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

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Unveiling the Prophetic Significance of Abubakar in the First Woe of Revelation

Ylham kitabynyň Birinji “Hasratynda” Abubakaryň pygamberlik ähmiýetini açyp görkezmek

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 2, 2024

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In the prophetic history of the first Woe, the leader who followed Mohammed was Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa, father-in-law of Mohammed. We will refer to him as Abubakar. Both he and Mohammed are referenced in the first four verses. Abubakar was the first Islamic ruler after Mohammed, and history records a command that he gave to his soldiers, that is represented in verse four of Revelation chapter nine. The command represents the sealing process that began at the arrival of the third woe, which was also the Seventh Trumpet, which was also the arrival of the third angel.

Birinji Bela baradaky pygamberlik taryhynda, Muhammetden soň gelen ýolbaşçy Muhammediň gaýynatasy Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa bolupdyr. Biz oňa Abubakar diýip ýüzleneris. Ol hem, Muhammet hem ilkinji dört aýatda agzalýar. Abubakar Muhammetden soňky ilkinji yslam hökümdary bolupdyr, we taryh onuň esgerlerine beren bir buýrugyny ýazga geçirýär; bu buýruk Ylham kitabynyň dokuzynjy babyndaky dördünji aýatda şekillendirilendir. Bu buýruk üçünji belanyň gelişi bilen başlanan möhürleme işini aňladýar; şol üçünji bela ýedinji surnaý hem bolupdy, şol bir wagtda-da üçünji perişdäniň gelişi bolupdy.

> And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Revelation 9:1–4.

> Bäşinji perişde surnaý çaldy, men asmandan ýere gaçan bir ýyldyzy gördüm; oňa çäksiz çuňlugyň guýusynyň açary berildi. Ol çäksiz çuňlugyň guýusyny açdy; şonda guýudan uly pejiň tüssesi ýaly tüsse çykdy; guýynyň tüssesi sebäpli gün hem howa garaldy. Tüsseden ýere çekirtgeler çykdy; olara ýeriň içýanlarynyň güýji ýaly güýç berildi. Olara ýeriň otuna-da, hiç bir ýaşyl zada-da, hiç bir agaja-da zyýan ýetirmezlik, diňe maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhüri bolmadyk adamlara zyýan ýetirmek buýruldy. Ylham 9:1–4.

The “star” that fell from heaven was Mohammed, who began his ministry in the year 606. Mohammed was given a “key” that was to “open” the “bottomless pit” allowing “smoke” to darken the “sun and the air,” and brought forth “locusts” who were given “power” as the power of “scorpions.” The key was a military battle that produced weakness in the Roman’s military strength, thus allowing the rise of the warfare of Islam. The bottomless pit is a symbol of Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, and the smoke represented the false religion of Islam that was to spread across the earth and take possession of the same geography that would be swarmed by the swarms of locusts that sweep across northern Africa, southern Europe and Arabia. The locusts are a symbol of Islam, and power prophetically represents military power. Their power was to be as scorpions, which strike unexpectedly. Uriah Smith states:

Asmandan gaçan “ýyldyz” 606-njy ýylda öz hyzmatyna başlan Muhammetdi. Muhammede “düýpsüz çukury” “açmak” üçin bir “açar” berildi; şeýlelikde “tüsse” “güni we howany” garaldyp, “çybyn siňekleri” ýaly “çäkirtgeleri” çykardy, olara bolsa “içýanlaryň” güýji ýaly “güýç” berildi. Ol açar rimlileriň harby güýjünde ejizlik döreden bir harby söweş bolup, şeýlelikde yslamyň uruş hereketiniň ýüze çykmagyna ýol açdy. Düýpsüz çukur Yslamyň dörän ýeri bolan Arabystanyň nyşanydyr, tüsse bolsa ýer ýüzüne ýaýrap, Demirgazyk Afrikanyň, Günorta Ýewropanyň we Arabystanyň üstünden geçýän çäkirtge sürüleriniň basyp aljak şol bir geografik giňişligini eýelejek bolan yslamyň ýalan dinini aňladýardy. Çäkirtgeler yslamyň nyşanydyr, “güýç” bolsa pygamberlik dilinde harby güýji aňladýar. Olaryň güýji garaşylmadyk ýagdaýda çakýan içýanlaryň güýji ýaly bolmalydy. Uriýa Smit şeýle diýýär:

> “A star fell from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

> Asmandan ýere bir ýyldyz gaçdy; oňa düýpsüz çukuryň açary berildi.

> “While the Persian monarch contemplated the wonders of his art and power, he received an epistle from an obscure citizen of Mecca, inviting him to acknowledge Mohammed as the apostle of God. He rejected the invitation, and tore the epistle. ‘It is thus,’ exclaimed the Arabian prophet, ‘that God will tear the kingdom, and reject the supplication of Chosroes.’ Placed on the verge of these two empires of the East, Mohammed observed with secret joy the progress of mutual destruction; and in the midst of the Persian triumphs he ventured to foretell, that, before many years should elapse, victory would again return to the banners of the Romans. ‘At the time when this prediction is said to have been delivered, no prophecy could be more distant from its accomplishment since the first twelve years of Heraclius announced the approaching dissolution of the empire.’. ..

