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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Seventeen

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The Final Sifting of the 144,000: The Prophetic Test of the Image of the Beast

Ukuhluzwa Kokugqibela kwabali-144,000: Uvavanyo Lobuprofeti Lomfanekiso Werhamncwa

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 24, 2024

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Those called to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand are now in their final sifting process and the process is a testing process that is based upon the formation of the image of the beast. The testing process begins with the house of God, for judgment always begins with the house of God, and thereafter God’s other flock is confronted with the identical testing process. Perhaps the most significant and important prophetic characteristic in the formation of the image of the beast is that it occurs twice; first in the United States, then in the rest of the world. Prophetically this means that the image of the beast in the world is the final manifestation of the image of the beast, and therefore any typification of the image of the beast that came before the image of the beast in the world, was simply the shadow that typified the substance.

Abo babizelwe ukuba babe phakathi kwamakhulu alikhulu anamashumi amane anesine amawaka ngoku bakwinkqubo yabo yokugqibela yokuhlujwa, yaye loo nkqubo yinkqubo yokuvavanywa esekelwe ekubunjweni komfanekiso werhamncwa. Inkqubo yokuvavanywa iqala ngendlu kaThixo, kuba umgwebo usoloko uqala ngendlu kaThixo, yaye emva koko omnye umhlambi kaThixo ujamelana kanye nenkqubo efanayo yokuvavanywa. Mhlawumbi olona phawu lobuprofeti lubalulekileyo nolunentsingiselo ekubunjweni komfanekiso werhamncwa kukuba lwenzeka kabini; kuqala eUnited States, emva koko kulo lonke ihlabathi. Ngokobuprofeti oku kuthetha ukuba umfanekiso werhamncwa ehlabathini ngowokugqibela ukubonakaliswa komfanekiso werhamncwa, yaye ngenxa yoko naluphi na ufanekiselo lomfanekiso werhamncwa olweza ngaphambi komfanekiso werhamncwa ehlabathini, lwalusisithunzi nje esasifanekisela into eyiyo.

Judgment began at the house of God on September 11, 2001. That date had been typified by August 11, 1840, when the angel of Revelation ten came down with a little book open in His hand. When the angel of chapter ten came down He announced that the judgment of Protestantism was then under way. Whoever God judges, He first forewarns, and the confirmation of Miller’s methodology in determining time, added weight to his calculations about the judgment of the Second Coming. The testing of the Protestants was under way as of August 11, 1840 and by 1844 the Protestants had become the daughters of Rome. The period of 1840 to 1844 typifies the period of September 11, 2001, unto the soon-coming Sunday law.

Umgwebo waqala endlwini kaThixo ngomhla we-11 kuSeptemba, 2001. Lowo mhla wayesele ubonakaliswe kwangaphambili ngowe-11 kuAgasti, 1840, xa ingelosi yeSityhilelo seshumi yehla inencwadi encinane ivuliwe esandleni saYo. Xa ingelosi yesahluko seshumi yehla yavakalisa ukuba ngelo xesha umgwebo wobuProtestanti wawusele uqalisile. Nabani na uThixo amgwebayo, uqala amlumkise kwangaphambili, yaye ukuqinisekiswa kwendlela kaMiller yokumisela amaxesha kongeza ubunzima kubalo lwakhe malunga nomgwebo wokuBuya kweSibini. Uvavanyo lwamaProtestanti lwalusele luqhuba ukususela ngowe-11 kuAgasti, 1840, yaye ngowe-1844 amaProtestanti ayesele engamantombi aseRoma. Ixesha elisusela kowe-1840 ukuya kowe-1844 lifuzisela ixesha elisusela kowe-11 kuSeptemba, 2001, kuse kwada kwafika umthetho weCawa osondelayo.

Those two periods were also represented from Jesus’ baptism when the Holy Spirit descended until the cross. Those three periods were all typified by the one hundred and twenty years that were allotted to the antediluvian world, leading up to the flood. There is always a warning message that identifies the judgment of that particular history. There are sacred histories that also address this particular period in the last days.

Loo maxesha mabini nawo amelwa ukususela kubhaptizo lukaYesu xa uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla, kuse kude kuse emnqamlezweni. Loo maxesha mathathu onke ayefuziselwa yiminyaka elikhulu elinamashumi amabini eyamiswa kwihlabathi langaphambi komkhukula, ikhokelela kumkhukula. Kusoloko kukho isigidimi sesilumkiso esichonga umgwebo waloo mbali ithile. Kukho iimbali ezingcwele ezikwathetha ngalo eli xesha likhethekileyo kwimihla yokugqibela.

Noah preached for one hundred and twenty years, then the judgment of the flood arrived. Christ preached for twelve hundred and sixty days, then came the judgment of the cross. The warning message of John the Baptist was empowered at the baptism of Christ, and then Jesus was led into the wilderness for forty days. Those forty days, and the subsequent three tests at the end of the forty days teach that once the message is empowered, as identified by the descent of a holy symbol, such as the Holy Spirit at His baptism, and the descent of both angels of Revelation chapters ten and eighteen—a testing process is under way. When the divine symbol comes down, the judgment message proclaimed to those who are then the subject of judgment is empowered and the particular group that is being judged is then in a specific period that only ends with the close of their probation.

UNowa washumayela iminyaka elikhulu elinamashumi amabini, kwaza kwafika ukugwetywa konogumbe. UKristu washumayela iintsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu, kwaza kwalandela ukugwetywa komnqamlezo. Isigidimi sesilumkiso sikaYohane umBhaptizi sanikwe amandla ekubhaptizweni kukaKristu, baza uYesu wakhokelwa entlango iintsuku ezingamashumi amane. Ezo ntsuku zingamashumi amane, kwakunye nezilingo ezithathu ezalandelayo ekupheleni kwezo ntsuku zingamashumi amane, zifundisa ukuba xa isigidimi sinikwe amandla, njengoko kubonakaliswa kukuhla komfuziselo ongcwele, njengoMoya oyiNgcwele ekubhaptizweni kwaKhe, kwanokuhla kweengelosi zombini zeSityhilelo izahluko zeshumi neshumi elinesibhozo—inkqubo yokuvavanywa isuke iqhubeka. Xa umfuziselo wobuthixo usihla, isigidimi sokugweba esivakaliselwa kwabo ngelo xesha bangumxholo womgwebo sinikwa amandla, yaye iqela elithile eligwetywayo lingena ngelo xesha kwixesha elithile eliphela kuphela ngokuvalwa kwexesha lalo lobabalo.

