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# The Book of Joel and The Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist Church - Number Thirty-Eight

Kitabu cha Yoeli na Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia - Nambari Thelathini na Nane

Number Thirty-Eight

Nambari Thelathini na Nane

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 30, 2026

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The test of the Bread of Heaven was the omega test of discipleship in the days of Jesus, and it was also the omega in relation to the manna test that is represented in the alpha of ancient Israel’s covenant history. The beginning was manna; the end was the Bread of Heaven. The omega is always the largest, so the largest desertion of disciples’ marks Capernaum as the omega in the history of Christ and the test of discipleship.

Jaribio la Mkate wa Mbinguni lilikuwa jaribio la omega la uanafunzi katika siku za Yesu, nalo pia lilikuwa omega katika mnasaba wa jaribio la mana linalowakilishwa katika alfa ya historia ya agano la Israeli ya kale. Mwanzo ulikuwa mana; mwisho ulikuwa Mkate wa Mbinguni. Omega siku zote huwa kuu zaidi; kwa hiyo kurudi nyuma kwa wanafunzi kulikokuwa kubwa zaidi kuliweka Kapernaumu kuwa omega katika historia ya Kristo na katika jaribio la uanafunzi.

> Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Matthew 16:24–28.

> Ndipo Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, Mtu ye yote akitaka kunifuata, na ajikane mwenyewe, na auchukue msalaba wake, anifuate. Kwa maana mtu ye yote atakaye kuiokoa nafsi yake ataipoteza; na mtu ye yote atakayeipoteza nafsi yake kwa ajili yangu ataipata. Kwa maana atafaidika nini mtu, akiupata ulimwengu wote, akapoteza nafsi yake? Au mtu atatoa nini badala ya nafsi yake? Kwa maana Mwana wa Adamu atakuja katika utukufu wa Baba yake pamoja na malaika zake; ndipo atamlipa kila mtu kwa kadiri ya matendo yake. Amini, nawaambia, wapo baadhi ya waliosimama hapa, hawataonja mauti, hata watakapomwona Mwana wa Adamu akija katika ufalme wake. Mathayo 16:24-28.

Capernaum is an omega test. The test at Capernaum is the test of oil in the parable of the ten virgins; that begins at the cry at midnight, and initiates a period that includes the foolish virgins recognizing they have no oil. They then begin to panic as they approach the closing door of the Sunday law, as represented in the crisis at Capernaum in John 6:66. Prophetically they are “ashamed.”

Kapernaumu ni mtihani wa omega. Mtihani wa Kapernaumu ni mtihani wa mafuta katika mfano wa wanawali kumi; unaoanza kwa kilio cha usiku wa manane, na kuanzisha kipindi kinachojumuisha wanawali wapumbavu kutambua kwamba hawana mafuta. Ndipo wanawali hao wapumbavu huanza kuingiwa na taharuki wanapokaribia mlango wa sheria ya Jumapili unaofungwa, kama inavyowakilishwa na mgogoro wa Kapernaumu katika Yohana 6:66. Kinabii, wao “wanaaibika.”

> Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. Amos 8:11–14.

> Tazama, siku zinakuja, asema Bwana MUNGU, nitakapotuma njaa katika nchi, si njaa ya mkate, wala kiu ya maji, bali ya kuyasikia maneno ya BWANA; nao watatanga kutoka bahari hata bahari, na kutoka upande wa kaskazini hata mashariki, watakimbia huku na huku kulitafuta neno la BWANA, wala hawataliona. Siku hiyo wanawali wazuri na vijana watazimia kwa kiu. Hao waapao kwa dhambi ya Samaria, na kusema, Mungu wako, ee Dani, yu hai; na, Njia ya Beer-sheba yu hai; hao nao wataanguka, wala hawatainuka tena kamwe. Amosi 8:11–14.

The omega test at Capernaum typifies the omega test that follows the foundational test of 2024. The omega test is where the bride is sealed in advance of the Sunday law. It is where the separation is forever finalized, for once she is pure, no more strangers (Gentiles) will walk through Jerusalem anymore forever.

Jaribio la omega huko Kapernaumu linatoa kielelezo cha jaribio la omega linalofuatia jaribio la msingi la mwaka 2024. Jaribio la omega ndiko bibi-arusi anapotiwa muhuri kabla ya sheria ya Jumapili. Hapo ndipo utenganisho unakamilishwa milele, kwa kuwa mara tu anapokuwa safi, wageni (watu wa Mataifa) hawatapita tena katikati ya Yerusalemu kamwe milele.

> The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

> Bwana naye atanguruma kutoka Sayuni, naye atapaza sauti yake kutoka Yerusalemu; nazo mbingu na nchi zitatetemeka; lakini Bwana atakuwa tumaini la watu wake, na nguvu ya wana wa Israeli. Hivyo mtajua ya kwamba mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu, ninayekaa Sayuni, mlima wangu mtakatifu; ndipo Yerusalemu itakuwa takatifu, wala wageni hawatapita tena kati yake.

> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

> Na itakuwa siku ile, ya kwamba milima itadondosha divai mpya, na vilima vitafurika maziwa, na mito yote ya Yuda itafurika maji; na chemchemi itatoka katika nyumba ya Bwana, nayo itanywesha bonde la Shitimu.

> Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion. Joel 3:16–21.

> Misri itakuwa ukiwa, na Edomu itakuwa jangwa la ukiwa, kwa sababu ya ukatili dhidi ya wana wa Yuda, kwa kuwa wamemwaga damu isiyo na hatia katika nchi yao. Bali Yuda atakaa milele, na Yerusalemu kutoka kizazi hata kizazi. Kwa maana nitaitakasa damu yao ambayo sikuwa nimeitakasa; kwa kuwa Bwana hukaa katika Sayuni. Yoeli 3:16-21.

Jerusalem is cleansed of sin in the final movements of the investigative judgment, which in Zechariah chapter three, is where the white linen Philadelphian garment is given to Joshua to replace the dirty Laodicean garment. “Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her anymore,” for the wheat has been separated from the tares and gathered as a first fruit offering. This occurs in the omega test, and it occurs when the windows of heaven are opened, and Jesus cast the jewels into the casket and says to the world, “come and see.” “Come and see” the ensign of my kingdom, my bride, my offering of Levites as in days of old. “Come and see” my temple, my casket full of jewels—each prepared as part of the crown of the kingdom of glory.

Yerusalemu inasafishwa kutoka kwa dhambi katika hatua za mwisho za hukumu ya upelelezi; na katika Zakaria sura ya tatu, hapo ndipo vazi la kitani jeupe la Filadelfia linapewa Yoshua badala ya vazi chafu la Laodikia. "Hapo ndipo Yerusalemu itakuwa takatifu, wala wageni hawatapita tena kati yake," kwa kuwa ngano imetenganishwa na magugu na imekusanywa kama sadaka ya malimbuko. Hili hutukia katika jaribio la omega, nalo hutukia wakati madirisha ya mbingu yanafunguliwa, na Yesu huvitupa vito ndani ya kisanduku na kuiambia dunia, "njooni mkaone." "Njooni mkaone" bendera ya ufalme wangu, bi harusi wangu, sadaka yangu ya Walawi kama katika siku za kale. "Njooni mkaone" hekalu langu, kisanduku changu kilichojaa vito—kila kimoja kikiwa kimeandaliwa kuwa sehemu ya taji la ufalme wa utukufu.

