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# The Book of Daniel - Number Thirty-Three

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari Thelathini na Tatu

The “Seal” of God Impressed at the Sunday Law Decree: A Prophetic Analysis of Daniel Chapter 6

"Muhuri" wa Mungu uliowekwa wakati wa tamko la sheria ya Jumapili: Uchambuzi wa kinabii wa Sura ya 6 ya Danieli

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Jeff Pippenger

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December 28, 2023

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The “seal” of God that can be seen, is impressed at the Sunday law decree.

"Muhuri" wa Mungu unaoweza kuonekana, hutiwa wakati wa tamko la sheria ya Jumapili.

> “Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the Day of Pentecost. . ..

> “Si mmoja wetu atakayepokea muhuri wa Mungu kamwe wakati tabia zetu bado zina doa moja au waa juu yake. Tumeachiwa sisi wenyewe kurekebisha kasoro zilizo katika tabia zetu, kuitakasa hekalu la nafsi kutokana na kila uchafu. Ndipo mvua ya mwisho itatuangukia kama mvua ya kwanza ilivyowaangukia wanafunzi siku ya Pentekoste....”

> “What are you doing, brethren, in the great work of preparation? Those who are uniting with the world are receiving the worldly mold and preparing for the mark of the beast. Those who are distrustful of self, who are humbling themselves before God and purifying their souls by obeying the truth these are receiving the heavenly mold and preparing for the seal of God in their foreheads. When the decree goes forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for eternity.” Testimonies, volume 5, 214, 216.

> “Mnafanya nini, ndugu, katika kazi kubwa ya maandalizi? Wanaojiunga na dunia wanapokea kigezo cha kidunia na kujiandaa kwa alama ya mnyama. Wale wanaojishuku, wanaojinyenyekeza mbele za Mungu na kutakasa nafsi zao kwa kuitii kweli; hawa wanapokea kigezo cha mbinguni na kujiandaa kwa muhuri wa Mungu katika vipaji vya nyuso zao. Amri itakapotolewa na chapa ikatiwa, tabia yao itabaki safi na isiyo na doa milele.” Shuhuda, juzuu ya 5, 214, 216.

Daniel receives the seal that can be seen, when he is thrown into the lion’s den, so the chapter is representing the Sunday law decree.

Danieli anapokea muhuri unaoweza kuonekana anapotupwa katika tundu la simba; hivyo sura hiyo inawakilisha amri ya sheria ya Jumapili.

> Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Daniel 6:15–17.

> Ndipo watu hao wakakusanyika mbele ya mfalme, wakamwambia mfalme, Ujue, ee mfalme, ya kwamba sheria ya Wamedi na Waajemi ni hii: hakuna amri wala sheria ambayo mfalme ameweka inayoweza kubadilishwa. Ndipo mfalme akaamuru, wakamleta Danieli, wakamtupa katika tundu la simba. Basi mfalme akasema, akamwambia Danieli, Mungu wako, ambaye humtumikia daima, atakuokoa. Na jiwe likaletwa, likawekwa juu ya mdomo wa tundu; naye mfalme akalitia muhuri kwa muhuri wake mwenyewe, na kwa mihuri ya wakuu wake; ili kusudi lisibadilishwe kumhusu Danieli. Danieli 6:15-17.

The story does not end there, but it does end where it starts. The line of Daniel chapter six illustrates the confederacy that was primarily led by the one hundred and twenty princes, and the two lesser presidents, but included the counselors, captains and governors. The five-fold alliance was formed to deceive the king into persecuting Daniel. The story ends with their judgment, for they are illustrating a special judgment that occurs at the Sunday law; a judgment that is not directed at those representing Daniel or the king, but at those who deceived the king.

Simulizi hilo halikomi hapo, bali linamalizikia palepale lilipoanzia. Simulizi la Danieli sura ya sita linaonyesha muungano uliokuwa ukiongozwa kimsingi na wakuu mia moja na ishirini, na maafisa wakuu wawili walio chini, lakini ukijumuisha pia washauri, majemadari na watawala. Muungano wa makundi matano uliundwa kumdanganya mfalme ili amtesa Danieli. Simulizi linaishia kwa hukumu yao, kwa kuwa wao wanadhihirisha hukumu maalum itokeayo wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili; hukumu isiyoelekezwa kwa wale wanaomwakilisha Danieli au mfalme, bali kwa wale waliomdanganya mfalme.

> And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. Daniel 6:24.

> Ndipo mfalme akaamuru, wakaletwa wale watu waliomshtaki Danieli, wakawatupa ndani ya tundu la simba, wao, watoto wao, na wake zao; na simba wakawashinda, wakaivunja mifupa yao yote vipande vipande kabla hawajafika chini ya lile tundu. Danieli 6:24.

