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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Sixteen

IRoma Imisa Umbono - Inani Leshumi Elinesithandathu

The Final Test: Understanding the Symbolism of Rome and the Triple Application of Prophecy

Uvavanyo Lokugqibela: Ukuqonda Umfuziselo WeRoma Nokusebenza Okuphindwe Kathathu KweSiprofeto

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 4, 2024

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Those on the wrong side of this final controversy of the symbol of Rome lean upon a flawed application of a triple application of prophecy as they suggest that the three Rome’s are defined by the three Sunday laws of the years 321, 538 and the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. In doing so they place an incorrect slant upon the rule and the prophetic history they select, as was also done in the controversy over the four insects of Joel. The four generations followed by four devouring insects in the first six verses of Joel address how God’s people are progressively decimated over four generations, and that the decimation was accomplished by Adventism’s acceptance of the theology of Rome and apostate Protestantism.

Abo bakwicala elingachanekanga kule mpikiswano yokugqibela yophawu lweRoma baxhomekeke kusetyenziso olunesiphako losetyenziso oluphindwe kathathu lwesiprofeto, njengoko besithi iiRoma ezintathu zichazwa yimithetho emithathu yeCawa yeeCawa yeminyaka ka-321, 538, nomthetho weCawa ozayo kungekudala eUnited States. Ngokwenjenjalo babeka ukugotywa okungachanekanga phezu komgaqo nakwimbali yesiprofeto abayikhethayo, njengoko kwenziwayo kanjalo nakwimpikiswano ngezinambuzane ezine zikaYoweli. Izizukulwana ezine ezilandelwa zizinambuzane ezine eziqwengayo kwiindinyana ezintandathu zokuqala zikaYoweli zithetha ngendlela abantu bakaThixo abatshatyalaliswa ngayo ngokuthe ngcembe kwizizukulwana ezine, kwanokuba oko kutshatyalaliswa kwafezekiswa kukwamkelwa yi-Adventism kwetheyoloji yaseRoma nobuProtestanti obuwileyo.

In the current controversy those who attempt to employ the Sunday law to define the three Rome’s, avoid the truth that there are actually four Sunday laws that are identified in God’s prophetic word, and that the year 321 represents the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, and the Sunday law of 538 typifies the Sunday law which is enforced upon all the nations of the world. Four Sunday laws does not identify three Sunday laws, especially when the third manifestation in a triple application of prophecy represents the final fulfillment. The soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is not the final Sunday law, it actually marks the beginning of a series of Sunday laws as each nation on the globe progressively accepts the mark of papal authority.

Kule mpikiswano ikhoyo ngoku, abo bazama ukusebenzisa umthetho weCawa ukuchaza iiRoma ezintathu, bayayiphepha inyaniso yokuba ngokwenene kukho imithetho yeCawa emine echongiweyo elizwini likaThixo lesiprofeto, nokuba unyaka wama-321 umele umthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala eUnited States, yaye umthetho weCawa wango-538 ufuzisela umthetho weCawa oya kunyanzeliswa phezu kweentlanga zonke zehlabathi. Imithetho yeCawa emine ayichazi mithetho yeCawa mithathu, ngakumbi xa ukubonakaliswa kwesithathu kusetyenziso oluphindwe kathathu lwesiprofeto kumele ukuzaliseka kokugqibela. Umthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala eUnited States asinguwo umthetho wokugqibela weCawa; enyanisweni uphawula ukuqala kothotho lwemithetho yeCawa njengoko ilizwe ngalinye emhlabeni liya lisamkela ngokulandelelana uphawu lwegunya lobupopu.

Those who were awakened in July 2023 are required to understand that the prophetic test that confronts them occurs during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and that during that outpouring one class is receiving the “oil,” and the other class is receiving “strong delusion.” The primary representation of those who receive strong delusion is represented in the very chapter where the expression strong delusion is located, and in that chapter the truth that is either loved or rejected is the truth which defines the prophetic relationship between pagan Rome and papal Rome.