The foundational alpha test of 2024, leads to the temple omega test. The omega test occurs when the windows of heaven are opened, which is when the bride makes herself ready. The foolish virgins and their false peace and safety latter rain message are blown out through the open windows by the wind, for the message of this history is the message of the east wind. The message is Isaiah’s rough wind that is stayed, in the day of the east wind; it is John’s four winds that are restrained during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Jaribio la msingi la Alfa la mwaka 2024 huongoza kwenye jaribio la Omega la hekalu. Jaribio la Omega hutokea wakati madirisha ya mbinguni yanafunguliwa, yaani wakati bibi arusi anapojitayarisha. Wanawali wapumbavu na ujumbe wao wa uongo wa amani na usalama wa mvua ya mwisho hupulizwa nje kupitia madirisha yaliyofunguliwa na upepo, kwa maana ujumbe wa historia hii ni ujumbe wa upepo wa mashariki. Ujumbe huo ni upepo mkali wa Isaya unaodhibitiwa, katika siku ya upepo wa mashariki; ni mipepo minne ya Yohana inayozuiliwa wakati wa kutiwa muhuri kwa wale mia arobaini na nne elfu.

> “Angels are holding the four winds, represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.

> Malaika wanazuia pepo nne, zilizowakilishwa kama farasi mwenye hasira anayetaka kujivunja huru na kukimbia juu ya uso wa dunia yote, akileta uharibifu na mauti katika njia yake.

> “Shall we sleep on the very verge of the eternal world? Shall we be dull and cold and dead? Oh, that we might have in our churches the Spirit and breath of God breathed into His people, that they might stand upon their feet and live.” Manuscript Releases, volume 20, 217.

> "Je, tutalala ukingoni kabisa mwa ulimwengu wa milele? Je, tutakuwa dhaifu na baridi na wafu? Ee, laiti katika makanisa yetu Roho na pumzi ya Mungu zipuliziwe ndani ya watu Wake, ili wasimame kwa miguu yao na waishi." Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 20, ukurasa 217.

Those who reject that message of the east wind of Islam, are blown out the window by the wind—the very symbol of their rebellion. The rubbish of error is forever attached to the foolish class who have no oil. Ephraim has again been joined to its idols. They rejected the increase of the knowledge of the sealing time, and its relation to Islam of the third woe. God will turn the glory of their counterfeit latter rain message into “shame.”

Wale wanaoukataa ujumbe huo wa upepo wa mashariki wa Uislamu, hupeperushwa nje ya dirisha na upepo huo—ishara ileile ya uasi wao. Uchafu wa upotovu umeambatana milele na kundi la wapumbavu wasio na mafuta. Efraimu ameshikamana tena na sanamu zake. Walikataa ongezeko la maarifa kuhusu wakati wa kutiwa muhuri, na uhusiano wake na Uislamu wa ole wa tatu. Mungu atageuza utukufu wa ujumbe wao wa mvua ya mwisho wa bandia kuwa “aibu.”

> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

> Watu wangu wanaangamia kwa kukosa maarifa; kwa kuwa umeyakataa maarifa, mimi nami nitakukataa, ili usiwe kuhani kwangu; kwa kuwa umesahau sheria ya Mungu wako, mimi nami nitawasahau watoto wako.

> As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord. Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

> Walipozidi, ndivyo walivyonitenda dhambi; kwa hiyo nitageuza utukufu wao kuwa aibu. Hula dhambi ya watu wangu, nao huiuelekeza mioyo yao kwa uovu wao. Na itakuwa, kama watu, ndivyo kuhani; nami nitawaadhibu kwa njia zao, na kuwalipa kwa matendo yao. Kwa maana watakula, wala hawatatosheka; watafanya uasherati, wala hawataongezeka; kwa sababu wameacha kumzingatia Bwana. Uasherati, na divai, na divai mpya huondoa moyo. Watu wangu huomba shauri kwa vipande vyao vya mti, na fimbo yao huwajulisha; kwa kuwa roho ya uasherati imewapotosha, nao wamemuacha Mungu wao kwa kwenda kufanya uasherati. Hutolea dhabihu juu ya vilele vya milima, na huchoma uvumba juu ya vilima, chini ya mialoni, na mitopoli, na mivinje, kwa kuwa uvuli wake ni mzuri; kwa hiyo binti zenu watafanya uasherati, na wake zenu watafanya uzinzi. Sitawaadhibu binti zenu watakapofanya uasherati, wala wake zenu watakapofanya uzinzi; kwa maana wao wenyewe wamejitenga pamoja na makahaba, na hutolea dhabihu pamoja na makahaba; kwa hiyo watu wasiofahamu wataanguka.

> Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The Lord liveth. For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

> Ijapokuwa wewe, Israeli, watenda ukahaba, lakini Yuda asikose; wala msiende Gilgali, wala msiende Beth-Aveni, wala msiape, “Bwana aishi.” Kwa maana Israeli hurudi nyuma kama mtamba mkaidi; sasa Bwana atawalisha kama mwanakondoo katika mahali pana.

> Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

> Efraimu amefungamana na sanamu: mwacheni.

> Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. Hosea 4:6–19.

> Kileo chao kimechacha; wamefanya uzinzi bila kukoma; wakuu wake hupenda aibu, “Toeni!” Upepo umemfunga kwa mabawa yake, nao wataona aibu kwa sababu ya dhabihu zao. Hosea 4:6-19.

The rubbish that is removed is both the foolish virgins and their erroneous doctrines which they are joined to. We are what we eat, and they rejected the message of the east wind, chose instead the lie which brings strong delusion in its wake, and became joined to their counterfeit peace and safety latter rain message. Joel’s new wine, is cut off from their mouths, right where Jeremiah becomes God’s mouth.

Takataka inayoondolewa ni vyote viwili: wanawali wapumbavu na mafundisho yao ya upotovu ambayo wamefungamana nayo. Sisi ni kile tunachokula, nao wakaukataa ujumbe wa upepo wa mashariki, wakauchagua badala yake ule uongo uletao udanganyifu wenye nguvu, nao wakaambatana na ujumbe wao wa bandia wa ‘amani na salama’ wa mvua ya mwisho. Divai mpya ya Yoeli imekatiliwa mbali na vinywa vyao, pale pale ambapo Yeremia anakuwa kinywa cha Mungu.

> “In rejecting the truth, men reject its Author. In trampling upon the law of God, they deny the authority of the Law-giver. It is as easy to make an idol of false doctrines and theories as to fashion an idol of wood or stone. By misrepresenting the attributes of God, Satan leads men to conceive of Him in a false character. With many, a philosophical idol is enthroned in the place of Jehovah; while the living God, as He is revealed in His word, in Christ, and in the works of creation, is worshiped by but few. Thousands deify nature while they deny the God of nature. Though in a different form, idolatry exists in the Christian world today as verily as it existed among ancient Israel in the days of Elijah. The God of many professedly wise men, of philosophers, poets, politicians, journalists—the God of polished fashionable circles, of many colleges and universities, even of some theological institutions—is little better than Baal, the sun-god of Phoenicia.” The Great Controversy, 583.

> Kwa kuukataa ukweli, wanadamu wanamkataa Mwandishi wake. Kwa kuikanyaga sheria ya Mungu, wanakana mamlaka ya Mtoa Sheria. Ni rahisi vivyo hivyo kutengeneza sanamu ya mafundisho na nadharia za uongo kama ilivyo kuunda sanamu ya mbao au ya mawe. Kwa kupotosha sifa za Mungu, Shetani huwaongoza wanadamu kumwelewa kwa tabia isiyo ya kweli. Kwa wengi, sanamu ya kifalsafa imeketishwa kwenye kiti cha enzi mahali pa Yehova; ilhali Mungu aliye hai, kama anavyofunuliwa katika neno lake, katika Kristo, na katika matendo ya uumbaji, anaabudiwa na wachache tu. Maelfu huyafanya maumbile kuwa mungu huku wakimkana Mungu wa maumbile. Ingawa katika umbo tofauti, ibada ya sanamu ipo katika ulimwengu wa Kikristo leo kwa hakika sawa kama ilivyokuwapo miongoni mwa Israeli wa kale katika siku za Eliya. Mungu wa watu wengi wanaodai kuwa wenye hekima, wa wanafalsafa, washairi, wanasiasa, waandishi wa habari—Mungu wa mizunguko iliyostaarabika ya kifasheni, wa vyuo vingi na vyuo vikuu, hata wa baadhi ya taasisi za teolojia—si afadhali sana kuliko Baali, mungu wa jua wa Foinike. Pambano Kuu, 583.

