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# The Book of Joel and The Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist Church - Number Twenty-Nine

Kitabu cha Yoeli na Kanisa la Waadventista wa Sabato la Laodikia - Nambari Ishirini na Tisa

Number Twenty-Nine

Nambari Ishirini na Tisa

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 14, 2026

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The fifth Messianic prophecy in the book of Matthew is the waymark of disappointment and death. On July 18, 2020, the false prediction of the destruction of Nashville, slew Elijah and Moses.

Unabii wa tano wa Masihi katika kitabu cha Mathayo ni alama ya njia ya kukatishwa tamaa na kifo. Tarehe 18 Julai 2020, utabiri wa uongo wa uharibifu wa Nashville uliwaua Eliya na Musa.

## The Fifth Messianic Waymark is the Disappointment of July 18, 2020

Alama ya tano ya njia ya Kimasihi ni kukatishwa tamaa kulikotokea tarehe 18 Julai 2020

> Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. Matthew 2:17, 18.

> Ndipo yakatimia yaliyosemwa na nabii Yeremia, akisema, Sauti imesikiwa Rama, maombolezo, na kilio kikuu; Raheli analia kwa ajili ya watoto wake, naye hataki kufarijiwa, kwa kuwa hawapo. Mathayo 2:17, 18.

## Prediction

Utabiri

> Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. Jeremiah 31:15.

> Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana; Sauti imesikika Rama, maombolezo, na kilio chenye uchungu mwingi; Raheli akiwalilia watoto wake, akakataa kufarijika kwa ajili ya watoto wake, kwa sababu hawapo. Yeremia 31:15.

Moses and Elijah are slain in the streets of Sodom and Egypt. The last statement of the Old Testament identifies that Elijah would come before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. That dreadful day begins when Michael stands up in Daniel twelve, and announces in Revelation twenty-two that, “he that is just and he who is unjust” will remain in that condition for eternity.

Musa na Eliya wanauawa katika mitaa ya Sodoma na Misri. Kauli ya mwisho ya Agano la Kale inaeleza kwamba Eliya atakuja kabla ya siku kuu na ya kutisha ya Bwana. Siku hiyo ya kutisha inaanza wakati Mikaeli anasimama katika Danieli kumi na mbili, na kutangaza katika Ufunuo ishirini na mbili kwamba, "yeye aliye mwenye haki na yeye asiye mwenye haki" watabaki katika hali hiyo milele.

> And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. Daniel 12:1.

> Na wakati huo Mikaeli atasimama, yule mkuu mkuu, msimamizi wa wana wa watu wako; na kutakuwako wakati wa taabu, ambao haujawahi kuwako tangu lilipokuwapo taifa hata wakati huo; na wakati huo watu wako wataokolewa, kila mmoja atakayepatikana ameandikwa katika kitabu. Danieli 12:1.

> He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22:11.

> Yeye aliye dhalimu, aendelee kuwa dhalimu; na yeye aliye mchafu, aendelee kuwa mchafu; na yeye aliye mwenye haki, aendelee kuwa mwenye haki; na yeye aliye mtakatifu, aendelee kuwa mtakatifu. Ufunuo 22:11.

Elijah must appear before probation closes, and he gets slain and resurrected in Revelation eleven, just before probation closes. He is resurrected and presents his message until probation closes, where there is then another resurrection, of righteous and wicked.

Eliya lazima atokee kabla ya mlango wa rehema kufungwa, naye atauawa na kufufuliwa katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja, punde tu kabla ya mlango wa rehema kufungwa. Anapofufuliwa, anatoa ujumbe wake hadi mlango wa rehema unafungwa, ambapo kisha kuna ufufuo mwingine, wa wenye haki na wa waovu.

> And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:2.

> Na wengi wa waliolala katika mavumbi ya nchi wataamka, wengine kwa uzima wa milele, na wengine kwa aibu na fedheha ya milele. Danieli 12:2.

That special resurrection is followed by the Second Coming of Christ, where the righteous dead are resurrected and then a thousand years where the saints judge the lost. At the end of the thousand years there is another resurrection and the third coming of Christ. The line of prophetic resurrections includes the resurrection of the papal beast, but each of the resurrections are a specific subject of God’s prophetic Word. On July 18, 2020, the Laodicean movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand committed suicide by rebelling against Christ’s command forbidding time applications beyond 1844.

Ufufuo ule maalum unafuatwa na Marejeo ya Pili ya Kristo, ambapo wafu wenye haki wanafufuliwa, na kisha kuna miaka elfu moja ambapo watakatifu wanawahukumu waliopotea. Mwishoni mwa miaka elfu moja hiyo kunakuwa na ufufuo mwingine na Marejeo ya Tatu ya Kristo. Mfululizo wa mifufuo ya kinabii unajumuisha ufufuo wa mnyama wa kipapa, lakini kila mmoja wa mifufuo hiyo ni mada maalum ya Neno la kinabii la Mungu. Tarehe 18 Julai 2020, harakati ya Walaodikia ya elfu mia arobaini na nne ilijiua kwa kuasi amri ya Kristo iliyokataza matumizi ya wakati baada ya 1844.

A voice was then heard in Rama, meaning pride and self-exaltation. Rachel meaning a good traveler is in mourning because Moses and Elijah are not, and more importantly, they cannot be comforted. They have no comfort, and the Holy Spirit is the Comforter, that would be sent when the voice in the wilderness began in July of 2023.

Sauti ilisikika huko Rama, ikimaanisha kiburi na kujitukuza. Raheli, maana yake msafiri mzuri, yuko katika maombolezo kwa sababu Musa na Eliya hawapo, na zaidi ya hayo, hawawezi kufarijiwa. Hawana faraja, na Roho Mtakatifu ndiye Mfariji, ambaye angetumwa wakati sauti ya nyikani ilipoanza mnamo Julai 2023.

These things happen just before probation closes, and according to Revelation, just before probation closes the Revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed. That unsealing is what resurrects Moses and Elijah, who are also Rachel, the good traveler, who had been weeping and mourning for her children, could not be comforted. Her mourning turns to joy when those children are resurrected.

Mambo haya hutokea kabla tu ya muda wa rehema kufungwa, na kulingana na Ufunuo, kabla tu ya muda wa rehema kufungwa Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo unafunuliwa. Kufunuliwa huko ndiko kunakowafufua Musa na Eliya, ambao pia ni Raheli, msafiri mwema, aliyekuwa akilia na kuomboleza kwa ajili ya watoto wake, hakuweza kufarijiwa. Maombolezo yake yanageuka kuwa furaha wakati watoto hao wanapofufuliwa.

> And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. Revelation 22:10.

> Naye akaniambia, Usitie muhuri maneno ya unabii wa kitabu hiki; kwa maana wakati umekaribia. Ufunuo 22:10.

Moses and Elijah were dead in the streets of Sodom and Egypt, and just as with Christ, the one hundred and forty-four thousand would be called out of Egypt, when the gathering began in July of 2023.

Musa na Eliya walikuwa wafu mitaani mwa Sodoma na Misri, na kama ilivyokuwa kwa Kristo, elfu mia arobaini na nne wangeitwa kutoka Misri, wakati mkusanyiko ulipoanza mwezi wa Julai mwaka 2023.

