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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Eleven

Isityhilelo sikaYesu Kristu — Inani Ishumi elinanye

The Image of the Beast

Umfanekiselo Werhamncwa

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 5, 2023

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> And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:1–17.

> Kwabonakala omnye umqondiso ezulwini; yaye nanko inamba enkulu ebomvu, ineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi, inezithsaba ezisixhenxe phezu kweentloko zayo. Umsila wayo warhuqela isahlulo sesithathu seenkwenkwezi zezulu, waziphosa emhlabeni; yaza inamba yema phambi komfazi owayesele eza kuzala, ukuze imginye umntwana wakhe akuba ezelwe. Waza wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe, lowo wayeya kulawula zonke iintlanga ngentonga yentsimbi; waza umntwana wakhe waxwiliselwa kuThixo, nasesihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. Waza umfazi wasabela entlango, apho anendawo ayilungiselelwe nguThixo, ukuze ondliwe khona iwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu eentsuku. Kwaza kwabakho imfazwe ezulwini: uMikayeli neengelosi zakhe balwa nenamba; nenamba yalwa, kunye neengelosi zayo, kodwa azoyisa; nendawo yazo ayabe isafumaneka ezulwini. Yaza inamba enkulu yaphoswa phantsi, inyoka yakudala leyo, ebizwa ngokuba nguMtyholi, noSathana, olahlekisa ihlabathi liphela; yaphoswa emhlabeni, neengelosi zayo zaphoswa phantsi kunye nayo. Ndeva ilizwi elikhulu lisithi ezulwini, Ngoku kufikile usindiso, namandla, nobukumkani boThixo wethu, negunya likaKristu wakhe; kuba ummangaleli wabazalwana bethu uphosiwe phantsi, lowo wayebabeka ityala phambi koThixo wethu imini nobusuku. Bona bamoyisa ngegazi leMvana, nangelizwi lobungqina babo; abawathandanga ubomi babo kwada kwasa ekufeni. Ngenxa yoko vuyani, zulu, nani nihlala kulo. Yeha kubemi bomhlaba nolwandle! kuba uMtyholi wehlile weza kuni, enomsindo omkhulu, ngenxa yokuba esazi ukuba unexesha elifutshane kuphela. Yathi inamba, yakubona ukuba iphoswe emhlabeni, yamtshutshisa umfazi owazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe. Wanikwa umfazi amaphiko amabini okhozi olukhulu, ukuze abhabhele entlango, endaweni yakhe, apho ondliwa khona ixesha, namaxesha, nesiqingatha sexesha, kude nobuso benyoka. Yaza inyoka yakhupha emlonyeni wayo amanzi anjengomlambo emva komfazi, ukuze imgoduse ngomlambo. Kodwa umhlaba wamnceda umfazi, nomhlaba wavula umlomo wawo, wawuginya umlambo eyawukhupha inamba emlonyeni wayo. Yaza inamba yamqumbela umfazi, yahamba yaya kwenza imfazwe nabaseleyo bembewu yakhe, abagcina imithetho kaThixo, kwaye banobungqina bukaYesu Kristu. ISityhilelo 12:1–17.

The first battle in the great controversy between Christ and Satan, began in the third heaven with Lucifer’s rebellion, and that first battle typifies the last battle in the first heaven. There is more warfare, for at the end of the thousand-year millennium, Satan is loosed for a little season, and mounts an attack against Jerusalem, but that battle has no possibility of victory. The battle in the third heaven at the beginning, which represents the battle in the first heaven at the end, was carried out while probation was open.

Idabi lokuqala kwimbambano enkulu phakathi kukaKristu noSathana laqala ezulwini lesithathu ngokuvukela kukaLusifa, yaye elo dabi lokuqala limela ngokomfuziselo idabi lokugqibela ezulwini lokuqala. Kusekho eminye imfazwe, kuba ekupheleni kweminyaka eliwaka leminyaka, uSathana uyakhululwa okwexeshana elincinane, aze ahlasele iYerusalem, kodwa elo dabi alinakho ncam ithuba loloyiso. Idabi ezulwini lesithathu ekuqaleni, elimele idabi ezulwini lokuqala ekupheleni, laqhutywa ngelixa ixesha lovavanyo lalisavulekile.

The “woman” that is pregnant with child, represents God’s church throughout history, and in the history of Christ she was about to give birth to the man child Jesus. In the last days, she gives birth to twins. Just before the Sunday law she births the one hundred and forty-four thousand, of Revelation seven, and at the Sunday law she begins the travail of birthing the great multitude of Revelation seven. Her twins are not identical, but they are twins, and the first born is Elijah and the younger son is Moses.

“Umfazi” okhulelweyo umele ibandla likaThixo kuyo yonke imbali, yaye kwimbali kaKristu wayesele eza kuzala umntwana oyinkwenkwe, uYesu. Ngemihla yokugqibela, uzala amawele. Kamsinya nje phambi komthetho weCawa uzala ikhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka, awo akwisiTyhilelo sesixhenxe, yaye ngexesha lomthetho weCawa uqala inimba yokuzala isihlwele esikhulu sesiTyhilelo sesixhenxe. Amawele akhe awafani ncam, kodwa angamawele, yaye owamazibulo nguEliya, kanti unyana omncinane nguMoses.

In the beginning of spiritual Israel, the dragon of pagan Rome was waiting to devour the man child Jesus, and the dragon of modern Rome is now waiting to devour the man child of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. As pagan Rome persecuted the early Christian church, modern Rome will repeat the persecution during the Sunday law crisis. In the early Christian church, the woman fled into the wilderness for twelve hundred and sixty literal years, and the persecution of the Sunday law crisis is symbolized by the forty-two months of Revelation thirteen and verse five. In the wilderness God’s people have a place prepared for them where they are fed and nourished.