At the separation of the genuine and false in Miller’s dream the wind carries the false virgins out, while the Lord seals His bride during the omega internal test of the open window.

Katika utenganisho kati ya wale wa kweli na wale wa uongo katika ndoto ya Miller, upepo unawaondoa nje wanawali wa uongo, ilhali Bwana anamtia muhuri bibi-arusi Wake wakati wa jaribio la ndani la omega la dirisha lililo wazi.

> Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 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 3:1–4.

> Tazama, nitamtuma mjumbe wangu, naye ataitengeneza njia mbele yangu; na Bwana mnayemtafuta atakuja ghafula katika hekalu lake, naam, yule mjumbe wa agano, mnayemfurahia; tazama, anakuja, asema Bwana wa majeshi. Lakini ni nani atakayestahimili siku ya kuja kwake? Na ni nani atakayesimama atakapoonekana? Maana yeye ni kama moto wa msafishaji, na kama sabuni ya mfua nguo; naye ataketi kama msafishaji na mtakasaji wa fedha; naye atawatakasa wana wa Lawi, na kuwasafisha kama dhahabu na fedha, ili wamtolee Bwana sadaka kwa haki. Ndipo sadaka ya Yuda na Yerusalemu itampendeza Bwana, kama katika siku za kale, na kama katika miaka ya zamani. Malaki 3:1-4.

The sons of Levi are the sons of those Levites who were faithful at Aaron’s image of the beast test, and then again at Jeroboam’s image of the beast test. They are those who pass the image of the beast test, which is the test by which their eternal destiny is decided, and the test they must pass—before we are sealed.

Wana wa Lawi ni wana wa wale Walawi waliokuwa waaminifu wakati wa jaribio la sanamu ya mnyama la Aroni, na tena wakati wa jaribio la sanamu ya mnyama la Yeroboamu. Hao ndio wanaolipita jaribio la sanamu ya mnyama, ambalo ndilo jaribio ambalo kwa njia yake hatima yao ya milele huamuliwa, na jaribio ambalo sharti walipite kabla hatujatiwa muhuri.

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided.

> Bwana amenionyesha waziwazi kwamba sanamu ya mnyama itaundwa kabla ya kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema; maana itakuwa jaribu kuu kwa watu wa Mungu, ndilo litakaloamua hatima yao ya milele.

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 976.

> "Hili ndilo jaribio ambalo watu wa Mungu lazima wapitie kabla hawajatiwa muhuri. Wote waliothibitisha uaminifu wao kwa Mungu kwa kuishika sheria yake, na kukataa kuikubali sabato bandia, watasimama chini ya bendera ya Bwana Mungu Yehova, nao watapokea muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai. Wale wanaoacha ukweli ulio na asili ya mbinguni na kuukubali sabato ya Jumapili, watapokea chapa ya mnyama" Ufafanuzi wa Biblia wa Waadventista Wasabato, juzuu ya 7, 976.

The image of the beast test is the test before the mark of the beast test at the Sunday law, and it must be passed before the door closes.

Jaribio la picha ya mnyama ndilo linalotangulia jaribio la alama ya mnyama wakati wa Sheria ya Jumapili, na ni lazima lifauliwe kabla ya mlango kufungwa.

It is the test that purifies the righteous and also separates the righteous from the unrighteous. It is the test where Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are found to be visually fairer and fatter than those who ate the Babylonian diet. One class had eaten the bread of Heaven and the other the bread of Babylon. It is the test of bread in the synagogue at Capernaum.

Huu ni mtihani unaowatakasa wenye haki na pia kuwatenganisha wenye haki na wasio haki. Huu ni mtihani ambapo Danieli, Shadraka, Meshaki na Abednego walipatikana kuwa wazuri zaidi kwa sura na wanono kuliko wale waliokula mlo wa Babeli. Kundi moja lilikuwa limekula mkate wa Mbinguni, na jingine mkate wa Babeli. Huu ni mtihani wa mkate katika sinagogi la Kapernaumu.

Externally the testing time that we are now in is the test of the image of the beast, the combination of church and state within the United States. The parallel internal testing time identifies a class of virgins who manifest the image of humanity and another class of virgins who manifest the image of Divinity combined with humanity. After Malachi identifies the purification and purging of the Levites, God proposes a test.

Kwa upande wa nje, kipindi cha kujaribiwa ambacho tupo ndani yake sasa ni jaribio la picha ya mnyama, yaani muunganiko wa kanisa na dola ndani ya Marekani. Kwa upande wa ndani, kipindi cha kujaribiwa kilicho sambamba hutambua darasa la wanawali wanaodhihirisha taswira ya ubinadamu, na darasa jingine la wanawali wanaodhihirisha taswira ya Uungu uliounganishwa na ubinadamu. Baada ya Malaki kubainisha utakaso na usafishaji wa Walawi, Mungu anaweka jaribio.

> And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

> Nami nitakaribia kwenu kwa hukumu; nami nitakuwa shahidi wa upesi juu ya wachawi, na wazinzi, na wale waapao kwa uongo, na wawaoneao mwenye kuajiriwa katika ujira wake, na mjane, na yatima, na wamnyang’anyao mgeni haki yake, na wasionicha mimi, asema Bwana wa majeshi.

> For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:5, 6.

> Kwa maana mimi ni Bwana, sibadiliki; kwa hiyo ninyi wana wa Yakobo hamkuangamizwa. Malaki 3:5, 6.

The first test is to fear God, and the class that failed the testing of the Messenger of the Covenant are then addressed with five condemnations, one for each of the foolish virgins that align with being wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked; five prophetic attributes for five foolish virgins that summarized under the phrase “and fear not me.” These are those who failed the foundational first alpha test. They failed because they did not understand that God never changes. These are those who failed the foundational external alpha test of 2024.

Jaribio la kwanza ni kumcha Mungu, na darasa lililoshindwa jaribio la Mjumbe wa Agano kisha linakemewa kwa hukumu tano, moja kwa kila mmoja wa wanawali wapumbavu watano, zinazolingana na kuwa wenye taabu, wa kuhurumiwa, maskini, vipofu, uchi; sifa tano za kinabii kwa wanawali wapumbavu watano zilizofupishwa kwa kauli “na hawaniogopi.” Hawa ndio walioshindwa jaribio la msingi la kwanza la alfa. Walishindwa kwa sababu hawakuelewa kwamba Mungu habadiliki kamwe. Hawa ndio walioshindwa jaribio la msingi la nje la alfa la mwaka 2024.

> “There are lessons to be learned from the history of the past; and attention is called to these, that all may understand that God works on the same lines now that He ever has done. His hand is seen in His work and among the nations now, just the same as it has been ever since the gospel was first proclaimed to Adam in Eden.

> Kuna masomo ya kujifunza kutokana na historia iliyopita; na tunahimizwa kuyazingatia, ili wote waelewe kwamba Mungu anafanya kazi kwa njia zile zile sasa kama alivyofanya siku zote. Mkono wake unaonekana katika kazi yake na miongoni mwa mataifa sasa, sawa kabisa kama ambavyo imekuwa tangu injili ilipotangazwa kwa mara ya kwanza kwa Adamu huko Edeni.

> “There are periods which are turning points in the history of nations and of the church. In the providence of God, when these different crises arrive, the light for that time is given. If it is received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow. The Lord in His word has opened up the aggressive work of the gospel as it has been carried on in the past, and will be in the future, even to the closing conflict, when Satanic agencies will make their last wonderful movement.” Bible Echo, August 26, 1895.

