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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Seventy-One

Incwadi kaDaniyeli — Inani Elinye Lamakhulu Asixhenxe Anye Amashumi Asixhenxe Anye

Geopolitical Chess: The Vatican, Communism, and the Quest for World Dominion

Umdlalo weChess Wezopolitiko Zehlabathi: IVatican, ubuKomanisi, noKhangelo loLawulo lweHlabathi

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Jeff Pippenger

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April 1, 2024

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The book The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, was written by Malachi Martin, and it was first published in 1990. Martin examines the role of Pope John Paul II as a transformative figure in global politics and diplomacy during the latter half of the 20th century. He discusses the Pope’s role in the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. The book presents a Catholic perspective of the dynamics that brought about the fulfillment of verse forty of Daniel eleven, at the time of the end in 1989.

Incwadi ethi The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, yabhalwa nguMalachi Martin, yaye yapapashwa okokuqala ngowe-1990. UMartin uhlola indima kaPopu John Paul II njengomntu owaguqula imeko kwezopolitiko nakwezobudlelane bamazwe ngamazwe kwisiqingatha sesibini senkulungwane yama-20. Uxoxa ngendima kaPopu ekuweni kobuKomanisi eMpuma Yurophu. Le ncwadi iveza imbono yamaKatolika ngeentshukumo ezazisa ekuzalisekeni kwendinyana yamashumi amane kaDaniel ishumi elinanye, ngexesha lesiphelo ngowe-1989.

Martin analyzes the internal dynamics of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, particularly focusing on Gorbachev’s policies of “glasnost” (openness) and “perestroika” (restructuring). He discusses the challenges facing the Soviet Union and Gorbachev’s attempts to reform the Communist system. He explores the geopolitical tensions and power struggles between the Soviet Union (the king of the south—the dragon), the Catholic Church (the king of the north—the beast), and what he calls the capitalist West (the king of the north’s proxy army—the false prophet). He discusses the ideological conflicts, espionage, and covert operations that characterized the Cold War era and examines the efforts of various actors to shape the future of the world.

UMartin uhlalutya iintsingiselo zangaphakathi zeSoviet Union phantsi kobunkokeli bukaMikhail Gorbachev, egxininisa ngokukhethekileyo kwimigaqo-nkqubo kaGorbachev ethi “glasnost” (ukuvuleleka) ne “perestroika” (ukwakhiwa ngokutsha). Uxoxa ngemingeni eyayijongene neSoviet Union nangeenzame zikaGorbachev zokuhlaziya inkqubo yobuKomanisi. Uphonononga iingxwabangxwaba zejiyopolitiki nemizabalazo yamandla phakathi kweSoviet Union (ukumkani wasezantsi—inamba), iCawa yamaKatolika (ukumkani wasemantla—irhamncwa), nento ayibiza ngokuba yiNtshona yongxowankulu (umkhosi omele ukumkani wasemantla—umprofeti wobuxoki). Uxoxa ngeengxabano zeengcingane, ubuntlola, nemisebenzi efihlakeleyo eyayiphawula ixesha leMfazwe eBandayo, aze ahlole iinzame zabadlali abohlukeneyo zokubumba ikamva lehlabathi.

Martin emphasizes the significance of Catholicism as a force in global politics and diplomacy. He argues that the Catholic Church, under the leadership of Pope John Paul II, played a pivotal role in shaping the course of history during this period and influencing the outcome of the Cold War. He places John Pauls’ influence in the context of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, and identifies the influence of Fatima upon global events and the Catholic Church’s role in shaping the course of history. Martin suggests that the events at Fatima hold significant prophetic and geopolitical implications, particularly in the context of the Cold War era.

UMartin ugxininisa ukubaluleka kobuKatolika njengamandla kwezopolitiko zehlabathi nakwezobudlelane bozakuzo. Uthi iCawa yamaKatolika, phantsi kobunkokeli bukaPopu John Paul II, yadlala indima ebalulekileyo kakhulu ekubumbeni ikhondo lembali ngeli xesha nasekuchaphazeleni isiphumo seMfazwe eBandayo. Ubeka impembelelo kaJohn Paul kumxholo wokubonakala kukaMariya eFatima, ePortugal, aze achonge impembelelo yeFatima kwiziganeko zehlabathi nakwindima yeCawa yamaKatolika ekubumbeni ikhondo lembali. UMartin ucebisa ukuba iziganeko zaseFatima ziqulathe iintsingiselo ezibalulekileyo zesiprofeto nezopolitiko zejografi, ngakumbi kumxholo wexesha leMfazwe eBandayo.

