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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Six

Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo - Nambari Sita

The Resurrection of the Sleeping Dead

Ufufuo wa wafu waliolala

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Jeff Pippenger

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October 27, 2023

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We have been building upon Isaiah’s final prophecy that begins in chapter forty with the identification of the tarrying time that was initiated with the disappointment of July 18, 2020. We have been aligning the death of the two witnesses of Revelation with those that are dead in Ezekiel’s valley of dead dry bones in chapter thirty-seven. We are seeking through repetition to establish the very specific sequence of events associated with the resurrection of those that were murdered in the street by the beast that ascended from the bottomless pit.

Tumekuwa tukijenga juu ya unabii wa mwisho wa Isaya unaoanza katika sura ya arobaini kwa utambuzi wa kipindi cha kukawia kilichoanzishwa na masikitiko ya tarehe 18 Julai 2020. Tumekuwa tukilinganisha kifo cha mashahidi wawili wa kitabu cha Ufunuo na wale waliokufa katika bonde la mifupa mikavu la Ezekieli katika sura ya thelathini na saba. Tunatafuta, kwa kurudia-rudia, kuthibitisha mfuatano mahsusi kabisa wa matukio yanayohusishwa na ufufuo wa wale waliouawa mtaani na yule mnyama aliyepanda kutoka kwenye shimo lisilo na mwisho.

As we align these prophetic passages, we are unsealing portions of Revelation that have heretofore never been recognized, for this message is the unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that occurs just before the close of human probation. We are doing this work, for “the time is at hand.” In unsealing truths in Revelation that are now in the process of fulfillment, we are accomplishing the very work that was defined as John’s work in the Revelation. He was told to write the things he had seen, which were things that then existed and in recording those things John would simultaneously be writing the things that will be.

Tunapooanisha vifungu hivi vya kinabii, tunazifungua sehemu za kitabu cha Ufunuo ambazo hadi sasa hazijawahi kutambuliwa, kwa kuwa ujumbe huu ndio kufunguliwa kwa Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo kunakotokea muda mfupi kabla ya kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema kwa wanadamu. Tunafanya kazi hii, kwa maana "wakati umekaribia." Katika kufunua kweli zilizomo katika Ufunuo ambazo sasa ziko katika mchakato wa kutimizwa, tunatimiza kazi ile ile iliyofafanuliwa katika Ufunuo kuwa kazi ya Yohana. Aliambiwa aandike mambo aliyoyaona, ambayo yalikuwa mambo yaliyokuwapo wakati huo, na kwa kuyaandika mambo hayo Yohana wakati huohuo angekuwa akiandika mambo yatakayokuwapo.

> Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. Revelation 1:19.

> Andika mambo uliyoyaona, na mambo yaliyo, na mambo yatakayokuwako baadaye. Ufunuo 1:19.

A logical stumbling block for Seventh-day Adventists, may very well be their traditional understanding of the book of Revelation. When a person accepts an established truth, but fails to see that the established truth was designed to develop over time, their initial correct understanding of truth can become a tradition or custom. The truth that has transformed into a tradition may very well produce the blindness represented in the message to Laodicea. The original truth is still truth, but the inability to see that truth is developed over time produces blindness. The truth is not the cause of their blindness, the blindness is simply a symptom of the cause. The cause is the ears that will not hear, the eyes that will not see and the heart that will not be converted in those who are self-satisfied with the comfort of tradition and custom.

Kikwazo cha kimantiki kwa Waadventista wa Sabato kinaweza kabisa kuwa uelewa wao wa kitamaduni kuhusu Kitabu cha Ufunuo. Wakati mtu anakubali kweli iliyothibitishwa, lakini anashindwa kuona kwamba kweli hiyo iliundwa kukua kwa muda, uelewa wake wa awali ulio sahihi wa kweli unaweza kuwa mapokeo au desturi. Kweli iliyogeuka kuwa mapokeo inaweza kabisa kuzaa upofu unaowakilishwa katika ujumbe kwa Laodikia. Kweli ya asili bado ni kweli, lakini kushindwa kuona kwamba kweli hiyo hukua kwa muda kunazalisha upofu. Kweli si chanzo cha upofu wao; upofu huo ni dalili tu ya chanzo. Chanzo ni masikio yasiyotaka kusikia, macho yasiyotaka kuona, na moyo usiotaka kuongoka, kwa wale waliojiridhisha na faraja ya mapokeo na desturi.