Ekuqalekeni koSirayeli wokomoya, inamba yaseRoma yobuhedeni yayilindele ukuginya umntwana oyinkwenkwe, uYesu; yaye inamba yaseRoma yanamhlanje ngoku ilindele ukuginya umntwana oyinkwenkwe wabakhulu balikhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka. Njengoko iRoma yobuhedeni yalitshutshisa ibandla lamaKristu okuqala, iRoma yanamhlanje iya kuphinda olo tshutshiso ngexesha lentsizi yomthetho weCawa. Ebandleni lamaKristu okuqala, umfazi wasabela entlango iminyaka eliwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu yokwenene, yaye intshutshiso yentsizi yomthetho weCawa ifuziselwa ziinyanga ezingamashumi amane anesibini zeSityhilelo 13:5. Entlango abantu bakaThixo banendawo abayilungiselelweyo apho bondliwa baze banyanyekelwe.

In Revelation chapter eight, and verse thirteen, the last three trumpets are identified as three woes. The woes in Revelation represent the trumpet judgments of Islam against the powers that pass Sunday laws. In the warfare that is illustrated in chapter twelve, the role of Islam is identified when it states, “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” The persecution that Jezebel accomplishes through her apostate husband Ahab, is directed at the “earth” beast and the “sea” beast.

KwisiTyhilelo isahluko sesibhozo, nendima yeshumi elinesithathu, amaxilongo amathathu okugqibela achongwa njengeehawe ezintathu. Ezi hawe eziseTyhilelweni zimele izigwebo zamaxilongo zobuSilamsi ezichasene namagunya amisela imithetho yeCawa. Emfazweni obonakaliswayo kwisahluko seshumi elinesibini, indima yobuSilamsi ichongwa xa kusithiwa, “Yeha kwabemi bomhlaba nabaselwandle! ngokuba uMtyholi uhlile weza kuni, enomsindo omkhulu, ngokuba esazi ukuba unexesha elifutshane.” Intshutshiso ayiphumeza uIzebhele ngomyeni wakhe oweyisayo uAhabhi, ijoliswe kwirhamncwa “lomhlaba” nakwirhamncwa “laselwandle.”

The movement of the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen, as with every reform movement, has four primary waymarks that lead to and include the judgment. For the movement of the first angel, those four waymarks were August 11, 1840, the first disappointment in the Spring of 1843, the arrival of the message of the Midnight Cry August 12 through 17 in 1844, and the opening of the judgment on October 22, 1844. Each of those four waymarks possessed the same overlying theme of “time.” August 11, 1840, was a fulfillment of the time prophecy of Revelation chapter nine, and verse fifteen. The first disappointment of 1843, represented a failed prediction of time. The Midnight Cry message was the correction of the previously failed prediction of time, and October 22, 1844, was the fulfillment of the predicted time of the message of the Midnight Cry.

Intshukumo yesithunywa esinamandla sesiTyhilelo seshumi elinesibhozo, njengakuyo yonke intshukumo yohlaziyo, ineempawu zendlela ezine eziphambili ezikhokelela emgwebeni zize ziwubandakanye. Kwintshukumo yesithunywa sokuqala, ezo mpawu zendlela zine zazingowe-11 Agasti 1840, ukuphoxeka kokuqala eNtwasahlobo ka-1843, ukufika kwesigidimi seSikhalo Sasezinzulwini Zobusuku ukusuka ngowe-12 ukuya kowe-17 Agasti ngo-1844, nokuvulwa komgwebo ngowe-22 Oktobha 1844. Nganye kwezo mpawu zendlela zine yayinomxholo omnye ophezulu wokuthi “ixesha.” Umhla we-11 Agasti 1840, wawukukuzaliseka kwesiprofeto sexesha sesiTyhilelo isahluko sesithoba, nevesi yeshumi elinesihlanu. Ukuphoxeka kokuqala kuka-1843 kwakumela ukuqikelelwa kwexesha okungaphumelelanga. Isigidimi seSikhalo Sasezinzulwini Zobusuku saba lulungiso loqikelelo lwexesha olwalusilele ngaphambili, yaye owe-22 Oktobha 1844 waba kukuzaliseka kwexesha elaliqikelelwe sisigidimi seSikhalo Sasezinzulwini Zobusuku.

The movement of the third angel has those same four waymarks, for they exist in every reform line, and as with all of those four waymarks of every reform line, each waymark possesses the same prophetic theme. Islam of the third woe, is the theme of the four waymarks in the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. On September 11, 2001 Islam of the third woe was released and then restrained. The failed prediction of July 18, 2020 identified an Islamic attack upon Nashville, Tennessee, and represented Islam of the third woe. The message that awakens the dead dry bones that are in the street of Revelation eleven, is the perfect and final fulfillment of the Midnight Cry message, and it represents a correction of the Nashville prediction (without the element of time). It will be fulfilled at the fourth waymark, which is the Sunday law, where Islam of the third woe will strike the United States because of its enforcement of the soon-coming Sunday law.

Intshukumo yengelosi yesithathu inazo kwa ezo mpawu zine zendlela, kuba zikhona kuwo wonke umgca wohlaziyo, yaye njengakuzo zonke ezo mpawu zine zendlela zawo wonke umgca wohlaziyo, uphawu ngalunye lwendlela lunomxholo ofanayo wesiprofeto. UbuSilamsi bosizi lwesithathu, ngumxholo weempawu ezine zendlela kwintshukumo yabangamakhulu alikhulu anamashumi amane anesine amawaka. NgoSeptemba 11, 2001 ubuSilamsi bosizi lwesithathu bakhululwa baza ke bathintelwa. Uqikelelo olungaphumelelanga lukaJulayi 18, 2020 lwachonga uhlaselo lobuSilamsi olujoliswe eNashville, eTennessee, yaye lwamela ubuSilamsi bosizi lwesithathu. Isigidimi esivusa amathambo omileyo, afileyo asesitratweni seSityhilelo seshumi elinanye, sisizaliseko esigqibeleleyo nesokugqibela sesigidimi seSikhalo Sasezinzulwini Zobusuku, yaye simele ukulungiswa koqikelelo lwaseNashville (ngaphandle kwento yexesha). Siya kuzalisekiswa kuphawu lwesine lwendlela, olungumthetho weCawa, apho ubuSilamsi bosizi lwesithathu buya kuhlasela iUnited States ngenxa yokunyanzelisa kwawo umthetho weCawa ozayo kungekudala.

When this truth is recognized, in conjunction with the fact that the mighty movement of the third angel is a warning of impending judgment, the Islamic judgment represented by the third woe can be easily understood as the “woe” that is brought upon “earth” and “sea.”

