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# The Book of Daniel - Number Forty-Four

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari Arobaini na Nne

Unveiling the Lost Foundations: William Miller’s Prophetic Truths and the Last Days of Adventism

Kufunua Misingi Iliyopotea: Kweli za Kinabii za William Miller na Siku za Mwisho za Uadventista

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 8, 2024

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William Miller’s foundational truths were covered up over the four generations of Adventism. The restoration of those foundational truths are set forth in his second dream, and repeatedly identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy as the work God’s last day people are to accomplish. Miller’s dream identifies that when the dirt brush man restores the jewels, they will shine ten times brighter than the sun.

Kweli za msingi za William Miller zilifichwa kwa muda wa vizazi vinne vya Uadventista. Urejeshwaji wa hizo kweli za msingi umewekwa wazi katika ndoto yake ya pili, na umetambuliwa mara kwa mara katika Biblia na Roho ya Unabii kuwa ni kazi ambayo watu wa Mungu wa siku za mwisho wanapaswa kuitekeleza. Ndoto ya Miller inaonyesha kwamba wakati yule mtu mwenye kifagio cha vumbi atakaporejesha vito, vitang’aa mara kumi zaidi kuliko jua.

Miller’s framework was based upon recognizing the two desolating powers of paganism followed by papalism, and the apostle Paul’s testimony in chapter two of Thessalonians, provided Miller with the anchor for his framework. There Paul identifies that pagan Rome had restrained the papacy from rising to power, until pagan Rome was taken away. In 2 Thessalonians, Paul also provided the anchor for the framework of Future for America, when Paul identified that the “man of sin” in the chapter was also represented as the king that exalted himself, in Daniel chapter eleven, and verse thirty-six.

Mfumo wa Miller ulijengwa juu ya kutambua nguvu mbili za uharibifu za upagani kisha upapa, na ushuhuda wa mtume Paulo katika sura ya pili ya Wathesalonike ulimpa Miller nguzo ya mfumo wake. Humo Paulo anabainisha kwamba Roma ya kipagani ilikuwa imeizuia upapa usipate mamlaka, hadi pale Roma ya kipagani ilipoondolewa. Katika 2 Wathesalonike, Paulo pia alitoa nguzo ya mfumo wa Future for America, alipobainisha kwamba “mtu wa dhambi” katika sura hiyo pia aliwakilishwa kama mfalme aliyejikuza, katika Danieli sura ya kumi na moja, aya ya thelathini na sita.

It is essential to see that the increase of knowledge in the movement of both the first and third angels, was directly connected with Paul’s testimony in chapter two of Thessalonians. At the time of the end in 1798, and also in 1989, the book of Daniel was unsealed, thus initiating a three-step testing process. The testing process always produces two classes of worshippers in the history where the book of Daniel is unsealed. It is essential to see Paul’s writings in connection with the increase of knowledge at the time of the end, for it is in that very chapter where Paul warns that those who do not receive the “love of the truth,” will receive strong delusion from God. The strong delusion is what is brought upon the wicked in Daniel chapter twelve, who reject the increase of knowledge. In both histories the strong delusion is most directly referring to Adventism.

Ni muhimu kuona kwamba kuongezeka kwa maarifa katika harakati za malaika wa kwanza na wa tatu kulihusishwa moja kwa moja na ushuhuda wa Paulo katika sura ya pili ya Wathesalonike. Wakati wa mwisho mwaka 1798, na pia mwaka 1989, kitabu cha Danieli kiliondolewa muhuri, hivyo kikianzisha mchakato wa majaribio wenye hatua tatu. Mchakato huo wa majaribio daima huzalisha makundi mawili ya waabudu katika historia ile ambamo kitabu cha Danieli kimeondolewa muhuri. Ni muhimu kuyaona maandishi ya Paulo yakiwa na uhusiano na kuongezeka kwa maarifa wakati wa mwisho, kwa maana ni katika sura hiyo hiyo ambapo Paulo anaonya kwamba wale wasioupokea “upendo wa kweli,” watapokea udanganyifu wenye nguvu kutoka kwa Mungu. Udanganyifu huo wenye nguvu ndicho kinacholetwa juu ya waovu katika Danieli sura ya kumi na mbili, ambao wanakataa kuongezeka kwa maarifa. Katika historia zote mbili, udanganyifu huo wenye nguvu unarejelea moja kwa moja zaidi Uadventista.

> “One who sees beneath the surface, who reads the hearts of all men, says of those who have had great light: ‘They are not afflicted and astonished because of their moral and spiritual condition.’ Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before Mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.’ ‘God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie,’ because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,’ ‘but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’ Isaiah 66:3, 4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 10, 12.

> Yeye aonae yaliyomo ndani, asomaye mioyo ya watu wote, asema juu ya wale waliopokea nuru kuu: 'Hawahuzuniki wala kustaajabu kwa sababu ya hali yao ya maadili na kiroho.' Naam, wamechagua njia zao wenyewe, na nafsi yao yafurahia machukizo yao. Mimi nami nitachagua udanganyifu wao, nami nitaleta hofu zao juu yao; kwa sababu nilipoita, hakuna aliyenjibu; niliposema, hawakusikia; bali walitenda uovu mbele ya macho Yangu, na wakachagua kile nisichokipendezewa.' 'Mungu atawapelekea upotevu wenye nguvu, ili waamini uongo,' kwa sababu hawakupokea pendo la kweli, ili wapate kuokolewa,' 'bali walipendezwa na udhalimu.' Isaya 66:3, 4; 2 Wathesalonike 2:11, 10, 12.

