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

Buugga Daanyeel - Boqol iyo Siddeetan iyo Sideed iyo Labaatan

The Prophetic Significance of Christ’s Baptism and Temptation: Unveiling the Characteristics of Three World Powers

Muhiimadda Nebinimo ee Baabtiiskii iyo Imtixaankii Masiixa: Muujinta Sifooyinka Saddex Awoodood oo Adduunyo

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

Shaabaddu waxay bilaabatay Sebtembar 11, 2001, markii malaa’igtii xoogga badnayd ee cutubka siddeed iyo tobnaad ee Muujintii ay soo degtay. Soo degitaankeedii waxaa lagu sii tusaaleeyey soo degitaankii malaa’igta Muujintii tobnaad 11kii Agoosto, 1840, iyo sidoo kale soo degitaankii Ruuxa Quduuska ah ee baabtiiskii Masiixa. Baabtiiskii Masiixu wuxuu hore u tilmaamayaa roobka dambe oo soo degaya markii dhismayaashii waaweynaa ee Magaalada New York la soo dumiyey. Awooddii xagga sare ka timid way bilaabatay, isla markaana wakhtigaasna awoodda xagga hoose ka timaadda (yaamayska aan gunta lahayn) waa la muujin lahaa, waayo, Erayga Ilaah weligiis ma fashilmo.

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Markii Masiix la baabtiisay, isla markiiba wuxuu galay cidlada, wuxuuna soomay afartan maalmood, dabadeedna Shayddaan ayaa ku jirrabay saddex jirrabaadood. Mid kasta oo ka mid ah saddexdaas jirrabaadood waxay metelaan sifooyinka aasaasiga ah ee mid kasta oo ka mid ah saddexda quwadood ee dunida u hoggaamiya Armageddoon. Saddexdaas jirrabaadood waxay ahaayeen kibir, oo ah sifo ka mid ah masduulaagga; damaca cuntada, oo ah sifo ka mid ah bahalka; iyo isku-kalsoonaanta qaawan, oo ah sifo ka mid ah nebiga beenta ah. Kibir iyo is-weynaysiin waxaa Luusiifer lagu metelaa sharraxaadda caanka ah ee Ishacyaah.

> How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

> Sidee baad samada uga soo dhacday, Lucifer, wiilka waaberiga! Sidee baa dhulka laguu soo riday, kii quruumaha tabarta ka jebin jiray! Waayo, qalbigaagaad ku tidhi, Waxaan u kori doonaa samada, carshigaygana waxaan ka sarraysiin doonaa xiddigaha Ilaah; oo weliba waxaan ku fadhiisan doonaa buurta shirka, xagga woqooyi darafyadeeda; waxaan ka kor mari doonaa meelaha sare ee daruuraha; waxaan la mid noqon doonaa Kan ugu Sarreeya. Habase yeeshee waxaa lagugu soo dejin doonaa She’ool, ilaa darafyada yaamayska. Kuwii ku arkaa si aad ah bay kuu fiirin doonaan, wayna kaa fikirayaan iyagoo leh, Kanu ma ninkii dhulka gariiriyey, oo boqortooyooyinka ruxay? Ishacyaah 14:12–16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Shan jeer ayuu Luusiifer qalbigiisa kaga dhawaaqaa, “Waxaan samayn doonaa.” Shayddaan, kii mar la odhan jiray “iftiin-sidaha” (Lucifer), kaas oo haatan gudcur oo keliya sida, waa kii “ruxi jiray quruumaha.” Si nebiyad ahaan ah waxa uu la xidhiidhaa “quruumaha,” waayo, isagu waa hoggaamiyaha isbahaysiga sharka ah ee quruumaha, iyo isbahaysiga baayacmushtarka ee lagu aqoonsaday Muujintii cutubyada toddoba iyo tobnaad iyo siddeed iyo tobnaad.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> “Boqorro, taliye-yaal, iyo guddoomiye-yaalba waxay isku asteeyeen summadda ka geesta Masiixa, waxaana loo metelay masduulaagii u baxay inuu quduusiinta la dagaallamo—kuwa xajiya amarrada Ilaah oo lehna rumaysadka Ciise.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Markii Masiixa la baabtiisay Ruuxa Quduuska ahi wuu soo degay, taasoo astaan u ah wixii ka dambeeyey Sebtembar 11, 2001. Ka dib baabtiiskiisii Shaydaanku wuxuu Masiixa ku jirrabay soo jeedinta ah inuu Masiixa siiyo awoodda uu Shaydaanku u adeegsado inuu ku xukumo boqortooyooyinka dunida, waayo dhacdadii Aadan ku dhacay, Shaydaanku wuxuu noqday taliyaha boqortooyooyinka dunida.

