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

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The Prophetic Significance of Christ’s Baptism and Temptation: Unveiling the Characteristics of Three World Powers

Ukubaluleka Kwesiprofeto koBhaptizo nokuLingwa kukaKristu: Ukuveza Iimpawu zaMandla amaThathu eHlabathi

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

Ukutywinwa kwaqalisa ngomhla we-11 Septemba 2001 xa ingelosi enamandla yesahluko seshumi elinesibhozo seSityhilelo yehla. Ukwehla kwayo kwafuziselwa kukwehla kwengelosi yeSityhilelo ishumi ngomhla we-11 Agasti 1840, kwanakwakukwehla kukaMoya oyiNgcwele ekubhaptizweni kukaKristu. Ukubhaptizwa kukaKristu kubhekisa phambili kwimvula yasemva ekuhleni kwayo ngexesha izakhiwo ezikhulu zeSixeko saseNew York zawiswa phantsi. Amandla avela phezulu aqalisa, kananjalo ngelo xesha amandla avela ngezantsi (emngxunyeni ongenasiphelo) ayeza kubonakaliswa, kuba iLizwi likaThixo alize lisilele.

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Xa uKristu wayebhaptizwa, ngoko nangoko waya entlango waza wazila iintsuku ezingamashumi amane, emva koko wahendwa nguSathana ngezihendo ezithathu. Ngasinye kwezo zihendo zithathu simele iimpawu eziphambili zamandla amathathu akhokela ihlabathi eArmagedon. Ezo zihendo zintathu yayikukuzingca, uphawu lwenamba; inkanuko yokutya, uphawu lwerhamncwa; nokuzithemba ngokugqithiseleyo, uphawu lomprofeti wobuxoki. Ukuzingca nokuziphakamisa kumelwe nguLusifa kwinkcazo yakudala kaIsaya.

> How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

> Hayi, uwe njani na ukuwa ezulwini, Owu Lusifa, nyana wokusa! Uwe njani na phantsi emhlabeni, wena owawenza iintlanga zibe buthathaka! Kuba watsho entliziyweni yakho ukuthi, Ndiya kunyukela ezulwini, ndiya kuwuphakamisa itrone yam ngaphezu kweenkwenkwezi zikaThixo; ndihleli ke entabeni yebandla, emacaleni asentla; ndiya kunyukela ngaphezu kweendawo eziphakamileyo zamafu; ndiya kufana naLowo uPhezukonke. Kanti ke uya kuthotyelwa esihogweni, emacaleni omhadi. Abo bakubonayo baya kukukhangelela ngenyameko, bakuqonde, besithi, Nguye na lo mntu owawunyikimisa umhlaba, owawuzishukumisa izikumkani? Isaya 14:12–16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Izihlandlo ezihlanu uLusifa uvakalisa entliziyweni yakhe esithi, “Ndiya kwenza.” USathana, owayekade ebizwa ngokuba “ngumthwali wokukhanya” (uLusifa), kodwa ngoku othwala ubumnyama bodwa, nguye “owayeshukumisa iintlanga.” Ngokwesiprofeto unxulunyaniswa “neentlanga,” kuba ungumkhokeli womanyano olungendawo lweentlanga, kwanowomanyano lwabarhwebi oluchongwa kwiSityhilelo izahluko zeshumi elinesixhenxe neshumi elinesibhozo.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> “Ookumkani neenkosana nabalawuli bazibeke phezu kwabo uphawu lomchasi-kristu, yaye bamelwe yinamba ephuma iye kulwa nabangcwele—abo bagcina imithetho kaThixo nababambe ukholo lukaYesu.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Ekubhaptizweni kukaKristu uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla, oko kwakufuzisela ixesha lasemva koSeptemba 11, 2001. Emva kobhaptizo lwaKhe, uSathana wamlinga uKristu ngesithembiso sokumnika amandla uSathana awasebenzisayo ukulawula izikumkani zehlabathi, kuba ekuweni kuka-Adam, uSathana wayesele engumphathi wezikumkani zehlabathi.

