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# The Book of Daniel - Number Sixty-Eight

Kitaabka Daanyeel - Lixdan iyo Siddeedaad

Unveiling the Prophetic Message of Ezekiel Chapter Eight: The Sunday Law and the Last Days

Daaha-ka-qaadidda Fariinta Nebinimada ee Xisqeel Cutubka Siddeedaad: Sharciga Axadda iyo Maalmaha Ugu Dambeeya

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 1, 2024

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Ezekiel chapter eight is one of the easiest prophetic chapters in the Scriptures. The chapter has a distinct starting point.

Cutubka siddeedaad ee Yexesqeel waa mid ka mid ah cutubyada nebinnimo ee ugu sahlan Qorniinka. Cutubku wuxuu leeyahay bar-bilow cad oo gaar ah.

> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Ezekiel 8:1.

> Oo waxay noqotay sannaddii lixaad, bishii lixaad, maalintii shanaad ee bisha, anigoo gurigayga dhex fadhiya, odayaashii reer Yahuudahna ay hortayda fadhiyeen, in gacantii Sayidka Rabbiga ah halkaas igu soo degtay. Yexesqeel 8:1.

The vision has a distinct ending in chapter eleven.

Aragtidu wuxuu leeyahay dhammaad gaar ah cutubka kow iyo tobnaad.

> Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had showed me. Ezekiel 11:24, 25.

> Dabadeedna ruuxii baa i qaaday, oo riyo uu Ruuxa Ilaah keenay igu geeyey dalka Kaldayiin, xaggii kuwii maxaabiista loo kaxaystay. Sidaas daraaddeedna riyadii aan arkay way iga kortay. Markaasaan kuwii maxaabiista loo kaxaystay kula hadlay waxyaalihii Rabbigu i tusay oo dhan. Yexesqeel 11:24, 25.

The vision of chapter eight begins on the fifth day, of the sixth month of the sixth year, just a day before the date aligns with “666,” and sure enough the vision is about the Sunday law, which is the mark of the beast, whose number is the number of the “man of sin,” and also the number of the eighth kingdom that is of the seven. Those that get the victory over the number “666,” receive the seal of God, and in chapter nine, the seal of God is being placed upon God’s faithful people of the last days.

Muujintii cutubka siddeedaad waxay bilaabmaysaa maalinta shanaad ee bisha lixaad ee sannadka lixaad, maalin keliya ka hor inta taariikhdu la jaanqaadi lahayd “666,” oo runtii muujintu waxay ku saabsan tahay sharciga Axadda, kaas oo ah calaamadda bahalka, tiradiisuna ay tahay tirada “ninka dembiga,” isla mar ahaantaana ah tirada boqortooyada siddeedaad oo ka mid ah toddobada. Kuwa guusha ka gaadha tirada “666,” waxay helaan shaabadda Ilaah, oo cutubka sagaalaadna, shaabadda Ilaah waxaa lagu saarayaa dadka aaminka ah ee Ilaah ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya.

> And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Revelation 15:1–3.

> Oo haddana waxaan samada ku arkay calaamo kale, weyn oo yaab leh, toddoba malaa’igood oo sita toddobada belaayo ee ugu dambaysa; waayo, iyagaasaa cadhadii Ilaah ku dhammaanaysaa. Oo waxaan arkay wax u eg bad muraayad ah oo dab lagu qasay; kuwii guusha ka gaadhay bahalkii, iyo sanamkiisii, iyo summaddiisii, iyo tirada magiciisa, iyagoo taagan baddaas muraayadda ah, oo haysta kataaradihii Ilaah. Oo waxay ku gabyeen gabaygii Muuse oo ahaa addoonkii Ilaah, iyo gabaygii Wanka, iyagoo leh, Shuqulladaadu waa waaweyn yihiin oo yaab leh, Rabbiyow Ilaaha Qaadirka ahow; jidadkaaguna waa xaq iyo run, Boqorkii quduusiinta. Muujintii 15:1–3.

Just before the close of probation (for the seven angels with the seven last plagues are going to pour out God’s wrath in the next chapter of Revelation), God’s last day people are identified. They have obtained the victory over four things. The word translated as victory means to conquer. The faithful have conquered the beast, the image of the beast, the mark of the beast and the number of his name. The victory includes the fact that they understand what the four symbols represent. It is only a very small percentage of people that know what those four prophetic symbols actually represent.

Wax yar ka hor xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada (waayo toddobada malaa’igood oo leh toddobada belaayo ee ugu dambaysa waxay ku shubi doonaan cadhada Ilaah cutubka xiga ee Muujintii), dadka Ilaah ee maalinta ugu dambaysa waa la aqoonsadaa. Waxay ka guulaysteen afar waxyaalood. Ereyga loo tarjumay guul wuxuu ka dhigan yahay in la adkaado. Kuwa aaminka ahu way ka adkaadeen bahalka, suuradda bahalka, calaamadda bahalka, iyo tirada magiciisa. Guushu waxay sidoo kale ka kooban tahay xaqiiqda ah inay fahmaan waxa afartaas calaamadood ee nebiyadeed ay metelaan. Waa boqolkiiba aad u yar oo dadka ka mid ah kuwa og waxa afartaas calaamadood ee nebiyadeed dhab ahaan metelaan.

The world used to know the papacy was the whore of Babylon in chapter seventeen, but as God’s Word identified, the understanding of the whore of Tyre who commits fornication with the kings of the earth is forgotten during the history of the United States. To get victory over the beast means to rightly divide the word of truth in ascertaining that the beast of Bible prophecy is the papacy. In the very next chapter, the dragon, the beast and the false prophet lead the world to Armageddon, and God’s faithful of the last days must know who those three powers are.