> And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

> Markaas Ibliisku kor u kaxeeyey buur dheer, ayuu daqiiqad yar gudaheed ku tusay boqortooyooyinka dunida oo dhan. Ibliiskiina wuxuu ku yidhi, Awooddan oo dhan iyo ammaantooda waan ku siin doonaa; waayo, anigaa la ii dhiibay, oo kii aan doonona waan siiyaa. Haddaba haddii aad ii sujuuddo, kulligood adigaa lahaan doona. Ciise ayaa u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Gadaashayda iga jir, Shayddaanow; waayo, waxaa qoran, Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ah waa inaad caabuddaa, isaga keliyaana waa inaad u adeegtaa. Luukos 4:5–8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Laba astaamood ee ugu waaweyn ee Rooma baabtiisiga (bahalka) waa sinadeeda iyo “cuntada” iyo cabbitaanka sumaysan ee ay qaybinayso.

> Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

> Habase yeeshee, waxaan kugu haystaa waxyaalo yar, maxaa yeelay waxaad u oggolaatay naagtaas Yesebeel, oo isu taqaan nebiyad, inay barato oo ay addoommadayda ku sasabto inay sinaystaan oo ay cunaan waxyaalaha sanamyada loo sadqeeyey. Muujintii 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

“Cuntada” iyo cabbitaanka ay bixisaa waa caqiidooyinkeeda beenta ah.

> “The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

> “Dembiga weyn ee Baabuloon lagu soo oogay waa inay ‘quruumaha oo dhan ka cabsiisay khamriga cadhada sino-keeda.’ Koobkan sarkhaaminta ah ee ay dunida u soo bandhigto wuxuu ka dhigan yahay caqiidooyinka beenta ah ee ay aqbashay taasoo ka dhalatay xiriirkeeda sharci-darrada ah ee ay la yeelatay kuwa waaweyn ee dunida.” The Great Controversy, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Bahalka Kaatooliggu sidoo kale waxay dunida ku khiyaanaysaa sixirradeeda, taas oo mar kale ah wax gudaha ahaan loo qaato.

> And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

> Oo iftiinka laambaduna mar dambe innaba kuguma iftiimi doonto; codka arooska iyo kan aroosadduna mar dambe innaba lagagama maqli doono: waayo, baayacmushtariintaadu waxay ahaayeen kuwii waaweynaa ee dhulka; waayo, sixirradaada ayaa quruumaha oo dhan lagu khiyaaneeyey. Muujintii 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Ereyga Giriigga ah ee loo tarjumay “sixiroolayaal,” waa pharmakeia, oo macneheedu yahay dawooyin. Koobka dahabka ah ee gacanteeda ku jiraa ma matalo oo keliya koob khamri laga cabbo, laakiin sidoo kale wuxuu matalaa koobka lagu diyaariyo laguna bixiyo dawooyinkeeda sixirka ah. Dunida casriga ah ee maanta, dawooyinkaas sixirka ahi waxaa lagu bixiyaa cirbado, ee laguma bixiyo sidaa u badan koob. Marka Shayddaan soo muuqdo ka dib sharciga Axadda ee dhowaan iman doona, wuxuu samayn doonaa mucjisooyin bogsiin ah. Mucjisooyinka la xiriira dawooyinka iyo caqiidooyinka beenta ah ee baabtinimada, waxaa lagu matalay Shayddaan oo Masiixa ku leh inuu mucjiso sameeyo oo dhagaxa kibis uga dhigo.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Taariikhda nebiyadeed ee ka horraysa iyo tan ka dambaysa sharciga Axadda waxay wada leeyihiin isla astaamahaas. Xilliga imtixaanka ee sawirka bahalka ee Adventism-ka, kaas oo horseedaya sharciga Axadda ee Maraykanka, wuxuu astaan u yahay xilliga imtixaanka ee sawirka bahalka ee dunida oo dhan. Tani waa sababta naloo ogeysiiyey in, “isla qalalaasahaas uu ku soo degi doono dadkeenna dhammaan qaybaha dunida.”

