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

Kitaabka Daanyeel - Boqol iyo Kow iyo Labaatan

Unlocking the Signs of the Last Days: Understanding Christ’s Pointers to the Budding Trees of Spring

Furfuridda Calaamadaha Maalmihii Ugu Dambeeyey: Fahamka Tilmaamaha Masiixu ka Bixiyey Geedaha Guga ee Biqilaya

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 7, 2024

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Christ pointed His people to the budding trees of Spring, in order that they would understand the “signs” and the implication of the “signs” of the last days.

Masiixu wuxuu dadkiisii u tilmaamay geedaha gu’ga ee biqilaya, si ay u gartaan “calaamadaha” iyo micnaha ka dhalanaya “calaamadaha” maalmaha ugu dambeeya.

> “Christ had bidden His people watch for the signs of His advent and rejoice as they should behold the tokens of their coming King. ‘When these things begin to come to pass,’ He said, ‘then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.’ He pointed His followers to the budding trees of spring, and said: ‘When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.’ Luke 21:28, 30, 31.” The Great Controversy, 308.

> “Masiixu wuxuu dadkiisa ku amray inay feejignaadaan calaamadaha imaatinkiisa oo ay farxaan markay arkaan astaamaha Boqorkooda imanaya. Wuxuu yidhi, ‘Markay waxyaalahanu bilaabmaan inay dhacaan, markaas kor u fiiriya, oo madaxyadiinna kor u qaada; waayo, madaxfurashadiinnu way soo dhowdahay.’ Wuxuu xertiisii u tilmaamay geedaha guga ee soo biqlaya, oo wuxuu yidhi: ‘Markay imminka soo baxaan, idinku waad aragtaan oo naftiinna ayaad ka garanaysaan in xagaagu hadda dhow yahay. Sidaas oo kale idinkuna, markaad aragtaan waxyaalahan inay dhacayaan, ogaada in boqortooyada Ilaah dhow dahay.’ Luukos 21:28, 30, 31.” Khilaafkii Weynaa, 308.

The “signs” of the last days were typified by the “signs,” that announced and ushered in the movement of the first angel. Those “signs” included the shaking of the heavens, but Joel identifies that the “signs” of the last days, the days when the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for and not found, when God’s holy mountain is holy forever, for no strangers will ever pass through her again, the shaking of the powers of the heavens, will also include the shaking of the powers of earth. Sister White identifies the distinction between the shaking of the powers of the heavens and the powers of the earth.

“Calaamadaha” maalmaha ugu dambeeya waxaa horay loo sii muujiyey “calaamadaha” ku dhawaaqay oo horseeday dhaqdhaqaaqii malaa’igta kowaad. “Calaamadahaas” waxaa ku jiray gariirkii samooyinka, laakiin Yoo’eel wuxuu caddeeyaa in “calaamadaha” maalmaha ugu dambeeya—kuwaas oo ah maalmaha markii dembiga xun ee Israa’iil la doondooni doono oo aan la heli doonin, markii buurta quduuska ah ee Ilaah ay quduus ahaan doonto weligeed, waayo shisheeyayaal mar dambe ma dhex mari doonaan iyada—gariirinta xoogagga samooyinka, ay sidoo kale ku jiri doonto gariirinta xoogagga dhulka. Walaashii White waxay qeexaysaa farqiga u dhexeeya gariirinta xoogagga samooyinka iyo xoogagga dhulka.

> “December 16, 1848, the Lord gave me a view of the shaking of the powers of the heavens. I saw that when the Lord said ‘heaven,’ in giving the signs recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, He meant heaven, and when He said ‘earth’ He meant earth. The powers of heaven are the sun, moon, and stars. They rule in the heavens. The powers of earth are those that rule on the earth. The powers of heaven will be shaken at the voice of God. Then the sun, moon, and stars will be moved out of their places. They will not pass away, but be shaken by the voice of God.

> “Diseembar 16, 1848, Rabbigu wuxuu i siiyey muuqaal ku saabsan gariirinta xoogagga samooyinka. Waxaan arkay in markii Rabbigu yidhi ‘samada,’ isagoo bixinaya calaamadaha lagu qoray Matayos, Markos, iyo Luukos, uu ula jeeday samada; oo markii uu yidhi ‘dhulka,’ uu ula jeeday dhulka. Xoogagga samadu waa qorraxda, dayaxa, iyo xiddigaha. Iyagu waxay ka taliyaan samooyinka. Xoogagga dhulkuna waa kuwa ka taliya dhulka. Xoogagga samooyinka waxaa lagu gariirin doonaa codka Ilaah. Markaas qorraxda, dayaxa, iyo xiddigaha waa laga dhaqaajin doonaa meelaha ay joogaan. Ma dabar go’i doonaan, laakiin codka Ilaah baa lagu gariirin doonaa.

> “Dark, heavy clouds came up and clashed against each other. The atmosphere parted and rolled back; then we could look up through the open space in Orion, whence came the voice of God. The Holy City will come down through that open space. I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations.” Early Writings, 41.