Abo bavuswayo ngoJulayi 2023 kufuneka baqonde ukuba uvavanyo lwesiprofeto olujamelene nabo lwenzeka ngexesha lokuthululwa koMoya oyiNgcwele, nokuba ngelo xesha lokuthululwa elinye iqela lifumana “ioli,” kanti elinye iqela lifumana “inkohliso enamandla.” Owona mfanekiso uphambili wabo bafumana inkohliso enamandla ubonakaliswa kwakweso sahluko apho kufumaneka khona ibinzana elithi inkohliso enamandla, yaye kweso sahluko inyaniso ethandwayo okanye eyaliwayo yile nyaniso ichaza ubudlelwane besiprofeto phakathi kweRoma yobuhedeni neRoma yobupopu.

The prophetic relationship between 321 and 538 is shown by the prophetic relationship between the church of Pergamos and the church of Thyatira. In the last days, pagan Rome, represented by 321 and Pergamos, is a symbol of the United States, and papal Rome, represented by 538 and Thyatira, is a symbol of Modern Rome.

Ubudlelwane bobuprofeti phakathi ko-321 no-538 bubonakaliswa bubudlelwane bobuprofeti phakathi kwebandla lasePergamo nebandla laseTiyatira. Ngemihla yokugqibela, iRoma yobuhedeni, emelwe ngu-321 nanguPergamo, iluphawu lwe-United States, yaye iRoma yobupopu, emelwe ngu-538 nanguTiyatira, iluphawu lweRoma yanamhlanje.

The first Rome of 321 was a singular power state, and the second Rome of 538 was a dual power representing a combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. The third and final Rome, which is modern Rome, is a threefold power that consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

IRoma yokuqala ka-321 yayingurhulumente wamandla omnye owahlukileyo, yaye iRoma yesibini ka-538 yayiligunya elinamacala amabini elalimele indibaniselwano yebandla norhulumente, ibandla lilawula olo lwalamano. IRoma yesithathu neyokugqibela, eyiRoma yanamhlanje, ligunya elinamacala amathathu eliquka inamba, irhamncwa, nomprofeti wobuxoki.

Paul taught that to not understand the prophetic and historic relationship of pagan Rome (the dragon) and papal Rome (the beast) was to manifest a hatred of the truth which brought about strong delusion. All the prophets, including Paul were more specifically addressing the last days, so the relationship between the two powers in Paul’s history represents the relationship between the three powers of Modern Rome in the last days. To reject the prophetic relationship that “forms” the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in the last days is to secure strong delusion for yourself.

UPawulos wafundisa ukuba ukungabuqondi ubudlelwane bobuprofeti nobembali phakathi kweRoma yobuhedeni (inamba) neRoma yobupopu (irhamncwa) kwakukuthetha ukubonakalisa intiyo yenyaniso, nto leyo eyazisa inkohliso enamandla. Bonke abaprofeti, kuquka noPawulos, babethetha ngokukodwa ngeemihla yokugqibela, ngoko ke ubudlelwane phakathi kwala magunya mabini kwimbali kaPawulos bumela ubudlelwane phakathi kwamagunya amathathu eRoma yale mihla ngemihla yokugqibela. Ukulahla ubudlelwane bobuprofeti “obakha” umanyano oluphindwe kathathu lwenamba, irhamncwa, nomprofeti wobuxoki ngemihla yokugqibela kukuzizuzela inkohliso enamandla.

Uriah Smith’s private interpretation of the king of the north represented a “cause” that produced an “effect.” But the class that is on the wrong side of the controversies about Rome is specifically identified as being unable to reason from cause to effect. Smith did not see that his flawed application of the king of the north would produce a prophetic platform which would lead him to also misrepresent the sixth plague, where there is a warning to keep or lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness.

Ukutolika kuka-Uriya Smith okuyimfihlo ngokumkani wasemantla kwakumela “isizathu” esavelisa “isiphumo.” Kodwa udidi olusecaleni olungelulo kwiimpikiswano ezingoRoma luchongwe ngokukodwa njengolungakwaziyo ukuqiqa lusuka kwisizathu luye kwisiphumo. USmith akazange abone ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwakhe okunesiphako komkani wasemantla kwakunokuvelisa iqonga lesiprofeto elaliya kumkhokelela ekubeni achaze gwenxa nesibetho sesithandathu, apho kukho isilumkiso sokuba kugcinwe okanye kulahleke ingubo yobulungisa bukaKristu.

As with Paul’s emphasis in Second Thessalonians, John in chapter sixteen of Revelation and the sixth plague emphasizes the necessity of understanding who the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon are. Smith’s flawed application of the king of the north provides witness to an inability to rightly apply types and antitypes.

