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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Seven

Roma Inaweka Maono - Nambari Saba

The Final Controversy: Rome’s Symbolism in Adventist Prophecy and the Close of Probation

Pambano la Mwisho: Uashiriaji wa Roma katika unabii wa Waadventista na kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema

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Jeff Pippenger

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August 17, 2024

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We are considering six historical lines within the history of Adventism where controversies over the symbol of Rome was the issue. We are employing the methodology of the latter rain, which is “line upon line” from “here a little” and “there a little.” We began by identifying that the first controversy over the symbol of Rome illustrates the current controversy, and therefore emphasizes that we are now in the last controversy before probation closes.

Tunazingatia mistari sita ya kihistoria ndani ya historia ya Uadventista ambamo suala kuu lilikuwa migogoro kuhusu ishara ya Roma. Tunatumia mbinu ya mvua ya mwisho, ambayo ni “mstari juu ya mstari” kutoka “hapa kidogo” na “pale kidogo.” Tulianza kwa kubainisha kwamba mgogoro wa kwanza kuhusu ishara ya Roma unaonyesha mgogoro wa sasa, na hivyo kutilia mkazo kwamba sasa tuko katika mgogoro wa mwisho kabla ya mlango wa rehema kufungwa.

The seriousness of this final controversy about the symbol of Rome is also represented by verses ten through sixteen of Daniel eleven, which typify the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel eleven. The history of verse forty brings the student of prophecy to 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union as represented in verse ten. The next verse, verse forty-one, which identifies the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, is typified by verse sixteen. Inspiration has identified that what was sealed was “the portion of the book of Daniel that related to the last days”.

Uzito wa mzozo wa mwisho huu kuhusu ishara ya Roma pia unawakilishwa na mistari ya kumi hadi kumi na sita ya Danieli sura ya kumi na moja, ambayo inaonyesha kwa mfano historia iliyofichwa ya mstari wa arobaini wa Danieli sura ya kumi na moja. Historia ya mstari wa arobaini humleta mwanafunzi wa unabii hadi mwaka 1989 na kuanguka kwa Umoja wa Kisovieti, kama kunavyowakilishwa katika mstari wa kumi. Mstari unaofuata, mstari wa arobaini na moja, unaotambua sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani, umeonyeshwa kwa mfano na mstari wa kumi na sita. Uvuvio umebainisha kwamba kilichotiwa muhuri kilikuwa “sehemu ya kitabu cha Danieli iliyohusiana na siku za mwisho”.

1989 unto the Sunday law is the sealed portion of the last days, and it is typified in verses ten through sixteen. It is therefore the increase of knowledge that leads to the close of probation for Seventh-day Adventists, for Adventism’s probation in the United States is finished at the Sunday law. In verses ten through sixteen we find verse fourteen, which identifies that it is the “robbers” of God’s people that establish the vision.

Kuanzia 1989 hadi sheria ya Jumapili ndiyo sehemu iliyotiwa muhuri ya siku za mwisho, na inaakisiwa katika mistari ya kumi hadi kumi na sita. Hivyo basi, ni kuongezeka kwa maarifa kunakopelekea kufungwa kwa muda wa rehema kwa Waadventista Wasabato, kwa kuwa muda wa rehema wa Uadventista nchini Marekani unakamilika katika sheria ya Jumapili. Katika mistari ya kumi hadi kumi na sita tunapata mstari wa kumi na nne, unaobainisha kwamba ni "wanyang'anyi" wa watu wa Mungu wanaothibitisha maono.

Therefore, the Millerite controversy that is represented upon the 1843 pioneer chart is the first controversy of Rome in Adventism’s history. The fact that the very same controversy has again arrived, informs anyone who wishes to see that Jesus, as the Alpha and Omega, always illustrates the end with the beginning. The current controversy is the final controversy which sifts the wise and foolish virgins.

Kwa hiyo, mzozo wa Wamillerite unaoonyeshwa kwenye chati ya waanzilishi ya 1843 ndio mzozo wa kwanza wa Roma katika historia ya Uadventista. Ukweli kwamba mzozo huo huo umejitokeza tena, unamjulisha yeyote anayetaka kuona kwamba Yesu, akiwa Alfa na Omega, daima huonyesha mwisho kwa kutumia mwanzo. Mzozo wa sasa ndio mzozo wa mwisho unaochuja wanawali werevu na wapumbavu.

Sanctified prophetic logic teaches that the one hundred and forty-four thousand come into perfect unity before their close of probation at the soon-coming Sunday law. The refining fire of Malachi’s Messenger of the Covenant is now purifying the Levites as gold and silver. The Dirt Brush Man is now purging His floor with words of truth.

Mantiki ya kinabii iliyotakaswa hufundisha kwamba mia arobaini na nne elfu wanaingia katika umoja kamili kabla ya kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema kwao katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja muda si mrefu. Moto wa kutakasa wa Mjumbe wa Agano wa Malaki sasa unawatakasa Walawi kama dhahabu na fedha. Mtu wa brashi ya uchafu sasa anaitakasa sakafu yake kwa maneno ya kweli.