> Pars patyşasy öz sungatynyň we kuwwatynyň täsinlikleri hakynda oýlanyp oturan wagtynda, oňa Mekgäniň näbelli bir raýatyndan Muhammedi Allanyň ilçisi hökmünde ykrar etmäge çagyrýan bir hat gelip gowuşdy. Ol bu çakylygy ret etdi we haty ýyrtdy. «Ine, şeýlelik bilen,» diýip, arap pygamberi jar etdi, «Alla patyşalygy ýyrdar we Hosrowyň dilegini ret eder.» Gündogaryň şu iki imperiýasynyň araçäginde ýerleşen Muhammet olaryň birek-biregi ýok etmeginiň ösüşini gizlin şatlyk bilen synlady; pars ýeňişleriniň arasynda bolsa, köp ýyl geçmänkä, ýeňşiň ýene-de rimlileriň baýdaklaryna dolanjagyny öňünden aýtmaga het etdi. «Bu çaklamanyň aýdylan diýilýän döwründe, hiç bir pygamberlik onuň amala aşmagyndan has daşda bolup bilmezdi, çünki Gerakliýanyň ilkinji on iki ýyly imperiýanyň golaýlap gelýän dargamagyny habar berýärdi.»...

> “Chosroes subjugated the Roman possession [in] Asia and Africa. And ‘the Roman empire,’ at that period, ‘was reduced to the walls of Constantinople, with the remnant of Greece, Italy, and Africa, and some maritime cities, from Tyre to Trebizond, of the Asiatic coast. The experience of six years at length persuaded the Persian monarch to renounce the conquest of Constantinople, and to specify the annual tribute of the ransom of the Roman empire,—a thousand talents of gold, a thousand talents of silver, a thousand silk robes, a thousand horses, and a thousand virgins. Heraclius subscribed to these ignominious terms. But the time and space which he obtained to collect those treasures from the poverty of the East were industriously employed in the preparation of a bold and desperate attack.’

> “Hosrow Aziýadaky we Afrikadaky Rim eýeçiligini boýun egdirdi. Şol döwürde bolsa, ‘Rim imperiýasy’ ‘Konstantinopolyň diwarlaryna, Gresiýanyň, Italiýanyň we Afrikanyň galan bölegine, şeýle hem Aziýa kenaryndaky Tirden Trebizonda çenli käbir deňizýaka şäherlerine çenli gysgaldylypdy. Alty ýylyň tejribesi ahyrsoňy Pars hökümdaryny Konstantinopoly basyp almakdan ýüz döndermäge we Rim imperiýasyny halas etmegiň ýyllyk pajyny anyk kesgitlemäge ynandyrdy,—müň talant altyn, müň talant kümüş, müň ýüpek lybas, müň at we müň gyz. Gerakliý bu masgaraçylykly şertlere razy boldy. Emma onuň Gündogaryň garyplygyndan şol hazynalary ýygnamak üçin gazanan wagty we giňişligi batyrgaý hem umytsyz bir hüjümi taýýarlamakda yhlas bilen ulanyldy.”

> “The king of Persia despised the obscure Saracen, and derided the message of the pretended prophet of Mecca. Even the overthrow of the Roman empire would not have opened a door for Mohammedanism, or for the progress of the Saracenic armed propagators of an imposture, though the monarch of the Persians and chagan of the Avars (the successor of Attila) had divided between them the remains of the kingdoms of the Caesars. Chosroes himself fell. The Persian and Roman monarchies exhausted each other’s strength. And before a sword was put into the hands of the false prophet, it was smitten from the hands of those who would have checked his career and crushed his power.

> “Pars patyşasy nämälim sarasini ýigrenç bilen äsgermezlik etdi we Mekgäniň galp pygamberiniň habaryny ýaňsylap masgaralady. Hatda Rim imperiýasynyň agdarylmagy hem Muhammedçylyga, ýa-da aldawyň ýaragly ýaýradyjylary bolan sarasinleriň ösüşine ýol açmazdy, hatda parslar patyşasy bilen avarlaryň hagany (Attilanyň mirasdüşeri) Sezarlaryň şalyklarynyň galyndylaryny öz aralarynda paýlaşan bolsalar-da. Hosrowyň özi hem ýykyldy. Pars we Rim monarhiýalary biri-biriniň güýjüni egsitdi. Galp pygamberiň eline gylyç berilmezinden ozal bolsa, onuň ýoluny kesjek we güýjüni kül-owram etjek bolanlaryň elinden şol gylyç urulyp düşürildi.”

> “‘Since the days of Scipio and Hannibal, no bolder enterprise has been attempted than that which Heraclius achieved for the deliverance of the empire. He explored his perilous way through the Black Sea and the mountains of Armenia, penetrated into the heart of Persia, and recalled the armies of the great king to the defense of their bleeding country.’