## The Sixth Messianic Waymark is the calling out of Egypt in July of 2023

Alama ya njia ya Kimasihi ya sita ni kuitwa kutoka Misri mwezi wa Julai mwaka 2023

> And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Matthew 2:15.

> Akakaa huko hata kufa kwa Herode; ili litimizwe lile neno lililonenwa na Bwana kwa njia ya nabii, akisema, Kutoka Misri nalimwita mwanangu. Mathayo 2:15.

## Prediction

Utabiri

> When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Hosea 11:1.

> Israeli alipokuwa mtoto, nilimpenda, nikamwita mwanangu kutoka Misri. Hosea 11:1.

Dead in the Egyptian street, a heavenly voice from the wilderness calls Ezekiel’s valley of dead bones to life. That voice began to sound in July of 2023.

Wafu katika mitaa ya Misri, sauti ya mbinguni kutoka jangwani inaita bonde la Ezekieli la mifupa ya wafu liwe hai. Sauti hiyo ilianza kusikika mnamo Julai 2023.

> And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. Revelation 11:11, 12.

> Na baada ya siku tatu na nusu Roho ya uzima itokayo kwa Mungu iliingia ndani yao, nao wakasimama juu ya miguu yao; na hofu kuu ikawapata wale waliowaona. Nao wakasikia sauti kuu kutoka mbinguni ikiwaambia, Njoni hapa juu. Nao wakapaa kwenda mbinguni katika wingu; na adui zao wakawaona. Ufunuo 11:11, 12.

God calls His Son out of Egypt and He also called Moses out of Egypt, for Moses as the alpha and Jesus as the omega represent the experience of the one-hundred and forty-four thousand, who sing the song of Moses and the Lamb. That song includes the call out of Egypt. In Ezekiel there is represented two steps, that were prefigured by the two steps in the creation of Adam. First the body is formed, and then the breath of life is breathed into the body and it then lives. In Revelation eleven the first step is the entrance of the Spirit of God into the slain, and they then stood upon their feet. When they stand, they are God’s army. What conveys the Spirit in chapter eleven is represented by Ezekiel’s first prophecy. The voice in the wilderness is the prophetic message accompanied by the Holy Spirit.

Mungu anamwita Mwana wake kutoka Misri, naye pia alimwita Musa kutoka Misri, kwa maana Musa kama Alfa na Yesu kama Omega wanawakilisha uzoefu wa wale mia arobaini na nne elfu, ambao huimba wimbo wa Musa na wa Mwanakondoo. Wimbo huo unajumuisha wito wa kutoka Misri. Katika Ezekieli kuna hatua mbili zinazoonyeshwa, ambazo zilitanguliwa kwa mfano na hatua mbili katika uumbaji wa Adamu. Kwanza mwili huundwa, kisha pumzi ya uhai hupuliziwa ndani ya mwili, na mwili huishi. Katika Ufunuo kumi na moja hatua ya kwanza ni kuingia kwa Roho wa Mungu ndani ya waliouawa, na kisha wakasimama juu ya miguu yao. Wanaposimama, wanakuwa jeshi la Mungu. Kinacholeta Roho katika sura ya kumi na moja kinawakilishwa na unabii wa kwanza wa Ezekieli. Sauti ya nyikani ni ujumbe wa kinabii unaoandamana na Roho Mtakatifu.

The book of Matthew contains the twelve chapters that are the omega to the twelve chapters in Genesis that provide two witnesses which represent the covenant with the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Those men and women are sealed for eternity in a relationship of Divinity combined with their humanity. They become the sign for the eleventh-hour workers.

Kitabu cha Mathayo kina sura kumi na mbili ambazo ni omega kwa sura kumi na mbili katika Mwanzo zinazotoa mashahidi wawili wanaowakilisha agano na mia na arobaini na nne elfu. Wanaume na wanawake hao wametiwa muhuri milele katika uhusiano wa Uungu uliounganishwa na ubinadamu wao. Wanakuwa ishara kwa wafanyakazi wa saa ya kumi na moja.

> “The work of the Holy Spirit is to convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. The world can only be warned by seeing those who believe the truth sanctified through the truth, acting upon high and holy principles, showing in a high, elevated sense, the line of demarcation between those who keep the commandments of God, and those who trample them under their feet. The sanctification of the Spirit signalizes the difference between those who have the seal of God, and those who keep a spurious rest-day. When the test comes, it will be clearly shown what the mark of the beast is. It is the keeping of Sunday. Those who after having heard the truth, continue to regard this day as holy, bear the signature of the man of sin, who thought to change times and laws.” Bible Training School, December 1, 1903.

> Kazi ya Roho Mtakatifu ni kuuthibitishia ulimwengu hatia kuhusu dhambi, haki na hukumu. Ulimwengu unaweza kuonywa tu kwa kuwaona wale waaminio ukweli wakiwekwa wakfu kwa njia ya ukweli, wakitenda kwa kanuni za juu na takatifu, wakiweka wazi, kwa namna ya juu na yenye adhama, mpaka kati ya wale wanaozishika amri za Mungu na wale wanaozikanyaga chini ya miguu yao. Kutakaswa na Roho hubainisha tofauti kati ya wale walio na muhuri wa Mungu na wale wanaoshika siku ya mapumziko bandia. Jaribu litakapokuja, itaonyeshwa kwa uwazi ni nini chapa ya mnyama. Ni kushika siku ya Jumapili. Wale ambao, baada ya kusikia ukweli, wanaendelea kuichukulia siku hii kuwa takatifu, hubeba saini ya mtu wa dhambi, aliyedhani kubadili nyakati na sheria. Bible Training School, 1 Desemba 1903.

The ensign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand when they are called up to heaven in chapter eleven of Revelation, they are first called out of Egypt, which is where they were slain. A voice from the wilderness calls them out of Egypt, that they would be the sign for the eleventh-hour workers. Their resurrection in 2024 is also represented as a birth, and an awakening depending on which illustration is being identified. In terms of a birth, they are those who fulfill the parable of the ten virgins, and in this sense, their birth is a virgin birth, and they are the sign.

Ishara ya wale mia arobaini na nne elfu, wanapoitwa kwenda mbinguni katika sura ya kumi na moja ya Ufunuo, kwanza wanaitwa watoke Misri, ambako ndiko walikouawa. Sauti kutoka jangwani inawaita watoke Misri, ili wawe ishara kwa wafanyakazi wa saa ya kumi na moja. Ufufuo wao mwaka 2024 pia unaonyeshwa kama kuzaliwa, na kama kuamka, kutegemea ni taswira gani inayorejelewa. Kuhusu kuzaliwa, hao ndiyo wanaotimiza mfano wa wanawali kumi, na kwa maana hii, kuzaliwa kwao ni kuzaliwa kwa bikira, na wao ndiyo ishara.

## The Seventh Messianic Waymark is 2024

Alama ya njia ya kimasihi ya saba ni 2024

> Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:22, 23.

> Sasa haya yote yalitendeka, ili litimie lile lililonenwa na Bwana kwa kinywa cha nabii, akisema, Tazama, bikira atakuwa na mimba, naye atazaa mwana, nao watamwita jina lake Imanueli, ambalo tafsiri yake ni Mungu pamoja nasi. Mathayo 1:22, 23.

## Prediction

Utabiri

> Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14.