> “Christ in His teaching presented old truths of which He Himself was the originator, truths which He had spoken through patriarchs and prophets; but He now shed upon them a new light. How different appeared their meaning! A flood of light and spirituality was brought in by His explanation. And He promised that the Holy Spirit should enlighten the disciples, that the word of God should be ever unfolding to them. They would be able to present its truths in new beauty.

> Kristo katika mafundisho Yake aliwasilisha kweli za kale ambazo Yeye Mwenyewe ndiye chanzo chao, kweli alizozinena kupitia mababu na manabii; lakini sasa aliziangazia kwa nuru mpya. Maana yake ilionekana kuwa tofauti kiasi gani! Mafuriko ya nuru na hali ya kiroho yaliletwa na ufafanuzi Wake. Naye akaahidi kwamba Roho Mtakatifu angewaangazia wanafunzi, ili neno la Mungu liendelee kufunuliwa kwao daima. Wangeweza kuwasilisha kweli zake kwa uzuri mpya.

> “Ever since the first promise of redemption was spoken in Eden, the life, the character, and the mediatorial work of Christ have been the study of human minds. Yet every mind through whom the Holy Spirit has worked has presented these themes in a light that is fresh and new. The truths of redemption are capable of constant development and expansion. Though old, they are ever new, constantly revealing to the seeker for truth a greater glory and a mightier power.

> Tangu ahadi ya kwanza ya ukombozi ilipotamkwa Edeni, maisha, tabia, na kazi ya upatanishi ya Kristo yamekuwa kitu cha kuchunguzwa na akili za wanadamu. Hata hivyo, kila akili ambayo Roho Mtakatifu amefanya kazi kupitia kwayo imewasilisha mada hizi kwa mwanga ulio mpya kabisa. Kweli za ukombozi zina uwezo wa kuendelea kukua na kupanuka daima. Ingawa ni za zamani, daima ni mpya, zikiendelea kumfunulia mtafutaji wa ukweli utukufu mkuu zaidi na nguvu kuu zaidi.

> “In every age there is a new development of truth, a message of God to the people of that generation. The old truths are all essential; new truth is not independent of the old, but an unfolding of it. It is only as the old truths are understood that we can comprehend the new. When Christ desired to open to His disciples the truth of His resurrection, He began ‘at Moses and all the prophets’ and ‘expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.’ Luke 24:27. But it is the light which shines in the fresh unfolding of truth that glorifies the old. He who rejects or neglects the new does not really possess the old. For him it loses its vital power and becomes but a lifeless form.

> Katika kila enzi kuna ufunuo mpya wa kweli, ujumbe wa Mungu kwa watu wa kizazi hicho. Kweli za kale zote ni muhimu; kweli mpya haijitegemei ile ya kale, bali ni ufunuo wake. Ni pale tu kweli za kale zinapoeleweka ndipo tunaweza kuelewa kweli mpya. Alipotaka Kristo kuwafunulia wanafunzi Wake ukweli wa ufufuo Wake, alianza ‘kuanzia Musa na manabii wote’ na ‘akawafafanulia katika maandiko yote mambo yaliyomhusu Yeye.’ Luka 24:27. Lakini ni nuru inayong’aa katika kufunuliwa upya kwa kweli ndiyo inayotukuza ile ya kale. Yeye anayekataa au kupuuzia kweli mpya hamiliki ile ya kale kwa hakika. Kwake hupoteza nguvu yake ya uhai na hubakia tu kuwa umbo lisilo na uhai.

> “There are those who profess to believe and to teach the truths of the Old Testament, while they reject the New. But in refusing to receive the teachings of Christ, they show that they do not believe that which patriarchs and prophets have spoken. ‘Had ye believed Moses,’ Christ said, ‘ye would have believed Me; for he wrote of Me.’ John 5:46. Hence there is no real power in their teaching of even the Old Testament.