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Mucjisooyinka bogsiinnada shaydaanniga ah ee Shaydaanku sameeyo ka dib sharciga Axadda, waxay matalaan “sixirrada” waxa loogu yeedho daawada oo la suuq geeyo inta lagu jiro taariikhda bilaabmaysa Sebtembar 11, 2001. Ciise wuxuu sheegay in, “nin kibis keliya kuma noolaan doono, laakiinse wuxuu ku noolaan doonaa eray kasta oo Ilaah ka yimaada.” “Cuntada” Rooma waa dhaqammo iyo caadooyin ay iyadu ka sarraysiiso Erayga Ilaah.

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> “Dhaqdhaqaaqyada hadda ka socda Maraykanka si hay’adaha iyo caadooyinka kiniisadda loogu helo taageerada dawladda, Protestanku waxay ku socdaan raadkii baadariyiinta. Waxaa intaas ka sii badan, waxay albaabka u furayaan baadarinimada si ay dib ugu hesho Ameerika Protestanka ah sarreyntii ay ku wayday Dunidii Hore. Waxa dhaqdhaqaaqan siinaya macne ka sii weynna waa xaqiiqada ah in ujeeddada ugu weyn ee laga leeyahay ay tahay dhaqangelinta xuska Axadda—caado ka soo bilaabatay Rooma, taas oo ay iyadu ku andacootay inay tahay calaamadda amarkeeda. Waa ruuxa baadarinimada—ruuxa la qabsiga caadooyinka dunyiga ah, iyo xurmaynta dhaqammada aadanaha oo ka sarreeya amarrada Ilaah—kaas oo dhex mushaaxaya kiniisadaha Protestanka oo ku hoggaaminaya inay fuliyaan isla hawshii sarreysiinta Axadda ee baadarinimadu iyaga ka hor samaysay.” The Great Controversy, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Dhaqan iyo caado waa “cuntada” caqiidada ee bahalku ku beddelo Erayga Ilaah, si uu kor ugu qaado sanamcaabudkiisa jaahiliga ah.

> “How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

> “Sida Kaniisadda Roomaanku iskaga daahirin karto eedaynta sanam-caabudidda annagu ma aragno. Waa run inay ku andacootaan inay Ilaah ku caabudaan sawirradan; sidaas oo kalena reer binu Israa’iil bay yeeleen markii ay ku sujuudeen dibigii dahabka ahaa. Laakiin cadhadii Rabbigu way ku holacday iyaga, kuwo badanna waa la laayay. Ilaah wuxuu ku dhawaaqay inay yihiin sanam-caabudayaal cibaado-laawe ah, isla diiwaankaasna maanta ayaa buugaagta samada loogu qorayaa kuwa caabuda sawirrada quduusiinta iyo kuwa loogu yeedho ragga quduuska ah.”

> “And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

> “Oo tanina waa diinta ay Protestant-ku bilaabayaan inay u eegaan si raalli-ahaansho badan leh, taasoo ugu dambayntiina la midayn doonta Protestantism-ka. Hase ahaatee, midowgaas laguma hirgelin doono isbeddel ku yimaadda Kaatooligga; waayo Rooma marna ma isbeddesho. Waxay ku andacootaa inaanay khaldami karin. Waa Protestantism-ka kan isbeddeli doona. Qaadashada fikradaha dabacsan ee dhinaceeda ka timaadda ayaa gaadhsiin doonta halka ay gacan isqabsan karto Kaatooligga. ‘Kitaabka Quduuska ah, Kitaabka Quduuska ah, waa aasaaska rumaysadkeenna,’ ayaa ahaa qayladii Protestant-ku xilligii Luther, halka Kaatooliggu ku qaylinayeen, ‘Aabbayaashii, caadada, dhaqanka.’ Haddase Protestant badan waxay ku adkaatay inay caqiidooyinkooda ka caddeeyaan Kitaabka Quduuska ah, hase yeeshee ma haystaan geesinnimada akhlaaqeed ee ay ku aqbalaan runta ay ku jirto iskutallaab; sidaas darteed si dhakhso ah ayay ugu soo degayaan saldhigga Kaatooligga, iyagoo adeegsanaya doodaha ugu wanaagsan ee ay haystaan si ay runta uga leexdaan, waxayna daliishanayaan markhaatifurka Aabbayaashii, iyo caadooyinka iyo awaamiirta dadka. Haa, Protestant-kii qarnigii sagaal iyo tobnaad si degdeg ah ayuu Kaatooligga ugu soo dhowaanayaa gaalnimadiisa ku saabsan Qorniinka. Laakiin maanta weli waxaa u dhexeeya Rooma iyo Protestantism-kii Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, iyo ciidankii sharafta lahaa ee shuhadada, bohol aad u ballaadhan, sida ay ahayd markii nimankani sameeyeen mudaharaadkii siiyey magaca Protestant-ka.”