> “Daruur madow oo culus ayaa kacay oo isku dhacay. Hawadii way kala furantay oo dib bay u rogmatay; dabadeedna waxaan kor u eegi karnay meeltii bannaanayd ee Ooriiyon ku taallay, halkaas oo codkii Ilaah ka yimid. Magaalada Quduuska ah waxay ka soo degi doontaa meeshaas bannaan. Waxaan arkay in quwadaha dhulku imminka la gariirinayo, iyo in dhacdooyinku ay u yimaadaan sida ay u kala horreeyaan. Dagaal, iyo warar dagaal, seef, gaajo, iyo belaayo ayaa marka hore gariiriya quwadaha dhulka; dabadeed codka Ilaah ayaa gariirin doona qorraxda, dayaxa, iyo xiddigaha, dhulkanuna sidoo kale. Waxaan arkay in gariirinta quwadaha Yurub aysan ahayn, sida qaar wax u baraan, gariirinta quwadaha samada, laakiin ay tahay gariirinta quruumaha cadhaysan.” Early Writings, 41.

The shaking of the heavens in Matthew, Mark and Luke represent the shaking of the powers that rule the heavens, as represented by the sun, moon and stars. All of these heavenly powers were shaken, and produced the “signs,” which ushered in and announced the movement of the first angel. Those heavenly powers will be again shaken during the movement of the third angel. But in the movement of the third angel, the powers of earth will also be shaken. The powers of earth are the powers that rule the earth. On September 11, 2001, the powers of earth, not heaven, were shaken.

Gariirka samooyinka ee ku xusan Matayos, Markos, iyo Luukos wuxuu ka dhigan yahay gariirka quwadaha xukuma samooyinka, sida ay u metelaan qorraxda, dayaxa, iyo xiddiguhu. Dhammaan quwadahaas samada ah waa la gariiriyey, oo waxay soo saareen “calaamadaha,” kuwaas oo horseeday oo ku dhawaaqay dhaqdhaqaaqii malaa’igta kowaad. Quwadahaas samada ah mar kale ayaa la gariirin doonaa inta lagu jiro dhaqdhaqaaqa malaa’igta saddexaad. Laakiin dhaqdhaqaaqa malaa’igta saddexaad gudaheeda, quwadaha dhulkana sidoo kale waa la gariirin doonaa. Quwadaha dhulku waa quwadaha xukuma dhulka. Sebtembar 11, 2001, waxaa la gariiriyey quwadaha dhulka, ee ma ahayn kuwa samada.

> “Now comes the word that I have declared that New York is to be swept away by a tidal wave? This I have never said. I have said, as I looked at the great buildings going up there, story after story, ‘What terrible scenes will take place when the Lord shall arise to shake terribly the earth! Then the words of Revelation 18:1–3 will be fulfilled.’ The whole of the eighteenth chapter of Revelation is a warning of what is coming on the earth. But I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only that I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God’s power. From the light given me, I know that destruction is in the world. One word from the Lord, one touch of his mighty power, and these massive structures will fall. Scenes will take place the fearfulness of which we cannot imagine.” Review and Herald, July 5, 1906.

> “Haddaba ma soo baxday hadalka aan ku sheegay in New York lagu baabi’in doono hir badeed xoog leh? Tan weligay ma aanan odhan. Waxaan idhi, anigoo eegaya dhismayaasha waaweyn ee halkaas kor uga kacaya, dabaqba dabaqa ka dambeeya, ‘Muuqaallo aad u argagax badan ayaa dhici doona marka Rabbigu u kaco inuu dhulka si daran u gariiriyo! Markaas ayaa erayada Muujintii 18:1–3 rumoobi doonaan.’ Dhammaan cutubka siddeed iyo tobnaad ee Muujintii waa digniin ku saabsan waxa ku soo socda dhulka. Laakiin iftiin gaar ah kama qabo waxa ku soo socda New York, marka laga reebo inaan ogahay in maalin maalmaha ka mid ah dhismayaasha waaweyn ee halkaas yaalla la tuuri doono hoos, iyadoo ay sabab u tahay rogrogidda iyo gedgeddinta xoogga Ilaah. Iftiinka lay siiyey ayaan ku ogahay in halaag dunida ku jiro. Hal eray oo Rabbiga ka yimaadda, hal taabasho oo ka timaadda xooggiisa weyn, dhismayaashan waaweynna way dumi doonaan. Muuqaallo ayaa dhici doona oo cabsiintooda aynaan qiyaasi karin.” Review and Herald, Luulyo 5, 1906.

In the history of the Millerites one of the signs recorded by Luke was the “distress of nations.” The nations represent the powers that rule the earth, and on September 11, 2001, every nation on earth was shaken as the third Woe arrived into prophetic history. That earthly shaking was represented in Luke twenty-one, but not by the biblical expression of the shaking of the powers of the earth. It was represented by the phrase, “the distress of nations,” as was brought upon the nations of the world when the great buildings of New York were brought down. “The distress of nations” in Luke is the shaking of the powers of earth, and it was fulfilled in the history of the Millerites.