> Kuna wale wanaodai kuamini na kufundisha kweli za Agano la Kale, ilhali wanakataa Agano Jipya. Lakini kwa kukataa kupokea mafundisho ya Kristo, wanaonyesha kwamba hawaamini yale ambayo mababa wa imani na manabii walisema. ‘Kama mngalimwamini Musa,’ Kristo alisema, ‘mngeniamini Mimi; kwa kuwa aliandika habari zangu.’ Yohana 5:46. Hivyo basi hakuna nguvu ya kweli katika mafundisho yao, hata ya Agano la Kale.

> “Many who claim to believe and to teach the gospel are in a similar error. They set aside the Old Testament Scriptures, of which Christ declared, ‘They are they which testify of Me.’ John 5:39. In rejecting the Old, they virtually reject the New; for both are parts of an inseparable whole. No man can rightly present the law of God without the gospel, or the gospel without the law. The law is the gospel embodied, and the gospel is the law unfolded. The law is the root, the gospel is the fragrant blossom and fruit which it bears.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 127.

> Wengi wanaodai kuamini na kufundisha injili wako katika kosa kama hilo. Wanaweka pembeni Maandiko ya Agano la Kale, ambayo Kristo alisema, ‘Ndiyo yanayonishuhudia Mimi.’ Yohana 5:39. Kwa kukataa Agano la Kale, kwa kweli wanakataa Agano Jipya; kwa maana vyote viwili ni sehemu za kitu kimoja kisichotenganishwa. Hakuna mtu anayeweza kuwasilisha kwa usahihi sheria ya Mungu bila injili, au injili bila sheria. Sheria ni injili iliyodhihirishwa, na injili ni sheria iliyofunuliwa. Sheria ndiyo mzizi; injili ni ua lenye manukato na tunda ambalo mzizi huo huzaa.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 127.

Those that claim to believe the old, but reject the new applies with even more force upon Seventh-day Adventists who claim to believe the Bible in its entirety, but reject the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy. In the Revelation John is a symbol of God’s people in the last days who are being persecuted for accepting both the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy.

Kauli kwamba wale wanaodai kuamini cha kale lakini wanakataa kipya inawahusu kwa nguvu zaidi Waadventista wa Sabato wanaodai kuamini Biblia kwa ukamilifu wake, lakini wanakataa maandishi ya Roho ya Unabii. Katika Ufunuo, Yohana ni ishara ya watu wa Mungu katika siku za mwisho ambao wanateswa kwa kukubali Biblia na Roho ya Unabii.

> I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 1:9.

> Mimi Yohana, ambaye pia ni ndugu yenu, na mshirika katika dhiki, na katika ufalme na uvumilivu wa Yesu Kristo, nilikuwa katika kisiwa kiitwacho Patmo, kwa ajili ya neno la Mungu, na kwa ajili ya ushuhuda wa Yesu Kristo. Ufunuo 1:9.

If a person accepts the testimony of Jesus, which is the Spirit of Prophecy, which is the writings of Ellen White then the previous passage from her writings identifies the issue I am addressing. She wrote that the “truths of redemption are capable of constant development and expansion. Though old, they are ever new, constantly revealing to the seeker for truth a greater glory and a mightier power,” and that in “every age there is a new development of truth, a message of God to the people of that generation.”

Ikiwa mtu anakubali ushuhuda wa Yesu, ambao ndio roho ya unabii, yaani maandiko ya Ellen White, basi kifungu kilichotangulia kutoka katika maandiko yake kinabainisha suala ninalolishughulikia. Aliandika kwamba "kweli za ukombozi zina uwezo wa kuendelea kukua na kupanuka daima. Ingawa ni za zamani, daima ni mpya, zikimfunulia mtafuta ukweli utukufu mkubwa zaidi na nguvu yenye uweza mkuu zaidi," na kwamba "katika kila enzi kuna maendeleo mapya ya ukweli, ujumbe wa Mungu kwa watu wa kizazi hicho."

Though the customary understanding of the book of Revelation that a typical Seventh-day Adventist might hold, is truth, the entire book of Revelation is a testimony of the last days. We are currently applying a truth that is now being unsealed, and that truth will not be recognized by those who are unwilling to accept that all the passages in the book of Revelation are part of the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed in the last days.

