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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Sixteen

Roma inaweka maono - Nambari kumi na sita

The Final Test: Understanding the Symbolism of Rome and the Triple Application of Prophecy

Jaribio la Mwisho: Kuelewa Uashiria wa Roma na Matumizi ya Mara Tatu ya Unabii

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 4, 2024

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Those on the wrong side of this final controversy of the symbol of Rome lean upon a flawed application of a triple application of prophecy as they suggest that the three Rome’s are defined by the three Sunday laws of the years 321, 538 and the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. In doing so they place an incorrect slant upon the rule and the prophetic history they select, as was also done in the controversy over the four insects of Joel. The four generations followed by four devouring insects in the first six verses of Joel address how God’s people are progressively decimated over four generations, and that the decimation was accomplished by Adventism’s acceptance of the theology of Rome and apostate Protestantism.

Wale walioko upande usio sahihi wa mzozo huu wa mwisho kuhusu ishara ya Roma wanategemea tafsiri yenye dosari ya kanuni ya matumizi ya mara tatu ya unabii, wakidai kwamba Roma tatu zinafafanuliwa na sheria tatu za Jumapili za miaka 321, 538, na sheria ya Jumapili inayokaribia kutungwa nchini Marekani. Kwa kufanya hivyo wanaipa kanuni na historia ya kinabii wanayoichagua mwelekeo usio sahihi, kama ilivyofanyika pia katika mzozo kuhusu wadudu wanne wa Yoeli. Vizazi vinne, vinavyofuatwa na wadudu wanne wanaokula kwa pupa, katika mistari sita ya kwanza ya Yoeli, vinaeleza jinsi watu wa Mungu wanavyoangamizwa taratibu katika kipindi cha vizazi vinne, na kwamba maangamizi hayo yalitokea kwa sababu ya Uadventista kukubali teolojia ya Roma na Uprotestanti ulioasi.

In the current controversy those who attempt to employ the Sunday law to define the three Rome’s, avoid the truth that there are actually four Sunday laws that are identified in God’s prophetic word, and that the year 321 represents the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, and the Sunday law of 538 typifies the Sunday law which is enforced upon all the nations of the world. Four Sunday laws does not identify three Sunday laws, especially when the third manifestation in a triple application of prophecy represents the final fulfillment. The soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is not the final Sunday law, it actually marks the beginning of a series of Sunday laws as each nation on the globe progressively accepts the mark of papal authority.

Katika mzozo wa sasa, wale wanaojaribu kutumia sheria ya Jumapili kufafanua Roma tatu, wanakwepa ukweli kwamba kwa kweli kuna sheria nne za Jumapili zinazotambuliwa katika neno la kinabii la Mungu, na kwamba mwaka 321 unawakilisha sheria ya Jumapili itakayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani, na sheria ya Jumapili ya mwaka 538 ni kielelezo cha sheria ya Jumapili itakazolazimishwa juu ya mataifa yote ya ulimwengu. Sheria nne za Jumapili haziainishi sheria tatu za Jumapili, hasa wakati dhihirisho la tatu katika matumizi ya mara tatu ya unabii linawakilisha utimilifu wa mwisho. Sheria ya Jumapili itakayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani si sheria ya Jumapili ya mwisho; kimsingi inaashiria mwanzo wa mfululizo wa sheria za Jumapili kadiri kila taifa ulimwenguni linapokubali hatua kwa hatua alama ya mamlaka ya kipapa.

Those who were awakened in July 2023 are required to understand that the prophetic test that confronts them occurs during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and that during that outpouring one class is receiving the “oil,” and the other class is receiving “strong delusion.” The primary representation of those who receive strong delusion is represented in the very chapter where the expression strong delusion is located, and in that chapter the truth that is either loved or rejected is the truth which defines the prophetic relationship between pagan Rome and papal Rome.

