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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Fifteen

Rooma waxay Dhidibada u Taagtaa Muujintii - Lambarka Shan iyo Tobnaad

The Final Test: Awakening to the Prophetic Controversy of the Image of the Beast

Imtixaanka Ugu Dambeeya: Ka Soo Toosidda Muranka Nebiyadeed ee Sawirka Bahalka

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 3, 2024

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We are now in the testing period of the image of the beast, and the first prophetic controversy in Adventism’s history is now being repeated. In July of 2023, Michael the archangel descended to awaken Ezekiel’s dead dry bones, who were lying slain in the street of that great city of Sodom and Egypt. There in chapter eleven of Revelation, they are brought out of their sleep of death by the impartation of the Spirit. In chapter thirty-seven of Ezekiel, the message of the four winds is identified as the message that turns the dead dry bones, which is identified as the whole house of Israel, into the Lord’s army. The prophet Daniel represents John’s two slain witnesses, and he also represents those in the valley of dead dry bones as well as the wise virgins in the parable.

Haddaba waxaynu ku jirnaa xilligii imtixaanka ee sanamka bahalka, waxaana hadda dib loo soo celinayaa murankii nebiyadeed ee ugu horreeyey taariikhda Adventism-ka. Bishii Luulyo 2023, Miikaa’iil oo ah malaa’igta sare ayaa soo degay si uu u toosiyo lafihii engegnaa ee dhintay ee Yexesqeel, kuwaas oo yaallay iyagoo la laayay waddada magaaladaas weyn ee Sodom iyo Masar. Halkaas cutubka kow iyo tobnaad ee Muujintii, waxaa laga soo saaraa hurdadoodii dhimashada iyadoo Ruuxa lagu shubayo. Cutubka toddoba iyo soddonaad ee Yexesqeel, farriinta afarta dabaylood waxaa lagu aqoonsadaa inay tahay farriinta lafaha engegnaa ee dhintay, kuwaas oo lagu aqoonsaday reer binu Israa’iil oo dhan, u rogta ciiddanka Rabbiga. Nebi Daanyeel wuxuu matalaa labada markhaati ee la laayay ee Yooxanaa, wuxuuna sidoo kale matalaa kuwa ku jira dooxada lafaha engegnaa ee dhintay iyo weliba bikradaha xigmadda leh ee masalka ku jira.

When the Millerites fulfilled the parable, they recognized that their experience was represented in the parable. The one hundred and forty-four thousand will also need to recognize that they had been in the tarrying time. Like Daniel in chapter nine, they will need to recognize that they have been scattered into the enemies’ land as represented by the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six, and also understand Nebuchadnezzar’s secret image of beasts.

Markii reer Millariyiintu rumoobeen masaalkii, waxay garteen in waayo-aragnimadoodii lagu metelay masaalkii. Boqolka iyo afar iyo afartan kunna waxay sidoo kale u baahan doonaan inay gartaan inay ku jireen wakhtigii dib-u-dhaca. Sida Daanyeel cutubka sagaalaad ku jira, waxay u baahan doonaan inay gartaan in lagu kala firdhiyey dalkii cadaawayaasha, sida ay metelayaan toddobadii goor ee Laawiyiintii lix iyo labaatan, iyo inay sidoo kale fahmaan sanamka qarsoon ee bahallada ee Nebukadnesar.

In each of these lines a prophetic test from God’s word is represented. The two witnesses dead in the street are filled with the Spirit as they are resurrected. Ezekiel’s dead bones needed to hear a prophetic message. Daniel had been studying the writings of Moses and Jeremiah when he was awakened to his scattered condition. In chapter two Daniel and the three worthies were metaphorically awakened to the fact that they had been placed under a death decree, and then the prophetic light which had been hidden and then unsealed rescued Daniel and his three friends. The virgins of the parable are awakened by a “cry” at midnight. The Millerites were awakened when Christ removed His hand from the figures on the chart. In all six witnesses it is a prophetic message that awakens the dead or sleeping ones. It then produces a testing where two classes are manifested at the conclusion of the testing process.

Mid kasta oo ka mid ah sadaradan waxaa lagu muujiyey imtixaan nebiyadeed oo ka yimid Erayga Ilaah. Labada markhaati ee jidka ku dhintay waxaa lagu buuxiyaa Ruuxa markii la soo sara kiciyo. Lafihii engegnaa ee Yexesqeel waxay u baahnaayeen inay maqlaan farriin nebiyadeed. Daanyeel wuxuu baranayay qoraalladii Muuse iyo Yeremyaah markii lagu baraarujiyey xaaladdiisii kala firdhiday. Cutubka labaad Daanyeel iyo saddexdii mudanayaal ahaa waxaa si istiicaari ah loogu baraarujiyey xaqiiqda ah in lagu riday amar dhimasho, dabadeedna iftiinkii nebiyadeed ee la qariyey dabadeedna la furfuray ayaa badbaadiyey Daanyeel iyo saddexdiisii saaxiib. Bikradihii masalka waxaa lagu baraarujiyey “qaylo” saqdii dhexe. Milleriyiintii waxaa la baraarujiyey markii Masiixu gacantiisa ka qaaday tirooyinkii shaxda ku yiil. Dhammaan lixdan markhaati farriin nebiyadeed ayaa ah waxa baraarujinaya kuwa dhintay ama hurda. Dabadeedna waxay dhalisaa imtixaan ay laba dabaqadood ku muuqdaan dhammaadka habraaca imtixaanka.

