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# The Book of Daniel - Number Fifty-Eight

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari Hamsini na Nane

Wisdom Unsealed: Exploring the Threefold Union and the Riddle of 666 in Prophecy

Hekima Iliyofunuliwa: Kuchunguza Muungano wa Mara Tatu na Kitendawili cha 666 katika unabii

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Jeff Pippenger

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January 22, 2024

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It has been established upon several witnesses that in history and in prophecy Rome always comes up eighth and is of the seven. The prophetic riddle of this symbol is part of what the Lion of the tribe of Judah unseals just before the close of probation. Christ never changes, and in the First and Great Disappointments of Millerite history, He revealed a truth which explained the mystery of the disappointment.

Imethibitishwa kwa ushuhuda kadhaa kwamba katika historia na katika unabii Roma daima hujitokeza kama ya nane na ni wa wale saba. Kitendawili cha kinabii cha ishara hii ni sehemu ya kile ambacho Simba wa kabila la Yuda hufunua kabla tu ya kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema. Kristo habadiliki kamwe, na katika Kukatishwa Tamaa ya Kwanza na Kukatishwa Tamaa Kuu katika historia ya Wamileraiti, alifunua kweli iliyofafanua fumbo la kukatishwa tamaa hilo.

After the First Disappointment in Millerite history, He removed His hand from a mistake in some of the figures represented upon the 1843 chart. The mistake represented the prophetic misunderstanding that produced the Disappointment. The Millerites were ultimately led to a series of understandings, which firmly established the starting date of the twenty-three hundred days. With a firm starting point, that was primarily based upon the date of the cross, they then saw the same prophetic evidence that they had been employing to identify 1843, actually identified not only 1844, but the very day of October 22, 1844.

Baada ya kukatishwa tamaa kwa kwanza katika historia ya Wamileraiti, Yeye akaondoa mkono wake kutoka kwa kosa katika baadhi ya tarakimu zilizoonyeshwa kwenye chati ya 1843. Kosa hilo liliwakilisha kutoelewa kwa kinabii kulikosababisha kukatishwa tamaa. Hatimaye Wamileraiti waliongozwa kwenye mfululizo wa uelewa ulioweka kwa uthabiti tarehe ya kuanza ya siku elfu mbili na mia tatu. Wakiwa na sehemu ya kuanzia thabiti, iliyotegemea hasa tarehe ya msalaba, ndipo wakaona kwamba ushahidi uleule wa kinabii waliokuwa wakitumia kuainisha 1843, kwa kweli uliainisha si tu 1844, bali hata siku yenyewe ya tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844.

After the second and Great Disappointment, the Lord once again revealed a truth which answered all the prophetic dilemmas created by their incorrect proclamation that October 22, 1844 was the Second Coming of Christ. The Lord opened the subject of the Sanctuary, and its connected truths, and the Great Disappointment was explained.

Baada ya kukatishwa tamaa mara ya pili, yaani ile Kukatishwa Tamaa Kuu, Bwana kwa mara nyingine alifunua ukweli uliotatua utata wote wa kinabii uliosababishwa na tangazo lao lisilo sahihi kwamba tarehe 22 Oktoba 1844 ilikuwa Ujio wa Pili wa Kristo. Bwana alifungua somo la Patakatifu, pamoja na kweli zinazohusiana nalo, na Kukatishwa Tamaa Kuu kukafafanuliwa.

> “As a people, we should be earnest students of prophecy; we should not rest until we become intelligent in regard to the subject of the sanctuary, which is brought out in the visions of Daniel and John. This subject sheds great light on our present position and work, and gives us unmistakable proof that God has led us in our past experience. It explains our disappointment in 1844, showing us that the sanctuary to be cleansed was not the earth, as we had supposed, but that Christ then entered into the most holy apartment of the heavenly sanctuary, and is there performing the closing work of his priestly office, in fulfillment of the words of the angel to the prophet Daniel, ‘Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.’

> Kama watu, inatupasa tuwe wanafunzi makini wa unabii; hatupaswi kupumzika mpaka tuwe wenye ufahamu kuhusu somo la patakatifu, ambalo limeletwa wazi katika maono ya Danieli na Yohana. Somo hili hutoa mwanga mkubwa juu ya msimamo wetu wa sasa na kazi yetu, na hutupatia ushahidi usiopingika kwamba Mungu ametuongoza katika uzoefu wetu uliopita. Linaeleza kukatishwa tamaa kwetu mwaka 1844, likituonyesha kwamba patakatifu palipotakiwa kutakaswa halikuwa dunia, kama tulivyodhani, bali kwamba Kristo wakati huo aliingia katika sehemu takatifu sana ya patakatifu pa mbinguni, na huko anafanya kazi ya mwisho ya huduma yake ya ukuhani, akitimiza maneno ya malaika kwa nabii Danieli, ‘Hata siku elfu mbili na mia tatu; ndipo patakatifu patatakaswa.’

> “Our faith in reference to the messages of the first, second, and third angels was correct. The great way-marks we have passed are immovable. Although the hosts of hell may try to tear them from their foundation, and triumph in the thought that they have succeeded, yet they do not succeed. These pillars of truth stand firm as the eternal hills, unmoved by all the efforts of men combined with those of Satan and his host. We can learn much, and should be constantly searching the Scriptures to see if these things are so. God’s people are now to have their eyes fixed on the heavenly sanctuary, where the final ministration of our great High Priest in the work of the judgment is going forward,—where he is interceding for his people.” Review and Herald, November 27, 1883.