Dunidu waagii hore waxay ogayd in baabanimadu ahayd dhilladii Baabuloon ee cutubka toddoba iyo tobnaad, hase ahaatee, sida Erayga Ilaah tilmaamay, fahamka dhillada Turos oo sino la gasha boqorrada dhulka ayaa la illoobaa inta lagu jiro taariikhda Maraykanka. In laga guulaysto bahalka waxay ka dhigan tahay in si qumman loo kala saaro erayga runta iyadoo la hubsanaanayo in bahalka waxsii-sheegidda Kitaabka Quduuska ahi yahay baabanimada. Isla cutubka ku xiga, masduulaagga, bahalka, iyo nebigii beenta ahaa ayaa dunida u hoggaamiya Armageddoon, kuwa Ilaah daacadda u ah ee maalmaha ugu dambeeyana waa inay ogaadaan cidda ay yihiin saddexdaas quwadood.

> And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 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. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Revelation 16:12–16.

> Malaa’igii lixaadnaana wuxuu maddiibaddiisii ku shubay webiga weyn ee Yufraad; biyihiisiina way engegeen, si jidka boqorrada bari loogu diyaariyo. Markaasaan arkay saddex ruux oo nijaas ah oo u eg raha oo ka soo baxay afkii masduulaagii, iyo afkii bahalkii, iyo afkii nebigii beenta ahaa. Waayo, iyagu waa ruuxyada jinniyada oo mucjisooyin sameeya, kuwaas oo u baxa boqorrada dhulka iyo kuwa dunida oo dhan, si ay ugu ururiyaan dagaalka maalintaas weyn ee Ilaaha Qaadirka ah. Bal eega, waxaan u imid sida tuug oo kale. Waxaa barakaysan kan feejigan oo dharkiisa xafida, si uusan qaawan ugu socon oo aan ceebtiisa loo arag. Markaasuu iyagii ku wada ururiyey meel afka Cibraaniga lagu yidhaahdo Armageddoon. Muujintii 16:12–16.

The victory over the beast is the victory of understanding correctly who the beast is. The passage just cited pronounces a blessing upon those that watch and keep their garments, yet by the sixth plague, probation has fully closed for all men. When Michael stands up, human probation closes and then the seven last plagues are poured out. There is no way to change garments after the close of probation, yet there is a warning associated with the sixth plague. That warning has to do with having the correct understanding of the beast before probation closes, and if you do not have that understanding, you will lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness before the close of probation.

Guusha laga gaadho bahalka waa guusha laga gaadho fahamka saxda ah ee cidda bahalku yahay. Qoraalka hadda la soo xigtay wuxuu ku dhawaaqayaa barako kuwa soo jeeda oo dharkooda xajiya, hase ahaatee belaayada lixaad marka la gaadho, wakhtigii tijaabadu si buuxda ayuu ugu xidhmay dadka oo dhan. Marka Miikaa’iil istaago, wakhtiga tijaabada aadanuhu wuu xidhmaa, dabadeedna toddobada belaayo ee ugu dambaysa ayaa la daadiyaa. Sinaba suurtagal uma aha in dhar la beddelo ka dib marka wakhtiga tijaabadu xidhmo, hase yeeshee digniin baa la xidhiidha belaayada lixaad. Digniintaasu waxay khusaysaa in la haysto fahamka saxda ah ee bahalka ka hor inta aanu wakhtiga tijaabadu xidhmin, oo haddii aanad lahayn fahamkaas, waxaad lumin doontaa dharka xaqnimada Masiixa ka hor xidhitaanka wakhtiga tijaabada.

> “Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist. There is no time now for us to assimilate with the world. Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which everyone should understand. These prophecies are to be witness in the world. By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves.” Kress Collection, 105.

> “Kuwa ku wareera fahamkooda erayga, oo ku guuldarraysta inay arkaan macnaha ka gees ah Masiixa, hubaal waxay isa soo taagi doonaan dhinaca ka gees ah Masiixa. Hadda ma jiro waqti aynu kula milanno dunida. Daanyeel wuxuu taagan yahay qaybtiisii iyo meeshiisii. Waxsii sheegyada Daanyeel iyo Yooxanaa waa in la fahmaa. Iyagu midba midka kale ayuu fasiraa. Waxay dunida siiyaan runno ay tahay in qof walba fahmo. Waxsii sheegyadani waa inay dunida markhaati uga noqdaan. Oofintooda maalmahan ugu dambeeya, ayay iyagu iskood isu sharxi doonaan.” Kress Collection, 105.

If a person does not understand that the antichrist is the papacy, they will end up on the side of the papacy, or as John wrote, they will walk naked and manifest their shame. To get the victory over the beast is to understand that the beast is the papal power, and all that is revealed of the papal power. Those who get the victory and understand that the papacy is the man of sin, will need to understand that the image of the papacy represents the principle of the combination of church and state, with the church in control of the relationship.

Haddii qofku uusan garanayn in kan Masiixa ka geesta ahi yahay baabbanimada, wuxuu ku dambayn doonaa dhinaca baabbanimada; ama sida Yooxanaa u qoray, isagoo qaawan ayuu socon doonaa oo ceebtiisana muujin doonaa. In laga guulaysto bahalka waa in la garto in bahalku yahay awoodda baabbanimada, iyo wax kasta oo laga muujiyey awoodda baabbanimada. Kuwa guusha hela oo garanaya in baabbanimadu tahay ninka dembiga, waxay u baahan doonaan inay fahmaan in sawirka baabbanimadu uu metelo mabda’a isu-tagga kaniisadda iyo dawladda, iyadoo kaniisaddu ay gacanta ku hayso xiriirkaas.