Based upon these lines, it is established that when the one hundred and forty-four thousand are awakened in the last days, it is Ezekiel’s message of the four winds, and of Moses’ scattering of seven times in Leviticus twenty-six. It is the message of the resurrection that is brought by Michael the archangel. It is the message of Nebuchadnezzar’s secret dream of the image of beasts.

Iyadoo lagu salaynayo weedhahan, waxaa la caddaynayaa in marka boqol iyo afar iyo afartan kun la toosiyo maalmaha ugu dambeeya, ay tahay farriintii Yexesqeel ee afarta dabaylood, iyo kala firdhintii toddoba jeer ee Muuse ee Laawiyiintii laba iyo labaatan. Waa farriinta sarakicidda ee uu keeno Mikaa’iil oo ah malaa’igta sare. Waa farriinta riyadii qarsoodiga ahayd ee Nebukadnesar ee sanamka bahallada.

The virgins are tested based upon whether they have oil, which is identified as “the messages of God’s spirit.” The Millerites were awakened when they realized they were identified within God’s prophetic word, and also when they saw the same evidence that first led them to predict 1843 actually predicted October 22, 1844. Based upon these lines, it is established that when the one hundred and forty-four thousand are awakened in the last days, they will be awakened to a prophetic testing message which produces two classes of worshippers.

Bikradaha waxaa lagu tijaabiyaa inay saliid haystaan iyo in kale, taas oo lagu aqoonsaday inay tahay “farriimaha Ruuxa Ilaah.” Milleriyiintu way tooseen markii ay garteen in lagu aqoonsaday erayga nebiyadeed ee Ilaah gudaheeda, iyo sidoo kale markii ay arkeen in isla caddayntii markii hore ku hoggaamisay inay saadaaliyaan 1843 ay dhab ahaantii saadaalisay Oktoobar 22, 1844. Iyadoo lagu salaynayo khadadkan, waxaa la adkeeyey in marka boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun lagu toosiyo maalmaha ugu dambeeya, lagu toosin doono farriin imtixaan nebiyadeed ah oo soo saarta laba dabaqadood oo caabudayaal ah.

All of these lines find their perfect and final fulfillment in the period of prophetic testing represented by the formation of the image to and of the beast. That test is finished when probation closes upon the virgins at the Sunday law. Therefore, the image of the beast testing process that is repeatedly represented as a test that manifests who have understood the message that was unsealed, is represented by all these prophetic lines. In Daniel twelve the wise who understand the increase of knowledge navigate a three-step testing process represented as being made pure, white and tried. Those three steps are the steps of conviction brought by the Holy Spirit, representing a conviction of sin, righteousness and judgment. Those three steps are the courtyard, the holy place and the Most Holy Place. Those three steps are also represented in the three angels of Revelation fourteen as well as in the experience of Daniel and the three worthies in chapter one. There they first passed a dietary test, then a visual test and finally they passed the third test given by the king of the north—represented by Nebuchadnezzar.

Dhammaan khadadkan oo dhammu waxay helayaan dhammaystirkooda qumman oo kama dambaysta ah muddada imtixaanka nebiyadeed ee uu matalo samaysanka ekaanta bahalka iyo tan bahalka. Imtixaankaasu wuu dhammaadaa marka wakhtiga nimcadu ku xidhmo bikradaha xilliga sharciga Axadda. Sidaas daraaddeed, habka imtixaanka ekaanta bahalka, oo marar badan loo muujiyey inuu yahay imtixaan soo bandhiga kuwa fahmay farriintii la furfuray, waxaa matalaya dhammaan khadadkan nebiyadeed. Daniel laba iyo tobnaad kuwa caqliga leh ee fahmaya korodhka aqoonta waxay ka gudbaan hannaan imtixaan oo saddex-tallaabo ah oo lagu matalay in la daahirinayo, la caddaynayo, oo la tijaabinayo. Saddexdaas tallaabo waa tallaabooyinka qancinta uu keeno Ruuxa Quduuska ahi, kuwaas oo matalaya qancin ku saabsan dembi, xaqnimo, iyo xukun. Saddexdaas tallaabo waa barxadda, meesha quduuska ah, iyo Meesha Ugu Quduusan. Saddexdaas tallaabo waxaa kaloo lagu matalay saddexda malaa'igood ee Muujintii afar iyo tobnaad, iyo weliba waayo-aragnimada Daniel iyo saddexdii mudane ee qaaliga ahaa ee cutubka koowaad. Halkaas waxay marka hore ka gudbeen imtixaan cunto, dabadeed imtixaan muuqaal ah, ugu dambayntiina waxay ka gudbeen imtixaankii saddexaad ee uu bixiyey boqorkii woqooyi—kaas oo uu matalayey Nebukhadnesar.

> As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. Daniel 1:17–20.

