim is a symbol of started with his father’s rebellion (Joseph) against his father (Jacob). It ultimately leads to the rebellion of the ten northern tribes, which leads to the “scattering represented” as “seven times” in Leviticus twenty-six. The period of the time the northern kingdom was scattered is divided into two periods. One ending in the year 538, the next period ending in 1798, and all pointing to the message that is unsealed just before probation closes in the book of Revelation. That message identifies the final fall of Babylon. At each waymark of Ephraim’s prophetic history rebellion is marked. Just as is the rebellion of the thirteenth disciple, Judas Iscariot. This is two of the witnesses that identify the number thirteen as a symbol of rebellion. But none of these sacred truths can be recognized if a person isn’t standing on the foundations of Adventism that were built upon the first truth Miller discovered and the first truth discarded by Adventism.

Uasi wa Efraimu anaowakilisha kama ishara ulianza kwa uasi wa baba yake (Yusufu) dhidi ya baba yake mwenyewe (Yakobo). Hatimaye unaongoza kwenye uasi wa makabila kumi ya kaskazini, ambao huleta “kutawanywa kunakowakilishwa” kama “mara saba” katika Mambo ya Walawi ishirini na sita. Kipindi cha wakati ambacho ufalme wa kaskazini ulitawanywa kimegawanywa katika vipindi viwili. Kimoja kikiishia katika mwaka wa 538, na kipindi kinachofuata kikiishia katika 1798, na vyote vikielekeza kwenye ujumbe unaofunuliwa muda mfupi kabla ya kufungwa kwa muda wa rehema katika kitabu cha Ufunuo. Ujumbe huo unatambulisha anguko la mwisho la Babeli. Katika kila alama ya njiani ya historia ya unabii ya Efraimu, uasi huonekana wazi. Vivyo hivyo na uasi wa mwanafunzi wa kumi na tatu, Yuda Iskariote. Hawa ni mashahidi wawili wanaotambulisha namba kumi na tatu kama ishara ya uasi. Lakini hakuna mojawapo ya kweli hizi takatifu inayoweza kutambuliwa ikiwa mtu hasimami juu ya misingi ya Uadventista iliyojengwa juu ya kweli ya kwanza ambayo Miller aligundua na kweli ya kwanza iliyoachwa na Uadventista.

The ending of Genesis agrees with all the other lines that we have been considering. In summation:

Kuguma kwa Itanguriro kwumvikana neza n’iyo mirongo yose twagiye dusuzuma. Mu ncamake:

In the beginning the heavenly trio of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit witnessed the creation of the heavens and earth that was accomplished by the Son, who is also the Word. The Word became the channel of communication from the Father, to mankind, and the Word is the only avenue for mankind to communicate with the Father. The Father’s message was given by the Son to the angel Gabriel, who replaced Lucifer (the light bearer) after Lucifer’s rebellion in heaven. Gabriel receives the light, or message and delivers it to a prophet, who is the holy created being assigned with passing the message from the Father to the fallen created family. The message given to the prophet is written out and then conveyed to mankind. At every step in the communication process the message is holy, and for this reason the prophets, who are fallen human beings are to be holy. At the point that the holy message is transferred into the hands of fallen humanity, humanity has the potential of handling a holy message with unsanctified hands. Thus, the light of the holy message produces both light and darkness. When the message is received by those in the family of fallen man it contains the identical creative power that created all things, which is the power that justifies that being. The beginning of the communication process illustrates the end of the communication process. Therefore, if the message is heard, read and kept, the message recreates fallen mankind into the image of the Son.