Njengoko kugxininiswa nguPawulos kweyesiBini kwabaseTesalonika, uYohane kwisahluko seshumi elinesithandathu seSityhilelo nakwisibetho sesithandathu ugxininisa imfuneko yokuqonda ukuba ngawaphi na loo mandla mathathu akhokela ihlabathi eArmagedon. Ukusetyenziswa okuphosakeleyo kukaSmith kokumkani wasentla kunika ubungqina bokungakwazi ukusebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo imizekelo nezinto ezizalisekisayo.

Smith could not, or would not, apply the principle so strongly set forth in the writings of Paul that the literal before the time-period of the cross represented the spiritual after the time-period of the cross. When this principle is carefully and correctly followed it is easily demonstrated that the “king of the north” is one of many symbols that represent the spiritual “king of the north” in the last days. Seventh-day Adventists above any other people should know that one of the primary structures that prophecy is based upon is the controversy between Christ and Satan. Christ is the true King of the north, and Satan has been attempting to manifest himself as the counterfeit king of the north.

USmith wayengenako, okanye engavumanga, ukusebenzisa umgaqo obekwe ngamandla kangaka kwiincwadi zikaPawulos wokuba into yokoqobo ngaphambi kwexesha lomnqamlezo yayimela okomoya emva kwexesha lomnqamlezo. Xa lo mgaqo ulandelwa ngononophelo nangokuchaneka, kubonakaliswa ngokulula ukuba “ukumkani wasentla” ngomnye kwimininzi imifuziselo emele “ukumkani wasentla” wokomoya wemihla yokugqibela. AmaSeventh-day Adventists ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye abantu afanele akwazi ukuba esinye seziseko eziphambili ekusekwe kuzo isiprofeto yimbambano phakathi kukaKristu noSathana. UKristu nguKumkani wasentla oyinyaniso, yaye uSathana ebezama ukuzibonakalisa njengokumkani wasentla wobuxoki.

> A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. Psalms 48:1–3.

> Ingoma neNdumiso yoonyana bakaKora. Mkhulu uYehova, emele ukudunyiswa kakhulu emzini kaThixo wethu, entabeni yobungcwele bakhe. Intle ngokuma kwayo, iluvuyo lomhlaba wonke, yiNtaba yeZiyon, emacaleni asentla, umzi woKumkani omkhulu. UThixo uyaziwa ezingxandeni zayo zokuhlala njengesiphephelo. IiNdumiso 48:1–3.

Satan’s efforts to counterfeit the true King of the north, includes employing the pope of Rome as his earthly representative. Satan is antichrist, and so is the pope of Rome, who is Satan’s proxy in his work of deception.

Iinzame zikaSathana zokuxelisa uKumkani wokwenene wasemntla ziquka ukusebenzisa upopu waseRoma njengommeli wakhe wasemhlabeni. USathana ungumchasi-Kristu, yaye kunjalo nompopu waseRoma, ongummeli kaSathana emsebenzini wakhe wenkohliso.

> “To secure worldly gains and honors, the church was led to seek the favor and support of the great men of earth; and having thus rejected Christ, she was induced to yield allegiance to the representative of Satan—the bishop of Rome.” The Great Controversy, 50.

> “Ukuze kufunyanwe iingenelo neendili zehlabathi, ibandla lakhokelwa ekubeni lifune ukuthandwa nenkxaso ngabakhulu bomhlaba; yaye ekubeni limalile ngolo hlobo uKristu, lakhuthazwa ukuba linikele ukunyaniseka kummeli kaSathana—ubhishophu waseRoma.” *Imbambano Enkulu*, 50.

In the breakup of Alexander the Great’s kingdom, Seleucus Nicator became the first king of the north in the history represented in Daniel chapter eleven. His father, Antiochus, had been an influential leader in Alexander’s kingdom, and his son, Seleucus, was made the satrap of Babylon. A “satrap” is a governor, and when Seleucus had secured three of the four geographical areas that Alexander’s kingdom divided into, he became the king of the north.

