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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Twelve

Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo - Nambari ya Kumi na Mbili

Two Tests

Majaribio Mawili

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 7, 2023

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We are in the process of considering Revelation chapters eleven through thirteen, where we find all the antagonists in the final probationary battle of the great controversy that occurs on the battlefield of the first heaven. The antagonists are the one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude that comes out of Babylon as a secondary force, against the United Nations, the Catholic Church, the United States and Satan himself. The one hundred and forty-four thousand and the great multitude are God’s army, representing the third angel’s message, and both sides in the warfare are also confronted with the army of God’s judgment, represented not by the third angel, but by the third woe.

Tuko katika mchakato wa kuzingatia Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja hadi kumi na tatu, ambamo tunapata mahasimu wote katika vita ya mwisho ya kipindi cha majaribio katika Pambano Kuu, inayotokea kwenye uwanja wa vita wa mbingu ya kwanza. Mahasimu hao ni wale elfu mia na arobaini na nne na umati mkubwa unaotoka Babeli kama kikosi cha nyongeza, dhidi ya Umoja wa Mataifa, Kanisa Katoliki, Marekani, na Shetani mwenyewe. Wale elfu mia na arobaini na nne na ule umati mkubwa ni jeshi la Mungu, linalowakilisha ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu, na pande zote mbili katika vita hiyo pia zinakabiliwa na jeshi la hukumu ya Mungu, linalowakilishwa si na malaika wa tatu, bali na ole wa tatu.

In order to identify certain characteristics that contributed to the murder of the Republican and Protestant horns in 2020, we are seeking to identify prophetic characteristics that occur in the battle of mankind in the first heaven, from the Sunday law until Michael stands up. In that history the entire world is forced to erect an image to the beast. That history is a repetition of the history of the United States from September 11, 2001, until the soon coming Sunday law, which divides those two parallel histories. As parallel histories they both represent a witness to the other history. What takes place in one of those histories, will also take place in the other history. It is the second history that is the focus of Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, and we intend to understand the second witness, in order to shed prophetic light upon the first history, which is now almost finished.

Ili kutambua sifa fulani zilizochangia kuuawa kwa pembe za Kirepublikani na Kiprotestanti mwaka 2020, tunatafuta kutambua sifa za kinabii zinazotokea katika vita ya wanadamu katika mbingu ya kwanza, kuanzia sheria ya Jumapili hadi Mikaeli atakaposimama. Katika historia hiyo dunia yote inalazimishwa kusimamisha sanamu ya mnyama. Historia hiyo ni marudio ya historia ya Marekani kuanzia Septemba 11, 2001, hadi sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, ambayo hugawanya historia hizo mbili sambamba. Kama historia sambamba, zote mbili zinatoa ushuhuda kwa ile nyingine. Kile kinachotokea katika mojawapo ya historia hizo, pia kitatokea katika historia nyingine. Ni historia ya pili ndiyo inayolengwa katika sura ya kumi na mbili na ya kumi na tatu za Ufunuo, na tunakusudia kuelewa ushuhuda wa pili, ili kumimina mwanga wa kinabii juu ya historia ya kwanza, ambayo sasa iko karibu kukamilika.

The three powers that lead the world to Armageddon are represented in chapters twelve and thirteen. The dragon power is first mentioned.

Nguvu tatu zinazoongoza ulimwengu kuelekea Armagedoni zinawakilishwa katika sura za kumi na mbili na kumi na tatu. Nguvu ya joka inatajwa kwanza.

> And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:3, 4.

> Ndipo ikaonekana ishara nyingine mbinguni; na tazama, joka kubwa jekundu, lenye vichwa saba na pembe kumi, na juu ya vichwa vyake taji saba. Na mkia wake ukavuta theluthi ya nyota za mbinguni, ukazitupa katika nchi; na lile joka likasimama mbele ya yule mwanamke aliyekuwa tayari kuzaa, ili alipomzaa amle mtoto wake. Ufunuo 12:3, 4.