> "Kuna nyakati ambazo ni migeuko muhimu katika historia ya mataifa na ya kanisa. Katika maongozi ya Mungu, wakati misukosuko mbalimbali inapowadia, nuru ya wakati huo hutolewa. Ikipokelewa, kuna maendeleo ya kiroho; ikikataliwa, kufifia kwa kiroho na maangamizi hufuata. Bwana, katika Neno Lake, amefunua kazi shupavu ya injili kama ilivyotekelezwa zamani, na itakavyotekelezwa wakati ujao, hata hadi kwenye pambano la mwisho, wakati mawakala wa Shetani watakapofanya harakati yao ya mwisho ya ajabu." Bible Echo, Agosti 26, 1895.

Laodiceans do not see that God’s dealing with men is ever the same. If the light, or the oil is received, there is a blessing, if not, there is a shipwreck.

Walaodikia hawatambui kwamba namna Mungu anavyowatendea wanadamu huwa ileile daima. Nuru ikipokelewa, au mafuta yakipokelewa, kuna baraka; la sivyo, kuna maangamizi ya merikebu.

> “In past ages the Lord God of heaven revealed his secrets to his prophets. The present and the future are equally clear to him. The voice of God echoes down the ages, telling man what is to take place. Kings and princes take their places at their appointed time. They think they are carrying out their own purposes, but in reality they are fulfilling the word that God has spoken.

> Katika enzi zilizopita, Bwana Mungu wa mbinguni aliwafunulia manabii wake siri zake. Yalio sasa na yajayo ni dhahiri kwake sawasawa. Sauti ya Mungu husikika katika enzi zote, ikimwambia mwanadamu yatakayotendeka. Wafalme na wakuu wa kifalme hutwaa nafasi zao kwa wakati wao uliowekwa. Hudhani kwamba wanatekeleza makusudi yao wenyewe, lakini kwa hakika wanatimiza neno alilonena Mungu.

> “Paul declares that the records of God’s dealings with mankind in the past ‘are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ Daniel’s history is given us for our admonition. ‘The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him.’ Daniel’s God still lives and reigns. He has not closed heaven against his people. As in the Jewish age, so in this age, God reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets.

> Paulo atangaza kwamba kumbukumbu za jinsi Mungu alivyoshughulika na wanadamu zamani ‘zimeandikwa kwa maonyo yetu, sisi ambao miisho ya ulimwengu imetuwadia.’ Historia ya Danieli imetolewa kwetu kwa maonyo yetu. ‘Siri ya Bwana iko kwa wamchao.’ Mungu wa Danieli bado yu hai na anatawala. Hajazifunga mbingu kwa watu wake. Kama ilivyokuwa katika enzi ya Wayahudi, ndivyo ilivyo katika enzi hii: Mungu hufunua siri zake kwa watumishi wake manabii.

> “The apostle Peter says: ‘We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.’

> Mtume Petro asema: ‘Tena tunalo neno la unabii lililo hakika zaidi; nanyi mtafanya vyema kulizingatia, kama taa iangazayo mahali penye giza, mpaka kutakapopambazuka, na nyota ya asubuhi kuchomoza mioyoni mwenu; mkijua hili kwanza, kwamba hakuna unabii wa Maandiko ulio wa tafsiri ya kibinafsi. Kwa maana unabii haukuletwa zamani kwa mapenzi ya mwanadamu; bali watu watakatifu wa Mungu walinena walipokuwa wakiongozwa na Roho Mtakatifu.’

> “The unbelieving and godless do not discern the importance of the signs of the times, foretold in the prophetic word. In ignorance they may refuse to accept the inspired record. But when professed Christians speak sneeringly of the ways and means employed by the great I AM to make his purposes known, they show themselves to be ignorant both of the Scriptures and of the power of God. The Creator knows just what elements he has to deal with in human nature. He knows what means to employ to obtain the desired results.

> Wasioamini na wasiomcha Mungu hawatambui umuhimu wa ishara za nyakati, zilizotabiriwa katika neno la kinabii. Kwa kutojua wanaweza kukataa kuikubali kumbukumbu iliyoandikwa kwa uvuvio. Lakini wale wanaokiri kuwa Wakristo wanaponena kwa dhihaka juu ya njia na mbinu anazotumia Yule MIMI NIKO aliye Mkuu ili makusudi yake yajulikane, hujionyesha kuwa hawana ufahamu wa Maandiko wala wa uweza wa Mungu. Muumba anajua kikamilifu ni vipengele vipi vya asili ya mwanadamu anavyopaswa kushughulika navyo. Anajua ni mbinu zipi za kutumia ili kupata matokeo yanayokusudiwa.

> “Man’s word fails. He who makes the assertions of men his dependence, may well tremble; for he will someday be as a shipwrecked vessel. God’s word is infallible, and endures forever. Christ declares, ‘Verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.’ God’s word will endure throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.” Youth Instructor, December 1, 1903.

> Neno la mwanadamu hushindwa. Yeye anayefanya madai ya wanadamu kuwa tegemeo lake, astahili kutetemeka; kwa maana siku moja atakuwa kama meli iliyopata ajali ya baharini. Neno la Mungu ni lisilokosea, nalo ladumu milele. Kristo anatangaza, ‘Amin, nawaambia, mpaka mbingu na nchi zitakapopita, hata nukta moja wala alama ndogo moja haitapita kutoka katika sheria, mpaka yote yatimie.’ Neno la Mungu litaendelea kudumu katika enzi zisizo na kikomo za umilele. Youth Instructor, Desemba 1, 1903.

God never changes and He works upon the same lines as He has always done.

Mungu habadiliki kamwe, naye hutenda kwa njia zilezile kama vile alivyotenda daima.

> “The work of God in the earth presents, from age to age, a striking similarity in every great reformation or religious movement. The principles of God’s dealing with men are ever the same. The important movements of the present have their parallel in those of the past, and the experience of the church in former ages has lessons of great value for our own time.” The Great Controversy, 343.

> Kazi ya Mungu duniani huonyesha, kutoka zama hadi zama, kufanana kwa kushangaza katika kila mageuzi makubwa au harakati ya kidini. Kanuni za jinsi Mungu anavyoshughulika na wanadamu daima ni zile zile. Harakati muhimu za sasa zina mfanano na zile za zamani, na uzoefu wa kanisa katika enzi zilizopita una mafunzo yenye thamani kubwa kwa wakati wetu. Pambano Kuu, 343.

Malachi chapter three’s first four verses identify the messenger that prepares the way for the Messenger of the Covenant, and the purging and purification of the Levites. Then the Lord pronounces judgment upon Laodicea, identifying they fear not God, meaning they failed the foundational alpha test of the third angel. Their lack of fear represents a purposeful rejection of knowledge, and the context of the knowledge they refuse is the acceptance of the history of the messenger who prepares the way and the Divine messenger who follows. All the prophets identify the latter days, and there would be no reason to identify a counterfeit reformatory movement, if there was not a genuine.

Mistari minne ya kwanza ya sura ya tatu ya Malaki inamtambulisha mjumbe anayeiandaa njia kwa ajili ya Mjumbe wa Agano, na pia inabainisha kutakaswa na kusafishwa kwa Walawi. Kisha Bwana anatoa hukumu juu ya Laodikia, akibainisha kwamba hawamchi Mungu, yaani wameshindwa mtihani wa msingi wa alfa wa malaika wa tatu. Ukosefu wao wa kumcha Mungu unaashiria kukataa kwa makusudi maarifa, na muktadha wa maarifa wanayokataa ni kukubali historia ya mjumbe anayeiandaa njia na ya Mjumbe wa Kimungu anayefuata. Manabii wote hutambua nyakati za mwisho, na hakungekuwa na sababu ya kubainisha harakati ya urekebisho bandia kama isingekuwapo iliyo ya kweli.

> “But Satan was not idle. He now attempted what he has attempted in every other reformatory movement—to deceive and destroy the people by palming off upon them a counterfeit in place of the true work. As there were false Christ’s in the first century of the Christian church, so there arose false prophets in the sixteenth century.” The Great Controversy, 186.