> Imani yetu kuhusiana na ujumbe wa malaika wa kwanza, wa pili, na wa tatu ilikuwa sahihi. Alama kuu za njia tulizopita hazihamishiki. Ingawa majeshi ya kuzimu yanaweza kujaribu kuzing’oa kutoka kwenye misingi yao, na kushangilia kwa kufikiri kwamba wamefanikiwa, bado hawafanikiwi. Nguzo hizi za kweli zimesimama imara kama vilima vya milele, hazitikiswi na juhudi zote za wanadamu pamoja na zile za Shetani na majeshi yake. Tunaweza kujifunza mengi, na tunapaswa daima kuchunguza Maandiko ili kuona kama mambo haya ni hivyo. Watu wa Mungu sasa wanapaswa kuelekeza macho yao katika patakatifu pa mbinguni, ambako huduma ya mwisho ya Kuhani Wetu Mkuu Mtukufu katika kazi ya hukumu inaendelea—ambako anawaombea watu wake. Review and Herald, Novemba 27, 1883.

The disappointment of the disciples at the crucifixion was based upon an incorrect understanding of the kingdom which Christ was to establish at the cross. John the Baptist and the apostle Paul’s ministries included the work of identifying that the dispensation of literal Israel and the literal earthly sanctuary had transitioned unto spiritual Israel and the spiritual heavenly sanctuary. The Lion of the tribe of Judah always explains the disappointment to the “wise.” The explanation of the prophetic riddle of Rome being “the eighth, but is of the seven”, is part of the work the Lion of Judah is accomplishing to explain the disappointment of July 18, 2020.

Kukatishwa tamaa kwa wanafunzi wakati wa kusulubiwa kulitokana na uelewa usio sahihi wa ufalme ambao Kristo alipaswa kuanzisha msalabani. Huduma za Yohana Mbatizaji na za mtume Paulo zilijumuisha kazi ya kubainisha kwamba enzi ya Israeli wa kimwili na hekalu la duniani halisi ilikuwa imehamishwa kwenda kwa Israeli wa kiroho na hekalu la mbinguni la kiroho. Simba wa kabila la Yuda daima huwaeleza “wenye hekima” kuhusu kukatishwa tamaa. Ufafanuzi wa kitendawili cha kinabii cha Roma kuwa “wa nane, lakini ni wa wale saba”, ni sehemu ya kazi ambayo Simba wa kabila la Yuda anaifanya ili kueleza kukatishwa tamaa la tarehe 18 Julai 2020.

The Millerites saw Rome as the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy, and they saw the distinction between paganism and papalism, but could not see papal Rome as the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. Shortly after 1844, the pioneers saw that the United States was the next kingdom of Bible prophecy.

Wafuasi wa Miller waliona Roma kuwa ufalme wa nne wa unabii wa Biblia, na walitambua tofauti kati ya upagani na upapa, lakini hawakuweza kuona Roma ya Kipapa kama ufalme wa tano wa unabii wa Biblia. Muda mfupi baada ya 1844, waasisi waliona kwamba Marekani ilikuwa ufalme ufuatao wa unabii wa Biblia.

That recognition is represented upon the 1850 pioneer chart, but their ability to recognize the full illustration of the kingdoms of Bible prophecy, as represented in Revelation chapter seventeen, was beyond their ability to comprehend, for they began to wander in the wilderness of Laodicea after their rejection of the “seven times” in 1863.

Utambuzi huo umeonyeshwa kwenye chati ya waanzilishi ya 1850, lakini uwezo wao wa kutambua mchoro kamili wa falme za unabii wa Biblia, kama zinavyowakilishwa katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba, ulikuwa zaidi ya uwezo wao wa kuelewa, kwa kuwa walianza kutangatanga katika jangwa la Laodikia baada ya kukataa kwao "nyakati saba" mwaka 1863.

> “The history of ancient Israel is a striking illustration of the past experience of the Adventist body. God led His people in the advent movement, even as He led the children of Israel from Egypt. In the great disappointment their faith was tested as was that of the Hebrews at the Red Sea. Had they still trusted to the guiding hand that had been with them in their past experience, they would have seen the salvation of God. If all who had labored unitedly in the work in 1844, had received the third angel’s message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts. A flood of light would have been shed upon the world. Years ago the inhabitants of the earth would have been warned, the closing work completed, and Christ would have come for the redemption of His people.

> Historia ya Israeli ya kale ni mfano wa kuvutia wa uzoefu wa zamani wa jumuiya ya Waadventista. Mungu aliwaongoza watu Wake katika harakati ya Adventi, kama vile alivyowaongoza wana wa Israeli kutoka Misri. Katika huzuni kuu, imani yao ilijaribiwa kama ile ya Waebrania kwenye Bahari Nyekundu. Kama bado wangeliamini mkono wa uongozi uliokuwa pamoja nao katika uzoefu wao uliopita, wangeliona wokovu wa Mungu. Iwapo wote waliokuwa wamefanya kazi kwa umoja katika kazi ya mwaka 1844 wangeupokea ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu na kuutangaza kwa nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu, Bwana angalitenda kwa nguvu sana pamoja na juhudi zao. Mwangaza mwingi ungemiminikwa juu ya dunia. Miaka iliyopita wakazi wa dunia wangekuwa wameonywa, kazi ya kufunga ingekuwa imekamilishwa, na Kristo angekuwa amekuja kwa ajili ya ukombozi wa watu Wake.

> “It was not the will of God that Israel should wander forty years in the wilderness; He desired to lead them directly to the land of Canaan and establish them there, a holy, happy people. But ‘they could not enter in because of unbelief.’ Hebrews 3:19. Because of their backsliding and apostasy they perished in the desert, and others were raised up to enter the Promised Land. In like manner, it was not the will of God that the coming of Christ should be so long delayed and His people should remain so many years in this world of sin and sorrow. But unbelief separated them from God. As they refused to do the work which He had appointed them, others were raised up to proclaim the message. In mercy to the world, Jesus delays His coming, that sinners may have an opportunity to hear the warning and find in Him a shelter before the wrath of God shall be poured out.” The Great Controversy, 458.

