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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Eleven

Imbali Efihlakeleyo Yevesi Yamashumi Amane—Inani Elishumi Elinanye

Number Eleven

Inani Leshumi Elinanye

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Jeff Pippenger

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May 21, 2026

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The book of Joel is perhaps the most direct revelation of the latter rain in the Scriptures, and Joel opens up by first referencing the four generations of apostasy accomplished by the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. Those four generations of escalating destruction represented in Joel’s opening verses align with the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight. 1863 unto 1888 represents the first generation, and it represents the rejection of the foundational message of the Millerites as represented upon the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts, represented in Habakkuk chapter two, and that symbolize the covenant as represented by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.

Incwadi kaYoweli mhlawumbi yeyona mbonakalo ithe ngqo yemvula yasemva eZibhalweni, yaye uYoweli uqala ngokubhekisa kuqala kwizizukulwana ezine zokuwexuka okwafezekiswa libandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist laseLawodike. Ezo zizukulwana zone zentshabalalo enyukayo ezimelwe kwiindinyana zokuqala zikaYoweli ziyahambelana namasikizi amane anyukayo akwaHezekile isahluko sesibhozo. U-1863 ukuya ku-1888 umele isizukulwana sokuqala, yaye umele ukwaliwa kwesigidimi esisisiseko samaMillerite njengoko simelwe kwiitshathi zoovulindlela zika-1843 neka-1850, njengoko simelwe kuHabhakuki isahluko sesibini, yaye ezifanekisela umnqophiso njengoko umelwe ngamacwecwe amabini eMithetho eliShumi.

1888 to 1919 represent the generation that rejected the experience of righteousness by faith, that produces an experience represented by the church of Philadelphia. In the first generation the rebellion focused upon the work of leadership represented by William Miller, and in the second generation of 1888 the leadership of the Spirit of Prophecy was rebelled against. The third generation of 1919 began with William Warren Prescott’s book, The Doctrine of Christ and ended with the book, Questions on Doctrine in 1957. That third generation was the generation of compromise with the world as Adventism sought the accreditation of the medical practices of the American Medical Association, and the accreditation of their colleges by the academic scholars of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

1888 ukuya kowe-1919 amele isizukulwana esalayo amava obulungisa ngokholo, avelisa amava amelwe libandla laseFiladelfiya. Kwisizukulwana sokuqala uvukelo lwagxila emsebenzini wobunkokeli omelwe nguWilliam Miller, yaye kwisizukulwana sesibini sango-1888 kwavukelwa ubunkokeli boMoya wesiProfeto. Isizukulwana sesithathu sango-1919 saqala ngencwadi kaWilliam Warren Prescott, ethi, The Doctrine of Christ saza saphela ngencwadi ethi, Questions on Doctrine ngowe-1957. Eso sizukulwana sesithathu saba sisizukulwana sokuvumelana nehlabathi njengoko ubuAdventist babefuna uqinisekiso lwezenzo zabo zonyango kuMbutho Wezonyango waseMelika, kwanokuqinisekiswa kweekholeji zabo ngabaphengululi bezemfundo bobuProtestanti obuwileyo neRoma yobuKatolika.

In the third generation the educational counsel from the pen of Ellen White was rejected and replaced with the false educational practices of the world as represented by the educational philosophy of Greece. Greek education is represented by the goddess Athena who is enshrined in the duplicate Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Kwisizukulwana sesithathu icebiso lemfundo elivela ngosiba lukaEllen White lakhatywa laza lathatyathelwa indawo ziinkqubo zobuxoki zemfundo zehlabathi njengoko zimelwe yifilosofi yemfundo yaseGrisi. Imfundo yaseGrisi imelwa sisithixokazi uAthena, osibekwe engcweleni yetempile eyiParthenon ephindwe kabini eseNashville, eTennessee.

True education was exemplified in the Bible with the schools of the prophets associated with the prophet Elisha. The Maccabean revolt of 167 BC and onward to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, was in large part a protest against the inroads of Greek education into the culture and nation of the ancient literal glorious land. The protest of the Maccabees was a revolt against Greek influence at every level, but the educational influence of Greece was so pervasive in the history and the motivations of the Maccabean zealots that it cannot be separated from the reality that Greek education was perhaps the largest factor associated with the Jewish rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Books have been written identifying the negative influence of Greek education upon the Jews and false educations contribution to the Jewish rejection and crucifixion of Christ.

Imfundo eyinyaniso yabonakaliswa eBhayibhileni ngezikolo zabaprofeti ezazinxulunyaniswa nomprofeti uElisha. Uvukelo lwamaMaccabee luka-167 BC lusaqhubeka kude kuse ekutshatyalalisweni kweYerusalem ngo-70 AD, lwalusisibheno sokuchasa, ubukhulu becala, ukungena kwemfundo yamaGrike kwinkcubeko nakwisizwe selizwe lamandulo eliqaqambileyo eliyinyani. Uqhankqalazo lwamaMaccabee lwaluluvukelo oluchasene nefuthe lamaGrike kuwo onke amanqanaba, kodwa ifuthe lemfundo yaseGrisi lalinzulu kakhulu kwimbali nakwiinjongo zamahlokondiba anenzondelelo amaMaccabee kangangokuba alinako ukwahlulwa kwinyaniso yokuba imfundo yamaGrike mhlawumbi yaba yeyona nto inkulu inxulunyaniswa nokwala kwamaYuda uYesu Kristu njengoMesiya wawo. Iincwadi zibhaliwe ezichaza ifuthe elibi lemfundo yamaGrike kumaYuda, nendima yemfundo yobuxoki ekwaleni kwamaYuda nasekubethelelweni emnqamlezweni kukaKristu.

The Maccabean revolt aligns with the revolt of 1776 in the modern spiritual glorious land. There are currently over 4,000 registered universities in the United States that are built upon the philosophy of Greek and Jesuit educational practices. The anarchy and lawlessness of the past ten-plus years can be directly traced to the so-called educational centers in the United States that for decades have been indoctrinating students who were already conditioned by media and entertainment sources to accept the globalist philosophies derived from the satanic philosophies of the French Revolution period. The students of today’s universities were already conditioned into accepting the lifestyle represented by Sodom and Gomorrah before they entered the educational centers designed to attack white people, Christians and true American history. A citizen of the United States today who wishes to understand the constant two-tiered system of justice that fulfills the justice and truth being cast into the streets as identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, must understand that the current circumstances are being produced by a purposeful designed attack that is indoctrinated from the earliest years of life by a educational system designed to bring mankind under the control of elitist globalists–the dragon power!

Uqhushululu lwakwaMakabhayi luhambelana noqhushululu lowe-1776 kwilizwe lozuko lokomoya langoku. Okwangoku kukho iiyunivesithi ezibhalisiweyo ezingaphezu kwama-4,000 e-United States ezakhiwe phezu kwefilosofi yezithethe zemfundo zamaGrike nezamaJesuit. Isiphithiphithi nokungabikho komthetho kweminyaka elishumi nangaphezulu edlulileyo kunokulandelwa ngokuthe ngqo kusiwa koko kubizwa ngokuba ngamaziko emfundo e-United States athe kangangamashumi eminyaka afaka iimfundiso ezingqondweni zabafundi ababesele belungiselelwe zizixhobo zeendaba nezolonwabo ukuba bamkele iifilosofi zobuzwe behlabathi ezivela kwiifilosofi zikaSathana zexesha loVukelo lwaseFransi. Abafundi beeyunivesithi zanamhlanje babeselungiselelwe ukuba bamkele indlela yokuphila emelwe yiSodom neGomora ngaphambi kokuba bangene kumaziko emfundo ayilelwe ukuhlasela abantu abamhlophe, amaKristu nembali yokwenyaniso yaseMelika. Ummi we-United States namhlanje onqwenela ukuqonda inkqubo engaguqukiyo yobulungisa obunemigangatho emibini ezalisekisa ubulungisa nenyaniso ukuphoselwa ezitratweni njengoko kuchongiwe eBhayibhileni nakuMoya weSiprofeto, umele aqonde ukuba iimeko zangoku ziveliswa luhlaselo oluyilwe ngenjongo, olufakwe ezingqondweni kwasekuqaleni kobomi yinkqubo yemfundo eyilelwe ukuzisa uluntu phantsi kolawulo lwabobuxhakaxhaka behlabathi—amandla enamba!

