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

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari Mia Moja Arobaini

The Last Promise: Unveiling the Role of Elijah Before the Day of the Lord

Ahadi ya Mwisho: Kufunua Jukumu la Eliya Kabla ya Siku ya Bwana

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 16, 2024

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The last promise of the Old Testament is that before the great and terrible day of the Lord, Elijah would come.

Ahadi ya mwisho ya Agano la Kale ni kwamba kabla ya siku kuu na ya kuogofya ya Bwana, Eliya atakuja.

> Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Malachi 4:4–5.

> Kumbukeni torati ya Musa, mtumishi wangu, niliyomwamuru huko Horebu kwa ajili ya Israeli wote, pamoja na amri na hukumu. Tazama, nitawatumia Eliya nabii kabla ya kuja kwa siku ile kuu na ya kuogofya ya Bwana; naye atageuza mioyo ya baba iwaelekee watoto wao, na mioyo ya watoto iwaelekee baba zao, nisije nikaja nikaipiga nchi kwa laana. Malaki 4:4-5.

The Elijah that comes in advance of “the great and dreadful day of the Lord,” is an individual messenger, and also the movement associated with the message the messenger proclaims. The Elijah that is sent is therefore the one hundred and forty-four thousand who do not taste death, just as Enoch and Elijah represent. They are those who are lifted up as an ensign at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Eliya anayeitangulia "siku kuu na ya kutisha ya Bwana" ni mjumbe mmoja, na pia ni harakati inayohusishwa na ujumbe anaoutangaza mjumbe huyo. Eliya anayetumwa basi ni mia na arobaini na nne elfu wasioonja mauti, kama vile Henoko na Eliya wanavyowakilisha. Hao ndiyo wanaoinuliwa kama bendera wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni.

The last day Elijah was also represented by John the Baptist, but John did not represent the one hundred and forty-four thousand. He represented those who join the movement and accept the message of the last day messenger, who are then murdered by the papacy in the hour of the Sunday law crisis that begins at the soon coming Sunday law and ends when Michael stands up and the papacy comes to its end with none to help.

Eliya wa siku za mwisho pia aliwakilishwa na Yohana Mbatizaji, lakini Yohana hakuwakilisha mia na arobaini na nne elfu. Aliwakilisha wale wanaojiunga na harakati na kuukubali ujumbe wa mjumbe wa siku za mwisho, ambao kisha wanauawa na upapa katika kipindi cha mzozo wa sheria ya Jumapili, kinachoanza na sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni na kuishia wakati Mikaeli anaposimama na upapa unapofikia mwisho wake bila yeyote wa kumsaidia.

Elijah is represented on Mount Carmel and John is represented in Herod’s banquet hall. Those two historical witnesses identify the two groups of God’s last day people represented in Revelation chapter seven. The one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude align with Mount Carmel and Herod’s birthday party. Those two prophetic lines provide a sound point of reference to carefully identify the elements of the eighth head, that is of the seven heads in Revelation seventeen, with enough prophetic detail to clarify how and why the last president, which is the eighth president that is of the seven, becomes the great dictator of the United States in the last movements of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy.

Eliya anawakilishwa kwenye Mlima Karmeli, na Yohana anawakilishwa katika ukumbi wa karamu wa Herode. Mashahidi hao wawili wa kihistoria wanatambua makundi mawili ya watu wa Mungu wa siku za mwisho wanaowakilishwa katika Ufunuo sura ya saba. Mia arobaini na nne elfu na umati mkubwa mno vinaambatana na Mlima Karmeli na sherehe ya siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode. Mistari hiyo miwili ya kinabii hutoa rejea thabiti ya kutambua kwa uangalifu vipengele vya kichwa cha nane, ambacho ni cha wale saba, katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba, ikiwa na maelezo ya kinabii ya kutosha kufafanua jinsi na kwa nini rais wa mwisho, ambaye ni rais wa nane aliye wa wale saba, anakuwa dikteta mkuu wa Marekani katika hatua za mwisho za ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia.

At the Sunday law the threefold union is accomplished.

Wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, muungano wa pande tatu unakamilika.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> "Kwa amri inayolazimisha utekelezwaji wa taasisi ya Upapa, kinyume na sheria ya Mungu, taifa letu litajitenga kikamilifu na uadilifu. Wakati Uprotestanti utakaponyosha mkono wake kuvuka pengo kushika mkono wa mamlaka ya Kirumi, na utakapovuka shimo kuu kushikana mikono na Uspiritizimu, wakati, chini ya ushawishi wa muungano huu wa mara tatu, nchi yetu itakapoikana kila kanuni ya Katiba yake kama serikali ya Kiprotestanti na ya kijamhuri, na itakapoweka utaratibu wa kueneza uongo na udanganyifu wa kipapa, ndipo tutajua kwamba wakati umefika wa utendaji wa ajabu wa Shetani na kwamba mwisho umekaribia." Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 5, 451.

Yet in this illustration there is a sequence, and that sequence is a subject of the inspired word. It is an event that happens at the decree, which in one sense is a singular event, but it is actually a very careful sequence of events. At the “decree” the United States ceases to be the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, which means that it is there that the seventh kingdom begins, but the seventh kingdom agrees to give their kingdom unto the beast. When the false prophet is defeated, the dragon takes its position, and immediately gives half its kingdom to the beast.

Hata hivyo, katika mfano huu kuna mfululizo, na mfululizo huo ni mada ya neno lililovuviwa. Ni tukio linalotokea wakati wa amri, ambalo kwa upande mmoja ni tukio la kipekee, lakini kwa kweli ni mfululizo uliopangwa kwa uangalifu wa matukio. Katika “amri” Marekani inaacha kuwa ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia, jambo linalomaanisha kwamba hapo ndipo ufalme wa saba unaanza, lakini ufalme wa saba unakubali kuutoa ufalme wake kwa mnyama. Nabii wa uongo anaposhindwa, joka linachukua nafasi yake, na mara moja linatoa nusu ya ufalme wake kwa mnyama.

At Mount Carmel, there were four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and there four hundred prophets of the grove who were in Samaria eating at Jezebel’s table.

Katika Mlima Karmeli, kulikuwa na manabii wa Baali mia nne hamsini, na kulikuwa na manabii mia nne wa Ashera waliokuwa katika Samaria wakila mezani pa Yezebeli.

> Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table. 1 Kings 18:19.

> Basi sasa tuma watu, ukanikusanyie Waisraeli wote kwenye Mlima Karmeli, pamoja na manabii wa Baali mia nne hamsini, na manabii wa Ashera mia nne, wanaokula kwenye meza ya Yezebeli. 1 Wafalme 18:19.

Elijah identifies the confrontation at Mount Carmel as a controversy, not only the question of who was the true God, but also that it was a controversy over who was the true prophet.

Eliya anabainisha kwamba makabiliano kwenye Mlima Karmeli yalikuwa mzozo, si tu swali la nani ndiye Mungu wa kweli, bali pia kuhusu nani ndiye nabii wa kweli.

> Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 1 Kings 18:22.

> Ndipo Eliya akawaambia watu, Mimi, naam mimi peke yangu, nimesalia kuwa nabii wa Bwana; bali manabii wa Baali ni watu mia nne hamsini. 1 Wafalme 18:22.

When Elijah’s offering was consumed by the fire that came down out of heaven, he then slew the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal with his own hands.

Wakati sadaka ya Eliya ilipoteketezwa na moto ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni, ndipo akawaua manabii mia nne na hamsini wa Baali kwa mikono yake mwenyewe.

> And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. 1 Kings 18:40.

> Ndipo Eliya akawaambia, Wakamateni manabii wa Baali; asitoroke hata mmoja wao. Wakawakamata; naye Eliya akawateremsha mpaka kijito cha Kishoni, akawachinja huko. 1 Wafalme 18:40.

Baal was a false masculine deity, and the four hundred prophets of the grove, who were still with Jezebel, eating at her table in the city of Samaria were the prophets of the female deity, Ashtaroth. The female deity survived Elijah’s slaughter of the prophets of Mount Carmel.

Baal alikuwa mungu wa kiume wa uongo, na manabii mia nne wa msitu mdogo, ambao bado walikuwa pamoja na Jezebel, wakila mezani pake katika mji wa Samaria, walikuwa manabii wa mungu wa kike, Ashtaroth. Mungu wa kike huyo alinusurika mauaji aliyoyafanya Elijah kwa manabii wa Mount Carmel.