The line of Jesus identifies two periods of witnessing. The first was His personal witness for twelve hundred and sixty days, then His witness in the presence of His disciples for another twelve hundred and sixty days until Stephen was stoned.

Umgca kaYesu uchaza amaxesha amabini obungqina. Elokuqala lalingobungqina baKhe buqu kangangeentsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu, kwalandela ubungqina baKhe phambi kwabafundi baKhe kangangezinye iintsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu amabini anamashumi amathandathu de kwaxulutywa uStefano ngamatye.

> “Then, said the angel, ‘He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week [seven years].’ For seven years after the Saviour entered on His ministry, the gospel was to be preached especially to the Jews; for three and a half years by Christ Himself; and afterward by the apostles. ‘In the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.’ Daniel 9:27. In the spring of A. D. 31, Christ the true sacrifice was offered on Calvary. Then the veil of the temple was rent in twain, showing that the sacredness and significance of the sacrificial service had departed. The time had come for the earthly sacrifice and oblation to cease.

> “Wandula ke ingelosi, ‘Uya kuqinisekisa umnqophiso nabaninzi iveki enye [iminyaka esixhenxe].’ Kangangeminyaka esixhenxe emva kokuba uMsindisi engenile enkonzweni Yakhe, iindaba ezilungileyo zazimele ukushunyayelwa ngokukhethekileyo kumaYuda; iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha nguKristu ngokwaKhe; yaye emva koko ngabapostile. ‘Ke embindini weveki uya kuphelisa umbingelelo nomnikelo.’ Daniyeli 9:27. Entwasahlobo ka-A.D. 31, uKristu, umbingelelo wenene, wanikelwa eKalvari. Wandula ke umkhusane wetempile wakrazuka kubini, ubonakalisa ukuba ubungcwele nokubaluleka kwenkonzo yemibingelelo kwakumkile. Ixesha lalifikile lokuba umbingelelo nomnikelo wasemhlabeni kuphele.”

> “The one week—seven years—ended in A. D. 34. Then by the stoning of Stephen the Jews finally sealed their rejection of the gospel; the disciples who were scattered abroad by persecution “went everywhere preaching the word” (Acts 8:4); and shortly after, Saul the persecutor was converted, and became Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles.” The Desire of Ages, 233.

> “Le veki inye—iminyaka esixhenxe—laphela ngo-A.D. 34. Ke ngoko, ngokuxulutywa ngamatye kukaStefano, amaYuda ekugqibeleni atywina ukwala kwawo ivangeli; abafundi ababesasazeke ngenxa yentshutshiso ‘bahamba kuyo yonke indawo beshumayela ilizwi’ (IZenzo 8:4); yaye kungekudala emva koko, uSawule, umtshutshisi, waguquka, waza waba nguPawulos, umpostile kwiintlanga.” The Desire of Ages, 233.

The line of Noah, Christ, the Millerites and the one hundred and forty-four thousand all provide witness to a period of time when a specific target audience is tested by a warning message. The empowerment of the message identifies the beginning of a testing period, that in turn ends with the close of that target audience’s probation. With the prophetic line of Jesus two periods of witnessing are identified. Those two periods of witnessing typify the two warning messages represented by the angel who descended on September 11, 2001 which fulfilled Revelation 18:1–3, who was then followed by the second voice of verse four and onward of chapter eighteen.

Umgca kaNowa, kaKristu, wamaMillerite kunye newaka elinamakhulu amane anamashumi amane anesine bonke banika ubungqina ngexesha apho iqela elithile ekujoliswe kulo livavanywa ngomyalezo wesilumkiso. Ukuxhotyiswa kwaloo myalezo kuchaza ukuqala kwexesha lovavanyo, elithi ke lona liphele ngokuvalwa kwexesha lovavanyo lweqela ekujoliswe kulo. Kumgca wesiprofeto kaYesu kuchongwa amaxesha amabini obungqina. La maxesha mabini obungqina afuzisela imiyalezo emibini yesilumkiso emelwe yingelosi eyehla ngoSeptemba 11, 2001 eyazalisekisa ISityhilelo 18:1–3, eyathi ke yalandelwa lilizwi lesibini levesi yesine nokuqhubekeka kwesahluko seshumi elinesibhozo.

> “So in the last work for the warning of the world, two distinct calls are made to the churches. The second angel’s message is, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ And in the loud cry of the third angel’s message a voice is heard from heaven saying, ‘Come out of her, my people.’” Review and Herald, December 6, 1892.

> “Ngoko ke kumsebenzi wokugqibela wokulumkisa ihlabathi, kwenziwa izibheno ezibini ezahlukeneyo emabandleni. Isigidimi sengelosi yesibini sithi, ‘Iwile, iwile iBhabheli, eso sixeko sikhulu, ngokuba wazisela zonke iintlanga ukuba zisele iwayini yomsindo wohenyuzo lwayo.’ Kwaye ekudandulukeni okukhulu kwesigidimi sengwezi yesithathu kuviwa ilizwi liphuma ezulwini lisithi, ‘Phumani kuyo, bantu bam.’” Review and Herald, December 6, 1892.

The first period is the judgment that begins with the house of God, and then at the soon-coming Sunday law the second period of judgment commences with the warning to come out of Babylon. The line of Christ from His baptism to the cross represents September 11, 2001 unto the Sunday law in the United States, and the period from the Sunday law in the United States until the point where every nation is forced to accept Sunday as the Global Day of Worship is the period that concludes when the very last nation submits.

Ixesha lokuqala ngulo mgwebo oqala ngendlu kaThixo, yaye ke kumthetho weCawa osondelayo kuqalisa ixesha lesibini lomgwebo ngesilumkiso sokuphuma eBhabheli. Umgca kaKristu ukusuka kubhaptizo lwaKhe ukuya emnqamlezweni umele uSeptemba 11, 2001 kuse kude kube kumthetho weCawa eUnited States, yaye ixesha elisusela kumthetho weCawa eUnited States kude kube kwindawo apho zonke iintlanga zinyanzeliswa ukuba zamkele iCawa njengoSuku lweHlabathi loNqulo, lelona xesha eliphela xa kanye isizwe sokugqibela sizithoba.

The period begins with the Sunday law in the United States and it ends when the final nation bows to the papal power. The beginning of the second period marks the end of the first period, and both have Sunday laws that have been previously typified in the witness of Rome. The first Sunday law in the year 321, was brought about through the authority of pagan Rome. The Sunday law that was brought about through the authority of the papal church is represented by the year 538. The Sunday law in the United States is 321, and the Sunday law enforced upon the last nation is 538. The Sunday law in the United States marks the arrival of the message of warning that is then proclaimed by the ensign that was made up of the outcasts of Israel.

