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

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Unveiling the Prophetic Characteristics of the Evil Confederacy: Insights from Isaiah

Ukutyhila Iimpawu Zobuprofeti Zomanyano Olungendawo: Iingqiqo ezivela kuIsaya

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The prophetic characteristic of the dragon is confederation, as identified by Isaiah.

Uphawu lobuprofeti lwenamba ngumfelandawonye, njengoko luchongwe nguIsaya.

> Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:9–16.

> Hlanganani, nina zizwe, nize nichithwe; niphulaphule, nonke nina basemazweni akude; zibhinqeni, nize nichithwe; zibhinqeni, nize nichithwe. Cebisani kunye, lize lingabi nto; thethani ilizwi, lingemi; ngokuba uThixo unathi. Kuba uYehova wathetha kum ngolomeleleyo isandla, wandiyala ukuba ndingahambi ngendlela yaba bantu, esithi, Musani ukuthi, Ligqiza, kubo bonke abo bantu baya kuthi aba bantu kubo, Ligqiza; ningoyiki noko bakoyikayo, ningabi nantshikilelo. Menzeni ngcwele uYehova wemikhosi ngokwakhe; makabe nguye uloyiko lwenu, makabe nguye ukunkwantya kwenu. Woba yindawo engcwele; kodwa abe lilitye lesikhubekiso neliwa lesigxeko kuzo zombini izindlu zakwaSirayeli, abe ngumgibe nomnatha kubemi baseYerusalem. Ke baninzi phakathi kwabo abaya kukhubeka, bawe, baphuke, babanjiswe, bathinjwe. Bopha ubungqina, utywine umyalelo phakathi kwabafundi bam. Isaya 8:9–16.

In the last days, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, when Isaiah says, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples,” there is an “evil confederacy” on planet earth. It is important to understand that the history of the United States leading to the Sunday law is prefiguring the same events on the global level.

Ngemihla yokugqibela, ngexesha lokutywinwa kwekhulu elinye namashumi amane anesine amawaka, xa uIsaya esithi, “Bopha ubungqina, utywine umthetho phakathi kwabafundi bam,” kukho “umanyano olubi” emhlabeni. Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba imbali yeUnited States ekhokelela kumthetho weCawa ibonakalisa kwangaphambili ezo ziganeko zifanayo kumgangatho wehlabathi liphela.

> “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 we-United States. Nangona yona ikhokela ekwenzeni oku, sekunjalo loo ngxaki inye iya kufikela abantu bethu kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

Sister White carefully identifies who the “evil confederacy” is, and it represents the progressive liberalism of the modern globalists. As she does so, she repeatedly quotes the previous verses in Isaiah, which identify an evil confederacy during the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

USister White uyichaza ngononophelo into ayiyo “indibaniselwano engendawo,” yaye imele inkululeko eqhubela phambili yabakholelwa kwinkqubo yehlabathi yanamhlanje. Njengoko esenza oku, uphinda ngokuphindaphindiweyo acaphule iindinyana ezingaphambili kuIsaya, ezichaza indibaniselwano engendawo ngexesha lokutywinwa kwekhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka.

> “The Lord declares through the prophet Isaiah: Isaiah 8:9–13 quoted.

> “INkosi iyavakalisa ngomprofeti uIsaya: Isaya 8:9–13 icatshulwe.

> “There are those who question whether it is right for Christians to belong to the Free Masons and other secret societies. Let all such consider the scriptures just quoted. If we are Christians at all, we must be Christians everywhere, and must consider and heed the counsel given to make us Christians according to the standard of God’s Word.” Evangelism, 617, 618.

> “Kukho abo babuza ukuba kulungile kusini na ukuba amaKristu abe ngamalungu eFree Masons nakwezinye iimfihlo zemibutho. Mabathi bonke abanjalo baziqwalasele izibhalo ezisandul’ ukucatshulwa. Ukuba singamaKristu ngenene, simele ukuba ngamaKristu kuyo yonke indawo, yaye simele ukuqwalasela nokuthobela icebiso esilinikiweyo ukuze sibe ngamaKristu ngokomlinganiselo weLizwi likaThixo.” Evangelism, 617, 618.

The evil confederacy of the last days is associated with Freemasons, and other secret societies. Its religion is spiritualism, and it is made up of the world bankers and the billionaire merchants of the earth, who “centralize the wealth and power of the world,” and who promote such movements as Antifa and Black Lives Matter to foment “the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed” on a “world-wide scale,” in an effort to reproduce the anarchy of the “French Revolution.”