Sister White informs us that the dragon in this chapter is Satan, but in a secondary sense it is pagan Rome. Both Satan and pagan Rome typify the United Nations. The beast’s ten horns represent the evil confederacy of ten kings in Revelation seventeen. Those ten kings are represented in Revelation seventeen, and they are there identified as the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy. The beast is represented as having seven heads with seven crowns, marking it as the seventh kingdom of Bible prophecy. In Daniel two they are represented as spiritual Greece, and they are also Ahab in the testimony of Mount Carmel, and they are the ten enemies of Psalms eighty-three.

Dada White anatufahamisha kwamba joka katika sura hii ni Shetani, lakini katika maana ya pili ni Roma ya kipagani. Shetani na Roma ya kipagani kwa pamoja wanaashiria Umoja wa Mataifa. Pembe kumi za mnyama zinawakilisha muungano mwovu wa wafalme kumi katika Ufunuo kumi na saba. Wale wafalme kumi wamewakilishwa katika Ufunuo kumi na saba, na humo wanatambuliwa kama ufalme wa saba wa unabii wa Biblia. Mnyama huyo anaonyeshwa kuwa na vichwa saba vilivyo na taji saba, na kuonyesha kwamba mnyama huyo ndiye ufalme wa saba wa unabii wa Biblia. Katika Danieli sura ya pili wanaonyeshwa kama Ugiriki wa kiroho, na pia wao ndio Ahabu katika ushuhuda wa Mlima Karmeli, na wao ndio maadui kumi wa Zaburi themanini na tatu.

The second earthly power of the enemy mentioned in Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, is the beast that comes out of the sea, who Sister White directly identifies as Catholicism.

Mamlaka ya pili ya kidunia ya adui iliyotajwa katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na mbili na ya kumi na tatu ni yule mnyama atokaye baharini, ambaye Dada White anamtambua moja kwa moja kama Ukatoliki.

> And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:1–3.

> Nikasimama juu ya mchanga wa bahari, nikauona mnyama akitoka baharini, akiwa na vichwa saba na pembe kumi, na juu ya pembe zake mataji kumi, na juu ya vichwa vyake jina la kufuru. Na yule mnyama niliyeona alikuwa kama chui, na miguu yake kama ya dubu, na kinywa chake kama kinywa cha simba; naye joka akampa nguvu zake, na kiti chake cha enzi, na mamlaka makuu. Nikaona mojawapo ya vichwa vyake kama limejeruhiwa hata kufa; na jeraha lake la mauti likapona; na ulimwengu wote ukastaajabia yule mnyama, na kumfuata. Ufunuo 13:1-3.

John was standing on the seashore in verse one, and he sees a beast rise from the sea, and thereafter, he sees a beast coming up out of the earth. Sister White identifies that the time in which John saw the two beasts was 1798, for that was the year the papacy was “robbed of its strength,” thus receiving a deadly wound that would ultimately be healed.

Yohana alikuwa amesimama ufuo wa bahari katika mstari wa kwanza, naye anaona mnyama akipanda kutoka baharini, na baadaye anaona mnyama akipanda kutoka nchi kavu. Dada White anabainisha kwamba wakati ambao Yohana aliona wale wanyama wawili ulikuwa mwaka 1798, kwa maana huo ndio mwaka ambao upapa "ulipokonywa nguvu zake," hivyo ukapata jeraha la mauti ambalo hatimaye lingeponywa.

> “At the time when the Papacy, robbed of its strength, was forced to desist from persecution, John beheld a new power coming up to echo the dragon’s voice, and carry forward the same cruel and blasphemous work. This power, the last that is to wage war against the church and the law of God, is represented by a beast with lamblike horns. The beasts preceding it had risen from the sea; but this came up out of the earth, representing the peaceful rise of the nation which it symbolized—the United States.” Signs of the Times, February 8, 1910.

> "Wakati ambapo Upapa, uliopokonywa nguvu zake, ulilazimishwa kusitisha mateso, Yohana aliona nguvu mpya ikiibuka kuiga sauti ya joka, na kuendeleza kazi ile ile ya kikatili na ya kukufuru. Nguvu hii, ya mwisho itakayopiga vita dhidi ya kanisa na sheria ya Mungu, imewakilishwa na mnyama mwenye pembe za mwanakondoo. Wanyama waliotangulia walikuwa wameinuka kutoka baharini; lakini huyu alichomoza kutoka katika nchi, ikiwakilisha kuibuka kwa amani kwa taifa linaloashiriwa na mnyama huyo—Marekani." Signs of the Times, Februari 8, 1910.