Ekuchithakaleni kobukumkani buka-Alesandire Omkhulu, uSeleucus Nicator waba ngukumkani wokuqala wasentla kwimbali emelwe kuDaniyeli isahluko seshumi elinanye. Uyise, uAntiochus, wayeyinkokeli enempembelelo ebukumkanini buka-Alesandire, yaye unyana wakhe, uSeleucus, wenziwa isatrapu yaseBhabhiloni. “Isatrapu” lirhuluneli, yaye xa uSeleucus wayesezikhusele iindawo ezintathu kwezo zine zejografi awahlulwa zaba zizo ubukumkani buka-Alesandire, waba ngukumkani wasentla.

Smith’s private interpretation and avoidance of grammatical rules led him to assume the final powers that made up Satan’s confederacy of evil in the last days were represented in prophecy as literal powers, not spiritual powers. Thus, he could not see that Seleucus Nicator as the first king of the north, the governor of Babylon, would of prophetic necessity represent the final spiritual king of the north who was the power that controlled modern spiritual Babylon.

Ukutolika kukaSmith ngasese nokuphepha kwakhe imithetho yegrama kwamkhokelela ekubeni acinge ukuba amandla okugqibela awayesenza umanyano lukaSathana lobubi ngemihla yokugqibela amelwe esiprofetweni njengamandla angokoqobo, kungekhona amandla omoya. Ngaloo ndlela, wayengenakubona ukuba uSeleucus Nicator, njengokumkani wokuqala wasemantla, irhuluneli yaseBhabheli, wayeya kuthi, ngokuyimfuneko kwesiprofeto, amele ukumkani wokugqibela wasemantla ongowomoya, owayeligunya elalilawula iBhabheli yanamhlanje yokomoya.

> And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 17:1-6.

> Kweza kwafika omnye weengelosi ezisixhenxe ezazineengqayi ezisixhenxe, wathetha nam, esithi kum, Yiza apha; ndokubonisa umgwebo wehenyukazi elikhulu elihleli phezu kwamanzi amaninzi; elo ookumkani behlabathi bahenyuze nalo, nabemi behlabathi banxityiswe yiwayini yohenyuzo lwalo. Wandithabathela ke emoyeni entlango; ndabona umfazi ehleli phezu kwerhamncwa elibomvu krwe, lizele ngamagama onyeliso, lineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi. Ke umfazi wayambethe ezimfusa nebomvu, ehonjiswe ngegolide nangamatye anqabileyo neeperile, enendebe yegolide esandleni sakhe, izele zizinto ezingamasikizi nobunqambi bohenyuzo lwakhe. Kwaye ebunzi lakhe kwakubhaliwe igama, IMFIHLELO, IBHABHILONI ENKULU, UNINA WAMAHENYUKAZI NOWEZINTO EZINGAMASIKIZI ZEHLAWATHI. Ndambona umfazi enxile ligazi labangcwele, nangegazi lamangqina kaYesu; ndathi ke ndakumbona, ndamangaliswa kukumangaliswa okukhulu. ISityhilelo 17:1-6.

The power that governs Babylon in the last days is the papal church, and she is therefore also the spiritual king of the north.

Amandla alawula iBhabheli ngemihla yokugqibela yibandla lobupopu, yaye ngoko ke naye ungukumkani wasemantla ngokwasemoyeni.

> “The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as ‘arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness:…and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.’ Says the prophet: ‘I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.’ Babylon is further declared to be ‘that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.’ Revelation 17:4-6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome. The purple and scarlet color, the gold and precious stones and pearls, vividly picture the magnificence and more than kingly pomp affected by the haughty see of Rome. And no other power could be so truly declared ‘drunken with the blood of the saints’ as that church which has so cruelly persecuted the followers of Christ. Babylon is also charged with the sin of unlawful connection with ‘the kings of the earth.’ It was by departure from the Lord, and alliance with the heathen, that the Jewish church became a harlot; and Rome, corrupting herself in like manner by seeking the support of worldly powers, receives a like condemnation.” The Great Controversy, 382.