> “The heavenly Teacher inquired: ‘What stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly policy and are sinning against Jehovah? Oh, it is a great deception, a fascinating delusion, that takes possession of minds when men who have once known the truth, mistake the form of godliness for the spirit and power thereof; when they suppose that they are rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing, while in reality they are in need of everything.’

> "Mwalimu wa mbinguni akauliza: 'Je, kuna udanganyifu mkubwa zaidi wa kuipotosha akili kuliko kujifanya kwamba unajenga juu ya msingi sahihi na kwamba Mungu anakubali matendo yako, ilhali kwa kweli unatekeleza mambo mengi kwa kufuata mbinu za kidunia na unamtendea Yehova dhambi? Ee, huu ni udanganyifu mkubwa, udanganyifu wa kuvutia, unaotwaa akili za watu, wakati watu waliowahi kuijua kweli wakauchukulia mfano wa utauwa kuwa ndio roho na nguvu yake; wanapodhani kwamba ni matajiri na wameongezeka kwa mali na hawahitaji chochote, ilhali kwa kweli wanahitaji kila kitu.'"

> “God has not changed toward His faithful servants who are keeping their garments spotless. But many are crying, ‘Peace and safety,’ while sudden destruction is coming upon them. Unless there is thorough repentance, unless men humble their hearts by confession and receive the truth as it is in Jesus, they will never enter heaven. When purification shall take place in our ranks, we shall no longer rest at ease, boasting of being rich and increased with goods, in need of nothing.

> Mungu hajabadilika kuwahusu watumishi wake waaminifu wanaohifadhi mavazi yao bila doa. Lakini wengi wanapaza sauti wakisema, 'Amani na salama,' ilhali maangamizi ya ghafula yanawajia. Isipokuwa toba ya kina ifanyike, isipokuwa watu wanyenyekeze mioyo yao kwa kukiri na kuupokea ukweli kama ulivyo katika Yesu, hawataingia kamwe mbinguni. Utakapofanyika utakaso katika safu zetu, hatutaketi kwa raha tena, tukijisifu kuwa matajiri na tumeongezewa mali, hatuhitaji kitu.

> “Who can truthfully say: ‘Our gold is tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the world’? I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: ‘Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? ‘How is the faithful city become an harlot!’ My Father’s house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed! For this cause there is weakness, and strength is lacking.’” Testimonies, volume 8, 249, 250.

> "Ni nani awezaye kusema kwa kweli: 'Dhahabu yetu imejaribiwa motoni; mavazi yetu hayajatiwa doa na ulimwengu'? Nilimwona Mwalimu wetu akielekeza kwenye mavazi ya kile kinachoitwa haki. Akayavua, akaweka wazi unajisi uliokuwa umefichwa chini ya mavazi hayo. Kisha akaniambia: 'Je, huoni jinsi walivyofunika kwa unafiki unajisi wao na uozo wa tabia yao? "Jinsi gani mji mwaminifu umegeuka kuwa kahaba!" Nyumba ya Baba yangu imefanywa kuwa nyumba ya biashara, mahali ambapo uwepo wa Mungu na utukufu vimeondoka! Kwa sababu hii kuna udhaifu, na nguvu zinakosekana.'" Shuhuda, juzuu ya 8, 249, 250.

Adventism was “the faithful city” when it proclaimed the Midnight Cry in 1844. By 1863, it began the process of rejecting the “foundations” that were established through the ministry of William Miller. When they began to set aside the foundational truths, thus covering them with counterfeit jewels and coins, they were building a new foundation. Those that began, carried out and continue that work, are represented in the writing of the Spirit of Prophecy as “those who have had great light.”

Uadventista ulikuwa “mji mwaminifu” ulipotangaza Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane mwaka 1844. Kufikia mwaka 1863, ulianza mchakato wa kukataa “misingi” iliyowekwa kupitia huduma ya William Miller. Walipoanza kuweka pembeni kweli za msingi, hivyo kuzifunika kwa vito na sarafu bandia, walikuwa wakijenga msingi mpya. Wale walioanza, waliotekeleza na wanaoendeleza kazi hiyo, wamewakilishwa katika maandishi ya Roho ya Unabii kama “wale waliopata nuru kuu.”

The “great light” they once had, was represented in Miller’s dream as the jewels in the casket, which Miller placed upon a table in the center of his room, that shone brighter than “the sun.” In the passage just cited Sister White identifies, “those who have had great light,” but who “have chosen their own ways.”

“Nuru kuu” waliyowahi kuwa nayo iliwakilishwa katika ndoto ya Miller kama vito vilivyokuwa ndani ya kisanduku, ambavyo Miller aliviweka juu ya meza iliyokuwa katikati ya chumba chake, navyo viling’aa zaidi kuliko “jua.” Katika kifungu kilichonukuliwa hivi punde, Dada White anawatambua “wale waliokuwa na nuru kuu,” lakini ambao “wamechagua njia zao wenyewe.”