> Afartan carruur ahna, Ilaah wuxuu siiyey aqoon iyo xeel-dheeri ku saabsan cilmiga iyo xigmadda oo dhan; Daanyeelna wuxuu lahaa garasho ku saabsan waxyi kasta iyo riyooyin kasta. Haddaba markii dhammaadeen maalmihii uu boqorku amray in loo keeno hortiisa, ayuu madaxii bohonniintu iyagii hor keenay Nebukhadnesar. Boqorkiina wuu la hadlay iyaga; oo dhammaantood dhexdooda lagama helin nin la mid ah Daanyeel, Xananyaah, Mishaa’eel, iyo Casaryaah; sidaas daraaddeedna waxay istaageen boqorka hortiisa. Oo wax kasta oo ku saabsanaa xigmadda iyo garashada oo boqorku wax ka weyddiiyey, wuxuu ogaaday inay toban laab kaga wanaagsan yihiin saaxiriintii iyo xiddigfalayaashii boqortooyadiisa oo dhan ku jiray. Daanyeel 1:17–20.

The last of three tests for Daniel and the three worthies was a test carried out by Nebuchadnezzar, thus typifying the final prophetic test Daniel and the three worthies typify is about Babylon, for Nebuchadnezzar was the king, which in Isaiah chapter seven, verses eight and nine establishes a king, a capital of a nation and a “head” which are interchangeable symbols. The “head” is representing the head of Modern Babylon in the last days. That “head” in the last days is the whore of Revelation seventeen, who has written upon her forehead, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

Tijaabada ugu dambaysa ee saddexda tijaabo ee loo mariyey Daanyeel iyo saddexdii mudane waxay ahayd tijaabo uu sameeyey Nebukadnesar; sidaas darteedna, iyadoo tusaale u ah, tijaabada nebinimada ee ugu dambaysa ee Daanyeel iyo saddexda mudane ay matalaan waxay ku saabsan tahay Baabuloon; waayo Nebukadnesar wuxuu ahaa boqorkii, taas oo Ishacyaah cutubka toddobaad, aayadaha siddeedaad iyo sagaalaad, ku caddaynayso boqor, caasimad qaran, iyo “madax” inay yihiin astaamo is-beddelaya oo isu taagan. “Madaxu” wuxuu metelayaa madaxa Baabuloonka Casriga ah maalmaha ugu dambeeya. “Madaxaas” maalmaha ugu dambeeya waa dhilladii Muujintii toddoba iyo tobnaad, taas oo fooddeeda lagu qoray, “SIRTA, BAABULOON TA WEYN, HOOYADA DHILOOYINKA IYO WAXYAALAHA KARAHAADA AH EE DUNIDA.”

The one hundred and forty-four thousand’s last prophetic test is associated with a correct or incorrect understanding of the “head” of modern Babylon in the last days. Their last test also includes understanding that modern Babylon and Modern Rome are interchangeable symbols, and therefore modern Babylon’s “head” is the same “head” in either line, for they are interchangeable symbols.

Imtixaankii nebinnimo ee ugu dambeeyey ee boqolka iyo afartan iyo afarta kun waxa uu la xidhiidhaa faham sax ah ama faham khaldan oo ku saabsan “madaxa” Baabuloonta casriga ah ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya. Imtixaankooda ugu dambeeya waxa kale oo ku jira in la fahmo in Baabuloonta casriga ah iyo Roomaanta Casriga ahi ay yihiin astaamo isbeddelan kara oo isu taagan, sidaas darteedna “madaxa” Baabuloonta casriga ahi uu yahay isla “madaxa” ku jira labada sadarba, waayo waa astaamo isbeddelan kara oo isu taagan.

> “The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

> “Dunidu waxaa ka buuxa duufaan, dagaal, iyo khilaaf. Hase ahaatee, hal madax hoostiis—awoodda baabacnimada—ayaa dadku ku midoobi doonaan inay Ilaah kaga hor yimaadaan shakhsiga markhaatiyaashiisa.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

Daniel and the three worthies illustrate that the final prophetic test, for it is always a test upon prophecy, is a test over the subject of Rome, for the head in the last days is the papal power, who is typified by Nebuchadnezzar, the first head of Babylon, who personally tested Daniel and the three worthies. The controversy typified by Daniel and the three worthies, is also prefigured by the first controversy in the foundational history of Adventism, as represented upon the 1843 chart, which was directed by the hand of the Lord, and was not to be altered. The controversy represented upon the 1843 chart was based upon identifying Antiochus Epiphanes or pagan Rome as the power who established the vision in verse fourteen of Daniel chapter eleven.

Daanyeel iyo saddexdii mudanayaal waxay tusaale u yihiin in imtixaanka nebinimo ee ugu dambeeya—waayo mar walba waa imtixaan ku saabsan waxsii-sheegid—uu yahay imtixaan ku saabsan mowduuca Rooma, maxaa yeelay madaxa maalmaha ugu dambeeya waa awoodda baabbanimada, taas oo lagu matalay Nebukadnesar, oo ahaa madaxdii ugu horraysay ee Baabuloon, kaas oo si shakhsi ah u tijaabiyey Daanyeel iyo saddexdii mudanayaal. Muranka lagu matalay Daanyeel iyo saddexdii mudanayaal waxa kale oo hore loogu sii sawiray murankii ugu horreeyey ee taariikhda aasaasiga ah ee Adventism-ka, sida lagu muujiyey shaxdii 1843, taas oo gacanta Rabbigu hagaysay, oo aan la beddeli karin. Muranka lagu muujiyey shaxdii 1843 wuxuu ku salaysnaa aqoonsiga Antiochus Epiphanes ama Roomaankii jaahiliga ahaa inuu yahay awooddii dejisay aragtida ku jirta aayadda afar iyo tobnaad ee Daanyeel cutubka kow iyo tobnaad.