> “Umfazi (iBhabheli) weSityhilelo 17 uchazwa ‘enjengewambathiswe ngombala omfusa nobomvu, ehonjiswe ngegolide nangamatye anqabileyo neeperile, ephethe esandleni sakhe indebe yegolide izele ngamasikizi nobungcolileyo: …ebunzi lakhe kwakubhalwe igama, Imfihlelo, iBhabheli Enkulu, unina wamahenyukazi.’ Uthi umprofeti: ‘Ndambona umfazi enxilile ligazi labangcwele, nangegazi lamangqina kaYesu.’ Kwaye iBhabheli ibhengezwa ngakumbi njengaleyo ‘dolophu inkulu, ilawula phezu kookumkani bomhlaba.’ ISityhilelo 17:4-6, 18. Amandla awathi kangangeenkulungwane ezininzi agcina ulawulo lobuzwilakhe phezu kweekumkani zeLizwe lamaKristu yiRoma. Umbala omfusa nobomvu, igolide namatye anqabileyo neeperile, kuveza ngokucacileyo ubungangamsha nobukhazikhazi obungaphezulu kobookumkani obuboniswayo sisihlalo esinekratshi saseRoma. Kwaye akukho namnye omnye amandla anokuthi ngokwenene kuthiwe ‘unxiliswe ligazi labangcwele’ njengaloo bandla elathe labatshutshisa ngenkohlakalo engaka abalandeli bakaKristu. Kanti ke iBhabheli ikwatyholwa ngesono sonxibelelwano olungekho mthethweni ‘nooekumkani bomhlaba.’ Kwakukungemka eNkosini, nokudibana nabahedeni, apho ibandla lamaYuda laba lihenyukazi; kwaye iRoma, izonakalisa ngokunjalo ngokufuna inkxaso yamandla ehlabathi, ifumana isigwebo esinjalo.” Imbambano Enkulu, 382.

The governor is the king, and according to Isaiah, a king is a kingdom and is also the capital city of a kingdom.

Irhuluneli ngukumkani, yaye ngokukaIsaya, ukumkani bubukumkani, yaye ukwangunongxowankulu wesixeko sobukumkani eso.

> For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:8, 9.

> Ngokuba intloko yeSiriya yiDamasko, nentloko yeDamasko nguRezini; yaye kungaphelanga iminyaka emashumi mathandathu anesihlanu, uEfrayim uya kuqhekezwa, angabi sabantu. Nentloko kaEfrayim yiSamariya, nentloko yeSamariya ngunyana kaRemaliya. Ukuba aniyi kukholwa, inene anisayi kuzinza. Isaya 7:8, 9.

According to the witness of Isaiah, a student of prophecy who awakens in July of 2023 to a prophetic testing process must recognize the prophetic symbolism of the “head” if he wishes to be established. If he doesn’t recognize and apply the symbolism of a “head” when called for, then he is not established. Those who disbelieve are not established, and therefore Isaiah is identifying two classes of worshippers in the last days who either are established or are not established. They are the same two classes who either have the “oil,” or they don’t have the “oil.”

Ngokobungqina bukaIsaya, umfundi wesiprofeto ovuka ngoJulayi ka-2023 aye kwinkqubo yovavanyo lwesiprofeto umele aqonde umfuziselo wesiprofeto “wentloko” ukuba unqwenela ukumiselwa. Ukuba akawuqondi aze awusebenzise umfuziselo “wentloko” xa kufuneka, ngoko akamiselwanga. Abo bangakholwayo abamiselwanga, yaye ngoko ke uIsaya uchonga iindidi ezimbini zabanquli ngemihla yokugqibela abathi nokuba bamiselwe okanye abamiselwanga. Zizo kwa ezo ndidi zimbini zinokuba zine-“oli,” okanye azinayo “ioli.”

One class that is established and has oil, receives the message of the Midnight Cry that began to be opened up in July of 2023, or they receive the strong delusion of Second Thessalonians. Their test is the formation of the image of the beast, and the way in which the beast is formed, whether the papal beast of the Dark Ages, or its image that is formed by the United States, or the threefold union that leads the world to Armageddon. This includes the necessity of recognizing that the “head,” the “king” the ruler of the other two powers that make up the threefold union, is the papal power.

Olunye udidi olusekiweyo noluneoli luyawamkela umyalezo woKhalelo lwasezinzulwini zobusuku owathi waqalisa ukutyhilwa ngoJulayi ka-2023, kungenjalo lwamkela inkohliso enamandla yeSibini kwabaseTesalonika. Uvavanyo lwalo kukubunjwa komfanekiso werhamncwa, kwanendlela elakhiwa ngayo irhamncwa, nokuba lirhamncwa lobupapa lamaXesha Obumnyama, okanye ngumfanekiso walo owenziwa yiUnited States, okanye ngumanyano oluphindwe kathathu olukhokelela ihlabathi eArmagedon. Oku kuquka imfuneko yokuqonda ukuba “intloko,” “ukumkani,” umlawuli wamanye amagunya amabini enza umanyano oluphindwe kathathu, ngamandla obupapa.

