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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Four

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari Mia Moja Ishirini na Nne

Unveiling Daniel 11:40 – A Prophetic Examination of Historical Parallels and Future Events

Kufunua Danieli 11:40 - Uchunguzi wa kinabii wa mifanano ya kihistoria na matukio ya baadaye

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 8, 2024

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We are taking time to set forth the structure of Daniel chapter eleven, as we address verse forty. Verse forty is the parallel of verse fourteen of Daniel chapter eight, in the prophetic sense that the light, which Christ, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah unsealed in 1798, was based upon Daniel chapter eight verse fourteen, so too, the light which He unsealed in 1989 was based upon verse forty.

Tunachukua muda kuweka bayana muundo wa sura ya kumi na moja ya Danieli tunapoangazia aya ya arobaini. Aya ya arobaini inalingana na aya ya kumi na nne ya sura ya nane ya Danieli, katika maana ya kinabii kwamba nuru ambayo Kristo, kama Simba wa kabila la Yuda, aliifunua mwaka 1798, ilitegemea Danieli sura ya nane aya ya kumi na nne; vivyo hivyo, nuru aliyoifunua mwaka 1989 ilitegemea aya ya arobaini.

As we have pointed out, but not actually addressed in a previous article, when employing the latter rain methodology of “line upon line,” verse forty sets forth two distinct lines, for it contains the time of the end for both the movement of the first angel and the movement of the third angel.

Kama tulivyobainisha, lakini hatukuliangazia moja kwa moja katika makala iliyotangulia, tunapotumia mbinu ya 'mstari juu ya mstari' ya mvua ya mwisho, aya ya arobaini inaweka wazi mistari miwili tofauti, kwa kuwa inajumuisha wakati wa mwisho kwa harakati ya malaika wa kwanza na harakati ya malaika wa tatu.

When we bring together verse forty’s time of the end in 1798, and its time of the end in 1989, we find that Daniel chapter eight, verse fourteen, aligns with Daniel chapter eleven, verse forty, for they both represent the knowledge that is unsealed in the prophetic history of the three angels of Revelation fourteen. They are also connected by the fact that verse fourteen is the “mareh” vision of Christ’s sudden “appearance” to the temple, and verse forty is the “chazon” vision of the twenty five hundred and twenty years of prophetic history. One is a point in time, the other is a period of time.

Tunapounganisha wakati wa mwisho wa mstari wa arobaini mwaka 1798, na wakati wake wa mwisho mwaka 1989, tunagundua kwamba Danieli sura ya nane, mstari wa kumi na nne, unalingana na Danieli sura ya kumi na moja, mstari wa arobaini, kwa kuwa zote mbili zinawakilisha maarifa yaliyofunuliwa katika historia ya kinabii ya malaika watatu wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na nne. Pia zinaunganishwa na ukweli kwamba mstari wa kumi na nne ni maono ya "mareh" ya "kuonekana" kwa ghafla kwa Kristo hekaluni, na mstari wa arobaini ni maono ya "chazon" ya miaka elfu mbili mia tano ishirini ya historia ya kinabii. Moja ni wakati maalum, nyingine ni kipindi cha wakati.

One represents the restoration and cleansing of the temple, the other the destruction and trampling down of the temple. One represents the twenty-three hundred years, and the other the twenty-five hundred and twenty years. One is represented by the river Ulai, the other by the river Hiddekel. One represents humanity, the other represents divinity. Rightly understood, verse forty in connection with verse fourteen is amazingly profound. 1798 represents the work of divinity, and 1989 represents the rebellion of humanity.

Moja huwakilisha urejesho na utakaso wa hekalu, nyingine uharibifu na kukanyagwa kwa hekalu. Moja huwakilisha miaka elfu mbili mia tatu, na nyingine miaka elfu mbili mia tano na ishirini. Moja huwakilishwa na mto Ulai, nyingine na mto Hiddekel. Moja huwakilisha ubinadamu, nyingine huwakilisha uungu. Ikieleweka ipasavyo, aya ya arobaini ikihusishwa na aya ya kumi na nne ni ya kina kwa namna ya kushangaza. 1798 huwakilisha kazi ya uungu, na 1989 huwakilisha uasi wa ubinadamu.

We identified in the previous article that the description of the conquering of three obstacles by the king of the north is represented in a sequential fashion, but that the actual application of the events portrayed need to be carefully applied, for verses forty-two through and including verse forty-four, are actually aligned with verse forty-one, which is the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. It is there that the threefold union is accomplished, and there where the loud cry message of the “east” and “north” begins.

Tulibaini katika makala iliyotangulia kwamba maelezo ya jinsi mfalme wa kaskazini anavyoshinda vikwazo vitatu yanaonyeshwa kwa namna ya mfuatano, lakini matumizi ya matukio hayo katika hali halisi yanapaswa kufanywa kwa uangalifu, kwa maana mistari ya arobaini na mbili hadi na pamoja na arobaini na nne, kwa kweli inalingana na mstari wa arobaini na moja, ambao ni sheria ya Jumapili inayokaribia kuja nchini Marekani. Hapo ndipo muungano wa pande tatu unakamilishwa, na hapo ndipo ujumbe wa kilio kikuu wa "mashariki" na "kaskazini" unaanza.

In Daniel eleven, it has been recognized by Adventist students through the years that Daniel employs a specific technique in his illustrations of Rome. Uriah Smith takes note of it in the book Daniel and Revelation. Daniel first identifies how Rome takes control of the world, and then in the following verses he drops back to the beginning of the history identifying the political conquering, and identifies how Rome interacts with God’s people during that very same history. Then ultimately, he identifies how Rome comes to its end. The principal Daniel employs is called, “repeat and enlarge.”

Katika Danieli sura ya kumi na moja, imetambuliwa na wanafunzi Waadventista kwa miaka mingi kwamba Danieli hutumia mbinu mahususi katika maelezo yake kuhusu Roma. Uriah Smith analitaja jambo hilo katika kitabu Danieli na Ufunuo. Danieli kwanza anaeleza jinsi Roma inavyotwaa udhibiti wa ulimwengu, kisha katika mistari inayofuata anarudi hadi mwanzo wa historia akibainisha ushindi wa kisiasa, na kubainisha jinsi Roma inavyohusiana na watu wa Mungu katika historia hiyo hiyo. Kisha hatimaye anaeleza jinsi Roma inavyokuja kufikia mwisho wake. Kanuni anayoitumia Danieli huitwa, "rudia na panua."