> “‘Whose fan is in His hand, and He will throughly purge His floor, and gather His wheat into the garner.’ Matthew 3:12. This was one of the times of purging. By the words of truth, the chaff was being separated from the wheat. Because they were too vain and self-righteous to receive reproof, too world-loving to accept a life of humility, many turned away from Jesus. Many are still doing the same thing. Souls are tested today as were those disciples in the synagogue at Capernaum. When truth is brought home to the heart, they see that their lives are not in accordance with the will of God. They see the need of an entire change in themselves; but they are not willing to take up the self-denying work. Therefore they are angry when their sins are discovered. They go away offended, even as the disciples left Jesus, murmuring, ‘This is an hard saying; who can hear it?’” The Desire of Ages, 392.

> "'Ambaye pepeto lake lipo mkononi mwake, naye atasafisha kabisa uwanja wake wa kupuria, na kukusanya ngano yake ghalani.' Mathayo 3:12. Huu ulikuwa mmojawapo wa nyakati za kusafisha. Kwa maneno ya kweli, makapi yalikuwa yakitenganishwa na ngano. Kwa sababu walikuwa na majivuno na kujiona wenye haki kupita kiasi kiasi kwamba hawakuweza kupokea maonyo, na wapenda dunia mno kiasi kwamba hawakukubali maisha ya unyenyekevu, wengi walimwacha Yesu. Wengi bado wanafanya hivyo. Nafsi zinajaribiwa leo kama vile wale wanafunzi katika sinagogi la Kapernaumu walivyojaribiwa. Wakati kweli inaletiwa moyoni, wanaona kwamba maisha yao hayapatani na mapenzi ya Mungu. Wanaona haja ya mabadiliko kamili ndani yao; lakini hawako tayari kuichukua kazi ya kujikana nafsi. Kwa hiyo wanakasirika dhambi zao zinapofunuliwa. Huondoka wakiudhika, kama vile wanafunzi walivyomwacha Yesu, wakinung'unika, 'Haya ni maneno magumu; ni nani awezaye kuyasikia?'" The Desire of Ages, 392.

The fact that the first sixteen verses are the beginning of Daniel’s last prophecy, and that those verses align with the last six verses of the chapter, indicates that the Alpha and Omega is using the verses in the beginning to accomplish the final separation of the wise and wicked, as represented by Daniel in chapter twelve, which is now occurring.

Ukweli kwamba mistari kumi na sita ya kwanza ndiyo mwanzo wa unabii wa mwisho wa Danieli, na kwamba mistari ile inaendana na mistari sita ya mwisho ya sura hiyo, unaonyesha kwamba Alfa na Omega anatumia mistari ya mwanzo kukamilisha utenganisho wa mwisho wa wenye hekima na waovu, kama ulivyoonyeshwa na Danieli katika sura ya kumi na mbili, unaotokea sasa.

A third witness to the serious nature of the controversy is the fact that inspiration, through the writings of Sister White, clearly upholds the 1843 pioneer chart, which represents the controversy of Rome in verse fourteen. The beginning controversy represents the ending controversy, and the inspired endorsement of the Millerite understanding of verse fourteen’s “robbers of thy people,” means that if that foundational truth is rejected, it is simultaneously a rejection of the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy. In agreement with the previous two witnesses that emphasize that this controversy occurs just before probation closes is the certainty that the last, or final, deception for those who profess to uphold the Spirit of Prophecy, is a rejection of the Spirit of Prophecy.

Shahidi wa tatu wa uzito wa mzozo huu ni ukweli kwamba uvuvio, kupitia maandiko ya Dada White, unaunga mkono waziwazi chati ya waanzilishi ya mwaka 1843, ambayo inaonyesha mzozo wa Roma katika mstari wa kumi na nne. Mzozo wa mwanzo unawakilisha mzozo wa mwisho, na idhini ya kimungu ya uelewa wa Wamileraiti kuhusu "wanyang'anyi wa watu wako" wa mstari wa kumi na nne, inamaanisha kwamba ikiwa ile kweli ya msingi itakataliwa, kwa wakati huohuo ni kukataa mamlaka ya Roho ya Unabii. Kwa kuafikiana na mashahidi wawili waliotangulia wanaosisitiza kwamba mzozo huu hutokea kabla tu ya kufungwa kwa wakati wa rehema, kuna uhakika kwamba udanganyifu wa mwisho, au wa hatimaye, kwa wale wanaodai kuishikilia Roho ya Unabii, ni kuukataa Roho ya Unabii.

> “Satan is . . . constantly pressing in the spurious—to lead away from truth. The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish’ (Proverbs 29:18). Satan will work ingeniously, in different ways and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God’s remnant people in the true testimony.