Xa le nyaniso iqondwa, idityaniswe nento yokuba intshukumo enamandla yengelosi yesithathu isisilumkiso somgwebo osondelayo, umgwebo wamaSilamsi omelwe lishwangusha lesithathu ungaqondwa ngokulula njengelo “shwangusha” liziswa phezu “komhlaba” nolwandle.”

The judgment of the living began on September 11, 2001, and from that point, until the soon-coming Sunday law, the test of the formation of the image of the beast takes place in the United States. From the Sunday law until Michael stands up and human probation closes, the rest of the world will then be tested by the formation of the image of the beast. Whether Seventh-day Adventists in the United States are being tested, or the entire world after the Sunday law is being tested, the test is defined as the test where our eternal destiny will be decided. It is also the test we must pass, before probation closes at the Sunday law. The prophetic phenomenon of an image to the beast test first in the United States and then again in the world, is essential to understand correctly.

Umgwebo lwabaphilayo lwaqala ngomhla we-11 kuSeptemba 2001, yaye ukusukela kuloo ndawo kude kube ngumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala, uvavanyo lokubunjwa komfanekiselo werhamncwa lwenzeka eUnited States. Ukususela kumthetho weCawa de uMikayeli eme yaye ulingo loluntu luvalwe, ihlabathi liphela liya kuthi ke ngoko livavanywe ngokubunjwa komfanekiselo werhamncwa. Nokuba amaSeventh-day Adventists aseUnited States ayavavanywa, okanye ihlabathi liphela emva komthetho weCawa liyavavanywa, uvavanyo luchazwa njengovavanyo apho isiphelo sethu sikanaphakade siya kugqitywa khona. Kwangelo xesha ikwaluvavanyo ekufuneka silupasile ngaphambi kokuba ulingo luvalwe kumthetho weCawa. Isiganeko sesiprofeto sovavanyo lomfanekiselo werhamncwa kuqala eUnited States size ke siphinde ehlabathini, sibalulekile ukuba siqondwe ngokuchanekileyo.

> “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> “Xa iMelika, ilizwe lenkululeko yonqulo, iya kumanyana noBukapopu ekunyanzeliseni isazela nasekunyanzeleni abantu ukuba bahloniphe isabatha sobuxoki, abantu bawo onke amazwe ehlabathini baya kukhokelwa ekulandeleni umzekelo wayo.” Testimonies, umqulu 6, 18.

When the symbols are understood, then the passage in Revelation thirteen, that addresses these two successive, but identical image of the beast tests, can be easily recognized. It is important for a variety of reasons. One reason is the corrupted communications that Lucifer employed in the first war in the third heaven illustrate how Satan’s corrupted communications will manifest again in the last war in the first heaven.

Xa iisimboli ziqondwa, ngoko ke indima ekwiSityhilelo seshumi elinesithathu, ethetha ngezi zilingo zibini zilandelelanayo, kodwa zifana, zomfanekiso werhamncwa, inokuqondwa ngokulula. Oku kubalulekile ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukahlukeneyo. Esinye isizathu kukuba unxibelelwano olonakeleyo uLusifa awalusebenzisa kwimfazwe yokuqala ezulwini lesithathu lubonisa indlela unxibelelwano olonakeleyo lukaSathana oluya kuphinda lubonakale ngayo kwimfazwe yokugqibela ezulwini lokuqala.

The war of the first heaven that begins at the Sunday law, is accomplished during the testing period of the image of the beast for the entire world. Since September 11, 2001, the testing period of the image of the beast in the United States has been taking place. When we recognize these two testing periods as sequential, beginning with the United States and then the world, we can then factor in truths that are represented in the war of Revelation chapter twelve, back into the history of 2001, unto the Sunday law. As an example, the corrupted communications of Lucifer that is defined as hypnosis, will be employed in a modern application by the dragon power during the battle of the first heaven, of Revelation chapter twelve. The hypnosis that is employed by the dragon in that history is for the purpose of murdering those that Jezebel has identified as heretics.

Imfazwe yezulu lokuqala eqala ngexesha lomthetho weCawa, iyazalisekiswa ngexesha lovavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa ehlabathini lonke. Ukusukela ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, ixesha lovavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa eUnited States beliqhubeka. Xa siziqonda ezi zithuba zovavanyo zimbini njengolandelelwano, ziqala ngeUnited States zize zilandelwe lihlabathi, sinako ke ukufaka iinyaniso ezimelwe kwimfazwe yeSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesibini, zibuyele kwimbali ka-2001, ziye kuthi ga kumthetho weCawa. Njengomzekelo, unxibelelwano olungcolileyo lukaLucifer oluchazwa njengokuhypnotiza, luya kusetyenziswa ngendlela yale mihla ligunya lenamba ngexesha ledabi lezulu lokuqala, leSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesibini. Ukuhypnotiza okusetyenziswa yile namba kuloo mbali kukwenzela injongo yokubulala abo uJezebhele abachonge njengabawexuki.

In the history of 2001, to the Sunday law, two witnesses were murdered in the street of Sodom and Egypt. In the first fulfillment of Revelation eleven, the nation represented by Sodom and Egypt, was France. France is a prophetic nation that consists of two powers, as did the Medo-Persian Empire, as did ancient Israel in its divided kingdoms, and as did the two tribes of Judah represented by Judah and Benjamin. All two-horned nations symbolically represent the two-horned nation of the United States.

Kwimbali ka-2001, ukuya kumthetho weCawa, amangqina amabini abulawa esitratweni saseSodom naseYiputa. Ekuzalisekeni kokuqala kweSityhilelo seshumi elinanye, uhlanga olwalumelwe nguSodom neYiputa, yayiliFransi. IFransi luhlanga lwesiprofeto olunezikhundla zamandla amabini, njengokuba kwakunjalo ngoBukhosi bamaMedi namaPersi, njengokuba kwakunjalo kuSirayeli wamandulo kwizikumkani zawo ezahluliweyo, nanjengokuba kwakunjalo kwizizwe ezibini zakwaYuda ezimelwe nguYuda noBhenjamin. Zonke iintlanga ezineempondo ezimbini zimela ngokomfuziselo uhlanga olunempondo ezimbini lwaseUnited States.

