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# The Book of Daniel - Number Eighteen

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari Kumi na Nane

The Hour

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Jeff Pippenger

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December 13, 2023

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Inspiration is clear that chapter three of Daniel, represents the Sunday law in the United States. In Isaiah chapter twenty-three, the whore of Tyre, who commits fornication with the kings of the earth, is the whore of Revelation that commits fornication with the kings of the earth. In Revelation seventeen, that whore has Babylon the Great written on her forehead.

Uvuvio unaweka wazi kwamba sura ya tatu ya Danieli inawakilisha sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani. Katika Isaya sura ya ishirini na tatu, kahaba wa Tiro, anayezini na wafalme wa dunia, ndiye kahaba wa Ufunuo ambaye huzini na wafalme wa dunia. Katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba, yule kahaba ana maneno 'Babeli Mkuu' yameandikwa kwenye kipaji cha uso wake.

> 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. Revelation 17:4, 5.

> Na yule mwanamke alikuwa amevaa mavazi ya zambarau na nyekundu ya damu, na amepambwa kwa dhahabu na vito vya thamani na lulu, akiwa na kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake kilichojaa machukizo na uchafu wa uasherati wake: Na juu ya kipaji cha uso wake palikuwa na jina limeandikwa, SIRI, BABELI MKUU, MAMA WA MAKAHABA NA MACHUKIZO YA DUNIA. Ufunuo 17:4, 5.

Before 1950, English dictionaries correctly identified the woman represented in these two verses, as the Roman Catholic church. The whole world knew after the Dark Ages of Catholic persecutions that were accomplished from 538 through 1798; that the Roman church was the whore who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. The Declaration of Independence was designed as a rejection of the rule of Catholicism and also the rule of the earthly kings that had formed unholy relationships with the whore. Isaiah chapter twenty-three, identifies that the whore would be forgotten. You would never find the definition of the whore of Revelation seventeen as the Catholic church in any modern search engines, for God’s Word never fails, and God’s Word states that she would be forgotten.

Kabla ya 1950, kamusi za Kiingereza zilitambua kwa usahihi mwanamke anayewakilishwa katika mistari hii miwili kuwa Kanisa Katoliki la Roma. Dunia nzima ilijua baada ya Enzi za Giza za mateso ya Kanisa Katoliki yaliyotekelezwa kuanzia mwaka 538 hadi 1798, kwamba kanisa la Roma lilikuwa kahaba afanyaye uasherati na wafalme wa dunia. Tamko la Uhuru lilibuniwa kama kukataa utawala wa Ukatoliki na pia utawala wa wafalme wa kidunia ambao walikuwa wameunda mahusiano yasiyo takatifu na yule kahaba. Kitabu cha Isaya sura ya ishirini na tatu kinaonyesha kwamba yule kahaba atasahauliwa. Hutaweza kamwe kupata ufafanuzi kwamba kahaba wa Ufunuo kumi na saba ni Kanisa Katoliki katika injini zozote za kisasa za utafutaji, kwa maana Neno la Mungu halishindwi kamwe, na Neno la Mungu linaeleza kwamba atasahauliwa.

> And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Isaiah 23:15–18.

> Itakuwaje siku ile, ya kwamba Tiro atasahauliwa miaka sabini, sawasawa na siku za mfalme mmoja; na mwisho wa miaka sabini Tiro ataimba kama kahaba. Twaa kinubi, uzunguke katika mji, ewe kahaba uliyesahauliwa; fanya uimbaji mtamu, imba nyimbo nyingi, ili upate kukumbukwa. Itakuwaje baada ya mwisho wa miaka sabini, kwamba Bwana atamtembelea Tiro, naye atarejea ujira wake, naye atafanya ukahaba pamoja na falme zote za ulimwengu juu ya uso wa nchi. Na biashara yake na ujira wake vitakuwa vitu vitakatifu kwa Bwana; havitawekwa hazinani wala kuwekwa akiba; kwa maana biashara yake itakuwa kwa wale wakaao mbele za Bwana, ili wale chakula cha kuwatosha, na kwa mavazi yanayodumu. Isaya 23:15-18.