Taariikhda reer Miller, mid ka mid ah calaamadaha uu Luukos diiwaangeliyey wuxuu ahaa “cidhiidhiga quruumaha.” Quruumuhu waxay matalaan quwadaha xukuma dunida, oo 11‑kii Sebtembar, 2001, quruun kasta oo dhulka saaran waa la ruxay markii Hoogga saddexaad uu soo galay taariikhda nebinnimada. Ruxitaankaas dhuleed waxaa lagu matalay Luukos kow iyo labaatanaad, hase yeeshee laguma muujin weedha kitaabiga ah ee ah ruxitaanka quwadaha dhulka. Waxaa lagu matalay weedha ah, “cidhiidhiga quruumaha,” sidii loogu keenay quruumaha dunida markii dhismayaashii waaweynaa ee New York la dumiyey. “Cidhiidhiga quruumaha” ee ku xusan Luukos waa ruxitaanka quwadaha dhulka, oo taasina waxay ku dhammaystirantay taariikhda reer Miller.

> “I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations.” Early Writings, 41.

> “Waxaan arkay in quwadaha dhulku hadda la gilgilayo, iyo in dhacdooyinku u imanayaan sida ay u kala horreeyaan. Dagaal, iyo warar dagaal, seef, abaar, iyo belaayo ayaa marka hore gilgila quwadaha dhulka; dabadeed codka Ilaah ayaa gilgili doona qorraxda, dayaxa, iyo xiddigaha, iyo dhulkanina sidoo kale. Waxaan arkay in gilgilashada quwadaha Yurub aanay ahayn, sida qaar wax u baraan, gilgilashada quwadaha samada, laakiinse ay tahay gilgilashada quruumaha cadhooday.” Early Writings, 41.

The “shaking of the powers of the angry nations,” is the shaking of the “powers of earth,” as illustrated in the early history of Adventism by the shaking of the “powers in Europe.” Uriah Smith identified what was shaking the powers in Europe in 1838.

“Gariiridda awoodaha quruumaha cadhooday,” waa gariiridda “awoodaha dunida,” sida lagu muujiyey taariikhdii hore ee Adventism-ka iyada oo loo marayo gariiriddii “awoodaha Yurub.” Uriah Smith wuxuu aqoonsaday waxa gariirinayey awoodaha Yurub sannadkii 1838.

> “As the prophetic period of this [6th] trumpet commenced by the voluntary surrender of power into the hands of the Turks by the Christian emperor of the East, so we might justly conclude that its termination would be marked by the voluntary surrender of that power by the Turkish Sultan back again into the hands of the Christians. In 1838 Turkey became involved in war with Egypt. The Egyptians bid fair to overthrow the Turkish power. To prevent this, the four great powers of Europe, England, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, interfered to sustain the Turkish government. Turkey accepted their intervention. A conference was held in London at which an ultimatum was drawn up to be presented to Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt. It is evident that when this ultimatum should be placed in the hands of Mehemet, the destiny of the Ottoman Empire would be virtually lodged in the hands of the Christian powers of Europe. This ultimatum was placed in the hands of Mehemet on the 11th day of August 1840! and on that very day the Sultan addressed a note to the ambassadors of the four powers, inquiring what should be done in case Mehemet refused to comply with the terms which they had proposed. The answer was that he need not alarm himself about any contingency that might arise; for they had made provision for that. The prophetic period ended, and on that very day the control of Mohammedan affairs passed into the hands of Christians, just as the control of Christian affairs had passed into the hands of the Mohammedans 391 years and 15 days before. Thus the second woe ended, and the sixth trumpet ceased its sounding.” Uriah Smith, Synopsis of Present Truth, 218.

> “Sida muddadii nebinnimada ee buunkan [6aad] ee buunka ay ku bilaabatay is-dhiibid ikhtiyaari ah oo awoodda lagu geliyey gacanta Turkiga, taas oo uu sameeyey boqorkii Masiixiga ahaa ee Bariga, sidaas oo kale waxaannu si xaq ah u soo gunaanadi karnaa in dhammaadkeeduna lagu calaamadayn doono is-dhiibid ikhtiyaari ah oo awooddaas ah, taas oo Suldaanka Turkigu dib ugu celinayo gacanta Masiixiyiinta. Sannadkii 1838 Turkigu wuxuu galay dagaal uu la galay Masar. Masriyiintu waxay u ekaayeen kuwo ku dhow inay afgembiyaan awoodda Turkiga. Si taas looga hortago, afartii quwadood ee waaweynaa ee Yurub—Ingiriiska, Ruushka, Awstariya, iyo Buruushiya—ayaa farageliyey si ay u taageeraan dowladdii Turkiga. Turkiguna wuu aqbalay faragelintooda. Shir baa lagu qabtay London, kaas oo lagu diyaariyey go’aan kama dambays ah oo loo gudbinayo Mehemet Ali, Pacha-ga Masar. Waa wax cad in marka go’aankan kama dambaysta ah lagu wareejiyo gacanta Mehemet, masiirka Boqortooyada Cuthmaaniyiintu dhab ahaan geli doono gacanta quwadaha Masiixiga ah ee Yurub. Go’aankan kama dambaysta ah waxaa gacanta Mehemet la geliyey maalintii 11aad ee Agoosto 1840! isla maalintaasna Suldaanku wuxuu warqad u diray safiirradii afarta quwadood, isagoo weydiinaya waxa la yeelayo haddii Mehemet diido inuu waafaqo shuruudihii ay soo jeediyeen. Jawaabtu waxay ahayd inuusan ka welwelin wax kasta oo dhici kara; maxaa yeelay iyagu arrintaas hore bay uga sii diyaargaroobeen. Muddadii nebinnimadu way dhammaatay, isla maalintaasna xukunkii arrimaha Maxamediyiinta wuxuu u gudbay gacanta Masiixiyiinta, sida uu xukunkii arrimaha Masiixiyiintuba ugu gudbay gacanta Maxamediyiinta 391 sano iyo 15 maalmood ka hor. Sidaas ayaa hooggii labaad ku dhammaaday, buunkiina lixaad codkiisii ku joojiyey.” Uriah Smith, Synopsis of Present Truth, 218.