There are five major themes in the writings of Ellen White; education, health reform, Christian living, The Great Controversy theme and practical godliness. Education is one of five major themes in the Spirit of Prophecy, and Ellen White was as much a biblical prophet as every prophet noted in God’s Word. Among other things, this means her life is an example of and for the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Before anyone thinks that Christ alone is to be our example; Paul states:

Kukho imixholo emihlanu ephambili kwimibhalo kaEllen White; imfundo, uguquko lwezempilo, ukuphila kobuKristu, umxholo weMbambano Enkulu nobungcwele obusebenzayo. Imfundo ngomnye wemixholo emihlanu ephambili kuMoya Wokuprofeta, kwaye uEllen White wayengumprofeti weBhayibhile kanye njengaye wonke umprofeti okhankanyiweyo eLizwini likaThixo. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, oku kuthetha ukuba ubomi bakhe bungumzekelo womawaka alikhulu anamashumi amane anesine nangenxa yawo. Ngaphambi kokuba nabani na acinge ukuba nguKristu yedwa omele abe ngumzekelo kuthi; uPawulos uthi:

> For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Corinthians 4:15, 16.

> Kuba nokuba ninamawaka alishumi abafundisi kuKristu, aninabo oobawo abaninzi; kuba kuKristu Yesu ndanizala ngalo ivangeli. Ngoko ndiyanibongoza, yibani ngabandilandelayo. 1 Korinte 4:15, 16.

As a prophet Ellen White is an example. There was only one time that Ellen White accepted the role as a board member, and that time was with the formation of a college that embraced the principles of true education as set forth as one of the five major themes of her ministry. That college in Madison, Tennessee is located within the metropolitan district of Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did she agree to be on the founding board of Madison college from 1904 until a year before her death in 1915, she was instrumental in selecting the land where the college was established. Nashville is the center of the Greek educational system that helped to prevent the Jews from accepting their Messiah in the history of the Maccabees, who typify the apostate Protestantism of the times in which we now live. The line of the Maccabees is firmly set forth in the hidden history of verse forty, representing the apostate Protestantism that has now been fully indoctrinated with the very same, (though a modern version) destructive fruits of Greek education.

Njengomprofeti uEllen White ungumzekelo. Kwakukho ixesha elinye kuphela apho uEllen White awamkela khona indima yokuba lilungu lebhodi, yaye elo xesha lalinxulumene nokusekwa kwekholeji eyayamkela imigaqo yemfundo yenyaniso njengoko yabekwa njengenye yemixholo emihlanu emikhulu yobulungiseleli bakhe. Le kholeji eseMadison, eTennessee, imi ngaphakathi kummandla omkhulu wesixeko saseNashville, eTennessee. Akazange avume kuphela ukuba kwibhodi esisiseko yeKholeji yaseMadison ukususela ngowe-1904 de kwaba ngunyaka omnye phambi kokufa kwakhe ngowe-1915, koko waba nesandla esibalulekileyo ekukhetheni umhlaba apho yasekwa khona le kholeji. INashville sisazulu senkqubo yemfundo yamaGrike eyanceda ukuthintela amaYuda ekwamkeleni uMesiya wawo kwimbali yamaMaccabee, abonakalisa ngokomfuziselo ubuProtestanti obulahlekayo bamaxesha esiphila kuwo ngoku. Umgca wamaMaccabee ubekwe ngokuqinileyo kwimbali efihlakeleyo yevesi yamashumi amane, umela ubuProtestanti obulahlekayo obuthi ngoku bufundiswe ngokupheleleyo ngeziqhamo ezonakalisayo kanye ezifanayo, (nangona zingohlobo lwale mihla) zemfundo yamaGrike.

In the third generation of Adventism, the leadership that had rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in 1888, chose to turn their educational system over to the accreditation structure of the world. Nashville represents the symbolic center of both true and false education. The prophet selected the same city that the world selected to enshrine Greek education, for unlike Greek education that is based upon separating truth into isolated subjects to destroy the whole. True education is the foundational basis of Sister White’s other four primary themes of health reform, practical godliness, Christian living, and especially the theme of The Great Controversy.

Kwisizukulwana sesithathu soBu-Adventist, iinkokeli ezaziyalile uMoya wesiProfeto ngowe-1888, zakhetha ukunikezela inkqubo yazo yemfundo kwisakhiwo sehlabathi sokuvunywa kwemigangatho. INashville imele iziko elingumfuziselo lemfundo eyinyaniso kwakunye nemfundo yobuxoki. Umprofeti wakhetha eso sixeko sinye esakhethwa lihlabathi ukuba sigcine size siphakamise imfundo yamaGrike, kuba imfundo eyinyaniso, ngokungafaniyo nemfundo yamaGrike esekelwe ekwahluleni inyaniso ibe zizifundo ezizimeleyo ukuze kutshatyalaliswe okupheleleyo, yona imi phezu komgaqo odibanisayo nowakha into epheleleyo. Imfundo eyinyaniso isisiseko esingundoqo sezinye izihloko ezine eziphambili zikaDade White, ezizezi: uguquko lwempilo, ubungcwele obusebenzayo, ubomi bobuKristu, yaye ngokukodwa umxholo weMpikiswano Enkulu.

Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning, and the test in the Garden of Eden illustrates the test the world is now being confronted with. The test at the end is the same as every biblical test, for God never changes. A biblical test is a three-step testing process that produces two classes that are manifested at the end of the testing process. The first angel expresses the three steps as fearing God, giving Him glory, for the hour of the litmus test of judgment is come. The first step was the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lacking the necessary fear of God, Eve failed the test of the tree and ate the fruit represented as both good and evil. Adam’s fear of God did not prevent him from entering into the rebellion of the tree, and judgment was brought upon them both, as they manifested a life without the abiding presence of Divinity.

UYesu usoloko ebonakalisa isiphelo ngesiqalo, yaye uvavanyo olwaluseMyezweni wase-Eden lubonakalisa uvavanyo ihlabathi elijongene nalo ngoku. Uvavanyo olusekupheleni luyafana nalo lonke uvavanyo lweBhayibhile, kuba uThixo akaguquki naphakade. Uvavanyo lweBhayibhile luyinkqubo yovavanyo enamanyathelo amathathu evelisa iindidi ezimbini ezibonakaliswa ekupheleni kwenkqubo yovavanyo. Ingelosi yokuqala iwavakalisa loo manyathelo mathathu njengokumoyika uThixo, ukumnika uzuko, kuba ilixa lovavanyo lokwahlulela lifikile. Inyathelo lokuqala lalingumyalelo wokuba bangadli emthini wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi. Ngokungabi nako ukumoyika uThixo ngokwaneleyo, uEva walusilela uvavanyo lomthi waza wadla isiqhamo esimelwe njengokulungileyo kwanokubi. Ukoyika kuka-Adam uThixo akuzange kumthintele ekungeneni kwimvukelo yomthi, yaye isigwebo sehla phezu kwabo bobabini, njengoko babonakalisa ubomi obungenabukho obuhlalayo boButhixo.