Eli xesha iqala ngomthetho weCawa eUnited States ibe iphela xa isizwe sokugqibela siguqa phantsi kwamandla opopu. Ukuqala kwexesha lesibini kuphawula ukuphela kwexesha lokuqala, yaye omabini anemithetho yeCawa eyayisele ifaniswe ngaphambili kubungqina baseRoma. Umthetho wokuqala weCawa ngonyaka ka-321 waziswa ngamandla eRoma yobuqaba. Umthetho weCawa owaziswa ngamandla ecawa kapopu umelwe ngunyaka ka-538. Umthetho weCawa eUnited States ngu-321, yaye umthetho weCawa onyanzeliswa phezu kwesizwe sokugqibela ngu-538. Umthetho weCawa eUnited States uphawula ukufika kwesigidimi sesilumkiso esithi ke emva koko sivakaliswe ngomqondiso owawenziwe ngabagxothiweyo bakwaSirayeli.

That waymark is the year 321, and it marks the beginning of the period of the testing of every nation upon the Sunday question. That period ends when the final nation bows to Rome, and that event was typified by the waymark of the year 538. The period from 321 unto 538 was typified by the period from the cross until the stoning of Stephen. As Stephen was being stoned he saw Christ standing in the heavenly sanctuary, typifying when Michael stands up at the close of human probation.

Olo phawu lonyaka ngu-321, yaye luphawula ukuqala kwexesha lokuvavanywa kwesizwe ngasinye kumbuzo weCawa. Elo xesha liphela xa isizwe sokugqibela siguqa phambi kweRoma, yaye eso sehlo safanekiselwa luphawu lonyaka u-538. Ixesha elisusela ku-321 kuse ku-538 lafanekiselwa lixesha elisusela emnqamlezweni kuse ekugityweni ngamatye kukaStefano. Njengoko uStefano wayegitywa ngamatye wabona uKristu emi kwindawo engcwele yasezulwini, efanekisela ixesha uMikayeli aya kusuka ngalo eme ekupheleni kwexesha lovavanyo loluntu.

September 11, 2001 marks the arrival of the warning of the first three verses of chapter eighteen, and it was marked by the prediction set forth by the prophetess Ellen White, who said that when the great buildings of New York City are brought down by a touch from God, that those very three verses would be fulfilled. It was also marked by the Patriot Act, which was a sign for those willing to see; that the principle of English law which professes that a person is innocent until proven guilty, was set aside for Roman law, which professes that a person is guilty, until proven innocent.

Umhla we-11 kuSeptemba, 2001, uphawula ukufika kwesilumkiso seevesi ezintathu zokuqala zesahluko seshumi elinesibhozo, yaye lwaphawulwa sisiprofeto esabekwa ngumprofetikazi uEllen White, owathi xa izakhiwo ezikhulu zesiXeko saseNew York zisiwa phantsi kukuchukunyiswa nguThixo, ezo vesi zintathu kanye ziya kuzaliseka. Kwakhona lwaphawulwa nguMthetho wePatriot, owawungumqondiso kwabo banentando yokubona; wokuba umgaqo womthetho wesiNgesi othi umntu umsulwa ade angqinwe enetyala, wabekwa ecaleni ukuze kuthatyathwe umthetho wamaRoma, othi umntu unetyala ade angqinwe emsulwa.

The Patriot Act marked the beginning of judgment for Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism. That period concludes at the Sunday law in the United States. Those Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists that successfully make it through that period of sifting, are then going to give the warning message of verse four of chapter eighteen, that ends with the final nation that bows to Rome. That period begins with the Sunday law in the United States and ends with the final Sunday law.

UMthetho iPatriot Act waphawula ukuqala komgwebo kuBuseVangeleni bamaSeventh-day Adventist baseLawodike. Elo xesha liphela ngomthetho weCawe eUnited States. Abo maSeventh-day Adventist baseLawodike abaphumelela ukutyhubela elo xesha lokuhluza, baya kuthi ke banike isigidimi sesilumkiso sevesi yesine yesahluko seshumi elinesibhozo, esiphela ngohlanga lokugqibela oluqubuda eRoma. Elo xesha liqala ngomthetho weCawe eUnited States lize liphele ngomthetho wokugqibela weCawe.

If we misunderstand the fact that there are two images to the beast that are identified upon more than two witnesses, then we will misunderstand the work represented by the first three verses of Revelation chapter eighteen that began in 2001, and the work that begins in verse four of chapter eighteen.

Ukuba siyayiqonda kakubi inyaniso yokuba kukho imifanekiso emibini yerhamncwa echongwa ngobungqina obungaphezu kwamangqina amabini, ngoko siya kuyiqonda kakubi umsebenzi omelweyo ziindinyana ezintathu zokuqala zeSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesibhozo owaqalayo ngowama-2001, nomsebenzi oqala kwindinyana yesine yesahluko seshumi elinesibhozo.

When we employ Sister White’s direct identification of the angel of Revelation eighteen’s descent in 1888, and her placing the same angel in the future tense, we find that 1888 typifies 2001. The angel of Revelation, that lightens the earth with His glory, came down at the Minneapolis meetings in 1888, and did so again when the great buildings of New York City came down.

Xa sisebenzisa ukuchongwa ngokuthe ngqo kukaDade White kokuhla kwengelosi yeSityhilelo seshumi elinesibhozo ngowe-1888, kwanokubeka kwakhe kwaloo ngelosi inye kwixesha elizayo, sifumanisa ukuba u-1888 ungumfuziselo ka-2001. Ingelosi yeSityhilelo, ekhanyisa ihlabathi ngozuko lwaYo, yehla kwiintlanganiso zaseMinneapolis ngowe-1888, yaza yenza njalo kwakhona xa izakhiwo ezikhulu zesiXeko saseNew York zawa.

The period of Christ’s baptism unto the cross, and the period from August 11, 1840 unto October 22, 1844, and the period of Noah’s one hundred and twenty years provide three witnesses to a period of judgment. 1888 provides a witness of the manifestation of rebellion that was recorded at the Minneapolis meetings, and Noah identifies the removal of the Holy Spirit from those who rejected the message. The rebellion of the antediluvians as well as the rebellion of the church leaders in 1888 both align with the history of Korah, Dathan and Abiram in the history of Moses, which the angel told Sister White was being repeated in Minneapolis.