God’s Word never fails, and since 1798, the whore has been forgotten, but in the last days she will be remembered. She is remembered when God’s seventh-day Sabbath is attacked, and it is the one commandment of the Ten Commandments, that was always to be remembered. She is remembered when she takes her harp, travels around the city and makes sweet melodies and many songs. She sings her songs at the end of seventy years, that are the days of one king. A king, according to Daniel chapter two, is a kingdom.

Neno la Mungu halishindwi kamwe, na tangu mwaka 1798, yule kahaba amesahaulika, lakini katika siku za mwisho atakumbukwa. Anakumbukwa wakati Sabato ya siku ya saba ya Mungu inaposhambuliwa, na hiyo ndiyo ile amri moja kati ya Amri Kumi ambayo daima ilipaswa kukumbukwa. Anakumbukwa anapochukua kinubi chake, anazunguka mji na kutoa melodi tamu na nyimbo nyingi. Anaimba nyimbo zake mwishoni mwa miaka sabini, ambayo ni siku za mfalme mmoja. Kwa mujibu wa Danieli sura ya pili, mfalme ni ufalme.

> And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. Daniel 2:38.

> Na popote binadamu waishipo, wanyama wa kondeni na ndege wa angani amewatia mikononi mwako, naye amekufanya mtawala juu yao wote. Wewe ndiwe kichwa hiki cha dhahabu. Danieli 2:38.

A “head,” or a “king” are both symbols of a kingdom. The kingdom that is represented by the “days of one king,” is the United States. The United States began its prophetic rule as the earth beast when the deadly wound was delivered to the whore of Babylon in 1798. It continues as the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy until the Sunday law. The literal kingdom of Bible prophecy that actually ruled for seventy years was Babylon.

"Kichwa" au "mfalme" vyote viwili ni alama za ufalme. Ufalme unaowakilishwa na "siku za mfalme mmoja" ni Marekani. Marekani ilianza utawala wake wa kinabii kama mnyama wa nchi wakati jeraha la mauti lilipotolewa kwa kahaba wa Babeli mnamo 1798. Inaendelea kuwa ufalme wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia hadi sheria ya Jumapili. Ufalme halisi wa unabii wa Biblia uliotawala kwa miaka sabini ulikuwa Babeli.

> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. Jeremiah 25:9–12.

> Tazama, nitatuma na kuchukua jamaa zote za kaskazini, asema Bwana, na Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli, mtumishi wangu, nami nitawaleta juu ya nchi hii, na juu ya wakazi wake, na juu ya mataifa haya yote yanayowazunguka; nami nitawaangamiza kabisa, na kuwafanya wawe kitu cha kustaajabiwa, na cha kuzomewa, na ukiwa wa milele. Zaidi ya hayo nitaondoa kwao sauti ya furaha, na sauti ya shangwe, sauti ya bwana arusi, na sauti ya bibi arusi, sauti ya jiwe la kusagia, na mwanga wa taa. Nayo nchi hii yote itakuwa ukiwa, na ajabu; na mataifa haya yatamtumikia mfalme wa Babeli miaka sabini. Itakapotimia miaka sabini, nitaadhibu mfalme wa Babeli, na hilo taifa, asema Bwana, kwa ajili ya uovu wao, na nchi ya Wakaldayo, nami nitaifanya iwe ukiwa wa milele. Yeremia 25:9-12.

Literal Babylon ruled for seventy years, typifying the kingdom in the last days which will reign for seventy symbolic years. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, attacked Judah three times. The first attack was against Jehoiakim, and the seventy years of Jeremiah’s prophecy then began. It ended with the death of Belshazzar, when God punished “the king of Babylon,” as he had punished king Jehoiakim in the beginning of the seventy years. The prophetic kingdom that is represented as “days of one king” (one kingdom) as “seventy years” was Babylon, and the kingdom of Bible prophecy that rules for the seventy symbolic years during the time when the whore of Tyre is forgotten, is the earth beast of Revelation thirteen. The transition from the fifth to sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy in 1798, is part of the truth that John is illustrating in Revelation chapter thirteen.