Islam of the second Woe, had passed the zenith of its power, which according to God’s word was to continue for three hundred and ninety-one years and fifteen days. Yet in the 1830’s Egypt was attempting to re-establish a caliphate in Egypt for the purpose of continuing the second great jihad of Muslim history. The possibility of more Islamic warfare was causing the European powers to shake in fear. For decades the crisis of Islam re-igniting its warfare was labelled by the historians and the reporters of those years as the “Eastern Question.” The warfare of the children of the east had been carried out for centuries against the nations of Europe, who derived their religion from the Roman church. In 1838, “the distress of nations,” referred to by Christ represented the shaking of the angry nations that was produced by the warfare brought against the former Roman Empire by Islam.

Islaamkii hoogga labaad, wuxuu ka gudbay heerkii ugu sarreeyey ee xooggiisa, kaas oo sida erayga Ilaah waafaqsan ahaa inuu sii socdo saddex boqol iyo sagaashan iyo hal sannadood iyo shan iyo toban maalmood. Hase ahaatee, 1830-meeyadii Masar waxay isku dayaysay inay dib uga dhisto khilaafad Masar gudaheeda iyadoo ujeeddadu ahayd in la sii wado jihaadkii labaad ee weynaa ee taariikhda Muslimiinta. Suurtagalnimada dagaallo Islaami ah oo dheeraad ah waxay sababaysay in quwadihii reer Yurub ay cabsi la gariiraan. Tobannaan sano, qalalaasaha ka dhashay in Islaamku mar kale huriyo dagaalkiisii waxaa taariikhyahannadii iyo weriyayaashii sannadahaas ku magacaabi jireen “Su’aasha Bari.” Dagaalladii carruurta bari waxaa qarniyo badan lagu waday quruumaha Yurub, kuwaas oo diintooda ka soo farcantay kaniisaddii Rooma. Sannadkii 1838, “cidhiidhiga quruumaha” ee Masiixu tilmaamay wuxuu ka dhigan yahay gilgilashada quruumaha cadhaysan ee ka dhalatay dagaalkii Islaamku ku qaaday Boqortooyadii Rooma ee hore.

> “By [loosing] the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates, I understand that God was now about to suffer the four principal nations of which the Ottoman empire was composed, which had in vain attempted to subdue the Eastern Empire at Constantinople, and made but little progress in conquering Europe, now to take Constantinople, and to overrun and subdue one third part of Europe, which was the fact about the middle of the fifteenth century.” Works of William Miller, Volume 2, 121.

> “Anigu markaan [la sii daayay] afarta malaa’igood ee ku xidhan webiga weyn ee Furaat, waxaan fahmayaa in Ilaah markaas uu ku dhowaa inuu u oggolaado afarta quruumood ee ugu waaweyn oo Boqortooyadii Cismaaniyiinta ka koobnayd, kuwaas oo si aan waxtar lahayn isugu dayay inay ka adkaadaan Boqortooyadii Bari ee fadhigeedu ahaa Constantinople, isla markaana horumar aad u yar ka sameeyey qabsashadii Yurub, inay hadda qabsadaan Constantinople, oo ay ku fatahaan oo ku jebiyaan saddex meelood meel Yurub, taas oo dhab ahaan dhacday ku dhowaad bartamihii qarnigii shan iyo tobnaad.” Works of William Miller, Volume 2, 121.

The distress of nations in the narrative found in Luke was “with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring,” and with men’s “hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” The perplexity of the Eastern Question continued to agitate the powers of earth all the way into the twentieth century, and the symbol of that distress was “men’s hearts failing them for fear” and the “sea and waves roaring.”