Ixesha lokubhaptizwa kukaKristu ukuya emnqamlezweni, nexesha elisusela kuAgasti 11, 1840 ukuya kuOktobha 22, 1844, kunye nexesha leminyaka elikhulu namashumi amabini likaNowa, zinikela amangqina amathathu exesha lomgwebo. U-1888 unika ubungqina bokubonakaliswa kwemvukelo okwabhalwayo kwiintlanganiso zaseMinneapolis, yaye uNowa uchaza ukususwa koMoya oyiNgcwele kwabo bawalayo umyalezo. Imvukelo yabangaphambi konogumbe kwakunye nemvukelo yeenkokeli zecawe ngo-1888 zombini ziyahambelana nembali kaKora, uDatan noAbhiram kwimbali kaMoses, awayesithi ingelosi kuDade White yayiphindwa eMinneapolis.

From the Patriot Act until the Sunday law in the United States represents the testing period for Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism. The rebellion against the message of warning that announces their judgment identifies the removal of the Holy Spirit, and therefore the pouring out of strong delusion on the wicked foolish virgins of that history. The focus of the rebellion is the chosen messenger as represented by Noah, Moses, Elders Jones and Waggoner, and of course Sister White. The rebellion against the warning message and the messenger of that history is based upon the “oil” in the history of the parable of the ten virgins.

Ukususela kwiPatriot Act kude kube ngumthetho weCawa eUnited States kubonisa ixesha lovavanyo lweSeventh-day Adventism yaseLawodike. Uvukelo oluchasene nesigidimi sesilumkiso esibhengeza umgwebo wabo lubonakalisa ukususwa koMoya oyiNgcwele, yaye ngenxa yoko ukuthululwa kolahlekiso olunamandla phezu kweentombi eziziziyatha, ezikhohlakeleyo, zaloo mbali. Ingqwalasela yolu vukelo ikummeli onyuliweyo njengoko emelwe nguNowa, nguMoses, ngabaDala uJones noWaggoner, yaye kakade ngoDade uWhite. Uvukelo oluchasene nesigidimi sesilumkiso kunye nomthunywa waloo mbali lusekelwe phezu “kweoli” kwimbali yomzekeliso weentombi ezilishumi.

Those who present the warning message, do so, because they have “oil,” which is also the warning message. The distinction between the two classes is therefore produced by the correct applications of the rules of prophetic interpretation that were adopted by those of the movement of the first and second angels, represented as Miller’s rules of interpretation, and also the rules of prophetic interpretation adopted by the movement of the third angel.

Abo bavakalisa isigidimi sesilumkiso, benza oko kuba bene-“oli,” ekwangulo isigidimi sesilumkiso. Ngoko ke umahluko phakathi kwezi ndidi zimbini uveliswa kukusetyenziswa ngokuchanekileyo kwemithetho yokutolika iziprofeto eyamkelwa ngabo bentshukumo yengelosi yokuqala neyesibini, emelwe njengemithetho kaMiller yokutolika, kwanemithetho yokutolika iziprofeto eyamkelwa yintshukumo yengelosi yesithathu.

The test that is represented as the “formation of the image of the beast,” must therefore be a test in connection with how the image of the beast is formed in God’s prophetic word.

Ngoko ke uvavanyo olumelweyo “njengokwakhiwa komfanekiso werhamncwa,” lumele ukuba lube luvavanyo olunxulumene nendlela umfanekiso werhamncwa owenziwa ngayo elizwini likaThixo lesiprofeto.

From the Patriot Act in 2001, which was typified by the Blair Bill in 1888, which was typified by the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which was typified by the baptism of Christ, which typified August 11, 1840, all support the truth that the testing-process of judgment begins with an empowered warning message that must be taken from the hand of the angel and then be eaten.

Ukusuka kuMthetho iPatriot Act ngo-2001, owawumelwe kwangaphambili nguMthetho oyilwayo kaBlair ngo-1888, nowawumelwe kwangaphambili siBhengezo seNkululeko ngo-1776, nowawumelwe kwangaphambili lubhaptizo lukaKristu, olwawumfuzisela kwangaphambili umhla we-11 Agasti 1840, konke oku kuyayixhasa inyaniso yokuba inkqubo yokuvavanywa yomgwebo iqala ngomyalezo wesilumkiso onikwe amandla, omele uthathwe esandleni sengelosi uze emva koko udliwe.

The prophetic teaching that identifies the United States as the robbers of thy people confuses several points by their logic, and those points are often the most direct proof-texts in establishing elements of the formation of the image of the beast. A way to illustrate the fact that this test is prophetic in nature is by using the basic rules of prophecy to demonstrate a truth that is only understood if you accept Rome as the symbol represented by the robbers of thy people.

Imfundiso yesiprofeto echaza iUnited States njengabaphangi babantu bakho idida iingongoma ezininzi ngengqiqo yayo, yaye ezo ngongoma zihlala zingobona bungqina besicatshulwa buqonde ngqo ekumiseni iinkalo ezithile zokubunjwa komfanekiso werhamncwa. Enye indlela yokubonakalisa inyaniso yokuba olu vavanyo luyisiprofeto ngokwendalo kukusebenzisa imithetho esisiseko yesiprofeto ukubonisa inyaniso eqondwa kuphela xa wamkela iRoma njengophawu olumelwe ngabaphangi babantu bakho.

This illustration is drawn from the five lines of history within Adventism, where a controversy over Rome as a symbol occurred. We are now in the last, or sixth of these controversial histories, and the controversy now is identical to the controversy represented upon the 1843 chart.

Lo mzekeliso uthatyathwe kwimigca emihlanu yembali ngaphakathi koBu-Adventist, apho kwavela impikiswano ngeRoma njengophawu. Ngoku sikweyokugqibela, okanye eyesithandathu, kwezi mbali zempikiswano, yaye impikiswano ngoku iyafana ncam nempikiswano emelwe kwitshathi ka-1843.

It is easy to see this truth if you correctly apply the prophetic rules. A prophetic rule that needs to be used is that symbols have more than one meaning, and the meaning they use in a passage is to be established by the passage. The Syrian king, Antiochus III Magnus fulfilled the battle of verse ten of chapter eleven of Daniel, and he fulfilled the battle of Raphia in verses eleven and twelve, and he fulfilled the battle of Panium in verse fifteen. The Millerite controversy represented upon the 1843 chart was that the false Protestant view identified that the “robbers” was Antiochus Epiphanes, while also upholding the truth that the “robbers” were a symbol of Rome.