> Shetani yuko . . . daima anaingiza mambo bandia—ili kuwaongoza mbali na kweli. Udanganyifu wa mwisho kabisa wa Shetani utakuwa kuufanya ushuhuda wa Roho wa Mungu usiwe na athari yoyote. ‘Mahali pasipo na maono, watu huangamia’ (Mithali 29:18). Shetani atafanya kazi kwa ujanja, kwa njia mbalimbali na kupitia mawakala mbalimbali, ili kuvuruga imani ya watu wa mabaki wa Mungu katika ushuhuda wa kweli.

> “There will be a hatred kindled against the Testimonies which is satanic. The workings of Satan will be to unsettle the faith of the churches in them, for this reason: Satan cannot have so clear a track to bring in his deceptions and bind up souls in his delusions if the warnings and reproofs and counsels of the Spirit of God are heeded.” Selected Messages, book 1, 48.

> "Kutachochewa chuki ya kishetani dhidi ya Ushuhuda. Matendo ya Shetani yatakuwa ya kuyumbisha imani ya makanisa katika huo, kwa sababu hii: Shetani hawezi kuwa na njia iliyo wazi kiasi hicho ya kuleta udanganyifu wake na kuzifunga roho katika upotovu wake ikiwa maonyo na makaripio na mashauri ya Roho wa Mungu yatiliwa maanani." Ujumbe Teule, kitabu cha 1, 48.

The making of none effect, or the rejection of the authority of the “testimony of the Spirit of God” through the writings of Ellen White, is the “very last deception of Satan.” Sister White wrote that she was “shown” that the “1843 chart was directed by the hand of the Lord, and should not be altered.” The previous passage directly associates the rejection of the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy with the vision of the last days, for all the prophets speak most directly of the last days. Therefore when Daniel says in verse fourteen that “the robbers” establish the vision, it is Solomon’s vision of Proverbs 29:18, which says that those who do not have the vision “perish,” and the word “perish” means “to be made naked”.

Kubatiliwa au kukataliwa kwa mamlaka ya "ushuhuda wa Roho wa Mungu" kupitia maandishi ya Ellen White ndilo "udanganyifu wa mwisho kabisa wa Shetani." Dada White aliandika kwamba "alionyeshwa" kuwa "chati ya 1843 iliiongozwa na mkono wa Bwana, wala haipaswi kubadilishwa." Aya iliyotangulia inaunganisha moja kwa moja kukataa mamlaka ya Roho wa Unabii na maono ya siku za mwisho, kwa kuwa manabii wote husema kwa uwazi zaidi kuhusu siku za mwisho. Hivyo basi, Danieli anaposema katika aya ya kumi na nne kwamba "wanyang'anyi" wanaithibitisha maono, hayo ni maono ya Sulemani katika Mithali 29:18, yanayosema kwamba wale wasio na maono "huangamia," na neno "kuangamia" humaanisha "kufanywa uchi".

“Perish” is therefore identifying that those who profess to uphold the Spirit of Prophecy in the last days, but who reject the authority represented therein, become naked, and perish, which is a description of the Laodiceans, who are “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” They are counseled to buy “white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear.” If they refuse the counsel they are spewed out of the mouth of the Lord.

Kwa hivyo, neno "Kuangamia" linabainisha kwamba wale wanaodai kushikilia Roho ya Unabii katika siku za mwisho, lakini wanaokataa mamlaka yanayowakilishwa humo, huwa uchi na huangamia, jambo ambalo ni maelezo ya Walaodikia, ambao ni "wanyonge, wenye mashaka, maskini, vipofu, na uchi." Wanashauriwa kununua "mavazi meupe, upate kuvikwa, na aibu ya uchi wako isionekane." Wakikataa shauri hilo, watatapikwa kutoka kinywani mwa Bwana.

Thus, we find another witness that this nakedness is manifested just before probation closes. At the soon-coming Sunday law those naked souls will receive the mark of the beast, as they are overthrown, as represented in verse forty-one of Daniel eleven. The reason they will be overthrown is that they rejected the authority of the Spirit of Prophecy, which upholds the 1843 pioneer chart, which represents the foundations of Adventism, and includes the “key” which establishes the vision with the identification that Rome is the power represented as “the robbers of thy people” in verse fourteen.

Hivyo, tunapata ushahidi mwingine kwamba uchi huu unadhihirishwa kabla kidogo ya kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema. Katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni nafsi hizo zilizo uchi zitapokea alama ya mnyama, watakapoangushwa, kama inavyoonyeshwa katika mstari wa arobaini na moja wa Danieli kumi na moja. Sababu ya kuangushwa kwao ni kwamba walikataa mamlaka ya Roho ya Unabii, inayounga mkono chati ya waanzilishi ya 1843, inayowakilisha misingi ya Uadventista, na inayojumuisha "ufunguo" unaothibitisha maono kwa utambuzi kwamba Roma ndiyo nguvu iliyowakilishwa kama "wanyang'anyi wa watu wako" katika mstari wa kumi na nne.

> “One thing is certain: those Seventh-day Adventists who take their stand under Satan’s banner will first give up their faith in the warnings and reproofs contained in the Testimonies of God’s spirit.