> Lakini Shetani hakuwa amekaa bila kufanya chochote. Sasa alijaribu kile ambacho amekuwa akijaribu katika kila harakati nyingine ya mageuzi—kuwadanganya na kuwaangamiza watu kwa kuwaingizia kitu bandia badala ya kazi ya kweli. Kama vile kulivyokuwapo makristo wa uongo katika karne ya kwanza ya kanisa la Kikristo, vivyo hivyo walitokea manabii wa uongo katika karne ya kumi na sita. Mzozo Mkubwa, 186.

The context of the first six verses of Malachi three is the purging and purification of the Levites of the reformatory movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Future for America is either that very movement, or one of many counterfeits. Then Malachi states:

Muktadha wa aya sita za kwanza za Malaki sura ya tatu ni kusafishwa na kutakaswa kwa Walawi wa harakati ya matengenezo ya wale laki moja na elfu arobaini na nne. Future for America aidha ni harakati hiyo hiyo, au mojawapo ya harakati bandia nyingi. Kisha Malaki anasema:

> Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3:7.

> Tangu siku za baba zenu mmepotoka na kuiacha sheria yangu, wala hamkuishika. Nirudieni, nami nitawarudia, asema Bwana wa majeshi. Malaki 3:7.

The progressive rebellion over the four generations is the introduction and setting of the book of Joel, and Malachi here identifies the same progressive rebellion when he says, “even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away.” From 1863, the days of the fathers of the first generation of rebellion, they have increasingly went further and further away from God. The pronouncement against their continuous sin is tempered with the Laodicean call that in mournful tones promises that if they would but only return, God would return unto them.

Uasi unaoendelea katika vizazi vinne ndicho utangulizi na muktadha wa kitabu cha Yoeli, na Malaki hapa anaubainisha uasi huohuo unaoendelea anaposema, “hata tangu siku za baba zenu mmekwenda mbali.” Tangu mwaka 1863, siku za baba wa kizazi cha kwanza cha uasi, wamezidi kwenda mbali na Mungu zaidi na zaidi. Tamko la hukumu juu ya dhambi yao inayoendelea limepunguzwa ukali wake kwa mwito wa Laodikia, ambao kwa sauti za maombolezo unaahidi kwamba iwapo wangerudi tu, Mungu angerudi kwao.

> But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

> Lakini ninyi mwasema, Tutarudi kwa namna gani? Je, mwanadamu atamwibia Mungu? Ilhali ninyi mmeniwibia. Nanyi mwasema, Tumekuwibia kwa namna gani? Kwa zaka na michango. Mmelaaniwa kwa laana; kwa maana ninyi mmeniwibia mimi, naam, taifa hili lote.

> Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

> Leteni zaka zote ghalani, ili kuwemo chakula katika nyumba yangu; nanyi mkanijaribu sasa kwa haya, asema Bwana wa majeshi, mjue kama sitawafungulia madirisha ya mbinguni, na kuwamwagia baraka hata pasiwepo nafasi ya kutosha ya kuipokea.

> And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3:5–12.

> Nami nitamkemea mharibu kwa ajili yenu, wala hataharibu mazao ya ardhi yenu; wala mzabibu wenu hautapukutisha tunda lake kabla ya wakati shambani, asema Bwana wa majeshi. Na mataifa yote watawaita heri; kwa maana ninyi mtakuwa nchi ya kupendeza, asema Bwana wa majeshi. Malaki 3:5-12.

The alpha foundational external test of 2024 is followed by the capstone internal test of 2026. That capstone test occurs when the windows of heaven are opened, and three places where those open windows are identified in the context of the church triumphant are Malachi three, Miller’s dream and Revelation nineteen. Malachi is the alpha, Miller’s dream is the middle and Revelation is the omega. The test is illustrated by Christ, as the dirt brush man, casting the jewels into the casket. Those jewels are both truths perfectly arranged in their order, and the remnant. The storehouse is where the meat is gathered and distributed. As with the test of manna, the test of Capernaum and the Bread of Heaven—“meat” is the subject.

Jaribio la kimsingi la nje la alfa la mwaka 2024 linafuatiwa na jaribio la ndani la kilele la mwaka 2026. Jaribio hilo la kilele hutokea wakati madirisha ya mbinguni yanapofunguliwa, na sehemu tatu ambamo madirisha hayo yaliyo wazi yanatambuliwa katika muktadha wa kanisa lishindalo ni Malaki sura ya tatu, ndoto ya Miller, na Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tisa. Malaki ni alfa, ndoto ya Miller ndiyo katikati, na Ufunuo ni omega. Jaribio hilo linaonyeshwa na Kristo, kama yule mtu mwenye kifagio cha uchafu, akiweka vito ndani ya kisanduku. Vito hivyo ni vyote viwili: kweli zilizopangwa kikamilifu katika mpangilio wao, na masalia. Ghala ndiko ambako ‘chakula’ hukusanywa na kugawiwa. Kama ilivyo katika jaribio la mana, jaribio la Kapernaumu na Mkate wa Mbinguni - ‘chakula’ ndilo somo.

The “meat” is oil in the parable of the virgins, and it represents character, the Holy Spirit and the prophetic message that brings the Holy Spirit into the hearts and minds of those who develop the character of Christ. The “meat” is Joel’s “new wine” that is cut off from the drunkards of Ephraim. To pass the internal capstone temple test of the second angel you must have passed the external first alpha foundational test. If you haven’t accepted the foundation, you cannot be part of the temple which is raised upon the foundation, but if you are not of the number who passed that foundational test, you will build your spiritual counterfeit house upon sand. John calls that counterfeit spiritual house, “the synagogue of Satan” and Jeremiah, “the assembly of mockers.”

"Chakula" ni mafuta katika mfano wa wanawali, nalo linawakilisha tabia, Roho Mtakatifu, na ujumbe wa kinabii unaoleta Roho Mtakatifu ndani ya mioyo na akili za wale wanaoikuza tabia ya Kristo. "Chakula" ndicho "divai mpya" ya Yoeli iliyokatiliwa mbali kutoka kwa walevi wa Efraimu. Ili kupita jaribio la ndani la jiwe la kilele la hekalu la malaika wa pili, sharti uwe umepita jaribio la nje la msingi la kwanza la alfa. Usipokuwa umeukubali msingi, huwezi kuwa sehemu ya hekalu linaloinuliwa juu ya msingi huo, bali kama si miongoni mwa waliopita jaribio hilo la msingi, utajenga nyumba yako ya kiroho bandia juu ya mchanga. Yohana huiita nyumba hiyo ya kiroho bandia, "sinagogi la Shetani," na Yeremia, "mkutano wa wadhihaki."

Bring ye all the tithes and offerings into the storehouse is the internal test where the seal is impressed. The dirt brush man cast the remnant people of God into the enlarged casket, and in so doing He was illustrating the work of bringing all the tithes into the storehouse. The Levites are the offering that is lifted up when He pours out a blessing from the windows of heaven. The dirt brush man’s jewels are His remnant people and in Isaiah chapter six those remnant people are identified as a tithe.

Agizo, “Leteni zaka zote na sadaka katika ghala,” ndilo jaribio la ndani ambamo muhuri unatiwa. Yule mtu wa fagio la uchafu aliwatia watu wa Mungu waliosalia katika sanduku lililopanuliwa, na kwa kufanya hivyo alikuwa akionyesha kazi ya kuleta zaka zote ghalani. Walawi ndio sadaka ya kuinuliwa wakati anapomimina baraka kutoka katika madirisha ya mbingu. Vito vya yule mtu wa fagio la uchafu ni watu wake waliosalia, na katika Isaya sura ya sita watu hao waliosalia wanatambuliwa kuwa zaka.

> Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. Isaiah 6:11–13.

> Ndipo nikasema, Bwana, hata lini? Naye akajibu, Hata miji iharibike bila mkazi, na nyumba bila mtu, na nchi iwe ukiwa kabisa; na Bwana awaondoe watu mbali, na kuwe na kuachwa kukuu katikati ya nchi. Lakini bado ndani yake kutakuwepo sehemu ya kumi, nayo itarudi, nayo italiwa; kama mti wa teil na kama mwaloni, ambao kiini chao kimo ndani yao, wanapopukutisha majani yao; vivyo hivyo mbegu takatifu itakuwa ndilo kiini chake. Isaya 6:11-13.