Kulula ukubona le nyaniso ukuba usebenzisa ngokuchanekileyo imithetho yesiprofeto. Umthetho wesiprofeto ekufuneka usetyenzisiwe ngowokuba imiqondiso inentsingiselo engaphezu kwenye, yaye intsingiselo eyisebenzisayo kwesiqendu imele ukumiselwa sesi siqendu ngokwaso. Ukumkani waseSiriya, uAntiochus III Magnus, wazalisekisa idabi levesi yeshumi lesahluko seshumi elinanye sikaDaniyeli, waza wazalisekisa idabi laseRafiya kwiivesi zeshumi elinanye neshumi elinesibini, waza wazalisekisa idabi lasePanium kwivesi yeshumi elinesihlanu. Impikiswano yamaMillerite emelwe kwitshathi ka-1843 yayikukuba imbono yobuxoki yamaProtestanti yachaza ukuba “abaphangi” yayinguAntiochus Epiphanes, ngoxa kwangaxeshanye ixhasa inyaniso yokuba “abaphangi” babengumqondiso weRoma.

Verses ten through fifteen were first fulfilled in the history of Antiochus III Magnus, so those verses, and the subsequent historical repeat of those verses provide two witnesses to the fulfillment of those verses in the last days, for all the prophets spoke more directly about the last days, than the days in which they lived.

Iindima zeshumi ukuya kweshumi elinesihlanu zaqala ukuzaliseka kwimbali ka-Antiochus III Magnus; ngoko ke ezo ndima, kwanokuphindaphindwa kwazo okulandelayo kwimbali, zinika amangqina amabini okuzaliseka kwazo ngemihla yokugqibela, kuba bonke abaprofeti bathetha ngokungqalileyo ngakumbi ngemihla yokugqibela kunangeemihla ababephila kuzo.

Along with that established rule concerning where a prophet’s testimony is to be applied, we also have Sister White who directly recorded “much of the history which has taken place in fulfillment of this prophecy [Daniel chapter eleven] will be repeated.” Antiochus III Magnus represents the United States as papal Rome’s proxy army. The Protestants argued that the robbers had typified another Antiochus, where the Millerites knew it was Rome. Currently one side identifies the United States as the robbers, and the other side holds to the foundational truth.

Kunye nalo mgaqo umiselweyo ngokubhekiselele kwindawo apho ubungqina bomprofeti bumele ukusetyenziswa khona, sikwanoDade White owabhala ngokuthe ngqo esithi “okuninzi kwimbali okwenzekileyo ekuzalisekeni kwesi siprofeto [uDaniel isahluko seshumi elinanye] kuya kuphindwa.” UAntiochus III Magnus umele i-United States njengomkhosi osisithunywa seRoma yobupopu. AmaProtestanti aphikisa ngelithi abaphangi babefanekise omnye uAntiochus, ngoxa amaMillerite ayesazi ukuba yayiyiRoma. Okwangoku elinye icala lichonga i-United States njengabaphangi, kanti elinye icala libambelele kwinyaniso esisiseko.

If the rule that identifies that symbols have more than one meaning, and the meaning is to be based upon the context where they are employed, then identifying the United States as the robbers, parallels the Protestants’ identification of Antiochus as the robbers, but now Antiochus is a symbol of the United States in the last days.

Ukuba umgaqo ochaza ukuba imifuziselo ineentsingiselo ezingaphezu kwesinye, nokuba intsingiselo yayo imele ukumiselwa ngokomxholo apho isetyenziswe khona, ngoko ke ukumisela i-United States njengabaphangi kuhambelana nokuchongwa kwamaProtestanti kuka-Antiochus njengabaphangi, kodwa ngoku uAntiochus uluphawu lwe-United States ngemihla yokugqibela.

The context of the passage is directly addressing the question of what power exalts itself to establish the vision, so to place the emphasis upon this fact, is justified. It is justified upon many witnesses, for the other historical lines of a controversy over Rome as a symbol identify the same fact. That fact is that those on the wrong side of the issue invariably identify the United States in the place of Rome. But if you are unwilling to accept that symbols have more than one meaning, or if you believe they do so, but are not practiced enough to have full faith in the rule, then it will be virtually impossible for you to follow the logic that is now going to be applied.

Umongo wesicatshulwa ujolise ngokuthe ngqo ekuphenduleni umbuzo wokuba ngawaphi amandla aziphakamisayo ukuze amise umbono, ngoko ke ukubeka ugxininiso kulo mba, kufanelekile. Kufanelekile ngokwamangqina amaninzi, kuba eminye imigca yembali yempikiswano engaseRoma njengomfuziselo ichonga kwaloo nyaniso inye. Loo nyaniso yeyokuba abo bakwicala elingalunganga lomba ngokuqhelekileyo bachonga i-United States endaweni yaseRoma. Kodwa ukuba anivumi ukwamkela ukuba imifuziselo inentsingiselo engaphezu kwenye, okanye ukuba niyakukholelwa oko, kodwa ningekazilolonga ngokwaneleyo ukuba nibe nokholo olupheleleyo kulo mgaqo, kuya kuba phantse kungenakwenzeka ukuba nilandele ingqiqo eza kusetyenziswa ngoku.

Every two-horned power represents the United States in the last days. France is the twofold power represented by Sodom and Egypt. Islam also typifies the United States, for the United States is the false prophet in relation to the papal power who is Jezebel. The United States is Salome in subjection to Herodias. Balaam is a symbol of a false prophet too, though his story is more complex than simply being a false prophet.

Onke amagunya aneempondo ezimbini amele i-United States ngemihla yokugqibela. IFransi ligunya elineempawu ezimbini elimelwe yiSodom neYiputa. NobuSilamsi bukwafana ngokomfuziselo ne-United States, kuba i-United States ngumprofeti wobuxoki ngokunxulumene negunya lobupapa elinguYezebhele. I-United States nguSalome ophantsi kukaHerodiya. UBhileham naye ungumfuziselo womprofeti wobuxoki, nangona ibali lakhe lintsonkothe ngakumbi kunokuba nje abe ngumprofeti wobuxoki.

Balaam’s prophecies, which were recorded after he blessed Israel three times, are associated with Islam in a variety of ways. The ass is a symbol of Islam, and you can’t keep the talking ass out of a story of Balaam. The wise men from the east who came to worship the baby Jesus were guided by Balaam’s prophecies. Islam of the three woes of Revelation chapter nine represents the false prophet Mohammed.

Iziprofeto zikaBhileham, ezabhaliweyo emva kokuba eyisikele uSirayeli kathathu, zinxulunyaniswa ne-Islam ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Iesile lingumfuziselo we-Islam, yaye awunakulisusa ibali likaBhileham i-esile elithethayo. Izilumko ezavela empuma zize kunqula usana uYesu zakhokelwa ziziprofeto zikaBhileham. I-Islam kwezi zintathu zezihe zeSityhilelo isahluko sesithoba imela umprofeti wobuxoki uMohammed.