> Basi Bwana mwenyewe atawapa ishara; Tazama, bikira atapata mimba, atazaa mtoto wa kiume, naye atamwita jina lake Imanueli. Isaya 7:14.

There were signs in the history of Moses and Christ, as there were in Millerite history. In the last days, Laodicean Adventism will be seeking after a sign, and their only sign, is the sign of Jonah. There is also a sign for those who are resurrected in 2024. Their sign is the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-six.

Kulikuwa na ishara katika historia ya Musa na Kristo, kama vile zilivyokuwapo katika historia ya Wamilleraiti. Katika siku za mwisho, Uadventista wa Laodikia utakuwa ukitafuta ishara, na ishara yao ya pekee ni ishara ya Yona. Kuna pia ishara kwa wale wanaofufuliwa mwaka 2024. Ishara yao ni "mara saba" za Walawi sura ya ishirini na sita.

> And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. 2 Kings 19:29–31.

> Na hii itakuwa ishara kwako: mtakula mwaka huu mazao yanayoota yenyewe, na katika mwaka wa pili yale yanayochipuka kutoka humo; na katika mwaka wa tatu pandeni, mvune, mpande mizabibu, na mle matunda yake. Na waliosalia wa nyumba ya Yuda waliookoka watachukua mizizi tena chini, na kuzaa matunda juu. Kwa maana kutoka Yerusalemu watatoka waliosalia, na waliookoka kutoka Mlima Sayuni; wivu wa Bwana wa majeshi utafanya haya. 2 Wafalme 19:29-31.

> And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. Leviticus 25:20–22.

> Na kama mkisema, Tutakula nini mwaka wa saba? tazama, hatutapanda, wala hatutaingiza mavuno yetu; ndipo nitaamuru baraka yangu juu yenu mwaka wa sita, nayo italeta matunda kwa miaka mitatu. Nanyi mtapanda mwaka wa nane, na bado mtakula matunda ya zamani mpaka mwaka wa tisa; hadi mazao yake yatakapoingia mtakula katika akiba ya zamani. Walawi 25:20-22.

Those who escape, are also represented as the outcasts of Israel, and they were cast out by their brethren which hated them. Their brethren cast them out, for they hated them because they could not refute the sabbath truth represented by Moses’ “seven times.”

Walionusurika pia wanawakilishwa kama waliotengwa katika Israeli, na walitupwa nje na ndugu zao waliowachukia. Ndugu zao waliwafukuza, kwa maana waliwachukia kwa sababu hawakuweza kukanusha ukweli wa sabato uliowakilishwa na "mara saba" ya Musa.

> The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Psalms 147:2.

> Bwana huijenga Yerusalemu; huwakusanya waliotawanyika wa Israeli. Zaburi 147:2.

The Lord began gathering the remnant in July 2023, and the remnant are the “outcasts” of Israel. In July 2023, He set His hand a second time to gather His outcasts. He set His hand in 1849 a second time, in advance of the omega light of Moses seven times in 1856. The alpha light was represented by Miller’s first prophetic discovery—Moses’ seven times.

Bwana alianza kukusanya masalia mnamo Julai 2023, na masalia ndiyo “waliotupwa” wa Israeli. Mnamo Julai 2023, aliunyosha mkono wake mara ya pili kuwakusanya waliotupwa wake. Aliunyosha mkono wake mwaka 1849 mara ya pili, kabla ya nuru ya omega ya “mara saba” za Musa mwaka 1856. Nuru ya alfa iliwakilishwa na uvumbuzi wa kwanza wa kinabii wa Miller - “mara saba” za Musa.

> And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Isaiah 11:10–12.

> Na katika siku hiyo kutakuwapo shina la Yese, ambalo litasimama kuwa bendera kwa watu; watu wa mataifa watalitafuta; na mahali pake pa raha patakuwa pa utukufu. Tena itakuwa siku hiyo, ya kwamba Bwana atanyosha mkono wake mara ya pili, apate kuwarudisha waliosalia wa watu wake, watakaobaki, kutoka Ashuru, na kutoka Misri, na kutoka Pathrosi, na kutoka Kushi, na kutoka Elamu, na kutoka Shinari, na kutoka Hamathi, na kutoka visiwa vya bahari. Naye atawainulia mataifa bendera, atawakusanya Waisraeli waliofukuzwa, na atawakutanisha wana wa Yuda waliotawanyika, kutoka miisho minne ya dunia. Isaya 11:10-12.

When the outcasts are lifted up as the sign, they will then gather the eleventh-hour workers, who can “only be warned by seeing” “the difference between those who have the seal of God, and those who keep a spurious rest-day.” The sign for the eleventh-hour workers is the outcasts, and the sign OF the outcasts, is the enigma of, eating “this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.”

Wakati waliotengwa watakapoinuliwa kama ishara, ndipo watakusanya wafanyakazi wa saa ya kumi na moja, ambao wanaweza "kuonywa tu kwa kuona" "tofauti kati ya wale walio na muhuri wa Mungu, na wale wanaoshika siku ya mapumziko ya bandia." Ishara kwa wafanyakazi wa saa ya kumi na moja ni waliotengwa, na ishara ya waliotengwa ni fumbo la kula "mwaka huu mazao yanayoota yenyewe, na katika mwaka wa pili yale yanayochipuka kutokana na hayo hayo; na katika mwaka wa tatu, pandeni, mvune, mpande mizabibu, na mle matunda yake."

The enigma of the passage is that it represents the “seven times” of Leviticus twenty-five and twenty-six. The Sabbath of the land resting is a component of the covenant that identifies both the blessing or the curse, of either observing or rejecting the seventh-year rest for the promised land. The sign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the component of the threefold promise of the covenant that is represented by the seventh-year Sabbath of the land. The foundational truth of the “seven times,” identifies one of three elements of the covenant that promises a new heart and mind, and a new body and also a land to live in.

Fumbo la kifungu hili ni kwamba linawakilisha “mara saba” za Mambo ya Walawi ishirini na tano na ishirini na sita. Sabato ya kupumzika kwa nchi ni sehemu ya agano inayobainisha baraka au laana za ama kuishika au kuikataa mapumziko ya mwaka wa saba kwa nchi ya ahadi. Ishara ya mia moja arobaini na nne elfu ni sehemu ya ahadi ya mara tatu ya agano, inayowakilishwa na Sabato ya mwaka wa saba ya nchi. Ukweli wa msingi wa “mara saba” unatambua mojawapo ya vipengele vitatu vya agano linaloahidi moyo na akili mpya, na mwili mpya, na pia nchi ya kuishi.

The seventh-day Sabbath is the sign between God and His people, but that seventh-day Sabbath also represents the covenant responsibility given to ancient Israel. They were to be the protectors, the depositaries of the Ten Commandments. Sister White is clear that modern Israel in 1844 in alignment with ancient Israel was made the depositaries of not only the Ten Commandments, but also of God’s prophetic Word.

Sabato ya siku ya saba ni ishara kati ya Mungu na watu Wake, lakini hiyo Sabato ya siku ya saba pia inawakilisha wajibu wa agano uliotolewa kwa Israeli ya kale. Walipaswa kuwa walinzi na wawekaji amana wa Amri Kumi. Dada White anaeleza wazi kwamba Israeli ya kisasa mnamo mwaka 1844, sambamba na Israeli ya kale, ilifanywa kuwa wawekaji amana si tu wa Amri Kumi, bali pia wa Neno la kinabii la Mungu.