John is looking backward into history when he sees the sea beast, which is the papacy. Looking forward in history, he sees the earth beast, which is the United States. This is why the beast from the sea is prophetically constructed as it is. Looking back from 1798, John first sees “seven heads and ten horns,” marking the point in history that three of the horns were plucked up to make room for the stout horn of the papacy, which spake great things.

Yohana anapotazama nyuma katika historia anaona mnyama wa baharini, yaani Upapa. Akitazama mbele katika historia, anaona mnyama wa nchi, yaani Marekani. Hii ndiyo sababu mnyama kutoka baharini ameelezwa kinabii jinsi alivyo. Akitazama nyuma kutoka mwaka 1798, Yohana kwanza anaona “vichwa saba na pembe kumi,” ikiashiria wakati katika historia ambapo pembe tatu ziling’olewa ili kutoa nafasi kwa pembe imara ya Upapa, iliyosema maneno makuu.

> Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Daniel 7:19, 20.

> Ndipo nikataka kujua ukweli kuhusu yule mnyama wa nne, aliyekuwa tofauti na wengine wote, mwenye kutisha mno, ambaye meno yake yalikuwa ya chuma, na makucha yake ya shaba; aliyekula, akavunja vipande vipande, na kukanyaga mabaki kwa miguu yake; na juu ya zile pembe kumi zilizokuwa kichwani mwake, na ile nyingine iliyochipuka, ambayo mbele yake tatu zilianguka; yaani ile pembe iliyokuwa na macho, na kinywa kilichosema maneno makuu sana, ambayo mwonekano wake ulikuwa mkuu kuliko wenzake. Danieli 7:19, 20.

Before those three horns of the Heruli, Ostrogoths and Vandals were removed, pagan Rome was represented by “ten crowns.” Those ten crowns represent pagan Rome. Then John identifies the leopard of Greece, then the bear of Medo-Persia and then the lion of Babylon.

Kabla ya zile pembe tatu za Heruli, Ostrogoths na Vandals kuondolewa, Roma ya kipagani iliwakilishwa na "taji kumi." Taji zile kumi zinawakilisha Roma ya kipagani. Kisha Yohana anatambua chui wa Ugiriki, kisha dubu wa Umedi-Uajemi, na kisha simba wa Babeli.

> The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Daniel 7:4–6.

> Yule wa kwanza alikuwa kama simba, naye alikuwa na mabawa ya tai; nikatazama hata mabawa yake yakang'olewa, akainuliwa kutoka duniani, akasimamishwa juu ya miguu kama mtu, naye akapewa moyo wa mtu. Na tazama mnyama mwingine, wa pili, mfano wa dubu; akajinua upande mmoja, tena alikuwa na mbavu tatu kinywani mwake kati ya meno yake; nao wakamwambia hivi, Inuka, la nyama nyingi. Baada ya haya nikatazama, na tazama mwingine, mfano wa chui, ambaye alikuwa na mgongoni mwake mabawa manne ya ndege; yule mnyama pia alikuwa na vichwa vinne; naye akapewa mamlaka. Danieli 7:4-6.

There is not one element of Catholicism that is Christian, and the sea beast represents the combination of all the previous pagan kingdoms of Bible prophecy. The sea beast is represented in reverse historical order, for John is looking back into history. He first saw the power that was established when the three horns were removed—the papacy. Then he saw ten horns with ten crowns—pagan Rome. Then he saw the leopard—Greece. Then he saw the bear—Medo-Persia. Then he saw the lion—Babylon. The description of the sea beast consists of elements of each of the preceding pagan kingdoms, and the description establishes that the papacy is a conglomeration of every form of paganism that has existed in biblical history. There is not one element of Catholicism that is Christian. Anything that might appear as Christian in Catholicism is a counterfeit.