> “‘Skipionyň we Gannibalyň günlerinden bäri, imperiýany halas etmek üçin Gerakliýiň amala aşyran işinden has batyrgaý bir kär hiç haçan synanyşylmandy. Ol Howply ýoluny Gara deňziň we Ermenistanyň daglarynyň içinden geçip öwrendi, Parsyň ýüregine çenli aralaşdy we beýik patyşanyň goşunlaryny gan içinde ýatan ýurduny goramaga gaýtaryp çagyrdy.’”

> “In the battle of Nineveh, which was fiercely fought from daybreak to the eleventh hour, twenty-eight standards, besides those which might be broken or torn, were taken from the Persians; the greatest part of their army was cut in pieces, and the victors, concealing their own loss, passed the night on the field. The cities and palaces of Assyria were opened for the first time to the Romans.’

> Ninewäniň söweşinde, daňdan on birinji sagada çenli gazaply alnyp barlan uruşda, döwlüp ýa-da ýyrtylyp bilinjeklerinden başga-da, parsylardan ýigrimi sekiz baýdak alnypdy; olaryň goşunynyň iň uly bölegi gyrylyp ýok edilipdi, ýeňijiler bolsa öz ýitgilerini gizläp, gijäni söweş meýdanynda geçiripdirler. Assiriýanyň şäherleri we köşkleri ilkinji gezek rimliler üçin açylypdy.

> “The Roman emperor was not strengthened by the conquests which he achieved; and a way was prepared at the same time, and by the same means, for the multitudes of Saracens from Arabia, like locusts from the same region, who, propagating in their course the dark and delusive Mohammedan creed, speedily overspread both the Persian and the Roman empire.

> Rim imperatory gazanan ýeňişleri arkaly güýçlenmedikdi; we şol bir wagtyň özünde, şol bir serişdeler arkaly, Arabystandan çykan sansyz-sajak Sarasenleriň öňünde-de ýol taýynlanypdy; olar şol sebitden çykan çekirtgeler ýaly bolup, öz ýörişleriniň ugrunda garaňky hem aldawçy Muhammetan ynanjyny ýaýradyp, tiz wagtda hem Pars, hem-de Rim imperiýasyny doly gurşap aldylar.

> “More complete illustration of this fact could not be desired than is supplied in the concluding words of the chapter from Gibbon, from which the preceding extracts are taken. ‘Although a victorious army had been formed under the standard of Heraclius, the unnatural effort seems to have exhausted rather than exercised their strength. While the emperor triumphed at Constantinople or Jerusalem, an obscure town on the confines of Syria was pillaged by the Saracens, and they cut in pieces some troops who advanced to its relief,—an ordinary and trifling occurrence, had it not been the prelude of a mighty revolution. These robbers were the apostles of Mohammed; their frantic valor had emerged from the desert; and in the last eight years of his reign, Heraclius lost to the Arabs the same provinces which he had rescued from the Persians.

> Bu hakykatyň has doly mysaly hökmünde, öňdäki sitatalaryň alnan şol babyň ahyrky sözlerinden Gibbonyň berýäninden artyk zat islenip bilinmez. “Herakliýyň baýdagy astynda ýeňiji bir goşun döredilen hem bolsa, bu tebigata garşy edilen zorlama tagalla olaryň güýjüni türgenleşdirmekden beter tükenşdiren ýaly görünýär. Imperator Konstantinopolda ýa-da Iýerusalimde ýeňiş gazanýan wagtynda, Siriýanyň araçägindäki näbelli bir şäherjigi Sarasenler talaň etdiler we onuň kömegine ýörän käbir goşun bölümlerini gylyçdan geçirdiler,—eger ol beýik bir öwrülişigiň buşlukçysy bolmadyk bolsa, bu adaty hem-de ujypsyz bir waka bolardy. Bu talaňçylar Muhammediň ilçileri bolupdy; olaryň bihuş ediji gaýduwsyzlygy çölden çykyp geldi; we onuň hökümranlygynyň soňky sekiz ýylynda Herakliý Parslardan halas eden şol welaýatlarynyň özüni Araplara ýitirdi.

> “‘The spirit of fraud and enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the heavens,’ was let loose on earth. The bottomless pit needed but a key to open it, and that key was the fall of Chosroes. He had contemptuously torn the letter of an obscure citizen of Mecca. But when from his ‘blaze of glory’ he sunk into the ‘tower of darkness’ which no eye could penetrate, the name of Chosroes was suddenly to pass into oblivion before that of Mohammed; and the crescent seemed but to wait its rising till the falling of the star. Chosroes, after his entire discomfiture and loss of empire, was murdered in the year 628; and the year 629 is marked by ‘the conquest of Arabia,’ and ‘the first war of the Mohammedans against the Roman empire.’ ‘And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit.’ He fell unto the earth. When the strength of the Roman empire was exhausted, and the great king of the East lay dead in his tower of darkness, the pillage of an obscure town on the borders of Syria was ‘the prelude of a mighty revolution.’ ‘’The robbers were the apostles of Mohammed, and their frantic valor emerged from the desert.’