> Haikuwa mapenzi ya Mungu kwamba Waisraeli watange miaka arobaini jangwani; alitamani kuwaongoza moja kwa moja hadi nchi ya Kanaani na kuwaweka huko, watu watakatifu na wenye furaha. Lakini “hawakuweza kuingia kwa sababu ya kutokuamini.” Waebrania 3:19. Kwa sababu ya kurudi nyuma kwao na uasi wao waliangamia jangwani, na wengine wakainuliwa ili waingie Nchi ya Ahadi. Vivyo hivyo, haikuwa mapenzi ya Mungu kwamba kuja kwa Kristo kucheleweshwe kwa muda mrefu hivyo na watu Wake wabaki miaka mingi katika dunia hii ya dhambi na huzuni. Lakini kutokuamini kuliwatenga na Mungu. Walipokataa kufanya kazi aliyowaagiza wafanye, wengine wakainuliwa ili watangaze ujumbe. Kwa rehema kwa ulimwengu, Yesu anachelewesha kuja Kwake, ili wenye dhambi wapate nafasi ya kusikia onyo na wapate ndani Yake kimbilio kabla ya ghadhabu ya Mungu kumiminwa. Pambano Kuu, 458.

James and Ellen White both identified that the movement had transitioned into the movement of Laodicea in 1856, and in the previous passage she identifies that “if all who had labored unitedly in the work in 1844, had received the third angel’s message and proclaimed it in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with their efforts.” Then she says, “In like manner,” the “backsliding and apostasy” that ancient Israel manifested, caused ancient Israel to “perish in the desert.” The passage is identifying that Laodicean Adventism began to wander in the wilderness in the time period when those who had proclaimed the message of the Midnight Cry were still alive.

James na Ellen White wote walitambua kwamba harakati hiyo ilikuwa imebadilika na kuwa harakati ya Laodikia mnamo 1856, na katika kifungu kilichotangulia anabainisha kwamba “kama wote waliokuwa wamefanya kazi kwa umoja katika kazi mwaka 1844 wangelipokea ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu na kuutangaza kwa nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu, Bwana angelitenda kwa uweza mkuu kupitia juhudi zao.” Kisha anasema, “Vivyo hivyo,” “kurudi nyuma na uasi” ambao Israeli ya kale ilidhihirisha kuliifanya Israeli ya kale “iangamie jangwani.” Kifungu hicho kinabainisha kwamba Uadventista wa Laodikia ulianza kuzurura jangwani katika kipindi ambacho wale waliokuwa wametangaza ujumbe wa Kilio cha Usiku wa Manane bado walikuwa hai.

Today the theologians (the learned) identify various applications for Revelation chapter seventeen, that are either derived from the methodology of futurism that was invented by the Jesuits, or the corrupted theological practices of apostate Protestantism. The symbols of Revelation seventeen, are very simple. We have identified the necessary symbols, so we will return to the kingdoms represented there and align them with the kingdoms of Daniel chapter two, for Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing, with the beginning of a thing.

Leo wanateolojia (wasomi) hutambua matumizi mbalimbali ya Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba, ambayo yanatokana ama na mbinu ya ufuturismu iliyobuniwa na Wajesuiti, au desturi za kitheolojia zilizopotoka za Uprotestanti uliokengeuka. Alama za Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba ni rahisi sana. Tumezitambua alama muhimu, kwa hiyo tutarejea kwenye falme zinazowakilishwa humo na kuziwianisha na falme za Danieli sura ya pili, kwa kuwa Yesu daima huonyesha mwisho wa jambo kwa mwanzo wake.

> And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:10–12.

> Na kuna wafalme saba; watano wameanguka, na mmoja yupo, na mwingine hajaja bado; na atakapokuja, imempasa kukaa muda mfupi. Na yule mnyama aliyekuwako, wala hayupo, yeye ndiye wa nane, naye ni wa wale saba, naye aelekea kuangamia. Na zile pembe kumi ulizoziona ni wafalme kumi, ambao hawajapokea ufalme bado; lakini watapokea mamlaka kama wafalme muda wa saa moja pamoja na yule mnyama. Ufunuo 17:10-12.

In verse three, John was spiritually conveyed to 1798. At that vantage point in history, he was told that there were five kingdoms that had already fallen. Those kingdoms were Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, pagan Rome and papal Rome. William Miller could not unravel this passage in chapter seventeen, for he could not recognize that papal Rome was a distinct kingdom from pagan Rome. Yet the sequence is addressed in chapters twelve and thirteen of Revelation, for the dragon in chapter twelve represented pagan Rome, the beast that came from the sea in chapter thirteen was the papacy and the earth beast is the United States. Sister White identifies all three of these beasts as the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. In providing her testimony she identifies the sequence of the kingdoms, and the sequence agrees with the application we are making of Revelation seventeen.

Katika mstari wa tatu, Yohana alipelekwa kiroho hadi mwaka 1798. Kutoka katika mtazamo huo wa kihistoria, aliambiwa kwamba kulikuwa na falme tano ambazo tayari zilikuwa zimeanguka. Falme hizo zilikuwa Babeli, Umedi na Uajemi, Ugiriki, Roma ya kipagani na Roma ya kipapa. William Miller hakuweza kufumbua kifungu hiki katika sura ya kumi na saba, kwa kuwa hakuweza kutambua kwamba Roma ya kipapa ilikuwa ufalme tofauti na Roma ya kipagani. Hata hivyo mpangilio huo unashughulikiwa katika sura ya kumi na mbili na kumi na tatu za Ufunuo, kwa kuwa joka katika sura ya kumi na mbili liliwakilisha Roma ya kipagani, mnyama aliyepanda kutoka baharini katika sura ya kumi na tatu alikuwa upapa, na mnyama wa nchi ni Marekani. Dada White anawatambua hawa wanyama watatu wote kama joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo. Kwa kutoa ushuhuda wake anatambua mlolongo wa falme, na mlolongo huo unakubaliana na ufafanuzi tunaoutoa kwa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba.

> “Under the symbols of a great red dragon, a leopard-like beast, and a beast with lamblike horns, the earthly governments which would especially engage in trampling upon God’s law and persecuting His people, were presented to John. The war is carried on till the close of time. The people of God, symbolized by a holy woman and her children, were represented as greatly in the minority. In the last days only a remnant still existed. Of these John speaks as they ‘which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.’