In the book of Daniel, the structure of the beast, which is the combination of church and state, is represented as the transgression of desolation. Transgression is sin, and the sin that forms the papal beast is when kings surrender their power unto the papal authority. In doing this they commit spiritual fornication, which is Daniel’s transgression of desolation, and John’s image to the beast.

Buugga Daanyeel, qaab-dhismeedka bahalka, oo ah isku-darka kaniisadda iyo dawladda, waxaa lagu metelay xadgudubka baabba’a. Xadgudubku waa dembi, dembiga bahalka baadariga sameeyana waa marka boqorradu ay awooddooda u gacan geliyaan maamulka baadariga. Markay tan sameeyaan, waxay galaan sino ruuxi ah, taas oo ah xadgudubkii baabba’a ee Daanyeel, iyo sanamkii bahalka ee Yooxanaa.

To get victory over the papal image is to understand through God’s Word that the United States first forms this relationship, and ratifies it at the soon-coming Sunday law, and then forces the entire world to accept the same relationship.

In laga adkaado sawirka baadariga waa in Erayga Ilaah laga fahmaa in Maraykanku marka hore dhiso xiriirkan, oo uu ku ansixiyo sharciga Axadda ee dhowaan imanaya, dabadeedna uu dunida oo dhan ku qasbo inay aqbasho isla xiriirkaas.

The church and state relationship that will be forced upon the earth by the United States consists of the one-world government (the United Nations), coming into an alliance with the papacy as the controlling power in the arrangements. Getting the victory over the image of the beast, is to understand by God’s prophetic Word that the image of the beast represents these very things.

Xidhiidhka kaniisadda iyo dawladda ee Maraykanku si khasab ah ugu soo rogi doono dunida wuxuu ka kooban yahay dawlad caalami ah oo keliya (Qaramada Midoobay), oo gelaysa isbahaysi ay la yeelanayso baabtinimada iyadoo ah awoodda maamusha nidaamyadaas. In laga adkaado sawirka bahalka waxay ka dhigan tahay in, Erayga nebinnimada ee Ilaah lagu fahmo in sawirka bahalku uu matalo waxyaalahan qudhooda.

Getting the victory over the beast and the image of the beast includes getting the understanding of the beast’s (the papacy’s) mark of authority.

Helidda guusha bahalka iyo sanamka bahalka waxa ku jirta in la helo garashada summadda awoodda bahalka (papacy-ga).

The mark of the beast is the forced observance of Sunday as God’s Sabbath. To get victory over the mark requires understanding that Sunday worship is the worship of the sun, and that it is nothing less than pagan Baal worship. The victory includes the truth that no one receives the mark of the beast until it is forced upon men.

Calaamadda bahalka waa dhawridda khasabka ah ee Axadda sida Sabtida Ilaah. Si guul looga helo calaamaddaas, waxaa loo baahan yahay in la fahmo in cibaadada Axaddu ay tahay cibaadada qorraxda, ayna tahay wax aan ka yarayn caabudidda Baal ee jaahiliga ah. Guushaasi waxa kale oo ku jirta runta ah in ninna aanu helin calaamadda bahalka ilaa lagu khasbo dadka.

> “But Christians of past generations observed the Sunday, supposing that in so doing they were keeping the Bible Sabbath; and there are now true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion, who honestly believe that Sunday is the Sabbath of divine appointment. God accepts their sincerity of purpose and their integrity before Him. But when Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than that of Rome, will thereby honor popery above God. He is paying homage to Rome and to the power which enforces the institution ordained by Rome. He is worshiping the beast and his image. As men then reject the institution which God has declared to be the sign of His authority, and honor in its stead that which Rome has chosen as the token of her supremacy, they will thereby accept the sign of allegiance to Rome—‘the mark of the beast.’ And it is not until the issue is thus plainly set before the people, and they are brought to choose between the commandments of God and the commandments of men, that those who continue in transgression will receive ‘the mark of the beast.’” The Great Controversy, 449.

> “Laakiin Masiixiyiintii jiilalkii hore waxay dhawri jireen Axadda, iyagoo u malaynaya in sidaas ay ku hayaan Sabtidii Kitaabka Quduuska ahayd; oo weliba hadda waxaa kaniisad kasta ku jira Masiixiyiin run ah, iyadoo aan laga reebin bulshada Kaatooligga Roomaanka, kuwaas oo si daacad ah u rumaysan in Axaddu tahay Sabtidii Ilaah magacaabay. Ilaah wuxuu aqbalaa daacadnimada ujeeddadooda iyo toosnaantooda hortiisa. Laakiin marka dhawridda Axadda sharci lagu khasbo, oo dunidana la iftiimiyo waajibaadka Sabtida runta ah ku saabsan, markaas ku alla kii ku xadgudba amarka Ilaah si uu u adeeco farriin aan lahayn amar ka sarreeya kii Rooma, wuxuu sidaas ku maamuusi doonaa baabtinimada ka sarraysa Ilaah. Wuxuu u sujuudayaa Rooma iyo awoodda ku khasbaysa xeerka ay Rooma dejisay. Wuxuu caabudayaa bahalka iyo sawirkiisa. Sidaas daraaddeed, marka dadku diidaan qaanuunka uu Ilaah ku sheegay inuu yahay calaamadda awooddiisa, oo meeshiisana ku maamuusaan waxa ay Rooma u dooratay astaanta sarreynta iyada u gaarka ah, waxay sidaas ku aqbali doonaan calaamadda daacadnimada Rooma—‘calaamadda bahalka.’ Oo arrintu ma aha ilaa marka qodobkani sidaas si cad loogu hor dhigo dadka, oo loo keeno inay kala doortaan amarrada Ilaah iyo amarrada dadka, in kuwa ku sii socda xadgudubka ay heli doonaan ‘calaamadda bahalka.’” Dagaalkii Weynaa, 449.