The test of the last days begins with a warning to eat the increase of knowledge that is unsealed in the revelation of Jesus Christ just before mankind’s probation comes to its end. Whether with Adventism or those outside of Adventism, the test is based upon the reception of, or the rejection of the increase of “knowledge” that is unsealed in our time. That test of knowledge is represented by the Garden’s tree of testing, that represents knowledge of either good or evil. True education was located and symbolized in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904, and false education was located and symbolized in Nashville in 1897, then re-built as a permanent structure in 1920. In the life of the prophetess true education was enshrined in Nashville, and false education was also enshrined. After her death in 1915 false education was restored in the second and permanent construction of the Parthenon temple, and true education was rejected through compromise with the world by the leadership of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.

Uvavanyo lwemihla yokugqibela luqala ngesilumkiso sokuba kudliwe ukwanda kolwazi olutyhiliweyo ekuTyhilweni kukaYesu Kristu kanye ngaphambi kokuba ixesha lovavanyo lwabantu lifike esiphelweni. Nokuba kungaphakathi kobu-Adventist okanye kwabo bangaphandle kobu-Adventist, uvavanyo lusekelwe ekwamkelweni, okanye ekwaliweni, kokwanda “kolwazi” olutyhiliweyo ngexesha lethu. Olo vavanyo lolwazi lumelwe ngumthi wokuvavanya waseGadini, omela ulwazi lokulungileyo okanye olokubi. Imfundo eyinyaniso yabekwa yaza yafuziselwa eNashville, eTennessee, ngowe-1904, yaye imfundo yobuxoki yabekwa yaza yafuziselwa eNashville ngowe-1897, yaza kamva yakhiwa kwakhona njengesakhiwo esisigxina ngowe-1920. Ebomini bomprofetikazi imfundo eyinyaniso yayigcinwe njengengcwele eNashville, yaye nemfundo yobuxoki nayo yayigcinwe njengengcwele. Emva kokufa kwakhe ngowe-1915 imfundo yobuxoki yabuyiselwa kulwakhiwo lwesibini nolusisigxina lwetempile yeParthenon, yaye imfundo eyinyaniso yaliwa ngokuvumelana nehlabathi ngubunkokeli bebandla lamaLaodike lamaSabatha eSeventh-day Adventist.

Nashville’s nickname, the “Athens of the South”, influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals. However, the Parthenon was the only one that was an exact reproduction. Today’s Nashville, Tennessee, is famous for its music, but before there was the Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville was famous for its education, not singing.

Igama lesidlaliso laseNashville, elithi “Athens of the South”, laba nefuthe ekukhethweni kweso sakhiwo njengoyena ndoqo uphambili we-Centennial Exposition ka-1897. Inani lezakhiwo kulo mboniso lalisekelwe kwimvelaphi yamandulo. Noko ke, iParthenon yayiyeyona kuphela eyayiyikopi echanekileyo ngokupheleleyo. INashville yanamhlanje, eTennessee, idume ngomculo wayo, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba kubekho iJohnny Cash Museum, iNashville yayidume ngemfundo yayo, kungekhona ngokucula.

By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system. By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors. At the time, Nashville was known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture.

Ngeminyaka yoo-1850, iNashville yayisele ifumene igama lesidlaliso elithi “iAthene yaseMzantsi” ngenxa yokuba yayisele iseke amaziko emfundo ephakamileyo amaninzi; yaba sisixeko sokuqala kumazantsi eMelika ukuseka inkqubo yezikolo zikarhulumente. Ekupheleni kwenkulungwane, iNashville yayiza kubona iFisk University, iSt. Cecilia Academy, iMontgomery Bell Academy, iMeharry Medical College, iBelmont University, neVanderbilt University zonke zivula iingcango zazo. Ngelo xesha, iNashville yayisaziwa njengesinye sezona zixeko zisezantsi eziphucukileyo nezifundileyo, sizaliswe bubutyebi nenkcubeko.

The mystery of iniquity is both a noun and a verb in the inspired Word. Inspiration identifies Satan, and the pope, who Sister White calls Satan’s “right hand man,” as the mystery of iniquity. Yet the “mystery of iniquity” also describes the amalgamation of truth and error. Joel’s four generations of apostasy aligns with Ezekiel chapter eight’s four escalating abominations. Those two witnesses align with the first four churches of Revelation, and the third church is represented by Constantine’s compromise of Christianity combined with paganism. Those first four churches align with the history of ancient Israel, that symbolizes modern Israel’s history.

Imfihlelo yobugwenxa zombini sisibizo nesenzi kwiLizwi eliphefumlelweyo. Umphefumlelo uchaza uSathana, kwanopopu, lowo uDade White ambiza ngokuba “sisandla sokunene” sikaSathana, njengemfihlelo yobugwenxa. Noko ke, “imfihlelo yobugwenxa” ikwachaza ukudityaniswa kwenyaniso nempazamo. Izizukulwana ezine zokuwa kuYoweli zihambelana nezinengiso ezine ezandayo ezikwiSahluko sesibhozo sikaHezekile. Abo bangqina babini bahambelana neebandla ezine zokuqala zeSityhilelo, yaye ibandla lesithathu limelwe kukuyekelelana kukaConstantine kobuKristu obudityaniswe nobuhedeni. Ezo bandla zine zokuqala zihambelana nembali kaSirayeli wamandulo, efuzisela imbali kaSirayeli wale mihla.

In the third generation of ancient Israel, the kings of Israel formed alliances with the other nations that were never to be brought into alliance with God’s people. The parallel of ancient literal Israel and the Christian church as set forth in the book of Revelation is a prophetic subject set forth clearly in the study titled, Habakkuk’s Tables. Joel aligns the fourth and final generation who are “cut off” from being God’s chosen covenant people with the twenty-five elders who are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel’s four escalating abominations. That fourth generation where Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism is cut off as they bow to the sun at the Sunday law, aligns with the fourth church of Thyatira that symbolizes the reign of the papacy at either 538 or the soon-coming Sunday law. The third church of Pergamos represents “compromise” whether ancient Israel aligning with pagan kingdoms, or Constantine combining paganism with Christianity, and those two witnesses address the third generation of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen.

Kwizizukulwana zesithathu zakwaSirayeli wamandulo, ookumkani bakwaSirayeli benza imifelandawonye nezinye iintlanga ekwakungamele nanini na zingeniswe emanyanweni nabantu bakaThixo. Ukufana phakathi kukaSirayeli wamandulo ongokoqobo nebandla lamaKristu njengoko kubekwe encwadini yeSityhilelo, ngumxholo wesiprofeto obekwe ngokucacileyo kwisifundo esinesihloko esithi, Habakkuk’s Tables. UYoweli ulungelelanisa isizukulwana sesine nesokugqibela esi “sinqanyulwayo” ekubeni ngabantu bakaThixo abanyuliweyo bomnqophiso, kunye namadoda amakhulu angamashumi amabini anesihlanu aqubuda elangeni kwizinto ezine ezonyukayo ezilizothe kuHezekile. Eso sizukulwana sesine apho ubuSeventh-day Adventism baseLawodike bunqunyulwa njengoko buqubuda elangeni emthethweni weCawa, sihambelana nebandla lesine laseTiyatira elifuzisela ulawulo lobupopu nokuba kuse-538 okanye emthethweni weCawa osondelayo. Ibandla lesithathu lasePergamo limela “ukulalanisa,” nokuba nguSirayeli wamandulo ezimanya nezikumkani zabahedeni, okanye uConstantine edibanisa ubuhedeni nobuKristu, yaye abo mangqina mabini athetha nesizukulwana sesithathu serhamncwa lomhlaba seSityhilelo seshumi elinesithathu.