Babeli halisi ilitawala kwa miaka sabini, ikiashiria ufalme katika siku za mwisho utakaotawala kwa miaka sabini ya mfano. Nebukadneza, mfalme wa Babeli, alishambulia Yuda mara tatu. Shambulio la kwanza lilikuwa dhidi ya Yehoyakimu, na miaka sabini ya unabii wa Yeremia ilianza wakati huo. Ilikoma kwa kifo cha Belshaza, wakati Mungu alipomwadhibu "mfalme wa Babeli," kama alivyomwadhibu mfalme Yehoyakimu mwanzoni mwa ile miaka sabini. Ufalme wa kinabii unaowakilishwa kwa maneno "siku za mfalme mmoja" (yaani ufalme mmoja), kama "miaka sabini," ulikuwa Babeli, na ufalme wa unabii wa Biblia unaotawala kwa ile miaka sabini ya mfano wakati ambapo kahaba wa Tiro amesahauliwa, ni yule mnyama wa nchi wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tatu. Mabadiliko kutoka ufalme wa tano hadi wa sita wa unabii wa Biblia mnamo 1798, ni sehemu ya kweli ambayo Yohana anaonyesha katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tatu.

> And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. . . . And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Revelation 13:1, 11.

> Na nikasimama juu ya mchanga wa bahari, nikaona mnyama akipanda kutoka baharini, mwenye vichwa saba na pembe kumi, na juu ya pembe zake taji kumi, na juu ya vichwa vyake jina la kufuru. . . . Na nikaona mnyama mwingine akipanda kutoka katika nchi; naye alikuwa na pembe mbili kama mwana-kondoo, naye akanena kama joka. Ufunuo 13:1, 11.

The seashore which John stood upon in Revelation chapter thirteen, represents 1798.

Ufuo wa bahari ambao Yohana alisimama juu yake katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tatu, unawakilisha mwaka 1798.

> “At the time when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, is represented by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea; but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which it symbolized—the United States.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

> "Wakati ambapo Upapa, uliopokonywa nguvu zake, ulilazimishwa kusitisha mateso, Yohana aliona nguvu mpya ikiibuka kuiga sauti ya joka, na kuendeleza kazi ile ile ya kikatili na ya kukufuru. Nguvu hii, ya mwisho itakayopiga vita dhidi ya kanisa na sheria ya Mungu, imewakilishwa na mnyama mwenye pembe za mwanakondoo. Wanyama waliotangulia walikuwa wameinuka kutoka baharini; lakini huyu alichomoza kutoka katika nchi, ikiwakilisha kuibuka kwa amani kwa taifa linaloashiriwa na mnyama huyo—Marekani." Signs of the Times, Februari 8, 1910.

The beast from the sea was divided by the sand of the sea from the beast of the earth. The fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy in 1798 (the seashore), represented past history, and the sixth kingdom was future history. The Millerites did not see this truth. William Miller was given insight into the dragon power of paganism and its relationship with the following kingdom represented as the beast of Catholicism. Revelation thirteen, opens up the story of the false prophet, that is the third of the three powers which lead the world to Armageddon. The story begins on the seashore of 1798.

Mnyama kutoka baharini alitenganishwa na mnyama wa nchi kavu kwa mchanga wa bahari. Ufalme wa tano wa unabii wa Biblia katika mwaka 1798 (ufuo) uliwakilisha historia ya zamani, na ufalme wa sita ulikuwa historia ya baadaye. Wamileraiti hawakuona ukweli huu. William Miller alipatiwa ufahamu kuhusu nguvu ya joka ya upagani na uhusiano wake na ufalme uliofuata uliowakilishwa kama mnyama wa Ukatoliki. Ufunuo kumi na tatu hufungua simulizi kuhusu nabii wa uongo, ambaye ni wa tatu kati ya zile nguvu tatu zinazoiongoza dunia kuelekea Armagedoni. Simulizi linaanza kwenye ufuo wa mwaka 1798.