> “‘Asmany mekany jennette bolmadyk aldawçylyk we fanatizm ruhy,’ ýer ýüzüne boşadyldy. Düýpsüz çukury açmak üçin diňe bir açar gerekdi, şol açar bolsa Hysrowyň ýykylmagy boldy. Ol Mekgäniň näbelli bir raýatynyň hatyny äsgermezlik bilen ýyrtypdy. Emma ol özüniň ‘şöhrat ýalnyndan’ hiç bir göz aralaşyp bilmeýän ‘garaňkylyk diňine’ çümüp gidende, Hysrowyň ady birden Muhammediň adynyň öňünde unudylmaga başlady; we ýyldyz batýança, ýarymaý diňe öz doguşyna garaşýan ýaly bolup göründi. Hysrow, doly ýeňlişe sezewar bolup, şalygyny hem ýitirenden soň, 628-nji ýylda öldürildi; 629-njy ýyl bolsa ‘Arapystanyň basyp alynmagy’ hem-de ‘Muhammedanlaryň Rim imperiýasyna garşy ilkinji urşy’ bilen tapawutlanýar. ‘Bäşinji perişde surnaý çaldy, men bolsa gökden ýere gaçan bir ýyldyzy gördüm; oňa düýpsüz çukuryň açary berildi. Ol hem düýpsüz çukury açdy.’ Ol ýere gaçdy. Rim imperiýasynyň kuwwaty tükenende, Gündogaryň beýik patyşasy bolsa özüniň garaňkylyk diňinde öli ýatyrka, Siriýanyň serhetlerindäki näbelli bir şäheriň talanmagy ‘beýik bir öwrülişigiň başlangyjy’ boldy. ‘Talaňçylar Muhammediň ilçileri bolupdylar, we olaryň däli-gaýratly batyrlygy çölden ýüze çykdy.’”

> “The Bottomless Pit.—The meaning of this term may be learned from the Greek , which is defined ‘deep, bottomless, profound,’ and may refer to any waste, desolate, and uncultivated place. It is applied to the earth in its original state of chaos. Gen.1:2. In this instance it may appropriately refer to the unknown wastes of the Arabian desert, from the borders of which issued the hordes of Saracens like swarms of locusts. And the fall of Chosroes, the Persian king, may well be represented as the opening of the bottomless pit, inasmuch as it prepared the way for the followers of Mohammed to issue from their obscure country, and propagate their delusive doctrines with fire and sword, till they had spread their darkness over all the Eastern empire.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495–498.

> “Düýpsüz Çukur.—Bu adalganyň manysy grek dilinden öwrenilip bilner; ol ‘çuň, düýpsüz, iňňän çuň’ diýip kesgitlenýär we islendik boş, haraba we ekin ekilmedik ýere degişli bolup biler. Ol ýeriň asylky bulagaýlyk ýagdaýyna hem ulanylýar. Gel. 1:2. Bu ýagdaýda ol, serhetlerinden çekirtge üýşmeleri ýaly sarasenleriň topbaklarynyň çykyp gelen Arabystan çölüniň näbelli, boş giňişliklerine ýerlikli degişli edilip bilner. Pars patyşasy Hysrowyň ýykylmagy hem, Muhammediň yzyna eýerijileriň garaňky ýurtlaryndan çykyp, aldyjy taglymatlaryny ot we gylyç bilen ýaýratmaklaryna ýol taýýarlandygy sebäpli, düýpsüz çukuryň açylmagy hökmünde örän ýerlikli şekillendirilip bilner; olar öz garaňkylygyny bütin Gündogar imperiýasynyň üstüne ýaýradýança şeýle etdiler.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 495–498.

The first woe, which is the fifth trumpet identifies the beginning of the warfare of Islam against Rome, and it identifies a battle between Rome and Persia where Rome prevailed, but in doing so expended its military strength to the extent that it could not prevent the rise of the Islamic power. The prophetic characteristics of the first woe and the second woe, identify the prophetic characteristics of the third woe, and it is important to recognize the first two woes as symbols of the history of the third woe, for that history represents the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, which began on September 11, 2001. After the prophetic history represented by Mohammed in the first three verses, verse four introduces Abubakar, the first leader after Mohammed.

Bäşinji surna bolan birinji bela, Yslamyň Ruma garşy alyp baran urşunyň başlangyjyny görkezýär we Rum bilen Parsyň arasynda Rumyň üstün çykan bir söweşini görkezýär; emma muny amala aşyrýarka, ol öz harby kuwwatyny şeýle derejede sarp etdi welin, Yslam güýjüniň ösüp galmagyna böwet bolup bilmedi. Birinji belanyň hem ikinji belanyň pygamberlik häsiýetleri üçünji belanyň pygamberlik häsiýetlerini görkezýär, we ilkinji iki belany üçünji belanyň taryhynyň nyşanlary hökmünde tanamak möhümdir; çünki şol taryh 2001-nji ýylyň 11-nji sentýabrynda başlanan ýüz kyrk dört müňüň möhürleniş döwrüni aňladýar. Ilkinji üç aýatda Muhammet arkaly görkezilen pygamberlik taryhyndan soň, dördünji aýat Muhammetden soňky ilkinji ýolbaşçy bolan Abubakry girizýär.