Umanyano olungendawo lwemihla yokugqibela lunxulunyaniswa namaFreemason, kwaneminye imibutho eyimfihlo. Inkolo yalo ngukomoya, yaye lwenziwe ngoonobhankethi behlabathi nabarhwebi abazizityebi gqitha bomhlaba, “abenza ubutyebi namandla ehlabathi bube sezandleni eziphakathi,” nabakhuthaza iintshukumo ezinjengeAntifa neBlack Lives Matter ukuze baxhokonxe “umoya wokungazinzi, wezidubedube nowokuchithwa kwegazi” “kwinqanaba lehlabathi liphela,” kumzamo wokuphinda bavelise isiphithiphithi so “Vukelo lwaseFransi.”

> “Spiritualism asserts that men are unfallen demigods; that ‘each mind will judge itself;’ that ‘true knowledge places men above all law;’ that ‘all sins committed are innocent;’ for ‘whatever is, is right,’ and ‘God doth not condemn.’ The basest of human beings it represents as in heaven, and highly exalted there. Thus it declares to all men, ‘It matters not what you do; live as you please, heaven is your home.’ Multitudes are thus led to believe that desire is the highest law, that license is liberty, and that man is accountable only to himself.

> “Imimoya ithi abantu bangoothixo abancinane abangazange bawe; ithi, ‘ingqondo nganye iya kuzigweba yona;’ ithi, ‘ulwazi oluyinyaniso lubeka abantu ngaphezu kwawo wonke umthetho;’ ithi, ‘zonke izono ezenziweyo azinatyala;’ kuba ‘nantoni na ekhoyo, ilungile,’ yaye ‘uThixo akagwebi.’ Oyena mntu usezantsi kakhulu phakathi kwabantu uyimela njengosezulwini, yaye ephakanyiswe kakhulu khona. Ngaloo ndlela ithi kubo bonke abantu, ‘Akukhathaliseki ukuba wenza ntoni; phila ngendlela othanda ngayo, izulu likhaya lakho.’ Ngaloo ndlela izihlwele zikhokelwa ekubeni zikholwe ukuba inkanuko ingowona mthetho uphakamileyo, ukuba inkululeko yokuziphatha gwenxa yinkululeko, nokuba umntu uxanduva lwakhe ulityala kuye yedwa.”

> “With such teaching given at the very outset of life, when impulse is strongest, and the demand for self-restraint and purity is most urgent, where are the safeguards of virtue? what is to prevent the world from becoming a second Sodom? At the same time anarchy is seeking to sweep away all law, not only divine, but human. The centralizing of wealth and power; the vast combinations for the enriching of the few at the expense of the many; the combinations of the poorer classes for the defense of their interests and claims; the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed; the world-wide dissemination of the same teachings that led to the French Revolution—all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convulsed France.” Education, 227, 228.

> “Ngemfundiso enjalo inikelwa kanye ekuqaleni kobomi, xa umnqweno unamandla kakhulu, yaye ukufunwa kokuzibamba nobunyulu kungxamiseke kakhulu, ziphi na izikhuselo zesidima? yintoni na eya kuthintela ihlabathi ekubeni libe yiSodom yesibini? Kwangaxeshanye, ubhukuqo-mthetho bufuna ukutshayela kude wonke umthetho, kungabi ngumthetho kaThixo kuphela, kodwa nowabantu. Ukubekwa kobutyebi namandla embindini wezandla ezimbalwa; imanyano ezinkulu zokutyebisa abambalwa ngeendleko zabaninzi; imanyano yeendidi ezihluphekileyo yokukhusela iimfuno namabango azo; umoya wokungazinzi, wezidubedube nowokuphalazwa kwegazi; ukusasazwa ehlabathini liphela kwezi mfundiso zifanayo ezakhokelela kuVukelo lwaseFransi—zonke zityekele ekubandakanyeni ihlabathi liphela kumzabalazo ofana nalowo owagungqisa iFransi.” Education, 227, 228.

Any thoughtful person should ask themselves what goes on at meetings such as recently took place at Davos, where men express their plans for planet earth without any consideration of the rest of earth’s population? What secrets were there discussed? Of course, Davos is simply one of several secret restricted meetings of the world’s billionaires, bankers, corrupted politicians and morally perverse men who develop their exalted plans for planet earth.