> And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

> Waza umtyholi, emthabathile wamyusa entabeni ephakamileyo, wambonisa zonke izikumkani zehlabathi ngesiquphe sexesha. Wathi umtyholi kuye, Onke la mandla ndiya kukunika wona, nobuqaqawuli bazo; kuba loo nto inikelwe kum; kwaye ndiyinika lowo ndithanda ukumnika yona. Ukuba ke ngoko uya kundinqula, ziya kuba zezakho zonke. Waphendula uYesu, wathi kuye, Suka emva kwam, Sathana; kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uya kunqula iNkosi uThixo wakho, ukhonze yona yodwa. Luka 4:5–8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Iimpawu ezimbini eziphambili zeRoma yobupopu (irhamncwa) bubuhenyu bayo, kunye “nokutya” nesiselo esityhefileyo ekusasaza.

> Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

> Noko ke ndinezinto ezimbalwa endizimangalelayo kuwe, ngokuba uyamvumela loo mfazi uYezebhele, ozibiza ngokuba ungumprofetikazi, ukuba afundise nokulukuhla abakhonzi bam, ukuze benze uhenyuzo, baze badle izinto ezibingelelwe kwizithixo. ISityhilelo 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

“Ukutya” nesiselo akunikelayo ziimfundiso zakhe zobuxoki.

> “The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

> “Isono esikhulu esityatyekwa kwiBhabheli kukuba ‘lasela zonke iintlanga ngewayini yomsindo wobuhenyu balo.’ Le ndebe yokunxilisa ayinika ihlabathi imele iimfundiso zobuxoki elizamkeleyo njengesiphumo sonxibelelwano lwalo olungekho mthethweni nabakhulu behlabathi.” The Great Controversy, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Irhamncwa yobuKatolika nayo ilahlekisa ihlabathi ngobugqwirha bayo, obuphinda bube yinto ethathwa ngaphakathi.

> And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

> Nokukhanya lwesibane alusayi kuphinda lukhanye konke konke kuwe; nelizwi lomyeni nelomtshakazi alusayi kuphinda livakale konke konke kuwe; ngokuba abarhwebi bakho babeziingangamsha zomhlaba; ngokuba zonke iintlanga zalahlekiswa bubugqwirha bakho. IsiTyhilelo 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Igama lesiGrike eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “ubugqwirha,” lingu-pharmakeia, elithetha amayeza. Indebe yegolide esesandleni sakhe ayimeli nje kuphela indebe yokusela iwayini kuyo, koko ikwamela indebe apho kulungiswa khona kuze kuhanjiswe iziselo zakhe zonyango lomlingo. Kwihlabathi lanamhlanje, ezo ziselo zomlingo zihanjiswa ngeenaliti, kungekhona kakhulu ngendebe. Xa uSathana evela emva komthetho weCawa osondelayo ngokukhawuleza, uya kwenza imimangaliso yokuphilisa. Imimangaliso enxulumene nezo ziselo neeemfundiso zobuxoki zobupopu, yamelwa nguSathana exelela uKristu ukuba enze ummangaliso ngokuguqula ilitye libe sisonka.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Imbali yesiprofeto engaphambi nasemva komthetho weCawa inezona mpawu zifanayo. Ixesha lovavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa kubuAdventism olukhokelela kumthetho weCawa eUnited States lufuzisela ixesha lovavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa lwehlabathi liphela. Kungenxa yoko le nto sixelelwa ukuba, “ingxaki efanayo iya kuza phezu kwabantu bethu kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi.”