> “The people upon the mountain prostrate themselves in terror and awe before the unseen God. They cannot look upon the bright, consuming fire sent from Heaven. They fear that they will be consumed in their apostasy and sins. They cry out with one voice, which resounds over the mountain, and echoes to the plains below them with terrible distinctness, ‘The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.’ Israel is at last aroused and undeceived. They see their sin and how greatly they have dishonored God. Their anger is aroused against the prophets of Baal. With fearful terror, Ahab and Baal’s priests witnessed the wonderful exhibition of Jehovah’s power. Again is heard, in startling words of command, the voice of Elijah to the people, ‘Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.’ And the people were ready to obey the word of Elijah. They seized the false prophets who had deluded them, and brought them to the brook Kishon, and there Elijah, with his own hand, slew these idolatrous priests.” Review and Herald, October 7, 1873.

> "Watu waliokuwa mlimani wanasujudu kwa hofu na kicho mbele ya Mungu asiyeonekana. Hawawezi kutazama moto angavu wa kuteketeza uliotumwa kutoka Mbinguni. Wanaogopa kwamba wataangamizwa katika uasi wao na dhambi zao. Wanapaza sauti kwa sauti moja, inayosikika juu ya mlima na mwangwi wake unarejea hadi kwenye tambarare zilizo chini yao kwa uwazi wa kutisha, 'Bwana, ndiye Mungu; Bwana, ndiye Mungu.' Hatimaye Waisraeli wameamshwa na hawadanganyiki tena. Wanaona dhambi yao na jinsi walivyomkosea Mungu heshima sana. Hasira zao zikawashwa dhidi ya manabii wa Baali. Kwa hofu ya kutisha, Ahabu na makuhani wa Baali walishuhudia onyesho la ajabu la nguvu za Yehova. Tena ikasikika, kwa maneno ya amri yenye kutisha, sauti ya Eliya kwa watu, 'Wakamateni manabii wa Baali; asiokoke hata mmoja wao.' Nao watu walikuwa tayari kutii neno la Eliya. Wakawakamata manabii wa uongo waliokuwa wamewapotosha, wakawapeleka kwenye kijito cha Kishoni, na huko Eliya, kwa mkono wake mwenyewe, akawaua hawa makuhani wa ibada za sanamu." Review and Herald, Oktoba 7, 1873.

Mount Carmel typifies the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. It is then that the ensign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand (typified by Elijah), is lifted up. It is there that the genuine Protestant horn is distinctly manifested in contrast with the counterfeit Protestant horn, who is in Samaria, eating Jezebel’s diet. It is there that the Republican horn that had become the horn of both church and state leading up to Mount Carmel comes to its end as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. What remains then is Ahab, and his tenfold nation, and Jezebel, who has been hiding in Samaria, while she dines with apostate Protestants. The sixth kingdom is finished, and the rain then comes without measure.

Mlima Karmeli unaashiria sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani. Ndipo bendera ya elfu mia moja arobaini na nne (inayowakilishwa kwa mfano na Eliya) inainuliwa. Hapo ndipo pembe ya Kiprotestanti halisi inaonekana wazi, ikilinganishwa na pembe ya Kiprotestanti bandia, ambayo iko Samaria, ikila chakula cha Yezebeli. Hapo ndipo ile pembe ya Kirepubliki iliyogeuka kuwa pembe ya kanisa na dola kwa pamoja hadi kufikia Mlima Karmeli inafikia mwisho wake kama ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia. Kinachobaki basi ni Ahabu, na taifa lake la mara kumi, na Yezebeli, ambaye amekuwa akijificha Samaria, huku akila pamoja na Waprotestanti waliopotoka. Ufalme wa sita umekwisha, na mvua kisha inanyesha bila kipimo.

At Herod’s birthday party, Elijah, represented by John the Baptist is in the Roman prison awaiting deliverance or death. There are no prophets of Baal to accomplish the dance of deception, just Salome, Jezebel’s daughter. Herod and his royal friends are drunk with the wine of Babylon, for his birthday also represents the Sunday law, and all nations began to drink the wine of Babylon on September 11, 2001, well before the soon coming Sunday law.