In the prophetic scenario it is always the church that deceives the state, and chapter six is identifying the deception carried out against the king. After Ahab had witnessed the mighty manifestation of God’s power on Mount Carmel, Elijah led him through the rain back to Jezebel. Ahab had no reason to think that Jezebel would not be impressed with the powerful testimony of God’s power, but Ahab had been deceived concerning Jezebel’s deep-seated hatred of Elijah. The story of Elijah in confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel is again repeated in the story of John the Baptist (who was Elijah), and Herod and Herodias.

Katika muktadha wa kinabii, daima ni kanisa linaloidanganya serikali, na sura ya sita inatambua udanganyifu uliofanywa dhidi ya mfalme. Baada ya Ahabu kushuhudia udhihirisho mkuu wa uwezo wa Mungu kwenye Mlima Karmeli, Eliya alimwongoza kupitia mvua kurudi kwa Yezebeli. Ahabu hakuwa na sababu ya kudhani kwamba Yezebeli asingevutiwa na ushuhuda wenye nguvu wa uwezo wa Mungu, lakini Ahabu alikuwa amedanganywa kuhusu chuki ya Yezebeli iliyokita mizizi dhidi ya Eliya. Hadithi ya Eliya akikabiliana na Ahabu na Yezebeli inajirudia tena katika hadithi ya Yohana Mbatizaji (ambaye alikuwa Eliya), na Herode na Herodia.

When on his birthday, the drunken Herod promised half his kingdom to Salome, (Herodias’ daughter), he did not expect that Herodias would demand the head of John. The kings, whether it be Ahab, Herod or Darius are deceived by the impure woman through the dance of Jezebel’s false prophets, or the dance of Herodias’ daughter, or the five-fold confederacy in the story of Daniel. Pilate was also deceived by a corrupt priesthood, which represented the Jewish “church”, and a church symbolizes a woman.

Siku ya kuzaliwa kwake, Herode aliyekuwa amelewa aliahidi kumpa Salome (binti wa Herodia) nusu ya ufalme wake; hakutarajia kwamba Herodia angeidai kichwa cha Yohana. Wafalme, iwe ni Ahabu, Herode au Dario, hudanganywa na mwanamke asiye safi kupitia ngoma ya manabii wa uongo wa Yezebeli, au ngoma ya binti wa Herodia, au muungano wa mara tano katika kisa cha Danieli. Pilato pia alidanganywa na ukuhani uliopotoka, uliowakilisha "kanisa" la Kiyahudi, na kanisa huashiria mwanamke.

The deception is a characteristic of the prophetic scenario, and Islam of the third Woe is the lie that is employed to deceive the United Nations in the last days through fear. Both the “deception” and the “lie” that produces the deception, are identified in God’s prophetic Word. The role of Islam, and the papacy becoming the eighth head of the seven heads, have already been identified as part of the message that is unsealed in the last days, which is the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Therefore, exposing the deception of Darius in Daniel chapter six is part of the message that makes up the message of the Midnight Cry. The deception is the element that fully heals the deadly wound, thus resurrecting the papacy as the eighth and final kingdom. In the deception of Darius, the two apostate presidents and the one hundred and twenty princes are the representatives of the confederacy of deception who are contrasted with Daniel.

Udanganyifu ni sifa ya mandhari ya kinabii, na Uislamu wa Ole wa tatu ni uongo unaotumiwa kuudanganya Umoja wa Mataifa katika siku za mwisho kupitia hofu. Zote mbili, "udanganyifu" na "uongo" unaozalisha udanganyifu huo, zimetambuliwa katika Neno la kinabii la Mungu. Nafasi ya Uislamu, na upapa kuwa kichwa cha nane kati ya vile vichwa saba, tayari zimetambuliwa kuwa sehemu ya ujumbe ulioondolewa mihuri katika siku za mwisho, ambao ni Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo. Hivyo, kufichua udanganyifu wa Dario katika Danieli sura ya sita ni sehemu ya ujumbe unaounda ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane. Udanganyifu ndicho kipengele kinachoponya kabisa jeraha la mauti, na hivyo kuufufua upapa kama ufalme wa nane na wa mwisho. Katika udanganyifu wa Dario, wakuu wawili waliopotoka na wakuu mia moja na ishirini ni wawakilishi wa muungano wa udanganyifu wanaowekwa kinyume na Danieli.

One hundred and twenty is a symbol of God’s disciples at Pentecost.

Mia moja na ishirini ni ishara ya wanafunzi wa Mungu wakati wa Pentekoste.

> And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty.) Acts 1:15.

> Na siku zile Petro akasimama katikati ya wanafunzi, akasema, (jumla ya majina ilikuwa kama mia na ishirini.) Matendo 1:15.

