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# The Book of Daniel - Number Fifty-Eight

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Wisdom Unsealed: Exploring the Threefold Union and the Riddle of 666 in Prophecy

Kuchenjera Kwavhurwa: Kuongorora Kubatana Kwezvikamu Zvitatú neChirahwe cha666 muUprofita

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 22, 2024

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It has been established upon several witnesses that in history and in prophecy Rome always comes up eighth and is of the seven. The prophetic riddle of this symbol is part of what the Lion of the tribe of Judah unseals just before the close of probation. Christ never changes, and in the First and Great Disappointments of Millerite history, He revealed a truth which explained the mystery of the disappointment.

Zvinhu zvakasimbiswa pamusoro pezvapupu zvinoverengeka kuti munhoroondo nomuchiporofita Roma inogara ichimuka iri yechisere uye ichibva pane vanomwe. Chitendero chechiporofita chemufananidzo uyu chikamu chezvinhu zvinobvarurwa chisimbiso neShumba yerudzi rwaJudha nguva pfupi kusati kwapera nguva yemukana wenyasha. Kristu haamboshanduki, uye muKutanga nokuru Kuodzwa Mwoyo kwenhoroondo yeMillerite, Akazarura chokwadi chakatsanangura chakavanzika chokuodzwa mwoyo uku.

After the First Disappointment in Millerite history, He removed His hand from a mistake in some of the figures represented upon the 1843 chart. The mistake represented the prophetic misunderstanding that produced the Disappointment. The Millerites were ultimately led to a series of understandings, which firmly established the starting date of the twenty-three hundred days. With a firm starting point, that was primarily based upon the date of the cross, they then saw the same prophetic evidence that they had been employing to identify 1843, actually identified not only 1844, but the very day of October 22, 1844.

Mushure meKushungurudzika kwekutanga munhoroondo yechiMillerite, Akabvisa ruoko rwake pakukanganisa kwaiva mune dzimwe nhamba dzakanga dzakamiririrwa pachati ya1843. Kukanganisa ikoko kwakamiririra kusanzwisiswa kwechiporofita kwakabereka Kushungurudzika uku. VaMillerite vakazotungamirirwa, pakupedzisira, kunhevedzano yekunzwisisa kwakanyatsosimbisa zuva rokutanga remakore ane zviuru zviviri nemazana matatu. Vava nenzvimbo yakasimba yokutangira, iyo yainyanya kuvakirwa pazuva romuchinjikwa, vakabva vaona kuti uchapupu humwe chete hwechiporofita hwavakanga vachishandisa kuzivisa 1843, chaizvoizvo hwaisaratidza 1844 chete, asi zuva chairo ra22 Gumiguru 1844.

After the second and Great Disappointment, the Lord once again revealed a truth which answered all the prophetic dilemmas created by their incorrect proclamation that October 22, 1844 was the Second Coming of Christ. The Lord opened the subject of the Sanctuary, and its connected truths, and the Great Disappointment was explained.

Mushure meKunyadziswa kukuru kwechipiri, Ishe zvakare vakazarura chokwadi chakapindura zvizere matambudziko ose euprofita akanga amuka nokuda kwekuzivisa kwavo kusiri iko kuti 22 Gumiguru 1844 ndiyo yaiva Kuuya kweChipiri kwaKristu. Ishe vakazarura nyaya yeSanctuary, pamwe chete nechokwadi chayo chakabatana nayo, uye Kunyadziswa kukuru kwakatsanangurwa.

> “As a people, we should be earnest students of prophecy; we should not rest until we become intelligent in regard to the subject of the sanctuary, which is brought out in the visions of Daniel and John. This subject sheds great light on our present position and work, and gives us unmistakable proof that God has led us in our past experience. It explains our disappointment in 1844, showing us that the sanctuary to be cleansed was not the earth, as we had supposed, but that Christ then entered into the most holy apartment of the heavenly sanctuary, and is there performing the closing work of his priestly office, in fulfillment of the words of the angel to the prophet Daniel, ‘Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.’

> “Selo tanihi vanhu, hi fanele hi va vadyondzi lava hisekelaka va vuprofeta; a hi fanelanga ku wisa ku kondza hi va ni ku twisisa lokukulu malunghana ni mhaka ya vukwetsimelo, leyi humesiwaka erivaleni emivonweni ya Daniyele na Yohane. Mhaka leyi yi hi voningela swinene malunghana ni xiyimo xa hina xa sweswi ni ntirho wa hina, naswona yi hi nyika vumbhoni lebyi nga kanetekiki leswaku Xikwembu xi hi rhangerile eka ntokoto wa hina wa nkarhi lowu hundzeke. Yi hlamusela ku hela matimba ka hina hi 1844, yi hi komba leswaku vukwetsimelo lebyi a byi fanele ku basisiwa a byi nga ri misava, hilaha a hi ehleketa hakona, kambe leswaku Kreste hi nkarhi wolowo u nghene endhawini yo kwetsima ngopfu ya vukwetsimelo bya le tilweni, naswona u kona kwalaho a endla ntirho wo hetelela wa ntirho wa yena wa vuprista, eku hetisiseni ka marito ya ntsumi eka muprofeta Daniyele, ‘Ku ta fika masiku ya magidi mambirhi ni madzana manharhu; kutani vukwetsimelo byi ta tlhela byi basisiwa.’”

> “Our faith in reference to the messages of the first, second, and third angels was correct. The great way-marks we have passed are immovable. Although the hosts of hell may try to tear them from their foundation, and triumph in the thought that they have succeeded, yet they do not succeed. These pillars of truth stand firm as the eternal hills, unmoved by all the efforts of men combined with those of Satan and his host. We can learn much, and should be constantly searching the Scriptures to see if these things are so. God’s people are now to have their eyes fixed on the heavenly sanctuary, where the final ministration of our great High Priest in the work of the judgment is going forward,—where he is interceding for his people.” Review and Herald, November 27, 1883.

> “Rutendo rwedu maererano neshoko rengirozi yokutanga, yechipiri, neyechitatu rwakanga rwakarurama. Zviratidzo zvikuru zvenzira zvatakapfuura hazvibvisiki. Kunyange zvazvo hondo dzegehena dzingaedza kuzvibvarura padzimbahwe radzo, nokufara mukufunga kuti dzakunda, zvakadaro hadzikundi. Mbiru idzi dzechokwadi dzinomira dzakasimba samakomo asingaperi, dzisingazungunuswi nokuedza kwose kwavanhu kwakabatanidzwa nokwaSatani nehondo yake. Tinogona kudzidza zvakawanda, uye tinofanira kuramba tichiongorora Magwaro nguva dzose kuti tione kana zvinhu izvi zvakadaro. Vanhu vaMwari zvino vanofanira kuva nameso avo akatarira panzvimbo tsvene yokudenga, umo kushumira kwokupedzisira kwomuprista wedu mukuru mukuru mubasa rokutongwa kuri kuenderera mberi,—uko kwaari kureverera vanhu vake.” Review and Herald, November 27, 1883.