If you understand that symbols have more than one meaning, then you will no doubt also understand that many truths are so important that they are represented by a variety of symbols. The symbol that establishes the vision is a symbol of Rome, and therefore it is obvious that Rome would be a primary theme throughout Bible prophecy. One classic and well-established symbol of Rome is the king of the north in Daniel chapter eleven. The king of the north who comes to his end with none to help is the papal power, the Roman church, the pope of Rome, the man of sin.

Ukuba uyaqonda ukuba imifuziselo inentsingiselo engaphezu kwenye, ngoko ngokungathandabuzekiyo uya kuqonda nokuba iinyaniso ezininzi zibaluleke kangangokuba zimelwe ziintlobo ngeentlobo zemifuziselo. Umfuziselo omisela umbono ngumfuziselo weRoma, yaye ngenxa yoko kuyacaca ukuba iRoma iya kuba ngumxholo oyintloko kulo lonke isiprofeto seBhayibhile. Omnye umfuziselo oqhelekileyo, wakudala nowamiselwa kakuhle, weRoma ngukumkani wasentla kuDaniyeli isahluko seshumi elinanye. Ukumkani wasentla ofikelela esiphelweni sakhe kungekho namnye umncedayo ngamandla obupopu, ibandla laseRoma, upopu waseRoma, umntu wesono.

In the controversy of Uriah Smith, it was claimed that the king of the north in verse thirty-six was France, and the king of the north in verse forty was Turkey. Both France and Turkey are symbols of the United States in different contexts, but as with the Protestants, and as it is today, in Smith’s controversy, he rejected the truth that the king of the north is a symbol of Modern Rome, and claimed the symbol of Rome was represented by a symbol of the United States in the nation of France, and again that the symbol of Rome was a symbol of the United States as represented in the nation of Turkey.

Kwimpikiswano ka-Uriah Smith, kwabangwa ukuba ukumkani wasentla kwindima yamashumi amathathu anesithandathu wayeyiFransi, nokuba ukumkani wasentla kwindima yamashumi amane wayeyiTurkey. Zombini iFransi neTurkey ziimpawu zeUnited States kwiimeko ezahlukileyo, kodwa njengakwamaProtestanti, nanjengoko kunjalo namhlanje, kwimpikiswano kaSmith wayilahla inyaniso yokuba ukumkani wasentla ngumfuziselo weRoma yanamhlanje, waza wabanga ukuba umfuziselo weRoma wawumelwe ngumfuziselo weUnited States kwisizwe saseFransi; waza kwakhona wathi umfuziselo weRoma wawungumfuziselo weUnited States njengoko umelwe sisizwe saseTurkey.

The context now contains three lines; Millerite history, Uriah Smith’s history, and the here and now. In each of those illustrations there is a controversy over a symbol of Rome, which is misapplied through misunderstanding Rome as a symbol of the United States.

Umxholo ngoku uqulathe imigca emithathu; imbali yamaMillerite, imbali ka-Uriah Smith, kunye nale ikho apha nangoku. Kuyo nganye kwezo mizekelo kukho impikiswano ngophawu lweRoma, olusetyenziswa gwenxa ngenxa yokungaqondi iRoma njengophawu lwe-United States.

The line of the controversy of “the daily,” in the book of Daniel upholds this very same emphasis of arguing against the truth regarding a symbol of Rome, though there are some important nuances in this history.

Umgca wembambano “ngowemihla ngemihla,” encwadini kaDaniyeli, uxhasa kanye olu gxininiso lokuphikisana nenyaniso ephathelele umfuziselo waseRoma, nangona kukho iintlukwano ezibalulekileyo ezithile kule mbali.

The logic of Uriah Smith’s prophetic model led his followers to misapply the sixth plague in chapter sixteen of Revelation. A primary problem in Smith’s application of chapter sixteen, other than his attempt to apply everything literally, in a period when everything is to be applied spiritually, was his inability to see the specific structure of the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and false prophet. By replacing the true meaning of the symbols with meanings of a private interpretation Smith’s logic precludes the ability to recognize how the threefold union is formed, and how it is formed is “the great test for the people of God by which their eternal salvation will be determined.”

Ingqiqo yomfuziselo wesiprofeto kaUriah Smith yakhokelela abalandeli bakhe ekusebenziseni gwenxa isibetho sesithandathu kwisahluko seshumi elinesithandathu seSityhilelo. Eyona ngxaki iphambili ekusebenziseni kukaSmith isahluko seshumi elinesithandathu, ngaphandle komzamo wakhe wokusebenzisa yonke into ngokoqobo, ngexesha apho yonke into ifanele ukusetyenziswa ngokwasemoyeni, yayikukungakwazi kwakhe ukubona ulwakhiwo oluthile lomanyano oluphindwe kathathu lwenamba, lwerhamncwa nomprofeti wobuxoki. Ngokutshintsha intsingiselo eyinyaniso yeesimboli ngeentsingiselo zengcaciso yakhe yabucala, ingqiqo kaSmith iyalithintela ikhono lokuqonda indlela olu manyano luphindwe kathathu olwakheka ngayo; yaye indlela olwakheka ngayo “luvavanyo olukhulu lwabantu bakaThixo, oluya kugqiba usindiso lwabo lwanaphakade.”

The misapplication of symbols of Rome are an attempt by Satan to prevent God’s last-day people from seeing not only modern Rome, but how modern Rome is formed. The necessity of recognizing the prophetic characteristics associated with the joining together of the United Nations, the papal power and the United States contains eternal consequences.

Ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kweempawu zaseRoma lingelinge likaSathana lokuthintela abantu bakaThixo bemihla yokugqibela ekuboneni kungekuphela nje iRoma yanamhlanje, kodwa nendlela eyakhiwe ngayo iRoma yanamhlanje. Imfuneko yokuqonda iimpawu zesiprofeto ezinxulumene nokudityaniswa kweZizwe eziManyeneyo, igunya lobupopu neUnited States iqulethe iziphumo ezingunaphakade.

In the book of Daniel there is a special test that emphasizes the importance of recognizing the relationships of these three powers, and there is another special test that emphasizes these identical points in the book of Revelation. “The daily” in the book of Daniel was understood to be pagan Rome by William Miller as he studied Second Thessalonians. Miller understood from the description of the prophetic relationship between pagan Rome and papal Rome in Second Thessalonians that the word, “daily,” was a symbol of pagan Rome, and the abomination of desolation would therefore be papal Rome.