They chose a new way in 1863. She says it is “a fascinating delusion, that takes possession of minds when men who have once known the truth, mistake the form of godliness for the spirit and power thereof; when they suppose that they are rich and increased with goods and in need of nothing, while in reality they are in need of everything.”

Walichagua njia mpya mwaka 1863. Anasema kuwa ni "udanganyifu unaovutia, unaoteka akili za watu wakati wale ambao wakati mmoja waliujua ukweli wanapochukua umbo la utauwa kuwa ndilo roho na nguvu zake; wanapodhani kwamba wao ni matajiri na wameongezeka kwa mali na hawahitaji kitu chochote, ilhali kwa kweli wanahitaji kila kitu."

She is identifying the Laodicean condition, which she and her husband identified occurred in 1856. They were then tested for seven years, but failed the test in 1863, and began erecting the false foundation that brings the strong delusion of Paul’s warning message in Thessalonians. Paul’s warning in Thessalonians is an anchor for both the movement at the beginning and ending of Adventism, and aligns perfectly with Miller’s dream, which addresses both the beginning and ending of Adventism. His dream identifies that when the work of restoring the original jewels of truth is accomplished, those truths will shine ten times brighter than when they first shone at the Midnight Cry in the beginning of Adventism. How is it that Miller’s understanding shines any brighter now, than when he first recognized the truth?

Anabainisha hali ya Walaodikia, ambayo yeye na mumewe walibainisha ilitokea mwaka 1856. Kisha wakajaribiwa kwa miaka saba, lakini walishindwa jaribio hilo mwaka 1863, na wakaanza kujenga msingi wa uongo unaoleta udanganyifu mkubwa wa ujumbe wa onyo wa Paulo kwa Wathesalonike. Onyo la Paulo katika Wathesalonike ni nanga ya harakati za mwanzo na za mwisho za Uadventista, na linalingana kikamilifu na ndoto ya Miller, inayohusu mwanzo na mwisho wa Uadventista. Ndoto yake inaonyesha kwamba kazi ya kurejesha vito vya asili vya ukweli itakapokamilika, kweli hizo zitaangaza mara kumi zaidi kuliko zilivyoangaza kwa mara ya kwanza katika Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane mwanzoni mwa Uadventista. Je, inawezekanaje kwamba ufahamu wa Miller unaangaza zaidi sasa kuliko wakati alipoutambua ukweli kwa mara ya kwanza?

There are several truths represented upon the two sacred charts of Habakkuk chapter two. Those truths were represented in Miller’s dream as jewels that would ultimately be restored in the last days, just before the Midnight Cry. The counterfeit jewels that are carried out of the window in Miller’s dream represent both the false doctrines that were brought into Adventism to create a false foundation, and also to hide the true foundation; but they also represent those who refuse to turn loose of the false doctrines that make up the false foundation. “The daily” was the anchor for William Miller’s framework of truth that established the original foundation, and in the last days “the daily,” symbolizes not only paganism, as Miller correctly identified, but it is the symbol of the rebellion that produced the false foundation.

Kuna kweli kadhaa zilizowakilishwa kwenye michoro miwili mitakatifu ya Habakuki sura ya pili. Kweli hizo ziliwakilishwa katika ndoto ya Miller kama vito ambavyo hatimaye vingerejeshwa katika siku za mwisho, muda mfupi kabla ya Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane. Vito bandia vilivyochukuliwa na kutolewa kupitia dirisha katika ndoto ya Miller vinawakilisha kwa pamoja mafundisho ya uongo yaliyoletwa ndani ya Uadventista ili kuunda msingi wa uongo, na pia kuficha msingi wa kweli; lakini pia vinawakilisha wale wanaokataa kuachana na mafundisho ya uongo yanayounda msingi wa uongo. “Ile ya kila siku” ilikuwa nanga ya mfumo wa ukweli wa William Miller ulioweka msingi wa asili, na katika siku za mwisho “ile ya kila siku” inasimbolisha si tu upagani, kama Miller alivyotambua kwa usahihi, bali pia ni ishara ya uasi uliouzalisha msingi wa uongo.

The Bible, the Spirit of Prophecy and history all testify that the judgment-hour cry of 1798 through 1844, was the proclamation of the message discovered and presented by William Miller. This is why the movement is called the Millerite movement. Logically to reject that movement, is to reject the light that was produced in 1798, that Daniel identified as an increase of knowledge.

Biblia, Roho ya Unabii na historia vyote vinashuhudia kwamba kilio cha saa ya hukumu kilichoanzia 1798 hadi 1844 kilikuwa ni kutangazwa kwa ujumbe uliogunduliwa na kuwasilishwa na William Miller. Ndiyo sababu harakati hiyo inaitwa harakati ya Wamileraiti. Kimantiki, kukataa harakati hiyo ni kukataa nuru iliyotolewa mwaka 1798, ambayo Danieli aliitambua kama kuongezeka kwa maarifa.