The United States begins its history with the symbolism of the lamb, but ends its history speaking as a dragon. The history of the symbolic seventy years of the reign of the earth beast is represented in one verse, in chapter thirteen of Revelation, for the verse identifies both the beginning and ending of the earth beast in the same sentence.

Marekani huanza historia yake kwa ishara ya mwanakondoo, lakini huimaliza historia yake ikisema kama joka. Historia ya miaka sabini ya kiishara ya utawala wa mnyama wa nchi imewakilishwa katika aya moja, katika sura ya kumi na tatu ya Ufunuo, kwa kuwa aya hiyo inabainisha mwanzo na mwisho wa mnyama wa nchi katika sentensi ile ile.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Revelation 13:11.

> Nami nikaona mnyama mwingine akipanda kutoka katika nchi; naye alikuwa na pembe mbili kama za mwanakondoo, naye akanena kama joka. Ufunuo 13:11.

When the United States speaks as a dragon, it passes the Sunday law. Before it accomplishes the enforcement of Sunday worship the apostate churches of Protestantism will come together and take political control of the apostate government, as they form the image of the beast. When inspiration identifies (and it does so repeatedly), that Nebuchadnezzar’s dedication service of the golden image represents the Sunday law, it is marking the end of the seventy symbolic years of the earth beast. Daniel chapters one through three, represent the three angels’ messages of Revelation chapter fourteen. The third angel becomes a living truth at the Sunday law.

Wakati Marekani inanena kama joka, inapitisha sheria ya Jumapili. Kabla haijakamilisha kulazimisha ibada ya Jumapili, makanisa yaliyoasi ya Uprotestanti yataungana na kuchukua udhibiti wa kisiasa wa serikali iliyoasi, huku yakiunda picha ya mnyama. Wakati uvuvio unapobainisha (na hufanya hivyo mara kwa mara) kwamba sherehe ya Nebukadneza ya kuiweka wakfu sanamu ya dhahabu inawakilisha sheria ya Jumapili, unakuwa unaashiria mwisho wa miaka sabini ya kiishara ya mnyama wa nchi. Sura za Danieli ya kwanza hadi ya tatu zinawakilisha ujumbe wa malaika watatu wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nne. Malaika wa tatu huwa kweli iliyo hai wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili.

Prophetically, chapters one through three in the book of Daniel, represent the seventy symbolic years of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen. The dietary test represented in chapter one, and the symbolism of Jehoiakim, identify that chapter one, prophetically begins at the empowerment of the first angel, either on August 11, 1840, or on September 11, 2001, in the history of the third angel.

Kinabii, sura ya kwanza hadi ya tatu katika kitabu cha Danieli zinawakilisha miaka sabini ya mfano ya mnyama wa nchi wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tatu. Jaribio la lishe lililowakilishwa katika sura ya kwanza, na ishara ya Jehoiakim, vinabainisha kwamba sura ya kwanza, kinabii, inaanza wakati wa kutiwa nguvu kwa malaika wa kwanza, ama tarehe 11 Agosti 1840, au tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, katika historia ya malaika wa tatu.

Babylon is the nation that ruled for seventy years, and those years, represents the history of the United States. Babylon’s seventy years did not conclude until well after Nebuchadnezzar’s dedication of the golden image, but prophetically the seventy symbolic years that Isaiah employs in chapter twenty-three, ends in chapter three of Daniel. When Nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra plays the music for the dedication ceremony, the mark of the beast is enforced, and at that time the whore of Tyre and of Babylon begins to sing her songs to the kings of the earth, while apostate Israel bows and dances.