Katika karamu ya siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode, Eliya, anayewakilishwa na Yohana Mbatizaji, yuko katika gereza la Kirumi akisubiri ukombozi au kifo. Hakuna manabii wa Baali wa kufanikisha ngoma ya udanganyifu, ni Salome tu, binti wa Yezebeli. Herode na marafiki zake wa kifalme wamelewa kwa divai ya Babeli, kwa maana siku yake ya kuzaliwa pia inawakilisha sheria ya Jumapili, na mataifa yote yalianza kunywa divai ya Babeli tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, kabla sana ya sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni.

> And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:1–3.

> Baada ya mambo haya nikaona malaika mwingine akishuka kutoka mbinguni, akiwa na uwezo mkubwa; nayo dunia ikaangazwa kwa utukufu wake. Akalia kwa sauti kuu, kwa nguvu nyingi, akasema, Babeli yule mkuu ameanguka, ameanguka, naye amekuwa makao ya mashetani, na ngome ya kila roho chafu, na kizimba cha kila ndege mchafu na mwenye kuchukiwa. Kwa maana mataifa yote wamekunywa divai ya ghadhabu ya uasherati wake, na wafalme wa dunia wamefanya uasherati pamoja naye, na wafanyabiashara wa dunia wamejitajirisha kwa utele wa anasa zake. Ufunuo 18:1-3.

These three verses were fulfilled when the great buildings of New York, the twin towers were thrown down by a touch of God.

Aya hizi tatu zilitimia wakati majengo makuu ya New York, minara pacha, yalipoangushwa kwa mguso wa Mungu.

> “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.

> "Sasa inasemekana kwamba nimetamka kuwa New York itafagiliwa na wimbi kubwa la bahari? Hili sijawahi kulisema. Nimesema, nilipokuwa nikiangalia majengo makubwa yanayojengwa huko, ghorofa juu ya ghorofa, ‘Ni matukio ya kutisha kiasi gani yatakayotokea Bwana atakapoinuka kuutikisa dunia kwa kutisha sana! Ndipo maneno ya Ufunuo 18:1-3 yatatimia.’ Sura nzima ya kumi na nane ya Ufunuo ni onyo la yale yanayokuja juu ya dunia. Lakini sina nuru mahususi kuhusu yatakayoupata New York, ila najua kwamba siku moja majengo makubwa yaliyoko huko yataangushwa kwa kugeuzwa na kupinduliwa na nguvu ya Mungu. Kwa nuru niliyopewa, najua kwamba uharibifu umo duniani. Neno moja kutoka kwa Bwana, mguso mmoja wa nguvu zake kuu, na majengo haya makubwa yataanguka. Matukio yatajitokeza, yenye kutisha kuliko tuwezavyo kufikiria." Review and Herald, Julai 5, 1906.

The soon coming Sunday law is represented by the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, and it represents Ahab’s Mount Carmel, and Herod’s birthday party. Herodias, who is also Jezebel, is not present at Herod’s drunken party, just as Jezebel was absent from Mount Carmel. Until the Sunday law, she has been forgotten during the seventy symbolic years of the reign of the earth beast, the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. When Jezebel received her deadly wound in 1798 and 1799, the sixth kingdom (the United States) began its term as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. When the sixth kingdom ends, she then returns and begins to sing her songs and commits fornication with all the nations on earth.

Sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni inawakilishwa na sauti ya pili ya sura ya kumi na nane ya Ufunuo, na inawakilisha Mlima Karmeli wa Ahabu na karamu ya siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode. Herodia, ambaye pia ni Yezebeli, hayupo kwenye karamu ya ulevi ya Herode, kama vile Yezebeli alivyokosekana kwenye Mlima Karmeli. Hadi sheria ya Jumapili, amekuwa amesahauliwa katika kipindi cha miaka sabini ya kiishara ya utawala wa mnyama wa nchi, ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia. Wakati Yezebeli alipokea jeraha lake la mauti mnamo 1798 na 1799, ufalme wa sita (Marekani) ulianza kipindi chake kama ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia. Wakati ufalme wa sita unapoisha, ndipo anarudi na kuanza kuimba nyimbo zake na kufanya uzinzi na mataifa yote duniani.