Those who obtain the victory over the beast, the image of the beast and the mark of the beast must also obtain the victory over the number of his name. In the period of history when the whore of Tyre was not forgotten, the Protestant world knew the papacy was the antichrist. They knew that Paul had identified the papacy as “that wicked,” “the man of sin,” “the mystery of iniquity” and “the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” But now the great whore of Tyre has been forgotten.

Kuwa ka adkaada bahalka, sawirka bahalka, iyo calaamadda bahalka waa inay sidoo kale ka adkaadaan tirada magiciisa. Xilligii taariikhda ee dhilladii Turos aan la illoobin, dunida Protestanka ahi waxay garanaysay in baabasiinimadu tahay ka geesta ah Masiixa. Waxay garanayeen in Bawlos baabasiinimada ku aqoonsaday “kan sharka leh,” “ninka dembiga,” “qarsoodiga xumaanta” iyo “wiilka halaagga; Ka gees yimaada oo isa sarraysiiya wax kasta oo Ilaah la yidhaahdo ama la caabudo; sidaas daraaddeed isagoo Ilaah ahaan ugu fadhiya macbudka Ilaah, isagoo ismuujinaya inuu isagu Ilaah yahay.” Laakiin hadda dhilladii weynayd ee Turos waa la illoobay.

In ages past there were various isopsephy, or gematria, applications that demonstrated that the number “666” symbolically represented the papacy. A classic example of this is that on the pope’s miter the words Vicarius Filii Dei are written. Vicarius Filii Dei, which means the “Vicegerent of the Son of God”, and therefore addresses his claim of being seated in God’s temple, claiming to be God. The Latin letters of Vicarius Filii Dei equate to the number six hundred and sixty-six.

Waayihii hore waxaa jiray adeegsiyo kala duwan oo isopsephy, ama gematria, ah oo muujinayay in tirada “666” ay astaan ahaan u matalayso baabanimada. Tusaale caan ah oo arrintan ka mid ah ayaa ah in koofiyadda baadariga ay ku qoran yihiin ereyada Vicarius Filii Dei. Vicarius Filii Dei, oo macnaheedu yahay “Ku-xigeenka Wiilka Ilaah”, sidaas darteedna tilmaamaya sheegashadiisa ah inuu ku fadhiisto macbudka Ilaah, isagoo isku sheegaya Ilaah. Xarfaha Laatiinka ee Vicarius Filii Dei waxay u dhigmaan tirada lix boqol iyo lixdan iyo lix.

The beast, which is the papal power, is identified by his number and his number is “666,” but the man of sin received a deadly wound in 1798, and has been forgotten. In the last days the deadly wound is to be healed, and the healing of the deadly wound identifies that the United States first forms an image to the beast in its own nation, and then forces the world to do the same.

Bahalka, oo ah awoodda baabawnimada, waxaa lagu gartaa tiradiisa, tiradiisuna waa “666”; laakiin ninkii dembiga lahaa wuxuu helay nabar dilaa ah sannadkii 1798, waana la illoobay. Maalmaha ugu dambeeya nabarkaas dilaaga ahi waa inuu bogsadaa, bogsashada nabarka dilaaga ahina waxay caddaynaysaa in Maraykanku marka hore dalkiisa gudaheeda ka sameeyo ekaan bahalka, dabadeedna dunida ku qasbo inay sidaas oo kale yeelato.

The world image of the beast is both twofold and threefold. It is prophetically twofold for it is made up of a combination of church and state, but it is threefold in that it is made up of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. When the threefold union of the very powers that will lead the world to Armageddon is established, they will be the beast that is the eighth kingdom that is of the seven, and it will also be the threefold union of the sixth kingdom. The number of the beast’s name in the last days is again “666,” for it represents three kingdoms that are each part of the sixth kingdom.

Sawirka bahalka ee dunidu waa laba-geesood iyo saddex-geesood labadaba. Wax sii sheegid ahaan waa laba-geesood, waayo waxa uu ka kooban yahay isku-darka kaniisad iyo dawlad; hase yeeshee waa saddex-geesood, maadaama uu ka kooban yahay masduulaagga, bahalka, iyo nebigii beenta ahaa. Marka la dhiso midowga saddex-geesoodka ah ee quwadahaas qudhooda ah ee dunida u horseedi doona Armageddoon, waxay noqon doonaan bahalka ah boqortooyada siddeedaad ee ka timid toddobada, waxaana sidoo kale ay noqon doontaa midowga saddex-geesoodka ah ee boqortooyada lixaad. Tirada magaca bahalka ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya mar kale waa “666,” waayo waxay metelaysaa saddex boqortooyo oo mid kastaa qayb ka yahay boqortooyada lixaad.

To get victory over the beast, his image, his mark and the number of his name is to understand the riddle that “the eighth is of the seven”, which is the secret of Daniel two, which Daniel prayed to understand. It is an element of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before probation closes, for as John said, the “time is at hand.” For this reason, those who get that victory are represented as being with the angels who pour out the plagues, for they get the victory, or the necessary prophetic understanding, just before probation closes.