> Chini ya alama za joka kubwa jekundu, mnyama afananaye na chui, na mnyama mwenye pembe kama za mwanakondoo, serikali za duniani ambazo zingejihusisha hasa na kukanyaga sheria ya Mungu na kuwatesa watu Wake, zilionyeshwa kwa Yohana. Vita inaendelea hadi mwisho wa wakati. Watu wa Mungu, waliowakilishwa kwa mfano wa mwanamke mtakatifu na watoto wake, walionyeshwa kuwa wako wachache sana. Katika siku za mwisho, waliosalia tu ndio waliokuwapo. Kuhusu hawa, Yohana anasema kuwa ni wale ‘wanaoshika amri za Mungu, na walio na ushuhuda wa Yesu Kristo.’

> “Through paganism, and then through the Papacy, Satan exerted his power for many centuries in an effort to blot from the earth God’s faithful witnesses. Pagans and papists were actuated by the same dragon spirit. They differed only in that the Papacy, making a pretense of serving God, was the more dangerous and cruel foe. Through the agency of Romanism, Satan took the world captive. The professed church of God was swept into the ranks of this delusion, and for more than a thousand years the people of God suffered under the dragon’s ire. And 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, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns.

> Kupitia upagani, na kisha kupitia Upapa, Shetani alitumia uwezo wake kwa karne nyingi katika jitihada za kufuta duniani mashahidi wa Mungu waaminifu. Wapagani na wafuasi wa Upapa walichochewa na roho ile ile ya joka. Walitofautiana tu kwa kuwa Upapa, kwa kujifanya kumtumikia Mungu, ulikuwa adui hatari zaidi na mkatili zaidi. Kwa njia ya Ukatoliki wa Kirumi, Shetani aliuteka ulimwengu. Kanisa linalodai kuwa la Mungu liliingizwa katika safu za udanganyifu huu, na kwa zaidi ya miaka elfu moja watu wa Mungu waliteseka chini ya ghadhabu ya yule joka. Na Upapa, ulipopokonywa nguvu zake na kulazimishwa kuacha utesaji, Yohana akaona nguvu mpya ikijitokeza ili kuiiga sauti ya yule joka na kuendeleza kazi ile ile ya ukatili na ya kukufuru. Nguvu hii, ya mwisho itakayopiga vita dhidi ya kanisa na sheria ya Mungu, ilifananishwa na mnyama mwenye pembe kama za mwana-kondoo.

> “But the stern tracing of the prophetic pencil reveals a change in this peaceful scene. The beast with lamblike horns speaks with the voice of a dragon, and ‘exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.’ Prophecy declares that he will say to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast, and that “he 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.” Thus Protestantism follows in the steps of the Papacy.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

> Lakini mchoro mkali wa kalamu ya kinabii unafunua mabadiliko katika mandhari hii ya amani. Yule mnyama mwenye pembe kama za mwanakondoo ananena kwa sauti ya joka, naye 'hutekeleza mamlaka zote za yule mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake.' Unabii unatangaza kwamba atawaambia wakaao juu ya nchi watengeneze sanamu ya yule mnyama, na kwamba "anawafanya wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa, matajiri kwa 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, isipokuwa yule aliye na ile chapa, au jina la yule mnyama, au hesabu ya jina lake." Hivyo Uprotestanti hufuata nyayo za Upapa. Signs of the Times, Novemba 1, 1899.

In the first paragraph of the last passage, Sister White identifies pagan Rome, papal Rome and the United States as “earthly governments.” In the second paragraph she identifies that the governments were sequential when she says, “through paganism, and then through the Papacy,” and “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.” She does not stop there though, for in the third paragraph she identifies that the United States was to force another kingdom upon the entire world. She says, “The beast with lamblike horns speaks with the voice of a dragon, and ‘exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.’ Prophecy declares that he will say to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast.”

Katika aya ya kwanza ya kifungu cha mwisho, Dada White anatambua Roma ya kipagani, Roma ya kipapa na Marekani kama "serikali za kidunia." Katika aya ya pili anaonyesha kwamba serikali hizo zilifuatana kwa mfululizo anaposema, "kupitia upagani, na kisha kupitia Upapa," na "wakati Upapa, ukiwa umeporwa nguvu zake, ulilazimishwa kuacha mateso, Yohana akaona nguvu mpya ikijitokeza kuiga sauti ya joka, na kuendeleza kazi ile ile ya ukatili na ya kukufuru." Hakuishia hapo, kwa kuwa katika aya ya tatu anatambua kwamba Marekani ilikuwa italazimisha ufalme mwingine juu ya ulimwengu mzima. Anasema, "Mnyama mwenye pembe kama mwanakondoo hunena kwa sauti ya joka, na 'hutekeleza uwezo wote wa yule mnyama wa kwanza aliye mbele yake.' Unabii unatangaza kwamba atawaambia wakaao juu ya nchi watengeneze sanamu ya yule mnyama."

Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, identify pagan Rome, papal Rome, the United States and the world image of the beast, that is set up by the United States. The definition of the “image of the beast” is the combination of Church and State, and for the entire world to set up an image of the beast, by definition it identifies that in the last days, a one-world government will be forced upon the entire earth. The kingdom will consist of a State and a Church, with the Church ruling over the relationship. Revelation chapters twelve and thirteen, identify four sequential kingdoms, and those same kingdoms are represented in chapter seventeen, and also in Daniel chapter two.

Sura za kumi na mbili na kumi na tatu za Ufunuo zinabainisha Roma ya kipagani, Roma ya kipapa, Marekani, na sanamu ya mnyama ya ulimwengu mzima, inayosimamishwa na Marekani. Ufafanuzi wa “sanamu ya mnyama” ni muunganiko wa Kanisa na Serikali, na dunia nzima inaposimamisha sanamu ya mnyama, kwa ufafanuzi, jambo hilo linaonyesha kwamba katika siku za mwisho, serikali moja ya dunia italazimishwa juu ya dunia yote. Ufalme huo utajumuisha Serikali na Kanisa, huku Kanisa likitawala muunganiko huo. Sura za kumi na mbili na kumi na tatu za Ufunuo zinabainisha falme nne zinazofuatana, na falme hizo hizo zinawakilishwa katika sura ya kumi na saba, na pia katika Danieli sura ya pili.