> And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Revelation 9:4.

> Olara ýeriň otlaryna-da, hiç bir ýaşyl zada-da, hiç bir agaja-da zyýan ýetirmezlik buýruldy; diňe maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhri bolmadyk adamlara zyýan ýetirsinler. Ylham 9:4.

The command of Abubakar instructed the Islamic warriors to make a distinction between two types of worshippers that existed in the Roman territories at that time. One class was the Catholics, who had some religious orders that shaved the back of their heads (the tonsure), and observed the worship of Sunday. The other class were seventh-day Sabbath keepers, and the Sabbath is the seal of God.

Abubekiriň buýrugy şol döwürde Rim ýerlerinde bar bolan ybadatçylaryň iki görnüşiniň arasynda tapawut goýmagy yslam söweşijilerine tabşyrdy. Bir topar katoliklerdi; olaryň arasynda kelleleriniň arka bölegini syryp ýörelge edinýän käbir dini tertipleri (tonsura) bardy we olar ýekşenbe gününiň ybadatyny berjaý edýärdiler. Beýleki topar bolsa hepdäniň ýedinji güni bolan Sabaty saklaýanlardy, Sabat bolsa Hudaýyň möhüridir.

> “After the death of Mohammed, he was succeeded in the command by Abubekr, A.D. 632, who, as soon as he had fairly established his authority and government, dispatched a circular letter to the Arabian tribes, from which the following is an extract:—

> “Muhammetiň ölüminden soň, onuň ornuna ýolbaşçylyga milady 632-nji ýylda Abubekr geçdi; ol öz häkimiýetini we dolandyryşyny berk ýola goýandan soň dessine arap taýpalaryna tegelek hat iberdi, ondan aşakdaky bölek alnypdyr:—

> “‘When you fight the battles of the Lord, acquit yourselves like men, without turning your backs; but let not your victory be stained with the blood of women and children. Destroy no palm-trees, nor burn any fields of corn. Cut down no fruit-trees, nor do any mischief to cattle, only such as you kill to eat. When you make any covenant or article, stand to it, and be as good as your word. And as you go, you will find some religious persons who live retired in monasteries, and propose to themselves to serve God that way; let them alone, and neither kill them nor destroy their monasteries. And you will find another sort of people that belong to the synagogue of Satan, who have shaven crowns; be sure you cleave their skulls, and give them no quarter till they either turn Mohammedans or pay tribute.’

> “‘Rebbiň söweşlerini alyp baranyňyzda, arkanyňyzy öwürmän, mertlerçe söweşiň; emma ýeňşiňiz aýallaryň we çagalaryň gany bilen tegmilenmesin. Hiç bir hurma agajyny ýok etmäň we ekin meýdanlaryny ýakmaň. Miweli agaçlary kesmäň, iýmek üçin öldürýäniňizden başga mallara hiç hili zyýan ýetirmäň. Haçan-da bir ähtnama ýa-da şert baglaşsaňyz, oňa wepaly boluň we sözüňize ygrarly çykyň. Şeýle hem ýoluňyz bilen gidip barýarkaňyz, monastyrlarda çetde ýaşaýan we şol ýol bilen Hudaýa gulluk etmegi maksat edinýän käbir din adamlaryna duşarsyňyz; olara degmäň, ne olary öldüriň, ne-de olaryň monastyrlaryny weýran ediň. Şeýle hem Şeýtanyň sinagogasyna degişli, depeleri syrkylan başga bir görnüşdäki adamlary taparsyňyz; olaryň kellelerini hökman çapyp bölüň we ýa Muhammedi dini kabul edýänçäler, ýa-da salgyt töleýänçäler olara aman bermäň.’”

> “It is not said in prophecy or in history that the more humane injunctions were as scrupulously obeyed as the ferocious mandate; but it was so commanded them. And the preceding are the only instructions recorded by Gibbon, as given by Abubekr to the chiefs whose duty it was to issue the commands to all the Saracen hosts. The commands are alike discriminating with the prediction, as if the caliph himself had been acting in known as well as direct obedience to a higher mandate than that of mortal man; and in the very act of going forth to fight against the religion of Jesus, and to propagate Mohammedanism in its stead, he repeated the words which it was foretold in the Revelation of Jesus Christ that he would say.