In laga guulaysto bahalka, sanamkiisa, sumaddiisa, iyo tirada magiciisa waa in la fahmo halxidhaalaha ah in “kan siddeedaad uu ka mid yahay toddobada,” taas oo ah qarsoodiga ku jira Daanyeel labaad, kaas oo Daanyeel u tukaday inuu fahmo. Tani waa qodob ka mid ah Muujintii Ciise Masiix oo la furo wax yar ka hor inta aanu xidhmin wakhtiga nimcada, waayo sidii Yooxanaa yidhi, “wakhtigu waa dhow yahay.” Sababtaas aawadeed, kuwa guushaas hela waxaa loo matalaa inay la jiraan malaa’igta daadiya belaayooyinka, waayo waxay helaan guushaas, ama fahamka nebiyadeed ee loo baahan yahay, wax yar ka hor inta aanu xidhmin wakhtiga nimcadu.

Those who understand that the Revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed just before the close of probation, and that the number “666,” is an element of that vision will not miss that the vision of Ezekiel chapter eight begins on the fifth day (which is the day before the sixth day), in the sixth month of the sixth year. By the end of chapter eight twenty-five men are bowing down to the sun, and chapter nine identifies those who receive the seal of God.

Kuwa fahmaya in Muujintii Ciise Masiix la furo wax yar ka hor xidhitaanka wakhtiga tijaabada, iyo in tirada “666” ay tahay qayb ka mid ah muujintaas, kama indho-tiri doonaan in muujintii Yexesqeel cutubka siddeedaad ay bilaabato maalinta shanaad (taas oo ah maalinta ka horraysa maalinta lixaad), bisha lixaad ee sannadka lixaad. Dhammaadka cutubka siddeedaad, shan iyo labaatan nin ayaa qorraxda u sujuudaya, cutubka sagaalaadna wuxuu tilmaamayaa kuwa hela shaabadda Ilaah.

The context of the vision is the mark of the beast and the seal of God, and the vision is opened up just before probation closes at the Sunday law, as typified by the number “666.” But the close of probation that is identified as occurring at the Sunday law in the United States, is not the close of human probation, it is the close of probation only for Seventh-day Adventists.

Dulucda aragtidu waa astaanta bahalka iyo shaabadda Ilaah, waxaana aragtida la furayaa wax yar ka hor xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada ee sharciga Axadda, sida uu u matalayo tirada “666.” Laakiin xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada ee lagu garto inuu ka dhacayo sharciga Axadda ee Maraykanka, ma aha xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada ee aadanaha oo dhan; waa xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada oo keliya ee Adventistayaasha maalinta toddobaad.

The vision is represented as taking place within Jerusalem, which is a symbol of the Seventh-day Adventist church. At the Sunday law in the United States, Seventh-day Adventists are the only class that is, there and then, held accountable to the light of the Sabbath.

Aragtida waxaa loo soo bandhigay sidii iyada oo ka dhacaysa Yeruusaalem gudaheeda, taas oo astaan u ah kaniisadda Seventh-day Adventist. Marka sharciga Axadda laga soo saaro Maraykanka, Seventh-day Adventists ayaa ah kooxda keliya ee, halkaas iyo markaasba, lagula xisaabtami doono iftiinka Sabtida.

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

> “Haddii iftiinka runta laguu soo bandhigay, oo laguugu muujiyey Sabtida amarka afraad, isla markaana lagu tusay in aanay jirin wax sal ah oo ku jira Erayga Ilaah oo taageeraya ilaalinta Axadda, haddana aad weli ku dheganaato sabtida beenta ah, adigoo diidaya inaad quduus ka dhigto Sabtida uu Ilaah ugu yeedho ‘maalintayda quduuska ah,’ waxaad qaadanaysaa calaamadda bahalka. Goormay taasu dhacaysaa?—Marka aad addeecdo amarka kugu faraya inaad joojiso shaqada maalinta Axadda oo aad Ilaah caabuddo, iyadoo aad og tahay in aanay jirin hal erey oo Kitaabka Quduuska ah ku jira oo muujinaya in Axaddu tahay wax ka duwan maalin shaqo oo caadi ah, waxaad oggolaanaysaa inaad hesho calaamadda bahalka, oo waxaad diidaysaa shaabadda Ilaah. Haddii aynu calaamaddan ku qaadanno foodahayagaga ama gacmahayaga, xukunnada lagu dhawaaqay kuwa caasiyiinta ah waa inay inagu dhacaan. Laakiin shaabadda Ilaaha nool waxaa la saaraa kuwa si damiir leh u ilaaliya Sabtida Rabbiga.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

The vision of Ezekiel chapter eight through chapter eleven, identifies the history leading up to the close of probation for Jerusalem. It is portrayed as taking place just a day before the number “666” arrives, and chapter eight identifies an escalating rebellion within Jerusalem that culminates with the leading men bowing to the sun, thus receiving the mark of the beast.

Aragtidii Yexesqeel cutubka siddeedaad ilaa cutubka kow iyo tobnaad waxay qeexaysaa taariikhda horseedaysa xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada ee Yeruusaalem. Waxaa loo sawiray sidii iyadoo dhacaysa maalin keliya ka hor imaatinka tirada “666”, cutubka siddeedaadna wuxuu tilmaamayaa fallaagow sii kordhaysa oo ka dhex taagan Yeruusaalem taas oo ku dhammaata in hoggaamiyayaashu qorraxda u sujuudaan, sidaasna ku helaan sumadda bahalka.

Chapter nine, represents an angel going through Jerusalem (thus identifying a progression), and placing a seal upon one class in advance of the destroying angels who thereafter slay all who do not have the seal. Both chapters represent a progressive history that leads to the Sunday law, where one class bows to the sun, and the other receives the seal of God. The wicked are then removed from Jerusalem, for the Sunday law separates the wicked and the wise.