Pentecost typifies the Sunday law when the seal is impressed, and the one hundred and twenty princes who deceived Darius, are a symbol of false priesthood at the Sunday law. Two categories of those who deceive the king are presented by the two apostate presidents and the one hundred and twenty apostate princes. The two presidents are classed with Daniel, who is the prophet. The two classes that deceive Darius represent a group of false prophets and a group of corrupted priests.

Pentekoste inaashiria sheria ya Jumapili wakati muhuri unatiwa, na wakuu mia moja na ishirini waliomdanganya Dario ni ishara ya ukuhani wa uongo wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili. Makundi mawili ya wale wanaomdanganya mfalme yanaonyeshwa na wasimamizi wawili walioritadi na wakuu mia moja na ishirini walioritadi. Wasimamizi hao wawili wanahesabiwa pamoja na Danieli, ambaye ni nabii. Makundi hayo mawili yanayomdanganya Dario yanawakilisha kundi la manabii wa uongo na kundi la makuhani waliopotoka.

> Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord. And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness. For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord. Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 23:1–12.

> Ole wao wachungaji wanaoharibu na kutawanya kondoo wa malisho yangu! asema Bwana. Kwa hiyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi juu ya wachungaji wanaowalisha watu wangu: Mmetawanya kundi langu, na kuwafukuza, wala hamjawatembelea; tazama, nitalipiza juu yenu uovu wa matendo yenu, asema Bwana. Nami nitawakusanya mabaki ya kundi langu kutoka katika nchi zote nilikowafukuza, nami nitawarudisha tena mazizini mwao; nao watazaa na kuongezeka. Nami nitaweka juu yao wachungaji watakaowalisha; nao hawataogopa tena, wala kufadhaika, wala hatakosekana mtu miongoni mwao, asema Bwana. Tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, nitamchipushia Daudi chipukizi mwenye haki, na mfalme atatawala na kufanikiwa, naye atafanya hukumu na haki duniani. Katika siku zake Yuda ataokolewa, na Israeli atakaa salama; na jina lake atakalotwa nalo ni, BWANA HAKI YETU. Kwa hiyo, tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana, ambapo hawatasema tena, Aishivyo Bwana, aliyewapandisha wana wa Israeli kutoka nchi ya Misri; bali, Aishivyo Bwana, aliyewapandisha na kuwaongoza wazao wa nyumba ya Israeli kutoka nchi ya kaskazini, na kutoka katika nchi zote nilikokuwa nimewafukuza; nao watakaa katika nchi yao wenyewe. Moyo wangu ndani yangu umevunjika kwa sababu ya manabii; mifupa yangu yote yatetemeka; mimi ni kama mtu mlevi, na kama mtu aliyeshindwa na divai, kwa sababu ya Bwana, na kwa sababu ya maneno ya utakatifu wake. Kwa maana nchi imejaa wazinzi; kwa sababu ya kuapa nchi inaomboleza; maeneo ya kupendeza ya nyikani yamekauka, na mwenendo wao ni mwovu, na nguvu zao si za haki. Kwa maana nabii na kuhani wote wamekuwa wasio watakatifu; naam, katika nyumba yangu nimeiona uovu wao, asema Bwana. Kwa hiyo njia yao itakuwa kwao kama njia za utelezi gizani; watasukumwa, nao wataanguka humo; kwa maana nitaleta uovu juu yao, yaani mwaka wa kujiliwa kwao, asema Bwana. Yeremia 23:1-12.

Jeremiah’s “year of visitation” is the judgment of the conspirators that deceived Darius. The judgment of the false prophets and priests is a subject of the prophetic Word. And just as a corrupt priesthood led out and deceived the Roman authorities against Christ, the conspiracy in Daniel six is addressing that very prophetic truth.

“Mwaka wa kujiliwa” wa Yeremia ni hukumu ya waliopanga njama waliomdanganya Dario. Hukumu ya manabii wa uongo na makuhani ni mada ya Neno la kinabii. Na kama vile ukuhani uliopotoka uliongoza na kuwadanganya mamlaka za Kirumi dhidi ya Kristo, njama katika Danieli sura ya sita inashughulikia ukweli huo huo wa kinabii.

The prophetic lines of chapter five of Daniel, set forth the executive judgment carried out upon the Republican horn and the nation of the United States at the Sunday law. That judgment is accomplished by Islam of the third Woe, that has snuck into the kingdom through the unguarded southern wall. The line of the Sunday law in chapter three of Daniel, identifies God’s people being lifted up as an ensign to the entire world at that very time. Chapter six is focusing upon the judgment carried out upon the false prophets in that very same history.

Mistari ya kinabii ya sura ya tano ya Danieli, inaweka wazi utekelezaji wa hukumu juu ya pembe ya Republican na taifa la Marekani wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili. Hukumu hiyo inatekelezwa na Uislamu wa Ole la Tatu, ambao umejipenyeza katika ufalme kupitia ukuta wa kusini usiolindwa. Mstari wa sheria ya Jumapili katika sura ya tatu ya Danieli, unabainisha watu wa Mungu wakinyanyuliwa kama bendera mbele ya ulimwengu wote wakati huo huo. Sura ya sita inazingatia hukumu iliyotekelezwa juu ya manabii wa uongo katika historia hiyo hiyo.