Wale walioamshwa mnamo Julai 2023 wanapaswa kuelewa kwamba jaribu la kinabii linalowakabili hutokea wakati wa kumiminwa kwa Roho Mtakatifu, na kwamba wakati wa kumiminwa huko kundi moja linapokea "mafuta", na kundi jingine linapokea "udanganyifu mkubwa". Uwakilishi mkuu wa wale wanaopokea udanganyifu mkubwa unaonyeshwa katika sura hiyo hiyo ambamo usemi "udanganyifu mkubwa" upo, na katika sura hiyo ukweli unaopendwa au kukataliwa ni ukweli unaobainisha uhusiano wa kinabii kati ya Roma ya kipagani na Roma ya kipapa.

The prophetic relationship between 321 and 538 is shown by the prophetic relationship between the church of Pergamos and the church of Thyatira. In the last days, pagan Rome, represented by 321 and Pergamos, is a symbol of the United States, and papal Rome, represented by 538 and Thyatira, is a symbol of Modern Rome.

Uhusiano wa kinabii kati ya 321 na 538 unaonyeshwa na uhusiano wa kinabii kati ya kanisa la Pergamo na kanisa la Thiatira. Katika siku za mwisho, Roma ya kipagani, inayowakilishwa na 321 na Pergamo, ni ishara ya Marekani, na Roma ya kipapa, inayowakilishwa na 538 na Thiatira, ni ishara ya Roma ya kisasa.

The first Rome of 321 was a singular power state, and the second Rome of 538 was a dual power representing a combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. The third and final Rome, which is modern Rome, is a threefold power that consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

Roma ya kwanza ya mwaka 321 ilikuwa dola ya mamlaka moja, na Roma ya pili ya mwaka 538 ilikuwa mamlaka pacha inayowakilisha muunganiko wa kanisa na serikali, huku kanisa likidhibiti uhusiano huo. Roma ya tatu na ya mwisho, ambayo ni Roma ya kisasa, ni mamlaka ya sehemu tatu inayojumuisha joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo.

Paul taught that to not understand the prophetic and historic relationship of pagan Rome (the dragon) and papal Rome (the beast) was to manifest a hatred of the truth which brought about strong delusion. All the prophets, including Paul were more specifically addressing the last days, so the relationship between the two powers in Paul’s history represents the relationship between the three powers of Modern Rome in the last days. To reject the prophetic relationship that “forms” the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in the last days is to secure strong delusion for yourself.

Paulo alifundisha kwamba kutoelewa uhusiano wa kinabii na kihistoria wa Roma ya kipagani (joka) na Roma ya kipapa (mnyama) ni kudhihirisha chuki dhidi ya ukweli, jambo linaloleta udanganyifu wenye nguvu. Manabii wote, wakiwemo Paulo, walikuwa wakizungumzia hasa siku za mwisho; hivyo uhusiano kati ya nguvu hizi mbili katika historia ya Paulo unawakilisha uhusiano kati ya nguvu tatu za Roma ya Kisasa katika siku za mwisho. Kukataa uhusiano wa kinabii unao 'unda' muungano wa sehemu tatu wa joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo katika siku za mwisho ni kujihakikishia udanganyifu wenye nguvu.

Uriah Smith’s private interpretation of the king of the north represented a “cause” that produced an “effect.” But the class that is on the wrong side of the controversies about Rome is specifically identified as being unable to reason from cause to effect. Smith did not see that his flawed application of the king of the north would produce a prophetic platform which would lead him to also misrepresent the sixth plague, where there is a warning to keep or lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness.

Ufafanuzi wa kibinafsi wa Uriah Smith kuhusu mfalme wa kaskazini uliwakilisha "sababu" iliyozalisha "athari." Lakini darasa lililo upande usio sahihi wa mabishano kuhusu Roma limetambuliwa mahsusi kuwa haliwezi kufikiri kwa mantiki kutoka sababu hadi athari. Smith hakutambua kwamba utumiaji wake wenye dosari wa dhana ya mfalme wa kaskazini ungezalisha jukwaa la kinabii ambalo lingemwongoza pia kupotosha pigo la sita, ambapo kuna onyo la kuhifadhi au kupoteza vazi la haki ya Kristo.

As with Paul’s emphasis in Second Thessalonians, John in chapter sixteen of Revelation and the sixth plague emphasizes the necessity of understanding who the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon are. Smith’s flawed application of the king of the north provides witness to an inability to rightly apply types and antitypes.