The Lord identifies the question of “how long” on multiple witnesses as pointing to the Sunday law, and in verse three of Isaiah six the angels proclaim “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.” Sister White connects this with the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen.

Bwana, kwa ushuhuda wa mashahidi wengi, hutambua kuwa swali la “hata lini” linaelekeza kwenye sheria ya Jumapili; na katika aya ya tatu ya Isaya sura ya sita, malaika hutangaza, “Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, ni Bwana wa majeshi; dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.” Dada White analihusianisha hili na malaika mwenye nguvu wa Ufunuo kumi na nane.

> “As they [the angels] see the future, when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory, the triumphant song of praise is echoed from one to another in melodious chant, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts.’ They are fully satisfied to glorify God; and in His presence, beneath His smile of approbation, they wish for nothing more. In bearing His image, in doing His service and worshiping Him, their highest ambition is fully reached.” Review and Herald, December 22, 1896.

> Wao [malaika], wanapoona wakati ujao, wakati ambapo dunia yote itajazwa na utukufu Wake, wimbo wa sifa wa ushindi unasikika kwa mwangwi kutoka mmoja hadi mwingine kwa uimbaji wa kupendeza, ‘Mtakatifu, mtakatifu, mtakatifu, ni Bwana wa majeshi.’ Wameridhika kikamilifu kumtukuza Mungu; na katika uwepo Wake, chini ya tabasamu Lake la kibali, hawatamani chochote zaidi. Katika kubeba mfano Wake, katika kutekeleza huduma Yake na kumwabudu, azma yao ya juu kabisa inatimia kikamilifu. Review and Herald, Desemba 22, 1896.

Isaiah six identifies 9/11, when the earth was lightened with the glory of the first voice of Revelation eighteen’s two voices. When Isaiah asked “how long” the history of the chapter is identified as the period from 9/11 unto the Sunday law, where the second voice arrives. Isaiah informs us that at the Sunday law there will be a remnant—who are a tithe. The remnant has substance within them—oil in their vessels.

Isaya sura ya sita inabainisha 9/11, wakati dunia iliangaziwa kwa utukufu wa sauti ya kwanza kati ya sauti mbili za Ufunuo kumi na nane. Isaya alipouliza, “Hata lini?”, historia ya sura hiyo inatambuliwa kuwa kipindi kuanzia 9/11 hadi sheria ya Jumapili, ambapo sauti ya pili inawasili. Isaya anatufahamisha kwamba wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili kutakuwepo salio—ambalo ni fungu la kumi. Salio hilo lina kiini ndani mwao—mafuta katika vyombo vyao.

> But yet in it shall be a tenth [tithe], and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. Isaiah 6:13.

> Lakini bado ndani yake kutakuwamo sehemu ya kumi [zaka], nayo itarudi, tena italiwa; kama mti wa terebinti na kama mwaloni, ambao kiini chao kimo ndani yao wanapopukutisha majani yao; vivyo hivyo mbegu takatifu itakuwa ndicho kiini chake. Isaya 6:13.

The “tenth” are those who have “returned” in answer to Malachi’s and also Jeremiah’s call to return. They are trees of humanity, combined with Divinity (the holy seed). They will be eaten, for they are not only the messengers, but they are the ensign of the Pentecostal wave loaves; they are the message which the Gentiles shall eat.

"Sehemu ya kumi" ni wale ambao "wamerudi" kwa kuitikia mwito wa Malaki na pia wa Yeremia wa kurejea. Wao ni miti ya wanadamu, iliyounganishwa na Uungu (mbegu takatifu). Wataliwa, kwa maana si wajumbe tu, bali ni bendera ya mikate ya kutikiswa ya Pentekoste; wao ndio ule ujumbe ambao Mataifa watakula.

> Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. Jeremiah 15:19.

> Kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi, Ukirudi, ndipo nitakurudisha tena, nawe utasimama mbele zangu: na ukitoa kilicho cha thamani kutoka kwa kilicho kibaya, utakuwa kama kinywa changu: waache warudi kwako; bali wewe usirudi kwao. Yeremia 15:19.

Jeremiah represents those who ate the message in the angel’s hand, which was the alpha and foundational test represented by August 11, 1840, 1888, and 9/11, for he says he found the words and did eat them.

Yeremia anawakilisha wale waliokula ule ujumbe uliokuwa katika mkono wa malaika, ambao ulikuwa mtihani wa Alfa na wa msingi uliowakilishwa na Agosti 11, 1840, 1888, na 9/11, kwa maana anasema alipata maneno na akayala.

> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16.

> Maneno yako yalionekana, nami nikayala; na neno lako likawa kwangu furaha na shangilio la moyo wangu; maana nimeitwa kwa jina lako, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi. Yeremia 15:16.

Jeremiah is called by God’s name when he ate the little book in the angel’s hand, and that message produced joy and rejoicing, as opposed to shame. When God’s name is given to Jeremiah, he is representing the one hundred and forty-four thousand who are Philadelphians.

Yeremia aliitwa kwa Jina la Mungu alipokula kitabu kidogo kilichokuwa mkononi mwa malaika, na ujumbe huo ulileta furaha na shangwe, badala ya aibu. Jina la Mungu linapopewa Yeremia, yeye anawakilisha mia arobaini na nne elfu walio Wafiladelfia.

> Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Revelation 3:12.

> Yeye ashindaye, nitamfanya kuwa nguzo katika hekalu la Mungu wangu, wala hatatoka humo tena; nami nitaandika juu yake jina la Mungu wangu, na jina la mji wa Mungu wangu, Yerusalemu mpya, ushukao kutoka mbinguni kwa Mungu wangu; nami nitaandika juu yake jina langu jipya. Ufunuo 3:12.

Jeremiah ate the message of 9/11 and suffered the disappointment of July 18, 2020.

Yeremia alikula ujumbe wa 9/11, naye aliteseka kwa kukatishwa tamaa kulikokuwa tarehe 18 Julai 2020.

> I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? Jeremiah 15:17, 18.

> Sikuketi katika kikao cha wenye dhihaka, wala sikufurahi; nilikaa peke yangu kwa sababu ya mkono wako; maana umenijaza ghadhabu. Mbona uchungu wangu ni wa daima, na jeraha langu haliponyeki, linalokataa kuponywa? Je, utakuwa kwangu kabisa kama mwongo, na kama maji yanayokauka? Yeremia 15:17, 18.

Jeremiah’s “assembly of the mockers,” is Philadelphia and Smyrna’s “synagogue of Satan,” who say they are Jews, but they are not. Jeremiah did not rejoice for the message he had proclaimed was a false message, producing only shame, not joy. Jeremiah’s “perpetual wound that refused to be healed,” was the three and a half days that the assembly of mockers rejoiced while Jeremiah, Moses and Elijah were dead in the street that ran through the valley of dead dry bones. In the midst of that period of doubt and uncertainty, the Lord asked Jeremiah to return.

"Kusanyiko la wadhihaki" la Yeremia ndilo "sinagogi la Shetani" la Filadelfia na Smirna, hao wasemao kwamba wao ni Wayahudi, lakini si Wayahudi. Yeremia hakufurahi, kwa maana ujumbe aliokuwa ametangaza ulikuwa ujumbe wa uongo, uliozaa aibu tu, si furaha. "Jeraha la daima lililokataa kuponywa" la Yeremia lilikuwa zile siku tatu na nusu ambazo kusanyiko la wadhihaki lilifurahi wakati Yeremia, Musa na Eliya walipokuwa wafu katika barabara iliyopita katikati ya bonde la mifupa mikavu ya wafu. Katikati ya kipindi hicho cha shaka na kutokuwa na uhakika, Bwana alimwambia Yeremia arudi.

> Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. Jeremiah 15:19–21.

> Kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi: Ukirudi, ndipo nitakurudisha tena, nawe utasimama mbele yangu; na ukitoa kilicho cha thamani kutoka kwa kisichofaa, utakuwa kama kinywa changu; nao na warudi kwako; bali wewe usirudi kwao. Nami nitakufanya uwe kwa watu hawa ukuta wa shaba uliotiwa boma; nao watapigana nawe, lakini hawatakushinda; kwa maana mimi niko pamoja nawe ili kukuokoa na kukukomboa, asema Bwana. Nami nitakuokoa katika mkono wa waovu, nami nitakukomboa katika mkono wa katili. Yeremia 15:19-21.

If Jeremiah would return, God would make him an army, represented as a brazen wall that both the “wicked” and the “terrible” will fight against, but not prevail. This is the army of the white horses with horsemen arrayed in uniforms of white linen. That army, or brazen wall is raised up when Jeremiah returns; if and when, he separates the precious from the vile. In Ezekiel thirty-seven, the army that Sister White says is God’s remnant people stands up when they have returned. The remnant returns, then stands up a mighty army, when they separate the precious and the vile and they then become God’s mouth. They must rightly divide the word of truth, separating the chaff from the wheat for they are using the same rules adopted by their father, who was a miller who specialized in preparing the very best bread. If they separate the precious from the vile; the truth from the error, they will be God’s watchman when God separates the wicked and the wise.

Iwapo Yeremia angerudi, Mungu angemfanya kuwa jeshi, linalowakilishwa kama ukuta wa shaba ambao “waovu” na “wakatili” watapigana nao, lakini hawataushinda. Hili ndilo jeshi la farasi weupe pamoja na wapanda-farasi waliovikwa mavazi ya kitani cheupe. Jeshi hilo, yaani ukuta wa shaba, huinuliwa Yeremia anaporudi; iwapo, na atakapofanya hivyo, atatenganisha kilicho cha thamani na kisicho na thamani. Katika Ezekieli sura ya thelathini na saba, jeshi ambalo Dada White asema ni mabaki ya Mungu linasimama wanapokuwa wamerudi. Mabaki hurudi, kisha husimama kama jeshi lenye nguvu, wanapotenganisha kilicho cha thamani na kisicho na thamani, nao kisha wanakuwa kinywa cha Mungu. Lazima waligawanye sawasawa neno la kweli, wakitenganisha makapi na ngano, kwa kuwa wanatumia kanuni zilezile zilizokubaliwa na baba yao, aliyekuwa msagaji aliyebobea katika kuandaa mkate bora kabisa. Wakitenganisha kilicho cha thamani na kisicho na thamani; kweli na upotovu, watakuwa walinzi wa Mungu, Mungu atakapowatenganisha waovu na wenye hekima.

Jeremiah answered the call to return in 2023, then in 2024 he was disappointed as a large group separated at the foundational test of Rome establishing the vision. Jeremiah rightly separated the precious from the vile, the truth from error, and carried on until the omega internal test at the opening of the windows of heaven. When the heavens are opened, the church triumphant has made herself ready. She passed the foundational external alpha test, then she passed the internal omega test of the windows of heaven. She either passes and becomes part of God’s army, or she is blown out of the windows by the wind. She is cast out into a large field, as was Shebna in Isaiah twenty-two or she is cast into the casket. She is either cast into the casket, or cast out of the temple as Nehemiah cast out Tobiah or Christ cast out the money changers. When the dirt brush man casts the jewels into the casket, the casket is either the Word of God in a new framework of truth or the casket is the temple of God, both of which are symbols of Christ, and Christ is not to be divided.

Yeremia alijibu mwito wa kurudi mwaka 2023, kisha mwaka 2024 akakatishwa tamaa kwa kuwa kundi kubwa lilijitenga katika jaribio la msingi la Roma la kuthibitisha maono. Yeremia kwa haki alitenganisha kilicho cha thamani na kilicho duni, ukweli na kosa, akaendelea mpaka jaribio la ndani la omega katika kufunguliwa kwa madirisha ya mbinguni. Mbingu zinapofunguliwa, kanisa linaloshinda limejiweka tayari. Lilipita jaribio la msingi la nje la alfa, kisha likapita jaribio la ndani la omega la madirisha ya mbinguni. Ama linapita na kuwa sehemu ya jeshi la Mungu, au linapulizwa kutoka madirishani na upepo. Linatupwa nje katika shamba kubwa, kama Shebna katika Isaya ishirini na mbili, au linatupwa ndani ya kisanduku. Ama linatupwa ndani ya kisanduku, au linatupwa nje ya hekalu kama vile Nehemia alivyomtupa nje Tobia, au Kristo alivyowafukuza wabadili fedha. Mtu wa brashi ya vumbi anapotupa vito ndani ya kisanduku, kisanduku hicho huwa ama ni Neno la Mungu katika muundo mpya wa ukweli, au kisanduku hicho ni hekalu la Mungu; vyote viwili ni ishara za Kristo, wala Kristo hagawanyiki.

> Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 1 Corinthians 1:13.

> Je, Kristo amegawanyika? Paulo alisulibiwa kwa ajili yenu? Au mlibatizwa kwa jina la Paulo? 1 Wakorintho 1:13.

Christ is not separated from Paul. Divinity was not separated from the humanity of Paul. When Paul the human baptized in the name of Divinity their was no division, for the human messenger is combined with the Divine message. Paul was joined to Divinity as certainly as Ephraim was joined to its idols.

Kristo hatenganishwi na Paulo. Uungu haukutenganishwa na ubinadamu wa Paulo. Paulo, mwanadamu, alipobatiza kwa jina la Uungu, hapakuwa na utengano, kwa kuwa mjumbe wa kibinadamu huambatana na ujumbe wa Kimungu. Paulo aliunganishwa na Uungu kwa yakini kama vile Efraimu alivyokuwa ameambatana na sanamu zake.

Those in Miller’s dream who are cast into the temple (casket), are the tithes of Malachi three who are to be brought into the storehouse, where the meat is stored and distributed. That storehouse is the temple of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, or as Peter stated, “a spiritual house, an holy priesthood.” The casket is the spiritual house and the jewels are the priesthood. For this reason Miller’s dream is recorded on page “81,” a symbol of the Divine High Priest combined with eighty human priests.

Wale katika ndoto ya Miller waliotupwa ndani ya hekalu (sanduku la vito), ndio zaka za Malaki sura ya tatu ambazo zinapaswa kuletwa katika nyumba ya hazina, ambako chakula huhifadhiwa na kugawiwa. Nyumba hiyo ya hazina ni hekalu la wale mia na arobaini na nne elfu, au kama Petro alivyosema, “nyumba ya kiroho, ukuhani mtakatifu.” Sanduku la vito ni nyumba ya kiroho, na vito hivyo ni ukuhani. Kwa sababu hiyo ndoto ya Miller imeandikwa katika ukurasa “81,” ishara ya Kuhani Mkuu wa Kimungu aliyeunganishwa na makuhani binadamu themanini.

In Miller’s dream the dirt brush man illustrates bringing the jewels, (which are Isaiah’s tithes and Malachi’s offerings), when He casts the jewels into the temple, which is the storehouse, which is the casket. There are often two questions involved with the second angel, and the omega test is the second angel in relation to the alpha test and the third litmus test. The call is to return, and the return is demonstrated by bringing all the tithes and offerings into the storehouse, that there might be meat in His house. The two questions here are what is the “meat?” and what is the “storehouse?”

Katika ndoto ya Miller, yule mtu mwenye brashi ya vumbi anaonyesha tendo la kuleta vito (ambavyo ni zaka za Isaya na sadaka za Malaki), anapotupa vito hivyo hekaluni, ambalo ndilo ghala, ambalo ndilo sanduku. Kuhusu malaika wa pili, mara nyingi huibuka maswali mawili, na jaribio la omega ni malaika wa pili katika uhusiano wake na jaribio la alfa na jaribio la litmusi la tatu. Mwito ni wa kurejea, na kurejea huko kunadhihirishwa kwa kuleta zaka zote na sadaka zote katika ghala, ili kiwepo chakula katika nyumba Yake. Maswali mawili hapa ni “chakula” ni nini? na “ghala” ni nini?