In the history of the last days the one hundred and forty-four thousand will be tested upon their prophetic understanding. Prophetic understanding is established by the several lines of prophecy that uphold the final test as prophetic in nature. The test will be progressive and will reach its conclusion with a manifestation of two classes of worshippers.

Taariikhda maalmaha ugu dambeeya, boqolka iyo afartan iyo afarta kun waxaa lagu tijaabin doonaa fahamkooda nebiyadeed. Fahamka nebiyadeed waxaa lagu dhisaa xariiqyada kala duwan ee waxsii sheegyada kuwaas oo adkeeya in imtixaanka ugu dambeeya uu dabeecad ahaan yahay mid nebiyadeed. Imtixaanku wuxuu ahaan doonaa mid tartiib-tartiib u socda, wuxuuna gunaanadkiisa ku gaadhi doonaa muujinta laba qaybood oo caabudayaal ah.

As represented in Daniel chapter twelve, the testing begins when new prophetic light is unsealed, and the first test is then whether to eat the message or reject the message. That test is represented by Daniel as “purified,” and the next test Daniel called, “made white,” and the process ended at the third and final test represented as “tried.” The third and final test is where the two classes are “tried,” and it is there they manifest whether they have oil, or not.

Sida lagu muujiyey cutubka laba iyo tobnaad ee Daanyeel, imtixaanku wuxuu bilaabmaa marka iftiin nebiyadeed oo cusub la furo, imtixaanka ugu horreeyana markaas waa in farriinta la cuno ama farriinta la diido. Imtixaankaas waxaa Daanyeel ku metelay “la daahiriyey,” imtixaanka xigana Daanyeel wuxuu ugu yeedhay, “la caddeeyey,” geeddiguna wuxuu ku dhammaaday imtixaankii saddexaad oo ugu dambeeyey, kaas oo lagu metelay “la tijaabiyey.” Imtixaanka saddexaad oo ugu dambeeya waa meesha labada kooxood “lagu tijaabiyo,” waana halkaas meesha ay ku muujiyaan inay saliid leeyihiin iyo in kale.

Daniel chapter one directly identifies the last test, and therefore Daniel is identifying the test which is represented as “the formation of the image of the beast” which is the “test God’s people must pass,” both before “they are sealed” and also before “probation closes” at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Cutubka koowaad ee Daanyeel si toos ah ayuu u aqoonsanayaa imtixaanka ugu dambeeya, sidaas darteedna Daanyeel wuxuu aqoonsanayaa imtixaanka lagu matalay “samaysanka suuradda bahalka,” kaas oo ah “imtixaanka dadka Ilaah ay tahay inay ka gudbaan,” labadaba ka hor “inta aan la shaabadayn” iyo weliba ka hor “xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada” ee sharciga Axadda ee dhowaan imanaya.

The test of how the image of the beast is formed involves the prophetic test of understanding the threefold union’s prophetic structure. The dragon, the beast and the false prophet have a specific prophetic structure that is established upon a multitude of prophetic witnesses. To understand how the threefold union comes together as a single prophetic power in the last days is to understand how the image of the beast is formed.

Imtixaanka lagu ogaado sida sanamka bahalka loo sameeyo waxa ku jira imtixaanka nebiyadeed ee fahamka qaab-dhismeedka nebiyadeed ee isbahaysiga saddex-geesoodka ah. Masduulaagga, bahalka, iyo nebiga beenta ahi waxay leeyihiin qaab-dhismeed nebiyadeed oo gaar ah oo lagu aasaasay markhaatiyaal nebiyadeed oo tiro badan. In la fahmo sida isbahaysiga saddex-geesoodka ahi maalmaha ugu dambeeya isugu yimaado isagoo noqda awood nebiyadeed oo keliya waa in la fahmo sida sanamka bahalka loo sameeyo.

A simple, but complex illustration of the importance of understanding how the image of the beast is formed in the last days is Paul’s testimony of the man of sin in chapter two of Second Thessalonians. Paul addresses the prophetic relationship of pagan Rome and papal Rome, and when he does so, he identifies that “the prophetic relationship of pagan Rome and papal Rome” is a subject that manifests two classes of worshippers.

Tusaale sahlan, hase yeeshee qoto dheer, oo muujinaya muhiimadda ay leedahay in la fahmo sida suuradda bahalka loo sameeyo maalmaha ugu dambeeya, waa markhaatifurka Bawlos ee ku saabsan ninkii dembiga ee cutubka labaad ee Tesaloniika Labaad. Bawlos wuxuu ka hadlayaa xidhiidhka nebiyadeed ee Roomaankii jaahiliga ahaa iyo Roomaankii baadariyadda, markuu sidaas yeelana wuxuu caddeynayaa in “xidhiidhka nebiyadeed ee Roomaankii jaahiliga ahaa iyo Roomaankii baadariyadda” uu yahay mowduuc muujinaya laba nooc oo caabudayaal ah.