Encwadini kaDaniyeli kukho uvavanyo olukhethekileyo olugxininisa ukubaluleka kokuqonda ubudlelwane bala magunya mathathu, yaye kukho nolunye uvavanyo olukhethekileyo olugxininisa kanye la manqaku afanayo encwadini yeSityhilelo. “Owaqhelekileyo” encwadini kaDaniyeli waqondwa njengoRoma wobuhedeni nguWilliam Miller xa wayefunda eyesiBini kwabaseTesalonika. UMiller waqonda, esuka kwinkcazo yobudlelwane besiprofeto phakathi koRoma wobuhedeni noRoma wobupopu kweyesesiBini kwabaseTesalonika, ukuba igama elithi, “owaqhelekileyo,” lalingumfuziselo woRoma wobuhedeni, yaye ke ngoko isikizi sencithakalo sasiza kuba nguRoma wobupopu.

The point we are underscoring though is that in Second Thessalonians the relationship between pagan Rome and papal Rome is placed in a context that teaches that when and if you do not understand the relationship of those two powers, you receive strong delusion, and are lost for eternity.

Ingongoma esiyigxininisayo, nangona kunjalo, yeyokuba kwiTesalonika yesiBini ubudlelane obuphakathi kweRoma yobuhedeni neRoma yobupopu bubekwe kumxholo ofundisa ukuba, xa kwaye ukuba ungaqondi ubudlelane baloo magunya mabini, wamkela inkohliso enamandla, uze ulahleke ngonaphakade.

This is the same warning of the sixth plague where not only the dragon, who was pagan Rome in Second Thessalonians, and the beast, who was the “man of sin” in that passage, but also in chapter sixteen you have the false prophet. The passage is emphasizing the importance of recognizing the relationship of the powers who make up Modern Rome’s threefold union, that is also modern Babylon.

Esi sisilumkiso esifanayo sesibetho sesithandathu apho kungenguye kuphela inamba, eyayinguRoma yobuhedeni kweyesiBini kwabaseTesalonika, nerhamncwa, owayengulo “mntu wesono” kweso sahluko, kodwa kwanesahluko seshumi elinesithandathu kukho nomprofeti wobuxoki. Esi sicatshulwa sigxininisa ukubaluleka kokuqonda ubudlelwane bamagunya enza umanyano oluphindwe kathathu lweRoma yale mihla, ekwanguBhabheli wale mihla.

The controversy over “the daily” addresses the very same last-day controversy, but it expands the identification of the controversy by adding the importance of understanding the relationship between the three powers who make up Modern Rome. To refuse to see this truth, is to guarantee strong delusion for your reward.

Impikiswano ephathelele “imihla ngemihla” ijongene kanye kanye nempikiswano efanayo yemihla yokugqibela, kodwa iyalwandisa uchazo lwale mpikiswano ngokongeza ukubaluleka kokuqonda ubudlelwane phakathi kwamandla amathathu enza iRoma yale mihla. Ukungavumi ukubona le nyaniso, kukuqinisekisa inkohliso enamandla njengomvuzo wakho.

In the current controversy those identifying the United States as the robbers appear unable to even assent to understanding why it would matter that the United States is repeatedly represented as being in subjection to the papal power rather than being the papal power itself. Basic common sense recognizes that the power who is controlling the relationship in politics, history, marriage and Bible prophecy is considered as the head, and the head is what exalts itself to establish the vision and then falls.

Kule mpikiswano ikhoyo ngoku, abo bachonga i-United States njengabaphangi babonakala bengakwazi kwanokuvuma ukuqonda ukuba kutheni kubalulekile ukuba i-United States imelwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo njengengaphantsi kolawulo lwamandla obupopu, kunokuba ibe ngawona mandla obupopu ngokwawo. Ingqiqo esisiseko iyayiqonda into yokuba amandla alawula olo lwalamano kwezopolitiko, kwimbali, emtshatweni, nakwisiprofeto seBhayibhile, athatyathwa njengentloko; yaye intloko yileyo iziphakamisayo ukuze imise umbono, ize ke iwe.

The logic that identifies the United States as the robbers, is unable to apply the history that was represented, and thereafter fulfilled, from 321 to 538. The symbol of the United States must fall away before the “man of sin” would be revealed. The “man of sin” gets revealed again in the last days, and before he does the United States must fall away first.

Ingqiqo echaza i-United States njengabaphangi ayinakusebenzisa imbali eyamelwayo, yaza emva koko yazaliseka, ukususela ku-321 ukuya ku-538. Uphawu lwe-United States lumele ukuwa kuqala ngaphambi kokuba kutyhilwe “umntu wesono.” “Umntu wesono” uyatyhilwa kwakhona ngemihla yokugqibela, yaye ngaphambi kokuba enze oko i-United States imele ukuwa kuqala.

The Sunday law in the United States does not identify the United States as Modern Rome, it identifies that national ruin has arrived, and that the United States has been fully disconnected from righteousness. The Modern Rome that gets revealed when the United States falls away at the Sunday law is the papal power, who then and there just conquered her ally, the false prophet.

Umthetho weCawa ngeCawa eUnited States awuyichazi iUnited States njengeRoma yale Mihla; uchaza ukuba ukufika kwentshabalalo yesizwe sekufikile, nokuba iUnited States iye yahlulwa ngokupheleleyo kubulungisa. IRoma yale Mihla etyhilwayo xa iUnited States iwela ekwaphukeni kwayo phantsi komthetho weCawa ngeCawa ligunya lobupopu, elithe ngelo xesha kanye lalamkela uloyiso phezu komncedani walo, umprofeti wobuxoki.

“The daily” in the book of Daniel and its relationship to the message of William Miller, and the significance of Miller’s understanding being derived from Second Thessalonians chapter two, and the warning to keep your garments in the sixth plague, all identify elements from those controversies that address current issues.

“Okwemihla ngemihla” encwadini kaDaniyeli nobudlelwane bako nomyalezo kaWilliam Miller, nokubaluleka kokuba ukuqonda kukaMiller kwathatyathwa kwisahluko sesibini seyesiBini kwabaseTesalonika, kwakunye nesilumkiso sokugcina iingubo zenu kwindyikitya yesithandathu, konke oku kuchonga izinto ezivela kwezo mpikiswano ezichaphazela imiba yangoku.

The warning of Second Thessalonians chapter two in the last days is about a class that identifies the United States as a symbol, but refuses to be guided by the light that addresses the United States’ relationship with papal Rome. In doing this they will see the relationship of not only papal Rome and the United States, but also the United Nations, the dragon power of Revelation chapter sixteen.