At the Sunday law in the United States the apostate Protestant horn is made up of two classes, one that upholds Sunday as the day of worship, and the other that vainly professes to uphold Sabbath as the day of worship. Their counterparts within the Republican horn are the Democrat and Republican parties. Each of the two apostate horns were typified by the Sadducees and Pharisees in the time of Christ. The two apostate presidents and one hundred and twenty priests in the deception of Darius also represent the two categories of the apostate horn of Protestantism. Though they were actually political figures in the time when the story took place, the prophetic context identifies that it is the apostate religious power that deceives the state.

Katika sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani, pembe ya Uprotestanti mkengeufu imeundwa na makundi mawili: moja linalotetea Jumapili kuwa siku ya ibada, na jingine linalodai kwa ubatili kudumisha Sabato kuwa siku ya ibada. Wenzao ndani ya pembe ya Republican ni vyama vya Democrat na Republican. Kila moja ya pembe mbili za mkengeufu ziliwakilishwa na Masadukayo na Mafarisayo wakati wa Kristo. Marais wawili wakengeufu na makuhani mia moja ishirini katika udanganyifu wa Dario pia wanawakilisha makundi mawili ya pembe ya Uprotestanti mkengeufu. Ingawa kwa hakika walikuwa watu wa kisiasa wakati simulizi hilo lilipotokea, muktadha wa kinabii unaonyesha kwamba ni nguvu ya kidini mkengeufu inayolidanganya serikali.

The story, as illustrated at Mount Carmel, identifies two classes of false prophets; the prophets of Baal and the prophets of the grove (Ashtaroth). Together they typify the combination of church and state, for Baal is a male deity and Ashtaroth is a female deity. Elijah ultimately executed the false prophets of Mount Carmel, just as the confederacy of Daniel chapter six were thrown into the lion’s den.

Hadithi hiyo, kama ilivyoonyeshwa katika Mlima Karmeli, inatambua makundi mawili ya manabii wa uongo; manabii wa Baali na manabii wa kichaka (Ashtaroth). Pamoja wanawakilisha muungano wa kanisa na dola, kwa kuwa Baali ni mungu wa kiume na Ashtaroth ni mungu wa kike. Hatimaye Eliya aliwaua manabii wa uongo wa Mlima Karmeli, kama vile wale wa muungano uliotajwa katika Danieli sura ya sita walivyotupwa kwenye tundu la simba.

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

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

In the same Mount Carmel story, represented by John the Baptist, the power that deceives is the daughter. Both stories identify the deceivers as dancing, whether around their offering on Mount Carmel, or at Herod’s drunken birthday party, where Salome did her dance of deception. Together the two lines identify the combination of church and state that is fully formed at the Sunday law, and that the apostate churches of the United States are the daughters of Herodias, who is Jezebel, who both represent Catholicism. Herod’s birthday marks the end of the sixth kingdom of the earth beast, but simultaneously marks the birthday of the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy (the United Nations).

Katika ile ile hadithi ya Mlima Karmeli, inayowakilishwa na Yohana Mbatizaji, nguvu inayodanganya ni binti. Hadithi zote mbili zinawatambua wadanganyaji kama wanaocheza dansi, iwe kuizunguka sadaka yao juu ya Mlima Karmeli, au katika karamu ya siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode iliyokuwa ya ulevi, ambako Salome alifanya dansi yake ya udanganyifu. Pamoja, hadithi hizo mbili zinabainisha muungano wa kanisa na dola unaokamilika kikamilifu katika sheria ya Jumapili, na kwamba makanisa murtadi ya Marekani ni mabinti wa Herodia, ambaye ndiye Yezebeli; wote wawili wanawakilisha Ukatoliki. Siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode inaashiria mwisho wa ufalme wa sita wa mnyama wa nchi, lakini wakati huo huo inaashiria siku ya kuzaliwa ya ufalme wa saba wa unabii wa Biblia (Umoja wa Mataifa).

In the very promise to Salome, Herod agrees to give half his kingdom to Salome, identifying the seventh kingdom represents a combination of one-half church and one-half state. The kingdom begins when John’s head is delivered to Herodias. For this reason, the seventh kingdom is represented in Revelation chapter seventeen, as continuing but a short space. It is at the Sunday law that the three-fold union is put in place, for there the ten kings agree to give their short-lived kingdom unto the beast for one “hour.” The one “hour,” is the “hour” of the Sunday law crisis, that begins in the United States and ends when Michael stands up.