This three-step technique is identified in verses forty to forty-five. Verses forty to forty-three, identify the three-step process of Modern Rome capturing planet earth, then in verse forty-four, Daniel drops back to verse forty-one, when the “tidings” that are then proclaimed by the ensign of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and when the papacy then goes forth with great fury to destroy and utterly make away many. Then in verses forty-five, and chapter twelve, verse one, the papacy comes to his end with none to help, between the seas and the glorious holy mountain, as human probation closes.

Mbinu hii ya hatua tatu inatambuliwa katika mistari ya arobaini hadi arobaini na tano. Mistari ya arobaini hadi arobaini na tatu inaainisha mchakato wa hatua tatu wa Roma ya kisasa kuiteka sayari ya dunia, kisha katika mstari wa arobaini na nne, Danieli anarudi nyuma hadi mstari wa arobaini na moja, wakati "habari" zinapotangazwa na bendera ya wale mia moja na arobaini na nne elfu, na wakati huo upapa hutoka kwa ghadhabu kuu ili kuwaangamiza na kuwatokomeza kabisa wengi. Kisha katika mstari wa arobaini na tano, na sura ya kumi na mbili, mstari wa kwanza, upapa unafikia mwisho wake bila yeyote wa kumsaidia, kati ya bahari na mlima mtakatifu mtukufu, wakati kipindi cha majaribio ya wanadamu kinapofungwa.

In verse thirty, of Daniel eleven, we find the beginning of a history that Sister White quotes word for word through to verse thirty-six, and then writes, “scenes similar to those described in these verses will take place.” Verse thirty and thirty-one identify the historical transition from pagan Rome to papal Rome as the fourth and fifth kingdoms of Bible prophecy, respectively. Verse thirty-one describes the history which represents how papal Rome was placed upon the throne of the earth in the year 538.

Katika aya ya thelathini ya Danieli 11, tunapata mwanzo wa historia ambayo Dada White ananukuu neno kwa neno hadi aya ya thelathini na sita, kisha anaandika, “matukio yanayofanana na yale yaliyoelezwa katika aya hizi yatatokea.” Aya ya thelathini na ya thelathini na moja zinabainisha mpito wa kihistoria kutoka Roma ya kipagani hadi Roma ya kipapa kama falme za nne na za tano katika unabii wa Biblia, mtawalia. Aya ya thelathini na moja inaelezea historia inayoonyesha jinsi Roma ya kipapa iliwekwa juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia mwaka 538.

In verse thirty-one, the first thing identified is when Clovis, king of the Franks (modern France), stood up for the papacy in the year 496. Clovis then converted from outright paganism to the hidden paganism of Catholicism (the religion of his wife Clotilda). He then dedicated his throne to lifting up the papacy to the throne of the earth. Clovis was represented by the “arms,” in the verse, for he dedicated his arm of military might and his arm of monetary might to the work he then undertook.

Katika mstari wa thelathini na moja, jambo la kwanza lililotambuliwa ni wakati Clovis, mfalme wa Wafranki (Ufaransa wa kisasa), alisimama kuutetea upapa mwaka 496. Kisha Clovis akageuka kutoka upagani wa wazi hadi upagani uliofichika wa Ukatoliki (dini ya mkewe Clotilda). Kisha akaweka wakfu kiti chake cha enzi ili kuuinua upapa hadi kwenye kiti cha enzi cha dunia. Clovis aliwakilishwa na “mikono” katika mstari huo, kwa kuwa aliutoa mkono wake wa nguvu za kijeshi na mkono wake wa nguvu za kifedha kwa kazi aliyoianzisha wakati huo.

Clovis’ initial work represented the work of all the kings of formerly pagan Europe who were destined to provide various supports for the whore of Rome as the history unfolded. Clovis, and thereafter France, was anointed by the Catholic church with the title of the first-born of the Catholic church, and also the eldest daughter of the Catholic church. He was the symbol of the first of many kings to commit fornication with the whore of Tyre.

Kazi ya awali ya Clovis iliwakilisha kazi ya wafalme wote wa Ulaya iliyokuwa hapo awali ya kipagani, ambao walikusudiwa kutoa uungaji mkono wa aina mbalimbali kwa kahaba wa Roma kadiri historia ilivyoendelea. Clovis, na baadaye Ufaransa, alipakwa mafuta na Kanisa Katoliki na kutunukiwa cheo cha mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Kanisa Katoliki, na pia binti mkubwa wa Kanisa Katoliki. Alikuwa ishara ya wa kwanza kati ya wafalme wengi kufanya uasherati na kahaba wa Tyre.

In this prophetic sense Clovis had been represented by Ahab, who also had committed fornication with Jezebel (symbol of the Catholic church in the book of Revelation), and who was also the premier king of ten tribes, as Clovis became the premier symbol of the ten horns (see Daniel chapter seven) of pagan Rome. Those kings of Europe would ultimately establish the whore of Babylon on the throne of the earth. In this sense Ahab, and Clovis both represent the United States, who commits fornication with the papacy in the last days.

Katika muktadha huu wa kinabii Clovis alikuwa amewakilishwa na Ahabu, ambaye pia alikuwa ametenda uzinzi na Yezebeli (ishara ya Kanisa la Kikatoliki katika Kitabu cha Ufunuo), na ambaye pia alikuwa mfalme mkuu wa makabila kumi, kama vile Clovis alivyokuwa ishara kuu ya pembe kumi (tazama Danieli sura ya saba) za Roma ya kipagani. Wafalme hao wa Ulaya hatimaye wangeweka kahaba wa Babeli juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia. Katika maana hii Ahabu na Clovis wote wawili wanaiwakilisha Marekani, ambayo inafanya uzinzi na upapa katika siku za mwisho.