In 1798, John saw the first five kingdoms of Bible prophecy had already fallen, and that in 1798, one kingdom then existed. The kingdom of Bible prophecy that began in 1798, was the earth beast of Revelation thirteen, that began as a lamb, but ends up speaking as a dragon. The United States is the two-horned sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy, that follows the fifth kingdom of spiritual Babylon that had received a deadly wound. The fifth kingdom was spiritual Babylon, who had been typified by the first kingdom of literal Babylon. The sixth kingdom with two horns had been typified by the two arms of silver.

Mnamo 1798, Yohana aliona kwamba falme tano za kwanza za unabii wa Biblia tayari zilikuwa zimeanguka, na kwamba mnamo 1798, ufalme mmoja ulikuwepo. Ufalme wa unabii wa Biblia ulioanza mnamo 1798 ulikuwa mnyama wa nchi wa Ufunuo kumi na tatu, aliyeanza kama mwana-kondoo, lakini hatimaye hunena kama joka. Marekani ni ufalme wa sita wenye pembe mbili wa unabii wa Biblia, unaofuata ufalme wa tano wa Babeli ya kiroho uliokuwa umepokea jeraha la mauti. Ufalme wa tano ulikuwa Babeli ya kiroho, uliokuwa umefananishwa na ufalme wa kwanza wa Babeli ya kihalisi. Ufalme wa sita wenye pembe mbili ulikuwa umefananishwa na mikono miwili ya fedha.

In 1798, there was to be a kingdom that was yet in the future, for in 1798, “the other is not yet come.” When that seventh kingdom came into history, it would only “continue a short space.” The fifth kingdom received a deadly wound, the sixth kingdom had two horns and the seventh kingdom only continues for a brief period of time. The context of the passage identified that the seventh kingdom is represented by the “ten kings”, for when the “ten kings” become a kingdom, they only rule for “one hour,” and one “hour” is a short “space.” When the “ten kings” do reign, they rule together for the “one hour” with the beast.

Mnamo 1798, ufalme mmoja ulikuwa bado wa wakati ujao, kwa maana mnamo 1798, "yule mwingine bado hajafika." Ufalme huo wa saba ulipoingia katika historia, ungeendelea kwa "nafasi fupi" tu. Ufalme wa tano ulipokea jeraha la mauti, ufalme wa sita ulikuwa na pembe mbili na ufalme wa saba unaendelea tu kwa kipindi kifupi cha muda. Muktadha wa kifungu hicho ulitambua kwamba ufalme wa saba unawakilishwa na "wafalme kumi", kwa kuwa "wafalme kumi" wanapokuwa ufalme, hutawala tu kwa "saa moja," na "saa" moja ni "nafasi" fupi. "Wafalme kumi" wanapotawala, hutawala pamoja kwa ile "saa moja" pamoja na mnyama.

> And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:12.

> Na zile pembe kumi ulizoziona ni wafalme kumi, ambao hawajapokea ufalme bado; bali wanapokea mamlaka kama wafalme kwa muda wa saa moja pamoja na yule mnyama. Ufunuo 17:12.

The “ten horns” are the seventh kingdom, but they rule together with the beast for “one hour”. The “one hour” is the period of the Sunday law crisis that begins at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. They agree to rule with the beast, for they are forced to do so by the primary king, which is the United States. Sister White in the passage we just cited, identifies that the last power to persecute God’s people is the earth beast.

"Pembe kumi" ni ufalme wa saba, lakini wanatawala pamoja na mnyama kwa "saa moja". "Saa moja" ni kipindi cha mgogoro wa sheria ya Jumapili kinachoanza na sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani. Wanakubaliana kutawala pamoja na mnyama, kwa kuwa wanalazimishwa kufanya hivyo na mfalme mkuu, ambaye ni Marekani. Dada White, katika kifungu tulichonukuu hivi punde, anabainisha kwamba nguvu ya mwisho ya kutesa watu wa Mungu ni mnyama wa nchi.

> “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, was symbolized by a beast with lamblike horns.” Signs of the Times, November 1, 1899.

> "Yohana aliona nguvu mpya ikichomoza kuiga sauti ya joka, na kuendeleza kazi ile ile ya ukatili na kukufuru. Nguvu hii, ya mwisho itakayopiga vita dhidi ya kanisa na sheria ya Mungu, iliwakilishwa na mnyama mwenye pembe kama za mwanakondoo." Signs of the Times, Novemba 1, 1899.

The last kingdom of Bible prophecy is brought about through the deception accomplished by the United States, as the False Prophet. The kingdom began as a lamb in 1798, but in the last days it forces the world to accept the worldwide image of the beast, which is by definition the combination of a Church and a State with the Church in control of the relationship. That kingdom is also identified as a three-fold union.

Ufalme wa mwisho wa unabii wa Biblia unaletwa kupitia udanganyifu unaotekelezwa na Marekani, kama Nabii wa Uongo. Ufalme huo ulianza kama mwanakondoo mwaka 1798, lakini katika siku za mwisho unailazimisha dunia kukubali sanamu ya kimataifa ya mnyama, ambayo, kwa ufafanuzi, ni muunganiko wa Kanisa na Serikali, huku Kanisa likidhibiti uhusiano huo. Ufalme huo pia unatambuliwa kama muungano wa pande tatu.

> “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.

The threefold union is the union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, which in Revelation sixteen go forth to the kings of the earth and lead the world to Armageddon.

Muungano wa mara tatu ni muungano wa joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo, ambao katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na sita wanatoka kwenda kwa wafalme wa dunia na kuongoza ulimwengu hadi Harmagedoni.