Ingawa uelewa wa kawaida wa kitabu cha Ufunuo ambao Waadventista wa Sabato wengi huwa nao ni ukweli, kitabu kizima cha Ufunuo ni ushuhuda wa siku za mwisho. Kwa sasa tunautekeleza ukweli unaofunguliwa, na ukweli huo hautatambuliwa na wale wasiotaka kukubali kwamba vifungu vyote katika kitabu cha Ufunuo ni sehemu ya Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo unaofunguliwa katika siku za mwisho.

The understanding that Adventism has held concerning Revelation eleven, being a fulfillment of the French Revolution is correct, and Sister White upholds that correct view. Yet that truth was simply a history, that is recorded to illustrate the last days. All of the book of Revelation is governed by this prophetic phenomenon.

Uelewa ambao Uadventista umekuwa nao kuhusu Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja, kwamba ni utimilifu wa Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa, ni sahihi, na Dada White anaunga mkono mtazamo huo sahihi. Hata hivyo, ukweli huo ulikuwa tu historia, iliyorekodiwa ili kuonyesha siku za mwisho. Kitabu chote cha Ufunuo kinatawaliwa na jambo hili la kinabii.

We are building upon the hidden history of the seven thunders as a guide to bring Ezekiel thirty-seven, Isaiah forty and Revelation eleven together with Matthew twenty-five’s parable of the ten virgins. Another prophetic line that upholds the application of the prophetic sequence of events we are addressing is found in the line of Christ, which also includes a secondary witness. Jesus was thirty years old when He was baptized and became Jesus Christ, for “Christ” in the Greek of the New Testament, or “Messiah” in the Hebrew of the Old Testament, means the anointed one.

Tunajenga juu ya historia iliyofichwa ya ngurumo saba kama mwongozo wa kuunganisha Ezekieli 37, Isaya 40 na Ufunuo 11 pamoja na mfano wa wanawali kumi wa Mathayo 25. Safu nyingine ya kinabii inayoendeleza utumiaji wa mlolongo wa matukio ya kinabii tunaoyashughulikia inapatikana katika safu ya Kristo, ambayo pia inajumuisha ushuhuda wa pili. Yesu alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini alipobatizwa na akawa Yesu Kristo, kwa kuwa "Kristo" katika Kigiriki cha Agano Jipya, au "Masihi" katika Kiebrania cha Agano la Kale, humaanisha "aliye mpakwa mafuta."

> That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Acts 10:37, 38.

> Neno hilo, nasema, mnajua, lililotangazwa katika Uyahudi wote, likianzia Galilaya, baada ya ubatizo ambao Yohana aliuhubiri; jinsi Mungu alivyomtia mafuta Yesu wa Nazareti kwa Roho Mtakatifu na kwa nguvu; aliyekuwa akizunguka akitenda mema, na kuwaponya wote waliodhulumiwa na Ibilisi; kwa maana Mungu alikuwa pamoja naye. Matendo ya Mitume 10:37, 38.

For thirty years, Jesus prepared to be anointed, and once He was anointed at His baptism, He, as Christ presented His message for three and a half prophetic days. He was then slain, put in the grave, resurrected and then ascended to heaven. The beginning of his ministry of three and a half years of ministry was His baptism, that represents His death and resurrection, and at the end of his twelve hundred and sixty days of ministry He was crucified and then resurrected–for He is the beginning and ending. The event of His death and resurrection produced a mighty army that for another three and a half years took the gospel to the Jews, and thereafter to the world.

Kwa miaka thelathini, Yesu alijiandaa kutiwa mafuta, na mara tu alipotiwa mafuta katika ubatizo wake, kama Kristo aliwasilisha ujumbe wake kwa siku tatu na nusu za kinabii. Kisha akauawa, akawekwa kaburini, akafufuka kisha akapaa mbinguni. Mwanzo wa huduma yake ya miaka mitatu na nusu ulikuwa ubatizo wake, unaowakilisha kifo chake na kufufuka kwake, na mwishoni mwa siku zake elfu moja mia mbili na sitini za huduma alisulubiwa kisha akafufuka—kwa kuwa Yeye ndiye Mwanzo na Mwisho. Tukio la kifo chake na kufufuka kwake lilizalisha jeshi kuu ambalo kwa miaka mingine mitatu na nusu lilipeleka injili kwa Wayahudi, na baadaye kwa ulimwengu.