Kama ilivyo kwa msisitizo wa Paulo katika Waraka wa Pili kwa Wathesalonike, Yohana katika sura ya kumi na sita ya Ufunuo, na pigo la sita, anasisitiza umuhimu wa kuelewa ni zipi zile nguvu tatu zinazoongoza ulimwengu kwenda Armagedoni. Matumizi yenye dosari ya Smith kuhusu mfalme wa kaskazini yanatoa ushahidi wa kutokuwa na uwezo wa kutumia ipasavyo dhana za mfano na utimilifu wake.

Smith could not, or would not, apply the principle so strongly set forth in the writings of Paul that the literal before the time-period of the cross represented the spiritual after the time-period of the cross. When this principle is carefully and correctly followed it is easily demonstrated that the “king of the north” is one of many symbols that represent the spiritual “king of the north” in the last days. Seventh-day Adventists above any other people should know that one of the primary structures that prophecy is based upon is the controversy between Christ and Satan. Christ is the true King of the north, and Satan has been attempting to manifest himself as the counterfeit king of the north.

Smith hakuweza, au hakutaka, kutumia kanuni iliyoainishwa kwa nguvu sana katika maandiko ya Paulo kwamba yaliyo halisi kabla ya kipindi cha msalaba yaliwakilisha yale ya kiroho baada ya kipindi cha msalaba. Kanuni hii inapofuatwa kwa uangalifu na kwa usahihi, inaweza kuonyeshwa kwa urahisi kwamba “mfalme wa kaskazini” ni mojawapo ya alama nyingi zinazomwakilisha “mfalme wa kaskazini” wa kiroho katika siku za mwisho. Waadventista wa Sabato kuliko watu wengine wote wanapaswa kujua kwamba mojawapo ya misingi mikuu ambayo unabii unategemea ni mzozo kati ya Kristo na Shetani. Kristo ndiye Mfalme wa kweli wa kaskazini, na Shetani amekuwa akijaribu kujidhihirisha kama mfalme bandia wa kaskazini.

> A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. Psalms 48:1–3.

> Wimbo na Zaburi kwa wana wa Kora. Bwana ni mkuu, naye anastahili kusifiwa sana katika mji wa Mungu wetu, katika mlima wa utakatifu wake. Mrembo kwa mahali pake, furaha ya dunia yote, ni Mlima Sayuni, katika pande za kaskazini, mji wa Mfalme Mkuu. Mungu anajulikana katika majumba yake kama kimbilio. Zaburi 48:1-3.

Satan’s efforts to counterfeit the true King of the north, includes employing the pope of Rome as his earthly representative. Satan is antichrist, and so is the pope of Rome, who is Satan’s proxy in his work of deception.

Juhudi za Shetani za kuiga kwa uwongo Mfalme wa Kaskazini wa kweli zinajumuisha kumtumia Papa wa Roma kama mwakilishi wake wa kidunia. Shetani ni Mpinga Kristo, na hivyo pia alivyo Papa wa Roma, ambaye ni wakala wa Shetani katika kazi yake ya udanganyifu.

> “To secure worldly gains and honors, the church was led to seek the favor and support of the great men of earth; and having thus rejected Christ, she was induced to yield allegiance to the representative of Satan—the bishop of Rome.” The Great Controversy, 50.

> Ili kujihakikishia faida na heshima za kidunia, kanisa likaongozwa kutafuta kibali na uungaji mkono wa wakuu wa dunia; na kwa kufanya hivyo, likamkataa Kristo, likashawishiwa kujiweka chini ya utiifu wa mwakilishi wa Shetani-askofu wa Roma. Pambano Kuu, 50.

In the breakup of Alexander the Great’s kingdom, Seleucus Nicator became the first king of the north in the history represented in Daniel chapter eleven. His father, Antiochus, had been an influential leader in Alexander’s kingdom, and his son, Seleucus, was made the satrap of Babylon. A “satrap” is a governor, and when Seleucus had secured three of the four geographical areas that Alexander’s kingdom divided into, he became the king of the north.