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> “Masiixu wuxuu ahaa Protestan. Wuxuu ka horyimid cibaadadii muuqaalka uun ahayd ee quruunta Yuhuudda, kuwaas oo diiday taladii Ilaah ee iyaga ku saabsan. Wuxuu u sheegay inay amarro dadka sameeyeen u dhigaan sidii caqiidooyin, iyo inay ahaayeen is-yeelyeelayaal iyo munaafiqiin. Sida qabuuraha la caddeeyey ayay dibadda uga qurux badnaayeen, laakiinse gudahooda waxaa ka buuxay wasakh iyo qudhun. Dib-u-habeeyayaashu waxay taariikh ahaan dib ugu noqdaan Masiixa iyo rasuullada. Iyagu way ka soo baxeen oo way ka soocmeen diin ku dhisan qaabab iyo xaflado. Luther iyo kuwii raacay ma ay hindisin diinta dib loo habeeyey. Waxay si fudud u aqbaleen sidii ay Masiixu iyo rasuulladu u soo bandhigeen. Kitaabka Quduuska ah waxaa naloo soo bandhigayaa inuu yahay hage ku filan; hase yeeshee baadariga iyo hawlwadeennadiisu waxay dadka ka fogeeyaan sidii inuu yahay habaar, maxaa yeelay wuxuu fashiliyaa is-yeelyeelkooda oo canaantaa sanamcaabudkooda.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Mucjisooyinka bogsiinta, oo saldhig u ah ruuxi-yaqaannimada, ayaa ah badeecaddeeda iyo ganacsigeeda.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> “Qaar badan waxay ku dadaalaan inay ifafaale ruuxi ah ku fasiraan iyagoo gebi ahaanba u aanaynaya khiyaano iyo xeelad-gacan oo ka timaadda dhexdhexaadiyaha. Laakiin in kastoo ay run tahay in natiijooyinka xeeladaha khiyaanada leh marar badan loo soo bandhigay sidii ifafaalado dhab ah, haddana waxaa sidoo kale jiray muuqaallo cad oo awood ka sarraysa dabiiciga. Garaacidii dahsooneyd ee ay ku bilaabatay ruuxi-yaqaannimada casriga ahi ma ay ahayn natiijada khiyaano ama dhagar bini’aadan, balse waxay ahayd shaqada tooska ah ee malaa’igta sharka leh, kuwaas oo sidaas ku soo geliyey mid ka mid ah khiyaanooyinka nafta baabi’iya ee ugu guusha badan. Qaar badan ayaa dabin ugu dhici doona rumaysadka ah in ruuxi-yaqaannimadu tahay khiyaano bini’aadan oo keliya; marka la keeno iyagoo fool ka fool ula kulmaya ifafaalo aanay ka maarmi karin inay u arkaan kuwo ka sarraysa dabiiciga, waa la khiyaanayn doonaa, waxaana loo hoggaamin doonaa inay aqbalaan sida xoogga weyn ee Ilaah.”