Babeli ni taifa lililotawala kwa miaka sabini, na miaka hiyo inawakilisha historia ya Marekani. Miaka sabini ya Babeli haikumalizika hadi muda mrefu baada ya Nebukadneza kuweka wakfu sanamu ya dhahabu, lakini kinabii miaka sabini ya mfano ambayo Isaya anatumia katika sura ya ishirini na tatu, inaishia katika sura ya tatu ya Danieli. Orkestra ya Nebukadneza inapocheza muziki kwa ajili ya sherehe ya kuweka wakfu, alama ya mnyama inalazimishwa, na wakati huo kahaba wa Tiro na wa Babeli anaanza kuziimbia nyimbo zake kwa wafalme wa dunia, huku Israeli iliyokengeuka ikiinama na kucheza.

> Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Daniel 3:1–7.

> Nebukadneza mfalme alitengeneza sanamu ya dhahabu, iliyokuwa na urefu wa mikono sitini na upana wa mikono sita; akaisimamisha katika uwanda wa Dura, katika mkoa wa Babeli. Kisha Nebukadneza mfalme akatuma kukusanya pamoja wakuu, magavana, majemadari, mahakimu, watunza hazina, washauri, maafisa wa sheria, na watawala wote wa mikoa, waje kwa ajili ya kuweka wakfu ile sanamu ambayo Nebukadneza mfalme alikuwa ameisimamisha. Ndipo wakuu, magavana, na majemadari, mahakimu, watunza hazina, washauri, maafisa wa sheria, na watawala wote wa mikoa, wakakusanyika kwa ajili ya kuweka wakfu ile sanamu ambayo Nebukadneza mfalme alikuwa ameisimamisha; wakasimama mbele ya ile sanamu ambayo Nebukadneza alikuwa ameisimamisha. Ndipo mtangazaji akapaza sauti, akatangaza: Ninyi watu, mataifa, na lugha, mmeamriwa kwamba mtakaposikia sauti ya baragumu, filimbi, kinubi, zeze, kinanda cha zaburi, sanduri, na aina zote za muziki, muanguke na kuiabudu ile sanamu ya dhahabu ambayo Nebukadneza mfalme ameisimamisha; na yeyote asiyeanguka na kuiabudu, saa ile ile atatupwa katikati ya tanuru la moto linalowaka. Kwa hiyo wakati huo, watu wote waliposikia sauti ya baragumu, filimbi, kinubi, zeze, kinanda cha zaburi, sanduri, na aina zote za muziki, watu wote, mataifa na lugha zote, wakaanguka na kuiabudu ile sanamu ya dhahabu ambayo Nebukadneza mfalme alikuwa ameisimamisha. Danieli 3:1-7.

At that “time,” or in that same “hour,” which is the Sunday law in the United States, anyone who refuses to worship the golden image will “be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.” The only book in the Old Testament that contains the word translated as “hour,” is the book of Daniel. The word “hour” in chapter three, represents the arrival of the mark of the beast. The word “hour” also represents the message of the first angel in chapter four, for it there symbolizes the warning to Nebuchadnezzar of the coming “hour” of God’s judgment.

Katika huo "wakati," au katika ile ile "saa," ambayo ni sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani, yeyote atakayekataa kuiabudu ile sanamu ya dhahabu "atatupwa katikati ya tanuru ya moto uwakao sana." Kitabu cha pekee katika Agano la Kale kinachotumia neno linalotafsiriwa kama "saa," ni kitabu cha Danieli. Neno "saa" katika sura ya tatu linawakilisha kuwasili kwa alama ya mnyama. Neno "saa" pia linawakilisha ujumbe wa malaika wa kwanza katika sura ya nne, kwa kuwa huko linaashiria onyo kwa Nebukadneza kuhusu kuja kwa "saa" ya hukumu ya Mungu.

> Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. Daniel 4:19.