The “head,” the capital city of Judah was Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose to place His name.

“Intloko,” isixeko esilikomkhulu sakwaYuda, yayiyiYerusalem, isixeko awasikhethayo uYehova ukuba abeke kuso igama lakhe.

> And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 1 Kings 14:21.

> Kwaye uRehobhowam unyana kaSolomon wabusa kwaYuda. URehobhowam wayeneminyaka emashumi mane anamnye ubudala ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa, waza wabusa iminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe eYerusalem, umzi awawunyulayo uYehova kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli, ukuze abeke igama lakhe khona. Igama likanina lalinguNahama, umAmonikazi. 1 Kumkani 14:21.

In the great controversy between Christ and Satan, Christ’s capital city, where He places His name, is Jerusalem, and Satan’s counterfeit was the literal city of Babylon that represents spiritual Babylon that great city in the last days. Satan places his name upon the head as a counterfeit of God’s city and capitol. The king that resides there is the mother of harlots who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. The mother of harlots is the papal power, and her daughters are the fallen Protestant churches, of which the premier fallen apostate church is the apostate Protestants of the United States.

Kule mpikiswano inkulu phakathi kukaKristu noSathana, ikomkhulu likaKristu, apho abeka khona igama laKhe, yiYerusalem, yaye umgunyathi kaSathana wayesisixeko esiyinyani saseBhabheli esimele iBhabheli yokomoya, eso sixeko sikhulu semihla yokugqibela. USathana ubeka igama lakhe entlokweni njengomgunyathi wesixeko sikaThixo nekomkhulu laYo. Ukumkani ohlala apho ngunina wamahenyukazi, owenzayo uhenyuzo nookumkani bomhlaba. Unina wamahenyukazi ligunya lobupapa, yaye iintombi zakhe ziicawa zamaProtestanti eziwileyo, ekuthi phakathi kwazo eyona iphambili phakathi kweecawa eziwileyo nezawexukayo ibe ngamaProtestanti awexukileyo aseUnited States.

Those apostate Protestants represent the Protestant horn of the earth beast, and they are connected with their mother since their rejection of the prophetic message that was unsealed in 1798. Their counterpart, the Republican horn, is connected with the kings of the earth through their relationship with the United Nations, the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. The threefold union which leads the world to Armageddon is represented by its head, where its name is placed, and spiritual modern Rome is spiritual modern Babylon. Its “head” is the papal power.

Abo baProtestanti baweyo bamele uphondo lwamaProtestanti lwerhamncwa lasemhlabeni, yaye banxulumene nonina ngenxa yokwala kwabo umyalezo wesiprofeto owatyhilwayo ngowe-1798. Iqabane labo, uphondo lwamaRiphabhlikhi, linxulumene nookumkani behlabathi ngobudlelane babo neZizwe eziManyeneyo, ookumkani abalishumi beSityhilelo seshumi elinesixhenxe. Umanyano oluphindwe kathathu olukhokelela ihlabathi eArmagedon lumelwe yintloko yalo, apho igama lalo libekwe khona, yaye iRoma yanamhlanje yokomoya iyiBhabheli yanamhlanje yokomoya. “Intloko” yalo ligunya lobupopu.

The first represents the last and whether you apply Daniel chapter two as did the Millerites, as representing four kingdoms, or as has been opened up in the last days as representing eight kingdoms, the first kingdom was literal Babylon. The Millerites would inform you the last was literal Rome. Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols, for they are the first and the last of a prophetic line.

Eyokuqala imela eyokugqibela, yaye nokuba usebenzisa uDaniyeli isahluko sesibini njengoko benjenjalo amaMillerite, uyithabathe njengemela izikumkani ezine, okanye njengoko kutyhilwe ngemihla yokugqibela, uyithabathe njengemela izikumkani ezisibhozo, ubukumkani bokuqala babuyiBhabheli yokoqobo. AmaMillerite ebeya kukuxelela ukuba obokugqibela babuyiRoma yokoqobo. IBhabheli neRoma ziimpawu ezinokutshintshiselwana, kuba zingabokuqala nezokugqibela kumgca wesiprofeto.