Hakuna hata kipengele kimoja cha Ukatoliki ambacho ni cha Kikristo, na mnyama wa baharini anawakilisha mchanganyiko wa falme zote za kipagani zilizotangulia katika unabii wa Biblia. Mnyama wa baharini anawakilishwa kwa mpangilio wa kihistoria ulio kinyume, kwa maana Yohana anatazama nyuma katika historia. Kwanza akaona mamlaka iliyokuwa imeanzishwa wakati pembe tatu zilipong’olewa - Upapa. Kisha akaona pembe kumi zenye mataji kumi - Roma ya kipagani. Kisha akaona chui - Ugiriki. Kisha akaona dubu - Umedi na Uajemi. Kisha akaona simba - Babeli. Maelezo ya mnyama wa baharini yanajumuisha vipengele vya kila moja ya falme za kipagani zilizotangulia, na maelezo hayo yanathibitisha kwamba Upapa ni mseto wa kila aina ya upagani uliowahi kuwepo katika historia ya kibiblia. Hakuna hata kipengele kimoja cha Ukatoliki ambacho ni cha Kikristo. Chochote kinachoweza kuonekana kuwa cha Kikristo katika Ukatoliki ni bandia.

At Mount Carmel, when Elijah did battle with Jezebel’s prophets and her apostate husband, Jezebel was back home in Samaria. The whore of Tyre is forgotten during the history of the earth beast with two horns. Jezebel is always hidden away, and in Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen the world wonders after her, but she is not portrayed as a marvel that is wondered after in the heavens, as is the United Nations, the United States and Satan. She is back in her command center of Samaria—the city of Rome.

Kwenye Mlima Karmeli, wakati Eliya alipopambana na manabii wa Yezebeli na mume wake murtadi, Yezebeli alikuwa nyumbani kwake Samaria. Kahaba wa Tiro husahauliwa wakati wa historia ya mnyama wa nchi mwenye pembe mbili. Yezebeli daima yuko mafichoni, na katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na mbili na ya kumi na tatu ulimwengu humstaajabia, lakini haonyeshwi kama jambo la ajabu linalostaajabiwa mbinguni, kama ilivyo kwa Umoja wa Mataifa, Marekani na Shetani. Yuko tena katika makao yake ya amri huko Samaria - jiji la Roma.

The history of the earth beast is where the test of the image of the beast for the whole world is identified. That test takes place during the warfare of the first heaven. This is what we wish to consider at this point. I will substitute the United States for the word “he” in the verses we are now going to consider.

Historia ya mnyama wa nchi ndiko ambako jaribio la sanamu ya mnyama kwa ulimwengu wote hutambuliwa. Jaribio hilo hutokea wakati wa vita vya mbingu ya kwanza. Haya ndiyo tunayotaka kuzingatia kwa sasa. Nitatumia Marekani badala ya neno "yeye" katika aya tunazoenda kuzingatia sasa.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and the United States had two horns like a lamb, and the United States spake as a dragon. And the United States 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 the United States 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 the United States 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. And the [United States] had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And the United States causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:11–17.

> Nikaona mnyama mwingine akipanda kutoka katika nchi; na Marekani ilikuwa na pembe mbili kama mwanakondoo, nayo Marekani ikanena kama joka. Nayo Marekani hutekeleza mamlaka yote ya yule mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake, na huisababisha nchi na wakaao ndani yake kumwabudu yule mnyama wa kwanza, ambaye jeraha lake la mauti liliponywa. Nayo Marekani hufanya maajabu makubwa, hata hushusha moto kutoka mbinguni juu ya nchi machoni pa wanadamu, nayo huwadanganya wakaao juu ya nchi kwa njia ya ile miujiza ambayo Marekani ilipewa uwezo wa kuzifanya mbele ya yule mnyama; ikisema kwa wakaao juu ya nchi kwamba wafanye sanamu ya yule mnyama, aliyejeruhiwa kwa upanga, naye akaishi. Nayo [Marekani] ilipewa uwezo wa kuipa uhai sanamu ya yule mnyama, ili sanamu ya yule mnyama inene, na kusababisha kwamba wote wasioiabudu sanamu ya yule mnyama wauawe. Nayo Marekani huwalazimisha wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa, matajiri na maskini, walio huru na watumwa, wapokee chapa katika mkono wao wa kuume, au katika vipaji vya nyuso zao; na kwamba mtu yeyote asiweze kununua wala kuuza, ila yeye aliye na ile chapa, au jina la yule mnyama, au hesabu ya jina lake. Ufunuo 13:11-17.