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Imimangaliso yokuphilisa kaSathana eyenziwa nguSathana emva komthetho weCawe, imela “ubugqwirha” bento ekuthiwa linyango obutyhalelwa ebantwini ngexesha lembali eliqala ngoSeptemba 11, 2001. UYesu wathi, “umntu akayi kuphila ngasonka sodwa, kodwa ngamazwi onke kaThixo.” “Ukutya” kweRoma zizithethe namasiko awabeka ngaphezu kweLizwi likaThixo.

> “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. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> “Kwiintshukumo eziqhubekayo ngoku eUnited States zokuzuzela amaziko nezithethe zecawa inkxaso karhulumente, amaProtestanti alandela emanyathelweni abalandeli bobupopu. Koko ke, ngaphezu koko, avulela upopu umnyango wokuba aphinde azuze eMelika yamaProtestanti ubungangamsha awalahlekelwayo kwiHlabathi eliDala. Kwaye oko okunika le ntshukumo ukubaluleka okukhulu ngakumbi yinyaniso yokuba eyona njongo iphambili ekujoliswe kuyo kukunyanzeliswa kokugcinwa kweCawa—isiko elavela eRoma, nelibangwa yiyo njengophawu lwegunya layo. Ngumoya wobupopu—umoya wokuvumelana nezithethe zehlabathi, wokuhlonela amasiko abantu ngaphezu kwemithetho kaThixo—ongena ngaphakathi kwiicawe zamaProtestanti uze uzikhokelele ekwenzeni loo msebenzi mnye wokuphakanyiswa kweCawa athe ubupopu bawenza ngaphambi kwazo.” Imbambano Enkulu, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Isithethe nesiko kuko “ukutya” kwemfundiso irhamncwa elibeka endaweni yeLizwi likaThixo, ukuze liphakamise unqulo-zithixo lwalo lobuhedeni.

> “How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

> “Asiboni indlela iCawa yaseRoma enokuzihlambulula ngayo kwityala lokunqula izithixo. Kuyinyaniso, iyazibanga ukuba inqula uThixo ngale mifanekiso; babenjenjalo ke namaSirayeli xa baqubuda phambi kwethole legolide. Kodwa ingqumbo yeNkosi yabavuthela, yaye abaninzi babulawa. UThixo wabagweba njengabanquli-zithixo abangahloneliyo uThixo, yaye kwaloo ngxelo inye ibhalwa namhla ezincwadini zasezulwini nxamnye nabo banqula imifanekiso yabangcwele nababizwa ngokuba ngamadoda angcwele.

> “And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

> “Kwaye le yinkolo amaProtestanti aqalisa ukuyijonga ngobabalo olukhulu kangaka, yaye ekugqibeleni iya kudityaniswa nobuProtestanti. Noko ke, olu manyano aluyi kwenziwa ngotshintsho kubuKatolika; kuba iRoma ayisoze itshintshe. Ibanga ukungaphazami. BubuProtestanti obuya kutshintsha. Ukwamkelwa kweengcamango ezikhululekileyo ngakwicala lwayo kuya kuyizisa apho inokubamba khona isandla sobuKatolika. ‘IBhayibhile, iBhayibhile, isisiseko sokholo lwethu,’ yaba sisikhalo samaProtestanti ngexesha likaLutere, ngoxa amaKatolika ayekhala esithi, ‘Ootata, isiko, isithethe.’ Ngoku amaProtestanti amaninzi akufumanisa kunzima ukungqina iimfundiso zawo ngeBhayibhile, kanti akanaso isibindi sokuziphatha sokwamkela inyaniso ebandakanya umnqamlezo; ngenxa yoko ayakhawuleza esiza kumhlaba wamaKatolika, aze, esebenzisa ezona ngxoxo zingcono anazo ukuze ayiphephe inyaniso, acaphule ubungqina booTata, namasiko nemiyalelo yabantu. Ewe, amaProtestanti enkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba asondela ngokukhawuleza kumaKatolika ekungakholweni kwawo malunga neZibhalo. Kodwa kusekho namhlanje umsantsa obanzi kanye phakathi kweRoma nobuProtestanti bukaLutere, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, nomkhosi obekekileyo wabafeli-nkolo, njengoko wawukho xa la madoda enza olo qhankqalazo olwawanika igama lokuba ngamaProtestanti.”