Nabani na umntu ocingayo ufanele azibuze ukuba kwenzeka ntoni na kwiintlanganiso ezifana nezo zisandul’ ukwenzeka eDavos, apho amadoda evakalisa izicwangciso zawo ngomhlaba weplanethi ngaphandle kokuthathela ngqalelo bonke abanye abantu bomhlaba? Zeziphi iimfihlelo ekwakuxoxwa ngazo apho? Kakade ke, iDavos yinto nje enye phakathi kwezinye iintlanganiso ezininzi eziyimfihlo nezivalelweyo zeebhiliyoni zehlabathi, oonobhanki, abezopolitiko abonakeleyo, namadoda agwenxa ngokokuziphatha, aphuhlisa izicwangciso zawo eziphakanyisiweyo ngomhlaba weplanethi.

> “In these last days, there are arising strange fallacies and man-made theories which God declares shall be broken in pieces. The spirit of covetousness has led men to seek worldly advantage, and by extravagance and display they have tried to hide their wicked deeds which they have done in order to reach their object. Men occupying high positions of trust have revealed this unlawful desire for gain; they have practised extortion and robbery, and have gratified the evil passions of their hearts, until our cities are corrupted through their wickedness. God has declared that he will uncover these works of deceit and robbery by their own working. In some cases the judgments of God have already fallen heavily on these cities.

> “Kule mihla yokugqibela, kuvela iinkohliso ezingaqhelekanga neethiyori ezenziwe ngabantu uThixo azivakalisa ukuba ziya kutyunyuzwa zibe ziingceba. Umoya wokubawa ukhokelele abantu ekufuneni inzuzo yehlabathi, yaye ngenkcitho egqithisileyo nokuzibonakalisa baye bazama ukufihla izenzo zabo ezimbi abazenzileyo ukuze bafikelele kwinjongo yabo. Abantu abaphethe izikhundla eziphezulu zokuthembelwa baye batyhila lo mnqweno ungekho semthethweni wokuzuza; baye benza ubuqhetseba bokunyanzela nokuphanga, baza banelisa iinkanuko ezimbi zeentliziyo zabo, de izixeko zethu zonakaliswa ngobungendawo babo. UThixo uvakalise ukuba uya kuyityhila le misebenzi yenkohliso nokuphanga ngokusebenza kwayo ngokwayo. Kwezinye iimeko, imigwebo kaThixo sele iwe ngamandla phezu kwezi zixeko.”

> “Isaiah 8:8–12 quoted.” Review and Herald, July 18, 1907.

> “Isaya 8:8–12 icatshuliwe.” Review and Herald, Julayi 18, 1907.

The cities have been corrupted, as predicted in the previous passage, and that corruption is brought about by the evil confederacy of Isaiah chapter eight. They have been corrupted by, “men occupying high positions of trust” who “have revealed” their “unlawful desire for gain.” The corrupted cities are easily seen in states whose attorney generals have been elected by the funds of communists such as George Soros. It can be seen when established laws go un-enforced by corrupted politicians in Washington, DC. It can be seen by laws which are only employed against those on the other side of the political spectrum, as illustrated by persons such as Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.

Izixeko zonakaliswe, njengoko kwakuxelwe kwangaphambili kwesi sicatshulwa sangaphambili, yaye oko konakaliswa kubangelwa ngumfelandawonye wobubi kaIsaya isahluko sesibhozo. Zonakaliswe “ngamadoda akwizikhundla eziphezulu zokuthembwa” athe “atyhila” “umnqweno” wawo “ongekho mthethweni wenzuzo.” Izixeko ezonakalisiweyo zibonakala ngokulula kumazwe apho amagqwetha-jikelele karhulumente anyulwe ngemali yamaKomanisi afana noGeorge Soros. Oku kunokubonwa xa imithetho emisiweyo inganyanzeliswa ngabapolitiki abonakalisiweyo eWashington, DC. Kunokubonwa ngemithetho esetyenziswa kuphela ngokuchasene nabo bakwelinye icala loluhlu lwezopolitiko, njengoko kuboniswa ngabantu abanjengoNancy Pelosi noAdam Schiff.

> In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Isaiah 59:13–15.

> Ngokona nokuxoka ngakuYehova, nokumka kuThixo wethu, sithetha uxinzelelo novukelo, sikhawulisa size sivakalise entliziyweni amazwi obuxoki. Kwaye isigwebo sibuyiselwe umva, nobulungisa bume kude; kuba inyaniso iwile esitratweni, nobulungisa obuthe tye abunakungena. Ewe, inyaniso iyasilela; nalowo umkayo ebubini uzenza ixhoba; waza uYehova wakubona oko, akwaba kubi emehlweni akhe ukuba kwakungekho sigwebo. Isaya 59:13–15.