One group that loves the truth of “the prophetic relationship of pagan Rome and papal Rome,” and another group that doesn’t love that truth and therefore receive strong delusion. The prophetic relationship of pagan Rome and papal Rome that Paul set forth is but one of many prophetic passages that represent the relationship of those two powers, and also the relationship of those two powers with the United States.

Koox jecel runta ku saabsan “xiriirka nebiyaysan ee u dhexeeya Roomaankii jaahilka ahaa iyo Roomaanka baadariga,” iyo koox kale oo aan jeclayn runtaas sidaas darteedna qaata khiyaano xoog leh. Xiriirka nebiyaysan ee u dhexeeya Roomaankii jaahilka ahaa iyo Roomaanka baadariga ee Bawlos soo bandhigay waa uun mid ka mid ah tuducyo nebiyaysan oo badan oo metela xiriirka labadaas quwadood, iyo weliba xiriirka labadaas quwadood la leeyihiin Maraykanka.

Pagan Rome is the dragon, papal Rome is the beast and the United States is the false prophet. Ahab is the dragon king of ten kings, who is married to Jezebel the whore, who rules over a twofold set of false prophets. The male prophets were the prophets of Baal, and the priests of the grove represented the female goddess Ashtaroth. Together they typify the false prophet of the last days who forms and image of the beast as represented by the female priests and the male prophets.

Roomaantii heydiga ahi waa masduulaagii, Roomaantii baadariga ahi waa bahalkii, Maraykankuna waa nebiga beenta ah. Axaab waa boqorka masduulaaga ah ee tobanka boqor, oo qaba Yesebeel, dhilladii, taasoo talisa laba qaybood oo nebiyo been ah. Nebiyadii ragga ahaa waxay ahaayeen nebiyadii Bacal, wadaaddadii geedahana waxay matalayeen ilaahaddii dhedig ee Cashtarooth. Si wadajir ah waxay u astaan yihiin nebiga beenta ah ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya, kaas oo sameeya sawirka bahalka, sida ay u matalaan wadaaddada dhedigga ah iyo nebiyada ragga ahi.

The dragon is Ahab, who is a symbol of the ten kings of Revelation seventeen, and is the seventh kingdom of eight kingdoms. The sixth kingdom is the United States, Jezebel’s false prophets; the seventh kingdom is the ten kings, the United Nations, the dragon power, and the eighth kingdom, that is of the seven is the fifth kingdom that received a deadly wound, who is resurrected as the eighth and final kingdom which is the beast, that the United States and thereafter the entire world makes an image to and of.

Masduulaagii waa Axaab, kaas oo astaan u ah tobanka boqor ee Muujintii toddoba iyo tobnaad, waana boqortooyada toddobaad ee siddeed boqortooyo. Boqortooyada lixaad waa Maraykanka, nebiyadii beenta ahaa ee Yesebeel; boqortooyada toddobaadna waa tobanka boqor, Qaramada Midoobay, xoogga masduulaaga, boqortooyada siddeedaadna, taas oo ka mid ah toddobada, waa boqortooyadii shanaad ee heshay nabarkii dhimashada, taas oo loo soo sara kiciyey sidii boqortooyada siddeedaad oo ugu dambaysa, taas oo ah bahalkii, kaas oo Maraykanku, dabadeedna dunida oo dhammu, u sameeyaan sanam iyo u ekaysiin.

Daniel chapter one identifies a final prophetic test that involves understanding Rome as represented within God’s Word. Second Thessalonians identifies that the final prophetic test includes light concerning the structure of Modern Rome, as represented by the prophetic and political relationship between pagan and papal Rome.

Cutubka koowaad ee Daanyeel wuxuu tilmaamayaa imtixaankii nebiyadeed ee ugu dambeeya, kaas oo ku lug leh fahamka Rooma sida loogu matalay Erayga Ilaah dhexdiisa. Tesaloniika Labaad waxay tilmaamaysaa in imtixaanka nebiyadeed ee ugu dambeeya uu ku jiro iftiin ku saabsan qaab-dhismeedka Rooma Casriga ah, sida loogu matalay xiriirka nebiyadeed iyo siyaasadeed ee u dhexeeya Rooma jaahiliga ah iyo Rooma baadariga ah.

Daniel chapter two illustrates that there is a secret that is unsealed in the last days that tests the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for Daniel and the three worthies in chapter two represent God’s last-day people. The prophetic secret that is unsealed, and therefore tests them, is Nebuchadnezzar’s secret dream of the image of the beasts, thus representing the last test for the one hundred and forty-four thousand which is, as Sister White recorded, “the formation of the image of the beast.”

Danii’eel cutubkiisa labaad wuxuu muujinayaa in uu jiro qarsoodi la furayo maalmaha ugu dambeeya oo imtixaanaya boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun, waayo Danii’eel iyo saddexdii mudane ee ku jira cutubka labaad waxay matalaan dadka Ilaah ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya. Qarsoodiga nebinnimada ee la furayo, sidaas darteedna iyaga u imtixaanaya, waa riyadii qarsoonayd ee Nebukadnesar ee sanamka bahallada, sidaas awgeedna u taagan imtixaankii ugu dambeeyey ee boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun, kaas oo ah, sida Walaashii White qortay, “samaysanka sanamka bahalka.”

