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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Ten

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari mia moja na kumi

The Threefold Alliance of Rome: Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of the Trumpets in Revelation

Muungano wa Pande Tatu wa Roma: Kufunua Umuhimu wa Kinabii wa Tarumbeta katika Ufunuo

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 1, 2024

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Islam of the first and second woes of Revelation chapter nine represented the judgment that was brought upon Rome. William Miller had called the trumpets, “the peculiar judgments” which were brought upon Rome, but Miller could not see Modern Rome, as the threefold alliance which leads the world to Armageddon. Uriah Smith recognized the trumpets represented God’s judgment upon Rome, and that the fifth and sixth trumpets (first and second Woes), were judgments upon the Catholic church.

Uislamu wa ole wa kwanza na wa pili wa Ufunuo sura ya tisa uliwakilisha hukumu iliyoletwa juu ya Roma. William Miller aliita tarumbeta hizo “hukumu za pekee” zilizoletewa juu ya Roma, lakini Miller hakuiona Roma ya Kisasa kama muungano wa pande tatu unaouongoza ulimwengu hadi Har-Magedoni. Uriah Smith alitambua kwamba tarumbeta ziliwakilisha hukumu ya Mungu juu ya Roma, na kwamba tarumbeta ya tano na ya sita (ole wa kwanza na wa pili), zilikuwa hukumu juu ya Kanisa Katoliki.

> “For an exposition of this trumpet, we shall again draw from the writings of Mr. Keith. This writer truthfully says: ‘There is scarcely so uniform an agreement among interpreters concerning any other part of the Apocalypse as respecting the application of the fifth and sixth trumpets, or the first and second woes, to the Saracens and Turks. It is so obvious that it can scarcely be misunderstood. Instead of a verse or two designating each, the whole of the ninth chapter of the Revelation in equal portions, is occupied with a description of both.

> Kwa ufafanuzi wa tarumbeta hii, tutachota tena kutoka kwa maandishi ya Bwana Keith. Mwandishi huyu anasema kwa ukweli: 'Hakuna karibu makubaliano yaliyo sawia hivyo miongoni mwa wafasiri kuhusu sehemu nyingine yoyote ya Ufunuo kama ilivyo kuhusu kuitafsiri tarumbeta ya tano na ya sita, au ole wa kwanza na wa pili, kuwa yanawahusu Wasaraceni na Waturuki. Ni dhahiri kiasi kwamba ni vigumu hata kulikosea uelewa. Badala ya mstari mmoja au miwili kutaja kila moja, sura yote ya tisa ya Ufunuo, kwa sehemu zilizo sawa, imetumiwa kutoa maelezo ya zote mbili.'

> “‘The Roman empire declined, as it arose, by conquest; but the Saracens and the Turks were the instruments by which a false religion became the scourge of an apostate church; and hence, instead of the fifth and sixth trumpets, like the former, being designated by that name alone, they are called woes.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495.

> 'Dola la Kirumi lilishuka, kama lilivyoibuka, kwa njia ya vita; lakini Wasaraceni na Waturuki walikuwa vyombo ambavyo kwa njia yao dini ya uongo ikawa pigo kwa kanisa lililoasi; na hivyo, badala ya tarumbeta ya tano na ya sita, kama zile zilizotangulia, kutambuliwa kwa jina hilo tu, zinaitwa ole." Uriah Smith, Danieli na Ufunuo, 495.

What Miller and Smith did not recognize about the trumpets as God’s judgment upon Rome, was that those judgments were brought about by the enforcement of the worship of the sun. In the year 321, Constantine passed the first Sunday law, and nine years later he moved the capital from the city of Rome, to the city of Constantinople, thus initiating the process of disintegration of the Roman Empire. In Daniel chapter eleven, pagan Rome was to rule supremely for a “time,” which represented the three hundred and sixty years, from the Battle of Actium, in the year 31 BC, unto the year 330, when Constantine divided the kingdom into the West and the East.

Kile ambacho Miller na Smith hawakutambua kuhusu tarumbeta kama hukumu ya Mungu juu ya Roma ni kwamba hukumu hizo zilisababishwa na kulazimishwa kwa ibada ya jua. Mwaka 321, Konstantino alipitisha sheria ya kwanza ya Jumapili, na miaka tisa baadaye akahamisha mji mkuu kutoka jiji la Roma hadi jiji la Konstantinopoli, hivyo kuanzisha mchakato wa kusambaratika kwa Dola ya Roma. Katika sura ya kumi na moja ya Danieli, Roma ya kipagani ilipaswa kutawala kwa ukuu kwa "muda," ambao uliwakilisha miaka mia tatu na sitini, kuanzia Vita vya Actium mwaka 31 KK hadi mwaka 330, wakati Konstantino alipogawa ufalme katika Magharibi na Mashariki.