The four generations of the United States, who among other truths was typified by Egypt during the bondage of 400/430 years, that concluded with Pharaoh drowning in the waters of the Red Sea. Those waters marked the end of the nation that was to be judged when God brought about deliverance for ancient Israel through the prophet Moses. The United States is judged in the period of time that judgment concludes upon God’s church, so it is to be noted that the water that ended the life of Pharaoh was brought upon Pharaoh by the release of the east wind that had been holding the waters in place as God delivered His chosen people. The east wind is the third woe that strikes at the Sunday law when the earthquake of Revelation eleven arrives.

Izizukulwana ezine zaseUnited States, ezathi, phakathi kwezinye iinyaniso, zafuziselwa yiYiputa ngexesha lobukhoboka beminyaka engama-400/430, elaphela ngokuntywila kukaFaro emanzini oLwandle oluBomvu. Loo manzi aphawula ukuphela kwesizwe esasimele ukugwetywa xa uThixo wazisa inkululeko kuSirayeli wamandulo ngomprofeti uMoses. IUnited States igwetywa ngexesha apho isigwebo sigqityezelwa phezu kwebandla likaThixo, ngoko ke kufanele kuqatshelwe ukuba amanzi awaphelisa ubomi bukaFaro aziswa phezu kwakhe ngokukhululwa komoya wasempuma, owawubambe amanzi endaweni yawo ngoxa uThixo wayekhulula abantu baKhe abanyuliweyo. Umoya wasempuma usisibetho sesithathu esehlela umthetho weCawa xa kufika inyikima yeSityhilelo seshumi elinanye.

The generation that precedes the fourth and final generation of the earth beast is fulfilled on both the Republican and Protestant horns. The compromise of the Republican horn that was accomplished in its third generation occurred in the period surrounding the first world war, and it marked the United States turning its economic structure over to the globalists of the Federal Reserve. In that same period Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism sought to have its medical and educational work “accredited” by the standards of worldly education and medicine. As a verb the “mystery of iniquity” represents the compromise of Constantine and the kings of ancient Israel with the powers of the world. The word used by inspiration to describe the compromise is “amalgamation,” as defined in the dictionary of Ellen White’s time as; "to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend." The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree of amalgamation, the tree of compromise. “The last mighty conflict,” is the Sunday law crisis, and Satan’s preparation for that crisis is “the mystery of iniquity,” that blends human wisdom with Divine revelation.

Isizukulwana esandulela isizukulwana sesine nesokugqibela serhamncwa lasemhlabeni sizaliseka kuzo zombini iimpondo, eyeRiphabhlikhi neyobuProtestanti. Ukulalanisa kophondo lweRiphabhlikhi olwafezekiswa kwisizukulwana salo sesithathu kwenzeka ngexesha elingqonge imfazwe yokuqala yehlabathi, yaye kwaphawula ukuguqukela kweUnited States ekunikezeleni ulwakhiwo lwayo loqoqosho kwiingxowankulu zehlabathi zeFederal Reserve. Kwangelo xesha ubuSeventh-day Adventism baseLawodike bazama ukuba umsebenzi wabo wezonyango nowemfundo “wamkelwe ngokusemthethweni” ngokwemigangatho yemfundo neyeza zeli hlabathi. Njengesenzi, “imfihlelo yokungabi nabulungisa” imele ukulalanisa kukaConstantine nookumkani bakwaSirayeli wamandulo namandla ehlabathi. Igama elisetyenziswe ngokuphefumlelwa ukuchaza ukulalanisa ngu-“amalgamation,” njengoko lichazwe kwisichazi-magama sexesha likaEllen White ngolu hlobo; “ukuxuba okanye ukumanya kube yi-amalgam; ukudibanisa.” Umthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi ngumthi we-amalgamation, umthi wokulalanisa. “Ungquzulwano lokugqibela olunamandla,” yintlekele yomthetho weCawa, yaye ukulungiselela kukaSathana loo ntlekele “yimfihlelo yokungabi nabulungisa,” edibanisa ubulumko bomntu nesityhilelo esiNgcwele.

> “Satan is busily laying his plans for the last mighty conflict, when all will take sides....

> “USathana uxakekile ebeka izicwangciso zakhe ngenxa yongquzulwano lokugqibela olunamandla, xa bonke baya kuthabatha amacala....”

> “Listen to the voices, mark the powers, that prevail in the world. Is there any voice of prayer? Do you see any sign that God is recognized? There are priests, plenty of them; but they are trampling under their feet the law of Jehovah. Their garments are stained with the blood of souls. Multitudes are sacrificing to devils. Look, you who are hesitating between obedience and disobedience. Look in imagination at the vast multitudes worshipping at Satan’s altar. Listen to the music, to the language, called higher education. But what does God declare it?—The mystery of iniquity.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

> “Mamelani amazwi, niqaphele amagunya, alawulayo emhlabeni. Ngaba likho nalinye ilizwi lomthandazo? Ngaba nibona naluphi na uphawu lokuba uThixo uyavunywa? Kukho ababingeleli, baninzi; kodwa banyathela phantsi kweenyawo zabo umthetho kaYehova. Iingubo zabo zingcoliswe ligazi lemiphefumlo. Izihlwele zenza amadini kwiidemon. Khangelani, nina banqikaza phakathi kokuthobela nokungathobeli. Khangelani ngengqondo yenu izihlwele ezinkulu zinqula esibingelelweni sikaSathana. Mamelani umculo, niluve ulwimi, olubizwa ngokuba yimfundo ephakamileyo. Kodwa uThixo uthi luyintoni na?—Imfihlelo yobugwenxa.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

In the last conflict when “all will take sides” the test of the Garden of Eden is repeated. The test that in the beginning was isolated to a tree in the middle of a garden, it is repeated at the end, in the entire world. Satan's work in advance of the final battle is “the mystery of iniquity,” which is defined as “higher education!” The symbol of “higher education” in the land of the earth beast is found in Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Athens of the South,’ where the Parthenon temple is located in contrast with the true education once represented in Nashville by Madison College. The following statement from inspiration is cited in its entirety at the end of this article, but a few points should be considered at this point.

Kungquzulwano lokugqibela, xa “bonke baya kuthabatha icala,” uvavanyo lwaseGadini yase-Eden luyaphindwa. Uvavanyo olwalusisiqithi ekuqaleni, lunqunyelwe emthini ophakathi kwegadi, luyaphindwa ekupheleni, kwihlabathi lonke. Umsebenzi kaSathana phambi kwedabi lokugqibela “uyimfihlelo yobugwenxa,” echazwa ngokuba “yimfundo ephakamileyo!” Umfuziselo wale “mfundo ephakamileyo” emhlabeni werhamncwa lomhlaba ufumaneka eNashville, eTennessee, i-‘Athens yoMzantsi,’ apho ikhoyo itempile yeParthenon, ngokuchaseneyo nemfundo eyinyaniso eyakhe yamelwa eNashville yiKholeji yaseMadison. Ingxelo elandelayo evela kwimpefumlelo icatshulwe iphelele ekupheleni kweli nqaku, kodwa kukho amanqaku ambalwa afanele ukuqwalaselwa ngeli xesha.

> “All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history....

> “Bonke bafuna ubulumko ukuze baphengulule ngononophelo imfihlelo yobugwenxa edlala indima enkulu kangaka ekuvalweni kwembali yalo mhlaba....”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising....

> “Akukho ndlela iphakathi eya eParadisi ebuyiselweyo. Umyalezo awawunikwayo umntu kule mihla yokugqibela asikokokuba udityaniswe namacebo abantu....”