In the last days the first kingdom of literal Babylon represents the eighth and last kingdom which is spiritual modern Babylon, and is also spiritual modern Rome. Upon the two witnesses represented in Daniel chapter two Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols.

Ngemihla yokugqibela ubukumkani bokuqala beBhabheli yokoqobo bumela ubukumkani besibhozo nobokugqibela obuyiBhabheli yanamhlanje yokomoya, yaye bukwayiRoma yanamhlanje yokomoya. Ngokubhekisele kumangqina amabini amelwe kwisahluko sesibini sikaDaniyeli, iBhabheli neRoma ziisimboli ezisetyenziswa ngokutshintshanayo.

When the papal whore is portrayed with a name on her forehead that identifies “Mystery Babylon,” it is also identifying “mystery Rome.” A prophetic “mystery” represents a truth that is so profound that it is impossible to understand the depth of the truth represented therein, especially without the influence of the Holy Spirit. But a biblical “mystery” also demands that what is revealed in connection with the mystery is a required understanding for those who seek to pass the test. This is why two witnesses in Revelation emphasize the need to understand modern Rome.

Xa ihenyukazi lobupopu limelwe linegama ebunzini balo elichaza “iBhabheli Eliyimfihlelo,” likwachaza kwangaxeshanye “iRoma eyimfihlelo.” “Imfihlelo” yesiprofeto imela inyaniso enzulu kangangokuba akunakwenzeka ukuqonda ubunzulu benyaniso emelwe apho, ingakumbi ngaphandle kwempembelelo yoMoya oyiNgcwele. Kodwa “imfihlelo” yaseBhayibhileni ikwafuna ukuba oko kutyhilwayo ngokunxulumene naloo mfihlelo kube kukuqonda okuyimfuneko kwabo bafuna ukuphumelela uvavanyo. Kungenxa yoko le nto amangqina amabini encwadini yeSityhilelo egxininisa imfuneko yokuqonda iRoma yanamhlanje.

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

> Nabu ubulumko. Lowo unengqiqo makawubale umongo werhamncwa; kuba ungumongo womntu; kwaye umongo walo ngamakhulu amathandathu anamashumi amathandathu anesithandathu. ISityhilelo 13:18.

“Wisdom” understands the number of the beast, which is the number of a man whose number is six, six, six. The “man of sin” is the head of the beast. Wisdom is an attribute of the wise virgins in the last days, and it is also a symbol of those who understand the increase of knowledge in the last days. Those who do not understand are foolish virgins and are the wicked. The “wisdom” they do not understand must of prophetic necessity be in the context of the final prophetic test, for this is when the wise and foolish virgins exist. They must understand “six, six, six.” The mind that has wisdom is also located by John in the last days in Revelation chapter seventeen.

“Ubulumko” buyayiqonda inani lerhamncwa, elilinani lomntu inani lakhe lingu-ntandathu, ntandathu, ntandathu. “Umntu wesono” uyintloko yerhamncwa. Ubulumko luphawu lweentombi ezizilumko ngemihla yokugqibela, yaye lukwangumfuziselo wabo baqondayo ukwanda kolwazi ngemihla yokugqibela. Abo bangaqondiyo ziintombi ezizizidenge yaye bangabangendawo. “Ubulumko” abangabuqondiyo kufuneka, ngokuyimfuneko yesiprofeto, bube kumxholo wovavanyo lokugqibela lwesiprofeto, kuba kulapho iintombi ezizilumko neezizidenge zikhona khona. Kufuneka baqonde “ntandathu, ntandathu, ntandathu.” Ingqondo enobulumko nayo uYohane uyibeka ngemihla yokugqibela kwiSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesixhenxe.

> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Revelation 17:9–11.

> Nantsi ingqondo enobulumko. Iintloko ezisixhenxe ziintaba ezisixhenxe, ahleli kuzo umfazi lowo. Kanjalo kukho ookumkani abasixhenxe: abahlanu bawile, omnye ukho, omnye ke akakafiki; yaye xa efika, umelwe kukuhlala ithutyana elifutshane. Irhamncwa elo lalikho, lingasekho, lona ngokwalo lingolwesibhozo, yaye lingelaba basixhenxe, lize liye entshabalalweni. IsiTyhilelo 17:9–11.