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> “Dadkani way iska indhatiraan markhaatifurka Qorniinka ee ku saabsan yaababka uu sameeyo Shayddaan iyo wakiilladiisu. Waxay ahayd gargaar shaydaani ah kii sixirrowyadii Fircoon loogu suurto geliyey inay ku daydaan shuqulka Ilaah. Bawlos wuxuu marag ka yahay in ka hor imaatinka labaad ee Masiixa ay jiri doonaan muujinno la mid ah oo awood shaydaani ah. Imaatinka Rabbiga waxaa ka horrayn doona ‘hawlgalka Shayddaanka oo wata xoog oo dhan iyo calaamooyin iyo yaabab been ah, iyo khiyaano kasta oo xaqdarrada ah.’ 2 Tesaloniika 2:9,10. Rasuul Yooxanna, isagoo qeexaya awoodda mucjiso-samaynta ee la muujin doono maalmaha ugu dambeeya, wuxuu leeyahay: ‘Wuxuu sameeyaa yaabab waaweyn, si uu dab samada uga soo dejiyo dhulka iyadoo dadku arkayaan, oo wuxuu kuwa dhulka deggan ku khiyaaneeyaa mucjisooyinkaas uu awoodda u leeyahay inuu sameeyo aawadood.’ Muujintii 13:13, 14. Halkan laguma sii sheegin wax khiyaamooyin madhan oo keliya. Dadka waxaa lagu khiyaaneeyaa mucjisooyinka ay wakiillada Shayddaanku awoodda u leeyihiin inay sameeyaan, ee ma aha kuwa ay iska dhigaan inay sameeyaan.” Murankii Weynaa, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Caqiidooyinka beenta ah ee lagu dhisay caadooyin iyo dhaqammo soo jireen ah, muujinta mucjisooyinka ee ruuxaaniga ah, warshadda caafimaad‑warshadeedka ee been-abuurka ah, iyo isku darka farsamada kaniisadda iyo farsamada dawladda—dhammaantood waa astaamaha bahalka Kaatooligga. Kibirku waa sifada awoodda masduulaagga. Islaweyni iyo ku-dhicidda waxa aan la oggolayn waa sifada nebigii beenta ahaa ee Protestantnimada riddada ah.

> And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

> Ciise oo ka buuxay Ruuxa Quduuska ah ayaa ka soo noqday Urdun, waxaana Ruuxu u kaxeeyey cidlada, isagoo afartan maalmood Ibliisku jirrabayey. Oo maalmahaas waxba ma uu cunin; markay dhammaadeenna dabadeed wuu gaajooday. Markaas Ibliiskii ayaa ku yidhi, Haddaad tahay Wiilka Ilaah, ku amr dhagaxan inuu kibis noqdo. Ciisena waa u jawaabay, isagoo leh, Waxaa qoran, Dadku kibis oo keliya kuma noolaan doono, laakiinse Eray kasta oo Ilaah ka yimaada. Luukos 4:1–4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Islaweynaan waa magac tilmaamaya falka ama dhacdada lagu qaatay wax inuu run yahay iyada oo aan la hayn caddayn ama daliil ku filan. Waxay ku lug leedahay samaynta xukun ama gaarista gunaanad ku salaysan xog aan dhammaystirnayn ama aan ku filnayn. Islaweynaanidu waxay kaloo muujin kartaa heer go’an oo kalsooni ah oo lagu qabo malaha qofka, xataa marka aanay gebi ahaanba xaq ku filnayn.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

Brotestan-nimada riddada ahi waxay Axadda u aqbashay inay tahay maalinta Ilaah ee cibaadada iyada oo aan jirin wax caddayn ah oo ka taageeraya fikraddaas khaldan oo ka timid Erayga Ilaah, waxayna sidaas yeelaan iyagoo si ogaal ah u qiraya inay yihiin Brotestan, halkudheggooduna yahay “Erayga Ilaah oo keliya,” ama sida Martin Luther ku dhawaaqay, “Sola Scriptura!” Waxay doortaan inay aqbalaan taas iyagoo ku salaynaya dhaqammada iyo caadooyinka kaniisadda Rooma, ama laga yaabee si fudud sidii dhaxal la aqbalay oo ay ka heleen awoowayaashood. Qaylada xoogga leh ee malaa’igta saddexaad marka ay yeedho, runta ah inaan gabi ahaanba jirin wax cudurdaar ah oo Kitaabka Quduuska ah laga keeni karo oo lagu taageerayo cibaadada qorraxda ayaa si cad loo muujin doonaa, markaasna kuwa ku sii adkaysta malahooda khaldan waxay heli doonaan calaamadda bahalka.

> “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 laguu muujiyey Sabtida amarka afraad, isla markaana lagu tusay in aanay jirin wax sal ah oo ku jira Erayga Ilaah oo taageeraya dhawridda Axadda, haddana aad weli ku dhegganaato sabtida beenta ah, adigoo diidaya inaad quduus ka dhigto Sabtida uu Ilaah ugu yeedho ‘maalintayda quduuska ah,’ waxaad qaadanaysaa calaamadda bahalka. Goormay tani dhacdaa?—Markaad adeecdo amarka kugu faraya inaad joojiso shaqada maalinta Axadda oo aad Ilaah caabuddo, iyadoo aad og tahay inaanu jirin xataa hal eray oo Kitaabka Quduuska ah ku jira oo muujinaya in Axaddu ay tahay wax ka duwan maalin caadi ah oo shaqo, waxaad oggolaanaysaa inaad hesho calaamadda bahalka, oo aad diiddo shaabadda Ilaah. Haddii aynu calaamaddan ku qaadanno foodaheenna ama gacmaheenna, xukunnada lagu dhawaaqay kuwa caasiyiinta ah waa inay inagu dhacaan. Laakiin shaabadda Ilaaha nool waxaa la saaraa kuwa si damiir leh u dhawra Sabtida Rabbiga.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

The commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Daciifnimada sida caadiga ah loo fahmo ee xisbiga Jamhuuriga waa diyaar-u-noqoshadooda ay ku qaataan in mucaaradkooda siyaasadeed ay yihiin kuwo caddaalad iyo daacadnimo leh, halka midhaha xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ay si cad u muujinayaan inay yihiin carruurta aabbaha beenta. Marar badan oo isdaba joog ahna Jamhuuriyiin waxay mucaaradkooda siyaasadeed ku qaataan hadalkooda, iyadoo marar aan la soo koobi karin loo tusay in mucaaradkoodu marna aanay hadalkooda dhawrin. Waxay u nisbeeyaan ujeeddooyin daacad ah kuwa marar badan muujiyey in aanay jirin wax sabab macquul ah oo taageeri karta saadaalaha khaldan ee Jamhuuriyiinta ee daacadnimo iyo hufnaan laga filayo. Sidoo kale waa run in Jamhuuriyiin badan ay diidaan inay mabda’a ilaaliyaan iyagoo danaynaya faa’iido dhaqaale oo shakhsiyeed, ama sababo la xiriira xaalado qarsoon oo anshax-xumo ah oo u saamaxa in si fudud loo maamulo, hase ahaatee astaanta nebiyadeed ee ugu weyn ee xisbiga Jamhuuriga waa is-moodsiin.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Waa sifada isla-weynaanta xad-dhaafka ah tan si wax sii sheegid ah loogu calaamadeeyey Protestant-ka riddada galay, taas oo u saamaxda inay iska dhigaan inay qaateen mawqifka sare ee akhlaaqeed iyo siyaasadeed, halka xaqiiqadu tahay inay ka tanaasuleen waajibaadkoodii madaniga ahaa iyagoo ku jira filasho madhan oo ah in kuwa siyaasadda kaga soo horjeedaa ay eraygooda ilaalin doonaan. Qeexidda waallida ee aadka u caanka ahi waa in qofku marar badan isku dayo wax isku mid ah, isaga oo haddana filaya natiijo ka duwan; hase yeeshee, Jamhuuriyiintu waxay ku doodaan in ay Dimuqraadiyiinta yihiin kuwa uu ku dhacay waalli, sida ka muuqata nacaybkooda Trump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

Haddana waallida ah ee Jamhuuriyiinta marar badan ayaa la muujiyey iyaga oo oggolaanaya tanaasullo, iyaga oo ku salaynaya mala-awaalka ah in tanaasulku yahay shaqada geeddi-socodka sharci-dejinta, halka tanaasulladooda siyaasadeed, oo ay ku andacoodaan in ay ku dhisan yihiin mabda’a “geeddi-socodka sharci-dejinta,” ay la galaan dabaqad aan marnaba tanaasulin. Dimuqraadiyiintu dhul uun bay ka tanaasulaan geeddi-socodka siyaasadeed marka tirada iyaga ka soo horjeedda si buuxda u xakamayso. Weligood ma ay soo bandhigin caddayn muujinaysa in ay si dhab ah ugu hawlgalaan meel-dhexe oo geeddi-socodka siyaasadeed ah. Waallida Jamhuuriyiinta waa filashooyinkooda rajo-wanaagsan ee soo noqnoqda ee ay ka qabaan kuwa kale, kuwaas oo gebi ahaanba aan wax sal lahayn.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Inta badan, oo aad uga badan dhammaan, kuwa taageersan Donald Trump waxay marag ka noqon doonaan xaqiiqda ah in sifada ugu liidata ee Trump ay tahay diyaar u ahaanshihiisa inuu rag u aqbalo inay noqdaan taageerayaal ajandihiisa, iyadoo caddaymaha la heli karo ay muujinayaan in ay gebi ahaanba ahayd isla-weynaysi dhanka Trump ah inuu dookhaas sameeyo. Isla-weynaysigu waa sifada nebiyadeed ee Protestantism-ka riddoobay. Shaydaanku wuxuu Masiixa ku jirrabay isagoo soo xiganaya Kitaabka Quduuska ah, hase yeeshee isagoo sidaas samaynaya, Shaydaanku wuxuu tuduca u qalloociyey si uu uga dhigo tijaabo aan cudurdaar lahayn oo aan Qorniinku oggolayn.