The city of Sodom, and nation of Egypt, represents the two horns of Republicanism (Egypt) and Protestantism (Sodom). Two horns were slain in 2020, the horn of Republicanism and the horn of Protestantism. The hypnotism employed by the globalist dragon powers, through the medium of the worldwide web was then employed, in the same fashion that it will be employed in the upcoming war of the first heaven. By controlling the message that the worldwide web produced, the election of 2020, was scientifically manipulated to produce an outcome that agreed with the philosophy of globalism. This is simply an example of the necessity of understanding that the image of the beast test is accomplished first in the United States, and then in the world.

Isixeko saseSodom, nesizwe saseYiputa, simele iimpondo ezimbini zoBuRiphabliki (Yiputa) nobuProtestanti (Sodom). Iimpondo ezimbini zabulawa ngowama-2020, uphondo loBuRiphabliki nophondo lobuProtestanti. Ubuthakathi bokuthabathela iingqondo obasetyenziswa ngamandla engonyama yehlabathi yabanglobalisti, kusetyenziswa isixhobo sewebhu yehlabathi lonke, basetyenziswa ngoko ngendlela efanayo nendlela eya kusetyenziswa ngayo kwimfazwe ezayo yezulu lokuqala. Ngokulawula umyalezo owaveliswa yiwebhu yehlabathi lonke, unyulo lowama-2020 lwalulawulwa ngokwezenzululwazi ukuze kuveliswe isiphumo esivumelana nefilosofi yobanglobalisti. Oku ngumzekelo nje wemfuneko yokuqonda ukuba uvavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa luzalisekiswa kuqala eUnited States, lize emva koko ehlabathini.

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. Your position is such a jumble of inconsistencies that but few will be deceived.

> “INkosi indibonisile ngokucacileyo ukuba umfanekiso werhamncwa uya kubunjwa ngaphambi kokuba ixesha lobabalo livalwe; kuba uya kuba luvavanyo olukhulu kubantu bakaThixo, ekuthi ngalo kugqitywe ikamva labo laphakade. Isikhundla sakho singumxube onjalo wokungangqinelani kangangokuba bambalwa kuphela abaya kulahlekiswa.

> “In Revelation 13 this subject is plainly presented; [Revelation 13:11–17, quoted].

> “KwiSityhilelo 13 lo mbandela uvezwa ngokucacileyo; [ISityhilelo 13:11–17, kucatshulwe].”

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> “Olu luvavanyo abantu bakaThixo abamele ukuba nalo ngaphambi kokuba batywinwe. Bonke abo babonise ukunyaniseka kwabo kuThixo ngokugcina umthetho waKhe, nangokwala ukwamkela isabatha sobuxoki, baya kuma phantsi kwebhanile yeNkosi uThixo uYehova, baze bamkele itywina loThixo ophilayo. Abo bayekelela inyaniso enemvelaphi yasezulwini baze bamkele isabatha yeCawa, baya kwamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

Probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists, at the enforcement of the Sunday law. Those countries that follow the example of the United States, will close their probation as did the United States.

Ixesha lovavanyo livalwa kuma-Adventist eSabatha yesixhenxe, ekunyanzelisweni komthetho weCawa. Abo mazwe alandela umzekelo waseUnited States, aya kulivala ithuba lawo lovavanyo njengoko yenza njalo iUnited States.

> “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

> “Iintlanga zasemzini ziya kulandela umzekelo wase-United States. Nangona ikhokela ekuphumeni phambili, ukanti kwaeso singxungxo sinye siya kuhla phezu kwabantu bethu kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

The final movements are rapid ones.

Iintshukumo zokugqibela zingezikhawulezayo.

> “The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

> “Izixhobo zobubi zidibanisa imikhosi yazo yaye ziyazimanya. Ziyazomeleza ngenxa yentlekele enkulu yokugqibela. Kungekudala kuza kwenzeka iinguqu ezinkulu ehlabathini lethu, yaye iintshukumo zokugqibela ziya kukhawuleza.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

To understand the test of the image of the beast, requires a certain amount of technical prophetic application. To start with, the mark of the beast and the image of the beast are two different symbols.

Ukuqonda uvavanyo lomfanekiselo werhamncwa kufuna umlinganiselo othile wokusetyenziswa kobuprofeti ngobugcisa. Ukuqala, uphawu lwerhamncwa nomfanekiselo werhamncwa ziimpawu ezimbini ezahlukileyo.

> “The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The ‘mark of the beast’ still remains to be defined.” The Great Controversy, 445.

> “‘Umfanekiso werhamncwa’ umele olo hlobo lobuProtestanti obuwexukileyo oluya kuphuhliswa xa iicawe zamaProtestanti ziya kufuna uncedo lwamagunya oluntu ukuze kunyanzeliswe iimfundiso zazo. ‘Uphawu lwerhamncwa’ lusasele luchazwe.” The Great Controversy, 445.

The mark of the beast is Sunday observance, and the image of the beast is a church that employs the civil power to enforce her religious doctrines.

Uphawu lwerhamncwa kukugcinwa kweCawa, yaye umfanekiselo werhamncwa yibandla elisebenzisa amandla olawulo lwaseburhulumenteni ukunyanzelisa iimfundiso zalo zonqulo.

> “The enforcement of Sundaykeeping on the part of Protestant churches is an enforcement of the worship of the papacy—of the beast. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false instead of the true Sabbath are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

> “Ukunyanzeliswa kokugcinwa kweCawa ngakwicala leecawe zamaProtestanti kukunyanzeliswa konqulo lobupopu—lwerhamncwa. Abo bathi, beqonda amabango omyalelo wesine, bakhethe ukugcina iSabatha yobuxoki endaweni yeyokwenyaniso, ngaloo ndlela banikela imbeko kula mandla ekuphela kwawo ayiyalelayo loo nto. Kodwa kwakwisenzo kanye sokunyanzelisa uxanduva lwenkolo ngamandla ombuso apho iicawe ziya kuthi ngokwazo zenze umfanekiselo werhamncwa; ngoko ke ukunyanzeliswa kokugcinwa kweCawa eUnited States kuya kuba kukunyanzeliswa konqulo lwerhamncwa nomfanekiselo walo.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

The image of the beast represents the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. Jezebel ruled over Ahab, as Herodias ruled over Herod. The mark of the beast is Sunday keeping. The image of the beast develops over a period of time. The mark of the beast represents a point in time. The image of the beast progressively develops, but only reaches its full maturity, when it has the power to force the state to pass its religious dogmas. The test is associated with the “formation” of the image.