The disappointment of the disciples at the crucifixion was based upon an incorrect understanding of the kingdom which Christ was to establish at the cross. John the Baptist and the apostle Paul’s ministries included the work of identifying that the dispensation of literal Israel and the literal earthly sanctuary had transitioned unto spiritual Israel and the spiritual heavenly sanctuary. The Lion of the tribe of Judah always explains the disappointment to the “wise.” The explanation of the prophetic riddle of Rome being “the eighth, but is of the seven”, is part of the work the Lion of Judah is accomplishing to explain the disappointment of July 18, 2020.

การผิดหวังของเหล่าสาวกเมื่อคราวการตรึงกางเขนนั้น มีพื้นฐานอยู่บนความเข้าใจที่ไม่ถูกต้องเกี่ยวกับอาณาจักรซึ่งพระคริสต์จะทรงสถาปนาขึ้นที่กางเขน พันธกิจของยอห์นผู้ให้บัพติศมาและของอัครทูตเปาโลนั้น รวมถึงงานในการชี้ให้เห็นว่าการทรงจัดการแห่งอิสราเอลตามตัวอักษรและสถานนมัสการฝ่ายโลกตามตัวอักษร ได้เปลี่ยนผ่านไปสู่อิสราเอลฝ่ายจิตวิญญาณและสถานนมัสการฝ่ายสวรรค์ฝ่ายจิตวิญญาณแล้ว สิงห์แห่งเผ่ายูดาห์ทรงอธิบายความผิดหวังนั้นแก่ “ผู้มีปัญญา” อยู่เสมอ คำอธิบายของปริศนาพยากรณ์ที่ว่า โรมเป็น “องค์ที่แปด แต่ก็เป็นหนึ่งในเจ็ด” นั้น เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของพระราชกิจที่สิงห์แห่งยูดาห์กำลังทรงกระทำเพื่ออธิบายความผิดหวังของวันที่ 18 กรกฎาคม 2020.

The Millerites saw Rome as the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy, and they saw the distinction between paganism and papalism, but could not see papal Rome as the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. Shortly after 1844, the pioneers saw that the United States was the next kingdom of Bible prophecy.

AbaMillerite babona iRoma njengombuso wesine wesiprofetho seBhayibheli, futhi babona umehluko phakathi kobuhedeni nobupapa, kodwa babengakwazi ukubona iRoma yobupapa njengombuso wesihlanu wesiprofetho seBhayibheli. Ngokushesha ngemva kuka-1844, amaphayona abona ukuthi i-United States yayingumbuso olandelayo wesiprofetho seBhayibheli.

That recognition is represented upon the 1850 pioneer chart, but their ability to recognize the full illustration of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, as represented in Revelation chapter seventeen, was beyond their ability to comprehend, for they began to wander in the wilderness of Laodicea after their rejection of the “seven times” in 1863.

Ukuzindla lokho kwavezwa eshadini labaphayona lango-1850, kodwa amandla abo okuqonda umfanekiso ophelele wemibuso yesiprofetho seBhayibheli, njengoba yethulwa kuSambulo isahluko seshumi nesikhombisa, kwedlula amandla abo okuqonda; ngokuba baqala ukuzulazula ehlane laseLawodisiya emva kokwenqaba kwabo “izikhathi eziyisikhombisa” ngo-1863.

> “The history of ancient Israel is a striking illustration of the past experience of the Adventist body. God led His people in the advent movement, even as He led the children of Israel from Egypt. In the great disappointment their faith was tested as was that of the Hebrews at the Red Sea. Had they still trusted to the guiding hand that had been with them in their past experience, they would have seen the salvation of God. If all who had labored unitedly in the work in 1844, had received the third angel’s message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts. A flood of light would have been shed upon the world. Years ago the inhabitants of the earth would have been warned, the closing work completed, and Christ would have come for the redemption of His people.

> “Mbiri ya Israyeli wakale ndi chithunzithunzi choonekeratu cha zimene gulu la Adventist linakumana nazo m’mbuyomo. Mulungu anatsogolera anthu Ake mu kayendedwe ka adventi, monga momwe anatsogolera ana a Israyeli kuchoka ku Iguputo. Mu kukhumudwa kwakukulu uko chikhulupiriro chawo chinayesedwa monga cha Ahebri pa Nyanja Yofiira. Akanapitiriza kukhulupirira dzanja lotsogolera limene linali nawo m’zochitika zawo zakale, akanadaona chipulumutso cha Mulungu. Ngati onse amene anagwira ntchito mogwirizana mu ntchito mu 1844, analandira uthenga wa mngelo wachitatu ndi kuulalikira mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera, Ambuye akanagwira ntchito mwamphamvu limodzi ndi kuyesetsa kwawo. Kuwala kochuluka kukadawunikira dziko lapansi. Zaka zambiri zapitazo okhala pa dziko lapansi akanachenjezedwa, ntchito yomaliza ikanamalizidwa, ndipo Khristu akanabwera kudzawombola anthu Ake.”

> “It was not the will of God that Israel should wander forty years in the wilderness; He desired to lead them directly to the land of Canaan and establish them there, a holy, happy people. But ‘they could not enter in because of unbelief.’ Hebrews 3:19. Because of their backsliding and apostasy they perished in the desert, and others were raised up to enter the Promised Land. In like manner, it was not the will of God that the coming of Christ should be so long delayed and His people should remain so many years in this world of sin and sorrow. But unbelief separated them from God. As they refused to do the work which He had appointed them, others were raised up to proclaim the message. In mercy to the world, Jesus delays His coming, that sinners may have an opportunity to hear the warning and find in Him a shelter before the wrath of God shall be poured out.” The Great Controversy, 458.