Isaiah speaks of the drunkards of Ephraim, and identifies those drunkards as the scornful men that rule the people of Jerusalem. Isaiah identifies that they are not drunk with literal wine, they are drunk with spiritual wine. Spiritual wine in the Bible is either true or false doctrine, depending upon the context. The drunkards of Ephraim are drunk on false doctrine, which is the wine of Babylon, as represented by the whore of Tyre in chapter seventeen, of Revelation and by Belshazzar in his last night of partying.

Isaya anazungumza kuhusu walevi wa Efraimu, na anawatambua walevi hao kuwa wanaume wenye dhihaka wanaotawala watu wa Yerusalemu. Isaya anabainisha kwamba hawajalewa kwa mvinyo wa kimwili; wamelewa kwa mvinyo wa kiroho. Mvinyo wa kiroho katika Biblia ni ama mafundisho ya kweli au ya uongo, kutegemea muktadha. Walevi wa Efraimu wamelewa kwa mafundisho ya uongo, ambayo ndiyo mvinyo wa Babeli, kama inavyoonyeshwa na kahaba wa Tiro katika sura ya kumi na saba ya Ufunuo, na pia Belshaza katika usiku wake wa mwisho wa karamu.

Isaiah identified the effects of the spiritual drunkenness that comes upon the scornful men that rule the people of Jerusalem.

Isaya alitambua athari za ulevi wa kiroho unaowakumba wanaume wenye dharau wanaotawala watu wa Yerusalemu.

> Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? Isaiah 29:9–16.

> Simameni, mstaajabu; pigeni yowe, pigeni yowe; wamelewa, si kwa divai; wanatetereka, si kwa kileo. Kwa maana Bwana amemimina juu yenu roho ya usingizi mzito, naye amefumba macho yenu; manabii wenu na viongozi wenu, waonaji, amewafunika. Na maono yote yamekuwa kwenu kama maneno ya kitabu kilichotiwa muhuri, ambacho watu humkabidhi aliyesoma, wakisema, Tafadhali, soma hiki; naye husema, Siwezi; maana kimetiwa muhuri. Na kile kitabu hukabidhiwa kwa asiyesoma, wakisema, Tafadhali, soma hiki; naye husema, Mimi sijasoma. Kwa hiyo Bwana akasema, Kwa kuwa watu hawa wananikaribia kwa vinywa vyao, na kuniheshimu kwa midomo yao, lakini mioyo yao wameiweka mbali nami, na kunicha kwao kumejifunzwa kwa maagizo ya wanadamu; kwa hiyo, tazama, nitaendelea kufanya kazi ya ajabu miongoni mwa watu hawa, naam, kazi ya ajabu na ya kushangaza; kwa maana hekima ya wenye hekima wao itapotea, na ufahamu wa wenye busara wao utafichwa. Ole wao wanaotafuta kwa kina kuficha shauri lao mbali na Bwana, na matendo yao yako gizani, nao husema, Ni nani atuonaye? na ni nani atujuae? Hakika mnapindua mambo kama udongo wa mfinyanzi; je, kazi itamwambia yeye aliyeifanya, Hakunifanya? au je, kile kilichofinyangwa kitasema juu yake aliyekifinyanga, Hana ufahamu? Isaya 29:9-16.

Sister White quotes these verses and then adds:

Dada White ananukuu aya hizi kisha anaongeza:

> “Every word of this will be fulfilled. There are those who do not humble their hearts before God, and who will not walk uprightly. They hide their true purposes, and keep in fellowship with the fallen angel, who loveth and maketh a lie. The enemy puts his spirit upon the men whom he can use to deceive those who are partially in the dark. Some are becoming imbued with the darkness that prevails, and are setting the truth aside for error. The day pointed out by prophecy is come. Jesus Christ is not understood. Jesus Christ is to them a fable. At this stage of the earth’s history, many act like drunken men. ‘Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry; they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes. The prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.’ A spiritual drunkenness is upon many who suppose they are the people who shall be exalted. Their religious faith is just as is represented in this Scripture. Under its influence, they cannot walk straight. They make crooked paths in their course of action. One and then another, they reel to and fro. They are looked upon by the Lord with great pity. The way of truth they have not known. They are scientific schemers, and those who could and should have helped, because of a clear spiritual eyesight, are themselves deceived, and are sustaining an evil work.