If the jewels are the messengers, or if the jewels are the message determines how those two questions are answered. If it is the messengers, then they are the tithe that make up the temple, that is always erected in the second step. If it is the message, it is the message of the Midnight Cry that is brought to perfection as the capstone of the temple, and of the empowerment of the second angel’s message.

Kama vito ni wajumbe, au kama vito ni ujumbe, hilo ndilo linaloamua jinsi maswali hayo mawili yanavyojibiwa. Ikiwa ni wajumbe, basi wao ndio zaka inayounda hekalu, ambalo daima hujengwa katika hatua ya pili. Ikiwa ni ujumbe, basi ni ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane, unaokamilishwa kama jiwe la kilele la hekalu, na wa kupewa nguvu kwa ujumbe wa malaika wa pili.

> And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19:5, 6.

> Akasema, Kwa sababu hii mtu atamwacha baba na mama yake, ataambatana na mkewe; na hao wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja? Hivyo basi, si wawili tena, bali mwili mmoja. Basi alichokiunganisha Mungu, mwanadamu asikitenganishe. Mathayo 19:5, 6.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

> “I was pointed back to the proclamation of the first advent of Christ. John was sent in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way of Jesus. Those who rejected the testimony of John were not benefited by the teachings of Jesus. Their opposition to the message that foretold His coming placed them where they could not readily receive the strongest evidence that He was the Messiah. Satan led on those who rejected the message of John to go still farther, to reject and crucify Christ. In doing this they placed themselves where they could not receive the blessing on the day of Pentecost, which would have taught them the way into the heavenly sanctuary. The rendering of the veil of the temple showed that the Jewish sacrifices and ordinances would no longer be received. The great Sacrifice had been offered and had been accepted, and the Holy Spirit which descended on the day of Pentecost carried the minds of the disciples from the earthly sanctuary to the heavenly, where Jesus had entered by His own blood, to shed upon His disciples the benefits of His atonement. But the Jews were left in total darkness. They lost all the light which they might have had upon the plan of salvation, and still trusted in their useless sacrifices and offerings. The heavenly sanctuary had taken the place of the earthly, yet they had no knowledge of the change. Therefore they could not be benefited by the mediation of Christ in the holy place.

> Nilielekezwa kurudi kwenye tangazo la ujio wa kwanza wa Kristo. Yohana alitumwa katika roho na nguvu za Eliya kuandaa njia ya Yesu. Wale walioukataa ushuhuda wa Yohana hawakunufaika na mafundisho ya Yesu. Upinzani wao dhidi ya ujumbe uliotabiri kuja Kwake uliwaweka mahali ambapo hawakuweza kupokea kwa urahisi ushahidi wenye nguvu zaidi kwamba Yeye alikuwa Masihi. Shetani aliwaongoza wale walioukataa ujumbe wa Yohana kwenda mbali zaidi, kumkataa na kumsulubisha Kristo. Kwa kufanya hivyo walijiweka mahali ambapo wasingeweza kupokea baraka ya siku ya Pentekoste, ambayo ingekuwa imewafundisha njia ya kuingia katika patakatifu pa mbinguni. Kupasuka kwa pazia la hekalu kulionyesha kwamba dhabihu na taratibu za Kiyahudi zisingepokelewa tena. Dhabihu kuu ilikuwa imetolewa na ilikuwa imekubaliwa, na Roho Mtakatifu aliyeshuka siku ya Pentekoste aliyaelekeza mawazo ya wanafunzi kutoka katika patakatifu pa duniani hadi katika patakatifu pa mbinguni, ambapo Yesu alikuwa ameingia kwa damu Yake mwenyewe, ili kuwamiminia wanafunzi Wake manufaa ya upatanisho Wake. Lakini Wayahudi waliachwa katika giza totoro. Walipoteza nuru yote ambayo wangeweza kuwa nayo kuhusu mpango wa wokovu, na bado waliendelea kutegemea dhabihu na sadaka zao zisizo na faida. Patakatifu pa mbinguni palikuwa pamechukua nafasi ya lile la duniani, ilhali hawakuwa na habari za mabadiliko hayo. Kwa hiyo hawakuweza kunufaika na upatanishi wa Kristo katika mahali patakatifu.

> “Many look with horror at the course of the Jews in rejecting and crucifying Christ; and as they read the history of His shameful abuse, they think they love Him, and would not have denied Him as did Peter, or crucified Him as did the Jews. But God who reads the hearts of all, has brought to the test that love for Jesus which they professed to feel. All heaven watched with the deepest interest the reception of the first angel’s message. But many who professed to love Jesus, and who shed tears as they read the story of the cross, derided the good news of His coming. Instead of receiving the message with gladness, they declared it to be a delusion. They hated those who loved His appearing and shut them out of the churches. Those who rejected the first message could not be benefited by the second; neither were they benefited by the midnight cry, which was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. And by rejecting the two former messages, they have so darkened their understanding that they can see no light in the third angel’s message, which shows the way into the most holy place. I saw that as the Jews crucified Jesus, so the nominal churches had crucified these messages, and therefore they have no knowledge of the way into the most holy, and they cannot be benefited by the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered their useless sacrifices, they offer up their useless prayers to the apartment which Jesus has left; and Satan, pleased with the deception, assumes a religious character, and leads the minds of these professed Christians to himself, working with his power, his signs and lying wonders, to fasten them in his snare.” Early Writings, 259–261.

> Wengi hutazama kwa hofu kubwa mwenendo wa Wayahudi katika kumkataa na kumsulubisha Kristo; na wanaposoma historia ya udhalilishaji Wake wa aibu, hudhani wanampenda, na kwamba wasingemkana kama alivyofanya Petro, au kumsulubisha kama walivyofanya Wayahudi. Lakini Mungu, anayesoma mioyo ya wote, ameuweka katika jaribu ule upendo kwa Yesu waliodai kuuhisi. Mbingu yote iliangalia kwa shauku kuu kupokewa kwa ujumbe wa malaika wa kwanza. Lakini wengi waliodai kumpenda Yesu, na waliomwaga machozi waliposoma kisa cha msalaba, walidhihaki habari njema za kuja Kwake. Badala ya kuupokea ujumbe kwa furaha, walisema kuwa ni udanganyifu. Waliwachukia wale waliopenda kuja Kwake na kuwafukuza kutoka makanisani. Wale walioukataa ujumbe wa kwanza hawangeweza kufaidika na wa pili; wala hawakufaidi na kelele ya usiku wa manane, ambayo ilikuwa kuwaandaa waingie pamoja na Yesu kwa imani katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu la hekalu la mbinguni. Na kwa kukataa ujumbe miwili wa kwanza, wameutia giza ufahamu wao kiasi kwamba hawaoni nuru yoyote katika ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu, unaoonyesha njia ya kuingia katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu. Niliona kwamba kama vile Wayahudi walivyosulubisha Yesu, vivyo hivyo makanisa kwa jina tu yalivyosulubisha ule ujumbe wa kwanza na wa pili; na kwa sababu hiyo hawana maarifa ya njia ya kuingia Patakatifu pa Patakatifu, wala hawawezi kufaidika na maombezi ya Yesu huko. Kama Wayahudi waliotoa dhabihu zao zisizofaa, nao wanatoa sala zao zisizofaa kwa chumba ambacho Yesu amekiacha; na Shetani, akifurahia udanganyifu huo, anajivaa sura ya kidini, na kuyaelekeza mawazo ya hawa Wakristo wa kujidai kwake, akitenda kwa nguvu zake, ishara zake na maajabu ya uongo, ili kuwafunga katika mtego wake. Maandishi ya Mapema, 259-261.

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