> “Ši bila božja volja, da bi Izrael štirideset let blodil po puščavi; želel jih je neposredno pripeljati v kanaansko deželo in jih tam utrditi kot sveto, srečno ljudstvo. Toda ‘niso mogli vstopiti zaradi nevere’. Hebrejcem 3,19. Zaradi svojega odpadništva in apostazije so pomrli v puščavi, drugi pa so bili obujeni, da bi vstopili v obljubljeno deželo. Prav tako ni bila božja volja, da bi bil Kristusov prihod tako dolgo odložen in da bi njegovo ljudstvo toliko let ostajalo v tem svetu greha in žalosti. Toda nevera jih je ločila od Boga. Ker niso hoteli opraviti dela, ki jim ga je določil, so bili obujeni drugi, da bi oznanjali sporočilo. Iz usmiljenja do sveta Jezus odlaga svoj prihod, da bi grešniki imeli priložnost slišati opozorilo in v njem najti zatočišče, preden se izlije božja jeza.” Veliki spopad, 458.

James and Ellen White both identified that the movement had transitioned into the movement of Laodicea in 1856, and in the previous passage she identifies that “if all who had labored unitedly in the work in 1844, had received the third angel’s message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts.” Then she says, “In like manner,” the “backsliding and apostasy” that ancient Israel manifested, caused ancient Israel to “perish in the desert.” The passage is identifying that Laodicean Adventism began to wander in the wilderness in the time period when those who had proclaimed the message of the Midnight Cry were still alive.

Jakobo na Ellen White bose bagaragaje ko uwo muryango wari warahindutse ukaba umuryango wa Lawodikiya mu mwaka wa 1856, kandi mu gice kibanziriza iki agaragaza ko “iyo abari barakoranye bunze ubumwe bose muri uwo murimo mu 1844 baza kwakira ubutumwa bw’umumarayika wa gatatu kandi bakabwamamaza mu mbaraga z’Umwuka Wera, Uwiteka aba yarakoreshanye imbaraga nyinshi n’imihati yabo.” Hanyuma akavuga ati: “Mu buryo nk’ubwo,” “gusubira inyuma no kugomera Imana” Isirayeli ya kera yagaragaje, byateye Isirayeli ya kera “kurimbukira mu butayu.” Icyo gice kigaragaza ko Ubadiventisiti bwa Lawodikiya bwatangiye kuzerera mu butayu mu gihe cya rya vugurura ry’igihe abo bari baramamaje ubutumwa bw’Induru ya Saa Sita bari bagihari.

Today the theologians (the learned) identify various applications for Revelation chapter seventeen, that are either derived from the methodology of futurism that was invented by the Jesuits, or the corrupted theological practices of apostate Protestantism. The symbols of Revelation seventeen, are very simple. We have identified the necessary symbols, so we will return to the kingdoms represented there and align them with the kingdoms of Daniel chapter two, for Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing, with the beginning of a thing.

Lehono ditsebi tša thutatumelo (ba ba rutegilego) di hlaola ditirišo tše fapa-fapanego tša Kutollo kgaolo ya lesomešupa, tšeo e lego gore di tšwa goba mokgweng wa futurism wo o hlamišitšwego ke Majesuite, goba mekgweng e senyegilego ya thutatumelo ya Boprotestanta bjo bo goketšego. Maswao a Kutollo lesomešupa a bonolo kudu. Re šetše re hlaotše maswao ao a nyakegago, ka gona re tla boela mebušong yeo e emetšwego moo gomme ra e bapetša le mebušo ya Daniele kgaolo ya bobedi, gobane Jesu ka mehla o laetša bofelo bja selo ka mathomo a selo.

> And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:10–12.

> Uye kune madzimambo manomwe: mashanu akawa, uye mumwe aripo, uye mumwe wacho haasati auya; uye kana auya, anofanira kugara nguva pfupi. Uye chikara chaivapo, uye chisipo, ndiye wechisere, uye unobva kune vaya vanomwe, uye anoenda mukuparadzwa. Uye nyanga gumi dzawakaona ndidzo madzimambo gumi, vasati vapiwa ushe; asi vanogamuchira simba samadzimambo kweawa imwe pamwe chete nechikara. Zvakazarurwa 17:10–12.

In verse three, John was spiritually conveyed to 1798. At that vantage point in history, he was told that there were five kingdoms that had already fallen. Those kingdoms were Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, pagan Rome and papal Rome. William Miller could not unravel this passage in chapter seventeen, for he could not recognize that papal Rome was a distinct kingdom from pagan Rome. Yet the sequence is addressed in chapters twelve and thirteen of Revelation, for the dragon in chapter twelve represented pagan Rome, the beast that came from the sea in chapter thirteen was the papacy and the earth beast is the United States. Sister White identifies all three of these beasts as the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. In providing her testimony she identifies the sequence of the kingdoms, and the sequence agrees with the application we are making of Revelation seventeen.

Mundime yatatu, Yohane alihamishwa kiroho hadi mwaka 1798. Akiwa katika mtazamo huo wa kihistoria, aliambiwa kwamba kulikuwako falme tano ambazo tayari zilikuwa zimeanguka. Falme hizo zilikuwa Babeli, Umedi na Uajemi, Ugiriki, Rumi ya kipagani, na Rumi ya kipapa. William Miller hakuweza kufumbua kifungu hiki katika sura ya kumi na saba, kwa maana hakuweza kutambua kwamba Rumi ya kipapa ilikuwa ufalme tofauti na Rumi ya kipagani. Hata hivyo, mfuatano huo unashughulikiwa katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na mbili na kumi na tatu, kwa kuwa joka katika sura ya kumi na mbili liliiwakilisha Rumi ya kipagani, mnyama aliyetoka baharini katika sura ya kumi na tatu alikuwa upapa, na mnyama wa nchi ni Marekani. Dada White anawatambulisha wanyama hawa wote watatu kuwa ni joka, mnyama, na nabii wa uongo. Kwa kutoa ushuhuda wake anautambulisha mfuatano wa falme hizo, na mfuatano huo unapatana na matumizi tunayoifanya ya Ufunuo kumi na saba.

> “Under the symbols of a great red dragon, a leopard-like beast, and a beast with lamblike horns, the earthly governments which would especially engage in trampling upon God’s law and persecuting His people, were presented to John. The war is carried on till the close of time. The people of God, symbolized by a holy woman and her children, were represented as greatly in the minority. In the last days only a remnant still existed. Of these John speaks as they ‘which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.’

> “Mukati mezviratidzo zveshato huru tsvuku, chechikara chakaita sengwe, uye chechikara chine nyanga dzakaita sedzegwayana, hurumende dzapanyika dzaizonyanya kuzvipira mukutsikirira pasi murayiro waMwari nokutambudza vanhu Vake, dzakaratidzwa kuna Johane. Hondo iyi inoenderera mberi kusvikira kumagumo enguva. Vanhu vaMwari, vakafananidzirwa nomukadzi mutsvene navana vake, vakaratidzwa sevashoma zvikuru. Mumazuva okupedzisira pakanga pachiri kungova navakasara bedzi. Ava ndivo vanotaurwa naJohane achiti ‘vanochengeta mirayiro yaMwari, uye vane uchapupu hwaJesu Kristu.’”