> He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.

> Ataingia kwa amani hata katika sehemu za unono zaidi za mkoa; naye atafanya yale ambayo baba zake hawakuyafanya, wala babu zake; atazigawanyia miongoni mwao nyara, ngawira, na mali; naam, atapanga mashauri yake dhidi ya ngome imara, hata kwa muda. Danieli 11:24.

During those three hundred and sixty years, the Roman Empire was essentially invincible, but once the capital was moved to the East, the ability to govern such a massive empire was no longer possible. Constantine tried to maintain control by dividing the kingdom between his three sons, but that only furthered the crumbling of the former empire.

Katika miaka ile mia tatu na sitini, Dola la Kirumi lilikuwa kimsingi lisiloweza kushindwa, lakini mara tu mji mkuu ulipohamishiwa Mashariki, uwezo wa kutawala dola kubwa namna hiyo haukuwezekana tena. Konstantino alijaribu kudumisha udhibiti kwa kugawanya ufalme kati ya wanawe watatu, lakini hilo lilizidisha tu kusambaratika kwa dola la zamani.

When the papacy took the throne of the earth in the year 538, at the third Council of Orleans a Sunday law was passed. Thus, in the year 606, Mohammed began his prophetic ministry, and symbolically represented the trumpet that was to be what the historians identify as a “scourge of an apostate church.” The history of the first and second woes, beginning with the ministry of Mohammed in the year 606, concluded on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet sounded.

Wakati Upapa ulipochukua kiti cha enzi cha dunia mwaka 538, katika Mtaguso wa Tatu wa Orleans sheria ya Jumapili ilipitishwa. Hivyo, mwaka 606, Mohammed alianza huduma yake ya kinabii, na kwa njia ya mfano aliwakilisha tarumbeta ambayo ingekuwa kile ambacho wanahistoria wanakitambua kama ‘pigo la kanisa lililoasi.’ Historia ya ole wa kwanza na wa pili, iliyoanza na huduma ya Mohammed mwaka 606, ilikamilika tarehe 22 Oktoba, 1844, wakati tarumbeta ya saba ilipopigwa.

> The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:14, 15.

> Ole wa pili umekwisha kupita; tazama, ole wa tatu unakuja upesi. Na malaika wa saba akapiga baragumu; kukawa na sauti kuu mbinguni, zikisema, Falme za ulimwengu huu zimekuwa falme za Bwana wetu na za Kristo wake; naye atatawala milele na milele. Ufunuo 11:14, 15.

During the history of the first two Woes, Constantinople, the capital of eastern Rome, was conquered in 1453, and papal Rome in the west was delivered its deadly wound in 1798. The “scourge of an apostate church,” had brought down both civil and religious Rome. The threefold union of Modern Rome is accomplished at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States.

Katika historia ya ole mbili za kwanza, Konstantinopoli, mji mkuu wa Roma ya mashariki, ulitekwa mwaka 1453, na Roma ya kipapa upande wa magharibi ilipokea jeraha lake la mauti mwaka 1798. “Mjeledi wa kanisa lililoasi” uliziangusha zote mbili, Roma ya kiraia na ile ya kidini. Muungano wa mara tatu wa Roma ya kisasa unakamilishwa wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili itakayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani.

> “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.” The Great Controversy, 588.

> "Waprotestanti wa Marekani watakuwa wa kwanza kunyoosha mikono yao kuvuka pengo ili kushika mkono wa Uspiritizimu; watanyoosha mikono yao juu ya shimo refu ili kushikana mikono na mamlaka ya Kirumi; na chini ya ushawishi wa muungano huu wa pande tatu, nchi hii itafuata nyayo za Roma katika kukanyaga haki za dhamiri." Pambano Kuu, 588.

At that time, Islam of the third Woe will accomplish God’s judgment against Modern Rome for its enforcement of Sunday worship, as He did with pagan Rome, and papal Rome. With pagan Rome He employed the first four trumpets to bring an end to Roman rulership in the capital of western Rome by the year 476, for after the year 476, no ruler of the city was of Roman lineage. By 1453 the fifth trumpet of Islam brought Roman rulership of eastern Rome to an end. By 1798, papal rulership of the former tenfold division of the nations of Europe was brought to an end in the history of the sixth trumpet of Islam. The demise of the civil kingdom of Rome, both west and east, and the religious kingdom of Rome was brought about following the enforcement of the pagan worship of the sun.