Pakutanga Utatu hwekudenga hwaBaba, Mwanakomana naMweya Mutsvene hwakapupurira kusikwa kwematenga nenyika kwakaitwa noMwanakomana, anovawo Shoko. Shoko rakava nzira yokutaurirana kubva kuna Baba richienda kuvanhu, uye Shoko ndiro bedzi nzira yokuti vanhu vataurirane naBaba. Shoko raBaba rakapiwa noMwanakomana kumutumwa Gabhurieri, uyo akatsiva Rusifa (mutakuri wechiedza) mushure mokupanduka kwaRusifa kudenga. Gabhurieri anogamuchira chiedza, kana kuti shoko, obva aripa kumuprofita, iye ari chisikwa chitsvene chakagadzwa kuti chipfuudze shoko rinobva kuna Baba richienda kumhuri yakasikwa yakawa. Shoko rinopiwa kumuprofita rinonyorwa pasi, robva raendeswa kuvanhu. Padanho rimwe nerimwe romukufambiswa kweshoko, shoko iri itsvene; uye nechikonzero ichi vaporofita, avo vari vanhu vakawa, vanofanira kuva vatsvene. Panguva iyo shoko dzvene rinoiswa mumaoko orudzi rwomunhu rwakawa, vanhu vane mukana wokubata shoko dzvene nemaoko asina kunatswa. Naizvozvo, chiedza cheshoko dzvene chinobereka zvose chiedza nerima. Kana shoko ragamuchirwa navari mumhuri yomunhu akawa, rinenge riine simba rimwe chetero rokusika rakasika zvinhu zvose, iro riri simba rinoruramisa munhu iyeye. Kutanga kwenzira yokufambiswa kweshoko kunoratidza kuguma kwenzira yokufambiswa kweshoko. Naizvozvo, kana shoko rikanzwiwa, rikaverengwa uye rikachengetwa, shoko rinosikazve vanhu vakawa kuti vave mumufananidzo woMwanakomana.

> Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:3.

> O amehilwe ngulowo ofundayo, nalabo abezwa amazwi alesi siphrofetho, bagcine lokho okulotshwe kuso; ngokuba isikhathi siseduze. IsAmbulo 1:3.

John illustrates fallen mankind in the “last days” of the investigative judgment who hear a voice behind them and turn around to receive the message that leads to the past. Those that receive and make the message not a part of their life, but exclusively their life, are there and then justified. To be justified is to be made holy. When those who read and hear the message sent from the Father, accept the message and are made holy, it is through the creative power within the message. The creative power accomplishes the work of justifying men, when men believe as did Abraham. The message instructs them to turn and listen to the voice behind, which leads to the old paths, which are the foundational truths. The message guides them into all truth and as they walk the old paths, they are walking on the path of the justified.

යෝහන් විසින් පරීක්ෂණ විනිශ්චයේ “අන්තිම දවස්” තුළ පිහිටි, තමන් පසුපසින් ඇති හඬක් අසා, අතීතයට නායකත්වය දෙන පණිවිඩය ලබන පිණිස හැරී බලන, වැටීගිය මනුෂ්‍යත්වය නිරූපණය කරයි. එම පණිවිඩය පිළිගෙන, එය තම ජීවිතයේ කොටසක් පමණක් නොව, ඔවුන්ගේ සම්පූර්ණ ජීවිතයම කරගන්නා අය, එතැනමත් එසැණින්මත් ධර්මිෂ්ඨ කරනු ලැබෙති. ධර්මිෂ්ඨ කරනු ලැබීම යනු ශුද්ධ කරනු ලැබීමය. පියාණන්වහන්සේගෙන් එවා ඇති පණිවිඩය කියවා අසා සිටින අය, එම පණිවිඩය පිළිගෙන ශුද්ධ කරනු ලැබූ විට, එය සිදුවන්නේ එම පණිවිඩය තුළ ඇති මැවීමේ බලය කරණකොටගෙනය. මනුෂ්‍යයන් ආබ්‍රහම් මෙන් විශ්වාස කරන කල, එම මැවීමේ බලය මනුෂ්‍යයන් ධර්මිෂ්ඨ කරනු ලබන කාර්යය ඉටු කරයි. තමන් පසුපසින් ඇති හඬට හැරී සවන් දෙන ලෙස, එමෙන්ම පදනම් සත්‍යයන් වන පැරණි මාවත් කරා ගෙන යන ලෙස, පණිවිඩය ඔවුන්ට උපදෙස් දෙයි. එම පණිවිඩය ඔවුන්ව සියලු සත්‍යය තුළට මඟ පෙන්වයි; ඔවුන් පැරණි මාවත්හි ගමන් කරන විට, ඔවුන් ගමන් කරන්නේ ධර්මිෂ්ඨ කරනු ලැබූවන්ගේ මාර්ගයෙහිය.

> But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Proverbs 4:18–27.