Her songs of fornication and wine was prophetically initiated on September 11, 2001, but that was simply the period of preparation, as had been represented by the thirty years from 508, unto 538, the first time she took the throne. Up until the Sunday law, when the sixth kingdom is slain by the hands of Elijah, she has been hidden in Samaria. At that point John the Baptist is being held in her prison, awaiting either deliverance or death.

Nyimbo zake za uasherati na mvinyo zilianzishwa kinabii tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, lakini hilo lilikuwa tu kipindi cha maandalizi, kama ilivyowakilishwa na miaka thelathini kuanzia mwaka 508 hadi 538, mara ya kwanza alipotwaa kiti cha enzi. Hadi wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, wakati ufalme wa sita utakapouawa kwa mikono ya Eliya, amekuwa akifichwa huko Samaria. Wakati huo Yohana Mbatizaji anashikiliwa katika gereza lake, akisubiri ama ukombozi au kifo.

Herod and his noble friends were drunk with the wine of Babylon, when Salome, the daughter of Herodias (Jezebel), performed her highly seductive dance, and Herod manifests his lustful and incestual desires. He is fully captivated by his step-daughters’ sexual overtures, and offers her up to half his kingdom.

Herode na marafiki zake waungwana walikuwa wamelewa kwa mvinyo wa Babeli, wakati Salome, binti wa Herodia (Yezebeli), alitumbuiza kwa dansi yake ya kuvutia sana kimapenzi, na Herode akaonyesha tamaa zake za uasherati na za insesti. Ametekwa kabisa na majaribio ya kimapenzi ya mabinti wake wa kambo, na akamwahidi kumpa hadi nusu ya ufalme wake.

> And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. Mark 6:21–28.

> Na ilipotimia siku ifaayo, Herode katika siku ya kuzaliwa kwake akaandaa karamu kwa wakuu wake, majemadari wakuu, na viongozi wakuu wa Galilaya; Na binti wa yule Herodia akaingia, akacheza, akampendeza Herode na wale walioketi pamoja naye; mfalme akamwambia yule msichana, Omba kwangu chochote utakacho, nami nitakupa. Akaapa kwake, Chochote utakachoniomba, nitakupa, hata nusu ya ufalme wangu. Akatoka, akamwambia mama yake, Niombe nini? Naye akasema, Kichwa cha Yohana Mbatizaji. Naye akaingia mara moja kwa haraka kwa mfalme, akaomba, akisema, Nataka unipe sasa hivi katika sinia kichwa cha Yohana Mbatizaji. Mfalme akasikitika sana; lakini kwa ajili ya kiapo chake, na kwa ajili ya wale walioketi pamoja naye, hakukataa ombi lake. Mara moja mfalme akamtuma askari, akaamuru alete kichwa chake; naye akaenda, akamkata kichwa gerezani, akaleta kichwa chake katika sinia, akampa yule msichana; naye msichana akampa mama yake. Marko 6:21-28.

The first voice of Revelation eighteen sounded on September 11, 2001, and the second voice sounds at the soon coming Sunday law. In the history represented in John chapter six, the first voice of 2001 was the voice of Christ informing His disciples that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood, for He was the true Bread of Heaven. That period began in Galilee and ended with a purging of His disciples who turned away from Him in John chapter SIX, verse SIXTY-SIX. That history began at Galilee with a dietary test, and ended at the enforcement of the mark of the beast, as typified by the number of the pope’s name, which is SIX, SIX, SIX. Galilee means “turning point,” and September 11, 2001 was a prophetic “turning point” (Galilee), and Herod’s birthday was with the leadership of Galilee. The beginning voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, and the ending voice of Revelation eighteen, are both represented by Galilee, which is a turning point.