> Jambo moja ni hakika: wale Waadventista wa Sabato wanaochukua msimamo chini ya bendera ya Shetani kwanza wataacha kuamini maonyo na makemeo yaliyomo katika Ushuhuda wa Roho ya Mungu.

> “The call to greater consecration and holier service is being made, and will continue to be made. Some who are now voicing Satan’s suggestions will come to their senses. There are those in important positions of trust who do not understand the truth for this time. To them the message must be given. If they receive it, Christ will accept them, and will make them workers together with him. But if they refuse to hear the message, they will take their stand under the black banner of the Prince of Darkness.

> Wito wa kujitolea wakfu zaidi na huduma takatifu zaidi unatolewa, na utaendelea kutolewa. Baadhi ya wale ambao sasa wanaeneza mapendekezo ya Shetani watazinduka. Wapo walio katika nafasi muhimu za kuaminiwa wasioelewa kweli ya wakati huu. Kwao ujumbe lazima ufikishwe. Wakipokea, Kristo atawakubali, na atawafanya wafanye kazi pamoja naye. Lakini wakikataa kuusikiliza, watachukua msimamo chini ya bendera nyeusi ya Mkuu wa Giza.

> “I am instructed to say that the precious truth for this time is open more and more clearly to human minds. In a special sense men and women are to eat of Christ’s flesh and drink of his blood. There will be a development of the understanding, for the truth is capable of constant expansion. The divine originator of truth will come into closer and still closer communion with those who follow on to know him. As God’s people receive his word as the bread of heaven, they will know that his goings forth are prepared as the morning. They will receive spiritual strength, as the body receives physical strength when food is eaten.” Spalding and Magan, 305, 306.

> "Nimeagizwa kusema kwamba ukweli wa thamani wa wakati huu unazidi kufunuliwa kwa uwazi zaidi na zaidi katika akili za binadamu. Kwa namna ya pekee, wanaume na wanawake wanapaswa kula mwili wa Kristo na kunywa damu yake. Kutakuwa na ukuaji wa ufahamu, kwa kuwa ukweli una uwezo wa kupanuka daima. Mwanzilishi wa kimungu wa ukweli ataingia katika ushirika wa karibu na wa karibu zaidi na wale wanaoendelea kumfuata ili wamjue. Watu wa Mungu wanapolipokea neno lake kama mkate wa mbinguni, watajua kwamba kujitokeza kwake kumeandaliwa kama asubuhi. Watapokea nguvu za kiroho, kama vile mwili unavyopokea nguvu za kimwili wakati chakula kinapoliwa." Spalding na Magan, 305, 306.

In our last article we identified that Uriah Smith was the champion of the rebellion of 1863, for it was he who introduced the counterfeit 1863 chart. The chart he produced in 1863 removed the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six from Laodicean Adventism’s prophetic message, thus marking the beginning of the progressive tearing down of the foundations, and also the beginning of the construction of the counterfeit Laodicean Adventist foundation, which is built upon sand. Later in Advent history, his private interpretation of the king of the north, bore the fruits of his prophetic model as people fled the church.

Katika makala yetu iliyopita tulibainisha kwamba Uriah Smith alikuwa kinara wa uasi wa mwaka 1863, kwa kuwa ndiye aliyewasilisha chati bandia ya 1863. Chati aliyoiunda mwaka 1863 iliondoa mara saba za Mambo ya Walawi 26 kutoka katika ujumbe wa kinabii wa Uadventista wa Laodikia, hivyo ikaashiria mwanzo wa ubomoaji wa hatua kwa hatua wa misingi, na pia mwanzo wa ujenzi wa msingi bandia wa Waadventista wa Laodikia, ambao umejengwa juu ya mchanga. Baadaye katika historia ya Uadventista, tafsiri yake binafsi kuhusu mfalme wa kaskazini ilizaa matunda ya muundo wake wa kinabii wakati watu walipokimbia kanisa.

> Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. Matthew 7:15–27.

> Jihadharini na manabii wa uongo, wanaokuja kwenu wakiwa wamevaa mavazi ya kondoo, ilhali ndani ni mbwa mwitu wakali. Mtawatambua kwa matunda yao. Je, watu hukusanya zabibu katika miiba, au tini katika michongoma? Vivyo hivyo kila mti mwema huzaa matunda mema; bali mti mbovu huzaa matunda mabaya. Mti mwema hauwezi kuzaa matunda mabaya, wala mti mbovu hauwezi kuzaa matunda mema. Kila mti usiozaa tunda jema hukatwa, na kutupwa motoni. Basi kwa matunda yao mtawatambua. Si kila asemaye kwangu, Bwana, Bwana, ataingia katika ufalme wa mbinguni; bali ni yule afanyaye mapenzi ya Baba yangu aliye mbinguni. Wengi wataniambia siku ile, Bwana, Bwana, hatukutoa unabii kwa jina lako? na kwa jina lako tukatoa pepo? na kwa jina lako tukafanya miujiza mingi? Ndipo nitawaambia waziwazi, Sikuwajua kamwe; ondokeni kwangu, ninyi mtendao maovu. Kwa hiyo kila asikiaye maneno haya yangu na kuyatenda, nitamfananisha na mtu mwenye hekima, aliyejenga nyumba yake juu ya mwamba. Mvua ikanyesha, mafuriko yakaja, pepo zikavuma, zikapiga ile nyumba; wala haikuanguka; kwa kuwa msingi wake ulikuwa juu ya mwamba. Na kila asikiaye maneno haya yangu, asiyoyatenda, atafananishwa na mtu mpumbavu, aliyejenga nyumba yake juu ya mchanga. Mvua ikanyesha, mafuriko yakaja, pepo zikavuma, zikapiga ile nyumba; ikaanguka; na maanguko yake yalikuwa makubwa. Mathayo 7:15-27.