> “Pygamberlikde-de, taryhda-da rehimsiz buýrugyňky ýaly, has ynsanperwer tabşyryklaryň hem edil şonuň ýaly ünsli berjaý edilendigi aýdylmaýar; emma olara şeýle buýrulypdy. Ondan öňküler bolsa ähli serasen goşunlaryna buýruk bermek borjy bolan serdarlara Abubekr tarapyndan berlen diýip Gibbon tarapyndan ýazga geçirilen ýeke-täk görkezmelerdir. Bu buýruklar çaklama bilen edil birmeňzeş tapawutlandyryjydyr; kalifiň özi ölümlü adamyňkyndan has ýokary bir buýruga diňe göni däl, eýsem bilinýän boýun egmek bilen hereket eden ýaly. Şeýle hem Isanyň dinine garşy söweşe çykyp, onuň ýerine muhammedanlygy ýaýratmaga ugran şol pursadynyň özünde, ol Isa Mesihiň Ylhamynda özüniň aýtjagy öňden pygamberlik edilen sözleri gaýtalady.

> “The Seal of God in Their Foreheads.—In remarks upon chapter 7:1–3, we have shown that the seal of God is the Sabbath of the fourth commandment; and history is not silent upon the fact that there have been observers of the true Sabbath all through the present dispensation. But the question has here arisen with many, who were those men who at this time had the seal of God in their foreheads, and who thereby became exempt from Mohammedan oppression? Let the reader bear in mind the fact, already alluded to, that there have been those all through this dispensation who have had the seal of God in their foreheads, or have been intelligent observers of the true Sabbath; and let them consider further that what the prophecy asserts is that the attacks of this desolating Turkish power are not directed against them, but against another class. The subject is thus freed from all difficulty; for this is all that the prophecy really asserts. Only one class of persons is directly brought to view in the text; namely, those who have not the seal of God in their foreheads; and the preservation of those who have the seal of God is brought in only by implication. Accordingly, we do not learn from history that any of these were involved in any of the calamities inflicted by the Saracens upon the objects of their hate. They were commissioned against another class of men. And the destruction to come upon this class of men is not put in contrast with the preservation of other men, but only with that of the fruits and verdure of the earth; thus, Hurt not the grass, trees, nor any green thing, but only a certain class of men. And in fulfilment, we have the strange spectacle of an army of invaders sparing those things which such armies usually destroy, namely, the face and productions of nature; and, in pursuance of their permission to hurt those men who had not the seal of God in their foreheads, cleaving the skulls of a class of religionists with shaven crowns, who belonged to the synagogue of Satan.

> «Olaryň maňlaýlaryndaky Hudaýyň möhri.—7:1–3 babatdaky belliklerde biz Hudaýyň möhüriniň dördünji tabşyrygyň Sabatydygyny görkezdim; we taryh häzirki döwrüň bütin dowamynda hakyky Sabaty berjaý edenleriň bolandygyny inkär etmeýär. Emma şu ýerde köplerde şeýle bir sorag ýüze çykdy: bu wagtda maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhri bolan, şonuň netijesinde-de Muhammetan zulumyndan boşadylan şol adamlar kimdi? Okyjy, öň hem agzalyp geçilişi ýaly, bu döwrüň bütin dowamynda maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhri bolan, ýagny hakyky Sabaty düşünjeli ýagdaýda berjaý eden adamlaryň bolandygyny ýatynda tutsun; hem-de mundan başga-da pygamberligiň tassyklap duranynyň, weýran ediji bu türk güýjüniň hüjümleriniň olara garşy däl-de, başga bir topara garşy gönükdirilendigini göz öňünde tutsun. Şeýlelik bilen, mesele ähli kynçylykdan azat edilýär; çünki pygamberligiň hakykatdan-da tassyklap durany diňe şudur. Tekstde gönüden-göni diňe bir topar adam göz öňüne getirilýär; ýagny, maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhri bolmadyk adamlar; we Hudaýyň möhri bolanlaryň gorag astynda saklanyşy diňe many taýdan aňladylýar. Şoňa görä-de, taryhdan biz bularyň haýsydyr biriniň Sarasenleriň ýigrenýän nyşanalaryna ýetirilen betbagtçylyklaryň haýsydyr birine dahylly bolandygyny öwrenmeýäris. Olara başga bir topar adamlara garşy çykmak tabşyrylypdy. Bu topar adamlaryň başyna geljek ýok ediliş hem beýleki adamlaryň gorap saklanylyşy bilen garşy goýulmaýar, diňe ýeriň miweleri we gök önümi bilen garşy goýulýar; şeýlelikde: otlara, agaçlara ýa-da hiç bir ýaşyl zada zyýan ýetirmäň, diňe adamlaryň belli bir toparyna ýetiriň. We munuň ýerine ýetirilmeginde, adatça şeýle goşunlaryň ýok edýän zatlaryny, ýagny tebigatyň keşbini we hasylyny aýap geçýän basybalyjy goşunyň geň bir görnüşini görýäris; hem-de maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhri bolmadyk şol adamlara zyýan ýetirmäge berlen ygtyýar esasynda, Şeýtanyň sinagogasyna degişli bolan, depeleri syrlynan dini toparyň kelleçanaklaryny çapýandygyny görýäris.»