Cutubka sagaalaad wuxuu metelaa malaa'ig dhex maraysa Yeruusaalem (sidaasna ku tilmaamaysa horumar isdaba-joog ah), oo calaamad saaraysa hal dabaqad ka hor malaa'igaha wax baabbi'iya oo dabadeed dila dhammaan kuwa aan lahayn calaamadda. Labada cutubba waxay metelaan taariikh horumaraysa oo horseedaysa sharciga Axadda, halkaas oo hal dabaqad qorraxda u sujuuddo, tan kalena hesho shaabadda Ilaah. Markaas kuwa sharka leh ayaa Yeruusaalem laga fogeeyaa, waayo, sharciga Axaddu wuxuu kala soocaa kuwa sharka leh iyo kuwa xigmadda leh.

The sealing that is represented in Ezekiel chapter nine is the same sealing that is represented in Revelation chapter seven.

Shaabadaynta lagu matalay Yexesqeel cutubka sagaal waa isla shaabadayntii lagu matalay Muujintii cutubka toddobaad.

> “If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God’s people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.

> “Haddii muuqaallo sidan oo kale ahi imanayaan, xukunno aad u waaweyn oo ku soo degaya dunida dembiga leh, xaggee bay hoy u ahaan doontaa dadka Ilaah? Sidee baa loo dedin doonaa ilaa cadhadu ka gudubto? Yooxanaa wuxuu arkaa waxyaalaha dabiicadda—dhulgariir, duufaan, iyo khilaaf siyaasadeed—oo lagu muujiyey iyagoo afar malaa’igood hayaan. Dabaylahani waa la xukumaa ilaa Ilaah amarka bixiyo in la sii daayo. Halkaas waxaa ku jirta ammaanka kiniisadda Ilaah. Malaa’igta Ilaah waxay gutaan amarkiisa, iyagoo dib u celinaya dabaylaha dhulka, si aanay dabayluhu ugu dhicin dhulka, ama badda, ama geedna, ilaa addoommada Ilaah lagu shaabadeeyo fooddooda. Malaa’igta xoogga badan waxaa la arkayaa iyadoo ka soo baxaysa bari (ama qorrax-soo-baxa). Tan oo ah tan malaa’igaha ugu xoogga badan waxay gacanteeda ku haysaa shaabadda Ilaaha nool, ama kan keligiis nolosha bixin kara, kan ku qori kara fooddaha calaamadda ama qorniinka, kuwa la siin doono dhimasho-la’aan, nolosha weligeed ah. Waa codka malaa’igtaan ugu sarraysa kan lahaa amar uu ku amri karo afarta malaa’igood inay xajiyaan afarta dabaylood ilaa hawshan la dhammaystiro, iyo ilaa uu bixiyo qaylodhaanta in la sii daayo.”

> “Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God’s protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. ‘Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.’

> “Kuwa dunida, jidhka, iyo Ibliiska ka adkaada ayaa noqon doona kuwa la fadilay oo heli doona shaabadda Ilaaha nool. Kuwa aan gacmahoodu nadiif ahayn, oo aan qalbiyadoodu saafi ahayn, ma heli doonaan shaabadda Ilaaha nool. Kuwa dembi qorshaynaya oo ku dhaqaaqayana waa laga gudbi doonaa. Kuwa keliya ee, hab-dhaqankooda Ilaah hortiisa, buuxinaya meesha kuwa toobad keenaya oo dembiyadooda qiranaya maalinta weyn ee Kafaaraggudka ee antitibka ah, ayaa la aqoonsan doonaa oo lagu calaamadin doonaa kuwo istaahila ilaalinta Ilaah. Magacyada kuwa si joogto ah u eegaya, u sugaya, oo u feejigan muuqashada Badbaadiyahooda—in ka sii daacadnimo iyo hilow badan kuwii waaberiga suga—waxaa lagu tirin doonaa kuwa la shaabadeeyey. Kuwa, iyadoo iftiinka runta oo dhan nafahooda ku dhacayo, ay ahayd inay lahaadaan shuqullo la jaanqaadaya rumaysadkooda ay qirteen, laakiin dembi lagu sasabayo, sanamyo qalbiyadooda ka dhex dhisanaya, nafahoodana ku hallaynaya Ilaah hortiisa, oo nijaasaynaya kuwa dembiga kula midooba, magacyadooda waxaa laga tirtiri doonaa kitaabka nolosha, waxaana looga tegi doonaa gudcurka saqda dhexe, iyagoo aan saliid ku haysan weelashooda iyo laambadahooda. ‘Laakiinse kuwiinna magacayga ka cabsada waxaa idiin soo bixi doona Qorraxda Xaqnimada iyadoo bogsiin baalasheeda ku jirto.’”

> “This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision. John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> “Shaabadeyntan addoommada Ilaah waa tii isla tan lagu tusay Yexesqeel riyo. Yooxanaa isaguna wuxuu markhaati ka ahaa muujintan ugu yaabka badan. Wuxuu arkay badda iyo hirarka oo guuxaya, iyo dadka qalbigoodu cabsi u taag darnaanayo. Wuxuu arkay dhulka oo ruxmaya, iyo buuraha oo lagu dhex tuurayo badda (taas oo si dhab ah u dhacaysa), biyihiisuna ay guuxayaan oo kacsan yihiin, buuruhuna ay la gariirayaan kacdoonkaas. Waxaa loo tusay belaayooyin, cudurro faafa, macaluul, iyo dhimasho oo gudanaya hawshoodii cabsida lahayd.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

The sealing of the one hundred and forty four thousand in Revelation chapter seven is also represented in chapter nine of Ezekiel, and the sealing angel is the mightiest angel, who ascends from the east. Those who are lost, who have their names blotted out of the book of life, are represented as having “no oil in their vessels with their lamps.” The two classes in the vision of Ezekiel chapter eight through eleven, are the wise and foolish virgins of Matthew twenty-five, and they are therefore Adventists.