Umfanekiso werhamncwa umele umanyano lwecawe norhulumente, apho icawe ilawula olo lwalamano. Uyezebhele walawula phezu koAhabhi, njengoko uHerodias walawula phezu koHerode. Uphawu lwerhamncwa kukugcinwa kweCawa. Umfanekiso werhamncwa ukhula ngokuqhubekayo kwisithuba sexesha. Uphawu lwerhamncwa lumele umzuzu othile wexesha. Umfanekiso werhamncwa uqhubeka ukhula ngokwenkqubela, kodwa ufikelela kuphela ekuvuthweni kwawo okupheleleyo xa unamandla okunyanzela urhulumente ukuba upasise iimfundiso zawo zonqulo. Uvavanyo lunxulunyaniswa “nokubunjwa” komfanekiso.

> “But what is the ‘image to the beast’? and how is it to be formed? The image is made by the two-horned beast, and is an image to the beast. It is also called an image of the beast. Then to learn what the image is like and how it is to be formed we must study the characteristics of the beast itself—the papacy.

> “Kodwa yintoni na ‘umfanekiso werhamncwa’? yaye uza kubunjwa njani? Umfanekiso wenziwa lirhamncwa elineempondo ezimbini, yaye ungumfanekiso werhamncwa. Ukwabizwa ngokuba ngumfanekiso werhamncwa. Ngoko ke, ukuze sifunde ukuba unjani na lo mfanekiso nokuba uza kubunjwa njani, kufuneka sifundisise iimpawu zerhamncwa ngokwalo—ubupopu.

> “When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of ‘heresy.’ In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, 443.

> “Xa ibandla lokuqala lonakaliswayo ngokusuka kubulula bevangeli laze lamkela izithethe namasiko obuhedeni, lalahlekelwa nguMoya namandla kaThixo; yaye ukuze lilawule izazela zabantu, lafuna inkxaso yamandla ezopolitiko ehlabathi. Isiphumo saba bubupopu, ibandla elalilawula amandla karhulumente laza lawasebenzisa ukuqhubela phambili ezalo iinjongo, ingakumbi ukohlwaya ‘uqhekeko.’ Ukuze i-United States yenze umfanekiselo werhamncwa, amandla enkolo kufuneka ayilawule ngolo hlobo urhulumente woluntu kangangokuba igunya likarhulumente nalo liya kusetyenziswa libandla ukuze lifezekise ezalo iinjongo.” The Great Controversy, 443.

The distinction between the image of the beast and the mark of the beast is fairly traditional Adventist understanding. Where Adventism generally loses its way on this subject is in Revelation thirteen. They somehow mix the activity of the United States after the Sunday law, when it forces the world to set up an image to the beast, with the setting up of the image of the beast in the United States. They are two different prophetic periods.

Umahluko phakathi komfanekiselo werhamncwa nophawu lwerhamncwa yindlela yokuqonda eqhelekileyo ngokwesithethe sama-Adventist. Apho i-Adventism ihlala ilahleka khona indlela yayo ngalo mbandela kuseSityhilelweni seshumi elinesithathu. Ngandlela ithile baxuba umsebenzi waseUnited States emva komthetho weCawa, xa inyanzela ihlabathi ukuba limisele umfanekiselo werhamncwa, nokumiselwa komfanekiselo werhamncwa eUnited States. Ziixesha ezibini ezahlukeneyo zesiprofeto.

Christ came to confirm the covenant with many for one week, and in the middle of the week He was crucified. Thus, that week typifies the two periods of time when an image of the beast is formed. Christ’s week was divided into two identical periods, representing the image of Christ. The two testing periods of times in the last days, represents the image of the antichrist.

UKristu weza kuqinisekisa umnqophiso nabaninzi iveki enye, yaye phakathi evekini wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni. Ngaloo ndlela, loo veki ifuzisela amaxesha amabini apho kwakhiwa umfanekiso werhamncwa. Iveki kaKristu yahlulwa yangamaxesha amabini afanayo, emele umfanekiso kaKristu. Amaxesha amabini ovavanyo emihla yokugqibela amele umfanekiso womchasi-kristu.

In the first period of twelve hundred and sixty days, Christ bore His own testimony, and then He died on the cross. There was then an identical twelve hundred and sixty days where the disciples testified, until Michael stood up at the stoning of Stephen. The cross typifies the Sunday law. The two periods of testing in connection with the formation of the image of the beast, identify the first period in connection with the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are typified by Christ, and that period ends at the Sunday law, which is typified by the cross. The last identical period of testing that was represented by the work of the disciples in the time of Christ, focuses upon the great multitude, and it ends when Michael stands up, not at the stoning of Stephen, but at the close of human probation in Daniel 12:1.

Kwixesha lokuqala leentsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu, uKristu wathwala ubungqina baKhe, waza emva koko wafa emnqamlezweni. Kwaza ke kwabakho elinye ixesha leentsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu elifanayo, apho abafundi bangqinayo, kwada kwema uMikayeli ekuxulweni ngamatye kukaStefano. Umnqamlezo ufanekisela umthetho weCawa. La maxesha mabini ovavanyo anxulumene nokubunjwa komfanekiselo werhamncwa, achaza ixesha lokuqala njengelinxulumene nekhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka, afanekiselwa nguKristu, yaye elo xesha liphela kumthetho weCawa, ofanekiselwa ngumnqamlezo. Ixesha lokugqibela elifanayo lovavanyo, elalimelwe ngumsebenzi wabafundi ngexesha likaKristu, ligxininisa kwisihlwele esikhulu, yaye liphela xa uMikayeli esema, kungekhona ekuxulweni ngamatye kukaStefano, kodwa ekuvalweni kwexesha lovavanyo loluntu kuDaniyeli 12:1.