Ronald Reagan began the fornication, and it will be the last president that forces the other nine kings of the United Nations to also commit the same act. Reagan was president at the time of the end in 1989, and he therefore must prophetically represent the last president in the history where the other nine kings accomplish the same act, for Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing. Reagan was a wealthy, well-known media personality, highly recognized for his own peculiar style of speaking, who initially was in the Democratic party, who eventually switched to the Republican party.

Ronald Reagan alianzisha tendo la zinaa, na atakayewalazimisha wafalme wengine tisa wa Umoja wa Mataifa pia kutenda tendo hilo atakuwa rais wa mwisho. Reagan alikuwa rais wakati wa mwisho mnamo 1989, na kwa hiyo lazima kinabii awakilishe rais wa mwisho katika historia ambamo wale wafalme wengine tisa wanatenda tendo hilo hilo, kwa kuwa Yesu daima huonyesha mwisho wa jambo kwa mwanzo wa jambo. Reagan alikuwa mtu tajiri, mashuhuri wa vyombo vya habari, aliyekuwa akitambulika sana kwa mtindo wake wa kipekee wa kuzungumza, ambaye awali alikuwa katika chama cha Democratic, na hatimaye akahamia chama cha Republican.

In verse thirty-one, the arms that stood for the papacy would pollute the sanctuary of strength. Prophetically the sanctuary of strength for both pagan Rome and papal Rome was the City of Rome. This is based upon the fact that both Rome’s ruled for a specific period of time from the City of Rome, and when they ruled from the City of Rome, they were essentially invincible.

Katika mstari wa thelathini na moja, majeshi yaliyowakilisha upapa yangetia unajisi mahali patakatifu pa nguvu. Kinabii, mahali patakatifu pa nguvu kwa Roma ya kipagani na kwa Roma ya kipapa lilikuwa Mji wa Roma. Hii inategemea ukweli kwamba Roma ya kipagani na Roma ya kipapa zote zilitawala kwa kipindi maalum kutoka Mji wa Roma, na zilipotawala kutoka Mji wa Roma, kimsingi zilikuwa hazishindiki.

Pagan Rome began its three hundred and sixty year rule at the Battle of Actium, in the year 31 BC. Daniel chapter eleven, verse twenty-four identifies that they would forecast their devices from their stronghold, which was the City of Rome, for a “time.” A prophetic “time,” is three hundred and sixty years, and three hundred and sixty years after the Battle of Actium, where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated, Constantine moved out of the City of Rome to the City of Constantinople and the period of pagan Rome’s invincibility was over.

Roma ya kipagani ilianza utawala wake wa miaka mia tatu sitini katika Vita vya Actium, mwaka 31 KK. Danieli sura ya kumi na moja, aya ya ishirini na nne, inaonyesha kwamba wangetabiri mipango yao kutoka ngome yao, ambayo ilikuwa Jiji la Roma, kwa "muda". "Muda" wa kinabii ni miaka mia tatu sitini, na miaka mia tatu sitini baada ya Vita vya Actium, ambako Antony na Cleopatra walishindwa, Konstantino alihama kutoka Jiji la Roma kwenda Jiji la Konstantinopoli, na kipindi cha kutoshindika kwa Roma ya kipagani kikaisha.

When the third geographical obstacle for papal Rome (the Goths), were driven out of the City of Rome in the year 538, papal Rome’s twelve hundred and sixty year rule of supremacy began and continued until 1798, when the pope was removed from the City of Rome, thus delivering the prophetic deadly wound to the papal beast, and in the next year, 1799, that pope (the woman who had ridden the beast) died in captivity.

Wagothi, waliokuwa kizuizi cha tatu cha kijiografia kwa Roma ya kipapa, walipofukuzwa kutoka Mji wa Roma mwaka 538, utawala wa miaka elfu moja mia mbili na sitini wa ukuu wa Roma ya kipapa ulianza na ukaendelea hadi 1798, wakati papa alipoondolewa kutoka Mji wa Roma, hivyo kutoa jeraha la mauti la kinabii kwa mnyama wa kipapa, na katika mwaka uliofuata, 1799, papa huyo (yule mwanamke aliyekuwa amempanda mnyama) alikufa akiwa kifungoni.

The arms (Clovis) which stood for the papacy were to pollute the sanctuary of strength, and Constantine began that work by philosophically identifying the city as a lesser city than Constantinople, and from that point on, the warfare of that history that was carried out by the enemies of Rome was always focused upon attacking the City of Rome, and by the year 476, there was never again an actual Roman descendant that ruled in the city, until the year 538, when the city became the sanctuary of strength for papal Rome.

Majeshi (Clovis) yaliyosimama kwa niaba ya upapa yalikuwa yatanajisi mahali patakatifu pa nguvu, na Konstantino alianza kazi hiyo kwa kuutambua kifalsafa mji huo kama mji wa hadhi ya chini kuliko Konstantinopoli, na kuanzia hapo, vita vya historia hiyo vilivyofanywa na maadui wa Roma vilikuwa daima vikilenga kuushambulia Jiji la Roma, na kufikia mwaka 476, hakukuwa tena mzawa halisi wa Kirumi aliyekuwa akitawala katika jiji hilo, hadi mwaka 538, wakati jiji hilo lilipokuwa mahali patakatifu pa nguvu kwa Roma ya kipapa.

Ahab, Clovis, and France typify the United States, and the United States’ sanctuary of strength is the Constitution of the United States. That document is a divine document, and it is a waymark of prophetic history. Since Ronald Reagan stood up for the papacy in the history leading up to 1989, the Constitution has been under a constant escalating attack, as was the sanctuary of strength in the demise and fall of pagan Rome. When the soon coming Sunday law in the United States is enforced, the Constitution will be fully overthrown. From the time of Reagan until that Sunday law, the history from the year 330 to 538 is repeated. In the year 538, the papacy was placed upon the throne, thus typifying the healing of its deadly wound at that Sunday law.