> Kila neno la hili litatimizwa. Kuna wale wasioyanyenyekeza mioyo yao mbele za Mungu, na ambao hawataki kutembea kwa unyofu. Huficha makusudi yao ya kweli, na hudumu katika ushirika na yule malaika aliyeanguka, apendaye uongo na kuufanya. Adui huweka roho yake juu ya watu anaoweza kuwatumia kuwadanganya wale walio kwa sehemu katika giza. Wengine wanaingiwa na giza linalotawala, na wanaiacha kweli na kukumbatia kosa. Siku iliyoonyeshwa na unabii imefika. Yesu Kristo haeleweka. Kwao Yesu Kristo ni hekaya. Katika hatua hii ya historia ya dunia, wengi hutenda kama watu walevi. ‘Jizuieni, mshangae; pigeni yowe, pigeni yowe; wamelewa, lakini si kwa divai; wanayumba-yumba, lakini si kwa kileo. Kwa maana Bwana amemimina juu yenu roho ya usingizi mzito, na amefumba macho yenu. Manabii wenu na watawala wenu, waona maono amewafunika.’ Ulevi wa kiroho umewapata wengi wanaodhani wao ndio watu watakaoinuliwa. Imani yao ya kidini iko kama inavyoonyeshwa katika andiko hili. Chini ya ushawishi wake, hawawezi kutembea kwa unyofu. Hutengeneza njia zilizopotoka katika mwenendo wao. Mmoja, kisha mwingine, huyumba-yumba huku na huku. Bwana anawaangalia kwa huruma kuu. Njia ya kweli hawajaijua. Ni wapanga hila wa kisayansi, na wale ambao wangeweza na walipaswa kusaidia, kwa sababu ya macho yao ya kiroho yaliyo wazi, wao wenyewe wamedanganywa, na wanadumisha kazi ovu.

> “The developments of these last days will soon become decided. When these spiritualistic deceptions are revealed to be what they really are,—the secret workings of evil spirits,—those who have acted a part in them will become as men who have lost their minds.

> Mambo yanayoendelea katika siku hizi za mwisho hivi karibuni yataamuliwa. Udanganyifu huu wa uspiritizimu utakapofunuliwa kuwa ulivyo kweli—kazi za siri za mapepo mabaya—wale waliokuwa wamehusika humo watakuwa kama watu waliopoteza akili zao.

> “‘Wherefore the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men therefore, behold I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, who seeth us, and who knoweth us? Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay; for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it. He had no understanding?’

> 'Kwa hiyo Bwana asema, Kwa kuwa watu hawa wananikaribia kwa kinywa chao, na kwa midomo yao wananiheshimu, lakini mioyo yao imefarakana nami; na kumcha kwao mimi ni maagizo ya wanadamu waliyojifunza; kwa hiyo, tazama, nitafanya kazi ya ajabu miongoni mwa watu hawa, naam, kazi ya ajabu na ya kustaajabisha; maana hekima ya wenye hekima itapotea, na ufahamu wa wenye busara utafichwa. Ole wao wanaojitahidi kwa kina kumficha Bwana shauri lao, na kazi zao ziko gizani, nao husema, Ni nani atuonaye, na ni nani atujuae? Hakika kupindua kwenu mambo kutahesabiwa kama udongo wa mfinyanzi; kwa maana je, kazi itamwambia yeye aliyeifanya, Hakunifanya? au je, kitu kilichoundwa kitasema kumhusu yeye aliyekiunda, Hana ufahamu?'

> “It is presented to me that in our experience we have been and are meeting this very condition of things. Men who have had great light and wonderful privileges have taken the word of leaders who think themselves wise, who have been greatly favored and blessed by the Lord, but who have taken themselves out of the hands of God and placed themselves in the ranks of the enemy. The world is to be flooded with specious fallacies. One human mind, accepting these fallacies, will work upon other human minds, who have been turning the precious evidence of God’s truth into a lie. These men will be deceived by fallen angels, when they should have stood as faithful guardians, watching for souls, as they that must give an account. They have laid down the weapons of their warfare, and have given heed to seducing spirits. They make of no effect the counsel of God and set aside his warnings and reproofs, and are positively on Satan’s side, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

> Imeonyeshwa kwangu kwamba katika uzoefu wetu tumekuwa na bado tunakutana na hali hii ya mambo. Watu ambao wamepata nuru kuu na mapendeleo ya ajabu wameyakubali maneno ya viongozi wanaojiona wenye hekima, ambao wamependelewa sana na kubarikiwa na Bwana, lakini ambao wamejitoa mikononi mwa Mungu na kujiweka katika safu za adui. Ulimwengu utafurikwa na hoja potofu za hadaa. Akili ya mwanadamu mmoja, ikizikubali hoja hizi potofu, itawashawishi akili nyingine za wanadamu, ambao wamekuwa wakigeuza ushahidi wa thamani wa kweli ya Mungu kuwa uongo. Watu hawa watadanganywa na malaika walioanguka, ilhali walipaswa kusimama kama walinzi waaminifu, wakikesha kwa ajili ya roho, kama wale watakaotoa hesabu. Wameweka chini silaha za vita vyao, na wametega sikio kwa roho zidanganyazo. Wanafanya shauri la Mungu liwe halina athari na kuweka kando maonyo yake na makaripio yake, nao wako waziwazi upande wa Shetani, wakisikiliza roho zidanganyazo na mafundisho ya mapepo.

> “Spiritual drunkenness is now upon men who ought not to be staggering as men under the influence of strong drink. Crimes and irregularities, fraud, deceit, and unfair dealing fill the world, in accordance with the teaching of the leader who rebelled in the heavenly courts.

> Ulevi wa kiroho sasa umewapata watu ambao hawapaswi kuyumba-yumba kama wale walio chini ya ushawishi wa pombe kali. Uhalifu na ukiukaji wa taratibu, udanganyifu, hila, na miamala isiyo ya haki vimejaa ulimwenguni, kwa mujibu wa mafundisho ya kiongozi aliyeasi katika mabaraza ya mbinguni.