In Revelation chapter thirteen, the dragon of pagan Rome gave the papacy three things as it placed the papacy on the throne of the earth.

Katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na tatu, joka la Roma ya kipagani liliupa upapa vitu vitatu wakati lilipouweka juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia.

> And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.

> Na yule mnyama niliyemwona alikuwa kama chui, na miguu yake ilikuwa kama miguu ya dubu, na kinywa chake kama kinywa cha simba; na joka likampa nguvu zake, na kiti chake cha enzi, na mamlaka kuu. Ufunuo 13:2.

The ten kings who represent pagan Rome (France being the premier king of the ten as represented by Ahab) gave the papacy three things: power, seat and authority. When the emperor Constantine moved the capital from the city of Rome in the west, unto the east and made Constantinople the new capital of the Roman Empire in the year 330, pagan Rome then gave the church of Rome its “seat.”

Wafalme kumi wanaoiwakilisha Roma ya kipagani (Ufaransa ukiwa mfalme kinara miongoni mwa hao kumi kama anavyowakilishwa na Ahabu) waliupatia upapa mambo matatu: nguvu, kiti na mamlaka. Wakati Kaisari Konstantino alipohamisha mji mkuu kutoka jiji la Roma upande wa magharibi hadi mashariki na kuifanya Konstantinopoli kuwa mji mkuu mpya wa Dola ya Kirumi mwaka 330, Roma ya kipagani kisha ikatoa "kiti" chake kwa kanisa la Roma.

When Clovis, king of the Franks (France), converted to Catholicism and began to war against the powers that had been resisting the rise of the papacy to the throne of the earth in the year 496, pagan Rome then gave the papacy its “power.”

Clovis, mfalme wa Wafranki (Ufaransa), alipogeukia Ukristo wa Kikatoliki na kuanza kupigana vita dhidi ya mamlaka zilizokuwa zikipinga kuinuka kwa upapa hadi kwenye kiti cha enzi cha dunia mwaka 496, ndipo Roma ya kipagani ikaupa upapa "nguvu" yake.

In 533, Justinian made a decree which identified the Roman church as both the head of all churches, and also as the corrector of heretics. At that point, the authority of pagan Rome had been given to the papacy.

Mnamo mwaka 533, Justinian alitoa amri ambayo ililitaja Kanisa la Roma kuwa kichwa cha makanisa yote, na pia kuwa mrekebishaji wa wazushi. Wakati huo, mamlaka ya Roma ya kipagani yalikuwa yamekabidhiwa kwa upapa.

In verse twelve, “the [United States] exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.” The power that was exercised by the papacy is represented by Clovis, who dedicated his military and economic might unto the papacy. This is why Catholicism calls Clovis “the first born of the Catholic church,” and France the “eldest daughter of the Catholic church.” The United States will do the same dirty work for the papacy that Clovis began in 496.

Katika aya ya kumi na mbili, "[Marekani] hutumia mamlaka yote ya mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake." Mamlaka iliyotumiwa na upapa inawakilishwa na Clovis, ambaye aliweka nguvu zake za kijeshi na kiuchumi katika huduma ya upapa. Ndiyo maana Ukatoliki humwita Clovis "mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Kanisa Katoliki," na Ufaransa "binti mkubwa wa Kanisa Katoliki." Marekani itafanya kazi hiyo hiyo chafu kwa ajili ya upapa ambayo Clovis alianza mwaka 496.

The power of the United States will be employed to cause “the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” The United States will employ its military and economic strength to cause the entire world to accept Sunday as a day of rest. The whore of Tyre will first commit fornication with the earth beast at the soon coming Sunday law, and then she will go forth and commit fornication with all the other kings of the earth.