Wakati huo, Uislamu wa Ole la Tatu utakamilisha hukumu ya Mungu dhidi ya Roma ya Kisasa kwa sababu ya kulazimisha kwake ibada ya Jumapili, kama Alivyofanya kwa Roma ya kipagani na Roma ya kipapa. Kwa Roma ya kipagani, Alitumia tarumbeta nne za kwanza kuhitimisha utawala wa Kirumi katika mji mkuu wa Roma ya magharibi kufikia mwaka 476, maana baada ya mwaka 476, hakuna mtawala wa mji huo aliyekuwa wa ukoo wa Kirumi. Ifikapo mwaka 1453 tarumbeta ya tano ya Uislamu ilileta ukomo kwa utawala wa Kirumi wa Roma ya mashariki. Ifikapo mwaka 1798, utawala wa kipapa juu ya mgawanyo wa zamani wa sehemu kumi wa mataifa ya Ulaya uliwekwa kikomo katika historia ya tarumbeta ya sita ya Uislamu. Anguko la ufalme wa kiraia wa Roma, wa magharibi na wa mashariki, na ufalme wa kidini wa Roma, lilitokea kufuatia kulazimishwa kwa ibada ya kipagani ya jua.

> “The people of the United States have been a favored people; but when they restrict religious liberty, surrender Protestantism, and give countenance to popery, the measure of their guilt will be full, and ‘national apostasy’ will be registered in the books of heaven. The result of this apostasy will be national ruin.” Review and Herald, May 2, 1893.

> Watu wa Marekani wamekuwa watu waliobarikiwa; lakini watakapozuia uhuru wa dini, wakaacha Uprotestanti, na kuupatia kibali upapa, kipimo cha hatia yao kitakuwa kimejaa, na ‘uasi wa kitaifa’ utaandikishwa katika vitabu vya mbinguni. Matokeo ya uasi huu yatakuwa maangamizi ya kitaifa. Review and Herald, Mei 2, 1893.

The triple application of prophecy establishes the characteristic of the final fulfillment of the prophecy based upon the characteristics of the first two fulfillments. On September 11, 2001 the third Woe arrived in history. It had initially arrived on October 22, 1844, for the third Woe is the seventh trumpet, and that trumpet began to sound at that time. But as with ancient Israel, modern Israel chose rebellion and brought about a period of wandering in the wilderness instead of finishing the work. The sealing time of the third angel was therefore delayed, until it began again on September 11, 2001.

Matumizi ya mara tatu ya unabii huthibitisha sifa za utimilifu wa mwisho wa unabii kulingana na sifa za utimilifu wa kwanza na wa pili. Mnamo Septemba 11, 2001 Ole la tatu liliwasili katika historia. Awali lilikuwa limewasili mnamo Oktoba 22, 1844, kwa kuwa Ole la tatu ni tarumbeta ya saba, na tarumbeta hiyo ilianza kupigwa wakati huo. Lakini kama ilivyokuwa kwa Israeli ya kale, Israeli ya kisasa ilichagua uasi na kusababisha kipindi cha kutangatanga jangwani badala ya kukamilisha kazi. Hivyo basi, wakati wa kutiwa muhuri wa malaika wa tatu ukacheleweshwa, mpaka ulipoanza tena mnamo Septemba 11, 2001.

> “For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan. The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord’s professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years.” Selected Messages, book 2, 69.

> Kwa miaka arobaini, kutokuamini, kunung’unika, na uasi viliwazuia Israeli wa kale kuingia katika nchi ya Kanaani. Dhambi zilezile zimechelewesha kuingia kwa Israeli wa leo katika Kanaani ya mbinguni. Katika hali zote mbili, ahadi za Mungu hazikuwa na kosa. Ndiyo kutokuamini, udunia, ukosefu wa kujitoa wakfu, na ugomvi miongoni mwa watu wa Bwana wanaodai kuwa wake ambavyo vimetuweka katika dunia hii ya dhambi na huzuni kwa miaka mingi. Ujumbe Teule, kitabu cha 2, 69.

God does not change, and He judges according to the available light. Modern Israel had more available light than ancient Israel, and we are informed “the same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan.” If modern Israel was only held accountable to the light which ancient Israel was held accountable to, it would have been enough, but they had more light. Therefore, if it was the “same sins” that caused “ancient Israel” to wander in the wilderness for “forty years,” then not only was modern Israel banished to the “wilderness” in the rebellion of 1863, but they were just as certainly destined to die there. Their “sins” have delayed the work of the third angel until now.