> “God has called His church in this day, as He called ancient Israel, to stand as a light in the earth. By the mighty cleaver of truth, the messages of the first, second, and third angels, He has separated them from the churches and from the world to bring them into a sacred nearness to Himself. He has made them the depositaries of His law and has committed to them the great truths of prophecy for this time. Like the holy oracles committed to ancient Israel, these are a sacred trust to be communicated to the world. The three angels of Revelation 14 represent the people who accept the light of God’s messages and go forth as His agents to sound the warning throughout the length and breadth of the earth.” Testimonies, volume 5, 455.

> Mungu ameita kanisa Lake katika siku hii, kama Alivyoita Israeli ya kale, kusimama kama nuru duniani. Kwa shoka kuu la ukweli, yaani ujumbe wa malaika wa kwanza, wa pili, na wa tatu, Amewatenga na makanisa na ulimwengu ili kuwakaribisha katika ukaribu mtakatifu kwake mwenyewe. Amewafanya kuwa watunzaji wa sheria Yake na Amewakabidhi kweli kuu za unabii za wakati huu. Kama vile maneno matakatifu yaliyokabidhiwa Israeli ya kale, hizi ni amana takatifu ya kufikishwa kwa dunia. Malaika watatu wa Ufunuo 14 wanawakilisha watu wanaokubali nuru ya ujumbe wa Mungu na kwenda kama wajumbe Wake kutangaza onyo kwa urefu na upana wa dunia. Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 5, 455.

The Ten Commandments are represented by the sign of the seventh-day Sabbath, and the laws of prophecy are represented by the seventh-year Sabbath. Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism will be greatly embarrassed when they jump ship and begin worshipping the sun, but the Sabbath commandment they first rejected is Moses’ “seven times.”

Amri Kumi zinawakilishwa na ishara ya Sabato ya siku ya saba, na sheria za unabii zinawakilishwa na Sabato ya mwaka wa saba. Waadventista Wasabato wa Laodikia watapata aibu kubwa watakapohama upande na kuanza kuabudu jua, lakini amri ya Sabato waliyoikataa mwanzoni ni "mara saba" ya Musa.

To win the promised land God’s people must understand and uphold not only the seventh-day Sabbath, but also the seven-year Sabbath. Laodicean Adventism cannot refute this biblical truth, though they cover it with lies. This is the root of their hatred that leads them to cast out those who will be the ensign.

Ili kuirithi Nchi ya Ahadi, watu wa Mungu lazima waelewe na kuishika si tu Sabato ya siku ya saba, bali pia Sabato ya mwaka wa saba. Uadventista wa Laodikia hauwezi kuupinga ukweli huu wa kibiblia, ingawa wanaufunika kwa uongo. Hii ndiyo chanzo cha chuki yao kinachowasababisha kuwafukuza wale watakaokuwa ishara.

> “Most of my father’s family were full believers in the advent, and for bearing testimony to this glorious doctrine seven of us were at one time cast out of the Methodist Church. At this time the words of the prophet were exceedingly precious to us: ‘Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for My name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.’ Isaiah 66:5.

> Wengi wa familia ya baba yangu walikuwa waumini wa dhati wa ujio, na kwa kushuhudia fundisho hili tukufu sisi saba tulifukuzwa kwa wakati mmoja kutoka Kanisa la Methodisti. Wakati huo maneno ya nabii yalikuwa ya thamani mno kwetu: 'Ndugu zenu waliowachukia, waliowatoa nje kwa ajili ya Jina Langu, walisema, Bwana na atukuzwe; lakini Yeye atatokea kwa furaha yenu, nao wataaibika.' Isaya 66:5.

> “From this time, up to December, 1844, my joys, trials, and disappointments were like those of my dear Advent friends around me. At this time I visited one of our Advent sisters, and in the morning we bowed around the family altar. It was not an exciting occasion, and there were but five of us present, all women. While I was praying, the power of God came upon me as I had never felt it before. I was wrapped in a vision of God’s glory, and seemed to be rising higher and higher from the earth, and was shown something of the travels of the Advent people to the Holy City, as narrated below.” Early Writings, 13.

> Kuanzia wakati huu hadi Desemba 1844, furaha zangu, majaribu yangu, na masikitiko yangu yalikuwa kama yale ya marafiki zangu wapendwa wa Advent walionizunguka. Wakati huo nilimtembelea mmoja wa dada zetu wa Advent, na asubuhi tukainama kuzunguka madhabahu ya familia. Haikuwa tukio la kusisimua, na tulikuwa watano tu waliokuwepo, wote wanawake. Nilipokuwa nikiomba, nguvu za Mungu zikanishukia kwa namna ambayo sikuwahi kuipitia hapo kabla. Nikafunikwa katika maono ya utukufu wa Mungu, na nikahisi kana kwamba nilikuwa nikipaa juu na juu kutoka duniani, na nikaonyeshwa jambo fulani kuhusu safari ya watu wa Advent kuelekea Mji Mtakatifu, kama ilivyosimuliwa hapa chini. Maandiko ya Mapema, 13.

Ellen White’s first vision, was given when five women, (representing five wise virgins) were gathered together after being cast out by their brethren that hated them. They hated them for the doctrine of the Second Coming, thus typifying the outcasts of the latter days.

Maono ya kwanza ya Ellen White yalitolewa wakati wanawake watano, (waliokuwa wakiwakilisha wanawali watano wenye busara) walipokusanyika pamoja baada ya kutupwa nje na ndugu zao waliowachukia. Ndugu zao waliwachukia kwa sababu ya fundisho la Kurudi kwa Pili, hivyo wakiwakilisha waliotupwa nje wa nyakati za mwisho.

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

> Niliona kwamba kanisa la jina tu na Waadventista wa jina tu, kama Yuda, wangesaliti sisi kwa Wakatoliki ili kupata ushawishi wao wa kuja kupingana na kweli. Kisha watakatifu watakuwa watu wasiojulikana, wanaojulikana kidogo kwa Wakatoliki; lakini makanisa na Waadventista wa jina tu wanaojua imani na desturi zetu (maana walituchukia kwa sababu ya Sabato, kwa kuwa hawakuweza kuipinga) watawasaliti watakatifu na kuwaripoti kwa Wakatoliki kama wale wanaopuuzia maagizo ya watu; yaani, kwamba wanashika Sabato na kupuuza Jumapili.

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

> Ndipo Wakatoliki watawataka Waprotestanti wasonge mbele, na watoe amri kwamba wote watakaokataa kuishika siku ya kwanza ya juma badala ya siku ya saba wauawe. Na Wakatoliki, ambao idadi yao ni kubwa, watasimama pamoja na Waprotestanti. Wakatoliki wataipa picha ya mnyama mamlaka yao. Na Waprotestanti watafanya kama mama yao alivyofanya kabla yao ili kuwaangamiza watakatifu. Lakini kabla amri yao haijazaa matunda, watakatifu wataokolewa kwa Sauti ya Mungu. Spalding na Magan, 1, 2.