The Catholic church, that is the antichrist of Bible prophecy, was also thirty years in preparation, before it was anointed with power. In 508, “the daily” was removed. Sister White informs us directly that the Millerites had the correct understanding of “the daily” in the book of Daniel, in spite of the fact that the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church returned to apostate Protestantism’s Satanic view of “the daily” in the 1930’s.

Kanisa Katoliki, ambalo ndilo mpinga Kristo wa unabii wa Biblia, pia lilikuwa na miaka thelathini ya maandalizi kabla ya kupakwa upako wa nguvu. Mnamo mwaka 508, “kile cha kila siku” kiliondolewa. Dada White anatufahamisha moja kwa moja kwamba Wamillerite walikuwa na uelewa sahihi wa “kile cha kila siku” katika kitabu cha Danieli, licha ya kwamba Kanisa la Waadventista Wasabato la Laodikia lilirudia mtazamo wa kishetani wa Uprotestanti ulioasi kuhusu “kile cha kila siku” katika miaka ya 1930.

> “Then I saw in relation to the ‘daily’ (Daniel 8:12) that the word ‘sacrifice’ was supplied by man’s wisdom, and does not belong to the text, and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry.” Early Writings, 74.

> "Kisha nikaona kuhusiana na 'ya kila siku' (Danieli 8:12) kwamba neno 'dhabihu' liliongezwa kwa hekima ya mwanadamu, na si sehemu ya maandishi, na kwamba Bwana aliwapa wale waliotoa mwito wa saa ya hukumu mtazamo sahihi kuhusu hilo." Maandishi ya Mapema, 74.

The “daily” represents paganism, and pagan Rome was the power that restrained and prevented the papacy from ascending to the throne of the earth. As predicted in the book of Daniel, and thereafter confirmed by history, and thereafter revealed by angels to William Miller and thereafter confirmed by Ellen White; in 508, the pagan restraint of the rise of the papacy was removed. As with Christ, for thirty years the antichrist prepared to be empowered in 538. Christ, and the antichrist were thirty years preparing to be empowered. Once the papacy was empowered in 538, it delivered its message of death for three and a half prophetic years, just as Christ had delivered His message of life, for three and a half years. The two witnesses of Revelation eleven, which in the history of the French Revolution represented the Old and New Testaments, were also given power to prophesy for three and a half prophetic days.

Kile cha "kila siku" kinawakilisha upagani, na Roma ya kipagani ilikuwa nguvu iliyodhibiti na kuzuia upapa usipande kwenye kiti cha enzi cha dunia. Kama ilivyotabiriwa katika kitabu cha Danieli, na baadaye kuthibitishwa na historia, kisha kufunuliwa na malaika kwa William Miller na baadaye kuthibitishwa na Ellen White; mwaka 508, kizuizi cha kipagani cha kuibuka kwa upapa kiliondolewa. Kama ilivyokuwa kwa Kristo, kwa miaka thelathini Mpinga Kristo alijiandaa kutiwa mamlaka mwaka 538. Kristo, na Mpinga Kristo, walikuwa na miaka thelathini ya maandalizi ya kutiwa mamlaka. Mara tu upapa ulipotiwa mamlaka mwaka 538, uliwasilisha ujumbe wake wa mauti kwa miaka mitatu na nusu ya kinabii, kama vile Kristo alivyowasilisha ujumbe Wake wa uzima kwa miaka mitatu na nusu. Mashahidi wawili wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja, ambao katika historia ya Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa waliwakilisha Agano la Kale na Agano Jipya, pia walipewa uwezo wa kutabiri kwa siku tatu na nusu za kinabii.

> And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. Revelation 11:3.

> Nami nitawapa mashahidi wangu wawili mamlaka, nao watatabiri siku elfu moja mia mbili na sitini, wakiwa wamevikwa nguo za magunia. Ufunuo 11:3.