Dhibaatada quruumaha ee ku xusan qisada laga helayo Luukos waxay ahayd “iyagoo wareersan; baddu iyo hirarkuna guuxayaan,” iyo iyadoo “qalbiyadii dadka ay la daciifayaan cabsi awgeed, iyo filashada waxyaalaha dunida ku soo socda.” Jahawareerkii Arrinta Bariga wuxuu sii waday inuu kiciyo quwadaha dunida ilaa qarnigii labaatanaad, calaamadda dhibaatadaasina waxay ahayd “qalbiyadii dadka oo cabsi la daciifaya” iyo “badda iyo hirarka oo guuxaya.”

> “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 oo lagu tusay Ezekiel riyo. Yooxanaa isaguna wuxuu markhaati ka ahaa muujintan aadka u yaabka badan. Wuxuu arkay badda iyo hirarka oo guuxaya, iyo quluubta dadka oo cabsi awgeed gabbanaysa. Wuxuu daawaday dhulka oo la ruxayo, iyo buuraha oo lagu tuurayo badhtamaha badda (taas oo si dhab ah u dhacaysa), biyihiisana oo guuxaya oo kacsan, iyo buuraha oo la gariiraya bararkiisa daraaddiis. Waxaa la tusay belaayooyin, cudurro faafa, abaar, iyo dhimasho iyagoo gudanaya hawshooda argagaxa leh.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

When John was shown the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, he saw the distress of nations, as represented by the seas and waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing for fear, and it was the same sealing that Ezekiel was shown in chapter nine. Ezekiel was shown the internal elements of the sealing and John was shown the external elements associated with the sealing. John saw that the angering of the nations is associated with the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and the angering of the nations is also Luke’s distress of nations which is historically identified as the Eastern Question. John was shown that Islam of the third Woe, is the external sign of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Markii Yooxanaa la tusay shaabadaynta boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun, wuxuu arkay cidhiidhiga quruumaha, sida ay u metelayaan badaha iyo hirarka guuxaya, iyo qalbiyada dadka oo cabsi la taagdarnaanaya; waxayna ahayd isla shaabadayntii loo tusay Xisqiyaal cutubka sagaalaad. Xisqiyaal waxaa la tusay curiyeyaasha gudaha ee shaabadaynta, Yooxanaase waxaa la tusay curiyeyaasha dibadda ee la xidhiidha shaabadaynta. Yooxanaa wuxuu arkay in caraysiinta quruumuhu ay la xidhiidho shaabadaynta boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun, caraysiinta quruumuhuna sidoo kale waa cidhiidhigii quruumaha ee Luukos, kaas oo taariikh ahaan loo aqoonsaday Su’aasha Bariga. Yooxanaa waxaa la tusay in Islaamka hoogga saddexaad uu yahay calaamadda dibadda ee shaabadaynta boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun.

> “The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place about us. They are watching the strained, restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element, and they recognize that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.

> “Waqtiga hadda la joogo waa wakhti dan iyo xiise aad u weyn u leh dhammaan kuwa nool. Taliyayaal iyo rag dawladnimo, rag haya jagooyin aaminaad iyo amar leh, rag iyo dumar fikir leh oo ka tirsan dhammaan dabaqadaha bulshada, indhahoodu waxay ku foogan yihiin dhacdooyinka hareerahayaga ka dhacaya. Waxay eegayaan xiriirrada kacsan ee aan degganayn ee ka dhex jira quruumaha. Waxay arkayaan xoogga sii kordhaya ee la wareegaya qayb kasta oo dunidan ah, waxayna garanayaan in wax weyn oo go’aan leh uu ku dhow yahay inuu dhaco—in dunidu qarka u saaran tahay qalalaase aad u weyn.”

> “Angels are now restraining the winds of strife, that they may not blow until the world shall be warned of its coming doom; but a storm is gathering, ready to burst upon the earth; and when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture.

> “Malaa’iguhu hadda waxay xannibayaan dabaylaha colaadda, si aanay u dhicin ilaa dunida looga digo halaaggeeda soo socda; hase ahaatee duufaan ayaa isa soo ururinaysa, oo diyaar u ah inay dhulka ku qaraxdo; oo marka Ilaah ku amro malaa’igtiisa inay sii daayaan dabaylaha, waxaa jiri doona muuqaal colaadeed oo aan qalinna sawiri karin.

> “The Bible, and the Bible only, gives a correct view of these things. Here are revealed the great final scenes in the history of our world, events that already are casting their shadows before, the sound of their approach causing the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them for fear.” Education, 179, 180.

> “Kitaabka Quduuska ah, iyo Kitaabka Quduuska ah oo keliya, ayaa bixiya aragti sax ah oo ku saabsan waxyaalahan. Halkan waxaa lagu muujiyey muuqaallada waaweyn ee ugu dambeeya ee taariikhda dunideenna, dhacdooyin horeba hadhkoodii u sii ridaya, codka soo-dhowaanshahooduna uu dhulka ka dhigayo inuu gariiro, qalbiyadana dadka uga baabba’aan cabsi aawadeed.” Education, 179, 180.