Sauti ya kwanza ya Ufunuo kumi na nane ilisikika Septemba 11, 2001, na sauti ya pili itasikika wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni. Katika historia inayoakisiwa katika Yohana sura ya sita, sauti ya kwanza ya mwaka 2001 ilikuwa sauti ya Kristo akiwaarifu wanafunzi Wake kwamba ni lazima wale mwili Wake na kunywa damu Yake, kwa maana Yeye alikuwa Mkate wa Kweli wa Mbinguni. Kipindi hicho kilianza Galilaya na kikaishia kwa kusafishwa kwa wanafunzi Wake waliomwacha katika Yohana sura ya sita, aya ya sitini na sita. Historia hiyo ilianza Galilaya kwa jaribio la chakula, na ikaishia katika kutekelezwa kwa alama ya mnyama, kama ilivyoakisiwa na nambari ya jina la papa, ambayo ni sita, sita, sita. Galilaya maana yake ni “mgeuko,” na Septemba 11, 2001 ulikuwa “mgeuko” wa kinabii (Galilaya), na siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode iliadhimishwa pamoja na uongozi wa Galilaya. Sauti ya mwanzo ya Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nane, na sauti ya mwisho ya Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nane, zote mbili zinawakilishwa na Galilaya, ambayo ni mgeuko.

> “There are lessons to be learned from the history of the past; and attention is called to these, that all may understand that God works on the same lines now that He ever has done. His hand is seen in His work and among the nations now, just the same as it has been ever since the gospel was first proclaimed to Adam in Eden.

> Kuna masomo ya kujifunza kutokana na historia iliyopita; na tunahimizwa kuyazingatia, ili wote waelewe kwamba Mungu anafanya kazi kwa njia zile zile sasa kama alivyofanya siku zote. Mkono wake unaonekana katika kazi yake na miongoni mwa mataifa sasa, sawa kabisa kama ambavyo imekuwa tangu injili ilipotangazwa kwa mara ya kwanza kwa Adamu huko Edeni.

> “There are periods which are turning points in the history of nations and of the church. In the providence of God, when these different crises arrive, the light for that time is given. If it is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow. The Lord in His word has opened up the aggressive work of the gospel as it has been carried on in the past, and will be in the future, even to the closing conflict, when Satanic agencies will make their last wonderful movement.” Bible Echo, August 26, 1895.

> "Kuna nyakati ambazo ni migeuko muhimu katika historia ya mataifa na ya kanisa. Katika maongozi ya Mungu, wakati misukosuko mbalimbali inapowadia, nuru ya wakati huo hutolewa. Ikipokelewa, kuna maendeleo ya kiroho; ikikataliwa, kufifia kwa kiroho na maangamizi hufuata. Bwana, katika Neno Lake, amefunua kazi shupavu ya injili kama ilivyotekelezwa zamani, na itakavyotekelezwa wakati ujao, hata hadi kwenye pambano la mwisho, wakati mawakala wa Shetani watakapofanya harakati yao ya mwisho ya ajabu." Bible Echo, Agosti 26, 1895.

Galilee at 2001, and Galilee at the soon coming Sunday law, identify when the light of the latter rain is poured out. In 2001 it was a measured outpouring, but at the second voice it is poured out without measure, as represented by the tremendous outpouring after Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, which occurred at Herod’s birthday party. Herod’s birthday identifies the birth of the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy, which immediately follows the death of the preceding kingdom. The United States began to reign in 1798, at the death of the fifth kingdom, and at the death of the prophets of Baal, the seventh kingdom’s birthday has arrived. That seventh kingdom is represented by Ahab’s tenfold kingdom of the north, and by Herod, a representative of the tenfold northern kingdom of pagan Rome.

Galilaya mwaka 2001, na Galilaya wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, hutambua wakati ambao mwanga wa mvua ya mwisho unamiminwa. Mwaka 2001 kulikuwa na kumiminwa kulikopimwa, lakini katika sauti ya pili kunamiminwa bila kipimo, kama inavyoakisiwa na kumiminwa kukubwa mno baada ya Eliya kuwaua manabii wa Baali, ambayo ilitokea katika sherehe ya siku ya kuzaliwa kwa Herode. Siku ya kuzaliwa kwa Herode hutambua kuzaliwa kwa ufalme wa saba wa unabii wa Biblia, unaofuata mara moja baada ya kifo cha ufalme ulioutangulia. Marekani ilianza kutawala mwaka 1798, wakati wa kifo cha ufalme wa tano, na katika kifo cha manabii wa Baali, siku ya kuzaliwa ya ufalme wa saba imewadia. Ufalme huo wa saba unawakilishwa na ufalme wa kaskazini wenye sehemu kumi wa Ahabu, na Herode, mwakilishi wa ufalme wa kaskazini wenye sehemu kumi wa Roma ya kipagani.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. Revelation 17:16–18.