In 1798, after twelve hundred and sixty prophetic days, the antichrist received its deadly wound, just as Christ died on the cross after twelve hundred and sixty days, and just as the two witnesses, representing the Word of God were slain in the street after twelve hundred and sixty days.

Mnamo mwaka 1798, baada ya siku elfu moja mia mbili na sitini za kinabii, Mpinga Kristo alipokea jeraha la mauti, kama vile Kristo alikufa msalabani baada ya siku elfu moja mia mbili na sitini, na kama vile mashahidi wawili, wanaowakilisha Neno la Mungu, waliuawa barabarani baada ya siku elfu moja mia mbili na sitini.

On the third day Christ was resurrected, and one of the primary subjects of the antichrist in the book of Revelation is the healing of its deadly wound, or its resurrection. The resurrection of Christ occurred on the third day, and the resurrection of the two witnesses, occurred after three and a half days. The antichrist is resurrected symbolically on the third day, for on several prophetic witnesses, the third day is a symbol of the Sunday law. At the Sunday law, the sea beast of Revelation thirteen is resurrected, and the mark of the sea beast, becomes a test. Then the United Nations, the ten kings of Revelation seventeen, at the direction of the United States, who is the premier king of the ten kings, will lift the antichrist up as the head of the three-fold union, as the papacy ascends to the throne of the earth.

Siku ya tatu Kristo alifufuliwa, na mojawapo ya mada kuu kuhusu Mpinga Kristo katika kitabu cha Ufunuo ni kuponywa kwa jeraha lake la mauti, yaani kufufuka kwake. Ufufuo wa Kristo ulitokea siku ya tatu, na ufufuo wa wale mashahidi wawili ulitokea baada ya siku tatu na nusu. Mpinga Kristo hufufuliwa kwa njia ya ishara siku ya tatu, kwa kuwa katika ushuhuda kadhaa wa kinabii, siku ya tatu ni ishara ya sheria ya Jumapili. Wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili, mnyama wa baharini wa Ufunuo kumi na tatu hufufuliwa, na alama ya mnyama wa baharini inakuwa jaribio. Kisha Umoja wa Mataifa, wale wafalme kumi wa Ufunuo kumi na saba, chini ya mwongozo wa Marekani, ambayo ni mfalme mkuu wa wale wafalme kumi, watamwinua Mpinga Kristo kuwa kichwa cha muungano wa sehemu tatu, wakati upapa unapopanda kwenye kiti cha enzi cha dunia.

> “As we approach the last crisis, it is of vital moment that harmony and unity exist among the Lord’s instrumentalities. The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head—the papal power—the people will unite to oppose God in the person of His witnesses. This union is cemented by the great apostate. While he seeks to unite his agents in warring against the truth he will work to divide and scatter its advocates. Jealousy, evil surmising, evilspeaking, are instigated by him to produce discord and dissension.” Testimonies, volume 7, 182.

> Tunapokaribia mgogoro wa mwisho, ni jambo la muhimu mno kwamba maelewano na umoja viwepo miongoni mwa vyombo vya Bwana. Ulimwengu umejaa dhoruba na vita na mfarakano. Hata hivyo, chini ya kichwa kimoja—mamlaka ya kipapa—watu wataungana kumpinga Mungu kupitia mashahidi Wake. Umoja huu umeimarishwa na yule mwasi mkuu. Wakati anapojitahidi kuwaunganisha mawakala wake katika kupigana dhidi ya ukweli, atafanya kazi ya kuwagawanya na kuwatawanya watetezi wa ukweli. Wivu, kudhania mabaya, na kusema mabaya, vinachochewa naye ili kuleta mtafaruku na mgawanyiko. Shuhuda, juzuu ya 7, 182.

When the antichrist is resurrected, it ascends to the throne of the earth and leads the three-fold union on its march to Armageddon as Jezebel led Ahab to mount Carmel. The Psalmist Asaph, identifies ten nations, representing the United Nations, as an evil confederacy of God’s enemies, who lift up their “head,” which is the “papal power.”