In Luke chapter twenty-one Jesus identified the “signs” that ushered in the Millerite movement, and all those “signs”, according to Sister White, were fulfilled. The Lisbon earthquake, the dark day, the falling of the stars, and the distress of nations, which represented the shaking of the powers of earth that was fulfilled by Islam in the fear produced by the Eastern Question, are all fulfilled. The Millerite “signs” also include the Son of man coming with a cloud which was fulfilled in the correct order that the “signs” were given by Christ, for after the distress of nations ended with the restraint of the Ottoman supremacy in 1840, Christ came to the Most Holy Place on October 22, 1844, and when He came He came with clouds.

Cutubka kow iyo labaatanaad ee Luukos, Ciise wuxuu tilmaamay “calaamooyinka” hormuudka u noqday dhaqdhaqaaqii Millerite-ka, oo dhammaan “calaamooyinkaas,” sida ay Sister White sheegtay, way rumoobeen. Dhulgariirkii Lisbon, maalintii mugdiga ahayd, xiddigihii dhacay, iyo cidhiidhigii quruumaha, kaas oo matalayey gariirintii quwadaha dhulka oo ay Islaamku ku rumoobeen cabsidii ay dhalisay Arrinta Bariga, dhammaantood way rumoobeen. “Calaamooyinka” Millerite-ku waxay kaloo ka mid yihiin Wiilka Aadanaha oo daruur la imanaya, taas oo ku rumoowday habka saxda ah ee ay Masiixu “calaamooyinka” u taxay; waayo ka dib markii cidhiidhigii quruumuhu ku dhammaaday xakamayntii sarreyntii Cusmaaniyiinta sannadkii 1840, Masiixu wuxuu soo galay Meesha Ugu Quduusan 22-kii Oktoobar, 1844, oo markuu yimidna daruuro ayuu la yimid.

> “‘And, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away.’ Daniel 7:13, 14. The coming of Christ here described is not His second coming to the earth. He comes to the Ancient of Days in heaven to receive dominion and glory and a kingdom, which will be given Him at the close of His work as a mediator. It is this coming, and not His second advent to the earth, that was foretold in prophecy to take place at the termination of the 2300 days in 1844. Attended by heavenly angels, our great High Priest enters the holy of holies and there appears in the presence of God to engage in the last acts of His ministration in behalf of man—to perform the work of investigative judgment and to make an atonement for all who are shown to be entitled to its benefits.” The Great Controversy, 479.

> “‘Oo, bal eeg, mid u eg Wiilka Aadanaha ayaa la yimid daruuraha samada, oo u yimid Kan Waayeelka ah ee Maalmaha, oo waxay isaga soo dhoweeyeen hortiisa. Oo waxaa la siiyey talisnimo, iyo ammaan, iyo boqortooyo, si ay dadyowga oo dhan, quruumaha, iyo afafka oo dhammu isaga ugu adeegaan; talisnimadiisu waa talisnimo weligeed ah oo aan dhammaan doonin.’ Daanyeel 7:13, 14. Imaatinka Masiixa ee halkan lagu tilmaamay ma aha imaatinkiisii labaad ee uu dhulka ku iman lahaa. Wuxuu samada ugu yimaadaa Kan Waayeelka ah ee Maalmaha si uu u helo talisnimo iyo ammaan iyo boqortooyo, kuwaas oo la siin doono marka uu dhammaado shuqulkiisa dhexdhexaadinnimo. Waa imaatinkan, ee aan ahayn soo laabashadiisa labaad ee uu dhulka ku imanayo, kii wax sii sheegiddu sii sheegtay inuu dhici doono dhammaadka 2300-kii maalmood sannadkii 1844. Iyadoo ay la socdaan malaa’igta samadu, Wadaadkeenna Sare ee weynu wuxuu galaa meesha ugu quduusan, halkaasna wuxuu kaga muuqdaa hortiisa Ilaah si uu ugu guda galo falalka ugu dambeeya ee adeeggiisa isagoo matalaya aadanaha—inuu fuliyo hawsha xukunka baaritaanka ah iyo inuu kafaaraggud u sameeyo kuwa kasta oo la muujiyo inay xaq u leeyihiin faa’iidooyinkiisa.” Murankii Weynaa, 479.

The “signs” associated with the history of the Millerites typified the “signs” associated with the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. When Christ provided the second witness to the historical narrative with the parable, He pointed His disciples to “the budding trees of spring.” He informed them that when the trees begin to bud out you know you are near the end of the world, and that the generation that witnesses the budding trees of spring will live to see the heavens and the earth pass away, in the fires of His second coming.

“Calaamadaha” la xidhiidha taariikhda Milleriyiinta waxay tusaale u ahaayeen “calaamadaha” la xidhiidha taariikhda boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun. Markii Masiixu markhaatiga labaad ku bixiyey sheekada taariikheed masalka, wuxuu xertiisii u tilmaamay “geedaha guga ee biqilaya.” Wuxuu u sheegay in marka ay geeduhu bilaabaan inay biqlaan aad garanaysaan in dhammaadka dunidu dhow yahay, iyo in qarniga markhaati ka noqda geedaha guga ee biqilaya uu noolaan doono si uu u arko samooyinka iyo dhulku inay baaba’aan, dabka imaatinkiisa labaad.