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> “UKristu wayengumProtestanti. Waqhankqalaza ngokuchasene nonqulo olusisithethe lwesizwe samaYuda, olwalulahlile icebo likaThixo ngokuchasene nalo ngokwalo. Wabaxelela ukuba bafundisa njengemfundiso imithetho yabantu, kwanokuba babengabazenzisi nabahanahanisi. Njengamangcwaba aqatywe mhlophe babebahle ngaphandle, kodwa ngaphakathi bezele bubumdaka nokonakala. AbaHlaziyi baqala kuKristu nakubapostile. Baphuma baza bazahlula kunqulo lweemo neenkonzo zamasiko. ULutere nabalandeli bakhe abazange basungule inkolo ehlaziyiweyo. Bayamkela nje njengoko yanikelwa nguKristu nabapostile. IBhayibhile ibekwe phambi kwethu njengesikhokelo esaneleyo; kodwa upopu nabasebenzi bakhe bayisusa ebantwini ngokungathi sisiqalekiso, ngenxa yokuba ityhila ukuzibanga kwabo ize ikhalimele unqulo-zithixo lwabo.” Review and Herald, Juni 1, 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Imimangaliso yokuphilisa, eyenza isiseko sobunxamanxani, yiyo yorhwebo lwakhe oluqhelekileyo.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> “Abaninzi bazama ukucacisa imibonakaliso yokomoya ngokuyibhekisa ngokupheleleyo kubuqhophololo nakubugculeli bezandla obenziwa ngumthunywa. Kodwa nangona kuyinyaniso ukuba iziphumo zobuqhetseba zisoloko zidluliselwe njengemibonakaliso eyinyaniso, kuye kwakho, kanjalo, imiboniso ecacileyo yamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Ukunkqonkqoza okuyimfihlakalo okwathi kwathi kwaqala ngako ubugqwirha bokomoya bale mihla kwakungeyiyo imiphumo yobuqhetseba bomntu okanye ubuqili bakhe, kodwa kwakungumsebenzi othe ngqo weengelosi ezingendawo, ezathi ngaloo ndlela zazisa enye yezona nkohliso ziphumeleleyo ekutshabalaliseni imiphefumlo. Abaninzi baya kubanjiswa ngomgibe ngenxa yenkolelo yokuba ubugqwirha bokomoya bubuqhophololo nje bomntu; xa beziswa ubuso ngobuso nemibonakaliso abangayi kukwazi ukuyijonga ngaphandle kokuba ingaphezu kwawemvelo, baya kulahlekiswa, baze bakhokelwe ekuyamkeleni njengamandla amakhulu kaThixo.”

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘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.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> “Aba bantu abuyihoyi ubungqina beZibhalo obungemimangaliso eyenziwa nguSathana nabameli bakhe. Kwakungenxa yoncedo lukaSathana apho izanuse zikaFaro zanikwa amandla okuxelisa umsebenzi kaThixo. UPawulos uyangqina ukuba ngaphambi kokubuya kwesibini kukaKristu kuya kubakho izibonakaliso ezifanayo zamandla kaSathana. Ukuza kweNkosi kuya kwandulelwa ‘kukusebenza kukaSathana ngawo onke amandla nemiqondiso nezimanga zobuxoki, nangayo yonke inkohliso yokungalungisi.’ 2 Tesalonika 2:9,10. Kwaye umpostile uYohane, echaza amandla okwenza imimangaliso aza kubonakaliswa ngemihla yokugqibela, uthi: ‘Yenza imiqondiso emikhulu, ide yenza nomlilo wehle ezulwini, uze emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, ibalahlekise abo bahleli emhlabeni ngenxa yaloo miqondiso ibinikwe amandla okuyenza.’ ISityhilelo 13:13, 14. Akuxelwe kwangaphambili iindlela nje zokukhohlisa apha. Abantu bayalahlekiswa yimimangaliso abanamandla okuyenza abameli bakaSathana, kungekhona leyo bazenza ngathi bayayenza.” Imbambano Enkulu, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Iimfundiso zobuxoki ezakhiwe phezu kwezithethe nezamasiko, iimbonakaliso zemimangaliso zobumoya, ushishino lobuxoki lwezonyango nolwemizi-mveliso, kwakunye nokudityaniswa kobuqhetseba becawa noburhulumente, zonke ezi ziziphawu zerhamncwa lobuKatolika. Ikratshi luphawu lwamandla enamba. Ukuzithemba ngokugqithisileyo luphawu lomprofeti wobuxoki wobuProtestanti obuwexukileyo.