Mungu habadiliki, naye anahukumu kulingana na mwanga uliopo. Israeli ya kisasa ilikuwa na mwanga mwingi zaidi kuliko Israeli ya kale, na tunaambiwa "dhambi zilezile zimechelewesha kuingia kwa Israeli ya kisasa katika Kanaani ya mbinguni." Kama Israeli ya kisasa wangehesabiwa kuwajibika tu kwa mwanga ambao Israeli ya kale waliwajibishwa, ingelitosha, lakini wao walikuwa na mwanga zaidi. Hivyo basi, ikiwa zilikuwa "dhambi zilezile" zilizosababisha "Israeli ya kale" kutangatanga "jangwani" kwa "miaka arobaini," basi si tu kwamba Israeli ya kisasa ilifukuzwa "jangwani" katika uasi wa 1863, bali pia walikuwa kwa hakika wamepangiwa kufa huko. "Dhambi" zao zimechelewesha kazi ya malaika wa tatu hadi sasa.

> “Said the angel, ‘The third angel is binding, or sealing, them in bundles for the heavenly garner.’ This little company looked careworn, as if they had passed through severe trials and conflicts. And it appeared as if the sun had just risen from behind a cloud and shone upon their countenances, causing them to look triumphant, as if their victories were nearly won.” Early Writings, 88.

> Malaika akasema, 'Malaika wa tatu anawafunga, au kuwatia muhuri, katika mafungu kwa ajili ya ghala la mbinguni.' Kikundi hiki kidogo kilionekana kimelemewa na mahangaiko, kana kwamba kilikuwa kimepitia majaribu makali na mapambano. Na ikaonekana kana kwamba jua lilikuwa limechomoza tu kutoka nyuma ya wingu na kuangaza nyuso zao, na kuwafanya waonekane kama washindi, kana kwamba ushindi wao ulikuwa karibu kukamilika. Maandishi ya Awali, 88.

The same sins that banished ancient Israel to die in the wilderness have delayed the work of the third angel who arrived on October 22, 1844.

Dhambi zilezile zilizowafukuza Waisraeli wa kale hadi wakafa jangwani ndizo zimechelewesha kazi ya malaika wa tatu aliyewasili tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844.

> “After Jesus opened the door of the most holy, the light of the Sabbath was seen, and the people of God were tested, as the children of Israel were tested anciently, to see if they would keep God’s law. I saw the third angel pointing upward, showing the disappointed ones the way to the holiest of the heavenly sanctuary. As they by faith enter the most holy, they find Jesus, and hope and joy spring up anew. I saw them looking back, reviewing the past, from the proclamation of the second advent of Jesus, down through their experience to the passing of the time in 1844. They see their disappointment explained, and joy and certainty again animate them. The third angel has lighted up the past, the present, and the future, and they know that God has indeed led them by His mysterious providence.” Early Writings, 254.

> "Baada ya Yesu kufungua mlango wa Mahali Patakatifu pa Patakatifu, nuru ya Sabato ikaonekana, na watu wa Mungu wakajaribiwa, kama vile wana wa Israeli walivyojaribiwa zamani za kale, ili kuona kama wangeishika sheria ya Mungu. Nilimwona malaika wa tatu akielekeza juu, akiwaonyesha waliovunjika moyo njia ya kuelekea Mahali Patakatifu pa Patakatifu katika Hekalu la Mbinguni. Walipoingia kwa imani Mahali Patakatifu pa Patakatifu, wanamkuta Yesu, na wakapata tena tumaini na furaha. Niliwaona wakiangalia nyuma, wakipitia upya yaliyopita, kuanzia tangazo la ujio wa pili wa Yesu, kupitia uzoefu wao, hadi ule wakati ulipopita mwaka 1844. Wanaona kuvunjika kwao moyo kukifafanuliwa, na furaha na hakika zinawahuisha tena. Malaika wa tatu ameuangazia wakati uliopita, wa sasa, na ujao, nao wanajua kwamba Mungu kwa kweli amewaongoza kwa maongozi yake ya fumbo." Maandishi ya Mapema, 254.

The third angel is the sealing angel, and he arrived on October 22, 1844, but his work was delayed by the same sins that caused ancient Israel to die in the wilderness. The delay caused by the rebellion of 1863, was a delaying of the work of the third angel, and therefore the sealing has been hindered and delayed for over one hundred years.

Malaika wa tatu ni malaika wa kutiwa muhuri, naye aliwasili tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844, lakini kazi yake ilicheleweshwa na dhambi zilezile zilizowafanya Waisraeli wa kale kufa jangwani. Kuchelewa kulikosababishwa na uasi wa mwaka 1863 kulichelewesha kazi ya malaika wa tatu, na hivyo kutiwa muhuri kumezuiliwa na kucheleweshwa kwa zaidi ya miaka mia moja.