> When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Luke 21:30–33.

> Markay imminka soo biqlaan, idinkuba naftiinna ayaad ku aragtaan oo ku garataan in xagaa dhow yahay. Sidaas oo kale idinkuna, markaad aragtaan waxyaalahan oo dhacaya, ogaada in boqortooyada Ilaah dhowdahay. Runtii waxaan idinku leeyahay, Qarnigan ma idlaan doono ilaa waxaas oo dhan ay wada rumoobaan. Samada iyo dhulku way idlaan doonaan, laakiin ereyadaydu ma idlaan doonaan. Luukos 21:30–33.

The question then becomes, “when did the trees begin to shoot forth?” The latter rain began to sprinkle on September 11, 2001, which according to Isaiah is “the day” of God’s “rough wind in the day of the east wind.”

Su’aashu haddaba wuxuu noqonayaa, “goormay geeduhu bilaabeen inay soo biqlaan?” Roobkii dambena wuxuu bilaabay inuu da’o 11-kii Sebtembar, 2001, taas oo sida ku xusan Ishacyaah ay tahay “maalinta” “dabayltiisa kulul ee maalinta dabaysha bari.”

> In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. Isaiah 27:8–13.

> Markuu ay soo baxdo, xad buu kula murmaa; dabayshiisa kululna wuu joojiyaa maalinta dabaysha bari. Sidaas daraaddeed xumaanta Yacquub waa laga nadiifin doonaa; oo kanuna waa midhaha oo dhan ee dembigiisa lagu qaadayo; markuu dhagaxyada allabariga oo dhan ka dhigo sida dhagaxyada nuuradda oo la burburiyey, geedaha Asheeraah iyo sanamyaduna ma taagnaan doonaan. Haddana magaaladii deyrka lahayd way cidloon doontaa, hoygiina waa laga tegi doonaa, oo waxaa looga tegi doonaa sida lamadegaan; halkaas ayaa dibigu ku daaqi doonaa, halkaasna ayuu ku jiifsan doonaa, oo wuxuu cuni doonaa laamaheeda. Markay laamaheedu engegaan, waa la jebin doonaa; dumarku way iman doonaan, oo dab bay ku shidi doonaan; waayo, waa qoom aan waxgarasho lahayn; sidaas daraaddeed kii sameeyey uma naxariisan doono, kii abuurayna raallinimo uma muujin doono. Oo waxay dhici doontaa maalintaas in Rabbigu uu garaaci doono tan iyo marinka webiga ilaa togga Masar, oo idinkana mid mid baa la idiin soo ururin doonaa, Kuwiinna reer binu Israa'iilow. Oo waxay dhici doontaa maalintaas in buunka weyn la afuufi doono, markaasna waxaa iman doona kuwii qarka u saarnaa inay ku baabba'aan dalka Ashuur, iyo kuwii qaxootiga ahaa ee dalka Masar, oo Rabbiga ku caabudi doona buurta quduuska ah ee Yeruusaalem. Ishacyaah 27:8–13.

The latter rain began to sprinkle (measured) on September 11, 2001, and the debate over the message of the latter rain and the counterfeit peace and safety message began. The history of that debate is where the iniquity of Jacob is removed (purged, meaning atoned for). The history of the debate, which is the debate of Habakkuk, is the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, that concludes with the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist being spewed out of the mouth of the Lord, for it, as “the defenced city,” shall be desolate, for it had become the city of a people of no understanding, who find no mercy or favor. At that time the “second voice” of Revelation eighteen, will blow a great trumpet, which is the seventh trumpet and the third woe, and God’s other flock shall come and worship at “Jerusalem”, which will have become the movement of the church triumphant.

Roobkii dambe wuxuu bilaabay inuu si dhibco ah u da’o (qiyaasan) Sebtembar 11, 2001, waxaana bilaabmay doodda ku saabsan farriinta roobka dambe iyo farriinta nabad iyo ammaan ee been-abuurka ah. Taariikhda dooddaas ayaa ah meesha xumaanta Yacquub laga qaado (laga nadiifiyo, taas oo micnaheedu yahay in kafaaraggud loo sameeyo). Taariikhda doodda, taas oo ah doodda Xabaquuq, waa muddada shaabadaynta boqol iyo afartan iyo afarta kun, taas oo ku dhammaanaysa in Adventist-ka Maalinta Toddobaad ee La’odikiya laga tufo afka Rabbiga, waayo iyadu, sida “magaalada deyrka leh,” waxay noqon doontaa cidla, maxaa yeelay waxay noqotay magaalada dad aan waxgarasho lahayn, oo aan naxariis iyo raalli ahaansho midna helin. Wakhtigaas “codka labaad” ee Muujintii siddeed iyo tobnaad wuxuu afuufi doonaa buun weyn, kaas oo ah buunka toddobaad iyo hoogga saddexaad, oo idaha kale ee Ilaahna waxay iman doonaan oo ku caabudi doonaan “Yeruusaalem”, taas oo markaas noqon doonta dhaqdhaqaaqa kiniisadda guulaysata.