The leadership of Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism was passed by in 1989, as assuredly as the leadership of the Jewish church was passed by at the birth of Christ.

Uongozi wa Waadventista Wasabato wa Laodikia uliachwa kando mwaka 1989, kwa hakika kama vile uongozi wa kanisa la Kiyahudi uliachwa kando wakati wa kuzaliwa kwa Kristo.

> “Men know it not, but the tidings fill heaven with rejoicing. With a deeper and more tender interest the holy beings from the world of light are drawn to the earth. The whole world is brighter for His presence. Above the hills of Bethlehem are gathered an innumerable throng of angels. They wait the signal to declare the glad news to the world. Had the leaders in Israel been true to their trust, they might have shared the joy of heralding the birth of Jesus. But now they are passed by.

> Ingawa wanadamu hawalijui, habari hizo zinajaza mbingu kwa shangwe. Kwa shauku ya kina na ya upole zaidi, viumbe watakatifu kutoka ulimwengu wa nuru wanavutwa kuja duniani. Ulimwengu wote unang’aa zaidi kwa uwepo Wake. Juu ya vilima vya Bethlehemu, umati usioweza kuhesabika wa malaika umekusanyika. Wanasubiri ishara ya kutangaza habari njema kwa ulimwengu. Lau viongozi wa Israeli wangesimama waaminifu kwa dhamana yao, wangeweza kushiriki furaha ya kutangaza kuzaliwa kwa Yesu. Lakini sasa wameachwa kando.

> “God declares, ‘I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.’ ‘Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness.’ Isaiah 44:3; Psalm 112:4. To those who are seeking for light, and who accept it with gladness, the bright rays from the throne of God will shine.” The Desire of Ages, 47.

> “Mungu asema, ‘Nitamimina maji juu ya mwenye kiu, na mafuriko juu ya ardhi kavu.’ ‘Kwa wanyofu nuru huchomoza gizani.’ Isaya 44:3; Zaburi 112:4. Kwa wale wanaotafuta nuru, na wanaoipokea kwa furaha, miale angavu kutoka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Mungu itawang’azia.” The Desire of Ages, 47.

The time of the end in the line of Christ was His birth, and it was then that the message which would test that generation was unsealed. 1989 was the time of the end for the candidates who are called to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Uriah Smith’s prophetic model rejected the foundational truths which are represented on the 1843 chart. Those truths were the “Rock.”

Wakati wa mwisho katika mstari wa Kristo ulikuwa kuzaliwa Kwake, na ndipo ujumbe ambao ungeujaribu kizazi hicho ulipofunuliwa. Mwaka 1989 ulikuwa wakati wa mwisho kwa wagombea wanaoitwa kuwa miongoni mwa laki moja na arobaini na nne elfu. Mfano wa kinabii wa Uriah Smith ulikataa kweli za msingi zinazoonyeshwa kwenye chati ya mwaka 1843. Kweli hizo ndizo zilikuwa “Mwamba.”

> “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.

On September 11, 2001 the latter rain began to sprinkle as the winds representing Islam of the third Woe were released, and the Patriot Act marked a transition from English to Roman law prophetically announcing that the flood of the papal power had begun to flow. The final testing process for the house of Laodicean Adventism began, and “the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it”.

Mnamo Septemba 11, 2001 mvua ya masika ilianza kunyesha manyunyu wakati upepo unaowakilisha Uislamu wa Ole wa tatu ulipoachiliwa, na Patriot Act ikaashiria mpito kutoka sheria ya Kiingereza hadi sheria ya Kirumi ikitangaza kinabii kwamba gharika ya nguvu za upapa ilikuwa imeanza kutiririka. Mchakato wa mwisho wa kujaribiwa kwa nyumba ya Uadventista wa Laodikia ulianza, na "mvua ikanyesha, na mafuriko yakaja, na pepo zikavuma, zikaipiga ile nyumba; ikaanguka; na maanguko yake yakawa makuu".