The test represented by chapter two of Daniel is placed under the threat of death. As an illustration of the last days, it is confirming what Paul taught when he identified the strong delusion that comes upon those who do not love the truth. In Daniel’s history, his understanding saved the wise men of Babylon, but there is no probation after the final test of the last days.

Imtixaanka uu matalayo cutubka labaad ee Daanyeel waxaa la hoos geeyey hanjabaad dhimasho. Isaga oo tusaale u ah maalmaha ugu dambeeya, wuxuu xaqiijinayaa wixii Bawlos baray markii uu tilmaamay dhalanteedka xoogga leh ee ku yimaadda kuwa aan jeclayn runta. Taariikhda Daanyeel gudaheeda, fahamkiisu wuxuu badbaadiyey nimankii xigmadda lahaa ee Baabuloon, laakiin ma jirto waqti nimco oo dambe ka dib imtixaanka ugu dambeeya ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya.

Every line of the controversy over Rome as a symbol that we have identified provides direct witness to the controversy that is now under way. As the movement for Sunday legislation is now making its way in darkness, God’s prophetic word is identifying its approach, though very few souls are children of the day, and those who are not children of the day, are therefore unaware that the sands of probationary time are rapidly running out. This is occurring in the context identified by Sister White, where the final movements will be rapid ones. In July 2023 Michael descended to bring His mighty army to its feet, but to be part of the army there is a prophetic work that must first be accomplished, and it is accomplished in the political environment where the image of the beast is being formed.

Xariiq kasta oo ka mid ah muranka ku saabsan Rooma sida astaan aan aqoonsannay wuxuu si toos ah markhaati uga bixinayaa muranka hadda socda. Sida dhaqdhaqaaqa sharciyeynta Axadda uu hadda ugu sii socdo gudcurka, erayga nebiyadeed ee Ilaah wuxuu tilmaamayaa soo dhowaanshihiisa, in kastoo nafaha aad u yar ay yihiin carruurta maalinta, oo kuwa aan ahayn carruurta maalinta sidaas darteed aan ogayn in ciidda saacadda tijaabadu ay si degdeg ah uga daadato. Tani waxay ka dhacaysaa duruufaha ay Sister White tilmaantay, halkaas oo dhaqdhaqaaqyada ugu dambeeya ay ahaan doonaan kuwa degdeg ah. Bishii Luulyo 2023 Miikaa'iil wuxuu soo degay si uu ciidankiisa xoogga badan cagahooda ugu taago, laakiin si qof uga mid noqdo ciidanka waxaa jira hawl nebiyadeed oo ay tahay in marka hore la dhammaystiro, waxaana lagu dhammaystiraa jawiga siyaasadeed ee sawirka bahalka lagu samaynayo.

The prophetic work that must be accomplished includes a recognition of the formation of the image of the beast. The student of prophecy must recognize by the events taking place in the current history that the religious and political factors that produce the image of the beast in the United States are under way. The student must also recognize how the image of the beast is prophetically formed as set forth in God’s word. He must also recognize that as the image of the beast is being formed in the United States, that the image of God is being formed in the one hundred and forty-four thousand. He must understand the parallel of last-day history with the Millerites during the development of the Midnight Cry message in their history, when they were awakened to the fact that they were in the tarrying time of the parable, and therefore they themselves are the virgins. All three elements are part of the prophetic test which began to play out in July of 2023.

Shaqada nebinnimo ee ay tahay in la dhammaystiro waxa ku jira garashada samaysanka suuradda bahalka. Ardayga nebinnimadu waa inuu dhacdooyinka ka socda taariikhda hadda jirta ku gartaa in qodobbada diineed iyo siyaasadeed ee soo saara suuradda bahalka ee Maraykanka ay socdaan. Ardaygu waa inuu sidoo kale gartaa sida suuradda bahalku nebinnimo ahaan loo sameeyo sida ku qoran Erayga Ilaah. Waa inuu kaloo gartaa in intii suuradda bahalka laga samaynayo Maraykanka, ay suuradda Ilaah ka samaysmayso boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun. Waa inuu fahmaa isbarbar-socodka taariikhda maalmaha ugu dambeeya iyo Milleriyiintii intii lagu jiray kobcinta farriinta Qaylada Habeenbadhka ee taariikhdooda, markii loo toosiyey xaqiiqada ah inay ku jireen wakhtiga dib-u-dhaca ee masaalka, sidaas darteedna ay iyagu qudhoodu yihiin bikradihii. Saddexdan qodob dhammaantood waxay qayb ka yihiin imtixaanka nebinnimo ee bilaabay inuu hirgalo bishii Luulyo 2023.

“Line upon line” each controversy over Rome that has arisen in Advent history was sacred history that is repeated in the last days. The final controversy over Rome is in direct consequence of God’s people refusing to awaken at the message that arrived in July of 2023.

“Xarriiq dusheed xariiq” muran kasta oo ku saabsan Rooma oo ka kacay taariikhda Advent-ka wuxuu ahaa taariikh quduus ah oo ku soo noqnoqonaysa maalmaha ugu dambeeya. Muranka ugu dambeeya ee ku saabsan Rooma wuxuu si toos ah uga dhashay diidmada dadka Ilaah ay diideen inay ku toosaan farriintii timid Luulyo 2023.