Shaabadaynta boqolka iyo afartan iyo afarta kun ee ku xusan Muujintii cutubka toddobaad ayaa sidoo kale lagu matalay cutubka sagaalaad ee Yexesqeel, malaa’igta wax shaabadaysana waa malaa’igta ugu xoogga badan, oo ka soo baxda bari. Kuwa lumay, oo magacyadooda laga tirtiro kitaabka nolosha, waxaa lagu matalay inay “aan saliid ku haysan weelashooda iyo laambadahooda.” Labada qaybood ee ku jira aragtida Yexesqeel cutubyada siddeedaad ilaa kow iyo tobnaad waa bikradaha xigmadda leh iyo kuwa nacaska ah ee Matayos labaatan iyo shan, sidaas darteedna waa Adventistyo.

> “The parable of the ten virgins of Matthew 25 also illustrates the experience of the Adventist people.” The Great Controversy, 393.

> “Masaalka tobanka bikradood ee ku jira Matayos 25 wuxuu kaloo muujinayaa waayo-aragnimada dadka Adventist-ka ah.” The Great Controversy, 393.

Sister White specifically identifies Jerusalem of Ezekiel’s vision as Adventism:

Walaasha Caddaan si gaar ah ayay Yeruusaalemtii aragtida Yexesqeel ugu aqoonsataa Adventism:

> “The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character. They will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins which easily beset the people of God. Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. ‘And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’” Testimonies, volume 3, 266.

> “Dadka runta ah ee Ilaah, kuwa qalbigooda ku haya ruuxa shaqada Rabbiga iyo badbaadada nafaha, had iyo goor waxay dembiga u arki doonaan dabeecaddiisa dhabta ah ee dembiyeed. Mar walba waxay la jiri doonaan dhinaca daacadnimada iyo toosnaanta cad ee lagula macaamilayo dembiyada si fudud u haleela dadka Ilaah. Gaar ahaan shaqada ugu dambaysa ee kaniisadda, wakhtiga shaabadaynta ee boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun oo ah kuwa istaagi doona iyagoo aan eed lahayn carshiga Ilaah hortiisa, waxay si qoto dheer u dareemi doonaan xumaatooyinka dadka Ilaah ku sheegta. Tan si xoog leh ayaa nebigu ugu muujiyey tusaalaha shaqada ugu dambaysa isagoo ku sawiraya rag, mid walbana gacantiisa ku sita hub wax lagu laayo. Mid ka mid ah iyaga ayaa huwanaa maro wanaagsan, oo dhiniciisana waxa yiilay qalin-dhalo khad ah. ‘Markaasaa Rabbigu ku yidhi isaga, Dhex mara magaalada, adigoo dhex maraya Yeruusaalem, oo calaamad saar wejiyada ragga ka taahaya oo ka ooyaya karaahiyada oo dhan oo dhexdeeda lagu sameeyo.’” Testimonies, volume 3, 266.

The vision of Ezekiel chapters eight through eleven, is directly addressing the history of Adventism leading up to and at the Sunday law. It identifies the two classes of worshippers who are within Jerusalem (Adventism), and is prophetically associated with the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed just before the close of probation, for its first references is setting forth the number “666” in prophetic symbolism. In doing so it identifies one of four things the wise must get victory over in the last days, and those four things are part of the light of the eighth being “of the seven”. Revelation fifteen also identifies that those that get the victory over the four symbolic aspects of the papacy, sing the song of Moses and the Lamb.

Aragtida ku jirta cutubyada sideed ilaa kow iyo tobnaad ee Yexesqeel waxay si toos ah uga hadlaysaa taariikhda Adventism-ka ee horseedaysa, iyo taagan, sharciga Axadda. Waxay aqoonsanaysaa labada kooxood ee caabudayaasha ah ee ku dhex jira Yeruusaalem (Adventism), waxaana si nebiyad ah loola xidhiidhiyey Muujintii Ciise Masiix oo la furfuro wax yar ka hor xidhitaanka wakhtiga nimcada, waayo tixraacyadeeda ugu horreeya waxay soo bandhigayaan tirada “666” iyada oo ku jirta astaan-nebiyadeed. Markay sidaas samaynayso, waxay aqoonsanaysaa mid ka mid ah afarta waxyaalood ee kuwa xigmadda leh ay tahay inay ka guulaystaan maalmaha ugu dambeeya, afartaas waxyaaloodna waxay qayb ka yihiin iftiinka kan siddeedaad oo ah “kan toddobada ka mid ah”. Muujintii shan iyo tobnaadna waxay sidoo kale aqoonsanaysaa in kuwa guusha ka gaadha afartaas dhinac ee astaan ahaan u taagan baabasiimada ay ku heesaan gabaygii Muuse iyo Wanka.

In that day Isaiah, in chapter twenty-seven says that the righteous of the last days will sing the song of the vineyard, which is a song that the Lamb sang when he walked among men that identifies a chosen people who are being passed by as a new chosen people are being selected. That song is sung by “the wise” of the last days during the sealing of Ezekiel nine and Revelation seven. Ezekiel’s vision of chapters eight through eleven is part of that very song.

Maalintaas Ishacyaah, cutubka toddoba iyo labaatanaad, wuxuu leeyahay kuwa xaqa ah ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya waxay ku heesi doonaan gabayga beerta canabka, kaas oo ah gabaygii Wanku qaaday markuu dadka dhex socday, kaas oo tilmaamaya dad la doortay oo laga gudbayo iyadoo la dooranayo dad la doortay oo cusub. Gabaygaas waxaa ku heesa “kuwa caqliga leh” ee maalmaha ugu dambeeya inta lagu jiro shaabadaynta ku qoran Yexesqeel sagaal iyo Muujintii toddoba. Riyadii Yexesqeel ee cutubyada siddeed ilaa kow iyo tobnaad waa qayb ka mid ah isla gabaygaas.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Waxaan daraasaddan ku sii wadi doonnaa maqaalka xiga.