> And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

> Kwaye uYesu, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wabuya evela eYordan, waza wakhokelwa nguMoya waya entlango, apho wahendwa nguMtyholi iintsuku ezingamashumi amane. Kwaye ngaloo mihla akazange adle nto; yaza yakuphela loo mihla, walamba emva koko. Waza uMtyholi wathi kuye, Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, yitsho eli litye ukuba libe sisonka. UYesu wamphendula esithi, Kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Umntu akayi kuphila ngesonka sodwa, kodwa ngamazwi onke kaThixo. Luka 4:1–4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Ukuzigwagwisa sisibizo esibhekisa kwisenzo okanye kwisiganeko sokuthabatha into njengenyani kungekho bungqina okanye ubungqina obaneleyo. Kubandakanya ukwenza isigwebo okanye ukufikelela kwisigqibo ngokusekelwe kulwazi olungaphelelanga okanye olungonelanga. Ukuzigwagwisa kungathetha kwanqanaba elithile lokuzithemba kolo qikelelo lomntu, kwanaxa lusenokungabi nabulungisa ngokupheleleyo.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

UbuProtestanti obuwexukileyo buyamkele iCawa njengosuku lukaThixo lonqulo kungekho bungqina nakanye obuvela eLizwini likaThixo obuxhasa loo mbono ugwenxa, yaye bakwenza oko ngoxa besazi bevuma ukuba bangamaProtestanti, abanesiqubulo esithi “liLizwi likaThixo lodwa,” okanye njengoko uMartin Luther wabhengeza, “Sola Scriptura!” Bakhetha ukuyamkela ngokusekelwe kwizithethe namasiko ecawa yaseRoma, okanye mhlawumbi njengelifa nje elamkelweyo kubokhokho babo. Ekukhwazeni okukhulu kwengelosi yesithathu inyaniso yokuba akukho sizathu kwaphela esinokuxhaswa yiBhayibhile sokunqula ilanga iya kutyhilwa ngokucacileyo, yaye ke abo baqhubeka kuloo kuzenzisa kwabo kugwenxa baya kulamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa.

> “If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

> “Ukuba ukukhanya kwenyaniso kunikelwe kuni, kutyhila iSabatha yomthetho wesine, kwaye kubonisa ukuba akukho siseko eLizwini likaThixo sokugcinwa kweCawa, kanti nisenamathele kwisabatha sobuxoki, ningafuni ukuyingcwalisa iSabatha athi uThixo ‘yimini yam engcwele,’ namkela uphawu lwerhamncwa. Oku kwenzeka nini?—Xa nithobela ummiselo oniyalela ukuba niyeke ukusebenza ngeCawa nize ninqule uThixo, ngoxa nisazi ukuba akukho nalinye ilizwi eBhayibhileni elibonisa iCawa iyenye into ngaphandle kokuba lusuku oluqhelekileyo lokusebenza, niyavuma ukwamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa, nize nilwale itywina likaThixo. Ukuba silwamkela olu phawu emabunzini ethu okanye ezandleni zethu, izigwebo ezivakaliswe phezu kwabangathobeliyo zimele ukusihlela. Kodwa itywina loThixo ophilayo libekwa phezu kwabo bayigcina ngononophelo lwesazela iSabatha yeNkosi.” Review and Herald, Epreli 27, 1911.

The commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Ubuthathaka obuqondwa ngokuqhelekileyo beqela lamaRiphabhlikhi kukuzimisela kwabo ukucinga ukuba abachasi babo bezopolitiko banobulungisa yaye banyanisekile, xa iziqhamo zeqela lamaDemokhrasi zityhila ngokucacileyo ukuba bangabantwana boyise wobuxoki. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo nangokuzingisileyo amaRiphabhlikhi abamkela abachasi babo bezopolitiko ngokwelizwi labo, xa sele bebonisiwe kaninzi nangakumbi ukuba abachasi babo abaze baligcine ilizwi labo. Bababeka iinjongo ezinyanisekileyo abo baye baphinda-phinda ukubonakalisa ukungabikho kwaso nasiphi na isizathu esinengqiqo sokuxhasa uqikelelo olunesiphako lwamaRiphabhlikhi malunga nokunyaniseka nokuthembeka abalulindeleyo. Kuyinyaniso kananjalo ukuba amaRiphabhlikhi amaninzi ayala ukuxhasa umgaqo ngenxa yenzuzo yemali yobuntu, okanye ngenxa yeemeko ezifihlakeleyo zokuziphatha okubi ezibavumela ukuba balawulwe ngokulula, kodwa uphawu oluphambili lwesiprofeto lweqela lamaRiphabhlikhi kukuzigqatsa.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Luphawu lokuzidla olu, oluphawulwe ngokwesiprofeto kumaProtestanti awexukileyo, lulo olubavumelayo ukuba bazenze ngathi bathathe indawo ephakamileyo ngokwasemoyeni nakwezopolitiko, kanti enyanisweni bazilahlile iimbopheleleko zabo zobumi phantsi kolindelo olungenanto lokuba abo bachasene nabo kwezopolitiko baya kuligcina ilizwi labo. Eyona nkcazo iqhelekileyo yobugeza kukuzama ukwenza into enye ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ngoxa kulindeleke isiphumo esahlukileyo; ukanti amaRiphabhlikhi aphikisa ngelithi ngamaDemokhrasi asulelwe bubugeza obubonakaliswa yintiyo yawo ngoTrump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

Noko ke ukungaphili kakuhle kwengqondo kwamaRiphabhlikhi kubonakaliswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo njengoko evumelana neentlonti, phantsi kwengcinga yokuba intlanganiselwano iyinxalenye yomsebenzi wenkqubo yowiso-mthetho, kanti ezo ntlonti zabo zezopolitiko, abathi zisekelwe kumgaqo “wenkqubo yowiso-mthetho,” zenziwa kunye nodidi olungaze lwenze ntlonti. AmaDemokhrasi anikela umhlaba kuphela kwinkqubo yezopolitiko xa ethintelwe ngokupheleleyo linani elime nxamnye nawo. Akazange anike ubungqina bokusebenza ngenene ukufikelela embindini kwinkqubo yezopolitiko. Ukungaphili kakuhle kwengqondo kwamaRiphabhlikhi kukuphindaphinda kwawo ukulindela ngentembelo kwabanye, nto leyo engenasizathu kwaphela.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Ngokukude kunene, uninzi olukhulu lwabo baxhasa uDonald Trump luya kungqina into yokuba olona phawu lumbi lukaTrump kukuzimisela kwakhe ukwamkela amadoda njengabaxhasi benkqubo yakhe, lo gama ubungqina obukhoyo bubonisa ukuba yayikukuzigqaja ngokupheleleyo kwicala likaTrump ukwenza olo khetho. Ukuzigqaja luphawu lwesiprofeto lobuProtestanti obuwileyo. USathana wamlinga uKristu ngokucaphula iBhayibhile, kodwa ngokwenjenjalo, uSathana wawugqwetha loo mbhalo wawenza waba luvavanyo olungenasizathu nelingengokweZibhalo.