> “Through paganism, and then through the Papacy, Satan exerted his power for many centuries in an effort to blot from the earth God’s faithful witnesses. Pagans and papists were actuated by the same dragon spirit. They differed only in that the Papacy, making a pretense of serving God, was the more dangerous and cruel foe. Through the agency of Romanism, Satan took the world captive. The professed church of God was swept into the ranks of this delusion, and for more than a thousand years the people of God suffered under the dragon’s ire. And when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns.

> “කටුපුජකත්වය මගින්ද, අනතුරුව පාප් සභා පාලනය මගින්ද, සාතාන් බොහෝ ශතවර්ෂ ගණනාවක් පුරා තම බලය ක්‍රියාත්මක කළේ, දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ විශ්වාසවන්ත සාක්ෂිකරුවන් පෘථිවියෙන් මකාදැමීමට උත්සාහ කරමින්ය. කටුපුජකයෝද පාප්වාදියෝද එකම නාගීය ආත්මයෙන් උද්දීපනය ලැබුවෝය. ඔවුන් අතර වෙනස වූයේ, දෙවියන්වහන්සේට සේවය කරන බව පෙනී සිටි පාප් සභා පාලනය වඩාත් භයානක හා කෘර සතුරා වීම පමණි. රෝමවාදය යන උපකරණය මගින් සාතාන් ලෝකය වහල් කළේය. දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ බව පවසන සභාව මෙම මුළාවෙහි පේළිවලට ගසාගෙන ගොස්, දහසකට අධික වසර ගණනාවක් දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ ජනතාව නාගයාගේ ක්‍රෝධය යටතේ දුක් වින්දෝය. පාප් සභා පාලනය, එහි ශක්තියෙන් වංචිත කරනු ලැබ, පීඩනයෙන් වැළකී සිටීමට බල කෙරුණු විට, යොහන් නව බලයක් උදාවෙමින්, නාගයාගේ හඬ ප්‍රතිධ്വනිකරමින්, එම කෘර හා දෙවියන්ට නින්දාකාරී කාර්යය ඉදිරියට ගෙන යන අයුරු දුටුවේය. දෙවියන්වහන්සේගේ සභාවටත් ව්‍යවස්ථාවටත් විරුද්ධව යුද්ධ කිරීමට නියමිත අවසාන බලය වූ මෙම බලය, මැස්සන් වැනි අඟුල් ඇති මෘගයෙකු මගින් සංකේතවත් කරනු ලැබීය.”

> “But the stern tracing of the prophetic pencil reveals a change in this peaceful scene. The beast with lamblike horns speaks with the voice of a dragon, and ‘exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.’ Prophecy declares that he will say to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast, and that “he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Thus Protestantism follows in the steps of the Papacy.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

> “Asi mstari mkali wa kalamu ya unabii unaonyesha badiliko katika mandhari hii ya amani. Mnyama mwenye pembe zinazofanana na za mwana-kondoo hunena kwa sauti ya joka, naye ‘hutumia uwezo wote wa yule mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake.’ Unabii watangaza kwamba atawaambia wakaao juu ya nchi wamfanyie yule mnyama sanamu, na kwamba ‘huwafanya wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa, matajiri kwa maskini, walio huru kwa watumwa, kutiwa chapa katika mkono wao wa kuume, au katika vipaji vya nyuso zao; tena kwamba mtu yeyote asiweze kununua wala kuuza, isipokuwa yeye aliye na ile chapa, au jina la yule mnyama, au hesabu ya jina lake.’ Hivyo Uprotestanti hufuata katika nyayo za Upapa.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

In the first paragraph of the last passage, Sister White identifies pagan Rome, papal Rome and the United States as “earthly governments.” In the second paragraph she identifies that the governments were sequential when she says, “through paganism, and then through the Papacy,” and “when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work.” She does not stop there though, for in the third paragraph she identifies that the United States was to force another kingdom upon the entire world. She says, “The beast with lamblike horns speaks with the voice of a dragon, and ‘exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.’ Prophecy declares that he will say to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast.”

Mu ndime ya kwanza ya kifungu cha mwisho, Dada White anaitambulisha Rumi ya kipagani, Rumi ya kipapa, na Marekani kuwa ni “serikali za duniani.” Katika ndime ya pili anaonyesha kwamba serikali hizo zilifuatana kwa mpangilio wakati anaposema, “kupitia upagani, kisha kupitia Upapa,” na “wakati Upapa, ukiwa umenyang’anywa nguvu zake, ulilazimishwa kuacha mateso, Yohana akaona mamlaka mapya yakitokea ili kuiga sauti ya yule joka, na kuendeleza kazi iyo hiyo ya ukatili na ya kufuru.” Hata hivyo, hakuishia hapo, kwa maana katika ndime ya tatu anaonyesha kwamba Marekani ilikuwa iulazimishe ulimwengu wote juu ya ufalme mwingine. Anasema, “Mnyama mwenye pembe kama za mwana-kondoo hunena kwa sauti ya joka, na ‘hutumia uwezo wote wa mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake.’ Unabii hutangaza kwamba atawaambia wakaao juu ya nchi wamfanyie mnyama huyo sanamu.”

Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, identify pagan Rome, papal Rome, the United States and the world image of the beast, that is set up by the United States. The definition of the “image of the beast” is the combination of Church and State, and for the entire world to set up an image of the beast, by definition it identifies that in the last days, a one-world government will be forced upon the entire earth. The kingdom will consist of a State and a Church, with the Church ruling over the relationship. Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, identify four sequential kingdoms, and those same kingdoms are represented in chapter seventeen, and also in Daniel chapter two.

Zvakazarurwa zvitsauko gumi nezviviri negumi nezvitatu, zvinoratidza Roma yechihedheni, Roma yepapa, United States, pamwe chete nemufananidzo wechikara wenyika yose unomiswa neUnited States. Tsananguro ye“mufananidzo wechikara” kusanganiswa kweChechi neHurumende; uye kuti nyika yose isimudze mufananidzo wechikara, pachisungo chetsananguro yacho, zvinoratidza kuti mumazuva okupedzisira, hurumende imwe chete yenyika yose ichamanikidzirwa pamusoro penyika yose. Umambo uhwu huchava neHurumende neChechi, Chechi ichitonga pamusoro peukama ihwohwo. Zvakazarurwa zvitsauko gumi nezviviri negumi nezvitatu, zvinoratidza umambo huna hunotevedzana, uye umambo ihwohwo humwe chetewo hunomirirwawo muchitsauko chegumi nezvinomwe, uyewo muna Danieri chitsauko chechipiri.