> “History is to be repeated. I could specify what will be in the near future, but the time is not yet. The forms of the dead will appear, through the cunning device of Satan, and many will link up with the one who loveth and maketh a lie. I warn our people that right among us some will turn away from the faith, and give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and by them the truth will be evil spoken of.” Battle Creek Letters, 123–125.

> Historia itajirudia. Ningeweza kubainisha yatakayokuwa katika wakati ujao wa karibu, lakini wakati bado haujafika. Maumbo ya wafu yataonekana, kupitia hila za Shetani, na wengi watajiunga na yule apendaye na atendaye uongo. Nawaonya watu wetu kwamba hapa hapa miongoni mwetu baadhi watageuka na kuiacha imani, na kusikiliza roho zidanganyazo na mafundisho ya mashetani, na kwa sababu yao kweli itasemwa vibaya. Barua za Battle Creek, 123-125.

All the prophets, including Isaiah and Sister White are identifying the last days. In these days the leaders of Adventism “are positively on Satan’s side, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.” Sister White sets forth a prediction when she says, “When these spiritualistic deceptions are revealed to be what they really are,—the secret workings of evil spirits,—those who have acted a part in them will become as men who have lost their minds.” The leadership of Adventism will become as men who have lost their minds, at the point in the history of the last days when their drunkenness is revealed to be “the secret workings of evil spirits.”

Manabii wote, akiwemo Isaya na Dada White, wanabainisha siku za mwisho. Katika siku hizi viongozi wa Uadventista "wapo waziwazi upande wa Shetani, wakisikiliza roho zipotoshazo na mafundisho ya mashetani." Dada White anatoa unabii anaposema, "Wakati udanganyifu huu wa kiroho utakapofunuliwa kuwa ulivyo kwa kweli,—utendaji wa siri wa roho waovu,—wale waliokuwa wahusika ndani yake watakuwa kama watu waliopoteza akili zao." Uongozi wa Uadventista utakuwa kama watu waliopoteza akili zao, katika hatua ya historia ya siku za mwisho ambapo ulevi wao utafunuliwa kuwa "utendaji wa siri wa roho waovu."

There is an unsealing of the work of the scornful men that rule the people in Jerusalem in the last days. That unsealing was illustrated in Miller’s dream, when Miller prayed and then there was a door opened. It takes place just before he closed his eyes for a moment, identifying the very end of the sealing process of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The opening of a door identifies a change of dispensations, and at that point the Laodicean movement of the third angel transitions into the Philadelphian movement of the third angel.

Kuna kufunuliwa kwa kazi ya wanaume wenye dharau wanaotawala watu huko Yerusalemu katika siku za mwisho. Kufunuliwa huko kulionyeshwa katika ndoto ya Miller, Miller aliposali kisha mlango ukafunguliwa. Hutokea kabla tu hajafumba macho kwa muda mfupi, jambo hilo likitambulisha mwisho kabisa wa mchakato wa kutiwa muhuri wa elfu mia moja arobaini na nne. Kufunguliwa kwa mlango kunatambulisha mabadiliko ya vipindi, na wakati huo harakati ya Laodikia ya malaika wa tatu hubadilika na kuwa harakati ya Filadelfia ya malaika wa tatu.

In the passage in Isaiah, there is a summary of the evil work of the drunkards of Ephraim, who are the men who “should have stood as faithful guardians.” The summary is expressed as, “‘Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay; for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it. He had no understanding?’”

Katika kifungu katika kitabu cha Isaya, kuna muhtasari wa matendo maovu ya walevi wa Efraimu, ambao ni watu waliopaswa “kusimama kama walinzi waaminifu.” Muhtasari huo umeelezwa hivi, “Hakika kugeuza kwenu mambo juu chini kutahesabiwa kama udongo wa mfinyanzi; kwa maana je, kazi itamwambia yeye aliyeifanya, Hakunifanya? au je, kitu kilichofinyangwa kitasema juu ya yeye aliyekifinyanga, Hakuwa na ufahamu?”

Miller’s identification of “the daily,” as either the religion of paganism or pagan Rome is ultimately a symbol of Satan, for Satan and pagan Rome are both represented as the dragon.

Utambulisho wa Miller wa ‘kile cha kila siku’, kama aidha dini ya upagani au Roma ya kipagani, hatimaye ni ishara ya Shetani, kwa kuwa Shetani na Roma ya kipagani wote wawili wanawakilishwa kama joka.

> “Thus while the dragon, primarily, represents Satan, it is, in a secondary sense, a symbol of pagan Rome.” The Great Controversy, 439.

> Hivyo, ingawa joka kimsingi linamwakilisha Shetani, katika maana ya pili ni ishara ya Roma ya kipagani. Pambano Kuu, 439.