> Asi nzira yavakarurama yakaita sechiedza chinopenya, chinoramba chichiwedzera kupenya kusvikira pazuva rakakwana. Nzira yavakaipa yakaita serima; havazivi chavanogumburwa nacho. Mwanakomana wangu, teerera mashoko angu; rerekera nzeve yako kumashoko angu. Ngaarege kubva pameso ako; achengete mukati memwoyo wako. Nokuti iupenyu kuna vanowawana, uye utano kunyama yavo yose. Chengeta mwoyo wako nokushingaira kwose; nokuti mauri munobva zvitubu zvoupenyu. Bvisa kwauri muromo wakatsauka, nemiromo yakaipa uiise kure newe. Meso ako ngaatarise mberi chaiko, namafungiro ameso ako ngaatarise zvakananga pamberi pako. Nyatsofungisisa nzira yetsoka dzako, uye nzira dzako dzose ngadzisimbiswe. Usatsaukira kurudyi kana kuruboshwe; bvisa rutsoka rwako pane zvakaipa. Zvirevo 4:18–27.

Those justified by the message conveyed walk on the path that represents an ever-increasing light, but that very light makes the path of the wicked correspondingly darker. Light separates from darkness. The creative power that commanded for there to be light in the beginning produces the same effect upon mankind at the end as light did in the beginning. The class that refuses to hear the voice behind, and therefore choose to walk the darkened path “stumble” at his Word, for they stumble on the foundation stone, the old tried stone. The voice is Alpha and Omega, and when the justified hear those words and incline their hearts unto those words they keep those words in the midst of their hearts, for the Alpha and Omega turns their hearts to the fathers, (the past) and the hearts of the fathers point to the end.

Avo vanoruramiswa neshoko rinoparidzwa vanofamba munzira inomirira chiedza chinoramba chichiwedzera; asi chiedza ichocho ndicho chinoitawo kuti nzira yavakaipa irambe ichisviba zvakanyanya. Chiedza chinopatsanurwa nerima. Simba rokusika rakarayira pakutanga kuti kuve nechiedza rinoburitsa pamagumo pavanhu mhedzisiro imwe cheteyo yakaitwa nechiedza pakutanga. Boka rinoramba kunzwa izwi rinobva shure, nokudaro richisarudza kufamba munzira yakasvibiridzwa, “rinogumburwa” paShoko rake, nokuti rinogumburwa padombo renheyo, dombo rekare rakaedzwa. Izwi ndiro Arfa naOmega, uye kana vanoruramiswa vanzwa mashoko iwayo vakatsaurira mwoyo yavo kumashoko iwayo, vanoachengeta pakati pemwoyo yavo, nokuti Arfa naOmega anoshandura mwoyo yavo kuvadzibaba, (zvakapfuura) uye mwoyo yavadzibaba inonongedzera kumagumo.

> The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Isaiah 26:7–9.

> Indlela yabalungileyo ithe tye; wena, wena ulunge ngokugqibeleleyo, uyilinganisa indlela yobalungileyo. Ewe, endleleni yemigwebo yakho, Yehova, sikulindele; umnqweno womphefumlo wethu usegameni lakho nasekukhunjulweni kwakho. Ngomphefumlo wam ndikunqwenele ebusuku; ewe, ngomoya wam ongaphakathi kum ndiya kukufuna kwasekuseni; kuba xa imigwebo yakho isemhlabeni, abemi behlabathi baya kufunda ubulungisa. Isaya 26:7–9.

God weighs, or He judges, those who walk the path of the just, and He does so in the “last days” when His judgments are in the land. The just are those who have waited for the Lord in fulfillment of the tarrying time in the parable of the ten virgins. The desire of those walking the path of increasing knowledge, is for a greater and greater understanding of God’s name, His character. Those who have waited for their Lord, are those that proclaim the final warning message, for they are those who proclaim the Midnight Cry, which is of course the first internal message of Revelation eighteen that is followed by the second, external message.

Mwari anoyera, kana kuti anotonga, avo vanofamba munzira yevakarurama, uye anoita izvozvo mu“mazuva okupedzisira” apo kutonga Kwake kuri munyika. Vakarurama ndivo vakamirira Ishe mukuzadzika kwenguva yokunonoka iri mumufananidzo wemhandara gumi. Chishuwo chaavo vanofamba munzira yoruzivo runoramba ruchiwedzera, ndicho chokuwana kunzwisisa kukuru-kuru kwezita raMwari, hunhu Hwake. Avo vakamirira Ishe wavo ndivo vanozivisa shoko rokuyambira rokupedzisira, nokuti ndivo vanozivisa Kuchema kwapausiku, uko zvechokwadi kuri shoko rokutanga romukati reZvakazarurwa gumi nesere, rinoteverwa neshoko rechipiri, rokunze.