> “Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom.... All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Abo uThixo abaphakamisileyo kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zokuthenjwa banganquka ekukhanyeni kwezulu baye kubulumko bomntu.... Bonke abo banqwenela ukuba nesimilo esiya kubenza babe ngabasebenzi kunye noThixo nokwamkela ukunconywa nguThixo, mabazahlule kwiintshaba zikaThixo, baze bagcine inyaniso uKristu awayinika uYohane ukuba ayinike ihlabathi.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

The “all” who need “wisdom” represents all who are brought into a testing process that ultimately produces two classes of worshippers. The “wise” are those who secure the needed “wisdom.” The testing process begins when the revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed, just before the close of human probation. That unsealing begins an “increase of knowledge.” Those who are confronted with the test associated with the revelation of Jesus Christ will secure the “oil” of prophetic knowledge designed to guide, prepare and sanctify in advance of the arrival of the east wind at the Sunday law. The “tree of knowledge of good and evil” is the symbol of the counterfeit Bread of Heaven that is to be eaten or rejected.

“Bonke” abafuna “ubulumko” bamele bonke abo bangeniswa kwinkqubo yokuvavanywa ethi ekugqibeleni ivelise iindidi ezimbini zabanquli. “Abalumkileyo” ngabo bafumana “ubulumko” olufunekayo. Inkqubo yokuvavanywa iqala xa isityhilelo sikaYesu Kristu sityhilwa, kanye phambi kokuvalwa kwexesha lovavanyo loluntu. Oko kutyhilwa kuqalisa “ukwanda kolwazi.” Abo bajamelana novavanyo olunxulumene nesityhilelo sikaYesu Kristu baya kufumana “ioli” yolwazi lwesiprofeto eyilelwe ukukhokela, ukulungiselela nokungcwalisa kwangaphambili phambi kokufika komoya wasempuma kumthetho weCawe. “Umthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi” ngumqondiso weSonka saseZulwini sobuxoki esimele sidliwe okanye saliwe.

In Galilee, at the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus lost more followers at one incident than any other time in His ministry. There the test was whether the prophetic words of Christ were literal or spiritual, and those who failed the test, failed—for they forgot that man is to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Christ had stated clearly that He was the Bread sent down from heaven and those who failed the test had blended Truth with human wisdom, represented by the Greeks.

EGalili, kwindlu yesikhungu yaseKapernawume, uYesu walahlekelwa ngabalandeli abaninzi ngesehlo esinye kunalo naliphi na elinye ixesha enkonzweni yaKhe. Apho uvavanyo lwalukukuba amazwi kaKristu obuprofeti ayengokoqobo na okanye engawomoya, yaye abo balusilelayo uvavanyo basilela—kuba balibala ukuba umntu umele aphile ngalo lonke ilizwi eliphuma emlonyeni kaThixo. UKristu wayethe ngokucacileyo ukuba WayeSisonka esehla sivela ezulwini, yaye abo balusilelayo uvavanyo babedibanise iNyaniso nobulumko babantu, obumelwa ngamaGrike.

Before Eve began the failure of the garden, Christ had instructed both Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The first of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is the fear of God.

Phambi kokuba uEva aqalise ukusilela kwegadi, uKristu wayebayalele bobabini uAdam noEva ukuba bangadli isiqhamo somthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi. Inyathelo lokuqala kula manyathelo mathathu eendaba ezilungileyo ezingunaphakade kukoyika uThixo.

> “Let the mind grasp the stupendous truths of revelation, and it will never be content to employ its powers upon frivolous themes; it will turn with disgust from the trashy literature and idle amusements that are demoralizing the youth of today. Those who have communed with the poets and sages of the Bible, and whose souls have been stirred by the glorious deeds of the heroes of faith, will come from the rich fields of thought far more pure in heart and elevated in mind than if they had been occupied in studying the most celebrated secular authors, or in contemplating and glorifying the exploits of the Pharaohs and Herods and Caesars of the world.

> “Makayibambe ingqondo iinyaniso ezimangalisayo zesityhilelo, yaye ayisayi kuze yaneliseke kukusebenzisa amandla ayo kwizihloko ezingento yanto; iya kujika ngentiyo kuncwadi olungenaxabiso nakwiziyolo ezingento ezonakalisa isimilo solutsha lwanamhlanje. Abo bathe banxulumana neembongi neengqondi zeBhayibhile, nabathe imiphefumlo yabo yashukunyiswa zizenzo ezizukileyo zamaqhawe okholo, baya kuphuma kuloo masimi atyebileyo engcinga benyulu ngakumbi entliziyweni, bephakame ngakumbi engqondweni, kunokuba bebexakekile befunda abona babhali behlabathi badumileyo, okanye becamngca bezukisa izenzo zooFaro nooHerode nooKesare behlabathi.”

> “The powers of the youth are mostly dormant, because they do not make the fear of God the beginning of wisdom. The Lord gave Daniel wisdom and knowledge, because he would not be influenced by any power that would interfere with his religious principles. The reason why we have so few men of mind, of stability and solid worth, is that they think to find greatness while disconnecting from Heaven.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

> “Amandla olutsha ubukhulu becala alele, ngenxa yokuba abawenzi uloyiko lukaThixo lube sisiqalo sobulumko. INkosi yamnika uDaniyeli ubulumko nolwazi, kuba wayengayi kuvumela ukuba aphenjelelwe ngawo nawuphi na amandla awayeya kuphazamisana nemigaqo yakhe yonqulo. Isizathu sokuba sibe namadoda ambalwa kangaka anengqondo, azinzileyo, anexabiso eliqinileyo, kukuba acinga ukufumana ubukhulu lo gama ezahlula neZulu.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

Eve lost her “fear of God.” She should have trembled at the words of God, which is an attribute of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The fear of God is the first of three tests, and it begins when the prophetic Word is unsealed, ultimately producing a class of wise and a class of foolish. The beginning for those who are destined to be wise is to tremble at God’s Word. Eve did not do this, and when confronted with the second step of the testing process she was unable to give God glory, and then was confronted with the hour of judgment where she manifested the nakedness of Laodicea.

UEva walahlekelwa “kukoyika uThixo” kwakhe. Wayefanele ukuba angcangcazele ngamazwi kaThixo, nto leyo eluphawu lwamawaka alikhulu anamashumi amane anesine. Ukoyika uThixo lolokuqala kwiimvavanyo ezintathu, yaye luqala xa iLizwi lesiprofeto lityhilwa, ekugqibeleni luvelise udidi lwezilumko nodidi lweziyatha. Isiqalo sabo bamiselwe ukuba babe zizilumko kukungcangcazela eLizwini likaThixo. UEva akazange akwenze oku, yaye xa wajamelana nenyathelo lesibini lenkqubo yokuvavanywa akazange akwazi ukunika uThixo uzuko, waza ke wajamelana nelixa lomgwebo apho wabonakalalisa ubunqunu baseLawodike.

> “All who would perfect a Christian character must wear the yoke of Christ. If they would sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, they must learn of Him while on this earth. Christ pleased not Himself. The whole of His life was the development of a pure, disinterested benevolence. He assumed human nature to demonstrate to the fallen world, to Satan and his synagogue, to the universe of heaven, to the worlds unfallen, that human nature, united with His divine nature, could become entirely obedient to the law of God. All need to enquire, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ God requires humble, contrite hearts, that tremble at His word. It is only from the divine altar that we can receive the celestial torch, which, when received, will give us a full view of our incompetence, and reveal to us the dignity and glory of Christ. When this is seen, God places us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and it will lead us into all truth.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.