> “[Numbers 32:6–15, quoted.] The Lord God is a jealous God, yet He bears long with the sins and transgressions of His people in this generation. If the people of God had walked in His counsel, the work of God would have advanced, the messages of truth would have been borne to all people that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Had the people of God believed Him and been doers of His word, had they kept His commandments, the angel would not have come flying through heaven with the message to the four angels that were to let loose the winds that they should blow upon the earth crying, Hold, hold the four winds that they blow not upon the earth until I have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads. But because the people are disobedient, unthankful, unholy, as were ancient Israel, time is prolonged that all may hear the last message of mercy proclaimed with a loud voice. The Lord’s work has been hindered, the sealing time delayed. Many have not heard the truth. But the Lord will give them a chance to hear and be converted, and the great work of God will go forward.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 292.

> [Hesabu 32:6-15, imenukuliwa.] Bwana Mungu ni Mungu mwenye wivu, lakini huvumilia kwa muda mrefu dhambi na maasi ya watu wake katika kizazi hiki. Kama watu wa Mungu wangetembea katika shauri lake, kazi ya Mungu ingekuwa imeendelea, ujumbe wa kweli ungekuwa umefikishwa kwa watu wote wakaao juu ya uso wa dunia yote. Lau watu wa Mungu wangelimuamini na kuwa watendaji wa neno lake, lau wangelishika amri zake, malaika hangekuja akiruka mbinguni na ujumbe kwa wale malaika wanne waliokuwa karibu kuziachilia pepo ili zipulize juu ya nchi, akipaza sauti, Zuieni, zuieni pepo nne zisipulize juu ya nchi, hata nitakapokuwa nimewatia muhuri watumishi wa Mungu katika vipaji vya nyuso zao. Lakini kwa sababu watu hawatii, hawana shukrani, hawatakatifu, kama Israeli wa kale, muda umerefushwa ili wote wasikie ujumbe wa mwisho wa rehema unaotangazwa kwa sauti kuu. Kazi ya Bwana imekwamishwa, wakati wa kutiwa muhuri umecheleweshwa. Wengi hawajasikia ukweli. Lakini Bwana atawapa nafasi ya kusikia na kuongoka, na kazi kuu ya Mungu itaendelea mbele. Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 15, ukurasa 292.

On September 11, 2001 the third angel arrived again, and the sealing time which had been delayed since the rebellion of 1863, began again. It was the arrival of Islam of the third Woe, which is also the seventh trumpet that marks the beginning of the sealing time. The sealing time began with the arrival of the third angel on October 22, 1844, when the seventh trumpet began to sound, but that trumpet was hindered and delayed.

Tarehe 11 Septemba 2001 malaika wa tatu alifika tena, na wakati wa kutiwa muhuri ambao ulikuwa umecheleweshwa tangu uasi wa mwaka 1863 ulianza tena. Huo ulikuwa ujio wa Uislamu wa ole wa tatu, ole ambao pia ni tarumbeta ya saba inayoashiria mwanzo wa wakati wa kutiwa muhuri. Wakati wa kutiwa muhuri ulianza kwa kuwasili kwa malaika wa tatu tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844, wakati tarumbeta ya saba ilipoanza kupigwa, lakini tarumbeta hiyo ilikwamishwa na kucheleweshwa.

> And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:5–7.

> Na yule malaika niliyemwona amesimama juu ya bahari na juu ya nchi akainua mkono wake kuelekea mbinguni, akaapa kwa Yeye aishiyeko milele na milele, aliyeziumba mbingu, na vitu vilivyomo humo, na nchi, na vitu vilivyomo humo, na bahari, na vitu vilivyomo ndani yake, ya kwamba muda hautakuwapo tena; bali katika siku za sauti ya yule malaika wa saba, atakapoanza kutoa sauti, siri ya Mungu itakamilika, kama alivyowatangazia watumishi wake manabii. Ufunuo 10:5-7.

The “voice” of the seventh angel, is the voice of the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen, which descended when the great buildings of New York City were thrown down.

“Sauti” ya malaika wa saba ni sauti ya malaika wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nane, aliyeshuka wakati majengo makubwa ya Jiji la New York yalipoangushwa.

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

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

The “voice” of the mighty angel who descends, commands the angels to hold the four winds, that are represented as an “angry horse” seeking to break loose and bring death and destruction in its path.

"Sauti" ya malaika mwenye nguvu anayeshuka inaamuru malaika waizuie pepo nne, ambazo zimewakilishwa kama "farasi mwenye hasira" anayetaka kujitoa huru na kuleta mauti na uharibifu njiani mwake.