In 1798, John saw the first five kingdoms of Bible prophecy had already fallen, and that in 1798, one kingdom then existed. The kingdom of Bible prophecy that began in 1798, was the earth beast of Revelation thirteen, that began as a lamb, but ends up speaking as a dragon. The United States is the two-horned sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, that follows the fifth kingdom of spiritual Babylon that had received a deadly wound. The fifth kingdom was spiritual Babylon, who had been typified by the first kingdom of literal Babylon. The sixth kingdom with two horns had been typified by the two arms of silver.

Mu 1798, Yohane akaona kuti humambo hushanu hwokutanga hwo uporofita hweBhaibheri hwakanga hwatowira, uye kuti muna 1798 humwe ushe hwaivapo panguva iyoyo. Ushe hwo uporofita hweBhaibheri hwakatanga muna 1798 hwakanga huri chikara chepanyika chaZvakazarurwa 13, chinotanga segwayana, asi chinoguma chichitaura seshato. United States ndiyo humambo hwechitanhatu hwo uporofita hweBhaibheri hune nyanga mbiri, hunotevera humambo hwechishanu hweBhabhironi romweya hwakanga hwatambira ronda rinouraya. Humambo hwechishanu hwakanga huri Bhabhironi romweya, hwakanga hwaratidzwa kare nomufananidzo wohumambo hwokutanga hweBhabhironi chaihwo. Humambo hwechitanhatu hune nyanga mbiri hwakanga hwaratidzwa kare nomufananidzo wamaoko maviri esirivha.

In 1798, there was to be a kingdom that was yet in the future, for in 1798, “the other is not yet come.” When that seventh kingdom came into history, it would only “continue a short space.” The fifth kingdom received a deadly wound, the sixth kingdom had two horns and the seventh kingdom only continues for a brief period of time. The context of the passage identified that the seventh kingdom is represented by the “ten kings”, for when the “ten kings” become a kingdom, they only rule for “one hour,” and one “hour” is a short “space.” When the “ten kings” do reign, they rule together for the “one hour” with the beast.

Mu 1798, panofanira kuva noushe hwaive huchiri munguva yaizouya, nokuti muna 1798, “mumwe haasati auya.” Apo ushe ihwohwo hwechinomwe hwakapinda munhoroondo, hwaingofanira chete “kugara kwechinguvana chiduku.” Ushe hwechishanu hwakagamuchira ronda rinouraya, ushe hwechitanhatu hwaiva nenyanga mbiri, uye ushe hwechinomwe hunongoramba huripo kwenguva pfupi chete. Mamiriro endima iyi anoratidza kuti ushe hwechinomwe hunomiririrwa ne“madzimambo gumi,” nokuti apo “madzimambo gumi” ava ushe, anongotonga kwe“awa imwe” chete, uye “awa” imwe i“nguva” pfupi. Apo “madzimambo gumi” anotonga, anotonga pamwe chete kwe“awa imwe” iyo pamwe chete nechikara.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:12.

> “Nyanga khumi dziḽa dze wa dzi vhona ndi mahosi a fumi, ane a vha a sa athu u ṱanganedza muvhuso; fhedzi a ṱanganedza maanḓa sa mahosi awara nthihi na ḽivhanda.” Nzumbululo 17:12.

The “ten horns” are the seventh kingdom, but they rule together with the beast for “one hour”. The “one hour” is the period of the Sunday law crisis that begins at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. They agree to rule with the beast, for they are forced to do so by the primary king, which is the United States. Sister White in the passage we just cited, identifies that the last power to persecute God’s people is the earth beast.

“Nyanga gumi” ndiyo umambo hwechinomwe, asi dzinotonga pamwe chete nechikara “kwenguva yeawa imwe.” “Nguva yeawa imwe” ndiyo nguva yedambudziko remurayiro weSvondo rinotanga pamurayiro weSvondo uri kusvika nokukurumidza muUnited States. Dzinobvumirana kutonga pamwe chete nechikara, nokuti dzinomanikidzwa kuita saizvozvo namambo mukuru, ari iye United States. Sister White, mundima yatichangobva kutora, anoratidza kuti simba rokupedzisira rinotambudza vanhu vaMwari ndicho chikara chepanyika.

> “John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

> “Johane akaona simba idzva richisimuka kuti ridzokorore inzwi reshato, uye rienderere mberi nebasa rimwe chetero rehutsinye nerokumhura Mwari. Simba iri, rekupedzisira kuzorwa hondo nekereke nomurayiro waMwari, rakafananidzirwa nechikara chine nyanga dzakafanana nedzegwayana.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

The last kingdom of Bible prophecy is brought about through the deception accomplished by the United States, as the False Prophet. The kingdom began as a lamb in 1798, but in the last days it forces the world to accept the worldwide image of the beast, which is by definition the combination of a Church and a State with the Church in control of the relationship. That kingdom is also identified as a three-fold union.

Muufirizabutegetsi bwa nyuma bwo mu buhanuzi bwa Bibiliya bushyirwaho binyuze mu buriganya bukorwa na Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, nk’Umuhanuzi w’Ibinyoma. Ubwo butegetsi bwatangiye nk’umwana w’intama mu 1798, ariko mu minsi y’imperuka buhatira isi kwemera ishusho y’inyamaswa ikwira isi yose, ari yo ku busobanuro bwayo nyir’izina ihuriro ry’Itorero na Leta, aho Itorero ari ryo rigenzura iyo sano. Ubwo butegetsi kandi bugaragazwa nk’ubumwe bw’ibice bitatu.

> “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, 588.

> “Amaprotestanti ase-United States ayakuba ngabahamba phambili ekweluleni izandla zawo ngaphesheya komhosha ukuze abambe isandla se-Spiritualism; ayakwelula phezu kwalasha ukuze axhawulane namandla obuRoma; futhi ngaphansi kwethonya lolu bumbano oluphindwe kathathu, leli zwe liyakulandela ezinyathelweni zeRoma ekunyatheliseni amalungelo onembeza.” *The Great Controversy*, 588.

The threefold union is the union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, which in Revelation sixteen go forth to the kings of the earth and lead the world to Armageddon.