Katika ahadi yenyewe kwa Salome, Herode anakubali kumpa Salome nusu ya ufalme wake, jambo linaloonyesha kuwa ufalme wa saba unawakilisha mchanganyiko wa nusu kanisa na nusu dola. Ufalme huo unaanza wakati kichwa cha Yohana kinapokabidhiwa kwa Herodia. Kwa sababu hiyo, ufalme wa saba umeonyeshwa katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba kuwa unaendelea kwa muda mfupi tu. Ni katika sheria ya Jumapili ambapo muungano wa mara tatu unawekwa, kwa maana hapo wale wafalme kumi wanakubali kuutoa ufalme wao wa muda mfupi kwa yule mnyama kwa "saa" moja. Ile "saa" ni "saa" ya mzozo wa sheria ya Jumapili, unaoanza Marekani na kuishia Mikaeli anaposimama.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:12–14.

> Na zile pembe kumi ulizoziona ni wafalme kumi, ambao bado hawajapokea ufalme; bali watapokea mamlaka kama wafalme kwa saa moja pamoja na yule mnyama. Hawa wana nia moja, nao watampa yule mnyama mamlaka yao na nguvu zao. Hawa watapigana vita na Mwanakondoo, na Mwanakondoo atawashinda; kwa maana yeye ni Bwana wa mabwana, na Mfalme wa wafalme; nao walio pamoja naye ni walioitwa, wateule, na waaminifu. Ufunuo 17:12-14.

The ten kings, represented by Herod, agree at the birthday of the seventh kingdom to give half their kingdom unto the beast during the Sunday law crisis, which is represented as “one hour.” In that “hour,” the handwriting is written on Belshazzar’s wall. In that “hour,” Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are cast into the furnace and are lifted up in a cloud as are the two witnesses of Revelation chapter eleven. The three-fold union is brought together by the deception carried out by the earth beast, who brings fire down out of heaven in sight of men.

Wafalme kumi, wanaowakilishwa na Herode, wanakubaliana katika siku ya kuzaliwa kwa ufalme wa saba kumpa mnyama nusu ya ufalme wao wakati wa mzozo wa sheria ya Jumapili, ambao umeonyeshwa kama “saa moja.” Katika hiyo “saa,” maandishi yanaandikwa kwenye ukuta wa Belshaza. Katika hiyo “saa,” Shadraki, Meshaki na Abednego hutupwa katika tanuru ya moto, nao huinuliwa juu katika wingu kama ilivyo kwa mashahidi wawili wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja. Muungano wa pande tatu unaletwa pamoja kwa udanganyifu unaofanywa na mnyama wa nchi, anayeshusha moto kutoka mbinguni mbele ya wanadamu.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. Revelation 13:11–14.

> Na nikaona mnyama mwingine akitoka katika nchi; naye alikuwa na pembe mbili kama mwana-kondoo, naye akanena kama joka. Naye hutenda mamlaka yote ya yule mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake, naye huifanya nchi na wakaao humo kumwabudu yule mnyama wa kwanza, ambaye jeraha lake la mauti liliponywa. Naye hufanya maajabu makubwa, hata anashusha moto kutoka mbinguni juu ya nchi machoni pa watu; naye huwadanganya wakaao juu ya nchi kwa ile miujiza alizokuwa na uwezo wa kuzifanya machoni pa yule mnyama; akiwaambia wakaao juu ya nchi wafanye sanamu ya yule mnyama, aliyejeruhiwa kwa upanga, naye akaishi. Ufunuo 13:11-14.

The world is deceived, not so much by the miracles, as it is by “the means of those miracles” which he had power to do. The expression “means of those miracles” is an added phrase, but it places the correct emphasis on the miracles, that should be carefully noted. The way in which the false message (fire from heaven), deceives the world is important to recognize, for we are now in the very history where the populations of planet earth are being hypnotized through an “information super-highway” that is controlled and manipulated by the globalist merchants of the earth. That subject we will leave off until later articles, but we are simply noting now that the deceit of the presidents and princes that was carried out upon Darius, is a specific prophetic subject, containing several connected elements that need to be recognized.

Ulimwengu unadanganywa, si sana na miujiza, bali zaidi na “njia zilizotumiwa katika miujiza hiyo” alizokuwa na uwezo wa kuzifanya. Usemi “njia zilizotumiwa katika miujiza hiyo” ni kauli iliyoongezwa, lakini unaweka msisitizo sahihi juu ya miujiza hiyo, jambo ambalo linapaswa kuzingatiwa kwa makini. Namna ambayo ujumbe wa uongo (moto kutoka mbinguni) unavyolidanganya ulimwengu ni muhimu kutambua, kwa kuwa sasa tuko katika historia yenyewe ambamo wakazi wa sayari dunia wanatiwa hipnoti kupitia “barabara kuu ya taarifa” inayodhibitiwa na kuendeshwa kwa hila na wafanyabiashara wa utandawazi wa dunia. Mada hiyo tutaiacha hadi makala zijazo, lakini tunabainisha tu sasa kwamba udanganyifu wa marais na wakuu uliotekelezwa dhidi ya Dario, ni mada maalum ya kinabii, yenye vipengele kadhaa vinavyohusiana vinavyopaswa kutambuliwa.