In the previous passage from the Review and Herald, the men who occupy high positions of trust, identifies corrupted politicians whose Wall Street portfolios always exceed the best possible returns, because of their legislative work in legalizing “insider trading” for themselves, and no one else. Review the history of Martha Stewart. The cities in the passage are corrupted through their wickedness, and this is especially apparent in the cities and states governed by the globalist Democrats.

Kwisicatshulwa esandulelayo esivela kwi-Review and Herald, amadoda akwizikhundla eziphakamileyo zokuthenjwa achonga abezopolitiko abonakeleyo, abaneepotifoliyo zabo zaseWall Street ezisoloko zigqitha kweyona nzuzo inokwenzeka, ngenxa yomsebenzi wabo womthetho wokwenza kusemthethweni “urhwebo lolwazi lwangaphakathi” ukuze luzincede bona ngokwabo, kungekho namnye omnye. Phengulula imbali kaMartha Stewart. Izixeko ezikweso sicatshulwa zonakele ngenxa yobungendawo bazo, yaye oku kubonakala ngokukodwa kwizixeko nakumazwe alawulwa ngamaDemokhrasi ehlabathi lonke.

The evil confederacy in the last days consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, and the beast and false prophet have their own wicked prophetic characteristics, but the characteristics that are so apparent in liberal globalism are the traits of the dragon.

Umfelandawonye okhohlakeleyo wemihla yokugqibela uquka inamba, irhamncwa nomprofeti wobuxoki, yaye irhamncwa nomprofeti wobuxoki baneempawu zabo zobuprofeti ezikhohlakeleyo, kodwa iimpawu ezibonakala ngokucace gca kubu-globalism benkululeko zizimo zenamba.

> “Revelation 17:13–14 quoted. ‘These have one mind.’ There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. ‘And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.’ Thus is manifested the same arbitrary, oppressive power against religious liberty, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, as was manifested by the papacy, when in the past it persecuted those who dared to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of Romanism.

> “ISityhilelo 17:13–14 sicatshulwe. ‘Bacinga nto-nye.’ Kuya kubakho umanyano olubophelelayo lwehlabathi lonke, ukuvumelana okukhulu kube kanye, umdibaniso wemikhosi kaSathana. ‘Kwaye aya kunikela amandla awo nobukhosi bawo kulo irhamncwa.’ Ngaloo ndlela kubonakaliswa la mandla afanayo angqongqo, acinezelayo, achasene nenkululeko yonqulo, nenkululeko yokunqula uThixo ngokwemiyalelo yesazela, njengoko kwabonakaliswa bubupapa, xa ngexesha elidlulileyo latshutshisa abo babenesibindi sokwala ukuhambelana nezithethe nemibhiyozo yonqulo yobuRoma.”

> “In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be the great point at issue; for in the Sabbath commandment the great Law-giver identifies Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

> “Kwidabi eliya kulwelwa ngemihla yokugqibela kuya kumanyana, ekuchaseni abantu bakaThixo, onke amagunya onakeleyo athe awexuka ekunyanisekeni emthethweni kaYehova. Kolu dabi iSabatha yomthetho wesine iya kuba yeyona ndawo inkulu ekuphikiswana ngayo; kuba emyalelweni weSabatha uMniki-mthetho omkhulu uzazisa njengoMdali wamazulu nomhlaba.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, 983.

We will consider the prophetic characteristics of the beast and apostate Protestantism in the following articles. It is important to identify what has been revealed concerning which political party is leading out and pulling the strings in the enforcement of Sunday legislation. Of course, both parties (Democrat and Republican) come together at the Sunday law issue, as did the Pharisees and Sadducees at the cross, but there is no justifiable reason to suggest that the label of Protestant or apostate Protestant can be associated with the Democratic party, for it is clearly the dragon power.

Siza kuqwalasela iimpawu zesiprofeto zerhamncwa nobuProtestanti obuwileyo kula manqaku alandelayo. Kubalulekile ukuchonga oko kutyhiliweyo malunga nokuba leliphi iqela lezopolitiko elikhokelayo nelitsala imitya ekunyanzelisweni komthetho weCawa. Kakade ke, omabini amaqela (iDemocrat neRepublican) adibana kumbandela womthetho weCawa, njengoko kwenzayo abaFarisi nabaSadusi emnqamlezweni, kodwa akukho sizathu sivakalayo sokuphakamisa ukuba uphawu lobuProtestanti okanye lobuProtestanti obuwileyo lunokunxulunyaniswa neqela leDemocratic, kuba ngokucacileyo lingamandla egongqongqo.