Katika mgawanyiko wa ufalme wa Aleksanda Mkuu, Seleucus Nicator akawa mfalme wa kwanza wa kaskazini katika historia inayoelezwa katika Danieli sura ya kumi na moja. Baba yake, Antiochus, alikuwa kiongozi mwenye ushawishi katika ufalme wa Aleksanda, na mwanawe, Seleucus, aliwekwa kuwa "satrap" wa Babeli. "Satrap" ni gavana, na Seleucus alipokuwa amedhibiti maeneo matatu kati ya manne ya kijiografia ambayo ufalme wa Aleksanda uligawanyika kwayo, akawa mfalme wa kaskazini.

Smith’s private interpretation and avoidance of grammatical rules led him to assume the final powers that made up Satan’s confederacy of evil in the last days were represented in prophecy as literal powers, not spiritual powers. Thus, he could not see that Seleucus Nicator as the first king of the north, the governor of Babylon, would of prophetic necessity represent the final spiritual king of the north who was the power that controlled modern spiritual Babylon.

Tafsiri binafsi ya Smith na kuepuka kwake kanuni za kisarufi kulimfanya kudhani kwamba nguvu za mwisho zilizounda muungano wa uovu wa Shetani katika siku za mwisho zilionyeshwa katika unabii kama nguvu halisi, si nguvu za kiroho. Hivyo, hakuweza kuona kwamba Seleucus Nicator, kama mfalme wa kwanza wa kaskazini, mtawala wa Babeli, angehitajika kwa mujibu wa unabii kumwakilisha mfalme wa mwisho wa kaskazini wa kiroho ambaye alikuwa nguvu iliyodhibiti Babeli ya kisasa ya kiroho.

> And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 17:1-6.

> Akaja mmoja wa wale malaika saba waliokuwa na vile vikombe saba, akanena nami, akaniambia, Njoo huku; nitakuonyesha hukumu ya yule kahaba mkuu aketiye juu ya maji mengi: Ambaye wafalme wa nchi wamezini pamoja naye, nao wakazi wa nchi wameleweshwa kwa mvinyo wa uzinzi wake. Basi akanichukua katika Roho hata nyikani; nikamwona mwanamke ameketi juu ya mnyama mwekundu sana, aliyejaa majina ya makufuru, mwenye vichwa saba na pembe kumi. Na yule mwanamke alikuwa amevikwa mavazi ya zambarau na nyekundu, akipambwa kwa dhahabu na vito vya thamani na lulu, akiwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake, kilichojaa machukizo na uchafu wa uzinzi wake: Na juu ya kipaji cha uso wake palikuwa na jina limeandikwa, SIRI, BABELI MKUU, MAMA WA MAKAHABA NA MACHUKIZO YA NCHI. Nikamwona yule mwanamke amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu, na kwa damu ya mashahidi wa Yesu; nami nilipomwona, nikastaajabu kwa mshangao mkubwa. Ufunuo 17:1-6.

The power that governs Babylon in the last days is the papal church, and she is therefore also the spiritual king of the north.

Mamlaka inayotawala Babeli katika siku za mwisho ni kanisa la kipapa, na kwa hiyo ndilo pia mfalme wa kiroho wa kaskazini.

> “The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as ‘arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness:…and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.’ Says the prophet: ‘I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.’ Babylon is further declared to be ‘that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.’ Revelation 17:4-6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome. The purple and scarlet color, the gold and precious stones and pearls, vividly picture the magnificence and more than kingly pomp affected by the haughty see of Rome. And no other power could be so truly declared ‘drunken with the blood of the saints’ as that church which has so cruelly persecuted the followers of Christ. Babylon is also charged with the sin of unlawful connection with ‘the kings of the earth.’ It was by departure from the Lord, and alliance with the heathen, that the Jewish church became a harlot; and Rome, corrupting herself in like manner by seeking the support of worldly powers, receives a like condemnation.” The Great Controversy, 382.