The message that the mighty angel announced at that time identified that all nations had drunk the wine of Babylon, and the counterfeit methodology of papal Rome and apostate Protestantism which had been progressively adopted since the rebellion of 1863, is represented by the wine (doctrine) of Babylon.

Ujumbe ambao malaika mwenye nguvu alitangaza wakati huo ulibainisha kwamba mataifa yote yalikuwa yamekunywa divai ya Babeli, na kwamba mbinu bandia ya Roma ya kipapa na Uprotestanti ulioasi, ambayo ilikuwa imepitishwa hatua kwa hatua tangu uasi wa mwaka 1863, inawakilishwa na divai (fundisho) ya Babeli.

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

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

At the disappointment of July 18, 2020, the testing process was over for the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church, and the testing process of those who were the candidates to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand began. When Michael began to awaken those candidates in July of 2023, the message, represented as oil in the parable of Adventism was again unsealed. Whether post September 11, 2001 or post July 2023, there was an outpouring of the oil, and the message that was unsealed in July 2023, when fully developed, is the Midnight Cry message of the parable.

Katika tukio la kuvunjika moyo la tarehe 18 Julai 2020, mchakato wa kujaribiwa kwa Kanisa la Waadventista wa Sabato la Laodikia ulikuwa umeisha, na mchakato wa kujaribu wale waliokuwa wagombea kuwa miongoni mwa wale mia na arobaini na nne elfu ukaanza. Mikaeli alipoanza kuwaamusha wagombea hao mnamo Julai 2023, ujumbe, uliowakilishwa kama mafuta katika mfano wa Uadventista, ulifunuliwa tena. Iwe baada ya Septemba 11, 2001 au baada ya Julai 2023, kulikuwa na kumiminwa kwa mafuta, na ujumbe uliofunuliwa mnamo Julai 2023, unapoendelezwa kikamilifu, ndio ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane wa mfano huo.

It begins in the testing time as the message for the wise and foolish virgins, but it swells to the loud cry message. That message arrives at the soon-coming Sunday law, and when it arrives the second voice of Revelation chapter eighteen calls God’s other flock out of Babylon.

Huanzia katika kipindi cha majaribu kama ujumbe kwa wanawali wenye busara na wapumbavu, lakini huongezeka na kuwa ujumbe wa kilio kikuu. Ujumbe huo huwasili wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, na unapowasili sauti ya pili ya Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nane inaliita kundi lingine la Mungu kutoka Babeli.

> And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:4, 5.

> Nikasikia sauti nyingine kutoka mbinguni, ikisema, Tokeni kwake, enyi watu wangu, msishiriki dhambi zake, wala msipokee mapigo yake. Kwa kuwa dhambi zake zimefika hata mbinguni, na Mungu amekumbuka maovu yake. Ufunuo 18:4, 5.

The first voice of verse one through three announced the arrival of a testing time, and the sprinkling of the latter rain then began. The second voice identifies the end of that testing time, and announces the testing time for God’s other flock that is still in Babylon.

Sauti ya kwanza katika aya ya kwanza hadi ya tatu ilitangaza kuwasili kwa wakati wa kujaribiwa, na ndipo manyunyu ya mvua ya mwisho yakaanza. Sauti ya pili inabainisha mwisho wa wakati huo wa kujaribiwa, na inatangaza wakati wa kujaribiwa kwa kundi lingine la Mungu ambalo bado lipo Babeli.

> “So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. The second angel’s message is, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ And in the loud cry of the third angel’s message a voice is heard from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people.’” Review and Herald, December 6, 1892.

> "Hivyo, katika kazi ya mwisho ya kuutahadharisha ulimwengu, miito miwili tofauti hutolewa kwa makanisa. Ujumbe wa malaika wa pili ni, 'Babeli imeanguka, imeanguka, mji ule mkuu, kwa sababu amewanywesha mataifa yote mvinyo wa ghadhabu ya uasherati wake.' Na katika kilio kikuu cha ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu sauti inasikika kutoka mbinguni ikisema, 'Tokeni kwake, watu wangu.'" Review and Herald, Desemba 6, 1892.

It is during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that Paul’s strong delusion of Second Thessalonians is accomplished. Whether it was the testing of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church that began on September 11, 2001 or the testing of the virgins who experienced the disappointment of July 18, 2020, the testing occurs during an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. That outpouring represents a testing message.

Ni wakati wa kumiminwa kwa Roho Mtakatifu ndipo udanganyifu wenye nguvu alioutaja Paulo katika Waraka wa Pili kwa Wathesalonike unatimizwa. Iwapo ulikuwa mtihani wa kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia ulioanza tarehe 11 Septemba 2001 au mtihani wa wanawali waliopitia kukatishwa tamaa tarehe 18 Julai 2020, mtihani huo hutokea wakati wa kumiminwa kwa Roho Mtakatifu. Kumiminwa huko kunawakilisha ujumbe wa mtihani.