> Na zile pembe kumi ulizoziona juu ya yule mnyama, hao watamchukia yule kahaba, na watamfanya awe ukiwa na uchi, nao watakula nyama yake, na watamteketeza kwa moto. Kwa maana Mungu ameweka mioyoni mwao kutimiza mapenzi yake, na kukubaliana, na kumpa yule mnyama ufalme wao, hadi maneno ya Mungu yatimie. Na yule mwanamke uliyemwona ni ule mji mkubwa, unaotawala juu ya wafalme wa dunia. Ufunuo 17:16-18.

Herod agrees to fulfill the oath he made to Salome, and give her the head of John, and his oath was represented as up to half his kingdom. The ten kings of the United Nations, in spite of hating the whore, agree to give their seventh kingdom unto the eighth head, that is of the seven previous heads. They agree to a kingdom that is premised upon the combination of the worldwide State, being combined with her worldwide Church. But the marriage is a Latin marriage, not an English marriage, for their marriage is represented by the “woman” reigning “over the kings.” In a Latin marriage the family retains the woman’s surname, not the mans’, and the name of this twofold marriage is an important element of the prophetic narrative.

Herode anakubali kutimiza kiapo alichomwahidi Salome, na kumpa kichwa cha Yohana, na kiapo chake kiliwakilishwa kuwa kinafikia hadi nusu ya ufalme wake. Wafalme kumi wa Umoja wa Mataifa, licha ya kumchukia yule kahaba, wanakubali kukabidhi ufalme wao wa saba kwa kichwa cha nane, ambacho ni cha vichwa saba vilivyotangulia. Wanakubaliana kuanzisha ufalme unaotegemea muunganiko wa Dola ya ulimwengu, uliounganishwa na Kanisa lake la ulimwengu wote. Lakini ndoa hiyo ni ndoa ya Kilatini, si ndoa ya Kiingereza, maana ndoa yao inawakilishwa na "mwanamke" anayetawala "juu ya wafalme." Katika ndoa ya Kilatini familia huhifadhi jina la ukoo la mwanamke, si la mwanamume, na jina la ndoa hii maradufu ni kipengele muhimu cha simulizi la kinabii.

> “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.

> "Wafalme na watawala na magavana wamejiwekea alama ya Mpinga Kristo, na wanawakilishwa kama joka aendaye kufanya vita na watakatifu—wale wanaozishika amri za Mungu na wenye imani ya Yesu." Ushuhuda kwa Wahudumu, 38.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

> The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. . .. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. Isaiah 2:1–3, 4:1–4.

> Neno ambalo Isaya mwana wa Amozi aliloliona kuhusu Yuda na Yerusalemu. Itakuwako katika siku za mwisho, ya kwamba mlima wa nyumba ya Bwana utathibitishwa juu ya milima, nao utainuliwa juu ya vilima; na mataifa yote watamiminika kwake. Na watu wengi wataenda na kusema, Njooni, twende juu mlimani mwa Bwana, nyumbani mwa Mungu wa Yakobo; naye atatufundisha njia zake, nasi tutatembea katika mapito yake; kwa kuwa sheria itatoka Sayuni, na neno la Bwana kutoka Yerusalemu. . .. Na siku hiyo wanawake saba watamshika mwanamume mmoja, wakisema, Tutakula mkate wetu wenyewe, na kuvaa mavazi yetu wenyewe; ila tuitwe kwa jina lako, ili kuondoa aibu yetu. Siku hiyo chipukizi la Bwana litakuwa zuri na tukufu, na tunda la nchi litakuwa bora na la kupendeza kwa wale walionusurika wa Israeli. Na itatokea ya kwamba yeye aliyeachwa Sayuni, na yeye aliyebaki Yerusalemu, ataitwa mtakatifu, kila mmoja aliyeandikwa miongoni mwa walio hai katika Yerusalemu; wakati Bwana atakapokuwa ameosha uchafu wa binti za Sayuni, na atakapokuwa ametakasa damu ya Yerusalemu kutoka katikati yake kwa roho ya hukumu, na kwa roho ya kuteketeza. Isaya 2:1-3, 4:1-4.

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