Speaking of the men who rule Jerusalem in the last days, Sister White states: “Some are becoming imbued with the darkness that prevails, and are setting the truth aside for error. The day pointed out by prophecy is come. Jesus Christ is not understood. Jesus Christ is to them a fable.” In 1901, a leader of Adventism from Germany began to introduce apostate Protestantism’s false view of “the daily” in the book of Daniel. That view identifies that “the daily” represents Christ’s sanctuary work, or some variation of that thought. I say some variation for there have been different emphasis placed upon the falsehood through the history that followed 1901, but those false views always manifest a conclusion that “the daily” represents some type of Christ’s work.

Akizungumzia wanaume wanaotawala Yerusalemu katika siku za mwisho, Dada White anasema: “Wengine wanaingiwa na giza linalotawala, na wanaweka ukweli pembeni kwa ajili ya upotovu. Siku iliyoonyeshwa na unabii imewadia. Yesu Kristo haeleweki. Kwao Yesu Kristo ni hadithi ya kubuni.” Mwaka 1901, kiongozi mmoja wa Uadventista kutoka Ujerumani alianza kuleta mtazamo wa uongo wa Uprotestanti uliopotoka kuhusu “kile cha daima” katika kitabu cha Danieli. Mtazamo huo unadai kwamba “kile cha daima” kinawakilisha kazi ya Kristo katika patakatifu, au toleo fulani la wazo hilo. Nasema toleo fulani kwa kuwa kumekuwa na misisitizo mbalimbali juu ya uongo huo katika historia iliyofuata mwaka 1901, lakini mitazamo hiyo ya uongo daima huonyesha hitimisho kwamba “kile cha daima” kinawakilisha aina fulani ya kazi ya Kristo.

The jewel that was the doctrine of “the daily,” which Miller identified as a satanic symbol, in the Adventism of the last days, is a symbol of Christ. When introduced in 1901, very few accepted the view that “the daily” was a symbol of Christ, and not a symbol of Satan, but by the 1930’s the jewel of the doctrine of “the daily,” which Miller had dug out of the vein of truth found in 2 Thessalonians, chapter two, was rejected as had the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six been rejected in 1863. Somewhere in the history of 1863 unto the 1930’s Adventism had changed leaders, without recognizing it.

Katika Uadventista wa siku za mwisho, lulu iliyokuwa fundisho la "ile ya kila siku," ambalo Miller alilitambua kuwa ishara ya Shetani, ni ishara ya Kristo. Ilipoletwa mwaka 1901, wachache sana walikubali mtazamo kwamba "ile ya kila siku" ilikuwa ishara ya Kristo, na si ishara ya Shetani; lakini kufikia miaka ya 1930, lulu ya fundisho la "ile ya kila siku," ambayo Miller alikuwa ameichimbua kutoka katika mshipa wa ukweli uliopatikana katika 2 Wathesalonike, sura ya pili, ilikataliwa, kama vile "nyakati saba" za Mambo ya Walawi ishirini na sita zilivyokataliwa mwaka 1863. Mahali fulani katika historia ya kuanzia 1863 hadi miaka ya 1930, Uadventista ulikuwa umebadilisha uongozi bila kutambua.

> “Brethren, I see your peril, and again I ask, Do you who err make any effort to correct the wrong? Souls may be stumbling along, walking in darkness, because you have not made straight paths for your feet. If you are in positions of trust, I appeal the more earnestly to you, for your own souls’ sake and for the sake of those who look to you as guides, repent before God for every mistake made, and confess your error.

> Ndugu zangu, naona hatari inayowakabili, na tena nauliza, je, ninyi mnaokosea mnafanya juhudi zozote za kurekebisha makosa yenu? Nafsi zinaweza kuwa zikijikwaa njiani, zikitembea gizani, kwa sababu hamjatengeneza njia zilizo nyoofu kwa miguu yenu. Ikiwa mko katika nyadhifa za uaminifu, nawasihi kwa dhati zaidi, kwa ajili ya nafsi zenu wenyewe na kwa ajili ya wale wanaowaangalia ninyi kama waongozi, tubuni mbele za Mungu kwa kila kosa mlilofanya, na mkiri kosa lenu.

> “If you indulge stubbornness of heart, and through pride and self-righteousness do not confess your faults, you will be left subject to Satan’s temptations. If when the Lord reveals your errors you do not repent or make confession, his providence will bring you over the ground again and again. You will be left to make mistakes of a similar character, you will continue to lack wisdom, and will call sin righteousness, and righteousness sin. The multitude of deceptions that will prevail in these last days will encircle you, and you will change leaders, and not know that you have done so.” Review and Herald, December 16, 1890.

> Ukiendekeza ugumu wa moyo, na kwa kiburi na kujiona mwenye haki ukose kukiri makosa yako, utaachwa chini ya majaribu ya Shetani. Iwapo, Bwana anapokufunulia makosa yako, usipotubu wala kukiri, maongozi yake ya kiungu yatakurudisha kwenye hali ile ile mara kwa mara. Utaachwa kufanya makosa ya aina ile ile, utaendelea kukosa hekima, na utaita dhambi kuwa haki, na haki kuwa dhambi. Wingi wa udanganyifu utakaotawala katika siku hizi za mwisho utakuzingira, na utabadilisha kiongozi, wala hutajua kwamba umefanya hivyo. Review and Herald, Desemba 16, 1890.