Ahabu, Klovisi na Ufaransa ni vielelezo vya Marekani, na mahali patakatifu pa nguvu pa Marekani ni Katiba ya Marekani. Hati hiyo ni ya kimungu, na ni alama ya njia ya historia ya kinabii. Tangu Ronald Reagan aliposimama kuutetea upapa katika historia iliyoelekea mwaka 1989, Katiba imekuwa chini ya mashambulizi ya kudumu yanayozidi kuongezeka, kama ilivyokuwa kwa mahali patakatifu pa nguvu wakati wa kudidimia na kuanguka kwa Roma ya kipagani. Wakati sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani itakapotekelezwa, Katiba itapinduliwa kabisa. Kuanzia wakati wa Reagan hadi sheria hiyo ya Jumapili, historia ya kuanzia mwaka 330 hadi 538 inarudiwa. Mwaka 538, upapa uliwekwa juu ya kiti cha enzi, hivyo ukifananisha uponyaji wa jeraha lake la mauti wakati wa sheria hiyo ya Jumapili.

The period from Ronald Reagan to the Sunday law is a prophetic period that is specifically identified by God’s prophetic Word. The “arms,” represented by Clovis were also to take away “the daily,” from the formerly pagan kingdom of the Roman Empire. The religion of the empire had been pagan from the very outset, and Clovis began the work of replacing the religion of open paganism with the religion of Catholicism, which is simply cloaked paganism.

Kipindi kuanzia Ronald Reagan hadi sheria ya Jumapili ni kipindi cha kinabii ambacho kimetambuliwa mahsusi na Neno la kinabii la Mungu. “Mikono,” iliyowakilishwa na Clovis, pia ilipaswa kuondoa “ile ya kila siku” kutoka kwa ufalme wa Dola ya Kirumi uliokuwa hapo awali wa kipagani. Dini ya dola ilikuwa ya kipagani tangu mwanzo kabisa, na Clovis akaanza kazi ya kuiweka dini ya Ukatoliki badala ya dini ya upagani wa wazi, ambayo ni upagani tu uliovikwa pazia.

The United States fully removes the religion of Protestantism when it enforces the mark of papal authority at the soon coming Sunday law, for the only definition of the word “Protestant,” is to protest Rome. If you accept the mark of Rome’s authority, you are not protesting Rome. In Amos chapter three, verse three, Amos asks the rhetorical question: “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”

Marekani huiondoa kabisa dini ya Uprotestanti inapolazimisha alama ya mamlaka ya kipapa katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, kwa kuwa maana pekee ya neno "Mprotestanti" ni kupinga Roma. Ukikubali alama ya mamlaka ya Roma, hauipingi Roma. Katika kitabu cha Amos sura ya tatu, aya ya tatu, Amos anauliza swali la balagha: "Je, wawili waweza kutembea pamoja, wasipopatana?"

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the Papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> Katika harakati zinazoendelea sasa nchini Marekani za kuzipatia taasisi na desturi za kanisa uungwaji mkono wa serikali, Waprotestanti wanafuata nyayo za Wakatoliki. Tena, zaidi ya hayo, wanafungulia mlango Upapa kuupata tena katika Amerika ya Kiprotestanti ule ukuu alioupoteza katika Dunia ya Kale. Pambano Kuu, 573.

When the religion of paganism was taken away as the official religion of the realm in the year 508, it typified that the restraint, represented by Paul in Second Thessalonians chapter two had been taken away in advance of the revealing of the man of sin at the soon coming Sunday law in the United States. The subjection of the openly pagan religion, transitioning to the hidden pagan religion of Catholicism did not happen instantly, and it is marked in history as beginning with Clovis’ conversion to Catholicism in the year 496, and fully accomplished by the year 508.

Wakati dini ya upagani ilipoondolewa kama dini rasmi ya ufalme mwaka 508, hilo liliashiria kwamba kizuizi, kilichowakilishwa na Paulo katika Wathesalonike wa Pili sura ya pili, kilikuwa kimeondolewa kabla ya kufunuliwa kwa mtu wa dhambi wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni nchini Marekani. Kutiishwa kwa dini ya kipagani iliyo wazi, ikihamia katika dini ya kipagani iliyofichwa ya Ukatoliki, hakukutokea mara moja, na imeandikwa katika historia kuwa kulianza na uongofu wa Clovis kuingia katika Ukatoliki mwaka 496, na kukamilishwa kikamilifu kufikia mwaka 508.

Thus, from the Reagan years, beginning in 1989, until the soon coming Sunday law, genuine Protestantism will be fully restrained in the United States. At that time the Constitution, the “sanctuary of strength” for the United States, will be overturned, and the fourth work of the “arms” of verse thirty-one will be accomplished, as the “arms” then place the papacy upon the throne of the earth, as was the case in the year 538.

Hivyo, kuanzia enzi za Reagan, zinazoanza mwaka 1989, hadi sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, Uprotestanti wa kweli utazuiliwa kabisa nchini Marekani. Wakati huo Katiba, “mahali patakatifu pa nguvu” kwa Marekani, itapinduliwa, na kazi ya nne ya “mikono” ya mstari wa thelathini na moja itatimizwa, wakati “mikono” hiyo itakapouweka upapa juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia, kama ilivyokuwa katika mwaka wa 538.

Once the papacy took the throne in the year 538, the narrative in Daniel switches from describing how the papacy captured the world, to the subject of how the papacy persecuted God’s people in that history. In verse fourteen, of chapter ten of Daniel, Gabriel had informed Daniel that the purpose of the vision he was about to present was to demonstrate “what would befall God’s people in the latter days.”

Mara tu upapa ulipopanda kiti cha enzi mwaka 538, simulizi katika Danieli hubadilika kutoka kueleza jinsi upapa ulivyouteka ulimwengu, hadi mada ya jinsi upapa ulivyowatesa watu wa Mungu katika historia hiyo. Katika aya ya kumi na nne ya sura ya kumi ya Danieli, Gabrieli alimjulisha Danieli kwamba kusudi la maono aliyokuwa karibu kuyawasilisha lilikuwa kuonyesha yatakayowapata watu wa Mungu siku za mwisho.

> Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. Daniel 10:14.

> Sasa nimekuja kukufahamisha yale yatakayowapata watu wako katika siku za mwisho; kwa maana maono hayo bado ni ya siku nyingi. Danieli 10:14.