> And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Revelation 16:13, 14.

> Na nikaona roho tatu najisi walio kama vyura wakitoka kinywani mwa yule joka, na kinywani mwa yule mnyama, na kinywani mwa yule nabii wa uongo. Kwa maana hao ni roho za mashetani, watendao miujiza, watokao kwenda kwa wafalme wa dunia na wa ulimwengu wote, ili kuwakusanya kwa ajili ya vita ya siku ile kuu ya Mungu Mwenyezi. Ufunuo 16:13, 14.

The “Roman power” is the papacy, the beast and the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy that received a deadly wound. The “Protestants” represent the United States, the false prophet, the sixth and final kingdom of Bible prophecy. “Spiritualism” is the United Nations, the dragon and the kingdom that agrees to rule for one hour with the beast. The threefold union is accomplished during the “one hour” that is the “hour” of the “great earthquake” in Revelation eleven, which is the soon-coming Sunday law.

"Mamlaka ya Kirumi" ni Upapa, mnyama, na ufalme wa tano wa unabii wa Biblia uliopata jeraha la mauti. "Waprotestanti" wanawakilisha Marekani, nabii wa uongo, na ufalme wa sita na wa mwisho wa unabii wa Biblia. "Uspiritizimu" ni Umoja wa Mataifa, yule joka, na ufalme unaokubali kutawala kwa saa moja pamoja na mnyama. Muungano wa pande tatu unakamilishwa wakati wa "saa moja" ambayo ndiyo "saa" ya "tetemeko kuu la nchi" katika Ufunuo kumi na moja, ambayo ndiyo sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> "Kwa amri inayolazimisha utekelezwaji wa taasisi ya Upapa, kinyume na sheria ya Mungu, taifa letu litajitenga kikamilifu na uadilifu. Wakati Uprotestanti utakaponyosha mkono wake kuvuka pengo kushika mkono wa mamlaka ya Kirumi, na utakapovuka shimo kuu kushikana mikono na Uspiritizimu, wakati, chini ya ushawishi wa muungano huu wa mara tatu, nchi yetu itakapoikana kila kanuni ya Katiba yake kama serikali ya Kiprotestanti na ya kijamhuri, na itakapoweka utaratibu wa kueneza uongo na udanganyifu wa kipapa, ndipo tutajua kwamba wakati umefika wa utendaji wa ajabu wa Shetani na kwamba mwisho umekaribia." Ushuhuda, juzuu ya 5, 451.

In Daniel chapter two, Babylon, the first kingdom of Bible prophecy represented by the head of gold, typifies spiritual Babylon, the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The twofold kingdom of the Medes and Persians, the shoulders and arms of silver, the second kingdom of Bible prophecy in Daniel two, represents the two-horned earth beast, the United States, the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The brass of the image of Daniel two, representing Greece, the third kingdom of Bible prophecy, represents the United Nations, the seventh head that continues for “one hour”, and that agrees to accept a position in the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet.

Katika Danieli sura ya pili, Babeli, ufalme wa kwanza katika unabii wa Biblia unaowakilishwa na kichwa cha dhahabu, unaashiria Babeli ya kiroho, ufalme wa tano katika unabii wa Biblia. Ufalme wa pande mbili wa Wamedi na Waajemi, mabega na mikono ya fedha, ufalme wa pili katika unabii wa Biblia katika Danieli sura ya pili, unawakilisha mnyama wa nchi mwenye pembe mbili, Marekani, ufalme wa sita katika unabii wa Biblia. Shaba ya sanamu katika Danieli sura ya pili, inayowakilisha Ugiriki, ufalme wa tatu katika unabii wa Biblia, inawakilisha Umoja wa Mataifa, kichwa cha saba kinachodumu kwa "saa moja", na ambacho kinakubali kuchukua nafasi katika muungano wa mara tatu wa joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo.

The iron kingdom of Daniel chapter two, the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy, represents the eighth kingdom, that is of the seven. Literal pagan Rome, the fourth kingdom, represents modern Rome, which is a kingdom that is structured with the combination of Church and State, with the Church ruling over the relationship. That kingdom is threefold in nature, for the premier king of the “ten kings” is the sixth kingdom which is the earth beast. The sixth kingdom is Ahab, who was married to Jezebel. The sixth kingdom when represented in its threefold union is modern Rome, that was preceded by the fifth kingdom that was papal Rome, which was preceded by the fourth kingdom of pagan Rome.

Ufalme wa chuma wa Danieli sura ya pili, ambao ni ufalme wa nne katika unabii wa Biblia, unawakilisha ufalme wa nane, uliotokana na wale saba. Roma ya kipagani halisi, yaani ufalme wa nne, inawakilisha Roma ya kisasa, ambayo ni ufalme uliojengwa kwa muunganiko wa Kanisa na Dola, huku Kanisa likitawala uhusiano huo. Ufalme huo ni wa sehemu tatu kwa asili, kwa maana mfalme mkuu wa “wafalme kumi” ni ufalme wa sita, ambao ni mnyama wa nchi. Ufalme wa sita ni Ahabu, aliyekuwa ameoa Yezebeli. Ufalme wa sita unapowakilishwa katika muungano wake wa sehemu tatu ni Roma ya kisasa, iliyotanguliwa na ufalme wa tano, yaani Roma ya kipapa, nao ukatanguliwa na ufalme wa nne wa Roma ya kipagani.

The Millerites only saw Rome as the fourth and final kingdom. They recognized it was twofold in nature, but could see no other following earthly kingdom. The fourth kingdom was pagan Rome, which preceded papal Rome the fifth kingdom, that is followed by modern Rome the sixth kingdom. The sixth kingdom is the third of three Roman manifestations.

Wamileraiti waliiona Roma tu kama ufalme wa nne na wa mwisho. Walitambua kwamba ilikuwa na sura mbili, lakini hawakuona ufalme mwingine wa kidunia unaofuata. Ufalme wa nne ulikuwa Roma ya kipagani; hii ilitangulia Roma ya kipapa, ambayo ndiyo ufalme wa tano, na hiyo inafuatwa na Roma ya kisasa, ufalme wa sita. Ufalme wa sita ni wa tatu kati ya madhihirisho matatu ya Kirumi.

The threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet is both modern Rome and also Babylon the Great, whose deadly wound is healed. The United States, the United Nations and the whore of Tyre represent the eighth and final kingdom, but they are all three allies in the threefold union of the sixth kingdom, which is the last power “to wage war against the church and the law of God.”

Muungano wa mara tatu wa joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo ni Roma ya kisasa na pia Babeli Kuu, ambayo jeraha lake la mauti limeponywa. Marekani, Umoja wa Mataifa na kahaba wa Tiro wanawakilisha ufalme wa nane na wa mwisho, lakini wote watatu ni washirika katika muungano wa mara tatu wa ufalme wa sita, ambao ni nguvu ya mwisho "ya kupiga vita dhidi ya kanisa na sheria ya Mungu."

The United States is one-third of the sixth kingdom. The United Nations, as part of the threefold union, is also one-third of the sixth kingdom, and the papacy is also one-third of the sixth kingdom. At this level the number for the United States is SIX, and the number for the United Nations is SIX and the number of the papacy is SIX. The threefold union represents the number of a man, the “man of sin”, and his number is SIX-SIX-SIX.

Marekani ni theluthi moja ya ufalme wa sita. Umoja wa Mataifa, kama sehemu ya muungano wa mara tatu, pia ni theluthi moja ya ufalme wa sita, na Upapa pia ni theluthi moja ya ufalme wa sita. Katika kiwango hiki nambari ya Marekani ni SITA, na nambari ya Umoja wa Mataifa ni SITA na nambari ya Upapa ni SITA. Muungano wa mara tatu unawakilisha nambari ya mwanadamu, “mtu wa dhambi”, na nambari yake ni SITA-SITA-SITA.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18.

> Hapa ndipo penye hekima. Yeye aliye na akili, na ahesabu hesabu ya mnyama; maana ni hesabu ya mwanadamu; na hesabu yake ni mia sita sitini na sita. Ufunuo 13:18.

The sixth and final separate kingdom is the United States, but it deceives the world, for it is the False Prophet.

Ufalme wa sita na wa mwisho ulio tofauti ni Marekani, lakini unadanganya ulimwengu, kwa maana ni Nabii wa Uongo.

> And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. Revelation 13:12–14.

> Naye hutumia mamlaka yote ya yule mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake, na husababisha dunia na wakaaji wake kumwabudu yule mnyama wa kwanza, ambaye jeraha lake la mauti liliponywa. Naye anatenda maajabu makuu, hata anashusha moto kutoka mbinguni juu ya nchi mbele ya watu, naye anawadanganya wakaao juu ya nchi kwa njia ya zile ishara alizokuwa na uwezo wa kuzifanya mbele ya yule mnyama; akiwaambia wakaao juu ya nchi watengeneze sanamu ya yule mnyama, aliyejeruhiwa kwa upanga, naye akaishi. Ufunuo 13:12-14.

The “power of the first beast before him,” represents the power that was given to the papacy by the kings of Europe, beginning with Clovis in the year 496. The United States uses its military might, accompanied by its economic might to deceive and coerce the world. The United States forces the world to worship the papacy, through the enforcement of Sunday worship. The United States performs great wonders by making fire, (a symbol of a message) to come down out of heaven, that is to be accomplished by the Information Super-Highway, that represents the full development of brainwashing and propaganda, that is the modern manifestation of hypnosis. Because of the escalating crisis brought upon the earth by Islam, as they fulfill their role in angering the nations, the world is deceived to accept the worldwide system of the combination of Church and State that consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

“nguvu ya mnyama wa kwanza mbele yake,” inawakilisha mamlaka iliyotolewa kwa upapa na wafalme wa Ulaya, kuanzia na Clovis mnamo mwaka 496. Marekani hutumia nguvu zake za kijeshi, zikisindikizwa na nguvu zake za kiuchumi, kudanganya na kulazimisha ulimwengu. Marekani hulazimisha ulimwengu kuabudu upapa, kupitia kulazimisha ibada ya Jumapili. Marekani hutenda maajabu makuu kwa kufanya moto (ishara ya ujumbe) ushuke kutoka mbinguni, jambo litakalotimizwa kupitia Barabara Kuu ya Taarifa, inayowakilisha maendeleo kamili ya uoshaji wa ubongo na propaganda, ambayo ni udhihirisho wa kisasa wa hipnozi. Kwa sababu ya mgogoro unaozidi kuongezeka ulioletwa duniani na Uislamu, wanapotimiza jukumu lao la kuwakasirisha mataifa, ulimwengu unadanganywa kuukubali mfumo wa ulimwengu wa muunganiko wa Kanisa na Serikali unaojumuisha joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo.

When verse eighteen of Revelation thirteen says count the number of the beast, the number is the three powers that come together to make up the sixth and final kingdom. When that kingdom of 666, is put in place, it will be the fulfillment of the prophetic riddle that the eighth king is of the seven. That prophetic riddle is part of the truth that is unsealed when the Lion of the tribe of Judah, unseals the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

Wakati aya ya kumi na nane ya Ufunuo kumi na tatu inasema hesabuni hesabu ya mnyama, nambari hiyo ni nguvu tatu zinazokuja pamoja kuunda ufalme wa sita na wa mwisho. Wakati ufalme huo wa 666 utakapowekwa, utakuwa utimilifu wa kitendawili cha kinabii kwamba mfalme wa nane anatokana na wale saba. Kitendawili hicho cha kinabii ni sehemu ya ukweli unaofunuliwa wakati Simba wa kabila la Yuda anapofungua mihuri ya Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo.