Ubunye obuphindwe kathathu buyinyunyana kadrako, yesilo, nomprofethi wamanga, okuyibo abathi, kusAmbulo isahluko 16, baphume baye emakhosini omhlaba baholele izwe e-Armagedoni.

> And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Revelation 16:13, 14.

> Kisha nikaona roho wachafu watatu kama vyura wakitoka katika kinywa cha yule joka, na katika kinywa cha yule mnyama, na katika kinywa cha yule nabii wa uongo. Kwa maana hao ni roho za mashetani, zitendazo miujiza, ambazo huenda kwa wafalme wa dunia na wa ulimwengu wote, ili kuwakusanya kwa vita ya siku ile kuu ya Mungu Mwenyezi. Ufunuo 16:13, 14.

The “Roman power” is the papacy, the beast and the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy that received a deadly wound. The “Protestants” represent the United States, the false prophet, the sixth and final kingdom of Bible prophecy. “Spiritualism” is the United Nations, the dragon and the kingdom that agrees to rule for one hour with the beast. The threefold union is accomplished during the “one hour” that is the “hour” of the “great earthquake” in Revelation eleven, which is the soon-coming Sunday law.

“Roman power” ndi upapa, chilombo ndi ufumu wachisanu wa ulosi wa m’Baibulo umene unalandira chilonda cha imfa. “Aprotestanti” akuimira United States, mneneri wonyenga, ufumu wachisanu ndi chimodzi ndiponso womaliza wa ulosi wa m’Baibulo. “Spiritualism” ndi United Nations, chinjoka ndi ufumu umene ugwirizana kulamulira kwa ola limodzi pamodzi ndi chilombo. Mgwirizano wa atatuwa ukukwaniritsidwa m’nthawi ya “ola limodzi” limene ndi “ola” la “chivomezi chachikulu” cha pa Chivumbulutso 11, limene ndi lamulo la Lamlungu likubwera posachedwa.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> “Nemutemo unomanikidza kusimbiswa kwehurongwa hwePapacy mukutyora mutemo waMwari, rudzi rwedu ruchazvibvisa zvizere pakururama. Kana chiPurotesitendi chazotambanudza ruoko rwacho kuyambuka mukaha kuti chibate ruoko rwesimba reRoma, kana chazoyambukira pamusoro pegomba rakadzika kuti chikwazisane neSpiritualism, kana, pasi pesimba remubatanidzwa uyu wakapetwa katatu, nyika yedu ichazoramba nheyo dzose dzeBumbiro rayo sehurumende yechiPurotesitendi neyeruzhinji, uye ichagadzira nzira yokufambiswa mberi kwenhema nokunyengedzwa kwepapacy, ipapo tichaziva kuti nguva yasvika yokushanda kunoshamisa kwaSatani uye kuti magumo ava pedyo.” Testimonies, vhoriyamu 5, 451.

In Daniel chapter two, Babylon, the first kingdom of Bible prophecy represented by the head of gold, typifies spiritual Babylon, the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The twofold kingdom of the Medes and Persians, the shoulders and arms of silver, the second kingdom of Bible prophecy in Daniel two, represents the two-horned earth beast, the United States, the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The brass of the image of Daniel two, representing Greece, the third kingdom of Bible prophecy, represents the United Nations, the seventh head that continues for “one hour”, and that agrees to accept a position in the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet.

Muna Danieri chitsauko chechipiri, Bhabhironi, ushe hwokutanga hwechiprofita cheBhaibheri hunomiririrwa nomusoro wendarama, hunofananidzira Bhabhironi romweya, ushe hwechishanu hwechiprofita cheBhaibheri. Ushe hwakapetwa huviri hwevaMedhia navaPezhiya, mapfudzi namaoko esirivha, ushe hwechipiri hwechiprofita cheBhaibheri muna Danieri 2, hunomiririra chikara chine nyanga mbiri chinobva panyika, United States, ushe hwechitanhatu hwechiprofita cheBhaibheri. Ndarira yomufananidzo waDanieri 2, inomiririra Girisi, ushe hwechitatu hwechiprofita cheBhaibheri, inomiririra United Nations, musoro wechinomwe unoramba uripo kwe“awa imwe,” uye unobvuma kugamuchira nzvimbo mumubatanidzwa wakapetwa katatu weshato, wechikara nowomuprofita wenhema.

The iron kingdom of Daniel chapter two, the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy, represents the eighth kingdom, that is of the seven. Literal pagan Rome, the fourth kingdom, represents modern Rome, which is a kingdom that is structured with the combination of Church and State, with the Church ruling over the relationship. That kingdom is threefold in nature, for the premier king of the “ten kings” is the sixth kingdom which is the earth beast. The sixth kingdom is Ahab, who was married to Jezebel. The sixth kingdom when represented in its threefold union is modern Rome, that was preceded by the fifth kingdom that was papal Rome, which was preceded by the fourth kingdom of pagan Rome.

Umambo hwesimbi hwaDanieri chitsauko chechipiri, umambo hwechina hwechiporofita cheBhaibheri, hunomirira umambo hwechisere, ndihwo huri hwevanomwe. Roma yechihedheni chaiyo, umambo hwechina, inomirira Roma yemazuva ano, inova umambo hwakavakwa nekubatanidzwa kweChechi neHurumende, Chechi ichitonga pamusoro pehukama ihwohwo. Umambo ihwohwo hune chimiro chezvikamu zvitatu, nokuti mambo mukuru we“madzimambo gumi” ndiye umambo hwechitanhatu, hunova chikara chepanyika. Umambo hwechitanhatu ndiAhabhi, akanga akaroorwa naJezebheri. Umambo hwechitanhatu, kana hwamiririrwa mumubatanidzwa wahwo une zvikamu zvitatu, iRoma yemazuva ano, yakatangirwa neumambo hwechishanu hwaiva Roma yeupapa, iyo yakatangirwawo neumambo hwechina hweRoma yechihedheni.

The Millerites only saw Rome as the fourth and final kingdom. They recognized it was twofold in nature, but could see no other following earthly kingdom. The fourth kingdom was pagan Rome, which preceded papal Rome the fifth kingdom, that is followed by modern Rome the sixth kingdom. The sixth kingdom is the third of three Roman manifestations.

Amamillaraiti vaingoona Roma bedzi samambo hwechina uye hwekupedzisira. Vakaziva kuti hwaiva hwakakamurwa muzvimiro zviviri, asi havana kuona humwe ushe hwenyika hunotevera. Ushe hwechina hwaiva Roma yechihedheni, iyo yakatangira Roma yepapa, ushe hwechishanu, hunoteverwa neRoma yazvino, ushe hwechitanhatu. Ushe hwechitanhatu ndihwo hwechitatu pakuonekwa kutatu kweRoma.

The threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet is both modern Rome and also Babylon the Great, whose deadly wound is healed. The United States, the United Nations and the whore of Tyre represent the eighth and final kingdom, but they are all three allies in the threefold union of the sixth kingdom, which is the last power “to wage war against the church and the law of God.”

Uthando oluphindwe kathathu lukanondwe, lwesilo, nolomprofethi wamanga luyikho kokubili iRoma yanamuhla kanye neBhabhiloni Elikhulu, elilonda lalo elibulalayo seliphulukisiwe. I-United States, i-United Nations, nesifebe saseThire limelela umbuso wesishiyagalombili nowokugcina, kodwa bobathathu bangabalingani kulolo thando oluphindwe kathathu lombuso wesithupha, okuyilo mandla okugcina “okulwa nebandla nomthetho kaNkulunkulu.”

The United States is one-third of the sixth kingdom. The United Nations, as part of the threefold union, is also one-third of the sixth kingdom, and the papacy is also one-third of the sixth kingdom. At this level the number for the United States is SIX, and the number for the United Nations is SIX and the number of the papacy is SIX. The threefold union represents the number of a man, the “man of sin”, and his number is SIX-SIX-SIX.

United States chikamu chimwe muzvitatu choushe hwechitanhatu. United Nations, sechikamu chemubatanidzwa une zvikamu zvitatu, nayo chikamu chimwe muzvitatu choushe hwechitanhatu, uye upapa nayo chikamu chimwe muzvitatu choushe hwechitanhatu. Padanho iri nhamba yeUnited States iSIX, uye nhamba yeUnited Nations iSIX, uye nhamba yeupapa iSIX. Mubatanidzwa une zvikamu zvitatu unomiririra nhamba yomunhu, “munhu wechivi,” uye nhamba yake iSIX-SIX-SIX.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18.

> Apha pano pali nzelu. Iye wakuti ali na luntha awerengere nambala ya chirombocho; pakuti iyo ndi nambala ya munthu; ndipo nambala yake ndi mazana asanu ndi limodzi mphambu makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi. Chivumbulutso 13:18.

The sixth and final separate kingdom is the United States, but it deceives the world, for it is the False Prophet.

Ka òfèe ɔman a ɛtɔ so nsia na ɛyɛ nea etwa to no ne United States, nanso ɛdaadaa wiase no, efisɛ ɛno ne Odiyifo Atoro no.

> And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. Revelation 13:12–14.

> Uye anoshandisa simba rose rechikara chokutanga pamberi pacho, uye anoita kuti nyika navagere mairi vanamate chikara chokutanga, chakanga chaporeswa paronda racho runouraya. Uye anoita zvishamiso zvikuru, zvokuti anoita kuti moto uburuke uchibva kudenga uchiuya panyika pamberi pavanhu, uye anonyengera vagere panyika nenzira yezvishamiso izvo zvaakapihwa simba rokuita pamberi pechikara; achiti kuna vagere panyika vaite mufananidzo wechikara chakanga chine ronda romunondo, asi chikapona. Zvakazarurwa 13:12–14.

The “power of the first beast before him,” represents the power that was given to the papacy by the kings of Europe, beginning with Clovis in the year 496. The United States uses its military might, accompanied by its economic might to deceive and coerce the world. The United States forces the world to worship the papacy, through the enforcement of Sunday worship. The United States performs great wonders by making fire, (a symbol of a message) to come down out of heaven, that is to be accomplished by the Information Super-Highway, that represents the full development of brainwashing and propaganda, that is the modern manifestation of hypnosis. Because of the escalating crisis brought upon the earth by Islam, as they fulfill their role in angering the nations, the world is deceived to accept the worldwide system of the combination of Church and State that consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

“ვერაგის პირველი მხეცის ძალა მის წინაშე” ნიშნავს იმ ძალაუფლებას, რომელიც პაპობას ევროპის მეფეებმა მიანიჭეს, დაწყებული ქლოვისით 496 წელს. შეერთებული შტატები თავის სამხედრო ძლიერებას, რომელსაც თან ახლავს მისი ეკონომიკური ძლიერებაც, იყენებს მსოფლიოს მოსატყუებლად და დასაიძულებლად. შეერთებული შტატები მსოფლიოს აიძულებს, თაყვანი სცეს პაპობას, კვირა დღის თაყვანისცემის აღსრულების გზით. შეერთებული შტატები დიდ სასწაულებს ახდენს იმით, რომ ცეცხლს ჩამოიყვანს ზეციდან (რაც გზავნილის სიმბოლოა); ეს უნდა განხორციელდეს საინფორმაციო სუპერმაგისტრალით, რომელიც ტვინების გამორეცხვისა და პროპაგანდის სრულ განვითარებას წარმოადგენს და ჰიპნოზის თანამედროვე გამოვლინებაა. ისლამის მიერ დედამიწაზე დატეხილი მზარდი კრიზისის გამო, როდესაც ისინი ასრულებენ თავიანთ როლს ერების განსარისხებლად, ქვეყნიერება მოტყუვდება და მიიღებს ეკლესიისა და სახელმწიფოს გაერთიანების მსოფლიო სისტემას, რომელიც შედგება გველეშაპის, მხეცისა და ცრუწინასწარმეტყველისგან.

When verse eighteen of Revelation thirteen says count the number of the beast, the number is the three powers that come together to make up the sixth and final kingdom. When that kingdom of 666, is put in place, it will be the fulfillment of the prophetic riddle that the eighth king is of the seven. That prophetic riddle is part of the truth that is unsealed when the Lion of the tribe of Judah, unseals the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

Pa nyahuna 18 ya Nhlavutelo 13 yi ku: hlayani nhlayo ya xivandzana, nhlayo yoleyo i matimba manharhu lama hlanganaka ma vumba mfumo wa vutsevu ni wa makumu. Loko mfumo wolowo wa 666 wu simekiwa, sweswo swi ta va ku hetiseka ka xiphikizelo xa vuprofeta lexi nge hosi ya vunhungu yi huma eka ta nkombo. Xiphikizelo xexo xa vuprofeta i xiphemu xa ntiyiso lowu pfuriwaka loko Nghala ya rixaka ra Yuda yi pfula Nhlavutelo ya Yesu Kreste.