The history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the history where Isaiah’s evil confederacy of chapter eight is identified. That history began on September 11, 2001, when the fourth president, Bush the second, was in power. In that history the sixth president would arrive in 2016, and he would awaken (stir up) all the realm of Grecia, for he would awaken the world to the struggle between the dragon power and apostate Protestantism that accomplishes the work of restoring the beast to the throne of the earth.

Imbali yokutywinwa kwekhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka yimbali apho ubudlelane obungendawo bukaIsaya besahluko sesibhozo buchongwa khona. Loo mbali yaqala ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, xa umongameli wesine, uBush owesibini, wayesemandleni. Kuloo mbali umongameli wesithandathu wayeza kufika ngo-2016, yaye wayeza kuvusa (ashukumise) wonke ummandla waseGrisiya, kuba wayeza kuvusela ihlabathi umzabalazo phakathi kwamandla enamba nobuProtestanti obuwexukileyo, obufeza umsebenzi wokubuyisela irhamncwa etroneni yehlabathi.

The blind, unreasoning hatred against Trump is identified by many as a kind of insanity, for it is based on dishonesty and irrational logic. The world attempts to define the unjustifiable hatred for Trump, but the reality is that it is not a straightforward human insanity on the part of the globalists, it is the supernatural manifestation of the fulfillment of prophecy during the history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Intiyo engaboniyo, engenangqiqo nxamnye noTrump ichongwa ngabaninzi njengohlobo oluthile lobugeza, kuba isekelwe ekunganyanisekini nakwingqiqo engenasizathu. Ihlabathi lizama ukuchaza le ntiyo ingenakuthethelelwa nxamnye noTrump, kodwa inyaniso yeyokuba ayisosigulo sobugeza esiqhelekileyo sobuntu kwicala labaxhasi boglobalizim, koko yinkqubela ebonakalayo engaphezu kwendalo yokuzaliseka kwesiprofeto ngexesha lembali yokutywinwa kwekhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka.

> “O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost given to idolatry! But many of those who should be proclaiming the truth are accusing and condemning their brethren. When the converting power of God comes upon minds, there will be a decided change. Men will have no inclination to criticize and tear down. They will not stand in a position that hinders the light from shining to the world. Their criticism, their accusing, will cease. The powers of the enemy are mustering for battle. Stern conflicts are before us. Press together, my brethren and sisters, press together. Bind up with Christ. ‘Say ye not, A confederacy, . . . neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.’

> “Akwaba abantu bakaThixo babenokuqonda intshabalalo esondelayo yamawaka ezixeko, ngoku phantse zinikelwe kunqulo-zithixo! Kodwa abaninzi kwabo bafanele ukuba babhengeza inyaniso batyhola baze bagwebe abazalwana babo. Xa amandla kaThixo okuguqula efika ezingqondweni, kuya kubakho utshintsho olucacileyo. Abantu abayi kuba nakuthambekela ekugxekeni nasekudilizeni. Abayi kuma kwindawo ethintela ukukhanya ekukhanyiseleni ihlabathi. Ukugxeka kwabo, ukutyhola kwabo, kuya kuphela. Imikhosi yotshaba iyazimbandakanya ukulungiselela idabi. Iingxabano ezinzima ziphambi kwethu. Sondelelani, bazalwana noodade, sondelelani. Bophelelanani noKristu. ‘Musani ukuthi, Licebo lokumanyana,... ningoyiki oko bakoyikayo, ningabi naloyiko. Yenzeleni iNkosi yemikhosi ibe ngcwele ngokwayo; mayibe luloyiko lwenu, mayibe sisithozela senu. Yaye iya kuba yindawo engcwele; kodwa ibe lilitye lesikhubekiso neliwa lokukhubekisa kuzo zombini izindlu zakwaSirayeli, ibe ngumgibe nesirhintyelo kubemi baseYerusalem. Kwaye abaninzi phakathi kwabo baya kukhubeka, bawe, baphulwe, babanjiswe, bathinjwe.’

> “The world is a theater. The actors, its inhabitants, are preparing to act their part in the last great drama. God is lost sight of. With the great masses of mankind there is no unity, except as men confederate to accomplish their selfish purposes. God is looking on. His purposes in regard to his rebellious subjects will be fulfilled. The world has not been given into the hands of men, though God is permitting the elements of confusion and disorder to bear sway for a season. A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama,—Satan coming as Christ, and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies. Those who are yielding to the passion for confederation are working out the plans of the enemy. The cause will be followed by the effect.