The three-fold union is brought together by the deception of Salome’s sensuous dance before the rulers at Herod’s birthday party. The deception that was forced upon Pilate, that was two-fold in nature, which was the accusation that Christ was causing and promoting sedition against the state power, and also that He was blaspheming against the religious power. In that history three antagonists came together. The Roman power (the state), Barabbas, a false Christ (the false prophet), and the apostate Jewish church (the beast). The apostate church deceived the Roman authority (the state), with the two-fold lie of sedition and blasphemy.

Muungano wa mara tatu huletwa pamoja kupitia udanganyifu wa dansi ya kichokozi ya Salome mbele ya watawala kwenye karamu ya siku ya kuzaliwa ya Herode. Udanganyifu uliomlazimishwa Pilato, ambao ulikuwa wa vipengele viwili, ulikuwa ni shtaka kwamba Kristo alikuwa akisababisha na kuendeleza uchochezi dhidi ya mamlaka ya dola, na pia kwamba alikuwa anakufuru dhidi ya mamlaka ya kidini. Katika historia hiyo, wapinzani watatu walikutana. Mamlaka ya Kirumi (dola); Barabbas, Kristo wa uongo (nabii wa uongo); na kanisa la Kiyahudi lililoasi (mnyama). Kanisa hilo lililoasi lilidanganya mamlaka ya Kirumi (dola) kwa uongo wa aina mbili wa uchochezi na kufuru.

When Darius is finally awakened to the motivation of his deceivers, he is forced to throw Daniel into the lion’s den. Daniel broke the law of the state by his obedience to the law of God. The lie presented to Darius, was accomplished by exalting Darius’ pride, thus preventing him from recognizing the motivation of his deceivers. The lie and the deception in the story of Daniel and the lion’s den, identifies obedience to God as blasphemy and sedition, which was the same two-fold deception of the cross, and the waymark of the cross aligns with the waymark of the Sunday law.

Wakati Dario anapofunguliwa macho hatimaye kuhusu nia ya waliomdanganya, analazimishwa kumtupa Danieli katika tundu la simba. Danieli alivunja sheria ya dola kwa utii wake kwa sheria ya Mungu. Uongo uliowasilishwa kwa Dario ulifanikishwa kwa kutukuza kiburi cha Dario, hivyo kumzuia kutambua nia ya waliomdanganya. Uongo na udanganyifu katika simulizi la Danieli na tundu la simba vinautaja utii kwa Mungu kuwa kufuru na uchochezi, jambo ambalo ndilo udanganyifu wa namna mbili uleule uliotokea msalabani, na alama ya njia ya msalaba inalingana na alama ya njia ya sheria ya Jumapili.

The punishment of the religious deceiving power is a subject of Bible prophecy, as is the fact that the religious power deceives the state power.

Adhabu ya mamlaka ya kidini inayodanganya ni mada ya unabii wa Biblia, kama ilivyo pia ukweli kwamba mamlaka ya kidini hudanganya mamlaka ya serikali.

> “The people see that they have been deluded. They accuse one another of having led them to destruction; but all unite in heaping their bitterest condemnation upon the ministers. Unfaithful pastors have prophesied smooth things; they have led their hearers to make void the law of God and to persecute those who would keep it holy. Now, in their despair, these teachers confess before the world their work of deception. The multitudes are filled with fury. ‘We are lost!’ they cry, ‘and you are the cause of our ruin;’ and they turn upon the false shepherds. The very ones that once admired them most will pronounce the most dreadful curses upon them. The very hands that once crowned them with laurels will be raised for their destruction. The swords which were to slay God’s people are now employed to destroy their enemies. Everywhere there is strife and bloodshed.” The Great Controversy, 655.

> Watu wanaona kwamba wamepotoshwa. Wanalaumiana kwa kupelekeana kwenye uharibifu; lakini wote wanaungana kuwamiminia wahudumu shutuma zao kali zaidi. Wachungaji wasio waaminifu wametabiri mambo ya kupendeza; wamewaongoza wasikilizaji wao kuibatilisha sheria ya Mungu na kuwatesa wale wanaotaka kuishika kwa utakatifu. Sasa, katika kukata tamaa kwao, walimu hawa wanakiri mbele ya ulimwengu kazi yao ya udanganyifu. Makutano wamejawa na ghadhabu. "Tumeangamia!" wanalia, "ninyi ndiyo sababu ya uharibifu wetu;" nao wanawageukia wachungaji wa uongo. Haohao waliowaheshimu zaidi hapo awali watatamka juu yao laana za kutisha. Mikono ileile iliyowavika mataji ya ushindi hapo awali itainuliwa kwa maangamizi yao. Mapanga yaliyokuwa yamekusudiwa kuwaua watu wa Mungu sasa yanatumika kuwaangamiza adui zao. Kila mahali kuna mapambano na umwagaji wa damu. Mgogoro Mkubwa, 655.