Nguvu za Marekani zitatumika kusababisha “dunia na wale wakaao humo waabudu yule mnyama wa kwanza, ambaye jeraha lake la mauti liliponywa.” Marekani itatumia nguvu zake za kijeshi na kiuchumi kusababisha dunia nzima ikubali Jumapili kama siku ya mapumziko. Kahaba wa Tiro kwanza atazini na yule mnyama wa nchi wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili itakayokuja hivi karibuni, kisha ataenda na kuzini na wafalme wengine wote wa dunia.

In verse thirteen, “the [United States] doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.” Fire represents an unholy message. Tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost represented a holy message that was accompanied with the ability to convey that message to the entire world. The fire that is brought down out of heaven by the United States will also impact every nation, and every tongue.

Katika aya ya kumi na tatu, "[Marekani] hutenda maajabu makuu, hata kufanya moto kushuka kutoka mbinguni juu ya nchi mbele ya macho ya wanadamu." Moto unawakilisha ujumbe usio mtakatifu. Ndimi za moto siku ya Pentekoste ziliwakilisha ujumbe mtakatifu uliokuwa ukiandamana na uwezo wa kuufikisha ujumbe huo kwa ulimwengu wote. Moto unaoshushwa kutoka mbinguni na Marekani pia utaathiri kila taifa, na kila lugha.

In verse fourteen, the United States deceives “them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which the [United States] 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.” The deception that is employed to deceive the world by the United States is represented by the fire that came down from heaven in the previous verse. The fire from heaven produces miracles that are employed by the United States to command the world to establish a one-world government that consists of the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship.

Katika aya ya kumi na nne, Marekani inawadanganya “wale wakaao duniani kwa njia ya miujiza ile ambayo [Marekani] ilikuwa na uwezo wa kuzifanya mbele ya yule mnyama; ikiwaambia wale wakaao duniani watengeneze sanamu ya yule mnyama, aliyekuwa amejeruhiwa kwa upanga, lakini akaishi.” Udanganyifu unaotumiwa na Marekani kuudanganya ulimwengu unaonyeshwa na moto ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni katika aya iliyotangulia. Moto kutoka mbinguni huzalisha miujiza inayotumiwa na Marekani kuamuru ulimwengu kuanzisha serikali ya dunia moja ambayo ni muungano wa kanisa na serikali, ambapo kanisa ndilo linalodhibiti uhusiano huo.

This is what the relationship of Ahab and Jezebel represented when Elijah was raised up. Elijah’s battle at Mount Carmel was fulfilled in the beginning of the United States during the movement of the first angel from 1840 to 1844, for the purpose of distinguishing the true prophet of Protestantism from all of the false prophets of Protestantism.

Hivi ndivyo uhusiano wa Ahabu na Yezebeli ulivyoashiria wakati Eliya alipoinuliwa. Mapambano ya Eliya katika Mlima Karmeli yalitimizwa mwanzoni mwa taifa la Marekani wakati wa harakati ya malaika wa kwanza kuanzia 1840 hadi 1844, kwa kusudi la kutofautisha nabii wa kweli wa Uprotestanti na manabii wote wa uongo wa Uprotestanti.

It is fulfilled again at the ending of the United States, during the test of the formation of the image of the beast that began on September 11, 2001, and ends at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Inatimilika tena mwishoni mwa Marekani, wakati wa jaribio la uundaji wa sanamu ya mnyama lililoanza tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, na hufikia kikomo katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni.

Elijah’s perfect fulfillment takes place before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, which is the seven last plagues. Therefore, Mount Carmel, Elijah, Ahab and Jezebel are represented in the work of the United States forcing planet earth to accept the one-world government of the United Nations that is ruled over by the Catholic Church. The United States accomplishes this act through its military might, its economic strength and the corrupted hypnotic communications that it directs and controls, represented by what is called the “information super highway” of the worldwide web.