> And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:1–4.

> Zvino shure kwezvinhu izvi ndakaona umwe mutumwa achiburuka kudenga, ane simba guru; uye nyika yakavhenekerwa nokubwinya kwake. Akadanidzira nesimba nenzwi guru, achiti: Bhabhironi guru rawa, rawa, uye rava nzvimbo yokugara madhimoni, nenhare yomweya yose yakasviba, uye dendere reshiri dzose dzisina kuchena nedzinovengwa. Nokuti ndudzi dzose dzakanwa waini yehasha dzoufeve hwaro, namadzimambo enyika akaita ufeve naro, navatengesi venyika vakapfuma kwazvo nokuwanda kwoupenyu hwaro hwokuzvifadza. Zvino ndakanzwa rimwe inzwi richibva kudenga, richiti: Budai mariri, vanhu vangu, kuti murege kuva vagovani vezvivi zvaro, uye kuti murege kugamuchira matambudziko aro. Zvakazarurwa 18:1–4.

When the angel of Revelation eighteen descended on September 11, 2001, the Seventh-day Adventist church refused its final call to return to the old paths. It then ceased to be the horn of true Protestantism in the United States. At that point a testing process began for those who chose to take the message of that strong voice and eat it, as typified by John when the angel of Revelation ten descended at the beginning of Adventism on August 11, 1840. The spiritual nation that had taken the mantle of true Protestantism when the first angel’s message was rejected, then followed in the footsteps of apostate Protestantism at the beginning of Adventism.

Ngelekhulu ya Chivumbulutso 18 yikati yatsika pa Seputembara 11, 2001, mpingo wa Seventh-day Adventist wakakana kuitana kwake kwaumaliro kuti uwelere ku misewu yakale. Pamenepo unaleka kukhala nyanga ya Chiprotestanti chenicheni mu United States. Pa nthawiyo panayamba njira ya kuyesedwa kwa iwo amene anasankha kutenga uthenga wa liwu lamphamvu limenelo ndi kuwudya, monga momwe zinayimiridwira ndi Yohane pamene ngelekhulu ya Chivumbulutso 10 inatsika pa chiyambi cha Adventism pa Ogasiti 11, 1840. Mtundu wauzimu umene unali utatenga chofunda cha Chiprotestanti chenicheni pamene uthenga wa ngelekhulu woyamba unakanidwa, kenaka unatsata mapazi a Chiprotestanti chopanduka pa chiyambi cha Adventism.

The true Protestant horn was then given to those who accepted the message in the little book that was in the angel’s hand in Revelation ten. The testing process at the beginning of Adventism from 1840 through 1844 represents a testing process at the end of Adventism from September 11, 2001 until the Sunday law in the United States. Within the first history of 1840 to 1844, and the testing process that began on September 11, 2001, marks a dispensational transition from the former body of believers who held the mantle of Protestantism, unto a new body of believers who take the mantle of true Protestantism.

Nyanga yechokwadi yechiPurotesitendi yakazopiwa kuna avo vakagamuchira shoko raiva mubhuku duku raiva muruoko rwengirozi muna Zvakazarurwa gumi. Muedzo wakaitika pakutanga kweAdventism kubva muna 1840 kusvikira muna 1844 unomiririra muedzo pakuguma kweAdventism kubva musi wa11 Gunyana 2001 kusvikira pamutemo weSvondo muUnited States. Mukati menhoroondo yokutanga ya1840 kusvika 1844, uye nomuedzo wakatanga musi wa11 Gunyana 2001, panocherechedzwa shanduko yenguva yokugoverwa kwengoni ichibva kuboka rapakutanga ravatendi raiva rakabata jasi rechiPurotesitendi, ichienda kuboka idzva ravatendi rinotora jasi rechiPurotesitendi chechokwadi.