> “The anointed ones standing by the Lord of the whole earth, have the position once given to Satan as covering cherub. By the holy beings surrounding his throne, the Lord keeps up a constant communication with the inhabitants of the earth. The golden oil represents the grace with which God keeps the lamps of believers supplied, that they shall not flicker and go out. Were it not that this holy oil is poured from heaven in the messages of God’s Spirit, the agencies of evil would have entire control over men.

> Waliopakwa mafuta wanaosimama karibu na Bwana wa dunia yote wana nafasi ambayo zamani ilipewa Shetani kama kerubi wa kufunika. Kupitia viumbe watakatifu wanaouzunguka kiti chake cha enzi, Bwana hudumisha mawasiliano ya kudumu na wakaaji wa dunia. Mafuta ya dhahabu yanawakilisha neema ambayo kwayo Mungu huendelea kuzijaza taa za waumini, ili zisififie wala kuzimika. Lau si kwamba mafuta haya matakatifu humiminwa kutoka mbinguni kupitia ujumbe wa Roho wa Mungu, mawakala wa uovu wangekuwa na udhibiti kamili juu ya wanadamu.

> “God is dishonored when we do not receive the communications which he sends us. Thus we refuse the golden oil which he would pour into our souls to be communicated to those in darkness. When the call shall come, ‘Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him,’ those who have not received the holy oil, who have not cherished the grace of Christ in their hearts, will find, like the foolish virgins, that they are not ready to meet their Lord. They have not, in themselves, the power to obtain the oil, and their lives are wrecked. But if God’s Holy Spirit is asked for, if we plead, as did Moses, ‘Show me thy glory,’ the love of God will be shed abroad in our hearts. Through the golden pipes, the golden oil will be communicated to us. ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.’ By receiving the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, God’s children shine as lights in the world.” Review and Herald, July 20, 1897.

> Mungu hatukuzwi tunapokosa kupokea ujumbe anaotutumia. Kwa kufanya hivyo tunakataa mafuta ya dhahabu ambayo angeyamimina ndani ya nafsi zetu ili yawasilishwe kwa wale walioko gizani. Mwito utakapokuja, ‘Tazama, bwana arusi anakuja; tokeni kumlaki,’ wale ambao hawajapokea mafuta matakatifu, ambao hawajathamini neema ya Kristo mioyoni mwao, watagundua, kama wale wanawali wapumbavu, kwamba hawako tayari kumlaki Bwana wao. Hawana ndani yao wenyewe uwezo wa kupata yale mafuta, na maisha yao yameharibiwa. Lakini ikiwa Roho Mtakatifu wa Mungu ataombwa, tukisihi, kama alivyofanya Musa, ‘Nionyeshe utukufu wako,’ upendo wa Mungu utamiminwa mioyoni mwetu. Kupitia mirija ya dhahabu, mafuta ya dhahabu yatawasilishwa kwetu. ‘Si kwa nguvu, wala si kwa uwezo, bali kwa Roho yangu, asema Bwana wa majeshi.’ Kwa kupokea miale angavu ya Jua la Haki, watoto wa Mungu hung’aa kama nuru katika ulimwengu. Review and Herald, Julai 20, 1897.

The sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand began on September 11, 2001, and it represents two testing periods. The first is the final testing of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church, and the second is for those who are the subjects of the parable of the ten virgins. To be either a wise or a foolish virgin requires that all the virgins experience a tarrying time.

Wakati wa kutiwa muhuri wa wale mia arobaini na nne elfu ulianza tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, na unawakilisha vipindi viwili vya mitihani. Cha kwanza ni mtihani wa mwisho wa Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia, na cha pili ni kwa wale ambao ndio wahusika wa mfano wa wanawali kumi. Kuwa ama mwanawali mwenye hekima au mpumbavu kunahitaji kwamba wanawali wote wapitie kipindi cha kukawia.

In Millerite history the tarrying time began with the arrival of the second angel, which occurred at the first disappointment. At that point the Protestants, who were God’s former covenant chosen people were passed by. On July 18, 2020 the former covenant chosen people were passed by, and the testing process that occurred during the tarrying time in the Millerite history began to be repeated. The message of the Midnight Cry was then developed in Millerite history, as it is currently being developed. When it fully arrived at the Exeter Camp meeting it was manifested who had the message (oil) and who did not. The former covenant chosen people of either history is the first to be tested and passed by.

Katika historia ya Wamillerite, wakati wa kusubiri ulianza na kuwasili kwa malaika wa pili, kulikotokea wakati wa kukatishwa tamaa kwa mara ya kwanza. Wakati huo, Waprotestanti, ambao walikuwa watu teule wa Mungu wa agano la awali, walipitwa kando. Tarehe 18 Julai 2020 wale waliokuwa watu teule wa agano la awali walipitwa kando, na mchakato wa kujaribiwa uliotokea wakati wa kusubiri katika historia ya Wamillerite ukaanza kurudiwa. Ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane kisha uliendelezwa katika historia ya Wamillerite, kama unavyoendelezwa kwa sasa. Ulipofika kikamilifu katika mkutano wa kambi wa Exeter, ilidhihirika ni nani aliyekuwa na ujumbe (mafuta) na ni nani ambaye hakuwa nayo. Watu waliokuwa teule wa agano la awali katika historia zote mbili ndio wa kwanza kujaribiwa na kupitwa kando.