> “Bonke abanqwenela ukugqibelelisa isimilo sobuKristu mabathwale idyokhwe kaKristu. Ukuba banqwenela ukuhlala ndawonye ezindaweni zasezulwini kuKristu Yesu, mabafunde kuye beselapha emhlabeni. UKristu akazange azikholise ngokwakhe. Ubomi bakhe bonke babukukukhuliswa kobubele obunyulu, obungazicingeliyo. Wathabatha indalo yobuntu ukuze abonakalise kwihlabathi eliwileyo, kuSathana nakwindlu yakhe yesikhungu, kwindalo yonke yasezulwini, nakwiihlabathi ezingawanga, ukuba indalo yobuntu, idityaniswe nendalo yakhe yobuthixo, ingaba nokuthobela ngokupheleleyo umthetho kaThixo. Bonke bamelwe kukubuza, ‘Mandithini na ukuze ndisindiswe?’ UThixo ufuna iintliziyo ezithobekileyo, ezaphukileyo, ezingcangcazelayo elizwini lakhe. Kuphela sisuka esibingelelweni sobuthixo apho sinokwamkela isibane sasezulwini, esithi, sakuba samkelwe, sisinike umbono opheleleyo wokungonelanga kwethu, size sityhile kuthi isidima nozuko lukaKristu. Xa oku kubonwa, uThixo usibeka phantsi kokhokelo loMoya oyiNgcwele, yaye uya kusikhokelela kuyo yonke inyaniso.” Bible Echo, Julayi 20, 1896.

The amalgamation of truth and error is the work of Satan which is identified as the mystery of iniquity. The compromise of all mankind in the final movements of the investigative judgment is enshrined in the Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ukudityaniswa kwenyaniso nempazamo ngumsebenzi kaSathana ochongwa njengemfihlelo yobugwenxa. Ukuthotyelwa kwesivumelwano kwalo lonke uluntu kwiintshukumo zokugqibela zomgwebo wophando kumelwe ngendlu yetempile iParthenon eseNashville, eTennessee.

> “It is not wise to send our youth to universities where they devote their time to gaining a knowledge of Greek and Latin, while their heads and hearts are being filled with the sentiments of the infidel authors whom they study in order to master these languages. They gain a knowledge that is not at all necessary, or in harmony with the lessons of the great Teacher. Generally those educated in this way have much self-esteem. They think they have reached the height of higher education, and carry themselves proudly, as though they were no longer learners. They are spoiled for the service of God. The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest value to them.

> “Akunabulumko ukuthumela ulutsha lwethu kwiiyunivesithi apho bachitha ixesha labo bezuzela ulwazi lwesiGrike nesiLatini, ngoxa iingqondo neentliziyo zabo zizaliswa ziimvakalelo zababhali abangakholwayo abafundwa ngabo ukuze bazilawule ezi lwimi. Bazuza ulwazi olungafunekiyo kwaphela, nolungangqinelaniyo nezifundo zoMfundisi omkhulu. Ngokubanzi abo bafundiswe ngolu hlobo banokuzicingela kakhulu. Bacinga ukuba bafikelele encotsheni yemfundo ephakamileyo, baze baziphathe ngokuzingca, ngokungathi abasengabafundi. Bonakaliselwa inkonzo kaThixo. Ixesha, iindlela, nokufunda athe amaninzi awachitha ekuzuzeni imfundo engenancedo kangako ngokwenene, bekufanele ukuba kusetyenziswe ekuzuzeni imfundo eya kubenza babe ngamadoda nabafazi abaphuhlileyo macala onke, abafanelekela ubomi obusebenzisekayo. Imfundo enjalo ibiya kuba yeyona inexabiso elikhulu kubo.”

> “What do students carry with them when they leave our schools? Where are they going? What are they going to do? Have they the knowledge that will enable them to teach others? Have they been educated to be wise fathers and mothers? Can they stand at the head of a family as wise instructors? In their home life can they so instruct their children that theirs will be a family that God can behold with pleasure, because it is a symbol of the family in heaven? Have they received the only education that can truly be called ‘higher education’?

> “Abafundi baphuma nezikolo zethu bephethe ntoni xa behamba? Baya phi? Baya kwenza ntoni? Ngaba banalo ulwazi oluya kubanceda bafundise abanye? Ngaba bafundisiwe ukuze babe ngooyise noonina abanobulumko? Ngaba bangema phambi kosapho njengabafundisi abanobulumko? Ebomini babo basekhaya, bangabafundisa na abantwana babo ngendlela enokwenza usapho lwabo lube lusapho uThixo anokulujonga ngovuyo, ngenxa yokuba lungumfuziselo wosapho lwasezulwini? Ngaba balwamkele olo lwazi kuphela olunokuthi ngokwenene lubizwe ngokuba ‘yimfundo ephakamileyo’?”

> “What is higher education? No education can be called higher education unless it bears the similitude of heaven, unless it leads young men and young women to be Christlike, and fits them to stand at the head of their families in the place of God. If, during his school life, a young man has failed to gain a knowledge of Greek and Latin and the sentiments contained in the works of infidel authors, he has not sustained much loss. If Jesus Christ had deemed this kind of education essential, would he not have given it to his disciples, whom he was educating to do the greatest work ever committed to mortals, to represent him in the world? But, instead, he placed sacred truth in their hands, to be given to the world in its simplicity.

> “Yintoni na imfundo ephakamileyo? Akukho mfundo inokuthiwa yimfundo ephakamileyo ngaphandle kokuba ithwale ukufana nezulu, ngaphandle kokuba ikhokelele amadodana aselula neentombi eziselula ekubeni babe njengoKristu, ize ibalungiselele ukuba beme phambi kweentsapho zabo endaweni kaThixo. Ukuba, ngexesha lobomi bakhe basesikolweni, umfana oselula uye wasilela ekufumaneni ulwazi lwesiGrike nesiLatini kunye neemvakalelo eziqulethwe kwimisebenzi yababhali abangakholwayo, akakhange alahlekelwe kakhulu. Ukuba uYesu Kristu wayebone olu hlobo lwemfundo njengoluyimfuneko, wayengayi kubanika na abafundi bakhe, abo wayebabefundisa ukuba benze owona msebenzi mkhulu wakha wanikelwa kubantu abafayo, wokummela ehlabathini? Kodwa, endaweni yoko, wabeka inyaniso engcwele ezandleni zabo, ukuba bayinike ihlabathi ngokulula kwayo.”

> “There are times when Greek and Latin scholars are needed. Some must study these languages. This is well. But not all, and not many, should study them. Those who think that a knowledge of Greek and Latin is essential to a higher education, cannot see afar off. Neither is a knowledge of the mysteries of that which the men of the world call science necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It is Satan who fills the mind with sophistry and tradition, which exclude the true higher education, and which will perish with the learner.

> “Kukho amaxesha apho kufuneka iingcali zesiGrike nesiLatini. Abanye mabafunde ezi lwimi. Oku kulungile. Kodwa asingabo bonke, yaye asingabaninzi, abafanele ukuzifunda. Abo bacinga ukuba ulwazi lwesiGrike nesiLatini luyimfuneko kwimfundo ephakamileyo, abanakubona kude. Kwangokunjalo ulwazi lweemfihlelo zoko amadoda ehlabathi akubiza ngokuba yinzululwazi aluyomfuneko ukuze kungenelelwe ebukumkanini bukaThixo. NguSathana ogcwalisa ingqondo ngobuqhetseba nezithethe, ezikhuphela ngaphandle imfundo ephakamileyo yokwenyaniso, neya kutshabalala kunye nomfundi.”