Isilumkiso seSibini kwabaseTesalonika isahluko sesibini semihla yokugqibela simalunga nodidi oluchaza i-United States njengophawu, kodwa olwala ukukhokelwa kukukhanya okuthetha ngobudlelane be-United States neRoma yobupopu. Ngokwenza oku baya kubona ubudlelane kungekuphela kweRoma yobupopu ne-United States kuphela, kodwa kwanobo beZizwe eziManyeneyo, amandla enamba eSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesithandathu.

As with Uriah Smith, A.G. Daniells and W.W. Prescott, who Sister White identified as being unable to reason from cause to effect, so too are those who refuse to be guided by the direction of God’s prophetic word in its elaboration of the relationship of these three powers in the last days.

Njengokuba kwakunjalo ngo-Uriah Smith, u-A.G. Daniells no-W.W. Prescott, abo uDade White wabachaza njengabangakwaziyo ukuqiqa besuka kunobangela besiya kwisiphumo, kunjalo ke nakwabo balayo ukukhokelwa sisalathiso selizwi likaThixo lesiprofeto ekutyhileni kwalo ubudlelane bala magunya mathathu ngemihla yokugqibela.

Like the first, the current, and the Uriah Smith controversies, the controversy of the relationship of the three powers as represented in Second Thessalonians and the sixth plague manifests a private interpretation that points to the United States, but refuses to see certain prophetic characteristic of the United States that would expose their erroneous concept, and possibly bring them to the light.

Njengengxabano yokuqala, engoku, neya ka-Uriah Smith, ingxabano ngobudlelwane bamagunya amathathu njengoko emelwe kweyesiBini kwabaseTesalonika nasesibethweni sesithandathu ibonakalisa ukutolikwa kwabucala okukhomba e-United States, kodwa ikwala ukubona uphawu oluthile lwesiprofeto lwe-United States obelunokutyhila ingcamango yabo ephosakeleyo, mhlawumbi lubazise ekukhanyeni.

After September 11, 2001 the controversy over the four insects of Joel arose. The truth being that the insects represented a progressive spiritual declension of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church by the introduction of Catholic and apostate Protestant theology. Again the correct application of the four insects is Rome, but the private interpretation claimed it was Islam, which is a symbol of a false prophet, and therefore a symbol of the United States. Line upon line, the controversies from Advent history which we have just addressed, all speak to the same truth.

Emva komhla we-11 kuSeptemba 2001 kwavela impikiswano malunga nezinambuzane ezine zikaYoweli. Inyaniso ikukuba ezo zinambuzane zazimela ukuhla ngokuthe ngcembe ngokwasemoyeni kwebandla lama-Seventh-day Adventist laseLawodikea ngokungeniswa kwethiyoloji yamaKatolika neyamaProtestanti awileyo. Kwakhona, ukusetyenziswa okuchanekileyo kwezo zinambuzane zine yiRoma, kodwa utoliko lwabucala lwabanga ukuba yayinguSilamsi, olungumfuziselo womprofeti wobuxoki, ngoko ke lube ngumfuziselo we-United States. Umgca phezu komgca, iimpikiswano ezivela kwimbali yobu-Adventist esisandul’ ukujonga, zonke zithetha inyaniso enye.

The wrong side, on four witnesses, identifies the robbers as the United States, and upon two witnesses the wrong side’s understanding of the United States as a symbol is incorrect. God’s last-day candidates to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand are now in a prophetic test. It is not a test that is accomplished by simply casting your vote for this side or that side. It is a test that can only genuinely be navigated correctly if the prophetic rules are accurately applied. In order for the Lion of the tribe of Judah to awaken His last-day people to the fact that they are not studying deeply enough, He allowed heresies to be introduced.

Icala elingachanekanga, phezu kwamangqina amane, lichonga abaphangi njenge-United States, yaye phezu kwamangqina amabini ukuqonda kwecala elingachanekanga nge-United States njengomfuziselo akuchanekanga. Abo bangabagqatswa bakaThixo bemihla yokugqibela ukuba babe phakathi kwekhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka ngoku bakuvavanyo lwesiprofeto. Asilovavanyo olugqityezelwa nje ngokuphosa ivoti yakho kweli cala okanye kwelo cala. Luluvavanyo olunokuhanjwa ngokwenene ngokuchaneka kuphela xa imithetho yesiprofeto isetyenziswa ngokuchanekileyo. Ukuze iNgonyama yesizwe sakwaYuda ibavuse abantu bayo bemihla yokugqibela kwinyaniso yokuba abafundi nzulu ngokwaneleyo, Yavumela ukuba iimfundiso zobuxoki zingeniswe.

The fact that a heresy arose within this movement identifies that our personal aptitude in regard to the rules of prophetic interpretation is weaker than it should be. Rome establishes the vision, and the vision of the last days is the final rise and fall of the king of the north. That “king” is also the “man of sin”, and the “man of sin” is the “mystery of iniquity,” and that “wicked.” He is the antichrist, he is symbolized as the “robbers of thy people,” and he is the “head” of Modern Rome.

Inyaniso yokuba kwavela uqhekeko lwemfundiso ngaphakathi kwale ntshukumo ibonisa ukuba amandla ethu obuqu ngokuphathelele imithetho yokutolikwa kwesiprofeto abuthathaka ngakumbi kunokuba ebefanele ukuba njalo. IRoma imisela umbono, yaye umbono wemihla yokugqibela kukunyuka nokuwiswa kokugqibela kokumkani wasentla. Loo “kumkani” ukwangulo “mntu wesono”, yaye “umntu wesono” uyiyo “imfihlelo yobugwenxa,” kwakunye nalowo “ongendawo.” Ungumchasi-Kristu, ufanekiselwa “njengabaphangi babantu bakho,” yaye “uyintloko” yeRoma yale Mihla.

> “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. There is no time now for us to assimilate with the world. Daniel is standing in his lot and in his place. The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which everyone should understand. These prophecies are to be witness in the world. By their fulfillment in these last days, they will explain themselves.” Kress Collection, 105.

> “Abo badidekayo ekuqondeni kwabo ilizwi, abasilelayo ukubona intsingiselo yomchasi-Kristu, ngokuqinisekileyo baya kuzibeka kwicala lomchasi-Kristu. Akusekho xesha ngoku lokuba sizifake nehlabathi. UDaniyeli umi esabelweni sakhe nasendaweni yakhe. Iziprofeto zikaDaniyeli nezikaYohane zimele ukuqondwa. Ziyatolikana. Zinika ihlabathi iinyaniso ekufuneka wonke umntu aziqonde. Ezi ziprofeto zimele ukuba bubungqina ehlabathini. Ngokuzaliseka kwazo kule mihla yokugqibela, ziya kuzicacisa ngokwazo.” Kress Collection, 105.

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