More important to our consideration of the path of the justified is that within that history there is a disappointment that marks the beginning of the tarrying time. The faithful wait for their Lord in that time, which ends with the unsealing of the message of the Midnight Cry. That testing process at the beginning of Adventism ended when the message of the Midnight Cry concluded on October 22, 1844. The testing process at the end concludes for those represented by John at the Sunday law in the United States. The message of the Midnight Cry at the end, will conclude just as at the beginning, and in the beginning of Adventism the message of the Midnight Cry was unsealed in advance of the close of the testing process. The message of the Midnight Cry at the beginning is now being unsealed at the end.

Chakanyanya kukosha pakufunga kwedu pamusoro penzira yevakaruramiswa ndechokuti mukati menhoroondo iyoyo mune kuora mwoyo kunoratidza kutanga kwenguva yokumirira. Vakatendeka vanomirira Ishe wavo munguva iyoyo, iyo inopera nokusunungurwa kwechisimbiso pashoko reKuchema Kwousiku Hwepakati. Muitiro iwoyo wokuedzwa pakutanga kweAdventism wakaguma apo shoko reKuchema Kwousiku Hwepakati rakasvika pakupera musi wa22 Gumiguru 1844. Muitiro wokuedzwa pakuguma unopera kune avo vanomiririrwa naJohane pamutemo weSvondo muUnited States. Shoko reKuchema Kwousiku Hwepakati pakuguma richaguma sezvarakangoitawo pakutanga, uye pakutanga kweAdventism shoko reKuchema Kwousiku Hwepakati rakasunungurwa chisimbiso charo zvisati zvaitika kupera kwemuitiro wokuedzwa. Shoko reKuchema Kwousiku Hwepakati pakutanga zvino rava kusunungurwa chisimbiso charo pakuguma.

The justified wise virgins enter into covenant with God when the wicked foolish virgins enter into a covenant of death.

Virgiliyo xariifta ah ee la xaqsiiyey waxay Axdiga la galaan Ilaah marka virgiliyada nacasyada ah ee sharka leh ay galaan axdiga dhimashada.

> To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:12–16.

> Kwaavo waakati, Ichi ndicho kuzorora kwamungapa vaneta zororo; uye ichi ndicho chinozorodza; asi havana kuda kunzwa. Asi shoko raJehovha rakava kwavari murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro, murayiro pamusoro pomurayiro; mutsetse pamusoro pomutsetse, mutsetse pamusoro pomutsetse; pano zvishoma, napapo zvishoma; kuti vaende, vagowira shure, vapwanywe, vateywe, uye vabatwe. Naizvozvo inzwai shoko raJehovha, imi vanhu vanozvidza, munotonga vanhu ava vari muJerusarema. Nokuti makati, Takaita sungano norufu, uye neSheori takawirirana; kana shamhu inofashukira ikapfuura, haingasviki kwatiri; nokuti takaita nhema utiziro hwedu, uye takazvivanza pasi penhema: Naizvozvo zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Tarirai, ndinoisa muZiyoni dombo rehwaro, dombo rakaedzwa, ibwe rinokosha repakona, hwaro hwakasimba; uyo anotenda haangakurumidzi. Isaya 28:12–16.

The justified take the holy message of the Midnight Cry to the church and thereafter they proclaim the message of the second voice as they call mankind out of Babylon.

Vakaruramiswa vanotora shoko dzvene reKudanidzira kwePakati pousiku kuenda kuchechi, uye shure kwaizvozvo vanoparidza shoko renzwi rechipiri sezvavanodana vanhu vose kuti vabude muBhabhironi.

> “So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. The second angel’s message is, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ And in the loud cry of the third angel’s message a voice is heard from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.’” Review and Herald, December 6, 1892.

> “Zvino mubasa rokupedzisira rokuyambira nyika, kuchechi kunoitwa kudanwa kuviri kwakajeka uye kwakasiyana. Shoko romutumwa wechipiri nderokuti, ‘Bhabhironi rawira, rawira, guta guru iro, nokuti rakamwisa ndudzi dzose waini yehasha dzoufeve hwaro.’ Uye mukuchema kukuru kweshoko romutumwa wechitatu kunonzwika inzwi richibva kudenga richiti, ‘Budai mariri, imi vanhu vangu, kuti murege kugovana muzvivi zvaro, uye kuti murege kugamuchira pamatambudziko aro. Nokuti zvivi zvaro zvasvika kudenga, uye Mwari warangarira zvakaipa zvaro.’” Review and Herald, December 6, 1892.