Utimilifu kamili wa Eliya hutokea kabla ya siku kuu na ya kutisha ya Bwana, ambayo ni mapigo saba ya mwisho. Hivyo basi, Mlima Karmeli, Eliya, Ahabu na Yezebeli wanaakilishwa katika juhudi za Marekani za kulazimisha sayari dunia kukubali serikali moja ya dunia ya Umoja wa Mataifa inayotawaliwa na Kanisa Katoliki. Marekani hutekeleza tendo hili kupitia nguvu zake za kijeshi, nguvu zake za kiuchumi, na mawasiliano ya kuhipnotisha yaliyopotoka ambayo Marekani huyaelekeza na kuyadhibiti, yanayowakilishwa na kinachoitwa "barabara kuu ya taarifa" ya wavuti wa dunia nzima.

In verse fifteen, we are informed that “the [United States] had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” The threat of death by the military might of the United States, then representing the premier king of the United Nations, empowers the one-world government of the United Nations to speak. The action of speaking is accomplished through a legislative and judicial authority. The legislative branch of the United Nations is in New York and the judicial branch of the United Nations is in The Hague, Netherlands. The Hague represents the Old World and New York the New World. Both the United States and the Netherlands have past histories where they stood out as premier defenders of liberty and freedom, but both end their respective histories—speaking as a dragon.

Katika aya ya kumi na tano, tunaarifiwa kwamba "[Marekani] ilikuwa na uwezo wa kuipa uhai picha ya mnyama, ili picha ya mnyama ipate kusema, na kusababisha kwamba wote ambao hawataabudu picha ya mnyama wauawe." Tishio la kifo kwa nguvu za kijeshi za Marekani, ambayo wakati huo inawakilisha mfalme mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa, linaiwezesha serikali ya dunia moja ya Umoja wa Mataifa kuzungumza. Kitendo cha kuzungumza hutekelezwa kupitia mamlaka ya kutunga sheria na ya mahakama. Tawi la kutunga sheria la Umoja wa Mataifa liko New York na tawi la mahakama la Umoja wa Mataifa liko The Hague, Uholanzi. The Hague inawakilisha Dunia ya Kale na New York Dunia Mpya. Marekani na Uholanzi zote zina historia za nyuma ambamo ziliibuka kama watetezi wakuu wa uhuru na haki, lakini zote zinamaliza historia zao husika zikisema kama joka.

> “As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom, and religious and secular authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. . .. and a decree will finally be issued against those who hallow the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts.

> Kwa kuwa Sabato imekuwa kiini maalum cha mabishano kote katika ulimwengu wa Ukristo, na mamlaka za kidini na za kiraia zimeungana kulazimisha uadhimishaji wa Jumapili, ukataa sugu wa wachache mno kujitiisha kwa madai ya umma utawafanya kuwa chukizo kwa ulimwengu mzima. ... na hatimaye amri itatolewa dhidi ya wale wanaoitakasa Sabato ya amri ya nne, ikiwahukumu kuwa wanastahili adhabu kali zaidi na kuwapa watu ruhusa, baada ya muda fulani, kuwaua. Ukatoliki wa Kirumi katika Dunia ya Kale na Uprotestanti ulioasi katika Dunia Mpya watafuata mkondo sawa dhidi ya wale wanaoheshimu maagizo yote ya Mungu.

> “The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress described by the prophet as the time of Jacob’s trouble.” The Great Controversy, 615, 616.

> Kisha watu wa Mungu watatumbukizwa ndani ya yale matukio ya mateso na dhiki yaliyoelezwa na nabii kama wakati wa taabu ya Yakobo. Pambano Kuu, 615, 616.

In verse sixteen and seventeen, after the image of the beast has been set up and empowered to speak, the “[United States] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”

Katika aya ya kumi na sita na ya kumi na saba, baada ya sanamu ya mnyama kusimamishwa na kupewa uwezo wa kunena, "[United States] huwafanya wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa, matajiri kwa maskini, walio huru kwa watumwa, wapokee chapa katika mkono wao wa kulia, au katika vipaji vya nyuso zao: Na kwamba hakuna mtu awezaye kununua wala kuuza, ila yule aliye na ile chapa, au jina la yule mnyama, au hesabu ya jina lake."