> “Those who have received a false education do not look heavenward. They cannot see the One who is the true Light, ‘which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.’ They look upon eternal realities as phantoms, calling an atom a world, and a world an atom. Of many who have received the so-called higher education, God declares, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—wanting in a knowledge of practical business, wanting in a knowledge of how to make the best use of time, wanting in a knowledge of how to labor for Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

> “Abo bafumene imfundo yobuxoki abajongi phezulu ezulwini. Abanakumbona Lowo ulukuKhanya lokwenyaniso, ‘olukhanyisela bonke abantu abazayo ehlabathini.’ Bajonga izinto ezingunaphakade njengezithunzi ezingeyonyani, bebiza i-athom ngokuba lihlabathi, behlabathi besithi yi-athom. Ngoabaninzi abafumene oko kubizwa ngokuba yimfundo ephakamileyo, uThixo uthi, ‘Ulinganisiwe ezikalini, wafunyanwa usweleka,’—usweleka elwazini lwemisebenzi esebenzayo, usweleka elwazini lokusebenzisa ixesha ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo, usweleka elwazini lwendlela yokusebenzela uYesu.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

The warning of the fireballs of Nashville is not an arbitrary city, it is a direct judgment brought upon Seventh-day Adventists, the United States and the world. The fireballs of Nashville represent different attributes for the various categories of Adventism, the earth beast and the world. The fireballs of Nashville are God’s judgment upon false education, symbolized by the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Isilumkiso seebhola zomlilo zaseNashville asibhekiseli kwisixeko esikhethwe nje ngokungenasizathu; sisigwebo esithe ngqo esiziswe phezu kwamaSeventh-day Adventists, iUnited States, nehlabathi. Iibhola zomlilo zaseNashville zimela iimpawu ezahlukeneyo kwiindidi ngeendidi zobu-Adventist, irhamncwa lomhlaba, nehlabathi. Iibhola zomlilo zaseNashville zisisigwebo sikaThixo phezu kwemfundo yobuxoki, efuziselwa ngumthi wokwazi okulungileyo nokubi.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Siza kuqhubekeka nesi sifundo kwinqaku elilandelayo.

> “By a variety of images the Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people. All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history. God’s presentation of the detestable works of the inhabitants of the ruling powers of the world who bind themselves into secret societies and confederacies, not honoring the law of God, should enable the people who have the light of truth to keep clear of all these evils. More and more will all false religionists of the world manifest their evil doings; for there are but two parties, those who keep the commandments of God and those who war against God’s holy law....

> “Ngeentlobo ngeentlobo zemifanekiso iNkosi uYesu yabonakalisa kuYohane isimilo sobungendawo nempembelelo elukuhlayo yabo baye baphawuleka ngokutshutshisa kwabo abantu bakaThixo. Bonke bayaludinga ubulumko ukuze baphengulule ngenyameko imfihlelo yobugwenxa ebonakala kakhulu ekusongelweni kwembali yalo mhlaba. Ukutyhila kukaThixo imisebenzi enyanyekayo yabemi bamagunya alawulayo ehlabathi, abazibophelela kwimibutho efihlakeleyo nakwiindibano zomanyano, bengawuhloneli umthetho kaThixo, kufanele kwenze abantu abanokukhanya kwenyaniso bakuphephe konke oku kubi. Ngokungakumbi nangakumbi bonke abenkolo zobuxoki behlabathi baya kuzibonakalisa izenzo zabo ezimbi; kuba kukho amaqela amabini kuphela, abo bayigcinayo imithetho kaThixo nabo balwa nomthetho kaThixo ongcwele....”

> “The enmity between the seed of the woman and the serpent is clearly defined by the Lord. ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ ‘And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’

> “Ubutshaba phakathi kwembewu yomfazi nenyoka buchazwe ngokucacileyo yiNkosi. ‘Ndiya kubeka ubutshaba phakathi kwakho nomfazi, naphakathi kwembewu yakho nembewu yakhe; yona iya kukutyumza intloko, wena uya kuyityumza isithende.’ ‘Wathi kuAdam, Ngenxa yokuba uliphulaphule ilizwi lomfazi wakho, wadla kuwo umthi endakuyalela ngawo, ndisithi, Uze ungadli kuwo: uqalekisiwe umhlaba ngenxa yakho; uya kudla kuwo ngentlungu yonke imihla yobomi bakho; uya kukuhluma ameva nenkunzane; uya kudla imifuno yasendle; uya kudla isonka ngokubila kobuso bakho, ude ubuyele emhlabeni; kuba wathatyathwa kuwo; kuba uluthuli, uya kubuyela eluthulini.’”

> “By following his own way, by acting in harmony with Satan’s temptations and in opposition to the known will of God, man vainly attempted to elevate and bless himself. Thus he gained an experimental knowledge of disobedience to God’s commandments. Thus he knew good and evil; thus he lost his fidelity and loyalty to God and opened the floodgates of evil and suffering to the whole human family. How many today are making the same experiment! When will man learn that the only means for his safety is through a full confidence in a ‘thus saith the Lord’?

> “Ngokulandela eyakhe indlela, ngokwenza ngokuvisisana nezihendo zikaSathana nangokuchasana nentando kaThixo eyaziwayo, umntu wazama ngelize ukuziphakamisa nokuzisikelela. Wazuza ngaloo ndlela ulwazi olusekwe kumava lokungathobeli imithetho kaThixo. Wazi ngaloo ndlela okulungileyo nokubi; waza ngaloo ndlela walahla ukuthembeka nokunyaniseka kwakhe kuThixo, wavulela lonke usapho loluntu amasango ezikhukhula zobubi nentlungu. Bangaphi na namhlanje abenza olo vavanyo lunye! Umntu uya kufunda nini na ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokhuseleko lwakhe ikukuthemba ngokupheleleyo ku ‘itsho iNkosi’?

> “Satan is seeking to intrude his own inventions upon the children of God through human methods. He is seeking to be received as God, or even to be placed above God.

> “USathana uzama ukungenisa ezakhe iziyilo phakathi kwabantwana bakaThixo ngeendlela zobuntu. Uzama ukwamkelwa njengoThixo, kwanokuba abekwe ngaphezu koThixo.”

> “In changing the Sabbath to the first day of the week, he leads men to disbelieve God’s declarations, and so to regard their own ways and plans that they appear exceeding wise in their own eyes and in their perverted judgment. Through human policy he leads men to regard the expressed commandments of God as of less force than human tradition, and to regard a deviation from that law which is always holy and just and good, as of little account. He sees that by thus preventing human agencies from walking as obedient children in harmony with God, he can hinder the accomplishment of God’s work in our world.

> “Ekuguquleni iSabatha ibe lusuku lokuqala lweveki, ukhokelela abantu ekubeni bangazikholwa izibhengezo zikaThixo, baze ngaloo ndlela bazixabise iindlela zabo nezicwangciso zabo, zibonakale zikrelekrele ngokugqithiseleyo emehlweni abo nasengqiqweni yabo egqwethiweyo. Ngobuqhinga bobuntu ukhokelela abantu ekubeni bayibone imithetho kaThixo echaziweyo njengengenamandla kangako kunesithethe sobuntu, kwanokuba bakubone ukuphambuka kuloo mthetho, osoloko ungcwele, ulilungisa, ulungile, njengento encinane engenamsebenzi ungako. Uyaqonda ukuba ngokuthi ngaloo ndlela athintele izixhobo zobuntu ekuhambeni njengabantwana abathobelayo bemvisiswana noThixo, unako ukuthintela ukuzaliseka komsebenzi kaThixo ehlabathini lethu.”

> “But Satan’s connivings with human agencies who stand in responsible positions are just as much to be feared and shunned now after the experiment of sin has been tried, as it was in the case of our first parents. I am instructed to say that the men who are placed in positions of responsibility in the work of God have overestimated their right to control others. The position a man occupies does not change his character. Some have seemed to feel that they must devise for churches and for sanitariums and that there was to be no questioning of their judgment. Let them learn of Jesus at every step. He should be the chief authority for every man.

> “Kodwa ubuqhinga bukaSathana ngokudibana namagunya obuntu ami kwizikhundla zoxanduva bufanele ukoyikwa nokuphetshwa ngoku kanye ngokufanayo nasemva kokuba uvavanyo lwesono luzanyiwe, njengoko kwakunjalo kwimeko yabazali bethu bokuqala. Ndiyalelwe ukuba ndithi amadoda abekwe kwizikhundla zoxanduva emsebenzini kaThixo alilinganisele gqitha ilungelo lawo lokulawula abanye. Isikhundla umntu akuso asiyiguquli isimilo sakhe. Abanye babonakele ngathi baziva ukuba kufuneka benzele amabandla nezibhedlele zempilo amacebo, nokuba kwakungamele kubekho kubuzwa malunga nesigwebo sabo. Mabafunde kuYesu kuwo onke amanyathelo. Nguye omele abe ligunya eliyintloko kumntu wonke.