The “mind” that has the wisdom to understand the number “six, six, six,” is a wise virgin who has obtained the “mind of Christ.”

“Ingqondo” enobulumko bokuqonda inani elithi “sithandathu, sithandathu, sithandathu,” yintombi esisilumko ethe yafumana “ingqondo kaKristu.”

> For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16.

> Ngokuba ngubani na owaziyo ingqondo yeNkosi, ukuze ayifundise? Ke thina sinengqondo kaKristu. 1 Korinte 2:16.

The class of wise virgins have the mind of Christ, and the foolish wicked virgins have the mind of Christ’s adversary.

Udidi lweentombi ezilumkileyo lunengqondo kaKristu, yaye iintombi ezizizidenge nezikhohlakeleyo zinengqondo yomchasi kaKristu.

> “The time has come for the true light to shine amid moral darkness. The third angel’s message has been sent forth to the world, warning men against receiving the mark of the beast or of his image in their foreheads or in their hands. To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas, in direct opposition to the word of God.” Review and Herald, July 13, 1897.

> “Ixesha lifikile lokuba ukukhanya okuyinyaniso kukhanye phakathi kobumnyama bokuziphatha. Isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu sithunyelwe ehlabathini, silumkisa abantu nxamnye nokwamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa okanye lomfanekiso walo emabunzini abo okanye ezandleni zabo. Ukwamkela olu phawu kuthetha ukufikelela kweso sigqibo sinye esele senziwa lirhamncwa, nokukhuthaza kwaezo zimvo zikwangolo hlobo lunye, ngokuchasene ngqo nelizwi likaThixo.” Review and Herald, Julayi 13, 1897.

The formation of the image of the beast is the final test for the virgins of the parable, and the wise have the mind of Christ, for they have come to the same decision as Christ, for they have submitted their wills unto the Holy Spirit’s direction. The formation of the image of Christ in the wise virgins contrasts with the formation of the image of the beast in the foolish virgins. The foolish virgins come to the same decision as the beast, for they became confused upon the test question concerning the correct identification of the antichrist, who is the counterfeit king of the north and the head of modern Rome.

Ukubunjwa komfanekiso werhamncwa lolona vavanyo lokugqibela kwiintombi zomzekeliso, yaye izilumko zinengqondo kaKristu, kuba zifikile kweso sigqibo sinye noKristu, kuba zinikele intando yazo phantsi kokhokelo loMoya oyiNgcwele. Ukubunjwa komfanekiso kaKristu kwiintombi ezizilumko kuchasana nokubunjwa komfanekiso werhamncwa kwiintombi ezizidenge. Iintombi ezizidenge zifika kweso sigqibo sinye nerhamncwa, kuba zaphazamiseka kumbuzo wovavanyo omalunga nokuchongwa ngokuchanekileyo komchasi-Kristu, ongukumkani wobuxoki wasemantla nentloko yeRoma yanamhlanje.

> “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.

> “Abo badidekayo ekuqondeni kwabo ilizwi, abangakwaziyo ukubona intsingiselo yomchasi-Kristu, ngokuqinisekileyo baya kuzibeka kwicala lomchasi-Kristu.” Kress Collection, 105.

The foolish virgins in the testing time that is represented as the formation of the image of the beast become confused in their understanding of the word. Their confusion is premised upon misunderstanding God’s prophetic word, and failing to see the correct meaning of Modern Rome, they receive strong delusion, come to the same decision as the beast, and advocate the same papal ideas in direct opposition to the word of God, and place themselves on the side of antichrist.

Iintombi eziziziyatha ngexesha lovavanyo elimelwe njengokwakhiwa komfanekiso werhamncwa ziyaphazamiseka ekuqondeni kwazo ilizwi. Ukuphazamiseka kwazo kusekelwe ekungaluqondini kakuhle ilizwi lesiprofeto likaThixo, yaye, zisilela ukubona intsingiselo echanileyo yeRoma yanamhlanje, zamkela inkohliso enamandla, zifike kwisigqibo esinye neserhamncwa, zize zikhuthaze kwaezo zimvo zobupopu ngokuchasana ngokuthe ngqo nelizwi likaThixo, zize zizibeke kwicala likamchasi-Kristu.

We will continue these thoughts in the next article in this category.

Siya kuqhubeka nale mizekelo kwingxelo elandelayo kolu didi.

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