> Mwanamke (Babeli) wa Ufunuo 17 anaelezwa kuwa ‘amevaa mavazi ya zambarau na nyekundu, na amepambwa kwa dhahabu na vito vya thamani na lulu, akiwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake kilichojaa machukizo na najisi:... na katika kipaji cha uso wake palikuwa na jina limeandikwa, Siri, Babeli Mkubwa, mama wa makahaba.’ Asema nabii: ‘Nilimwona yule mwanamke amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu, na kwa damu ya wafia-dini wa Yesu.’ Tena Babeli imetangazwa kuwa ‘ule mji mkuu, unaotawala juu ya wafalme wa dunia.’ Ufunuo 17:4-6, 18. Mamlaka ambayo kwa karne nyingi ilidumisha utawala wa kiimla juu ya wafalme wa Ukristo ni Roma. Rangi ya zambarau na nyekundu, dhahabu na vito vya thamani na lulu, vinaonyesha kwa uwazi utukufu na fahari iliyozidi ya kifalme inayoonyeshwa na kiti cha Roma chenye majivuno. Wala hakuna mamlaka nyingine ingeweza kuelezwa kwa uhalisi kuwa ‘amelewa kwa damu ya watakatifu’ kama hilo kanisa lililowatesa kwa ukatili wafuasi wa Kristo. Babeli pia inashtakiwa kwa dhambi ya uhusiano haramu na ‘wafalme wa dunia.’ Ni kwa kuondoka kwa Bwana, na kuungana na wapagani, ndipo kanisa la Kiyahudi likawa kahaba; na Roma, akijiharibu vivyo hivyo kwa kutafuta msaada wa nguvu za kidunia, inapokea hukumu ileile. Pambano Kuu, 382.

The governor is the king, and according to Isaiah, a king is a kingdom and is also the capital city of a kingdom.

Gavana ndiye mfalme, na kulingana na Isaya, mfalme ni ufalme na pia ni mji mkuu wa ufalme.

> For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:8, 9.

> Kwa maana kichwa cha Shamu ni Dameski, na kichwa cha Dameski ni Resini; na ndani ya miaka sitini na mitano Efraimu atavunjika, asiwe watu tena. Na kichwa cha Efraimu ni Samaria, na kichwa cha Samaria ni mwana wa Remalia. Msipoamini, kwa hakika hamtathibitika. Isaya 7:8, 9.

According to the witness of Isaiah, a student of prophecy who awakens in July of 2023 to a prophetic testing process must recognize the prophetic symbolism of the “head” if he wishes to be established. If he doesn’t recognize and apply the symbolism of a “head” when called for, then he is not established. Those who disbelieve are not established, and therefore Isaiah is identifying two classes of worshippers in the last days who either are established or are not established. They are the same two classes who either have the “oil,” or they don’t have the “oil.”

Kulingana na ushuhuda wa Isaya, mwanafunzi wa unabii anayeamka mnamo Julai 2023 kwa mchakato wa kujaribiwa kinabii lazima atambue ishara ya kinabii ya 'kichwa' ikiwa anatamani kuwekwa imara. Asipotambua na kutumia ishara ya 'kichwa' pale inapohitajika, basi hawekwi imara. Wasioamini hawawekwi imara, na hivyo Isaya anabainisha makundi mawili ya waabudu katika siku za mwisho: wale wanaowekwa imara na wale wasiowekwa imara. Hayo ndiyo makundi yale yale ambayo ama yana 'mafuta', au hayana 'mafuta'.

One class that is established and has oil, receives the message of the Midnight Cry that began to be opened up in July of 2023, or they receive the strong delusion of Second Thessalonians. Their test is the formation of the image of the beast, and the way in which the beast is formed, whether the papal beast of the Dark Ages, or its image that is formed by the United States, or the threefold union that leads the world to Armageddon. This includes the necessity of recognizing that the “head,” the “king” the ruler of the other two powers that make up the threefold union, is the papal power.

Kundi moja lililoimarishwa na lenye mafuta linapokea ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane ulioanza kufunuliwa mnamo Julai 2023, au linapokea udanganyifu wenye nguvu uliotajwa katika Wathesalonike wa Pili. Jaribio lao ni kuundwa kwa sanamu ya yule mnyama, na namna ambavyo mnyama huyo anaundwa, iwe ni yule mnyama wa kipapa wa Enzi za Giza, au sanamu yake inayoundwa na Marekani, au ule muungano wa nguvu tatu unaouongoza ulimwengu hadi Armagedoni. Hii inajumuisha haja ya kutambua kwamba 'kichwa,' 'mfalme,' mtawala wa zile nguvu mbili nyingine zinazounda ule muungano wa nguvu tatu, ni mamlaka ya kipapa.