September 11, 2001, identifies that the last generation of earth’s history has arrived, and only those that recognize the budding trees of spring will receive the rain that is causing the trees to bud. Only those that recognize that Islam of the third woe, is what marks the arrival of the latter rain and the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, will be among that group.

Sebtembar 11, 2001, waxa ay tilmaamaysaa in jiilkii ugu dambeeyey ee taariikhda dunidu yimid, oo keliya kuwa garta geedaha guga ee soo burqanaya ayaa heli doona roobka sababay in geeduhu soo burqadaan. Keliya kuwa garanaya in Islaamka hoogga saddexaad yahay waxa calaamadeeya imaatinka roobka dambe iyo shaabadaynta boqol iyo afartan iyo afar kun, ayaa ka mid noqon doona kooxdaas.

> “Only those who are living up to the light they have will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.

> “Kuwa keliya kuwa ku nool iftiinka ay haystaan ayaa heli doona iftiin ka sii weyn. Haddaanan maalin kasta hore ugu socon ku-dhaqanka wanaagyada firfircoon ee Masiixinnimada, ma garan doonno muujinta Ruuxa Quduuska ah ee roobka dambe. Waxaa laga yaabaa inuu ku da’ayo qalbiyo nagu wareegsan oo dhan, laakiin innagu ma kala garan doonno, mana aqbali doonno.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.

> “We must not wait for the latter rain. It is coming upon all who will recognize and appropriate the dew and showers of grace that fall upon us. When we gather up the fragments of light, when we appreciate the sure mercies of God, who loves to have us trust Him, then every promise will be fulfilled. ‘For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations’ (Isaiah 61:11). The whole earth is to be filled with the glory of God.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.

> “Waa inaynaan sugin roobka dambe. Wuxuu ku soo degayaa kuwa garanaya oo qaata sayaxa iyo roobabka nimcada ee inagu soo da’a. Marka aynu ururinnno jajabka iftiinka, marka aynu qiimaynno naxariisaha xaqa ah oo Ilaah leeyahay, kan jecel inaynu isaga aaminno, markaas ballan kasta waa la oofin doonaa. ‘Waayo, sida dhulku u soo bixiyo biqilkiisa, iyo sida beertu u soo bixiso waxyaalaha lagu dhex beeray; sidaas oo kalena Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu xaqnimo iyo ammaan ka soo bixin doonaa quruumaha oo dhan hortooda’ (Ishacyaah 61:11). Dunida oo dhammu waa inay ka buuxsantaa ammaanta Ilaah.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 984.

We will continue the study in the next article.

Waxaannu daraasadda ku sii wadi doonnaa maqaalka xiga.

> “Unless those who can help in——are aroused to a sense of their duty, they will not recognize the work of God when the loud cry of the third angel shall be heard. When light goes forth to lighten the earth, instead of coming up to the help of the Lord, they will want to bind about His work to meet their narrow ideas. Let me tell you that the Lord will work in this last work in a manner very much out of the common order of things, and in a way that will be contrary to any human planning. There will be those among us who will always want to control the work of God, to dictate even what movements shall be made when the work goes forward under the direction of the angel who joins the third angel in the message to be given to the world. God will use ways and means by which it will be seen that He is taking the reins in His own hands. The workers will be surprised by the simple means that He will use to bring about and perfect His work of righteousness.” Testimonies to Ministers, 300.

> “Haddii aan kuwa ku caawin kara —— aan lagu baraarujin dareenka waajibkooda, ma ay garan doonaan shuqulka Ilaah marka qaylada weyn ee malaa’igta saddexaad la maqlo. Marka nuurku u baxo inuu iftiimiyo dhulka, halkii ay u soo kici lahaayeen inay gargaar u noqdaan Rabbiga, waxay doonayaan inay shaqadiisa ku xannibaan si ay ula jaanqaaddo fikradahooda cidhiidhiga ah. Waxaan idiin sheegayaa in Rabbigu shaqadan ugu dambaysa u qaban doono si aad uga baxsan nidaamka caadiga ah ee wax loo sameeyo, iyo hab ka soo horjeeda qorshe kasta oo bani’aadam sameeyo. Waxaa jiri doona kuwo inaga dhex jooga oo had iyo goor doonaya inay xukumaan shaqada Ilaah, oo xataa amar ku bixiya tallaabooyinka la qaadayo marka shaqadu hore ugu socoto hoggaanka malaa’igta ku biirta malaa’igta saddexaad ee farriinta dunida loo gudbinayo. Ilaah wuxuu adeegsan doonaa habab iyo qalab ay ku caddaan doonto inuu isagu xarigga gacmihiisa ku hayo. Shaqaaluhu way la yaabi doonaan hababka sahlan ee uu u adeegsan doono inuu ku soo saaro oo ku dhammaystiro shuqulkiisa xaqnimada.” Testimonies to Ministers, 300.

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