Martin explores the three secrets of Fatima, which were allegedly revealed by the Virgin Mary to three young shepherd children in Fatima in 1917. He suggests that the third secret, which was initially kept secret by the Vatican and only revealed in 2000, contained apocalyptic warnings about the future of the Catholic Church and the world. Martin argues that the events at Fatima, including the apparitions and the messages conveyed by the Virgin Mary, had significant implications for global politics and the struggle between communism and capitalism during the Cold War era.

UMartin uphonononga iimfihlelo ezintathu zaseFatima, ekuthiwa zatyhilwa yiNtombi Enyulu uMariya kubantwana abathathu abancinane abangabelusi eFatima ngowe-1917. Ucebisa ukuba imfihlelo yesithathu, eyagcinwa iyimfihlo yiVatican ekuqaleni yaza yatyhilwa kuphela ngowama-2000, yayiqulethe izilumkiso zobuprofeti nezexesha lesiphelo ngobukumkani beCawe yamaKatolika nehlabathi kwixesha elizayo. UMartin uxoxa ukuba iziganeko zaseFatima, kuquka izibonakalo nemiyalezo eyahanjiswa yiNtombi Enyulu uMariya, zazineziphumo ezibalulekileyo kwezopolitiko zehlabathi nakumzabalazo phakathi kobukomanisi nobungxowankulu ngexesha leMfazwe eBandayo.

Martin highlights the role of Pope John Paul II as a key figure in the fulfillment of the prophecies of Fatima. He suggests that John Paul II saw himself as the “bishop in white” mentioned in the third secret of Fatima and that he viewed his papacy as a mission to confront the forces of evil and promote spiritual renewal within the Catholic Church and society at large.

UMartin ugxininisa indima kaPopu John Paul II njengomntu ophambili ekuzalisekeni kweziprofeto zaseFatima. Ucebisa ukuba uJohn Paul II wayezibona engu“bhishophu onxibe ezimhlophe” okhankanywe kwimfihlelo yesithathu yaseFatima, kwanokuba wayelubona upopu bakhe njengomsebenzi wokujongana nemikhosi yobubi nokukhuthaza ukuhlaziywa kokomoya ngaphakathi kweCawa yamaKatolika nakuluntu ngokubanzi.

Martin suggests that the messages of Fatima emphasized the importance of spiritual warfare and the need for the Catholic Church to confront the forces of evil, both within and outside the Church. He argues that the events at Fatima provided a spiritual and moral framework for understanding and addressing the challenges facing humanity in the modern world. The Fatima messages represent the satanic message which conditions Catholicism to accept Satan as Christ, when he “personates” Christ at the soon coming Sunday law.

UMartin ucebisa ukuba izigidimi zaseFatima zagxininisa ukubaluleka kwemfazwe yokomoya nesidingo sokuba iCawa yamaKatolika ijongane nemikhosi yobubi, ngaphakathi eCaweni nangaphandle kwayo. Uphikisa ngelithi iziganeko zaseFatima zanika isakhelo sokomoya nesokuziphatha sokuqonda nokusabela kwimingeni ejongene noluntu kwihlabathi langoku. Izigidimi zaseFatima zimela umyalezo kaSathana olungiselela ubuKatolika ukuba bamkele uSathana njengoKristu, xa “ezenza” uKristu kumthetho weCawa osondelayo weCawa ngeCawa.

> “Satan will work miracles to deceive those who dwell upon the earth. Spiritualism will do its work by causing the dead to be personated. Those religious bodies who refuse to hear God’s messages of warning will be under strong deception, and will unite with the civil power to persecute the saints. The Protestant churches will unite with the papal power in persecuting the commandment-keeping people of God. This is that power which constitutes the great system of persecution which will exercise spiritual tyranny over the consciences of men.

> “USathana uya kwenza imimangaliso ukuze akhohlise abo bahlala emhlabeni. Ubumoya buya kwenza umsebenzi wabo ngokubangela ukuba abafileyo bazenziswe. Ezo ziqu zonqulo zingavumiyo ukuva izigidimi zikaThixo zesilumkiso ziya kuba phantsi kwenkohliso enamandla, yaye ziya kumanyana negunya lolawulo lwaseburhulumenteni ukuze zitshutshise abangcwele. Iicawa zamaProtestanti ziya kumanyana negunya lobupopu ekutshutshiseni abantu bakaThixo abagcina imithetho. Lilo elo gunya elenza inkqubo enkulu yentshutshiso eya kusebenzisa ubuzwilakhe bokomoya phezu izazela zabantu.”