Mpinga Kristo anapofufuliwa, anapanda kiti cha enzi cha dunia na kuongoza muungano wa sehemu tatu katika safari yake kuelekea Armagedoni kama vile Yezebeli alivyomwongoza Ahabu kwenda Mlima Karmeli. Mtunga Zaburi Asafu anataja mataifa kumi, yanayowakilisha Umoja wa Mataifa, kuwa muungano mwovu wa maadui wa Mungu, wanaoinua "kichwa" chao, ambacho ni "mamlaka ya kipapa."

> A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. Psalms 83:1–8.

> Wimbo au Zaburi ya Asafu. Ee Mungu, usikae kimya; Ee Mungu, usinyamaze, wala usitulie. Kwa maana tazama, adui zako wanafanya ghasia; na wanaokuchukia wameinua kichwa. Wamefanya hila juu ya watu wako, na kushauriana juu ya walio chini ya hifadhi yako. Wamesema, Njoni, tuwakate mbali wasiwe taifa; ili jina la Israeli lisikumbukwe tena. Kwa maana wameshauriana kwa moyo mmoja; wamefanya agano kinyume chako: Hema za Edomu, na Waishmaeli; wa Moabu, na Wahagari; Gebali, na Amoni, na Amaleki; Wafilisti pamoja na wenyeji wa Tiro; Ashuru naye amejiunga nao; wamewasaidia wana wa Lutu. Sela. Zaburi 83:1-8.

The ensign of the three angels is then flying in the midst of heaven.

Ndipo bendera ya malaika watatu inapepea katikati ya mbingu.

> And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:6–12.

> Nikaona malaika mwingine akiruka katikati ya mbingu, akiwa na injili ya milele ili aiwahubirie wakaao duniani, na kila taifa, na kabila, na lugha, na watu, akisema kwa sauti kuu, Mcheni Mungu, mpeni utukufu; kwa maana saa ya hukumu yake imekuja; mwabuduni yeye aliyezifanya mbingu, na nchi, na bahari, na chemchemi za maji. Na akamfuata malaika mwingine, akisema, Babeli ameanguka, ameanguka, ule mji mkuu, kwa kuwa aliwafanya mataifa yote kunywa divai ya ghadhabu ya uasherati wake. Na malaika wa tatu akawafuata, akisema kwa sauti kuu, Mtu yeyote akimwabudu yule mnyama na sanamu yake, na akipokea chapa yake katika kipaji cha uso wake, au katika mkono wake, huyo atakunywa divai ya ghadhabu ya Mungu, iliyomiminwa bila kuchanganywa ndani ya kikombe cha hasira yake; naye atateswa kwa moto na kiberiti mbele ya malaika watakatifu, na mbele ya Mwana-Kondoo; na moshi wa mateso yao hupanda juu milele na milele; wala hawana raha mchana wala usiku, wale wamwabuduo mnyama na sanamu yake, na mtu yeyote apokeaye chapa ya jina lake. Hapa ndipo subira ya watakatifu ilipo; ndio hao wazishikao amri za Mungu, na imani ya Yesu. Ufunuo 14:6-12.

The ensign of the three angels will then be flying in the midst of heaven, but soon the antichrist will be lifted up to heaven by the ten kings of the United Nations. The ensign will then be proclaiming the message of “truth” and the antichrist will then be proclaiming the message of tradition and custom. The three angels are warning mankind to not accept the mark of the papacy, but the United States as the false prophet, will force the world to accept that very mark.

Ndipo bendera ya malaika watatu itakuwa ikipepea katikati ya mbingu, lakini hivi karibuni Mpinga Kristo atainuliwa hadi mbinguni na wafalme kumi wa Umoja wa Mataifa. Bendera hiyo itakuwa ikitangaza ujumbe wa "kweli" na Mpinga Kristo atakuwa akitangaza ujumbe wa mapokeo na desturi. Malaika watatu wanawaonya wanadamu wasikubali alama ya upapa, lakini Marekani, kama nabii wa uongo, italazimisha ulimwengu kukubali alama hiyo hiyo.

We will end here, and take it up in our next article.

Tutahitimisha hapa, na tutaendelea nalo katika makala yetu ijayo.

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