For this reason the riddle of the final kingdom that is the threefold sixth kingdom, that is also spiritual Babylon that was forgotten for seventy symbolic years, and who is modern Rome, and who is also the worldwide image of the beast, who was typified by the first kingdom of Babylon, and the fourth kingdom of pagan Rome, is twice witnessed to by the identification that it is the “wise” that will understand this truth, for the enigma of 666, is premised upon those who have wisdom, as is the enigma of the eighth king being of the seven.

Kwa sababu hii, kitendawili cha ufalme wa mwisho, ambao ni ufalme wa sita wa sehemu tatu, ambao pia ni Babeli ya kiroho iliyosahauliwa kwa miaka sabini ya kiishara, na ambao ndio Roma ya kisasa, na ambao pia ni picha ya mnyama ya ulimwengu mzima, mnyama aliyewakilishwa kwa mfano na ufalme wa kwanza wa Babeli na ufalme wa nne wa Roma ya kipagani, kinashuhudiwa mara mbili na utambuzi kwamba ni "wenye hekima" watakaoelewa ukweli huu, kwa kuwa kitendawili cha 666 kinategemea wale walio na hekima, kama ilivyo kitendawili cha kwamba mfalme wa nane ni wa wale saba.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18.

> Hapa ndipo penye hekima. Yeye aliye na akili, na ahesabu hesabu ya mnyama; maana ni hesabu ya mwanadamu; na hesabu yake ni mia sita sitini na sita. Ufunuo 13:18.

> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Revelation 17:9.

> Na hapa kuna akili yenye hekima. Vichwa saba ni milima saba, juu ya ambayo mwanamke ameketi. Ufunuo 17:9.

The unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is understood by the “wise,” not by the wicked. Both references of wisdom in the book of Revelation are about those who have “understanding,” and what the “wise” understand is the “increase of knowledge”. The “increase of knowledge” that is the Revelation of Jesus Christ is the revelation that the eighth kingdom, which is the threefold kingdom of 666, is also represented in Daniel chapter two, for the jewels of Miller’s dream are to shine ten times brighter in the last days.

Kuondolewa kwa mihuri ya Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo kunaeleweka na "wenye hekima," si na waovu. Marejeo yote mawili ya hekima katika kitabu cha Ufunuo yanawahusu wale walio na "ufahamu," na kile ambacho "wenye hekima" wanafahamu ni "kuongezeka kwa maarifa". Hicho "kuongezeka kwa maarifa" ambacho ni Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo ndicho ufunuo kwamba ufalme wa nane, ambao ni ufalme wa sehemu tatu wa 666, pia umeonyeshwa katika Danieli sura ya pili, maana vito vya ndoto ya Miller vinapaswa kung'aa mara kumi zaidi katika siku za mwisho.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

> “In the Revelation are portrayed the deep things of God. The very name given to its inspired pages, ‘the Revelation,’ contradicts the statement that this is a sealed book. A revelation is something revealed. The Lord Himself revealed to His servant the mysteries contained in this book, and He designs that they shall be open to the study of all. Its truths are addressed to those living in the last days of this earth’s history, as well as to those living in the days of John. Some of the scenes depicted in this prophecy are in the past, some are now taking place; some bring to view the close of the great conflict between the powers of darkness and the Prince of heaven, and some reveal the triumphs and joys of the redeemed in the earth made new.

> Katika Ufunuo, mambo ya kina ya Mungu yameonyeshwa. Jina lenyewe lililopewa kurasa zake zilizoongozwa na Mungu, ‘Ufunuo,’ linapingana na kauli kwamba hiki ni kitabu kilichotiwa muhuri. Ufunuo ni kitu kilichofunuliwa. Bwana mwenyewe alimfunulia mtumishi wake siri zilizomo katika kitabu hiki, na anakusudia kwamba ziwe wazi kwa uchunguzi wa wote. Kweli zake zimeelekezwa kwa wale wanaoishi katika siku za mwisho za historia ya dunia hii, na pia kwa wale waliokuwa wakiishi katika siku za Yohana. Baadhi ya matukio yanayoonyeshwa katika unabii huu yako katika wakati uliopita, mengine yanatukia sasa; mengine yanaonyesha mwisho wa pambano kuu kati ya nguvu za giza na Mkuu wa mbinguni, na mengine yanafichua ushindi na furaha za waliokombolewa katika dunia iliyofanywa mpya.

> “Let none think, because they cannot explain the meaning of every symbol in the Revelation, that it is useless for them to search this book in an effort to know the meaning of the truth it contains. The One who revealed these mysteries to John will give to the diligent searcher for truth a foretaste of heavenly things. Those whose hearts are open to the reception of truth will be enabled to understand its teachings, and will be granted the blessing promised to those who ‘hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.’

> "Asifikiri mtu yeyote kwamba, kwa kuwa hawezi kufafanua maana ya kila alama katika Ufunuo, ni bure kwake kukichunguza kitabu hiki katika jitihada ya kujua maana ya ukweli uliomo. Yule aliyemfunulia Yohana siri hizi atampa mtafutaji wa ukweli mwenye bidii ladha ya mapema ya mambo ya mbinguni. Wale ambao mioyo yao iko wazi kupokea ukweli watawezeshwa kuelewa mafundisho yake, na watapewa baraka iliyoahidiwa kwa wale ‘wasikiao maneno ya unabii huu, na kuyashika yaliyoandikwa ndani yake.’"

> “In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book of Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation. The book that was sealed is not the Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days. The angel commanded, ‘But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.’ Daniel 12:4.” Acts of the Apostles, 584, 585.

> "Katika Kitabu cha Ufunuo vitabu vyote vya Biblia hukutana na kutamatika. Hapa ndipo ukamilisho wa kitabu cha Danieli. Kimoja ni unabii; kingine ni ufunuo. Kitabu kilichotiwa muhuri si Kitabu cha Ufunuo, bali ile sehemu ya unabii wa Danieli inayohusu siku za mwisho. Malaika akaamuru, ‘Lakini wewe, Ee Danieli, funga maneno, ukatie kitabu muhuri, hata wakati wa mwisho.’ Danieli 12:4." Matendo ya Mitume, 584, 585.

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