The “nominal” (meaning in name only), “Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics.” They did so because “they hated” the outcasts “on account of the Sabbath.” Nominal Adventists profess to observe the seventh-day Sabbath, so this cannot be the Sabbath that is referenced. They hate the outcasts, for they know that they cannot refute the foundational truth of Moses’ seven times, that was the alpha understanding of Elijah in the person of William Miller.

Waadventista "wa majina tu" (maana yake kwa jina tu), "kama Yuda, wangesaliti sisi kwa Wakatoliki." Walifanya hivyo kwa sababu "waliwachukia" wale waliotengwa "kwa sababu ya Sabato." Waadventista wa majina tu hudai kuishika Sabato ya siku ya saba, kwa hiyo siyo Sabato inayorejelewa. Wanawachukia wale waliotengwa, kwa kuwa wanajua kwamba hawawezi kuupinga ukweli wa msingi wa mara saba za Musa, uliokuwa uelewa wa alfa wa Eliya katika nafsi ya William Miller.

> “God is not giving us a new message. We are to proclaim the message that in 1843 and 1844 brought us out of the other churches.” Review and Herald, January 19, 1905.

> “Mungu hatupi ujumbe mpya. Tunapaswa kutangaza ujumbe ambao mnamo 1843 na 1844 ulitutoa kutoka katika makanisa mengine.” Review and Herald, 19 Januari 1905.

> “All the messages given from 1840–1844 are to be made forcible now, for there are many people who have lost their bearings. The messages are to go to all the churches.” Manuscript Releases, volume 21, 437.

> Ujumbe wote uliotolewa kuanzia 1840-1844 unapaswa kusisitizwa kwa nguvu sasa, kwa kuwa kuna watu wengi waliopoteza dira yao. Ujumbe huo unapaswa kufikishwa kwa makanisa yote. Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 21, 437.

> “The truths that we received in 1841, ‘42, ‘43, and ‘44 are now to be studied and proclaimed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 371.

> "Kweli tulizopokea mwaka 1841, '42, '43, na '44 sasa zinapaswa kuchunguzwa na kutangazwa." Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 15, 371.

> “The warning has come: Nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. I was in this message, and ever since I have been standing before the world, true to the light that God has given us. We do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer, seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given me? It is to be as the Rock of Ages. It has been guiding me ever since it was given.” Review and Herald, April 14, 1903.

> Onyo limekuja: Hakuna chochote kitakachoruhusiwa kuingia ambacho kitavuruga msingi wa imani ambao juu yake tumekuwa tukijenga tangu ujumbe ulipokuja mwaka 1842, 1843, na 1844. Nilikuwa katika ujumbe huu, na tangu hapo nimeendelea kusimama mbele ya ulimwengu, mwaminifu kwa nuru ambayo Mungu ametupa. Hatuna kusudio la kuondoa miguu yetu kutoka kwenye jukwaa ambalo miguu yetu iliwekwa siku baada ya siku tulipomtafuta Bwana kwa maombi ya bidii, tukitafuta nuru. Je, unadhani kwamba ningeweza kuiacha nuru ambayo Mungu amenipa? Inapaswa kuwa kama Mwamba wa Milele. Nuru hiyo imekuwa ikiniongoza tangu ilipotolewa. Review and Herald, Aprili 14, 1903.

Judas is not a symbol of the Sanhedrin made up of Sadducees and Pharisees, Judas was one of the twelve disciples. He was one of the covenant bride, which Christ was about to marry at Pentecost. The betrayal against the outcasts comes from Judas, the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. They are represented with many symbols, such as the Levites who are rejected by the Messenger of the Covenant in Malachi three. The Levites are separated at that purging, and their number is 25, whether faithful or unfaithful. The Levites are purged in advance of being lifted up as an offering, as in former years.

Yuda si ishara ya Sanhedrini iliyoundwa na Masadukayo na Mafarisayo; Yuda alikuwa mmoja wa wale wanafunzi kumi na wawili. Alikuwa miongoni mwa waliounda bibi-arusi wa Agano, ambaye Kristo alikuwa karibu kumuoa kwenye Pentekoste. Usaliti dhidi ya waliotengwa unatoka kwa Yuda, Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia. Wao wanawakilishwa kwa alama nyingi, kama vile Walawi wanaokataliwa na Mjumbe wa Agano katika Malaki sura ya tatu. Walawi hutenganishwa katika utakaso huo, na idadi yao ni 25, wawe waaminifu au wasio waaminifu. Walawi husafishwa kabla ya kuinuliwa kama sadaka, kama ilivyokuwa katika miaka ya zamani.

> And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. Malachi 3:3, 4.

> Naye ataketi kama msafishaji na mtakasaji wa fedha; naye atawatakasa wana wa Lawii, na kuwasafisha kama dhahabu na fedha, ili wamtolee Bwana sadaka katika haki. Ndipo sadaka za Yuda na Yerusalemu zitakuwa za kupendeza kwa Bwana, kama siku za kale, na kama miaka ya zamani. Malaki 3:3, 4.

The Levites are the offering, for they perfectly reflect the character of Christ, who is the great offering. When those twenty-five Levites are lifted up as an offering, the twenty-five counterfeit Levites are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel 8.

Walawi ndiyo sadaka, kwa kuwa wanaakisi kikamilifu tabia ya Kristo, ambaye ndiye sadaka kuu. Wakati wale Walawi ishirini na watano wanapoinuliwa kama sadaka, wale Walawi bandia ishirini na watano wanasujudia jua katika Ezekieli 8.

Judas does not only represent a wicked Levite, but he is also a wicked priest that has been prepared for thirty years, as represented by Judas’ thirty pieces of silver.

Siyo tu kwamba Yuda anawakilisha Mlawi mwovu, bali pia ni kuhani mwovu ambaye ameandaliwa kwa muda wa miaka thelathini, kama inavyoashiriwa na vipande thelathini vya fedha vya Yuda.

> Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. Matthew 27:3–5.

> Ndipo Yuda, yule aliyemsaliti, alipoona ya kwamba amehukumiwa, akajuta, akawarudishia wakuu wa makuhani na wazee vipande thelathini vya fedha, akisema, Nimetenda dhambi kwa kuwa nimesaliti damu isiyo na hatia. Nao wakasema, Hilo latuhusu nini sisi? Wewe uone. Naye akavitupa vile vipande vya fedha hekaluni, akaondoka, akaenda akajinyonga. Mathayo 27:3-5.

The thirty pieces of silver that Judas cast out, represents the Messenger of the Covenant casting out (purging) the dross (counterfeit silver) in Malachi three. That wicked priesthood was represented by the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and the rebels of 1888. The wicked priesthood is swallowed up when the United States, the earth-beast opens up its mouth. Then fire destroys their followers, during the full outpouring of the latter rain, that begins at the Sunday law.

Vipande thelathini vya fedha ambavyo Yuda alivitupa, vinamwakilisha Mjumbe wa Agano akitupa (akisafisha) taka (fedha bandia) katika Malaki sura ya tatu. Ule ukuhani mwovu uliwakilishwa na uasi wa Kora, Dathani na Abiramu na waasi wa mwaka 1888. Ule ukuhani mwovu unamezwa wakati Marekani, yule mnyama wa nchi, inapofungua kinywa chake. Kisha moto huwaangamiza wafuasi wao, wakati wa kumiminwa kikamilifu kwa mvua ya mwisho, ambayo huanza wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili.