The scornful men that rule over the people of Jerusalem, who are men “in positions of trust,” will “call sin righteousness and righteousness sin,” and “Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay; for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it. He had no understanding?’” In the progressive rebellion over the four generations of Adventism, those who are positions of trust change leaders, and don’t know it. They do not know it, for they progressively and consistently rejected evidence of their errors. In that progressive rebellion “the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.”

Wanaume wenye dharau wanaotawala watu wa Yerusalemu, ambao wako "katika nyadhifa za kuaminika," watasema "dhambi ni haki na haki ni dhambi," na "Hakika kupindua kwenu mambo juu chini kutahesabiwa kama udongo wa mfinyanzi; je, kazi imwambie yeye aliyeifanya, Hajanifanya? au kitu kilichoumbwa kiseme juu ya yeye aliyekiumba, Hana ufahamu?" Katika uasi unaoendelea kupitia vizazi vinne vya Uadventista, wale walio katika nyadhifa za kuaminika hubadilisha viongozi, nao hawajui. Hawajui, kwa kuwa hatua kwa hatua na kwa uthabiti walikataa ushahidi wa makosa yao. Katika uasi huo unaoendelea "hekima ya watu wao wenye hekima itapotea, na ufahamu wa wenye busara wao utafichwa."

They will turn things upside down, and call sin righteousness and righteousness sin. The symbol of this rebellion is the doctrine of “the daily,” which for Miller was a satanic symbol, and which Adventism today identifies as a symbol of Christ. What once was the anchor that established the framework of William Miller’s prophetic applications, is now become a symbol of the drunkenness of the scornful men that rule over the people of Jerusalem. The symbolism associated with “the daily,” in the book of Daniel shone bright as the sun when recognized in Miller’s casket at the beginning of Adventism, but in the last days that truth shines ten times brighter, for the number ten is a symbol of a test, and for ancient Israel the tenth test was the final test.

Wataweka mambo juu chini, na kuita dhambi haki na haki dhambi. Ishara ya uasi huu ni fundisho la “kile cha kila siku,” ambalo kwa Miller lilikuwa ishara ya kishetani, na ambalo madhehebu ya Waadventista leo yanakitambua kama ishara ya Kristo. Kile kilichowahi kuwa nanga iliyoweka mfumo wa matumizi ya kinabii ya William Miller, sasa kimekuwa ishara ya ulevi wa wanaume wenye dharau wanaowatawala watu wa Yerusalemu. Usimbolojia unaohusishwa na “kile cha kila siku,” katika kitabu cha Danieli uliangaza kama jua ulipotambuliwa katika kisanduku cha Miller mwanzoni mwa Uadventista, lakini katika siku za mwisho ukweli huo uangaza mara kumi zaidi, kwa kuwa nambari kumi ni ishara ya jaribio, na kwa Israeli wa kale jaribio la kumi lilikuwa jaribio la mwisho.

Modern Pharisees have “attributed” “the works of Christ” “to satanic agencies” identifying paganism as “the holy power of God.”

Mafarisayo wa kisasa wame "husisha" "matendo ya Kristo" "na mawakala wa kishetani", wakiutambua upagani kama "nguvu takatifu ya Mungu."

> “The Pharisees sinned against the Holy Ghost. Their talent of speech was used to abuse the world’s Redeemer, and the recording angel wrote their words in the books of heaven. They attributed to satanic agencies the holy power of God, manifested in the works of Christ. They could not evade His wonderful works, or attribute them to natural causes, so they said, ‘They are the works of the devil.’ In unbelief they spoke of the Son of God as a human being. The works of healing done before them, works which no man had done or could do, were a manifestation of the power of God, but they charged Christ with being in league with hell. Stubborn, sullen, ironhearted, they determined to close their eyes to all evidence, and thus they committed the unpardonable sin.” Manuscript Releases, volume 4, 360.

> Mafarisayo walikosa dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu. Kipawa chao cha usemi kilitumika kumtukana Mkombozi wa ulimwengu, na malaika mwandishi akaandika maneno yao katika vitabu vya mbinguni. Walihusisha nguvu takatifu za Mungu na mawakala wa kishetani, zilizodhihirishwa katika kazi za Kristo. Hawakuweza kukanusha kazi zake za ajabu, wala kuzihusisha na sababu za asili, hivyo wakasema, ‘Ni kazi za shetani.’ Kwa kutokuamini, walimzungumzia Mwana wa Mungu kama mwanadamu tu. Kazi za uponyaji zilizofanywa mbele yao, kazi ambazo hakuna mtu aliyewahi kufanya wala angeweza kufanya, zilikuwa dhihirisho la nguvu ya Mungu, lakini walimshtaki Kristo kuwa katika ushirika na kuzimu. Wakaidi, wenye kununa, wenye mioyo ya chuma, waliamua kufumba macho yao kwa ushahidi wote, na hivyo wakatenda dhambi isiyosameheka. Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 4, 360.

We will continue our consideration of the increase of knowledge, that was unsealed in the movement of the first angel, in the next article.

Tutaendelea na uchambuzi wetu wa ongezeko la maarifa lililofunuliwa katika harakati ya malaika wa kwanza katika makala inayofuata.

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