Some fail to see the actual sequence of events in Revelation thirteen, verse eleven and onward, due to what often appears to be a purposeful unwillingness to acknowledge that when the United States speaks as a dragon, it represents the complete formation of the image of the beast in the United States. In order for the United States to pass a Sunday law, the image of the beast in the United States must be formed before the Sunday law. Read the few previous passages just cited from The Great Controversy again, if you do not understand the point.

Abanye bayasilela ukubona ulandelelwano lweziganeko oluyinyaniso kwiSityhilelo ishumi elinesithathu, ivesi yeshumi elinanye nokuqhubekayo, ngenxa yoko kudla ngokubonakala ngathi kukungafuni ngabom ukuvuma ukuba xa iUnited States ithetha njengenamba, oko kumela ukumiswa okupheleleyo komfanekiselo werhamncwa eUnited States. Ukuze iUnited States iwisele umthetho weCawa, umfanekiselo werhamncwa eUnited States umele ukuba sele umisiwe ngaphambi komthetho weCawa. Funda kwakhona iindima ezimbalwa zangaphambili ezisandul’ ukucatshulwa ezivela kwiThe Great Controversy, ukuba awuyiqondi le ngongoma.

When the United States speaks as a dragon in verse eleven of chapter thirteen, it represents the action of the legislative and judicial authorities passing a Sunday law at the direction of the apostate churches in the United States. The Sunday law decree goes out of the mouth of the United States.

Xa iUnited States ithetha njengerhamncwa elikhulu elinesimilo sedragoni kwivesi yeshumi elinanye yesahluko seshumi elinesithathu, imela isenzo sabagunyazisi bomthetho nabasemagunyeni kwezobulungisa sokuwisa umthetho weCawa ngokhokelo lweecawa eziwexukileyo eUnited States. Ummiselo womthetho weCawa uphuma emlonyeni weUnited States.

> “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.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

> “Ndabona ukuba irhamncwa elineempondo ezimbini lalinomlomo wenamba, nokuba amandla alo ayesentlokweni yalo, kwanokuba ummiselo uya kuphuma emlonyeni walo.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

It has always amazed me that Adventism has a hard time recognizing that when the two horned earth beast speaks as a dragon, it is not simply marking the Sunday law in the United States, but is also marking that the image of the papal sea beast has been fully developed. In order for the United States to pass the Sunday law, the combination of church and state has to have first been fully developed. The apostate churches of the United States do not simply come together on a Monday, then go to Congress on Tuesday, and tell Congress they want Sunday legislation passed by Wednesday. The combining process that takes place between church and state, is represented as the “formation” of the image of the beast like the “formation” of the golden image in Daniel chapter 3, it will take some time to construct. The image of the beast is the system the papacy used to murder the millions of martyrs in the Dark Ages, and it takes social, political, religious and economic developments to create the social environment, and legal precedence necessary, for the Sunday law to be enforced. Those developments represent the test of the image of the beast, by “which our eternal destiny will be decided,” and it represents the test we must pass “before we are sealed.”

Bekusoloko kum ukuba i-Adventism inobunzima ekuqondeni ukuba xa irhamncwa lomhlaba elineempondo ezimbini lithetha njengenamba, oko akuphawuli nje kuphela umthetho weCawa eUnited States, kodwa kukwaphawula nokuba umfanekiso werhamncwa lolwandle lobupopu sele uphuhliswe ngokupheleleyo. Ukuze iUnited States iphumeze umthetho weCawa, ukudityaniswa kwecawa norhulumente kufuneka kube sele kuqale kwaphuhliswa ngokupheleleyo. Iicawa eziwileyo zaseUnited States azidibani nje ngoMvulo, zize ziye eCongress ngoLwesibini, zixelele iCongress ukuba zifuna umthetho weCawa upasiswe ngoLwesithathu. Inkqubo yokudityaniswa eyenzekayo phakathi kwecawa norhulumente imelwe “njengokwakhiwa” komfanekiso werhamncwa, njengoko kwakunjalo “ukwakhiwa” komfanekiso wegolide kuDaniyeli isahluko 3; iya kuthabatha ixesha elithile ukuwumisa. Umfanekiso werhamncwa yinkqubo eyasetyenziswa bubupopu ukubulala izigidi zabafeli-nkolo ngeXesha loBumnyama, kwaye kuthatha uphuhliso kwezentlalo, kwezopolitiko, kwezenkolo nakwezoqoqosho ukudala imeko yentlalo, kunye nomzekelo osemthethweni oyimfuneko, ukuze umthetho weCawa unyanzeliswe. Ezo nkqubela-phambili zimele uvavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa, “ekuya kuthi ngalo isigqibo sesiphelo sethu esingunaphakade sigqitywe,” yaye zimele uvavanyo ekufuneka siluphumelele “phambi kokuba sitywinwe.”

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. . .. This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> “INkosi indibonisile ngokucacileyo ukuba umfanekiso werhamncwa uya kubunjwa phambi kokuba ixesha lovavanyo livalwe; kuba wona uya kuba luvavanyo olukhulu kubantu bakaThixo, oluya kuthi ngalo kugqitywe ikamva labo laphakade.... Olu luvavanyo abantu bakaThixo abamele babe nalo ngaphambi kokuba batywinwe.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 15, 15.

The Sunday law is the crisis at midnight, that finds its final perfect fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins. In that midnight crisis, it will be manifested whether we are wise Philadelphian or foolish Laodicean virgins. The foolish receive the mark of the beast and the wise receive the seal of God. Anyone who has ever joined the Seventh-day Adventist church, agreed to the list of doctrinal truths in advance of becoming a member, and therefore every Seventh-day Adventist has been presented with the light of the truth of the Sabbath.

Umthetho weCawa yangeCawa yintlekele yasezinzulwini zobusuku, efumana ukuzaliseka kwayo kokugqibela nokugqibeleleyo komzekeliso weentombi ezilishumi. Kuloo ntlekele yasezinzulwini zobusuku, kuya kubonakaliswa ukuba singaba ziintombi ezilumkileyo zaseFiladelfiya okanye ziintombi ezizizidenge zaseLawodike. Izidenge zifumana uphawu lwerhamncwa, aze ke amalumkileyo afumane itywina likaThixo. Nabani na othe wakha wajoyina ibandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist, wavumelana noludwe lweenyaniso zemfundiso phambi kokuba abe lilungu, yaye ngoko ke wonke umSeventh-day Adventist unikwe ukukhanya kwenyaniso yeSabatha.