> “‘A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you.’ I believe with all my heart that the Spirit of God is being withdrawn from the world, and those who have had great light and opportunities and have not improved them, will be the first to be left. They have grieved away the Spirit of God. The present activity of Satan in working upon hearts, and upon churches and nations should startle every student of prophecy. The end is near. Let our churches arise. Let the converting power of God be experienced in the heart of the individual members, and then we shall see the deep moving of the Spirit of God. Mere forgiveness of sin is not the sole result of the death of Jesus. He made the infinite sacrifice not only that sin might be removed, but that human nature might be restored, rebeautified, reconstructed from its ruins, and made fit for the presence of God.” Selected Messages, book 3, 154.

> "‘Moyo mpya nitawapa, na roho mpya nitaweka ndani yenu.’ Naamini kwa moyo wangu wote kwamba Roho wa Mungu anaondolewa ulimwenguni, na wale ambao wamepata nuru kuu na fursa na hawajazitumia, watakuwa wa kwanza kuachwa. Wamemhuzunisha Roho wa Mungu hadi akaondoka. Shughuli ya sasa ya Shetani katika kutenda kazi juu ya mioyo, na juu ya makanisa na mataifa, inapaswa kumstua kila mwanafunzi wa unabii. Mwisho umekaribia. Makanisa yetu na yainuke. Nguvu ya kuongoa ya Mungu ihisike katika moyo wa kila mshiriki, kisha tutaona kazi ya kina ya Roho wa Mungu. Msamaha wa dhambi pekee si matokeo ya pekee ya kifo cha Yesu. Alitoa dhabihu isiyo na kifani si tu ili dhambi iondolewe, bali ili asili ya mwanadamu irejeshwe, ipambwe upya, ijengwe upya kutoka katika magofu yake, na ifanywe ifae kwa uwepo wa Mungu." Ujumbe Ulioteuliwa, kitabu cha 3, 154.

In either testing period, those who rejected the message that is unsealed receive Paul’s strong delusion.

Katika mojawapo ya vipindi viwili vya kujaribiwa, wale walioukataa ule ujumbe uliofunguliwa muhuri hupokea udanganyifu wenye nguvu wa Paulo.

> “It is a fearful thing to treat lightly the truth which has convinced our understanding and touched our hearts. We cannot with impunity reject the warnings which God in mercy sends us. A message was sent from heaven to the world in Noah’s day, and the salvation of men depended upon the manner in which they treated that message. Because they rejected the warning, the Spirit of God was withdrawn from the sinful race, and they perished in the waters of the flood. In the time of Abraham, mercy ceased to plead with the guilty inhabitants of Sodom, and all but Lot with his wife and two daughters were consumed by the fire sent down from heaven. So in the days of Christ. The Son of God declared to the unbelieving Jews of that generation, ‘Your house is left unto you desolate.’ Looking down to the last days, the same infinite power declares, concerning those who ‘received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,’ ‘For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’ As they reject the teachings of His Word, God withdraws His Spirit, and leaves them to the deceptions which they love.” Early Writings, 46.

> "Ni jambo la kutisha kulichukulia kwa wepesi kweli ambayo imeushawishi ufahamu wetu na kugusa mioyo yetu. Hatuwezi, bila kuadhibiwa, kukataa maonyo ambayo Mungu kwa rehema anatuletea. Siku za Nuhu, ujumbe ulitumwa kutoka mbinguni kwa ulimwengu, na wokovu wa wanadamu ulitegemea jinsi walivyouchukulia ujumbe huo. Kwa sababu walilikataa onyo hilo, Roho wa Mungu alijiondoa kwa kizazi cha wenye dhambi, nao wakaangamia katika maji ya gharika. Wakati wa Ibrahimu, rehema ilikoma kuwaombea wakazi wenye hatia wa Sodoma, na wote isipokuwa Lutu pamoja na mke wake na binti zake wawili waliteketezwa na moto ulioshushwa kutoka mbinguni. Vivyo hivyo katika siku za Kristo. Mwana wa Mungu aliwaambia Wayahudi wasioamini wa kizazi kile, 'Nyumba yenu mmeachiwa ukiwa.' Akiangalia kuelekea siku za mwisho, hiyo hiyo nguvu isiyo na mipaka yatangaza, kuhusu wale ambao 'hawakupokea pendo la ile kweli ili waokolewe,' 'Kwa sababu hii Mungu atawapelekea udanganyifu wenye nguvu, ili waamini uongo; ili wote wale wasiokuamini kweli, bali walipendezwa na udhalimu, wahukumiwe.' Wanapokataa mafundisho ya Neno Lake, Mungu huiondoa kwawo Roho Wake, na kuwaacha kwa madanganyo wanayoyapenda." Maandishi ya Awali, 46.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

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