The formation of the image of the beast is the test that precedes the test of the mark of the beast. If we do not pass the test that is represented by the formation of the image of the beast, we will fail the test of the mark of the beast. They are two different tests, and they are two different types of tests.

Kuundwa kwa sanamu ya mnyama ni mtihani unaotangulia mtihani wa alama ya mnyama. Tusipofaulu mtihani unaowakilishwa na kuundwa kwa sanamu ya mnyama, tutashindwa mtihani wa alama ya mnyama. Ni mitihani miwili tofauti, na ni aina mbili tofauti za mitihani.

The formation of the image of the beast that began on September 11, 2001, is the prophetic warning that the close of probation is about to take place. It is the Elijah message that identifies that Mount Carmel is on the near horizon, and that God’s people need to secure the oil of character, the oil of the Holy Spirit and the oil of the message of the Midnight Cry before the final call is made. They need to awaken, so that when Elijah asks them, “How long halt ye between two opinions?”—they will not be speechless, for to be speechless then is to receive the mark of the beast. The image of the beast test represents the work of understanding the message that announces the close of the judgment, just as the message of the Millerites announced the opening of the judgment.

Uundaji wa sanamu ya mnyama ulioanza Septemba 11, 2001, ni onyo la kinabii kwamba kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema kuko karibu kutokea. Ni ujumbe wa Eliya unaotambua kwamba Mlima Karmeli upo karibu, na kwamba watu wa Mungu wanahitaji kuhakikisha wamepata mafuta ya tabia, mafuta ya Roho Mtakatifu, na mafuta ya ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane kabla ya wito wa mwisho kutolewa. Wanahitaji kuamka, ili Eliya atakapowauliza, “Hata lini mtayumba kati ya maoni mawili?”—wasiwe kimya, kwa maana kukaa kimya wakati huo ni kupokea chapa ya mnyama. Mtihani wa sanamu ya mnyama unawakilisha kazi ya kuelewa ujumbe unaotangaza kufungwa kwa hukumu, kama vile ujumbe wa Wamileraiti ulivyotangaza kufunguliwa kwa hukumu.

The mark of the beast test, involves no choice, for it contains no element of probationary time. It is a point in time, not a period of time. It is a crisis, and therefore it is a litmus test that will identify the character of those Israelites that have been summoned to Mount Carmel by Ahab at the Sunday law. They will then demonstrate the character that they have developed during the previous period of time, prophetically called the image of the beast test.

Jaribio la alama ya mnyama halihusishi uchaguzi wowote, kwa kuwa halina kipengele chochote cha wakati wa rehema. Ni nukta ya wakati, si kipindi cha muda. Ni mgogoro, na hivyo ni kipimo halisi kitakachobainisha tabia ya wale Waisraeli waliokusanywa na Ahabu kwenye Mlima Karmeli wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili. Kisha wataonyesha tabia waliyoistawisha katika kipindi kilichotangulia, ambacho kwa kinabii huitwa jaribio la picha ya mnyama.

> Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Hebrews 3:7–15.

> Kwa hiyo (kama Roho Mtakatifu asemavyo, Leo, kama mtasikia sauti yake, msifanye migumu mioyo yenu, kama katika uchokozi, siku ya kujaribiwa jangwani; wakati baba zenu waliponijaribu, wakanipima, wakaona matendo yangu miaka arobaini. Kwa hiyo naliudhika na kizazi kile, nikasema, Siku zote wanakosea mioyoni mwao; wala hawakuzijua njia zangu. Hivyo nikaapa kwa hasira yangu, Hawataingia katika pumziko langu.) Angalieni, ndugu, msije mmoja wenu akawa na moyo mwovu wa kutokuamini, wa kuondoka mbali na Mungu aliye hai. Bali mhimizane kila siku, ilhali iitwapo “Leo”; ili asije mtu wenu yeyote akafanywa mgumu kwa udanganyifu wa dhambi. Kwa maana tumekuwa washirika wa Kristo, ikiwa tutalishika kwa uthabiti tumaini letu la mwanzo hata mwisho; kama asemavyo, Leo, kama mtasikia sauti yake, msifanye migumu mioyo yenu, kama katika uchokozi. Waebrania 3:7-15.

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