Verse thirty-two through to verse thirty-six are the verses that Sister White directly say will be repeated, and those verses describe the persecution of the twelve hundred and sixty year rule of the papacy from the time it was placed on the throne in the year 538, until it received its deadly wound in 1798.

Aya ya thelathini na mbili hadi aya ya thelathini na sita ndizo aya ambazo Dada White anasema moja kwa moja kuwa zitarudiwa, na aya hizo zinaelezea mateso katika kipindi cha utawala wa miaka elfu moja mia mbili na sitini wa Upapa, tangu ulipowekwa kwenye kiti cha enzi mwaka 538, hadi ulipopata jeraha la mauti mwaka 1798.

> And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Daniel 11:32–36.

> Na wale wafanyao uovu kinyume cha agano atawapotosha kwa mbembelezo; bali watu wamjuao Mungu wao watakuwa hodari, na watatenda mambo makuu. Na wenye ufahamu miongoni mwa watu watafundisha wengi; lakini wataanguka kwa upanga, na kwa mwali wa moto, kwa utumwa, na kwa uporaji, siku nyingi. Nao watakapoanguka, watasaidiwa kwa msaada mdogo; lakini wengi watajishikamanisha nao kwa mbembelezo. Na baadhi ya wenye ufahamu wataanguka, ili kuwajaribu, na kuwatakasa, na kuwafanya weupe, hata wakati wa mwisho; kwa kuwa bado ni kwa wakati ulioamriwa. Naye mfalme atatenda kama apendavyo; naye atajitukuza na kujikuza juu ya kila mungu, naye atanena mambo ya ajabu dhidi ya Mungu wa miungu, naye atafanikiwa hata ghadhabu itakapotimia; kwa kuwa yaliyoamuliwa lazima yatendeke. Danieli 11:32-36.

The verses describe the persecution of the Dark Ages, and verse thirty-six then identifies that the papacy would prosper until God’s first indignation against the northern kingdom of Israel was accomplished in 1798. Daniel first identified how the papacy was placed upon the throne of the earth, then how the papacy interacted with God’s people, and then the final fall of the papacy. Verse forty through forty-three of Daniel eleven, identifies how the papacy takes control of the world, then verse forty-four identifies how she persecutes God’s latter-day people, and then verse forty-five identifies how she comes to her final end, with none to help.

Aya hizo zinaelezea mateso ya Zama za Giza, na aya ya thelathini na sita kisha inabainisha kwamba upapa ungefanikiwa hadi ghadhabu ya kwanza ya Mungu dhidi ya ufalme wa kaskazini wa Israeli ilipotimia mwaka 1798. Danieli alibainisha kwanza jinsi upapa uliwekwa juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia, kisha jinsi upapa ulivyohusiana na watu wa Mungu, na kisha anguko la mwisho la upapa. Aya ya arobaini hadi arobaini na tatu ya Danieli kumi na moja inaonyesha jinsi upapa unavyotwaa udhibiti wa dunia, kisha aya ya arobaini na nne inaonyesha jinsi unavyowatesa watu wa Mungu wa siku za mwisho, na kisha aya ya arobaini na tano inaonyesha jinsi unavyofikia mwisho wake wa mwisho, bila yeyote wa kumsaidia.

The Hebrew word “truth,” was created by the Wonderful Linguist by bringing the first, thirteenth and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet together to create the word “truth.” Thirteen is a symbol of rebellion, and the first represents the last.

Neno la Kiebrania “ukweli” liliundwa na Mwanaisimu wa Ajabu kwa kuleta pamoja herufi ya kwanza, ya kumi na tatu, na ya mwisho katika alfabeti ya Kiebrania ili kuunda neno “ukweli.” Kumi na tatu ni ishara ya uasi, na ya kwanza inawakilisha ya mwisho.

Verse thirty-one describes the end of pagan Rome as the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy, and verse thirty-six identified the end of papal Rome as the fifth kingdom of Bible prophecy. Between the first description of the fall of Rome and the last description of the fall of Rome is the rebellion, represented by the papacy murdering millions of God’s people in the history between the beginning and ending. The application of these verses bears the signature of “truth.”

Aya ya thelathini na moja inaelezea mwisho wa Roma ya kipagani kama ufalme wa nne wa unabii wa Biblia, na aya ya thelathini na sita ilitambua mwisho wa Roma ya kipapa kama ufalme wa tano wa unabii wa Biblia. Kati ya maelezo ya kwanza ya anguko la Roma na maelezo ya mwisho ya anguko la Roma kuna uasi, unaowakilishwa na upapa ulioua mamilioni ya watu wa Mungu katika historia kati ya mwanzo na mwisho. Matumizi ya aya hizi yanabeba saini ya "kweli."

Verse forty to forty-five, which is illustrated by verses thirty to thirty-six, begins with the fall of the papacy, and it ends with the fall of the papacy. In the middle of the history beginning in 1798, through the close of probation is the rebellion of Modern Rome, once again murdering God’s people. The application of these verses also bear the signature of “truth,” and they align with one another to provide two witnesses which establish the “truth,” and both lines are describing Rome, which is the symbol that will “establish the vision”.

Aya ya arobaini hadi arobaini na tano, iliyofafanuliwa na aya za thelathini hadi thelathini na sita, inaanza na anguko la upapa, na inaishia na anguko la upapa. Katikati ya historia inayoanza mwaka 1798 hadi kufungwa kwa mlango wa rehema, kunapatikana uasi wa Roma ya Kisasa, ambao kwa mara nyingine unaua watu wa Mungu. Matumizi ya aya hizi pia hubeba alama ya "kweli," na yanaafikiana ili kutoa mashahidi wawili wanaoithibitisha "kweli," na mistari yote miwili inaelezea Roma, ambayo ni ishara itakayothibitisha "maono".

> And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. Daniel 11:14.

> Na katika nyakati zile wengi watainuka dhidi ya mfalme wa kusini; pia wanyang’anyi wa watu wako watajikuza ili kutimiza maono; lakini wataanguka. Danieli 11:14.