> “‘He had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.’ Though professing to be followers of the Lamb of God, men become imbued with the spirit of the dragon. They profess to be meek and humble but they speak and legislate with the spirit of Satan, showing by their actions that they are the opposite of what they profess to be. This lamb-like power unites with the dragon in making war upon those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. And Satan unites with Protestants and papists, acting in consort with them as the god of this world, dictating to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.

> “‘Wayeneempondo ezimbini ezifana nezetakane, wathetha njengenamba.’ Nangona besithi bangabalandeli beMvana kaThixo, abantu bazaliswa ngumoya wenamba. Bangaathi bathobekile kwaye banobulali, kodwa bathetha baze bamise imithetho ngomoya kaSathana, bebonakalisa ngezenzo zabo ukuba bayachasana noko bathi bakuko. La mandla anjengawetakane amanyana nenamba ekulweni nabo bagcina imithetho kaThixo kwaye banobungqina bukaYesu Kristu. Kanjalo noSathana umanyana namaProtestanti namaPapist, esebenza kunye nawo njengothixo weli hlabathi, eyalela abantu ngokungathi bangabemi bobukumkani bakhe, ukuba baphathwe, balawulwe, kwaye balawuliselwe njengoko ethanda.”

> “If men will not agree to trample underfoot the commandments of God, the spirit of the dragon is revealed. They are imprisoned, brought before councils, and fined. ‘He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads’ [Revelation 13:16]. ‘He had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed’ [verse 15]. Thus Satan usurps the prerogatives of Jehovah. The man of sin sits in the seat of God, proclaiming himself to be God, and acting above God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 14, 162.

> “Ukuba abantu bengavumi ukuwanyathela phantsi imithetho kaThixo, umoya wenamba uyatyhileka. Bayavalelwa entolongweni, baziswe phambi kwamabhunga, yaye bahlawuliswa izohlwayo. ‘Yaye wenza bonke, abancinane nabakhulu, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, abakhululekileyo nabangamakhoboka, ukuba banikwe uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene, okanye emabunzini abo’ [ISityhilelo 13:16]. ‘Wanikwa amandla okunika umfanekiso werhamncwa ubomi, ukuze umfanekiso werhamncwa uthethe, uze ubangele ukuba bonke abangawunquliyo umfanekiso werhamncwa babulawe’ [indima 15]. Ngaloo ndlela uSathana uzithathela ngokungekho mthethweni amalungelo akhethekileyo kaYehova. Umntu wesono uhleli esihlalweni sikaThixo, ezivakalisa ukuba unguThixo, esenza ngaphezu koThixo.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 14, 162.

Antichrist is a symbol of both the pope of Rome, and Satan, for the pope of Rome is Satan’s earthly representative. “Thus Satan usurps the prerogatives of Jehovah. The man of sin sits in the seat of God, proclaiming himself to be God, and acting above God.” Satan intends to so control the world when he takes control that he will dictate “to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.” In order to have a religious throne to rule from He created the Catholic Church, and in order to have a political throne to rule from he created the United Nations.

Umchasi-Kristu ngumfuziselo womibini kapopu waseRoma noSathana, kuba upopu waseRoma ungummeli kaSathana wasemhlabeni. “Ngale ndlela uSathana uhlutha ngokungekho mthethweni amalungelo akhethekileyo kaYehova. Umntu wesono uhleli esihlalweni sikaThixo, ezivakalisa ukuba unguThixo, aze enze ngaphezu koThixo.” USathana uceba ukulawula ihlabathi ngendlela epheleleyo xa athe walithabatha ulawulo, kangangokuba uya kuyalela “abantu ngokungathi bangabemi bobukumkani bakhe, ukuze aphathwe, alawulwe, aze alawulwe ngokupheleleyo njengoko athanda.” Ukuze abe netrone yonqulo aza kulawula esuka kuyo wadala iBandla lamaKatolika, yaye ukuze abe netrone yezopolitiko aza kulawula esuka kuyo wadala iZizwe eziManyeneyo.

> “This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of ‘the man of sin’ foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God. That gigantic system of false religion is a masterpiece of Satan’s power—a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will.” The Great Controversy, 50.

> “Olu vumelelwano phakathi kobuhedeni nobuKristu lwakhokelela ekuphuhlisweni ‘komntu wesono’ owaxelwa kwangaphambili esiprofetweni njengochasayo nozibeka ngaphezu koThixo. Loo nkqubo inkulu yonqulo lobuxoki bubugcisa obugqwesileyo bamandla kaSathana—isikhumbuzo semizamo yakhe yokuzihlalisa etroneni ukuze alawule ihlabathi ngokwentando yakhe.” The Great Controversy, 50.