Those who come out of Babylon and join those walking on the path of the just are accepted into the fold through the water of baptism that is represented by the name of the heavenly trio. The justified, whether it is those who are currently hearing the message delivered to John on Patmos, or those who thereafter are called out of Babylon are all justified by receiving the Holy Spirit. That combination of the Holy Spirit’s divinity and man’s humanity was accomplished, as set forth as an example when Christ took upon himself human nature. The one hundred and forty-four thousand were represented upon two witnesses, the twelve sons of Jacob and the twelve disciples. The wicked are represented by the thirteenth tribe and the thirteenth disciple. Both “thirteens” in either illustration were called to be priests unto God, and those who reject that calling are represented by Esau, while his younger brother Jacob represents those who accept the calling. Esau and Jacob both represent Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists at the end of the world. One class accepts the holy message conveyed through the prophet’s writings and is changed unto Israel, while Esau retains his name.

Avo vanobuda muBhabhironi vakabatana navaya vanofamba munzira yavakarurama vanogamuchirwa mudanga kubudikidza nemvura yerubhabhatidzo inomiririrwa nezita revatatu vokudenga. Vakaruramiswa, kungava avo vari kunzwa zvino shoko rakaunzwa kuna Johane paPatimosi, kana avo vanozodanwa kubva muBhabhironi pashure, vose vanoruramiswa nokugamuchira Mweya Mutsvene. Kubatanidzwa uku kwoumwari hwaMweya Mutsvene nouvanhu hwomunhu kwakaitwa, sezvakaratidzwa somuenzaniso apo Kristu akazvitorera hunhu hwavanhu. Vane chiuru chine zana namakumi mana nezvina vakamiririrwa nezvapupu zviviri, vanakomana gumi navaviri vaJakobho navadzidzi gumi navaviri. Vakaipa vanomiririrwa norudzi rwegumi nantatu nomudzidzi wegumi nantatu. Ose ari maviri “gumi nantatu” mumufananidzo upi noupi akadanirwa kuva vaprista kuna Mwari, uye avo vanoramba kudanwa ikoko vanomiririrwa naEsau, asi munun’una wake Jakobho anomiririra avo vanogamuchira kudanwa. Esau naJakobho vose vari vaviri vanomiririra vaAdventisti veSeventh-day Laodikia pakuguma kwenyika. Rimwe boka rinogamuchira shoko dzvene rinoparidzirwa kubudikidza nezvinyorwa zvomuporofita uye rinoshandurwa kuva Israeri, asi Esau unoramba akachengeta zita rake.

There is of course much more in these nine lines of Alpha and Omega, for this was simply a brief summation of beginnings and endings in God’s Word.

물론 이 알파와 오메가의 아홉 행 안에는 훨씬 더 많은 내용이 담겨 있다. 이는 하나님의 말씀 안에 있는 시작과 끝에 대한 단지 간략한 요약이었을 뿐이다.

Nine lines of history, representing prophetic histories from the creation to the Second Coming. All nine of these prophetic lines of beginnings and endings are directly connected to the first three verses of Revelation chapter one. Those three verses identify that the Revelation of Jesus Christ, that is unsealed just before probation closes, is a manifestation of God’s creative power. What other power could construct such a complex inter-woven testimony from a variety of witnesses, who provided their testimony from the time of Moses until the time of John the Revelator?

Mitsetse mipfumbamwe yenhoroondo, inomiririra nhoroondo dzechiporofita kubva pakusika kusvikira paKuuya kweChipiri. Yese mitsetse mipfumbamwe iyi yechiporofita yokutanga nokuguma yakabatana zvakananga nendima nhatu dzokutanga dzaZvakazarurwa chitsauko chokutanga. Ndima nhatu idzodzo dzinoratidza kuti Zvakazarurwa zvaJesu Kristu, izvo zvinosunungurwa chisimbiso nguva pfupi musuwo wenyasha usati wavharwa, kuratidzwa kwesimba rokusika raMwari. Isimba ripi rimwe ringavaka uchapupu hwakadai hwakaoma, hwakarukwa pamwe chete, kubva kuzvapupu zvakasiyana-siyana, zvakapa uchapupu hwazvo kubva panguva yaMosesi kusvikira panguva yaJohani Muzaruri?

Take off your shoes, for this is holy ground.

Bvisa shangu dzako, nokuti pano panyika tsvene.

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