The virgin birth as a sign in Christ’s day, represents the sign of the wise virgins in the latter days. In that period the Sanhedrin, the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church will seek for a sign, but will be unable to see the only sign given to Laodicea. The sign for the great multitude, the eleventh-hour workers is seeing men and women keeping the seventh-day Sabbath during the Sunday law testing period. The sign of the remnant in their controversy with the former covenant people is the seventh-year Sabbath, representing the foundations of Adventism as identified as the central pillar of both of Habakkuk’s sacred tables. The sign given to Laodicean Adventism is the sign of Jonah, which is addressed in the dialogue between Christ and Peter.

Kuzaliwa kwa bikira kama ishara katika siku za Kristo, kunawakilisha ishara ya wanawali wenye hekima katika siku za mwisho. Katika kipindi hicho Sanhedrini, Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia, litatafuta ishara, lakini halitaweza kuona ishara ya pekee iliyotolewa kwa Laodikia. Ishara kwa kundi kubwa, wafanyakazi wa saa ya kumi na moja, ni kuwaona wanaume na wanawake wakishika Sabato ya siku ya saba wakati wa kipindi cha majaribu cha sheria ya Jumapili. Ishara ya masalia katika mzozo wao na watu wa agano la zamani ni Sabato ya mwaka wa saba, inayowakilisha misingi ya Uadventista kama ilivyotambuliwa kuwa nguzo kuu ya vibao vyote viwili vitakatifu vya Habakuki. Ishara iliyotolewa kwa Uadventista wa Laodikia ni ishara ya Yona, ambayo inajadiliwa katika mazungumzo kati ya Kristo na Petro.

> When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

> Alipofika Yesu katika pande za Sezarea ya Filipo, akawauliza wanafunzi wake, akisema, Watu wanasema kwamba mimi, Mwana wa Adamu, ni nani? Wakasema, Wengine wanasema wewe ni Yohana Mbatizaji; wengine, Eliya; na wengine, Yeremia, au mmoja wa manabii. Akawaambia, Nanyi mnasemaje mimi ni nani?

> And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

> Simoni Petro akajibu akasema, Wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai. Yesu akajibu akamwambia, Heri wewe, Simoni Barjona; kwa maana mwili na damu havikukufunulia hili, bali Baba yangu aliye mbinguni. Nami nakuambia pia, kwamba wewe ndiwe Petro, na juu ya mwamba huu nitalijenga kanisa langu; na malango ya kuzimu hayataweza kulishinda. Nami nitakupa funguo za ufalme wa mbinguni; na chochote utakachofunga duniani kitafungwa mbinguni; na chochote utakachofungua duniani kitafunguliwa mbinguni.

> Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. Matthew 16:13–20.

> Ndipo aliwaagiza wanafunzi wake wasimwambie mtu yeyote kwamba yeye ndiye Yesu Kristo. Mathayo 16:13-20.

The sign for the Sanhedrin, and therefore Adventism is the sign of Jonah. Simon Barjona is introduced into the passage as a symbol of a covenant man, for his name is about to be changed. Abram’s name was changed at the covenant. Saul’s named was changed to Paul. Jacob’s name was changed to Israel. Those three witnesses establish that when a biblical character’s name is changed, they represent a covenant man, and therefore typify the last covenant people, who are the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Those three witnesses also establish that a covenant man’s name represents the prophetic symbolism associated with the person whose name is changed. Saul means “selected,” for he was selected to carry the gospel to the Gentiles. His name was changed to Paul, meaning small, for he in his own eyes was the smallest of the apostles, for he had persecuted God’s church. Jacob the supplanter, was changed in both name and experience to an overcomer, as Israel means. Peter’s name was Simon, meaning one who hears; and Barjona, meaning the son of Jonah.

Ishara ya Sanhedrini, na hivyo pia ya Uadventista, ni ishara ya Yona. Simoni Barjona anatambulishwa katika kifungu hicho kama ishara ya mtu wa agano, kwa kuwa jina lake liko karibu kubadilishwa. Jina la Abramu lilibadilishwa wakati wa agano. Jina la Sauli lilibadilishwa kuwa Paulo. Jina la Yakobo lilibadilishwa kuwa Israeli. Mashahidi hao watatu wanaweka wazi kwamba inapobadilishwa jina la mhusika wa Biblia, wanamwakilisha mtu wa agano, na hivyo kuwa mfano wa watu wa agano wa mwisho, ambao ni mia arobaini na nne elfu. Mashahidi hao watatu pia wanaonyesha kwamba jina la mtu wa agano linawakilisha alama ya kinabii inayohusiana na mtu ambaye jina lake limebadilishwa. Sauli maana yake “aliyechaguliwa,” kwa kuwa alichaguliwa kubeba injili kwa Mataifa. Jina lake lilibadilishwa kuwa Paulo, linalomaanisha mdogo, kwa maana machoni pake mwenyewe alikuwa mdogo kabisa kati ya mitume, kwa kuwa alikuwa ameutesa kanisa la Mungu. Yakobo, mdanganyifu, alibadilishwa kwa jina na kwa uzoefu kuwa mshindi, kama Israeli inavyomaanisha. Jina la Petro lilikuwa Simoni, maana yake asikiaye; na Barjona, maana yake mwana wa Yona.

Peter is representing the last generation of Jonah, for he was Jonah’s son. Jonah means “dove,” and Simon is he who heard the message of the dove, and Simon Barjona had heard the message of the anointing of Jesus, when He was baptized and became Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove. The message of Jonah was the message of the dove which represented the anointing of Jesus with power at His baptism. The message of Jonah was represented as Jonah being three days in the belly of a whale. Those three days are the three days of Passover to the feast of first fruits, which are typified by Christ’s baptism and by Jonah’s time in the belly of the whale.

Petro anawakilisha kizazi cha mwisho cha Yona, kwa maana alikuwa mwana wa Yona. Yona humaanisha “njiwa,” na Simoni ndiye aliyesikia ujumbe wa njiwa, na Simoni Barjona alikuwa amesikia ujumbe wa upako wa Yesu, Yesu alipobatizwa na kuwa Yesu Kristo, na Roho Mtakatifu akashuka kwa umbo la njiwa. Ujumbe wa Yona ulikuwa ujumbe wa njiwa uliowakilisha upako wa Yesu kwa nguvu katika ubatizo wake. Ujumbe wa Yona uliwakilishwa na Yona kuwa siku tatu ndani ya tumbo la nyangumi. Siku hizo tatu ni siku tatu za kuanzia Pasaka hadi sikukuu ya malimbuko, ambazo zinaakisiwa na ubatizo wa Kristo na kipindi cha Yona ndani ya tumbo la nyangumi.

The sign of Jonah is the sign of the anointing of Christ at His baptism, which typifies the descent of the angel of Revelation eighteen on 9/11. 9/11 began a three-step testing process as represented by Jonah’s three days. Those three steps are also illustrated in Millerite history. August 11, 1840 marked the test of the first angel, April 19, 1844 the test of the second angel and October 22, 1844 the third test. Those three steps represent 9/11, July 18, 2020 and the Sunday law.