> “The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> "Malaika wa Mungu hutekeleza amri Yake, wakizizuia pepo za nchi, ili pepo zisivume juu ya nchi, wala juu ya bahari, wala juu ya mti wowote, hata watumishi wa Mungu watakapotiwa muhuri katika vipaji vya nyuso zao. Malaika mwenye nguvu anaonekana akipanda kutoka mashariki (au kuchomoza kwa jua). Huyu malaika mwenye nguvu kuliko wote anayo mkononi mwake muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai, yaani wa Yeye peke yake awezaye kutoa uhai, awezaye kutia katika vipaji vya nyuso alama au andiko la wale watakaopatiwa kutokufa, uzima wa milele. Ni sauti ya malaika huyu aliye wa juu kabisa ndiyo iliyokuwa na mamlaka ya kuwaagiza wale malaika wanne wazizuie pepo nne mpaka kazi hii itakapotekelezwa, na mpaka atakapotoa amri ya kuziachilia." Ushuhuda kwa Wahudumu, 445.

The angel who commands the four angels to hold the winds, is the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen who lightens the earth with His glory, and his “strong voice” is the voice of the seventh angel.

Malaika anayewaamuru wale malaika wanne washike pepo, ndiye malaika wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nane anayeitia nuru dunia kwa utukufu wake, na "sauti yake yenye nguvu" ni sauti ya malaika wa saba.

> “And what a representation is given in Revelation 7 for our consideration and comfort and encouragement! The four angels are commissioned to do a work upon the earth. But One who purchased the world by giving Himself for its ransom has a chosen few. Who? Those who are keeping all of the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.

> Na taswira ya namna gani imetolewa katika Ufunuo 7 kwa ajili ya kutafakari, faraja, na kutiwa moyo kwetu! Malaika wanne wametumwa kufanya kazi duniani. Lakini Yule aliyenunua ulimwengu kwa kujitoa Mwenyewe kuwa fidia yake ana wachache walioteuliwa. Ni nani? Wale wanaozishika amri zote za Mungu na walio na imani ya Yesu.

> “John’s attention was called to another scene: ‘And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God’ (Revelation 7:2). Who is this? The Angel of the covenant. He comes from the sunrising. He is the Dayspring from on high. He is the Light of the world. ‘In Him was life; and the life was the light of men’ (John 1:4). This is the One Isaiah describes: ‘Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace’ (Isaiah 9:6). He cried, as One who had superiority over the hosts of angels in heaven ‘to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, “hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads” (Revelation 7:2, 3).

> Umakini wa Yohana ulielekezwa kwenye tukio jingine: ‘Nikaona malaika mwingine akitoka mashariki, akiwa na muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai’ (Ufunuo 7:2). Huyu ni nani? Malaika wa agano. Anakuja kutoka mawio ya jua. Yeye ndiye Mapambazuko kutoka juu. Yeye ndiye Nuru ya ulimwengu. ‘Ndani Yake palikuwa na uzima; na ule uzima ulikuwa nuru ya wanadamu’ (Yohana 1:4). Huyu ndiye yule anayeelezwa na Isaya: ‘Kwetu Mtoto amezaliwa, kwetu Mwana amepewa; na mamlaka itakuwa juu ya bega Lake; na jina Lake litaitwa Ajabu, Mshauri, Mungu Mwenye Nguvu, Baba wa Milele, Mkuu wa Amani’ (Isaya 9:6). Akapaaza sauti, kama Aliye na mamlaka juu ya majeshi ya malaika mbinguni ‘waliokuwa wamepewa kudhuru nchi na bahari,’ akisema, “Msidhuru nchi, wala bahari, wala miti, mpaka tutakapowatia muhuri watumishi wa Mungu wetu katika vipaji vya nyuso zao” (Ufunuo 7:2, 3).

> “Here is the divine and human united. The command is given to the four angels to hold in check the four winds until they receive His summons. Read the entire chapter. The cry, ‘Hurt not,’ is uttered by the Restorer, the Redeemer.

> Hapa uungu na ubinadamu vimeungana. Amri inatolewa kwa malaika wanne kuzizuia pepo nne mpaka watakapopokea mwito Wake. Soma sura nzima. Kilio, 'Msidhuru,' kinatolewa na Mrejeshaji, Mkombozi.

> “Judgment and wrath were to be repressed only for a little space until a certain work was done. The message, the last message of warning and mercy, has been retarded in doing its work by the selfish love of money, the selfish love of ease, and the unfitness of man to do a work that needs to be done. The angel that is to lighten the earth with His glory has waited for human instrumentalities through whom the light of heaven could shine, and they thus cooperate to give, in its sacred, solemn importance, the message which is to decide the destiny of the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 222.