> “Ihlabathi liqonga lemidlalo. Abadlali bayo, abangabemi balo, balungiselela ukudlala indima yabo kumdlalo wokugqibela omkhulu. UThixo akasabonwa. Kwiinkitha ezinkulu zoluntu akukho bumanyano, ngaphandle kokuba abantu benze umdibaniso ukuze bafezekise iinjongo zabo zobuzingca. UThixo ukhangele. Iinjongo zakhe ngokubhekisele kwizifundo zakhe ezinemvukelo ziya kuzaliseka. Ihlabathi alinikwanga ezandleni zabantu, nangona uThixo evumela iziqalelo zesiphithiphithi nokungacwangciseki ukuba zilawule okwethutyana. Amandla avela ngaphantsi ayasebenza ukuze azise izigcawu zokugqibela ezinkulu kulo mdlalo,—uSathana esiza njengoKristu, aze asebenze ngako konke ukulukuhla kokungalungisi phakathi kwabo bazibophelela kunye kwiimfihlo zoluntu. Abo banikezela kumnqweno womdibaniso basebenza bezalisekisa amacebo otshaba. Unobangela uya kulandelwa sisiphumo.”

> “Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise.” Review and Herald, September 10, 1903.

> “Ukwaphula umthetho sekuphantse kwafikelela emlinganisweni wako wokugqibela. Isiphithiphithi sizalise ihlabathi, yaye uloyiko olukhulu luza kusondela ngokukhawuleza phezu kwabantu. Isiphelo sikufuphi kakhulu. Thina siyaziyo inyaniso sifanele ukuba silungiselele oko kuza kuthi kungekudala kuhlasele ihlabathi njengomothuko omkhulu nongalindelekanga.” Review and Herald, Septemba 10, 1903.

Islam of the third woe is about to strike “thousands of cities” and Laodicean Adventism has no sense of the impending destruction that is about to happen. In the time period when Isaiah’s evil confederacy is accomplishing its work, there is a satanic “power from beneath” that is “working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama,” and these things come as an “overwhelming surprise.” The insanity exercised towards Trump is caused by a power from beneath. It is a component of the last scenes of earth’s history.

UbuSilamsi besishwangusha sesithathu buselungelweni lokuhlasela “amawaka ezixeko,” kwaye ubu-Adventism baseLawodike abunaluvo lokutshatyalaliswa okusondelayo okuza kwenzeka. Ngexesha apho umanyano olungendawo lukaIsaya lufeza umsebenzi walo, kukho “amandla avela ngaphantsi” angokaSathana “asebenzayo ukuzisa imiboniso yokugqibela emikhulu kulo mdlalo,” yaye ezi zinto ziza “njengesimanga esongamelayo.” Ukuphambana okubonakaliswayo ngakwiTrump kubangelwa ngamandla avela ngaphantsi. Kuyinxalenye yemiboniso yokugqibela yembali yomhlaba.

This should not be understood as an endorsement for Trump, it is simply God’s Word, which never fails. During the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand God is pouring out His power from on high, while Satan is exercising his power from beneath.

Oku akufanele kuqondwe njengokuvuma uTrump, koko kunguLizwi lukaThixo nje, olungaze lusilele. Ngexesha lokutywinwa kwekhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka, uThixo uthulula amandla aKhe evela phezulu, lo gama uSathana esebenzisa amandla akhe avela ezantsi.

> “If we would have the spirit and power of the third angel’s message, we must present the law and the gospel together, for they go hand in hand. As a power from beneath is stirring up the children of disobedience to make void the law of God, and to trample upon the truth that Christ is our righteousness, a power from above is moving upon the hearts of those who are loyal, to exalt the law, and to lift up Jesus as a complete Saviour. Unless divine power is brought into the experience of the people of God, false theories and ideas will take minds captive, Christ and His righteousness will be dropped out of the experience of many, and their faith will be without power or life.” Gospel Workers, 161.

> “Ukuba sifuna ukuba nomoya namandla esigidimi sengwevu yesithathu, kufuneka sibonakalise umthetho neendaba ezilungileyo kunye, kuba zihamba kunye. Njengokuba amandla avela ezantsi evuselela abantwana bokungathobeli ukuze bawutshabalalise umthetho kaThixo, baze banyathele phezu kwenyaniso yokuba uKristu bubulungisa bethu, kunjalo ke amandla avela phezulu esebenza ezintliziyweni zabo banyanisekileyo, ukuze aphakamise umthetho, aze aphakamise uYesu njengoMsindisi opheleleyo. Ngaphandle kokuba amandla kaThixo aziswe kumava abantu bakaThixo, iingcinga neembono zobuxoki ziya kuthimba iingqondo, uKristu nobulungisa baKhe ziya kushiywa ngaphandle kwamava amaninzi, yaye ukholo lwawo luya kuba lungenamandla okanye ubomi.” Gospel Workers, 161.