Ishara ya Yona ni ishara ya kutiwa mafuta kwa Kristo katika ubatizo wake, ambayo inaashiria kushuka kwa malaika wa Ufunuo kumi na nane mnamo 9/11. 9/11 ilianza mchakato wa majaribio wa hatua tatu kama unavyowakilishwa na siku tatu za Yona. Hatua hizo tatu pia zinaonyeshwa katika historia ya Wamileraiti. Agosti 11, 1840 iliashiria jaribio la malaika wa kwanza, Aprili 19, 1844 jaribio la malaika wa pili na Oktoba 22, 1844 jaribio la tatu. Hatua hizo tatu zinawakilisha 9/11, Julai 18, 2020 na sheria ya Jumapili.

At the Sunday law, Jonah is spat out of the mouth of a fish, right where Christ is spitting Laodicea out of His mouth, which is right where Balaam’s ass opens his mouth and speaks, which is right where John the Baptist’s father Zechariah speaks, which is also where the United States speaks as a dragon. Jonah then gives the final warning to the world as the symbol of those who were resurrected with Moses and Elijah in 2024. Those souls died in the streets of Sodom and Egypt, and are thereafter resurrected as Ezekiel’s mighty army. At their resurrection they become the sign of Jonah, for he represents those who have died and are resurrected to give the final message to Nineveh. Jonah in the belly of the whale, Daniel in the lion’s den, John in the pot of boiling oil represent the one hundred and forty-four thousand who have experienced a symbolic death and resurrection. The anointing at 9/11 unto the resurrection of Ezekiel’s mighty army represents the baptism of Christ unto His resurrection.

Wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, Yona anatapikwa kutoka kinywani mwa samaki, ndipo Kristo anapomtema Laodikia kutoka kinywani Mwake, ndipo punda wa Balaamu anapofungua kinywa chake na kunena, ndipo baba yake Yohana Mbatizaji, Zakaria, anaponena, na ndipo pia Marekani inanaponena kama joka. Kisha Yona anatoa onyo la mwisho kwa ulimwengu kama ishara ya wale waliofufuliwa pamoja na Musa na Eliya mnamo 2024. Nafsi hizo zilikufa katika mitaa ya Sodoma na Misri, na baadaye hufufuliwa kama jeshi lenye nguvu la Ezekieli. Katika ufufuo wao wanakuwa ishara ya Yona, kwa maana yeye anawakilisha wale waliokufa na kufufuliwa ili watoe ujumbe wa mwisho kwa Ninawi. Yona katika tumbo la nyangumi, Danieli katika tundu la simba, Yohana katika sufuria ya mafuta yanayochemka, wanawakilisha mia arobaini na nne elfu waliopitia kifo na ufufuo wa mfano. Upako mnamo 9/11 hadi ufufuo wa jeshi lenye nguvu la Ezekieli unawakilisha ubatizo wa Kristo hadi ufufuo Wake.

> The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. Matthew 16:1–4.

> Nao Mafarisayo pamoja na Masadukayo wakaja, na kwa kumjaribu wakamtaka awaonyeshe ishara kutoka mbinguni. Naye akawajibu, akawaambia, Jioni inapofika ninyi husema, Kutakuwa na hali ya hewa nzuri; kwa kuwa anga ni nyekundu. Na asubuhi, Leo kutakuwa na hali mbaya ya hewa; kwa kuwa anga ni nyekundu na lenye kutisha. Enyi wanafiki, mnaweza kutambua sura ya anga; lakini hamwezi kutambua dalili za nyakati? Kizazi kiovu na cha zinaa hutafuta ishara; wala hakitapewa ishara yoyote, ila ishara ya nabii Yona. Akawaacha, akaondoka. Mathayo 16:1-4.

The crowning miracle was the resurrection of Lazarus.

Muujiza wa kilele ulikuwa ufufuo wa Lazaro.

> “In delaying to come to Lazarus, Christ had a purpose of mercy toward those who had not received Him. He tarried, that by raising Lazarus from the dead He might give to His stubborn, unbelieving people another evidence that He was indeed ‘the resurrection, and the life.’ He was loath to give up all hope of the people, the poor, wandering sheep of the house of Israel. His heart was breaking because of their impenitence. In His mercy He purposed to give them one more evidence that He was the Restorer, the One who alone could bring life and immortality to light. This was to be an evidence that the priests could not misinterpret. This was the reason of His delay in going to Bethany. This crowning miracle, the raising of Lazarus, was to set the seal of God on His work and on His claim to divinity.” The Desire of Ages, 528, 529.

> Katika kuchelewesha kwenda kwa Lazaro, Kristo alikuwa na kusudi la huruma kwa wale ambao hawakuwa wamempokea. Alikawia, ili kwa kumfufua Lazaro kutoka kwa wafu awape watu wake wakaidi wasioamini ushahidi mwingine kwamba kwa kweli Yeye alikuwa 'ufufuo, na uzima.' Alisita kukata tamaa kabisa juu ya watu, kondoo maskini waliotangatanga wa nyumba ya Israeli. Moyo wake ulikuwa ukivunjika kwa sababu ya kutotubu kwao. Katika rehema yake alikusudia kuwapa ushahidi mmoja zaidi kwamba Yeye ndiye Mrejeshaji, Yule ambaye peke yake angeweza kuleta uzima na kutokufa wazi. Huu ulikuwa uwe ushahidi ambao makuhani wasingeweza kuutafsiri vibaya. Hii ndiyo ilikuwa sababu ya kukawia kwake kwenda Bethania. Muujiza huu wa kilele, kumfufua Lazaro, ulikuwa uweke muhuri wa Mungu juu ya kazi yake na juu ya dai lake la uungu. Shauku ya Enzi, 528, 529.

Christ tarried before He resurrected Lazarus, and Lazarus was not only the “crowning miracle,” he was also the “seal” upon God’s work. In the passage the sign of Jonah is the only sign for the adulterous and wicked generation. It is important to see that the timing of the sealing process is very specific. In the passage we are addressing where Peter’s name is changed, it informs us that from that point onward Jesus began to reveal that He was to be put to death, yet in the last verse Matthew records, “Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.” Then in the very next verse he records, “From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.”

Kristo alikawia kabla ya kumfufua Lazaro, na Lazaro hakuwa tu “muujiza wa kilele,” alikuwa pia “muhuri” juu ya kazi ya Mungu. Katika kifungu hicho ishara ya Yona ndiyo ishara ya pekee kwa kizazi kiovu na cha uzinzi. Ni muhimu kuona kwamba muda wa mchakato wa kuweka muhuri ni maalum sana. Katika kifungu tunachokizungumzia ambapo jina la Petro linabadilishwa, inatufahamisha kwamba kuanzia hapo Yesu alianza kufunua kwamba alipaswa kuuawa, lakini katika mstari wa mwisho Mathayo anarekodi, “Ndipo akaagiza wanafunzi wake wasiambie mtu yeyote kwamba yeye ndiye Yesu Kristo.” Kisha katika mstari unaofuata kabisa anaandika, “Tangu wakati huo Yesu alianza kuwaonyesha wanafunzi wake kwamba imempasa kwenda Yerusalemu, na kupata mateso mengi kwa mikono ya wazee, na wakuu wa makuhani, na waandishi, na kuuawa, na kufufuliwa siku ya tatu.”

The passage begins with Jesus asking who men think He is, and then a follow-up question where He asked the disciples who they thought He was.