The “head,” the capital city of Judah was Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose to place His name.

"Kichwa", mji mkuu wa Yuda, ulikuwa Yerusalemu, mji ambao Bwana alichagua kuweka Jina lake hapo.

> And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 1 Kings 14:21.

> Rehoboamu mwana wa Sulemani akatawala katika Yuda. Rehoboamu alikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini na moja alipoanza kutawala, akatawala miaka kumi na saba katika Yerusalemu, mji aliouchagua Bwana miongoni mwa makabila yote ya Israeli, ili kuweka jina lake humo. Na jina la mamaye lilikuwa Naamah, Mwamoni. 1 Wafalme 14:21.

In the great controversy between Christ and Satan, Christ’s capital city, where He places His name, is Jerusalem, and Satan’s counterfeit was the literal city of Babylon that represents spiritual Babylon that great city in the last days. Satan places his name upon the head as a counterfeit of God’s city and capitol. The king that resides there is the mother of harlots who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. The mother of harlots is the papal power, and her daughters are the fallen Protestant churches, of which the premier fallen apostate church is the apostate Protestants of the United States.

Katika pambano kuu kati ya Kristo na Shetani, mji mkuu wa Kristo, mahali awekeapo jina lake, ni Yerusalemu, na bandia ya Shetani ilikuwa ni mji halisi wa Babeli unaowakilisha Babeli ya kiroho, ule mji mkuu katika siku za mwisho. Shetani huweka jina lake juu ya kichwa kama bandia ya mji wa Mungu na makao yake makuu. Mfalme akaaye humo ndiye mama wa makahaba anayefanya uzinzi na wafalme wa dunia. Mama wa makahaba ni mamlaka ya kipapa, na binti zake ni makanisa ya Kiprotestanti yaliyoanguka, ambayo miongoni mwao kanisa kinara lililoanguka na kuasi ni lile la Waprotestanti waliokengeuka wa Marekani.

Those apostate Protestants represent the Protestant horn of the earth beast, and they are connected with their mother since their rejection of the prophetic message that was unsealed in 1798. Their counterpart, the Republican horn, is connected with the kings of the earth through their relationship with the United Nations, the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. The threefold union which leads the world to Armageddon is represented by its head, where its name is placed, and spiritual modern Rome is spiritual modern Babylon. Its “head” is the papal power.

Hao Wa-Protestanti waliopotoka wanawakilisha pembe ya Kiprotestanti ya yule mnyama wa nchi, na wameungana na mama yao tangu walipoukataa ujumbe wa kinabii uliovuliwa muhuri mwaka 1798. Mwenzake, yaani pembe ya Kijamhuri, imeunganishwa na wafalme wa dunia kupitia uhusiano wake na Umoja wa Mataifa, wale wafalme kumi wa Ufunuo kumi na saba. Umoja wa mara tatu unaoongoza dunia hadi Armagedoni unawakilishwa na kichwa chake, ambapo jina lake limewekwa, na Roma ya kiroho ya kisasa ni Babeli ya kiroho ya kisasa. "Kichwa" chake ni mamlaka ya Kipapa.

The first represents the last and whether you apply Daniel chapter two as did the Millerites, as representing four kingdoms, or as has been opened up in the last days as representing eight kingdoms, the first kingdom was literal Babylon. The Millerites would inform you the last was literal Rome. Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols, for they are the first and the last of a prophetic line.

Ya kwanza inawakilisha ya mwisho, na iwe unatafsiri Danieli sura ya pili kama walivyofanya Wamileraiti, kuwa inawakilisha falme nne, au kama ambavyo imefunuliwa katika siku za mwisho kuwa inawakilisha falme nane, ufalme wa kwanza ulikuwa Babeli halisi. Wamileraiti wangekuambia kwamba ufalme wa mwisho ulikuwa Roma halisi. Babeli na Roma ni alama zinazoweza kubadilishana, kwa kuwa ndizo za kwanza na za mwisho katika mfululizo wa kinabii.