> Ndipo Danieli, ambaye jina lake ni Belteshaza, akastaajabu kwa muda wa saa moja, na mawazo yake yakamfadhaisha. Mfalme akanena, akasema, Belteshaza, ndoto hiyo, wala tafsiri yake, isikufadhaishe. Belteshaza akajibu, akasema, Bwana wangu, ndoto iwe kwa wale wakuchukiao, na tafsiri yake kwa adui zako. Danieli 4:19.

Daniel presented the warning to Nebuchadnezzar of his coming hour of God’s judgment, that Nebuchadnezzar later rejected. The “hour” in chapter four, when used again in the chapter, then represents the “hour” that the judgment arrived. In Millerite history the first “hour” in chapter four, would represent the arrival of the first angel in 1798. That message was fulfilled when the investigative judgment began on October 22, 1844. The “hour” in chapter four, is first a symbol of a message of coming judgment and then it is employed as the symbol that the judgment has arrived. The first use of the word “hour” represents 1798, and the arrival of the first angel, and the second use represents October 22, 1844, and the arrival of the third angel.

Danieli alimwasilisha kwa Nebukadneza onyo kuhusu saa yake ijayo ya hukumu ya Mungu, onyo ambalo baadaye Nebukadneza alilikataa. Neno “saa” katika sura ya nne linapotumiwa tena ndani ya sura hiyo, basi linawakilisha “saa” ambayo hukumu ilifika. Katika historia ya Wamileraiti, “saa” ya kwanza katika sura ya nne ingeashiria kuwasili kwa malaika wa kwanza mwaka 1798. Ujumbe huo ulitimia wakati hukumu ya uchunguzi ilipoanza tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844. “Saa” katika sura ya nne, kwanza ni ishara ya ujumbe wa hukumu ijayo, kisha inatumika kama ishara kwamba hukumu imewasili. Matumizi ya kwanza ya neno “saa” yanawakilisha mwaka 1798, na kuwasili kwa malaika wa kwanza, na matumizi ya pili yanawakilisha tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844, na kuwasili kwa malaika wa tatu.

> The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. Daniel 4:33.

> Saa ile ile neno lile lilitimizwa juu ya Nebukadneza; naye akafukuzwa mbali na watu, akala majani kama ng’ombe, na mwili wake ukalowa kwa umande wa mbinguni, hata nywele zake zikakua kama manyoya ya tai, na kucha zake kama makucha ya ndege. Danieli 4:33.

The “hour” in chapter four is therefore a symbol of both 1798 and 1844, which are the ending points for the two curses of “seven times,” against the northern (beginning in 723 BC) and southern (beginning in 677 BC) kingdoms of Israel. Those two curses, representing twenty-five hundred and twenty years of scattering and slavery, represent the execution of God’s first and last indignation against His apostate people. They both started with God’s judgment, and their respective endings represent the warning message of God’s approaching investigative judgment, or the arrival of the investigative judgment. Both of the judgments represented by the ending of the two judgments of “seven times” are represented by the word “hour,” in Daniel chapter four.

Kwa hiyo, "saa" katika sura ya nne ni ishara ya miaka 1798 na 1844, ambayo ni miisho ya laana mbili za "mara saba," dhidi ya falme za Israeli za Kaskazini (kuanzia 723 KK) na za Kusini (kuanzia 677 KK). Laana hizo mbili, zinazowakilisha miaka elfu mbili mia tano na ishirini ya kutawanywa na utumwa, zinawakilisha utekelezaji wa ghadhabu ya kwanza na ya mwisho ya Mungu dhidi ya watu wake walioasi. Zote mbili zilianza na hukumu ya Mungu, na miisho yake husika inaonyesha ujumbe wa onyo wa kukaribia kwa hukumu ya uchunguzi ya Mungu, au kuwasili kwa hukumu ya uchunguzi. Hukumu zote mbili, kama zinavyowakilishwa na miisho ya zile hukumu mbili za "mara saba," zinaonyeshwa kwa neno "saa" katika sura ya nne ya Danieli.