> “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 kuye kwavezwa kuwe, kutyhila iSabatha yomyalelo wesine, kubonisa nokuba akukho siseko eLizwini likaThixo sokugcinwa kweCawa, kanti ke usabambelele kwisabatha sobuxoki, usala ukuyingcwalisa iSabatha uThixo ayibiza ngokuba ‘lusuku lwam olungcwele,’ wamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa. Oku kwenzeka nini?—Xa uthobela ummiselo okuyalela ukuba uyeke ukusebenza ngeCawa uze unqule uThixo, lo gama usazi ukuba akukho nelizwi eBhayibhileni elibonisa iCawa njengento engeyiyo imini eqhelekileyo yokusebenza, uyavuma ukwamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa, uze wala itywina likaThixo. Ukuba silwamkela olu phawu emabunzini ethu okanye ezandleni zethu, imigwebo eyabhengezwa phezu kwabangevayo mayisihlasele. Kodwa itywina loThixo ophilileyo libekwa phezu kwabo bagcina iSabatha yeNkosi ngesazela esinyanisekileyo.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

The formation of the image of the beast in the United States began prophetically on September 11, 2001. There are several prophetic witnesses to uphold this fact. From that point until the soon-coming Sunday law, Seventh-day Adventists are determining their eternal destiny, based upon whether they pass the image of the beast test or fail the image of the beast test. I would argue that very few Seventh-day Adventists even know that the image of the beast is a test. Few, if any, know how it can be a test, and more importantly, they do not know what is required to pass the test. We are judged, not alone by the light we possess, but also by the light we could have possessed, if we would have applied ourselves to understanding the increase of knowledge. Laodicean blindness is therefore the greatest blindness in six thousand years of sin.

Ukubunjwa komfanekiselo werhamncwa eUnited States kwaqala ngokwesiprofeto ngomhla we-11 kuSeptemba 2001. Kukho amangqina amaninzi esiprofeto axhasa le nyaniso. Ukusukela kuloo ndawo kude kube ngumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala, amaSeventh-day Adventist amisela isiphelo sawo sikanaphakade, ngokusekelwe ekubeni ayaluphumelela uvavanyo lomfanekiselo werhamncwa okanye ayasilela kulo. Ndingathi bambalwa kakhulu amaSeventh-day Adventist abazi nokuba umfanekiselo werhamncwa ululuvavanyo. Bambalwa, ukuba bakhona, abayaziyo indlela onokuba luvavanyo ngayo, yaye okona kubaluleke ngakumbi, abakwazi oko kufunekayo ukuze baluphumelele olo vavanyo. Sigwetywa, kungekhona kuphela ngokokukhanya esinako, kodwa nangokokukhanya ebesinokuba nako, ukuba besizinikele ekuqondeni ukwanda kolwazi. Ngoko ke, ubumfama baseLawodike buyeyona bumfama inkulu kwiminyaka engamawaka amathandathu yesono.

> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6.

> Abantu bam bayatshatyalaliswa ngenxa yokuswela ukwazi; ngenxa enokuba ulugobile ukwazi, nam ndiya kukugiba, ukuze ungabi ngumbingeleli kum; njengoko uwulibele umthetho woThixo wakho, nam ndiya kubalibala abantwana bakho. Hoseya 4:6.

The test of the formation of the image of the beast ends at the soon-coming Sunday law, and if we have not passed that test, we will receive the mark of the beast with all the other foolish Laodicean virgins, who refused to obtain the oil. I am not here defending why I understand the image of the beast test began on September 11, 2001, and ends at the Sunday law. I am simply identifying the prophetic logic necessary to understand the role of the United States, as identified in Revelation thirteen, after it passes the Sunday law. In verse eleven, it speaks as a dragon, and from that point on it is important to follow the word “he.” The image of the beast that the United States is then forcing the world to set up, is not the image of the beast in the United States, for that is already in the past.

Uvavanyo lokubunjwa komfanekiso werhamncwa luphela kumthetho weCawe ozayo kungekudala, yaye ukuba asikadluli kolo vavanyo, siya kwamkela uphawu lwerhamncwa kunye nazo zonke ezinye iintombi ezizizidenge zaseLawodike, ezala ukufumana ioli. Andikho apha ndikhusela isizathu sokuba ndiqonde ukuba uvavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa lwaqala ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, yaye luphela kumthetho weCawe. Ndichonga nje kuphela ingqiqo yesiprofeto efunekayo ukuze kuqondwe indima yeUnited States, njengoko ichongiwe kwiSityhilelo seshumi elinesithathu, emva kokuba ipasise umthetho weCawe. Kwindinyana yeshumi elinanye, ithetha njengerhamncwa, yaye ukususela kuloo ndawo ukuya phambili kubalulekile ukulandela igama elithi “yena.” Umfanekiso werhamncwa iUnited States ethi ngoko inyanzelise ihlabathi ukuba liwumise, asingomfanekiso werhamncwa oseUnited States, kuba lowo sele usekwixesha elidluleyo.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:11–17.

> Ndabona elinye irhamncwa linyuka liphuma emhlabeni; lalinamaphondo amabini afana nawemvana, laza lathetha njengenamba. Laza lawasebenzisa onke amandla erhwamncwa lokuqala phambi kwalo, laza lenza ukuba umhlaba nabo bonke abahleli kuwo banqule irhamncwa lokuqala, elo nxeba lalo lokufa laphilayo. Laza lenza imimangaliso emikhulu, kangangokuba lenza nokuba umlilo wehle uphuma ezulwini uze emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, laza labakhohlisa abo bahleli emhlabeni ngezo zimangaliso lalinikwe amandla okuzenza phambi kwerhamncwa; lisithi kwabo bahleli emhlabeni mabenzele umfanekiso irhamncwa elalinonxeba lwekrele, laza laphila. Laza lanikwa amandla okunikeza ubomi emfanekisweni werhamncwa, ukuze umfanekiso werhamncwa uthethe, wenze nokuba bonke abangayi kunqula umfanekiso werhamncwa babulawe. Laza lenza bonke, abancinane nabakhulu, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, abakhululekileyo namakhoboka, ukuba bamkele uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene, nokuba lusebunzini babo; kwanokuba kungabikho bani unokuthenga nokuthengisa, ngaphandle kwalowo unophawu, okanye igama lerhamncwa, okanye inani legama lalo. ISityhilelo 13:11–17.