In the last days the first kingdom of literal Babylon represents the eighth and last kingdom which is spiritual modern Babylon, and is also spiritual modern Rome. Upon the two witnesses represented in Daniel chapter two Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols.

Katika siku za mwisho, ufalme wa kwanza wa Babeli halisi unawakilisha ufalme wa nane na wa mwisho, ambao ni Babeli ya kiroho ya kisasa, na pia ni Roma ya kiroho ya kisasa. Kwa msingi wa mashahidi wawili wanaowakilishwa katika Danieli sura ya pili, Babeli na Roma ni alama zinazobadilishana.

When the papal whore is portrayed with a name on her forehead that identifies “Mystery Babylon,” it is also identifying “mystery Rome.” A prophetic “mystery” represents a truth that is so profound that it is impossible to understand the depth of the truth represented therein, especially without the influence of the Holy Spirit. But a biblical “mystery” also demands that what is revealed in connection with the mystery is a required understanding for those who seek to pass the test. This is why two witnesses in Revelation emphasize the need to understand modern Rome.

Kahaba wa kipapa anapoonyeshwa akiwa na jina kwenye kipaji chake linaloitambulisha “Babeli ya Siri,” pia linaitambulisha “Roma ya siri.” “Siri” ya kinabii inawakilisha ukweli ulio wa kina kiasi kwamba haiwezekani kuelewa kina cha ukweli unaowakilishwa humo, hasa bila msaada wa Roho Mtakatifu. Lakini “siri” ya kibiblia pia inadai kwamba kile kinachofunuliwa kuhusiana na siri hiyo ni uelewa unaohitajika kwa wale wanaotafuta kufaulu mtihani. Ndiyo maana mashahidi wawili katika Ufunuo wanasisitiza haja ya kuelewa Roma ya kisasa.

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

> Hapa ndipo penye hekima. Yeye aliye na akili, na ahesabu hesabu ya mnyama; maana ni hesabu ya mwanadamu; na hesabu yake ni mia sita sitini na sita. Ufunuo 13:18.

“Wisdom” understands the number of the beast, which is the number of a man whose number is six, six, six. The “man of sin” is the head of the beast. Wisdom is an attribute of the wise virgins in the last days, and it is also a symbol of those who understand the increase of knowledge in the last days. Those who do not understand are foolish virgins and are the wicked. The “wisdom” they do not understand must of prophetic necessity be in the context of the final prophetic test, for this is when the wise and foolish virgins exist. They must understand “six, six, six.” The mind that has wisdom is also located by John in the last days in Revelation chapter seventeen.

"Hekima" inaelewa nambari ya yule mnyama, ambayo ni nambari ya mwanadamu ambaye nambari yake ni sita, sita, sita. "Mtu wa dhambi" ndiye kichwa cha mnyama. Hekima ni sifa ya wanawali wenye busara katika siku za mwisho, na pia ni ishara ya wale wanaoelewa ongezeko la maarifa katika siku za mwisho. Wasioelewa ni wanawali wapumbavu na ni waovu. "Hekima" wasiyoielewa lazima, kwa ulazima wa kinabii, iwe katika muktadha wa jaribio la mwisho la kinabii, maana huu ndio wakati wanawali wenye busara na wapumbavu wanapokuwepo. Ni lazima waelewe "sita, sita, sita." Akili yenye hekima pia imetajwa na Yohana katika siku za mwisho katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba.

> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Revelation 17:9–11.

> Na hapa pana akili yenye hekima. Vichwa saba ni milima saba, ambayo juu yake mwanamke ameketi. Na kuna wafalme saba: watano wameanguka, mmoja yupo, na mwingine bado hajaja; naye atakapokuja, lazima adumu kwa muda mfupi. Na yule mnyama aliyekuwako, wala hayupo, yeye ndiye wa nane, naye ni miongoni mwa wale saba, naye aenda katika maangamizi. Ufunuo 17:9-11.