> "Hukumu na hasira zilipaswa kuzuiwa kwa muda mfupi tu hadi kazi fulani ikamilike. Ujumbe, ule ujumbe wa mwisho wa onyo na rehema, umecheleweshwa katika kutekeleza kazi yake na upendo wa ubinafsi wa fedha, upendo wa ubinafsi wa ustarehe, na kutokufaa kwa mwanadamu kufanya kazi inayohitaji kufanywa. Malaika ambaye ataangaza dunia kwa utukufu wake amesubiri vyombo vya kibinadamu, ambavyo kupitia wao nuru ya mbinguni ingeweza kung'aa, na hivyo hushirikiana kutoa, katika umuhimu wake mtakatifu na wa taadhima, ule ujumbe ambao utaamua hatima ya ulimwengu." Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 15, 222.

The third angel, who is Christ, is also the sealing angel who arrived on October 22, 1844, but due to the disobedience of God’s people, His work of sealing the one hundred and forty-four thousand has been delayed until September 11, 2001. Then Islam of the third Woe, brought down the great buildings of New York, and the sealing process began. At that point the nations became “angry, yet held in check”. The first voice of Revelation chapter eighteen, is the voice that commands the four angels to hold, while God’s people are sealed.

Malaika wa tatu, ambaye ni Kristo, pia ni malaika wa kuweka muhuri aliyewasili Oktoba 22, 1844, lakini kwa sababu ya kutotii kwa watu wa Mungu, kazi yake ya kuwatia muhuri wale mia arobaini na nne elfu imecheleweshwa hadi Septemba 11, 2001. Kisha Uislamu wa Ole wa tatu ukaangusha majengo makubwa ya New York, na mchakato wa kutiwa muhuri ukaanza. Wakati huo mataifa yakawa “na hasira, lakini yakazuiliwa”. Sauti ya kwanza ya Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nane ndiyo sauti inayowaamuru malaika wanne washikilie, wakati watu wa Mungu wanatiwa muhuri.

Jesus always illustrates the ending with the beginning, and on February 26, 1993, Islam of the third Woe detonated a truck bomb in the underground parking garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The explosion resulted in significant damage to the building, killing six people and injuring over a thousand others. While the attack did not bring down the towers, it was a significant act of terrorism on U.S. soil and foreshadowed the events of September 11, 2001.

Yesu daima hufafanua mwisho kwa kutumia mwanzo, na tarehe 26 Februari 1993, Uislamu wa Ole wa tatu ulilipua bomu la lori katika gereji ya maegesho ya chini ya ardhi ya Mnara wa Kaskazini wa Kituo cha Biashara cha Dunia. Mlipuko huo ulisababisha uharibifu mkubwa kwa jengo hilo, ukaua watu sita na kuwajeruhi zaidi ya watu elfu moja. Ingawa shambulio hilo halikuziangusha minara, lilikuwa kitendo kikubwa cha ugaidi katika ardhi ya Marekani na liliashiria matukio ya Septemba 11, 2001.

The sealing time began on September 11, 2001, but it included a forewarning eight years before. The Islamic attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 is a forewarning of the ending of the sealing time. The prophetic characteristics of the third Woe have been established with the prophetic characteristics of the first two Woes. In the opening verses of chapter nine of Revelation the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is illustrated.

Wakati wa kutiwa muhuri ulianza tarehe 11 Septemba 2001, lakini ulijumuisha onyo la mapema miaka minane kabla. Shambulio la Kiislamu dhidi ya Israeli tarehe 7 Oktoba 2023 ni onyo la mapema kuhusu mwisho wa wakati wa kutiwa muhuri. Sifa za kinabii za Ole wa tatu zimebainishwa sambamba na sifa za kinabii za Ole mbili za kwanza. Katika mistari ya mwanzo ya sura ya tisa ya Ufunuo, kutiwa muhuri kwa elfu mia arobaini na nne kunaonyeshwa.

We will consider that subject in the next article.

Tutazingatia mada hiyo katika makala ijayo.

> “If such scenes as this are to come, such tremendous judgments on a guilty world, where will be the refuge for God’s people? How will they be sheltered until the indignation be overpast? John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads. The mighty angel is seen ascending from the east (or sunrising). This mightiest of angels has in his hand the seal of the living God, or of Him who alone can give life, who can inscribe upon the foreheads the mark or inscription, to whom shall be granted immortality, eternal life. It is the voice of this highest angel that had authority to command the four angels to keep in check the four winds until this work was performed, and until he should give the summons to let them loose.