The religious leaders are turned upon after probation closes, for their flocks recognize that they had been deceived by a lie propagated by the religious leaders. The presidents and princes, along with their families, all suffered the same retributive judgment for the lie they propagated. When Elijah slew the false prophets at Mount Carmel, that same retribution is represented at “the great earthquake” of Revelation chapter eleven, when “seven thousand” are overthrown.

Viongozi wa kidini wanageukiwa baada ya mlango wa rehema kufungwa, kwa kuwa waumini wao wanatambua kwamba walikuwa wamehadaiwa na uongo uliosambazwa na viongozi hao wa kidini. Marais na wakuu wa kifalme, pamoja na familia zao, wote walipata hukumu ile ile ya kulipiza kisasi kwa uongo walioueneza. Wakati Eliya alipowaua manabii wa uongo kwenye Mlima Karmeli, malipo yale yale ya kulipiza kisasi yanaakisiwa katika "tetemeko kuu la ardhi" la Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja, wakati "elfu saba" wanaangushwa.

> And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. Revelation 11:13.

> Na saa ile ile palikuwa na tetemeko kubwa la nchi, na sehemu ya kumi ya mji ikaanguka; wakauawa katika tetemeko hilo watu elfu saba; na waliosalia wakafadhaika, wakampa Mungu wa mbinguni utukufu. Ufunuo 11:13.

In the fulfillment of the great earthquake of the French Revolution the seven thousand that were slain represented the royalty of France. At the “hour” of the great earthquake that is the Sunday law, the seven thousand that are slain represent Seventh-day Adventists who bow to Rome, for only those that understand the accountability of the Seventh-day Sabbath receive the mark of the beast when the Sunday law arrives.

Katika kutimia kwa tetemeko kuu la ardhi la Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa, wale elfu saba waliouawa waliwakilisha tabaka la kifalme la Ufaransa. Katika "saa" ya tetemeko kuu hilo, ambayo ni sheria ya Jumapili, wale elfu saba wanaouawa wanawakilisha Waadventista Wasabato wanaoinama mbele ya Roma, kwa maana ni wale tu wanaoelewa wajibu wa Sabato ya siku ya saba ndio wanaopokea alama ya mnyama wakati sheria ya Jumapili itakapokuja.

> “The change of the Sabbath is the sign or mark of the authority of the Roman church. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false Sabbath in the place of the true, are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. The mark of the beast is the papal Sabbath, which has been accepted by the world in the place of the day of God’s appointment.

> Mabadiliko ya Sabato ni ishara au alama ya mamlaka ya kanisa la Roma. Wale ambao, wakiwa wameelewa madai ya amri ya nne, huchagua kuitunza Sabato ya uongo badala ya ile ya kweli, kwa kufanya hivyo wanatoa heshima kwa mamlaka ile ambayo peke yake imeamuru Sabato hiyo. Alama ya mnyama ni Sabato ya kipapa, ambayo imekubaliwa na ulimwengu badala ya siku iliyowekwa na Mungu.

> “But the time to receive the mark of the beast, as designated in prophecy, has not yet come. The testing time has not yet come. There are true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion. None are condemned until they have had the light and have seen the obligation of the fourth commandment. But when the decree shall go forth enforcing the counterfeit Sabbath, and when the loud cry of the third angel shall warn men against the worship of the beast and his image, the line will be clearly drawn between the false and the true. Then those who still continue in transgression will receive the mark of the beast in their foreheads or in their hands.

> Lakini wakati wa kupokea alama ya mnyama, kama ilivyoainishwa katika unabii, bado haujafika. Wakati wa jaribu bado haujafika. Kuna Wakristo wa kweli katika kila kanisa, hata katika Kanisa Katoliki la Roma. Hakuna anayehukumiwa hadi awe amepata nuru na ameona wajibu wa amri ya nne. Lakini amri itakapotolewa ya kulazimisha Sabato bandia, na sauti kuu ya malaika wa tatu itakapowaonya wanadamu dhidi ya kuabudu mnyama na sanamu yake, mstari utawekwa wazi kati ya uongo na ukweli. Kisha wale ambao bado wanaendelea katika uvunjaji wa sheria watapokea alama ya mnyama katika vipaji vya nyuso zao au katika mikono yao.