The manifestation of Satanic power which occurs before, and leading up to the soon-coming Sunday law, typifies the crowning act of Satan’s power that occurs at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ukubonakaliswa kwamandla kaSathana okwenzeka ngaphambi komthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala, nokukhokelela kuwo, kufuzisela isenzo esiphezulu samandla kaSathana esiya kwenzeka ngexesha lomthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> “Ngommiselo onyanzelisa ukumiselwa koBupopu ngokuchasene nomthetho kaThixo, ilizwe lethu liya kuziqhawula ngokupheleleyo kubulungisa. Xa ubuProtestanti buya kolula isandla sabo banqumle umsantsa ukuze bubambe isandla samandla aseRoma, xa buya kufikelela ngaphaya kwenzonzobila ukuze buxhawulane noMoya wokusebenzelana nemimoya, xa, phantsi kwempembelelo yalo manyano oluphindwe kathathu, ilizwe lethu liya kuwakhanyela onke umgaqo-siseko woMgaqo-siseko walo njengorhulumente wobuProtestanti noweriphabhlikhi, lize lenze amalungiselelo okusasazwa kobuxoki nobulahlekisi bobupopu, ngoko siya kwazi ukuba lifikile ixesha lokusebenza okumangalisayo kukaSathana nokuba isiphelo sisondele.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

The motivation that is currently coming from beneath, and manifesting its activities in the globalist representatives of the dragon in the United States, will be reproduced in the nations of the world after the Sunday law arrives. Even now, the nations of the world are manifesting the same supernatural insanity over Trump.

Inkuthazo ephuma ngoku ngaphantsi, nebonakalalisa imisebenzi yayo kubameli behlabathi bomgquba benamba eUnited States, iya kuveliswa kwakhona kwiintlanga zehlabathi emva kokufika komthetho weCawa. Kwanangoku, iintlanga zehlabathi zibonakalisa kwaloo kungaphili kwengqondo kungaphezu kwendalo ngoTrump.

> “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 we-United States. Nangona iyiyo ekhokelayo, ukanti kwaeso sankxwaleko sinye siya kufikela abantu bethu kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

What the Republicans of the United States define as insanity on the part of Democrats in their illogical opposition to Trump, is actually a supernatural manifestation of satanic power that is in fulfillment of Daniel chapter eleven, verse two. Trump, the sixth president since the time of the end in 1989 was to “stir up” (awaken), the socialistic globalists of the entire world. The hatred against him is supernatural, and it prefigures the manifestation of satanic power that arrives in greater magnitude at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Oko amaRiphabhlikhi aseUnited States akuchaza njengokuphambana engqondweni kwicala lamaDemokhrasi ekuchaseni kwawo uTrump ngendlela engenangqiqo, enyanisweni kukubonakaliswa okungaphezu kwendalo kwamandla kaSathana okuzalisekisa uDaniyeli isahluko seshumi elinanye, ivesi lesibini. UTrump, umongameli wesithandathu ukususela kwixesha lesiphelo ngo-1989, wayemiselwe ukuba “axhokonxe” (avuse) ii-globalists zobusoshiyali zehlabathi liphela. Intiyo enxamnye naye ingaphezu kwendalo, yaye ifanekisa kwangaphambili ukubonakaliswa kwamandla kaSathana afikayo ngobukhulu obungakumbi kumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala.

The manifestation of the power from beneath, according to Sister White’s reference takes place during the evil confederation, which Isaiah warns about in chapter eight, and in that period the sealing of God’s people is occurring.

Ukubonakaliswa kwamandla aphuma ngaphantsi, ngokokubhekiswa kukaDade White, kwenzeka ngexesha lomanyano lobubi uIsaya alulumkisa ngalo kwisahluko sesibhozo, yaye ngelo xesha ukutywinwa kwabantu bakaThixo kuyenzeka.

> Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:16.

> Bopha ubungqina, ulutywine umthetho phakathi kwabafundi bam. Isaya 8:16.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Siza kuqhubekeka nesi sifundo kwinqaku elilandelayo.