> Ikiwa matukio kama haya yatakuja, hukumu za kutisha kama hizi juu ya ulimwengu wenye hatia, makimbilio ya watu wa Mungu yatakuwa wapi? Watalindwa vipi hadi ghadhabu ipite? Yohana anaona vipengele vya asili—tetemeko la ardhi, dhoruba, na mizozo ya kisiasa—vimeonyeshwa kana kwamba vimeshikiliwa na malaika wanne. Pepo hizi ziko chini ya udhibiti mpaka Mungu atakapotoa neno la kuwaachilia. Hapo ndiko usalama wa kanisa la Mungu ulipo. Malaika wa Mungu hutekeleza agizo Lake, wakizuia pepo za dunia, ili upepo usivume juu ya nchi, wala juu ya bahari, wala juu ya mti wowote, mpaka watumishi wa Mungu watakapotiwa muhuri katika vipaji vya nyuso zao. Malaika hodari anaonekana akitoka mashariki (au penye kuchomoza kwa jua). Huyu malaika mwenye nguvu kuliko wote anao mkononi mwake muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai, yaani wa Yeye peke yake awezaye kutoa uhai, awezaye kuandika kwenye vipaji alama au andiko, juu ya wale watakaokirimiwa kutokufa, uzima wa milele. Ni sauti ya huyu malaika wa juu kabisa iliyo na mamlaka ya kuwaamuru wale malaika wanne waendelee kudhibiti pepo nne mpaka kazi hii itakapokamilishwa, na mpaka atakapotoa amri ya kuwaachilia.

> “Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, will be the favored ones who shall receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean, whose hearts are not pure, will not have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin and acting it will be passed by. Only those who, in their attitude before God, are filling the position of those who are repenting and confessing their sins in the great anti-typical Day of Atonement, will be recognized and marked as worthy of God’s protection. The names of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Saviour—more earnestly and wishfully than they who wait for the morning—will be numbered with those who are sealed. Those who, while having all the light of truth flashing upon their souls, should have works corresponding to their avowed faith, but are allured by sin, setting up idols in their hearts, corrupting their souls before God, and polluting those who unite with them in sin, will have their names blotted out of the book of life, and be left in midnight darkness, having no oil in their vessels with their lamps. ‘Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings.’

> Wale wanaoishinda dunia, mwili, na ibilisi, watakuwa waliopendelewa watakaopokea muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai. Wale ambao mikono yao si safi, ambao mioyo yao si safi, hawatakuwa na muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai. Wale wanaopanga dhambi na kuitekeleza watapuuzwa. Ni wale tu ambao, katika hali yao mbele za Mungu, wanachukua nafasi ya wale wanaotubu na kukiri dhambi zao katika ile Siku Kuu ya Upatanisho ya mfano halisi, ndio watakaotambuliwa na kutiwa alama kuwa wastahili wa ulinzi wa Mungu. Majina ya wale ambao kwa uthabiti wanatazama, kungoja, na kukesha kwa ajili ya kuonekana kwa Mwokozi wao, kwa bidii na shauku kubwa kuliko wangojao asubuhi, yatahesabiwa pamoja na ya waliotiwa muhuri. Wale ambao, ingawa mwanga wote wa kweli unawangazia nafsi zao, walipaswa kuwa na matendo yanayolingana na imani yao waliyoikiri, lakini wanavutiwa na dhambi, wakiweka sanamu mioyoni mwao, wakiharibu nafsi zao mbele za Mungu, na kuwachafua wale wanaoungana nao katika dhambi, majina yao yatafutwa katika Kitabu cha Uzima, nao wataachwa katika giza la usiku wa manane, bila mafuta katika mitungi yao pamoja na taa zao. 'Kwenu ninyi mnaoliogopa Jina Langu, Jua la Haki litachomoza pamoja na uponyaji katika mbawa Zake.'

> “This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision. John also had been a witness of this most startling revelation. He saw the sea and the waves roaring, and men’s hearts failing them for fear. He beheld the earth moved, and the mountains carried into the midst of the sea (which is literally taking place), the water thereof roaring and troubled, and the mountains shaking with the swelling thereof. He was shown plagues, pestilence, famine, and death performing their terrible mission.” Testimonies to Ministers, 445.

> "Huu kutiwa muhuri kwa watumishi wa Mungu ni ule ule ulioonyeshwa kwa Ezekieli katika maono. Yohana pia alikuwa shahidi wa ufunuo huu wa kushitua sana. Aliona bahari na mawimbi yakivuma, na mioyo ya watu ikizimia kwa hofu. Alitazama nchi ikitikiswa, na milima ikibebwa hadi katikati ya bahari (ambalo linafanyika kihalisi), maji yake yakivuma na kuvurugika, na milima ikitetemeshwa kwa kiburi chake. Alionyeshwa mapigo, tauni, njaa, na mauti zikitimiza jukumu lao la kutisha." Ushuhuda kwa Wahudumu, 445.

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