The prophetic phenomenon that Daniel employs in chapter eleven, is used more than in just verses thirty to thirty-six, and then in forty to forty-five. Verses fourteen through nineteen, identify how pagan Rome took control of the world, then verses twenty to twenty-four identify how pagan Rome dealt with God’s people, and from verse twenty-four to verse thirty the fall of pagan Rome is set forth.

Mbinu ya kinabii anayoitumia Danieli katika sura ya kumi na moja, inatumika si tu katika mistari ya thelathini hadi thelathini na sita, na kisha arobaini hadi arobaini na tano. Mistari ya kumi na nne hadi kumi na tisa inaonyesha jinsi Roma ya kipagani ilivyotwaa udhibiti wa ulimwengu, kisha mistari ya ishirini hadi ishirini na nne inaonyesha jinsi Roma ya kipagani ilivyowatendea watu wa Mungu, na kuanzia mstari wa ishirini na nne hadi mstari wa thelathini anguko la Roma ya kipagani linawekwa wazi.

Verse fourteen is the beginning of pagan Rome and verse thirty is the end of pagan Rome. In the history represented in the middle, pagan Rome is identified as crucifying Christ, thus the rebellion of the middle identifies these verses as “truth.” Alpha and Omega placed His signature all the way through chapter eleven, of the book of Daniel.

Mstari wa kumi na nne ni mwanzo wa Roma ya kipagani, na mstari wa thelathini ni mwisho wa Roma ya kipagani. Katika historia iliyowakilishwa katikati, Roma ya kipagani inatambulishwa kuwa ndiyo iliyomsulubisha Kristo; hivyo uasi wa katikati unathibitisha kwamba mistari hii ni "kweli." Alfa na Omega aliweka sahihi Yake kote katika sura ya kumi na moja ya kitabu cha Danieli.

Verse forty contains the history which begins in the Ronald Reagan years, and which identifies the alliance made between the President of the United States and the man of sin. It marks a specific period that concludes with the papacy being placed upon the throne of the earth, as it had been in the year 538. It is not a coincidence that Clovis, king of the Franks, which is modern day France, is the symbol of the United States. Clovis typified Reagan. Reagan was a symbol of Protestantism, as was Clovis a symbol of paganism.

Aya ya arobaini ina historia inayoanza katika miaka ya utawala wa Ronald Reagan, na inayoainisha muungano ulioundwa kati ya Rais wa Marekani na mtu wa dhambi. Inaashiria kipindi maalum kinachohitimia kwa upapa kuwekwa juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia, kama ilivyokuwa mwaka 538. Si kwa bahati tu kwamba Clovis, mfalme wa Wafaranki, ambao leo ni Ufaransa ya kisasa, ni ishara ya Marekani. Clovis alikuwa kielelezo cha Reagan. Reagan alikuwa ishara ya Uprotestanti, kama vile Clovis alikuwa ishara ya upagani.

The battle in which Clovis, King of the Franks, converted to Catholicism was the Battle of Tolbiac (also known as the Battle of Zülpich or the Battle of Cologne). This battle took place in the year 496. Clovis was a pagan at the time, but during the battle, when it seemed that his forces were in danger of defeat, he prayed to the Christian God of his Catholic wife for help and made a vow that if he emerged victorious, he would convert to Christianity. Clovis did win the battle, and as a result, he and a significant portion of his Frankish warriors converted to Catholicism, marking a significant event in the Christianization of the Franks.

Vita ambavyo Clovis, Mfalme wa Wafranki, alibadili dini na kuwa Mkatholiki vilikuwa Vita vya Tolbiac (vinavyojulikana pia kama Vita vya Zülpich au Vita vya Cologne). Vita hivyo vilifanyika mwaka 496. Wakati huo Clovis alikuwa mpagani, lakini wakati wa mapigano, ilipoonekana kwamba majeshi yake yalikuwa hatarini kushindwa, alimuomba Mungu wa Kikristo wa mke wake Mkatholiki msaada na akaapa kwamba akishinda angegeukia Ukristo. Clovis kweli alishinda vita hivyo, na kutokana na hilo, yeye pamoja na sehemu kubwa ya wapiganaji wake Wafranki walibadili dini na kuwa Wakatoliki, jambo ambalo lilikuwa tukio muhimu katika mchakato wa kuwaingiza Wafranki katika Ukristo.

Ronald Reagan, a professed Protestant, identified that his motivation for forming a secret alliance with the pope of Rome, was that he was convicted that the Soviet Union was the antichrist of Bible prophecy. In Reagan’s battle against the former Soviet Union, without recognizing his confusion about who the antichrist is, he joined with the antichrist.

Ronald Reagan, aliyejitangaza kuwa Mprotestanti, alibainisha kuwa msukumo wake wa kuunda muungano wa siri na Papa wa Roma ulikuwa kwamba alikuwa amesadiki kuwa Umoja wa Kisovieti ulikuwa mpinga Kristo wa unabii wa Biblia. Katika mapambano ya Reagan dhidi ya Umoja wa Kisovieti wa zamani, bila kutambua mkanganyiko wake kuhusu mpinga Kristo ni nani, aliungana na mpinga Kristo.

> “Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist.” Kress Collection, 105.

> "Wale wanaochanganyikiwa katika uelewa wao wa neno, ambao wanashindwa kuona maana ya mpinga Kristo, bila shaka watajiweka upande wa mpinga Kristo." Kress Collection, 105.

The United States is a twofold prophetic symbol, as represented by the two horns of the earth beast. France is also a twofold prophetic symbol, as represented by Sodom and Egypt in Revelation chapter eleven. France is the firstborn child of the papacy, and Reagan, representing the United States was the first of the ten kings of Revelation chapter seventeen in the last days to commit fornication with the whore of Tyre, who had been forgotten since 1798. She was forgotten at the time of the end in 1798, but begins to be remembered at the time of the end in 1989.