> “The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character. They will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins which easily beset the people of God. Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply the wrongs of God’s professed people. This is forcibly set forth by the prophet’s illustration of the last work under the figure of the men each having a slaughter weapon in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. ‘And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.’

> “Dadka runta ah ee Ilaah, kuwa qalbigooda ku haya Ruuxa shuqulka Rabbiga iyo badbaadinta nafaha, had iyo goor waxay dembiga u arki doonaan dabeecaddiisa runta ah ee dembi ahaaneed. Mar walba waxay garab istaagi doonaan daacadnimo iyo la macaamilid cad oo toos ah oo ku saabsan dembiyada si fudud u hareera mara dadka Ilaah. Gaar ahaan shaqada ugu dambaysa ee kaniisadda, wakhtiga shaabadaynta boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun ee la doonayo inay eedla’aan ku istaagaan carshiga Ilaah hortiisa, waxay si qoto dheer u dareemi doonaan xumaatooyinka dadka Ilaah sheegta. Tani si xoog leh ayuu nebigu ugu muujiyey sawirka shaqada ugu dambaysa isagoo adeegsanaya tusaalaha nimanka mid walba gacantiisa ku sito hub wax lagu laayo. Mid iyaga ka mid ahna wuxuu ku lebisnaa maro wanaagsan, dhinaciisana waxaa yiil weelkii qalinleyda ee khadka. ‘Markaasaa Rabbigu ku yidhi, Magaalada dhexdeeda dhex mar, Yeruusaalem dhexdeeda dhex mar, oo calaamad ku yeel foodaha nimanka ka taahaya oo ka ooyaya karaahiyooyinka oo dhan oo dhexdeeda lagu sameeyo.’”

> “Who are standing in the counsel of God at this time? Is it those who virtually excuse wrongs among the professed people of God and who murmur in their hearts, if not openly, against those who would reprove sin? Is it those who take their stand against them and sympathize with those who commit wrong? No, indeed! Unless they repent, and leave the work of Satan in oppressing those who have the burden of the work and in holding up the hands of sinners in Zion, they will never receive the mark of God’s sealing approval. They will fall in the general destruction of the wicked, represented by the work of the five men bearing slaughter weapons. Mark this point with care: Those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by a mark by the man in linen, are those ‘that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done’ in the church. Their love for purity and the honor and glory of God is such, and they have so clear a view of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, that they are represented as being in agony, even sighing and crying. Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel.

> “Yaa golaha Ilaah hortiisa taagan wakhtigan? Ma kuwii si dadban cudurdaarka ugu sameeya khaladaadka ka dhex jira kuwa sheegta inay yihiin dadka Ilaah, oo qalbigooda ka gunuunaca, haddii aanay si cadba u samayn, kuwa doonaya inay dembiga canaantaan? Ma kuwii dhinac la safta iyaga oo ka soo horjeeda kuwaas, isla markaana u damqada kuwa xumaanta sameeya? Maya, hubaal! Haddii aanay toobad keenin, oo aanay ka tegin hawsha Shayddaanka ee ah cadaadinta kuwa xambaarsan culeyska hawsha iyo taageeridda gacmaha dembilayaasha Siyoon ku jira, weligood ma heli doonaan calaamadda oggolaanshaha shaabadaynta Ilaah. Waxay ku dhici doonaan halligaadda guud ee kuwa sharka leh, taas oo lagu matalay hawsha shanta nin ee sita hubka wax lagu laayo. Qodobkan si taxaddar leh u calaamadeeya: Kuwa hela calaamadda daahirka ah ee runta, oo lagu dhex sameeyey awoodda Ruuxa Quduuska ah, taas oo lagu matalay calaamad uu sameeyo ninka dharka wanaagsan qaba, waa kuwa ‘u taaha oo u ooya waxyaalaha karaahiyada ah oo dhan ee lagu sameeyo’ kiniisadda dhexdeeda. Jacaylkooda daahirsanaanta iyo sharafta iyo ammaanta Ilaah aad buu u weyn yahay, aragtidooduna dembiga xad-dhaafka u dembi badan aad bay u caddahay, sidaas daraaddeed waxaa lagu matalay inay ku jiraan murugo daran, xataa iyagoo taahaya oo ooyaya. Akhri cutubka sagaalaad ee Yexesqeel.”

> “But the general slaughter of all those who do not thus see the wide contrast between sin and righteousness, and do not feel as those do who stand in the counsel of God and receive the mark, is described in the order to the five men with slaughter weapons: ‘Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” Testimonies, volume 3, 266, 267.

> Laakiin gawraca guud ee dhammaan kuwa aan sidaas u arkin kala-duwanaanta weyn ee u dhexaysa dembiga iyo xaqnimada, oo aanan u dareemin sida kuwa istaaga talada Ilaah oo hela calaamadda, waxaa lagu sharraxay amarkii loo siiyey shantii nin ee watay hubka gawraca: “Ka daba taga isaga magaalada dhexdeeda, oo laaya; ishiinnu yaanay u tudhin, oo ha u naxariisanina: gebi ahaanba dila odayga iyo dhallinyarada, gabdhaha, iyo carruurta yaryar, iyo dumarka; laakiinse ha u soo dhowaanina nin kasta oo calaamaddu saaran tahay; oo ka bilow meesheyda quduuska ah.” Testimonies, volume 3, 266, 267.

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