> “These were doubtless a class of monks, or some other division of the Roman Catholic Church. Against these the arms of the Mohammedans were directed. And it seems to us that there is a peculiar fitness, if not design, in describing them as those who had not the seal of God in their foreheads; inasmuch as that is the very church which has robbed the law of God of its seal, by tearing away the true Sabbath, and erecting a counterfeit in its place. And we do not understand, either from the prophecy or from history, that those persons whom Abubekr charged his followers not to molest were in possession of the seal of God, or necessarily constituted the people of God. Who they were, and for what reason they were spared, the meager testimony of Gibbon does not inform us, and we have no other means of knowing; but we have every reason to believe that none of these who had the seal of God were molested, while another class, who emphatically had it not, were put to the sword; and thus the specifications of the prophecy are amply met.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 500–502.

> “Bular, şübhesiz, monahlaryň bir topary ýa-da Rim Katolik Ybadathanasynyň başga bir bölümi bolupdyr. Muhammetçileriň ýaraglary şulara garşy gönükdirilipdir. Şeýle hem, olaryň maňlaýlarynda Hudaýyň möhri bolmadyk adamlar hökmünde beýan edilmeginde aýratyn bir laýyklyk, hatda niýet hem bar ýaly görünýär; çünki hut şol ybadathana, hakyky Sabaty ýok edip, onuň ýerine galp birini goýmak bilen, Hudaýyň kanunyny möhürinden mahrum edipdir. Şeýle-de, ne pygamberlikden, ne-de taryhdan, Abubekriň yzyna eýerijilerine azar bermäň diýip tabşyran adamlarynyň Hudaýyň möhürine eýe bolandyklaryny ýa-da hökmany suratda Hudaýyň halkyny emele getirendiklerini düşünýäris. Olar kim bolupdyrlar we nähili sebäpden aman galypdyrlar — Gibbonyň gysga şaýatlygy muny habar bermeýär, bizde-de muny bilmegiň başga çäresi ýok; emma Hudaýyň möhürine eýe bolanlaryň hiç birine degilmändigine, şol bir wagtyň özünde bolsa ony düýpli suratda almadyk başga bir toparyň gylyçdan geçirilendigine ynanmaga ähli esasymyz bar; şeýlelikde, pygamberligiň anyk kesgitlemeleri doly ýerine ýetýär.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, 500–502.

Abubakar consolidated Mohammed’s followers into a Caliphate after Mohammed’s death, so even though they are two different historical figures, taken together they represent the beginning of the testimony of Islam of the first woe, and the historical figure who marks the history of the first woe is Mohammed.

Abubekr Muhammediň ölüminden soň Muhammediň yzyna eýerijilerini halyflyga jemledi; şonuň üçin olar taryhda iki dürli şahsyýet bolsalar-da, bilelikde alnanda, olar birinji hasratyň Yslamyň şaýatlygynyň başlangyjyny aňladýarlar, we birinji hasratyň taryhyny alamatlandyrýan taryhy şahsyýet Muhammetdir.

In the beginning history of the second woe, Mohammed II conquered Constantinople in 1453. In 1449, four angels, representing Islam were loosed. The beginning and ending of the first woe, is marked by a Mohammed, the first and second respectively. Prophetically the beginning and ending of the history of the first woe, bears the signature of Alpha and Omega.

Ikinji hasratyň taryhynyň başynda Mohammed II 1453-nji ýylda Konstantinopoly basyp aldy. 1449-njy ýylda Yslamyň wekili bolan dört perişde boşadyldy. Birinji hasratyň başlangyjy we soňy degişlilikde birinji we ikinji Mohammed bilen bellendi. Pygamberlik taýdan birinji hasratyň taryhynyň başlangyjy we soňy Alfa we Omeganyň möhürini göterýär.

The beginning of the second woe includes a time prophecy of four angels, who represent Islam who were then loosed, and then restrained on August 11, 1840. From that point until October 22, 1844, the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is illustrated. The beginning of the second woe identifies the loosing of Islam, and the ending marks the restraining of Islam. Both the first and second woe have precise prophetic markers tying their beginnings to the endings.

Ikinji hasratyň başlangyjy, şol wagt boşadylan, soňra bolsa 1840-njy ýylyň 11-nji awgustynda saklanyp goýlan Yslamy aňladýan dört perişde baradaky wagt pygamberligini öz içine alýar. Şol pursatdan başlap 1844-nji ýylyň 22-nji oktýabryna çenli ýüz kyrk dört müňüň möhürlenişi şekillendirilýär. Ikinji hasratyň başlangyjy Yslamyň boşadylmagyny görkezýär, onuň soňy bolsa Yslamyň saklanyp goýulmagyny belleýär. Birinji hem-de ikinji hasratyň ikisinde-de olaryň başlangyçlaryny soňlaryna baglaýan anyk pygamberlik alamatlary bardyr.

The first two woes are to be placed upon one another, “line upon line,” in order to identify the third woe. One of the prophetic characteristics that is identified by the first two witnesses of Islam is that they represent a specific period of time that marks the beginning and ending with the signature of Alpha and Omega. They also possess a secondary signature, for the beginning of the first woe, identifies the sealing of God’s people, and the ending of the second woe, also identifies the sealing of God’s people.