> And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

> Waza wamzisa eYerusalem, wamisa encotsheni yetempile, wathi kuye, Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, ziphosele phantsi usuke apha; kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uya kuziwisela umthetho ngawe iingelosi zakhe, ukuba zikugcine; kwaye ziya kukuthwala ngezandla zazo, hleze ngasiphi na isikhathi ukhubeke unyawo lwakho elityeni. Waza uYesu, ephendula, wathi kuye, Kuthiwe, Uze ungamlingi uYehova uThixo wakho. Luka 4:9–12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Kumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala, iya kuba ngamaProtestanti ase-United States aya kuthabatha umyalelo weBhayibhile wokuyeka ukusebenza ngemini yeSabatha, aze agqwese umthetho wokunqula uThixo ngeSabatha yosuku lwesixhenxe awuguqulele ekubeni ngumyalelo owenziweyo wokuba eneneni lusuku lwelanga lobuhedeni amadoda afanele ukunqula ngalo. Aya kugqwesa isiqendu seBhayibhile asiguqulele ekubeni luvavanyo olungenagunya nolungengokweZibhalo.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Siya kuqhubeka nesi sifundo kwinqaku elilandelayo.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

> “Ndabona ukuba irhamncwa elineempondo ezimbini lalinomlomo wenamba, kwanokuba amandla alo ayesentlokweni yalo, nokuba ummiselo uya kuphuma emlonyeni walo. Emva koko ndabona uMama wamaHenyukazi; ukuba umama wayengengawo iintombi, kodwa wayahlukene yaye ecacile ngokwahlukileyo kuzo. Uye waba nomhla wakhe, yaye udlulile, zaza iintombi zakhe, amahlelo obuProtestanti, zaba zezalandelayo ukuvela eqongeni zize zibonakalalise kwaloo moya wayenawo umama xa wayetshutshisa abangcwele. Ndabona ukuba njengoko umama ebehla ngamandla, iintombi bezikhula, yaye kungekudala ziya kusebenzisa amandla awayekade esetyenziswa ngunina.”

> “I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

> “Ndabona ukuba ibandla elibizwa ngegama kuphela nama-Adventist abizwa ngegama kuphela, njengoko wenzayo uYuda, aya kusingcatsha kumaKatolika ukuze afumane impembelelo yawo ukuze eze amelane nenyaniso. Abangcwele ngelo xesha baya kuba ngabantu abangaziwayo, abaziwa kancinane kumaKatolika; kodwa amabandla nama-Adventist abizwa ngegama kuphela, aziyo inkolo yethu namasiko ethu (kuba ayesithiyile ngenxa yeSabatha, kuba ayengenako ukuyiphikisa), aya kubangcatsha abangcwele aze abaxele kumaKatolika njengabo bangazikhathalelanga izimiselo zabantu; oko kukuthi, bagcina iSabatha baze bangayihoyi iCawa.

> “Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

> “Emva koko amaKatolika aya kucela amaProtestanti ukuba aqhubele phambili, aze akhuphe umthetho wokuba bonke abangayi kugcina umhla wokuqala weveki, endaweni yomhla wesixhenxe, baya kubulawa. Kwaye amaKatolika, abaninzi ngenani, aya kuma ngasecaleni kwamaProtestanti. AmaKatolika aya kunika umfanekiso werhamncwa amandla awo. Kwaye amaProtestanti aya kusebenza njengoko unina wawo wasebenza ngaphambi kwawo ukutshabalalisa abangcwele. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba umthetho wawo uzise okanye uvelise isiqhamo, abangcwele baya kuhlangulwa liZwi likaThixo.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

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