For this reason the riddle of the final kingdom that is the threefold sixth kingdom, that is also spiritual Babylon that was forgotten for seventy symbolic years, and who is modern Rome, and who is also the worldwide image of the beast, who was typified by the first kingdom of Babylon, and the fourth kingdom of pagan Rome, is twice witnessed to by the identification that it is the “wise” that will understand this truth, for the enigma of 666, is premised upon those who have wisdom, as is the enigma of the eighth king being of the seven.

Na sababu hii fumbo la ufalme wa mwisho ambao ni ufalme wa sita wa namna tatu, ambao pia ni Babeli wa kiroho aliyesahauliwa kwa miaka sabini ya kiishara, na ambaye ni Roma ya kisasa, na ambaye pia ni sanamu ya mnyama ya ulimwengu wote, ambaye alifananishwa kwa mfano na ufalme wa kwanza wa Babeli, na ufalme wa nne wa Roma ya kipagani, linashuhudiwa mara mbili kwa utambulisho kwamba ni “wenye hekima” watakaoelewa ukweli huu; kwa maana fumbo la 666 limejengwa juu ya wale walio na hekima, kama lilivyo fumbo la mfalme wa nane kuwa ni mmoja wa wale saba.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18.

> Hezvino uchenjeri. Ngaaverenge nhamba yechikara uyo ane njere; nokuti inhamba yomunhu; uye nhamba yacho mazana matanhatu namakumi matanhatu nezvitanhatu. Zvakazarurwa 13:18.

> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Revelation 17:9.

> Na hezino njere dzine uchenjeri. Misoro minomwe iyi makomo manomwe, panogara mukadzi. Zvakazarurwa 17:9.

The unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is understood by the “wise,” not by the wicked. Both references of wisdom in the book of Revelation are about those who have “understanding,” and what the “wise” understand is the “increase of knowledge”. The “increase of knowledge” that is the Revelation of Jesus Christ is the revelation that the eighth kingdom, which is the threefold kingdom of 666, is also represented in Daniel chapter two, for the jewels of Miller’s dream are to shine ten times brighter in the last days.

Kufumurwa kw’Ukubonekerwa kwa Yesu Kristo gusobanukira “abanyabwenge,” si abanyabyaha. Aho hose ubwenge buvugwa mu gitabo cy’Ibyahishuwe havuga abafite “gusobanukirwa,” kandi icyo “abanyabwenge” basobanukiwe ni “ukwiyongera kw’ubumenyi”. Uko “kwiyongera kw’ubumenyi,” ari ko Kubonekerwa kwa Yesu Kristo, ni uguhishurwa ko ubwami bwa munani, ari bwo bwami butatu bwa 666, na bwo bugaragazwa no muri Daniyeli igice cya kabiri, kuko amabuye y’agaciro yo mu nzozi za Miller agomba kumurika incuro icumi kurushaho mu minsi y’imperuka.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tichaenderera mberi nechidzidzo ichi muchinyorwa chinotevera.

> “In the Revelation are portrayed the deep things of God. The very name given to its inspired pages, ‘the Revelation,’ contradicts the statement that this is a sealed book. A revelation is something revealed. The Lord Himself revealed to His servant the mysteries contained in this book, and He designs that they shall be open to the study of all. Its truths are addressed to those living in the last days of this earth’s history, as well as to those living in the days of John. Some of the scenes depicted in this prophecy are in the past, some are now taking place; some bring to view the close of the great conflict between the powers of darkness and the Prince of heaven, and some reveal the triumphs and joys of the redeemed in the earth made new.

> “Mu Chivumbulutso munaŵoneskeka vinthu vyakuya vya Chiuta. Zina leneko ilo lapelekeka ku mapeji ghake ghakufunyika, ‘Chivumbulutso,’ likususka mazgu ghakuti ili ni buku lakujarika. Chivumbulutso ni chinthu chakuvumbulika. Fumu Yekha yikavumbulira ku muteŵeti wake visisi ivyo vili mu buku ili, ndipo yikukhumba kuti viŵe vyakujurika ku kusambira kwa wose. Unenesko wake ukulunjikika kwa awo ŵakukhala mu mazuŵa ghaumaliro gha mbiri ya charu ichi, ndiposo kwa awo ŵakakhalanga mu mazuŵa gha Yohane. Vinyake mwa vigaŵa ivyo vyalongosoreka mu uchimi uwu vili kale kumanyuma, vinyake vikuchitika sono, vinyake vikuwoneska umaliro wa nkhondo yikuru pakati pa mazaza gha mdima na Kalonga wa kuchanya, ndipo vinyake vikuvumbura kutonda na chimwemwe cha awo ŵawomboleka mu charu icho chapangika chiphya.

> “Let none think, because they cannot explain the meaning of every symbol in the Revelation, that it is useless for them to search this book in an effort to know the meaning of the truth it contains. The One who revealed these mysteries to John will give to the diligent searcher for truth a foretaste of heavenly things. Those whose hearts are open to the reception of truth will be enabled to understand its teachings, and will be granted the blessing promised to those who ‘hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.’

> “Kungave kusina anofanira kufunga kuti, nokuti asingagoni kutsanangura zvinorehwa nechiratidzo chiri chose muna Zvakazarurwa, hazvina zvazvinobatsira kuti aongorore bhuku iri achiedza kuziva zvinorehwa nechokwadi chiri mariri. Uyo akazarurira Johani zvakavanzika izvi achapa kumutsvaki wechokwadi anoshingaira kuravidza kwekutanga kwezvinhu zvokudenga. Avo vane mwoyo yakazarukira kugamuchira chokwadi vachagoneswa kunzwisisa dzidziso dzaro, uye vachapiwa chikomborero chakavimbiswa kune avo vano ‘nzwa mashoko ouprofita uhwu, nokuchengeta zvinhu zvakanyorwa imomo.’”

> “In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book of Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation. The book that was sealed is not the Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days. The angel commanded, ‘But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.’ Daniel 12:4.” Acts of the Apostles, 584, 585.

> “Muchizarurwa mabhuku ose eBhaibheri anosangana ndokugumira. Pano ndipo panowanikwa kuwedzeredzwa kwebhuku raDhanieri. Rimwe chiporofita; rimwe chizaruro. Bhuku rakanga rakaiswa chisimbiso harisi Muchizarurwa, asi chikamu ichocho chechiporofita chaDhanieri chine chokuita nemazuva okupedzisira. Mutumwa akaraira achiti, ‘Asi iwe, Dhanieri, viga mashoko, unamate chisimbiso bhuku, kusvikira kunguva yokuguma.’ Dhanieri 12:4.” Mabasa avaApostora, 584, 585.

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