The “mind” that has the wisdom to understand the number “six, six, six,” is a wise virgin who has obtained the “mind of Christ.”

"Akili" iliyo na hekima ya kuelewa nambari "sita, sita, sita," ni mwanawali mwenye busara ambaye ameipata "nia ya Kristo."

> For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16.

> Kwa maana ni nani aliyeijua nia ya Bwana, ili amfunze? Lakini sisi tuna nia ya Kristo. 1 Wakorintho 2:16.

The class of wise virgins have the mind of Christ, and the foolish wicked virgins have the mind of Christ’s adversary.

Kundi la wanawali wenye busara lina nia ya Kristo, na wanawali wapumbavu waovu wana nia ya adui wa Kristo.

> “The time has come for the true light to shine amid moral darkness. The third angel’s message has been sent forth to the world, warning men against receiving the mark of the beast or of his image in their foreheads or in their hands. To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas, in direct opposition to the word of God.” Review and Herald, July 13, 1897.

> Wakati umefika kwa nuru ya kweli kung'aa katikati ya giza la maadili. Ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu umetumwa ulimwenguni, ukiwaonya watu dhidi ya kupokea alama ya mnyama au ya mfano wake katika vipaji vya nyuso zao au mikononi mwao. Kupokea alama hii kunamaanisha kufikia uamuzi uleule aliouchukua mnyama, na kutetea mawazo yale yale, kwa upinzani wa moja kwa moja dhidi ya neno la Mungu. Review and Herald, Julai 13, 1897.

The formation of the image of the beast is the final test for the virgins of the parable, and the wise have the mind of Christ, for they have come to the same decision as Christ, for they have submitted their wills unto the Holy Spirit’s direction. The formation of the image of Christ in the wise virgins contrasts with the formation of the image of the beast in the foolish virgins. The foolish virgins come to the same decision as the beast, for they became confused upon the test question concerning the correct identification of the antichrist, who is the counterfeit king of the north and the head of modern Rome.

Kuundwa kwa picha ya mnyama ndilo jaribio la mwisho kwa wanawali wa mfano ule, na wenye busara wana nia ya Kristo, kwa kuwa wamefikia uamuzi uleule wa Kristo, kwa maana wameyatiisha mapenzi yao chini ya uongozi wa Roho Mtakatifu. Kuundwa kwa mfano wa Kristo ndani ya wanawali wenye busara kunapingana na kuundwa kwa picha ya mnyama ndani ya wanawali wapumbavu. Wanawali wapumbavu hufikia uamuzi uleule wa mnyama, kwa kuwa walichanganyikiwa kuhusu swali la mtihani la utambuzi sahihi wa mpinga Kristo, ambaye ni mfalme bandia wa kaskazini na kichwa cha Roma ya kisasa.

> “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.” Kress Collection, 105.

> "Wale wanaochanganyikiwa katika uelewa wao wa neno, ambao wanashindwa kuona maana ya mpinga Kristo, bila shaka watajiweka upande wa mpinga Kristo." Kress Collection, 105.

The foolish virgins in the testing time that is represented as the formation of the image of the beast become confused in their understanding of the word. Their confusion is premised upon misunderstanding God’s prophetic word, and failing to see the correct meaning of Modern Rome, they receive strong delusion, come to the same decision as the beast, and advocate the same papal ideas in direct opposition to the word of God, and place themselves on the side of antichrist.

Wanawali wajinga katika wakati wa majaribu unaowakilishwa na uundaji wa picha ya mnyama wanachanganyikiwa katika uelewa wao wa Neno la Mungu. Mkanganyiko wao unategemea kutokuelewa neno la kinabii la Mungu, na kwa kushindwa kuona maana sahihi ya Roma ya Kisasa, wanapokea nguvu ya upotevu, wanafikia uamuzi uleule kama wa yule mnyama, na kutetea mawazo yaleyale ya kipapa katika upinzani wa moja kwa moja dhidi ya Neno la Mungu, na wanajiweka upande wa mpinga-Kristo.

We will continue these thoughts in the next article in this category.

Tutaendelea na mawazo haya katika makala inayofuata katika kitengo hiki.

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