> “With rapid steps we are approaching this period. When Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution, then will the papal Sabbath be enforced by the combined authority of church and state. There will be a national apostasy, which will end only in national ruin.” Bible Training School, February 2, 1913.

> Kwa mwendo wa haraka tunakaribia kipindi hiki. Wakati makanisa ya Kiprotestanti yataungana na mamlaka ya kilimwengu ili kudumisha dini ya uongo, ambayo, kwa kuipinga, mababu zao walistahimili mateso makali mno, ndipo Sabato ya Kipapa itakalazimishwa na mamlaka ya pamoja ya kanisa na dola. Kutakuwa na uasi wa kitaifa, ambao utaishia tu katika uharibifu wa kitaifa. Shule ya Mafunzo ya Biblia, Februari 2, 1913.

The “seven thousand” who are overthrown at the “hour” of the great earthquake, that is the Sunday law, are also paralleled by the “seven thousand” who refused to bow to Jezebel in the time of Elijah.

“Elfu saba” waliopinduliwa katika “saa” ya tetemeko kuu, ambalo ni sheria ya Jumapili, pia wanafananishwa na “elfu saba” waliokataa kumpigia magoti Yezebeli wakati wa Eliya.

> Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 1 Kings 19:18.

> Hata hivyo nimejiwekea katika Israeli watu elfu saba, kila goti lisilompigia Baali magoti, na kila kinywa kisichombusu. 1 Wafalme 19:18.

The first reference to seven thousand identifies a faithful group that refused to bow to Jezebel, and the last reference represents a remnant that do bow to Jezebel. When the papacy conquers the glorious land (the earth beast of Revelation thirteen), at the Sunday law, one class is “overthrown” and another class escapes the hand of Babylon’s control, for the message to come out of Babylon then begins.

Marejeo ya kwanza kuhusu elfu saba yanatambulisha kikundi cha waaminifu kilichokataa kuinama mbele ya Yezebeli, na marejeo ya mwisho yanawakilisha masalia wanaoinama mbele ya Yezebeli. Wakati upapa unapoteka nchi ya uzuri (mnyama wa nchi wa Ufunuo kumi na tatu), wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, kundi moja “linapinduliwa” na kundi lingine linanusurika kutoka katika udhibiti wa Babeli, kwani ndipo ujumbe wa kutoka Babeli unaanza.

> He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. Daniel 11:41.

> Naye ataingia pia katika nchi tukufu, na mataifa mengi yataangushwa; lakini hawa wataponyoka mkononi mwake, yaani Edomu, na Moabu, na wakuu wa wana wa Amoni. Danieli 11:41.

The word “countries” is an added word, for many countries are not “overthrown” at the Sunday law, but many individual Seventh-day Adventists are, for at that point they are the only ones held accountable to the light of the third angel. They are the “many,” for they were those called to be among those that received the seal of God, but they rejected that calling.

Neno "nchi" ni neno lililoongezwa, kwa maana nchi nyingi hazipinduliwi wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, bali Waadventista wa Sabato wengi mmoja mmoja wanapinduliwa, kwa maana wakati huo wao tu ndio wanaowajibishwa kwa nuru ya malaika wa tatu. Hao ndio "wengi," kwa maana walikuwa wale walioitwa kuwa miongoni mwa wale waliopokea muhuri wa Mungu, lakini walikataa mwito huo.

> And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew 22:12–14.

> Akamuambia, Rafiki, umeingiaje hapa huna vazi la arusi? Naye akakosa la kujibu. Ndipo mfalme akawaambia watumishi, Mfungeni mikono na miguu, mchukueni, mkamtupa katika giza la nje; huko kutakuwa na kilio na kusaga meno. Kwa maana wengi wameitwa, bali wachache wamechaguliwa. Mathayo 22:12-14.

The deception of the princes and presidents in Daniel chapter six is identifying the punishment of the religious power that deceives the state power.

Udanganyifu wa wakuu na marais katika sura ya sita ya Danieli unabainisha adhabu ya mamlaka ya kidini inayodanganya mamlaka ya serikali.

> And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. Daniel 6:24.

> Ndipo mfalme akaamuru, wakaletwa wale watu waliomshtaki Danieli, wakawatupa ndani ya tundu la simba, wao, watoto wao, na wake zao; na simba wakawashinda, wakaivunja mifupa yao yote vipande vipande kabla hawajafika chini ya lile tundu. Danieli 6:24.

We shall continue the book of Daniel in the next article.

Tutaendelea na kitabu cha Danieli katika makala ijayo.

> And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Hebrews 11:32, 33.

> Na niseme nini tena? Maana wakati hautanitosha kutaja habari za Gideoni, Baraka, Samsoni, na Yefta; na Daudi pia, na Samweli, na manabii: ambao kwa imani walishinda falme, walitenda haki, walizipata ahadi, waliziba vinywa vya simba. Waebrania 11:32, 33.

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