Marekani ni ishara ya kinabii ya namna mbili, kama inavyowakilishwa na pembe mbili za mnyama wa nchi. Ufaransa pia ni ishara ya kinabii ya namna mbili, kama inavyowakilishwa na Sodoma na Misri katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na moja. Ufaransa ni mzaliwa wa kwanza wa upapa, na Reagan, akiwakilisha Marekani, alikuwa wa kwanza miongoni mwa wale wafalme kumi wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba katika siku za mwisho kufanya uzinzi na kahaba wa Tiro, ambaye alikuwa amesahauliwa tangu mwaka 1798. Kahaba huyo alikuwa amesahauliwa wakati wa mwisho mwaka 1798, lakini anaanza kukumbukwa wakati wa mwisho mwaka 1989.

Clovis, the leader of France, marked the beginning of a period of time which led to the papacy being placed upon the throne in 538, where the papacy then passed a Sunday law at the Council of Orleans. Reagan, leader of the United States marked the beginning of a period of time which is leading to the papacy once again being placed upon the throne of the earth at the soon coming Sunday law.

Clovis, kiongozi wa Ufaransa, aliashiria mwanzo wa kipindi kilichopelekea upapa kuwekwa juu ya kiti cha enzi mwaka 538, ambako upapa kisha ulipitisha sheria ya Jumapili katika Mtaguso wa Orleans. Reagan, kiongozi wa Marekani, aliashiria mwanzo wa kipindi ambacho kinaelekea kusababisha upapa kuwekwa tena juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni.

France is the twofold power that placed the papacy in 538, and France, through Napoleon’s General Berthier, took the papacy off the throne in 1798. The United States places the papacy on the throne in the last days, and as the premier king of the ten kings, the United States will ultimately “make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.”

Ufaransa ni nguvu maradufu iliyoweka upapa madarakani mwaka 538, na Ufaransa, kupitia Jenerali Berthier wa Napoleoni, iliuondoa upapa kwenye kiti cha enzi mwaka 1798. Marekani itaweka upapa kwenye kiti cha enzi katika siku za mwisho, na kama mfalme mkuu wa wale wafalme kumi, Marekani hatimaye “itamfanya awe ukiwa na uchi, na itakula nyama yake, na kumchoma kwa moto.”

Verse forty contains the history of verse thirty-one, and identifies that the work of placing the papacy back upon the throne of the earth is represented by the period of time beginning with Ronald Reagan, and ending with the final president of the United States. That final president will have been typified by Reagan, for Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning.

Aya ya arobaini ina historia ya aya ya thelathini na moja, na inabainisha kwamba kazi ya kuurudisha upapa juu ya kiti cha enzi cha dunia inawakilishwa na kipindi kinachoanza na Ronald Reagan na kuishia kwa rais wa mwisho wa Marekani. Rais huyo wa mwisho atakuwa amefananishwa na Reagan, kwa kuwa Yesu daima huonyesha mwisho kwa mwanzo.

In the first verses in Daniel eleven, that prophetic history is set forth (verse two), we find the history that preceded the history of the kingdom of Greece. Greece is a symbol of the United Nations, and the one-world government of the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. Verse three in Daniel eleven, introduces Alexander the Great, and verse two, represents the history that precedes the one-world government in the last days.

Katika aya za kwanza za Danieli kumi na moja, ambamo historia hiyo ya kinabii imewekwa wazi (aya ya pili), tunapata historia iliyotangulia historia ya ufalme wa Uyunani. Uyunani ni ishara ya Umoja wa Mataifa, na serikali ya dunia moja ya wafalme kumi ya Ufunuo kumi na saba. Aya ya tatu katika Danieli kumi na moja inamtambulisha Aleksanda Mkuu, na aya ya pili inawakilisha historia inayotangulia serikali ya dunia moja katika siku za mwisho.

In verse one, Gabriel simply identifies that he had strengthened Darius at the beginning of the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, but Gabriel had come to Daniel in chapter ten, when Cyrus the Persian, not Darius the Mede was then ruling. After clearly tying the kingdom together as a prophetic twofold kingdom of the Medes and Persians (as is France and the United States), Gabriel then introduces the history that precedes the worldwide kingdom of Alexander the Great.

Katika mstari wa kwanza, Gabrieli anaeleza tu kwamba alimtia nguvu Dario hapo mwanzo wa ufalme wa Wamedi na Waajemi, lakini Gabrieli alikuwa amemjia Danieli katika sura ya kumi, wakati ambapo Koreshi Muaajemi, si Dario Mmedi, ndiye aliyekuwa anatawala. Baada ya kuliunganisha waziwazi ufalme huo kama ufalme wa kinabii wa pande mbili wa Wamedi na Waajemi (kama ilivyo kwa Ufaransa na Marekani), Gabrieli kisha anatambulisha historia inayotangulia ufalme wa ulimwengu wa Aleksanda Mkuu.

> And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. Daniel 11:2.

> Na sasa nitakuonyesha ukweli. Tazama, bado watainuka wafalme watatu katika Uajemi; na wa nne atakuwa tajiri sana kuliko wao wote; naye kwa nguvu zake na utajiri wake atawachochea wote dhidi ya ufalme wa Uyunani. Danieli 11:2.

Alpha and Omega always illustrates the end of a thing, with the beginning of a thing, and verse two speaks to the history that precedes the enforcement of the one-world government, as represented by Alexander the Great’s kingdom of Greece. Verse two, is a line of prophecy concerning the United States, which, as the two-horned power of the last days as typified by the twofold power of the Medes and Persians, and by France. The verse identifies kings that would typify presidents of the United States in the last days, who would stand up in advance of the threefold one-world government of the dragon, the beast and false prophet. Clovis paralleled Reagan as the first president in the beginning of the history that leads to placing antichrist back on the throne.

Alfa na Omega siku zote huonyesha mwisho wa jambo, pamoja na mwanzo wa jambo, na aya ya pili inazungumzia historia inayotangulia utekelezaji wa serikali moja ya ulimwengu, kama inavyowakilishwa na ufalme wa Ugiriki wa Aleksanda Mkuu. Aya ya pili ni mstari wa unabii kuhusu Marekani, ambayo, kama nguvu yenye pembe mbili za siku za mwisho, imeakisiwa na nguvu maradufu ya Wamedi na Waajemi, na pia na Ufaransa. Aya hiyo inawatambua wafalme ambao wangewaakisi marais wa Marekani katika siku za mwisho, ambao wangesimama kabla ya serikali moja ya ulimwengu ya mara tatu ya joka, mnyama na nabii wa uongo. Clovis alifanana na Reagan kama rais wa kwanza katika mwanzo wa historia inayopelekea kumweka Mpinga-Kristo tena kwenye kiti cha enzi.