Sehemu hiyo inaanza na Yesu akiuliza watu wanafikiri kuwa yeye ni nani, kisha akauliza swali la kufuatia, akawauliza wanafunzi wake walidhani kuwa yeye ni nani.

> When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Matthew 16:13–15.

> Yesu alipofika pande za Kaisaria ya Filipi, akawauliza wanafunzi wake, akisema, Watu husema kwamba mimi, Mwana wa Adamu, ni nani? Wakasema, Wengine husema kwamba wewe ni Yohana Mbatizaji; wengine Eliya; na wengine Yeremia, au mmoja wa manabii. Akawaambia, Lakini ninyi mnasema mimi ni nani? Mathayo 16:13-15.

When Peter answers he identifies that Jesus was the Christ and the son of the living God. The word Christ is the Greek word for the Hebrew word Messiah. Jesus raises the question about who He is, and leads the disciples to the fact that He is the Messiah, but immediately informs them that they should tell no man. From that time, He began to teach that He would fulfill the twenty-three waymarks in the last three chapters of Matthew, but it was of necessity the truths associated with the Christ should be opened up in a step-by-step fashion.

Petro anapojibu anatambua kwamba Yesu alikuwa Kristo na Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai. Neno Kristo ni neno la Kigiriki linalolingana na neno la Kiebrania Masihi. Yesu anaibua swali kuhusu yeye ni nani, na kuwaongoza wanafunzi kutambua kwamba yeye ndiye Masihi, lakini mara moja anawaambia wasimwambie mtu yeyote. Tangu wakati huo, akaanza kufundisha kwamba angetimiza alama ishirini na tatu za njia katika sura tatu za mwisho za Mathayo, lakini ilikuwa lazima ukweli unaohusiana na Kristo ufunuliwe hatua kwa hatua.

We will continue these Messianic waymarks in the next article.

Tutaendelea na alama hizi za njia za Kimasihi katika makala ijayo.

## Alpha light of the third angel

Nuru ya Alfa ya malaika wa tatu

> “In the autumn of 1846 we began to observe the Bible Sabbath, and to teach and defend it. My attention was first called to the Sabbath while I was on a visit to New Bedford, Massachusetts, earlier in the same year. I there became acquainted with Elder Joseph Bates, who had early embraced the advent faith, and was an active laborer in the cause. Elder B. was keeping the Sabbath, and urged its importance. I did not feel its importance, and thought that Elder B. erred in dwelling upon the fourth commandment more than upon the other nine. But the Lord gave me a view of the heavenly sanctuary. The temple of God was opened in heaven, and I was shown the ark of God covered with the mercy seat. Two angels stood, one at each end of the ark, with their wings spread over the mercy seat, and their faces turned toward it. My accompanying angel informed me that these represented all the heavenly host looking with reverential awe toward the holy law which had been written by the finger of God. Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and I beheld the tables of stone on which the Ten Commandments were written. I was amazed as I saw the fourth commandment in the very center of the ten precepts, with a soft halo of light encircling it. Said the angel: ‘It is the only one of the ten which defines the living God who created the heavens and the earth and all things that are therein. When the foundations of the earth were laid, then was laid the foundation of the Sabbath also.’” Testimonies, volume 1, 75.

> Vuli ya mwaka 1846 tulianza kuishika Sabato ya Biblia, na kuifundisha na kuitetea. Kwa mara ya kwanza mawazo yangu yalielekezwa kwenye Sabato nilipokuwa ziarani New Bedford, Massachusetts, mapema mwaka huo huo. Huko nikafahamiana na Mzee Joseph Bates, ambaye mapema alikuwa amekumbatia imani ya Adventi, na alikuwa mfanyakazi mwenye bidii katika kazi hiyo. Mzee B. alikuwa akiishika Sabato, na alisisitiza umuhimu wake. Mimi sikuona umuhimu wake, nikadhani kwamba Mzee B. alikosea kwa kukazia amri ya nne kuliko zile nyingine tisa. Lakini Bwana alinipa maono ya Patakatifu pa mbinguni. Hekalu la Mungu lilifunguliwa mbinguni, nami nikaonyeshwa sanduku la Mungu lililofunikwa na kiti cha rehema. Malaika wawili walisimama, mmoja kila mwisho wa sanduku, na mabawa yao yamekunjuliwa juu ya kiti cha rehema, na nyuso zao zikiwa zimeelekezwa kulielekea. Malaika aliyenisindikiza aliniarifu kwamba hawa waliwakilisha jeshi lote la mbinguni linalotazama kwa heshima na kicho kuelekea sheria takatifu iliyokuwa imeandikwa kwa kidole cha Mungu. Yesu akainua kifuniko cha sanduku, nami nikaona vibao vya mawe ambavyo juu yake Amri Kumi ziliandikwa. Nilistaajabu nilipoiona amri ya nne katikati kabisa ya zile amri kumi, ikiwa imezungukwa na mng’ao laini wa nuru. Akasema malaika: ‘Hii ndiyo ya pekee kati ya zile kumi inayomfafanua Mungu aliye hai aliyeziumba mbingu na nchi na vitu vyote vilivyomo ndani yake. Misingi ya dunia ilipowekwa, ndipo msingi wa Sabato pia uliwekwa.’ Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 1, 75.

## Omega light of the third angel

Mwanga wa Omega wa malaika wa tatu

> “Those who commune with God walk in the light of the Sun of Righteousness. They do not dishonor their Redeemer by corrupting their way before God. Heavenly light shines upon them. As they near the close of this earth’s history, their knowledge of Christ, and of the prophecies relating to him, greatly increases. They are of infinite worth in God’s sight; for they are in unity with his Son. To them the word of God is of surpassing beauty and loveliness. They see its importance. Truth is unfolded to them. The doctrine of the incarnation is invested with a soft radiance. They see that the Scripture is the key that unlocks all mysteries and solves all difficulties. Those who have been unwilling to receive the light and walk in the light will be unable to understand the mystery of godliness, but those who have not hesitated to take up the cross and follow Jesus, will see light in God’s light.” The Southern Watchman, April 4, 1905.

> Wale walio na ushirika na Mungu wanatembea katika nuru ya Jua la Haki. Hawamwaibishi Mkombozi wao kwa kuharibu mwenendo wao mbele za Mungu. Nuru ya mbinguni inawaangazia. Wanapokaribia mwisho wa historia ya dunia hii, maarifa yao ya Kristo, na ya unabii unaomhusu, yanaongezeka sana. Wana thamani isiyo na kifani machoni pa Mungu; kwa kuwa wako katika umoja na Mwana wake. Kwao neno la Mungu lina uzuri wa kupita kiasi na upendeza wa ajabu. Wanaona umuhimu wake. Kweli inafunuliwa kwao. Fundisho la umwilisho linavikwa mng’aro mpole. Wanaona kwamba Maandiko ndiyo ufunguo unaofungua mafumbo yote na kutatua matatizo yote. Wale ambao wamekuwa wakikataa kupokea nuru na kutembea katika nuru hawataweza kuelewa fumbo la utauwa, bali wale ambao hawakusita kuuchukua msalaba na kumfuata Yesu, wataona nuru katika nuru ya Mungu. The Southern Watchman, Aprili 4, 1905.

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