In those seven verses, the word “he” occurs eight times. Every time the word “he” is employed it refers back to the original “he,” “that spake as a dragon,” at the Sunday law in the United States. The image of the beast test that Adventists in the United States either passed or failed, when the United States spake as a dragon, is then repeated for Adventists in the other nations of the world, and also for God’s other children that are still in Babylon. We will continue our consideration of the United States in Revelation thirteen in the next article, but let me remind you of why we are considering this truth at this time.

Kwezo vesi zisixhenxe, igama elithi “yena” livela izihlandlo ezisibhozo. Ngalo lonke ixesha kusetyenziswa igama elithi “yena” libhekisa emva kulowo “yena” wokuqala, “owathetha njengenamba,” ngexesha lomthetho weCawa eUnited States. Uvavanyo lomfanekiso werhamncwa ama-Adventist aseUnited States aluphumelelayo okanye aluwisayo, xa iUnited States yathetha njengenamba, luphinda ke lwenziwe kuma-Adventist akwezinye iintlanga zehlabathi, kwanakwabanye abantwana bakaThixo abaseBhabheli. Siya kuqhubeka nokuqwalasela kwethu iUnited States kwisiTyhilelo seshumi elinesithathu kwinqaku elilandelayo, kodwa mandinikhumbuze isizathu sokuba siqwalasele le nyaniso ngeli xesha.

The war that began with Lucifer in the third heaven typifies the war that begins in the first heaven at the Sunday law. The corrupted communications of the dragon are represented in both battles. The modern manifestation of Satan’s corrupted communications represents the hypnotic trance that planet earth succumbs to in the history after the soon coming Sunday law. That delusion is accomplished through the worldwide web’s control of what is called “the information super highway.” Those various avenues of the “information super highway” are social, economic, religious, so-called science, entertainment and more importantly the avenue of the news media.

Imfazwe eyaqalayo ngoLucifer emazulwini esithathu imele ngokomfuziselo imfazwe eqala emazulwini okuqala ngexesha lomthetho weCawa. Unxibelelwano olonakeleyo lwenamba luyabonakaliswa kuzo zombini ezo mfazwe. Ukubonakaliswa kwanamhlanje konxibelelwano olonakeleyo lukaSathana kumele isimo sokulaliswa ngengqondo esifikelwa yiplanethi enguMhlaba kwimbali elandela umthetho weCawa osele uza kufika kungekudala. Oko kulahlekiswa kuzalisekiswa ngolawulo lwewebhu yehlabathi jikelele phezu kwento ebizwa ngokuba “ngumendo omkhulu wolwazi.” Ezo ndlela ngeendlela ezahlukahlukeneyo zalo “mendo omkhulu wolwazi” ziquka ezentlalo, ezoqoqosho, ezonqulo, oko kubizwa ngokuba yinzululwazi, ezolonwabo, yaye okubaluleke ngakumbi, umendo weendaba zosasazo.

Once the truth is recognized that the “information super highway,” is the modern manifestation of the Satanic hypnotic communications, and also the subtle hypnosis that was employed by Satan in the battle of the angels in the third heaven, we can establish the “information super highway” is an element of the “last” image of the beast test for the world, that takes place after the Sunday law. It will then be easy to recognize that the “first” image of the beast test for the United States must possess the same corrupted Satanic communications as the last. The witness of Satan’s work of corrupting “the information super highway” from the Sunday law through to the close of probation provides the evidence of how the murder of the two horns of Republicanism and the remnant of true Protestantism on the earth beast was accomplished in 2020. It was accomplished by the “information super highway,” that John calls a “street” in Revelation eleven.

Xa inyaniso iqondwa yokuba “uhola‑wendlela omkhulu wolwazi” uyimbonakaliso yanamhlanje yonxibelelwano lukaSathana olulumathisayo, kwanokulumathiswa okufihlakeleyo okwasetyenziswa nguSathana emfazweni weengelosi ezulwini lesithathu, sinako ukumisela ukuba “uhola‑wendlela omkhulu wolwazi” uyinxalenye yovavanyo “lokugqibela” lomfanekiso werhamncwa lwehlabathi, olwenzeka emva komthetho weCawa. Kuya kuba lula ngoko ukuqonda ukuba uvavanyo “lokuqala” lomfanekiso werhamncwa eUnited States kufuneka nalo lube nonxibelelwano olufanayo olungcolisiweyo lukaSathana njengolokugqibela. Ubungqina bomsebenzi kaSathana wokonakalisa “uhola‑wendlela omkhulu wolwazi” ukusukela kumthetho weCawa kuse kude kube sekupheleni kwexesha lovavanyo bunika ubungqina bokuba ukubulawa kweempondo ezimbini zoBurephabliki nentsalela yobuProtestanti bokwenyaniso kwirhamncwa lomhlaba kwafezekiswa njani ngowama‑2020. Kwafezekiswa “nguhola‑wendlela omkhulu wolwazi,” athe uYohane awubize ngokuba “sisitrato” kwiSityhilelo seshumi elinanye.

The unsealing of these prophetic facts is a portion of what is required to be understood by those who intend to pass the test of the image of the beast, which was clearly seen by the prophetess, to be formed before probation closes and before the one hundred and forty-four thousand are sealed.

Ukutyhilwa kwezi nyaniso zesiprofeto kuyinxalenye yoko kufunwa ukuba kuqondwe ngabo banenjongo yokudlula uvavanyo lomfanekiselo werhamncwa, lowo umprofetikazi awawubona ngokucacileyo ukuba uya kwakhiwa ngaphambi kokuba luvalwe ucango lovavanyo, nangaphambi kokuba kubekwe itywina kwabalikhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka.

> “When the decree goes forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for eternity.” Testimonies, volume 5, 216.

> “Xa ummiselo uphuma, yaye uphawu lutyhilwe, isimilo sabo siya kuhlala sicocekile, singenabala ngonaphakade.” Testimonies, volume 5, 216.

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