Üçünji betbelalygy kesgitlemek üçin ilkinji iki betbelalyk biri-biriniň üstüne, “setir üstüne setir,” goýulmalydyr. Yslamyň ilkinji iki şaýady arkaly kesgitlenýän pygamberlik aýratynlyklaryndan biri, olaryň Alfa bilen Omeganuň möhri bilen başlangyjy we soňy bellenýän belli bir wagt döwrüni aňladýandygydyr. Şeýle hem olar ikinji bir möhüre eýedirler; çünki birinji betbelalygyň başlangyjy Hudaýyň halkynyň möhürlenmegini kesgitleýär, ikinji betbelalygyň soňy hem Hudaýyň halkynyň möhürlenmegini kesgitleýär.

The third woe arrived when Islam suddenly and unexpectedly attacked the earth beast of Revelation thirteen, thus beginning the period of the sealing. The sealing of the one-hundred and forty-four thousand ends at the soon-coming Sunday law, and in response to that apostasy national apostasy is followed by national ruin. As typified with pagan Rome and papal Rome national ruin is accomplished by God’s trumpet judgments. The three woes are also trumpets. Islam of the third woe, will strike suddenly and unexpectedly again at the soon coming Sunday law in the United States, when the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand ends. That period has been typified by the beginning period of the first woe, and also by the ending period of the second woe.

Üçünji betbagtçylyk, Yslam birdenkä we garaşylmadyk ýagdaýda Ylhamyň on üçünji babyndaky ýer haýwanyna hüjüm edeninde gelip ýetdi; şeýlelikde möhürleniş döwri başlandy. Bir ýüz kyrk dört müň adamyň möhürlenişi tizden geljek ýekşenbe kanuny bilen tamamlanýar, we şol dönüklige jogap hökmünde milli dönüklikden soň milli weýrançylyk gelýär. Butparaz Rimde we papalyk Rimde nusgalaşdyrylyşy ýaly, milli weýrançylyk Hudaýyň keramatly surnaý hökümleri arkaly amala aşyrylýar. Üç betbagtçylygyň özi hem surnaýlardyr. Üçünji betbagtçylygyň Yslamy, bir ýüz kyrk dört müň adamyň möhürleniş döwri tamamlananda, tizden geljek ýekşenbe kanuny wagtynda Amerikanyň Birleşen Ştatlarynda ýene-de birdenkä we garaşylmadyk ýagdaýda urar. Şol döwür birinji betbagtçylygyň başlangyç döwri bilen, şeýle hem ikinji betbagtçylygyň tamamlaýjy döwri bilen nusgalaşdyryldy.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Biz bu barlagy indiki makalada dowam etdireris.

> And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. Genesis 21:9–20.

> Sara bolsa, Müsüriýaly Hagaranyň Ybraýyma dogan oglunyň masgaralaýandygyny gördi. Şonuň üçin ol Ybraýyma şeýle diýdi: «Bu günäri we onuň ogluny kowup çykar; çünki bu günäriniň ogly meniň oglum, ýagny Yshak bilen bile mirasdüşer bolmaz». Bu söz Ybraýymyň nazarynda ogly sebäpli örän agyr boldy. Emma Hudaý Ybraýyma diýdi: «Bu oglan hem-de günäri sebäpli saňa agyr görünmesin; Saranyň saňa aýdanlarynyň hemmesinde onuň sözüne gulak as; çünki nesliň Yshak arkaly atlandyrylar. Emma günäriniň oglundan-da bir millet dörederin, sebäbi ol hem seniň nesliňdir». Şeýlelikde Ybraýym ir bilen turup, çörek we bir tulum suw aldy-da, olary Hagara berdi, egnine goýdy, çagany hem oňa tabşyryp, ony ugratdy. Ol gidip, Beer-Şeba çölünde azaşyp gezdi. Tulumdaky suw gutaranda, ol çagany gyrymsylyklaryň biriniň aşagynda goýdy. Soňra gidip, ondan peýkamyň atylyşy çemesi uzaklykda garşyda oturdy; çünki ol: «Çaganyň ölüşini görmäýin» diýdi. Şeýlelikde ol garşyda oturdy-da, sesini galdyryp aglady. Hudaý oglanyň sesini eşitdi; Hudaýyň perişdesi asmandan Hagary çagyryp, oňa şeýle diýdi: «Saňa näme boldy, Hagar? Gorkma; çünki Hudaý oglanyň bolan ýerindäki sesini eşitdi. Tur, çagany galdyr, ony eliň bilen tut; çünki Men ony beýik bir millete öwrerin». Şonda Hudaý onuň gözlerini açdy, ol hem bir guýyny gördi; baryp, tulumy suw bilen doldurdy-da, çagany suwardy. Hudaý oglan bilen boldy; ol ulaldy, çölda ýaşady we peýkamçy boldy. Barlyk Kitaby 21:9–20.

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