> “God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will sift them, separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep. Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. It is Bible truth, showing the perils that are right upon us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the Scriptures and a most critical examination of the positions which we hold. God would have all the bearings and positions of truth thoroughly and perseveringly searched, with prayer and fasting. Believers are not to rest in suppositions and ill-defined ideas of what constitutes truth. Their faith must be firmly founded upon the word of God so that when the testing time shall come and they are brought before councils to answer for their faith they may be able to give a reason for the hope that is in them, with meekness and fear.

> “Ilaah wuxuu kicin doonaa dadkiisa; haddii habab kale ay fashilmaan, bidcooyin ayaa dhexdooda soo geli doona, kuwaas oo iyaga miiri doona, oo kala sooci doona buunshaha iyo sarreenka. Rabbigu wuxuu ugu baaqayaa dhammaan kuwa eraygiisa rumaysan inay hurdada ka toosaan. Iftiin qaali ah ayaa yimid, oo ku habboon wakhtigan. Waa runta Kitaabka Quduuska ah, taas oo muujinaysa halisaha innagu si toos ah u soo fool leh. Iftiinkani waa inuu inagu hoggaamiyaa daraasad dadaal badan leh oo Qorniinka ah iyo baadhitaan aad u xeeldheer oo ku saabsan mawqifyada aynu haynno. Ilaah wuxuu doonayaa in dhammaan dhinacyada iyo mawqifyada runta si dhammaystiran oo adkaysi leh loogu baaro, iyadoo la socota tukasho iyo soon. Mu’miniintu ma aha inay ku nastaan mala-awaallo iyo fikrado aan si cad loo qeexin oo ku saabsan waxa runta ka dhigaya. Rumaysadkoodu waa inuu si adag ugu dhisnaadaa erayga Ilaah, si marka wakhtiga imtixaanku yimaado oo iyaga la hor keeno goleyaal si ay uga jawaabaan rumaysadkooda, ay u awoodaan inay bixiyaan sababta rajada ku jirta iyaga, iyagoo leh qabownaan iyo cabsi.”

> “Agitate, agitate, agitate. The subjects which we present to the world must be to us a living reality. It is important that in defending the doctrines which we consider fundamental articles of faith we should never allow ourselves to employ arguments that are not wholly sound. These may avail to silence an opposer, but they do not honor the truth. We should present sound arguments, that will not only silence our opponents, but will bear the closest and most searching scrutiny. With those who have educated themselves as debaters there is great danger that they will not handle the word of God with fairness. In meeting an opponent it should be our earnest effort to present subjects in such a manner as to awaken conviction in his mind, instead of seeking merely to give confidence to the believer.

> “Dhaqdhaqaajiya, dhaqdhaqaajiya, dhaqdhaqaajiya. Mawduucyada aynu dunida u soo bandhigno waa inay inoo ahaadaan xaqiiqo nool. Waa arrin muhiim ah in markaan difaacayno caqiidooyinka aynu u aragno qodobbada aasaasiga ah ee rumaysadka, aynaan marnaba isu oggolaan in aynu adeegsanno dooddo aan gebi ahaanba sugnayn. Kuwaasu waxay waxtar u yeelan karaan inay aamusiyaan kan diiddan, laakiin runta ma maamuusaan. Waa inaynu soo bandhignaa dooddo sugan, kuwaas oo aan ku koobnaan oo keliya inay aamusiyaan kuwa naga soo horjeeda, balse adkaysan doona baadhitaanka ugu dhow uguna qotada dheer. Kuwa isu tababbaray sida dood-wadayaal waxaa uga imanaya khatar weyn inay ereyga Ilaah ula macaamiloon waayaan caddaalad. Markii lala kulmayo qof ka soo horjeeda, waa inaynu dadaalkeenna daacadda ah ku bixinnaa in mawduucyada loo soo bandhigo si ay qancin ugu kiciyaan maskaxdiisa, halkii aynu ka doonan lahayn oo keliya inay kalsooni siiyaan rumaystaha.”

> “Whatever may be man’s intellectual advancement, let him not for a moment think that there is no need of thorough and continuous searching of the Scriptures for greater light. As a people we are called individually to be students of prophecy. We must watch with earnestness that we may discern any ray of light which God shall present to us. We are to catch the first gleamings of truth; and through prayerful study clearer light may be obtained, which can be brought before others.” Testimonies. Volume 5, 708.

> “In kasta oo ay le’eg tahay horumarka garaad ee aadamuhu, yuusan innaba hal daqiiqo u malayn in aan loo baahnayn baaritaan qoto dheer oo joogto ah oo Qorniinka ah si iftiin ka sii weyn loo helo. Annaga oo ah dad ahaan, waxaa si shaqsi ah naloogu yeedhay inaynu noqono ardayda waxsii sheegidda. Waa inaynu si dadaal leh u feejignaanno si aynu u garanno ilays kasta oo iftiin ah oo Ilaah noo soo bandhigo. Waa inaynu qabanno biligleynta ugu horraysa ee runta; waxaana daraasad lagu sameeyo iyadoo salaad lala socodsiinayo laga heli karaa iftiin ka sii cad, kaas oo dadka kale loo soo bandhigi karo.” Testimonies. Volume 5, 708.