> And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

> Markaasuu Yeruusaalem keenay, oo geeyey meesha ugu sarraysa ee macbudka, oo ku yidhi, Haddaad tahay Wiilka Ilaah, halkan iska soo tuur; waayo, waxaa qoran, Malaa'igtiisa ayuu kugu amri doonaa inay ku dhawraan; gacmahoodana way kugu qaadi doonaan, yaanay marna cagtaadu dhagax ku dhufan. Ciise ayaa u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Waxaa la yidhi, Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ah ha tijaabin. Luukos 4:9–12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Marka dhaw uu iman doono sharciga Axadda, waxay ahaan doonaan Protestantiyiinta Maraykanka kuwaas oo amarka kitaabiga ah ee ah in laga joogsado shaqada maalinta Sabtida u qaadan doona, oo amarka ah in Ilaah lagu caabudo Sabtida maalinta toddobaad u leexin doona amar la been-abuuray oo sheegaya in dhab ahaantii ay tahay maalinta qorraxda ee heellanimada jaahiliga ah tan dadka laga doonayo inay ku caabudaan. Waxay tuduc kitaabi ah u rogi doonaan imtixaan aan marmarsiinyo lahayn oo aan Qorniinka ku dhisnayn.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Waxaan daraasaddan ku sii wadi doonnaa maqaalka xiga.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

> “Waxaan arkay in bahalkii labada geesood lahaa uu lahaa af masduulaagii oo kale, iyo in xooggiisu ku jiray madaxiisa, iyo in amarku afkiisa ka soo bixi doono. Markaasaan arkay Hooyada Dhillooyinka; in hooyadu aanay ahayn gabdhaha, balse ay ka goonni ahayd oo ka duwanayd iyaga. Iyadu wakhtigeedii way lahayd, waana dhammaaday, gabdhaheedii, oo ah firqooyinka Protestant-ka,na waxay ahaayeen kuwii xigay ee masraxa soo fuula oo ku dhaqma isla ruuxdii ay hooyadu lahayd markay quduusiinta silcinaysay. Waxaan arkay in sidii hooyadu awoodda uga sii dhacaysay, ay gabdhuhu u sii kordhayeen, oo dhowaan ay adeegsan doonaan awooddii ay hooyadu mar adeegsan jirtay.”

> “I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

> “Waxaan arkay in kaniisadda magac-u-yaalka ah iyo Adventist-yada magac-u-yaalka ah, sida Yuudas oo kale, ay nagu gacangelin doonaan Kaatooligga si ay u helaan saamayntooda oo ay ugu kacaan runta. Quduusiintu markaas waxay ahaan doonaan dad aan caan ahayn, oo Kaatooliggu wax yar ka og yahay; laakiin kaniisadaha iyo Adventist-yada magac-u-yaalka ah ee yaqaan rumaysadkeenna iyo caadooyinkeenna (waayo, way ina neceen sabtida aawadeed, maxaa yeelay way burin kari waayeen) ayaa quduusiinta gacangelin doona oo Kaatooligga u sheegi doona inay yihiin kuwa iska indhatira qawaaniinta dadka; taas oo ah, inay xajiyaan sabtida oo ay iska indhatiraan Axadda.”

> “Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

> “Markaas Katooligu waxay ku amri doonaan Protestanka inay horay u socdaan, oo ay soo saaraan amar dhigaya in kuwa aan dhawri doonin maalinta kowaad ee toddobaadka halkii ay ka ahaan lahayd maalinta toddobaad, la dilo. Katooliguna, oo tiro badan leh, waxay garab istaagi doonaan Protestanka. Katooligu waxay xooggooda siin doonaan sanamka bahalka. Protestankuna waxay u shaqayn doonaan sidii hooyadood ay hortood u samaysay si ay quduusiinta u baabbi’iyaan. Laakiin ka hor intaan amarkoodu midho dhalin ama soo saarin, quduusiinta waxaa lagu samatabbixin doonaa Codka Ilaah.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

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