In Millerite history the “hour” represents the beginning of the movement at the time of the end in 1798, when the first angel arrived, and the second “hour” in chapter four represents the end of the movement, when the third angel arrived on October 22, 1844. The Millerite movement of the first angel is repeated in the movement of the third angel, so the two usages of “hour” in chapter four, also mark the time of the end in 1989, and also the soon-coming Sunday law. The Millerite movement of the first angel announced the opening of the investigative judgment, and the movement of the third angel announces the opening of God’s executive judgment, which is progressive, beginning at the Sunday law, and continuing and escalating until the Second Coming of Christ.

Katika historia ya Wamileri, “saa” inawakilisha mwanzo wa harakati wakati wa mwisho mnamo 1798, wakati malaika wa kwanza alipowasili, na “saa” ya pili katika sura ya nne inawakilisha mwisho wa harakati, wakati malaika wa tatu alipowasili tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844. Harakati ya Wamileri ya malaika wa kwanza inarudiwa katika harakati ya malaika wa tatu, hivyo matumizi mawili ya “saa” katika sura ya nne yanaashiria pia wakati wa mwisho mwaka 1989, na pia sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni. Harakati ya Wamileri ya malaika wa kwanza ilitangaza kufunguliwa kwa hukumu ya uchunguzi, na harakati ya malaika wa tatu inatangaza kufunguliwa kwa hukumu ya Mungu ya utekelezaji, ambayo ni ya hatua kwa hatua, ikianza na sheria ya Jumapili, na ikiendelea na kuzidi kuongezeka hadi Marejeo ya Pili ya Kristo.

We will continue our study of Daniel chapter three, and conclude our consideration of the word “hour” in the next article.

Tutaendelea na uchambuzi wetu wa Danieli sura ya tatu, na tutahitimisha utafakari wetu kuhusu neno "saa" katika makala inayofuata.

> Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:16–28.

> Tazama, ninawatumeni kama kondoo katikati ya mbwa-mwitu; basi iweni na hekima kama nyoka, na wapole kama njiwa. Lakini jihadharini na wanadamu; kwa maana watawakabidhi kwa mabaraza, nao watawapiga mijeledi katika masinagogi yao; nanyi mtapelekwa mbele ya watawala na wafalme kwa ajili yangu, kuwa ushuhuda dhidi yao na kwa Mataifa. Lakini watakapowakabidhi, msifikiri jinsi au nini mtakavyosema; maana mtapewa saa ile ile mtakachosema. Kwa maana si ninyi msemao, bali ni Roho wa Baba yenu asemaye ndani yenu. Naye ndugu atamsaliti ndugu yake afe, na baba mtoto wake; na watoto watainuka juu ya wazazi wao, na kuwafanya wauawe. Nanyi mtachukiwa na watu wote kwa ajili ya jina langu; lakini anayevumilia hadi mwisho ataokolewa. Lakini watakapowatesa katika mji huu, kimbilieni mwingine; kwa maana, amini, nawaambia, hamtakuwa mmezipitia miji yote ya Israeli, hata Mwana wa Adamu atakapokuja. Mwanafunzi si mkuu kuliko mwalimu wake, wala mtumishi kuliko bwana wake. Yametosha mwanafunzi kuwa kama mwalimu wake, na mtumishi kama bwana wake. Ikiwa wamemwita mwenye nyumba Beelzebuli, je, si zaidi walio wa nyumbani mwake? Kwa hiyo msiwaogope; kwa maana hakuna kilichofunikwa kisichofunuliwa, wala kilichositiriwa kisichojulikana. Ninachowaambia gizani, kisemeni katika nuru; na msikikacho kwa sikio, kihubirini juu ya mapaa ya nyumba. Wala msiwaogope wauao mwili, wasioweza kuua roho; bali mcheni yule awezaye kuangamiza roho na mwili vyote viwili katika jehanamu. Mathayo 10:16-28.

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