> “The One who has often been our Instructor says, ‘How hard it is for man to walk humbly with his God, in a contrite spirit taking God’s way and rejecting Satan’s propositions which seem to present great worldly advantages.’ The influence of man’s having his own way in the place of firmly standing on the solid foundation that God alone has laid, has been repeated over and over again. Refusing to walk in the straight paths that God has signified will bring them to confusion and will not teach wisdom to others who have the same test and trial. When will man learn that God is God, and not a man that He should change?

> “Lowo usoloko enguMfundisi wethu uthi, ‘Kunzim’ kakhulu ukuba umntu ahambe ngokuthobeka noThixo wakhe, enomoya owaphukileyo, ethabatha indlela kaThixo aze ala izindululo zikaSathana ezibonakala ngathi zisa iingenelo ezinkulu zehlabathi.’ Impembelelo yokuba umntu alandele eyakhe indlela endaweni yokuma ngokuqinileyo phezu kwesiseko esiluqilima esabekwa nguThixo yedwa, iye yaphindwa-phindwa. Ukwala ukuhamba kwiindlela ezithe ngqo azibonisileyo uThixo kuya kubazisa esiphithiphithini, yaye akuyi kufundisa ubulumko kwabanye abanovavanyo nesilingo esifanayo. Uya kufunda nini umntu ukuba uThixo nguThixo, engengomntu ukuba aguquke?”

> “Some who have departed from the right way have been in a continual fever to grasp responsibilities that God has not laid upon them. God calls upon every minister and every physician to maintain the simplicity of the truth. The Son of God who is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments is the Saviour of our world today. From Him every medical missionary is to receive his training. Unless he shall separate himself from the prince of the power of the air, he will mislead souls who have confidence in him. Let all beware of men who are so educated and uplifted that their plans cannot be understood by the common people.

> “Abanye abaphambukileyo endleleni ethe tye baye bahlala besemkhuhlane ongapheliyo wokubamba uxanduva uThixo angalubekanga phezu kwabo. UThixo ubiza wonke umfundisi nabo bonke oogqirha ukuba bagcine ubulula benyaniso. UNyana kaThixo otyhilwe kwiTestamente eNdala nakwiTestamente eNtsha unguMsindisi wehlabathi lethu namhlanje. Kuye wonke umvangeli wezonyango umele ukufumana uqeqesho lwakhe. Ngaphandle kokuba azahlule kwinkosana yamandla omoya, uya kulahlekisa imiphefumlo enentembelo kuye. Mabalumke bonke ngabantu abafundiswe baza baphakanyiswa kangangokuba izicwangciso zabo zingenakuqondwa ngabantu abaqhelekileyo.”

> “The intrigues of sin surpass infinite conception. Every calamity, every suffering and death, is an evidence not only of the power of evil but of the truth of the living God. Having known the truth, the word of the living God, which abideth forever, and which through obedience gives life, man’s weakness in conforming to Satan’s ingenuity is surpassingly strange. All who are taught of God recognize Christ as His Son. All who disbelieve the known declarations of God demonstrate the popularity of sin, and are not working on the side of life and immortality which are brought to light through perfect sanctification of the truth. Unless they make a change in character, in words, and in spirit, souls will be lost.

> “Amaqhinga esono agqitha nakwisinga elingenamda. Yonke intlekele, yonke intlungu nokufa, bubungqina kungekuphela bamandla obubi kodwa nobenyaniso bukaThixo ophilayo. Emva kokuba eyazi inyaniso, ilizwi likaThixo ophilayo, elihleli ngonaphakade, nelithi ngokuthobela linike ubomi, ubuthathaka bomntu ekuzivumelaniseni nobuqili bukaSathana buyamangalisa ngokugqithisileyo. Bonke abafundiswe nguThixo bayamqonda uKristu njengoNyana waKhe. Bonke abangakholwayo kwizibhengezo zikaThixo ezaziwayo babonakalisa ukuthandwa kwesono, yaye abasebenzi kwicala lobomi nokungafi, okuziswe ekukhanyeni ngokungcwaliswa okugqibeleleyo kwenyaniso. Ngaphandle kokuba benze utshintsho esimilweni, emazwini, nasemoyeni, imiphefumlo iya kulahleka.”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising. We are not to lean upon the policy of worldly lawyers. We must be humble men of prayer, not acting like those who are blinded by Satan’s agencies.

> “Akukho ndlela ephakathi eya eParadise ebuyiselweyo. Umyalezo awunikwe umntu kule mihla yokugqibela awufanele ukudityaniswa neziyilo zobuntu. Asimele ukuxhomekeka kumgaqo-nkqubo wamagqwetha ehlabathi. Simele ukuba ngabantu abathobekileyo bomthandazo, singasebenzi njengabo baphanyaziswe zizixhobo zikaSathana.

> “Many have a faith, but not a faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Saving faith is not simply a mere belief of the truth. ‘The devils also believe, and tremble.’ The inspiration of the Spirit of God gives to men a faith that is an impelling power that molds character, and leads men higher than mere formal actions. The words, the actions, and the spirit are to bear testimony to the fact that we are followers of Christ.

> “Abaninzi banokholo, kodwa hayi ukholo olusebenza ngothando noluhlambulula umphefumlo. Ukholo olusindisayo alusosimemo nje sokuvuma inyaniso. ‘Needemon nazo ziyakholwa, zingcangcazele.’ Ukuphefumlelwa koMoya kaThixo kunika abantu ukholo olungamandla anyanzelisayo alolula isimilo, lukhokele abantu phezulu kunemisebenzi yesiqhelo engaphandle. Amazwi, izenzo, nomoya mazibe bubungqina bokuba singabalandeli bakaKristu.”

> “The greatest light and blessing that God has bestowed is not a security against transgression and apostasy in these last days. Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom. Their light will then become darkness, their God-entrusted capabilities a snare, their character an offense to God. God will not be mocked. A departure from Him has been and always will be followed by its sure results. The commission of acts that displease God will, unless decidedly repented of and forsaken, instead of seeking to justify them, lead the evildoer on step by step in deception till many sins are committed with impunity. All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Olona khanyiso nentsikelelo inkulu uThixo ayinikeleyo asiyongqiniseko yokhuseleko nxamnye nokona nokuwexuka kule mihla yokugqibela. Abo uThixo abaphakamisileyo kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zokuthembwa banokuphambuka ekukhanyeni kwezulu baye kubulumko babantu. Ukukhanya kwabo kuya kwandula ke kube bubumnyama, izakhono zabo abaziphathiswe nguThixo zibe ngumgibe, isimilo sabo sibe sisikhubekiso kuThixo. UThixo akayi kugculelwa. Ukumka kuye bekusoloko, kwaye kuya kuhlala kusoloko, kulandelwa ziziphumo zako eziqinisekileyo. Ukwenza izenzo ezingamkholisiyo uThixo kuya kuthi, ukuba aziguqukelwa ngokunyanisekileyo zize zilahlwe, endaweni yokufuna ukuzithethelela, kukhokelele umenzi wobubi inyathelo ngenyathelo ekukhohlisweni ade onakale ngezono ezininzi engenakohlwaywa. Bonke abo banqwenela ukuba nesimilo esiya kubenza babe ngabasebenzi kunye noThixo, baze bafumane ukunconywa nguThixo, mabazahlule kwiintshaba zikaThixo, baze bagcine inyaniso awayinika uKristu kuYohane ukuba ayinike ihlabathi.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 18, 30–36.

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