> “Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of miracle-working demons. The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings of the earth and to the whole world, to fasten them in deception, and urge them on to unite with Satan in his last struggle against the government of heaven. By these agencies, rulers and subjects will be alike deceived. Persons will arise pretending to be Christ Himself, and claiming the title and worship which belong to the world’s Redeemer. They will perform wonderful miracles of healing and will profess to have revelations from heaven contradicting the testimony of the Scriptures.

> “Izinto ezoyikekayo ezingaqhelekanga, ezinobume obungaphezu kwendalo, ziya kutyhilwa kungekudala emazulwini, njengomqondiso wamandla eedemon ezisebenza imimangaliso. Imimoya yeedemon iya kuphuma iye kookumkani bomhlaba nakulo lonke ihlabathi, ukuze ibabambelele enkohlisweni, ize ibakhuthaze ukuba bamanyane noSathana kumzabalazo wakhe wokugqibela nxamnye norhulumente wezulu. Ngala magunya, abalawuli nabalawulwayo baya kukhohliswa ngokufanayo. Kuya kuvela abantu abazenza ngathi bangoKristu ngokwaKhe, bebanga isidima nonqulo olungolwoMhlanguli wehlabathi. Baya kwenza imimangaliso emangalisayo yokuphilisa, baze bazibhengeze benazo izityhilelo ezivela ezulwini eziphikisana nobungqina beZibhalo.”

> “As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour’s advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13–15. The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shout of triumph rings out upon the air: ‘Christ has come! Christ has come!’ The people prostrate themselves in adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His disciples when He was upon the earth. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Saviour uttered; he heals the diseases of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the seventh day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth. This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion. Like the Samaritans who were deceived by Simon Magus, the multitudes, from the least to the greatest, give heed to these sorceries, saying: This is ‘the great power of God.’ Acts 8:10.

> “Njengesona senzo sithwesayo kumdlalo omkhulu wenkohliso, uSathana ngokwakhe uya kuzenza uKristu. ICawa kudala ibanga ukuba ikhangele ukufika koMsindisi njengokuzaliseka kwamathemba ayo. Ngoku umkhohlisi omkhulu uya kwenza kubonakale ngathi uKristu ufikile. Kwiindawo ngeendawo zomhlaba, uSathana uya kuzibonakalisa phakathi kwabantu njengesiqu esinobungangamsha, esikhanya ngokumangalisayo, esifana nenkcazo yoNyana kaThixo enikwe nguYohane eSityhilelweni. ISityhilelo 1:13–15. Uzuko olumngqongileyo alugqithiswa nangayiphi na into amehlo abafayo asele ayibonile. Kuvakala emoyeni isikhwelo soloyiso sisithi: ‘UKristu ufikile! UKristu ufikile!’ Abantu baya kuzithoba phantsi bamnqule, lo gama yena ephakamisa izandla zakhe aze avakalise intsikelelo phezu kwabo, njengoko uKristu wababusisayo abafundi Bakhe xa wayesemhlabeni. Ilizwi lakhe lithambile, lisezantsi, kanti lizele yimvano emnandi. Ngeethoni ezithambileyo, ezinenceba, ubeka phambi kwabo ezinye zezo nyaniso zinentobeko nezasezulwini ezathethwa nguMsindisi; uphilisa izifo zabantu, aze emva koko, kweso similo sakhe azithethele ngaso sikaKristu, athi uyitshintshile iSabatha wayenza iCawa, aze ayalele bonke ukuba bayingcwalise imini ayisikeleleyo. Uvakalisa ukuba abo baqhubeka bengcwalisa umhla wesixhenxe bayalingcikiva igama lakhe ngokwala ukuphulaphula iingelosi zakhe ezithunyelwe kubo zinokukhanya nenyaniso. Le yinkohliso enamandla, ephantse yoyise ngokupheleleyo. NjengamaSamariya akhohliswa nguSimon Magus, izihlwele, ukususela kwabancinane kuse ekwabakhulu, ziwaphulaphula la maqhinga obugqi, zisithi: Lo ‘ngamandla amakhulu kaThixo.’ IZenzo 8:10.

> “But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this false christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is pronounced upon the worshipers of the beast and his image, the very class upon whom the Bible declares that God’s unmingled wrath shall be poured out.” The Great Controversy, 624, 625.

> “Kodwa abantu bakaThixo abayi kulahlekiswa. Iimfundiso zalo kristu wobuxoki azivumelani neZibhalo. Intsikelelo yakhe ibhengezwa phezu kwabanquli berhamncwa nomfanekiso walo, kanye eli qela iBhayibhile elivakalisa ukuba kuya kuthululwa phezu kwalo ingqumbo kaThixo engaxutywanga.” The Great Controversy, 624, 625.

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