The Protestants of Miller’s time refused to be governed by the rules of grammar, and chose to ignore the word “also” in verse fourteen, which grammatically defines that “the robbers of thy people” represented a new power being introduced to the flow of events that were represented in the verses where verse fourteen is located. Uriah Smith did the very same thing when he ignored the grammatical evidence that proves the king of the north in verse thirty-six and later in verse forty had to be the same king of the north that had been the subject since verse thirty-one.

Borotestantadii wakhtigii Miller waxay diideen in lagu hago xeerarka naxwaha, waxayna doorteen inay iska indhatiraan erayga “sidoo kale” ee aayadda afar iyo tobnaad, kaas oo naxwe ahaan qeexaya in “kuwa dadkaaga dhaca” ay matalayeen awood cusub oo lagu soo gelinayo socodka dhacdooyinka lagu matalayay aayadaha ay aayadda afar iyo tobnaad ku dhex taal. Uriah Smith isaguna sidaas oo kale ayuu yeelay markii uu iska indhatiray caddaynta naxwaha ee caddaynaysa in boqorka woqooyi ee aayadda lix iyo soddonaad iyo dabadeed aayadda afartanaad uu khasab ku ahaa inuu noqdo isla boqorkii woqooyi ee mowduuca ahaa tan iyo aayadda kow iyo soddon.

Today those who teach the United States is the “robbers” employ a passage from Sister White that identifies the papal power and the United States as the two primary persecuting powers of the last days, and twist the grammar to argue that the reference of “old world” which Sister White uses to define Europe actually represents past history. The grammar in the passage proves this to be an incorrect assumption, and the way in which Sister White uses “old world” in the passage agrees with how she uses it other places in her writings. When she does so she is also in agreement with historians who use the expression “old world” in relation to the “new world” to make a distinction between Europe and the Americas.

Maanta kuwa bara in Maraykanku yahay “tuugagta” waxay adeegsadaan tuduc ka mid ah qoraallada Sister White oo aqoonsanaya awoodda baabbanimada iyo Maraykanka inay yihiin labada awoodood ee ugu waaweyn ee silciya maalmaha ugu dambeeya, waxayna leexiyaan naxwaha si ay ugu doodaan in tixraaca “old world” ee Sister White u adeegsanayso qeexidda Yurub uu dhab ahaantii metelo taariikh hore. Naxwaha tuducaas ku jira ayaa caddaynaya in tani ay tahay mala-awaal khaldan, habka ay Sister White ugu adeegsato “old world” tuducaasna wuxuu waafaqsan yahay sida ay meelo kale oo qoraalladeeda ka mid ah ugu adeegsato. Markay sidaas samayso, waxay sidoo kale la waafaqsan tahay taariikhyahannada adeegsada oraahda “old world” marka loo eego “new world” si ay u kala saaraan Yurub iyo Ameerikooyinka.

> “Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts.” The Great Controversy, 615.

> “Romanism-ka Dunidii Hore iyo Protestantism-ka riddowday ee Dunida Cusub waxay raaci doonaan jid isku mid ah oo ay ula dhaqmaan kuwa ixtiraama dhammaan amarrada Ilaah.” The Great Controversy, 615.

Grammatically the expression “will pursue” identifies that both powers represented by the “old world” and the “new” both “pursue” the persecution of God’s people in the last days, and it is grammatically flawed to claim this sentence is referring to the “old world” as past history, and “new” as the last days. “Line upon line” all the old controversies of Rome inform the student of prophecy of the last days that when they are awakened the image of the beast test will include an environment where the correct identification of the robbers of thy people is manifested. The correct understanding of the “robbers,” is set forth upon the 1843 pioneer chart, and is therefore a foundational truth, that was confirmed by the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy. This identifies that when the students of prophecy awaken to their final test, the subject of the “robbers,” will also represent the final attack upon the foundational truths, and the Spirit of Prophecy.

Naxwe ahaan, odhaahda “way eryan doonaan” waxay muujinaysaa in labada quwadood ee uu matalayo “dunidii hore” iyo “tan cusub” ay labaduba “eryanayaan” silicdilka dadka Ilaah maalmaha ugu dambeeya, waana khalad naxwe ahaan ah in lagu doodo in jumladdani ay u jeeddo “dunidii hore” sidii taariikh hore oo soo martay, halka “tan cusubna” loo nisbeeyo maalmaha ugu dambeeya. “Khadba khad” dhammaan murannadii hore ee Rooma waxay barayaan ardayga waxsii sheegista ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya in, marka la soo toosiyo, imtixaanka ekaanta bahalka uu ku jiri doono duruufo lagu muujinayo aqoonsiga saxda ah ee “tuugada dadkaaga.” Fahamka saxda ah ee “tuugada” waxaa lagu soo bandhigay jaantuskii hormuudka ee 1843, sidaas darteedna waa run aasaasi ah oo lagu xaqiijiyey amar iyo awoodda Ruuxa Waxsii sheegista. Tani waxay tilmaamaysaa in marka ardayda waxsii sheegistu ay u soo toosaan imtixaankooda ugu dambeeya, mawduuca “tuugada” uu sidoo kale matali doono weerarka ugu dambeeya ee lagu qaadayo runnada aasaasiga ah iyo Ruuxa Waxsii sheegista.

We will continue these thoughts in the next article.

Waxaannu sii wadi doonnaa fikradahan maqaalka xiga.

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