From the time of Cyrus, in Daniel eleven, there would be three presidents followed by a fourth, who was far richer than they all were. Darius was the first king of the Medo-Persian Empire, and Cyrus, who was ruling when Daniel received the history from Gabriel was the second king. Four kings would follow Cyrus, so the fourth of the following kings would be the sixth king.

Katika Danieli kumi na moja, kuanzia wakati wa Koreshi, kungekuwapo marais watatu, wakafuatiwa na wa nne, ambaye alikuwa tajiri sana kuliko wao wote. Dario alikuwa mfalme wa kwanza wa Dola ya Umedi na Uajemi, na Koreshi, aliyekuwa akitawala wakati Danieli alipokea historia kutoka kwa Gabrieli, alikuwa mfalme wa pili. Wafalme wanne wangefuata Koreshi, hivyo mfalme wa nne kati ya waliomfuata angekuwa mfalme wa sita.

The sixth king would be the richest king, and the rich president (king) would stir up all against the realm of Greece. The presidents since Reagan, were Bush the first, Clinton, Bush the second, Obama; so the sixth, and richest, king would be Trump. That king (president) would “stir up” the realm of Greece (globalists). The definition of the Hebrew phrase “stir up,” is quite informative.

Mfalme wa sita angekuwa mfalme tajiri zaidi, na rais tajiri (mfalme) angechochea wote dhidi ya himaya ya Ugiriki. Marais tangu Reagan walikuwa Bush wa kwanza, Clinton, Bush wa pili, Obama; hivyo mfalme wa sita, na tajiri zaidi, angekuwa Trump. Mfalme huyo (rais) ange "stir up" himaya ya Ugiriki (wafuasi wa utandawazi). Ufafanuzi wa kauli ya Kiebrania "stir up," ni wa kuelimisha sana.

The Hebrew word translated as “stir up,” in the verse, is a primitive root meaning “to awaken”, or “wake up”. In the history typified by the fourth ruler after Cyrus, a president far richer than any other president would be raised up and through his strength and power an “awakening” would be brought about against Greece. Greece being a symbol of globalism, progressivism and “woke-ism,” would be brought into the spotlight of the history of the sixth, richest president. He would awaken the entire realm of planet earth to the controversy of progressive “woke-ism” and global domination.

Neno la Kiebrania lililotafsiriwa kama "stir up" katika mstari huo ni mzizi wa kimsingi lenye maana ya "kuamsha" au "kuamka". Katika historia inayoakisiwa na mtawala wa nne baada ya Cyrus, rais tajiri sana kuliko rais yeyote mwingine angeinuliwa, na kwa nguvu na uwezo wake "mwamko" ungeletwa dhidi ya Ugiriki. Ugiriki, ikiwa ishara ya utandawazi, msimamo wa kimaendeleo na "woke-ism," ingeangaziwa katika historia ya rais wa sita, tajiri zaidi. Angeuamsha ulimwengu mzima kuhusu utata wa "woke-ism" ya kimaendeleo na utawala wa dunia.

The awakening to the movement of progressive “woke-ism,” that is brought about in the presidency of the richest president, occurs with the Republican horn, at the very time that the awakening of the ten virgins occurs in the Protestant horn.

Uamsho kuelekea harakati ya “woke-ism” ya kimaendeleo, unaosababishwa katika kipindi cha urais wa rais tajiri zaidi, hutokea sambamba na pembe ya Republican, kwa wakati huohuo ambapo uamsho wa wanawali kumi hutokea katika pembe ya Kiprotestanti.

We will continue our study of Daniel eleven verse forty in the next article.

Tutaendelea na uchunguzi wetu wa Danieli kumi na moja aya ya arobaini katika makala ijayo.

> “Notwithstanding the widespread declension of faith and piety, there are true followers of Christ in these churches. Before the final visitation of God’s judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time to prepare a people for the Lord’s second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit. In those churches which he can bring under his deceptive power he will make it appear that God’s special blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest. Multitudes will exult that God is working marvelously for them, when the work is that of another spirit. Under a religious guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the Christian world.” The Great Controversy, 464.

> Licha ya kudhoofika kwa imani na uchaji kulikoenea sana, bado wapo wafuasi wa kweli wa Kristo katika makanisa haya. Kabla ya hukumu za mwisho za Mungu kumjia dunia, kutakuwa miongoni mwa watu wa Bwana uvuvio wa uchaji wa kale ambao haujashuhudiwa tangu nyakati za mitume. Roho na nguvu za Mungu zitamiminwa juu ya watoto Wake. Wakati huo wengi watajitenga na yale makanisa ambayo ndani yake upendo wa ulimwengu huu umechukua nafasi ya upendo kwa Mungu na neno Lake. Wengi, wawe wahudumu au waumini, watapokea kwa furaha zile kweli kuu ambazo Mungu amesababisha zitangazwe wakati huu ili kuandaa watu kwa kuja kwa pili kwa Bwana. Adui wa roho anatamani kuzuia kazi hii; na kabla wakati wa harakati ya namna hiyo kufika, atajaribu kuizuia kwa kuanzisha mwamko bandia. Katika yale makanisa ambayo anaweza kuyaweka chini ya nguvu zake za udanganyifu atafanya ionekane kana kwamba baraka maalum ya Mungu inamiminwa; kutadhihirika kile kinachodhaniwa kuwa hamasa kubwa ya kidini. Makutano wengi watashangilia kwamba Mungu anafanya kazi kwa ajabu kwa ajili yao, ilhali kazi hiyo ni ya roho nyingine. Chini ya kisingizio cha kidini, Shetani atatafuta kupanua ushawishi wake juu ya ulimwengu wa Kikristo. Mapambano Makuu, 464.

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