The miracle of Fatima, and its satanic prophecy is what Satan has employed to prepare a prophetic setting that allows Catholicism to quickly surrender their church into His control, when he appears, and personates Christ. His personation of Christ begins at the soon coming Sunday law, represented in verse sixteen, verse twenty-two, verse thirty-one and verse forty-one of Daniel chapter eleven.

Ummangaliso waseFatima, nesiprofeto sawo sobusathana, yinto uSathana ayisebenzisileyo ukulungiselela imeko yesiprofeto evumela ubuKatolika ukuba bukhawuleze bunikele ibandla labo phantsi kolawulo lwakhe, xa evelayo aze azenze uKristu. Ukuzimela kwakhe njengoKristu kuqala kumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala, omelwe kwindinyana yeshumi elinesithandathu, indinyana yamashumi amabini anesibini, indinyana yamashumi amathathu ananye, nendinyana yamashumi amane ananye kaDaniyeli isahluko seshumi elinanye.

> “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 kobuPapa ngokwaphula umthetho kaThixo, ilizwe lethu liya kuziqhawula ngokupheleleyo nobulungisa. Xa ubuProtestanti buya kolula isandla sabo ngaphaya komsantsa ukuze bubambe isandla segunya laseRoma, xa buya kufikelela ngaphaya enzonzobileni ukuze budibanise izandla noMoya-wobugqirha, xa, phantsi kwempembelelo yalo manyano luphindwe kathathu, ilizwe lethu liya kukhalimela yonke imigaqo yoMgaqo-siseko walo njengorhulumente wobuProtestanti nowoburiphabliki, lize lenze amalungiselelo okusasazwa kobuxoki neenkohliso zobuPapa, ngoko ke siya kwazi ukuba ixesha lifikile lokusebenza okumangalisayo kukaSathana nokuba isiphelo sisondele.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

At the Sunday law in the United States, the “time has come for the marvelous working of Satan.” In Revelation chapter thirteen, verse eleven, the United States “speaks” as a dragon, and then in verse thirteen, which is simply identifying what happens when the United States “speaks,” by passing the Sunday law, Satan appears to call fire down out of heaven.

Ngomthetho weCawa eUnited States, “ixesha lifikile lomsebenzi omangalisayo kaSathana.” KwiSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesithathu, ivesi yeshumi elinanye, iUnited States “ithetha” njengenamba, ize ke kwivesi yeshumi elinesithathu, echaza nje okwenzekayo xa iUnited States “ithetha,” ngokuwisa umthetho weCawa, kubonakale uSathana ebiza umlilo ukuba wehle uvela ezulwini.

> “Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan also works, with lying wonders, even bringing down fire from heaven in the sight of men. Revelation 13:13. Thus the inhabitants of the earth will be brought to take their stand.” The Great Controversy, 611, 612.

> “Izicaka zikaThixo, ubuso bazo bukhanyisiwe yaye bukhazimla ngenxa yokuzinikezela okungcwele, ziya kukhawuleza zisuke endaweni ziye kwenye ukuvakalisa umyalezo ovela ezulwini. Ngamawaka amazwi, kuwo wonke umhlaba, isilumkiso siya kunikelwa. Imimangaliso iya kwenziwa, abagula baya kuphiliswa, yaye imiqondiso nezimanga ziya kulandela abakholwayo. NoSathana uyasebenza, ngemimangaliso exokisayo, ade ehlise nomlilo uphuma ezulwini emehlweni abantu. IsiTyhilelo 13:13. Ngaloo ndlela abemi bomhlaba baya kuziswa ekubeni bathabathe indawo yabo.” Imbambano Enkulu, 611, 612.

The messages of Fatima were confirmed by a miracle that was testified to by the atheistic government newspapers that attended the event in order to refute the claims that had been made about the so-called Virgin Mary visiting the three children on the thirteenth day of the month from May until the miracle on October 13, 1917. Every atheistic news organization that was at Fatima at the time of the miracle confirmed the event. It was a genuine miracle (of Satan).

Imiyalezo yaseFatima yaqinisekiswa ngummangaliso owangqinwa ngamaphephandaba karhulumente angakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo awayekho kuloo msitho ngenjongo yokuphikisa amabango ayesenziwe ngoko kubizwa ngokuba yiNtombi Enyulu uMariya etyelele abantwana abathathu ngomhla weshumi elinesithathu wenyanga ukusuka ngoMeyi kude kube ngummangaliso womhla we-13 Oktobha 1917. Wonke umbutho weendaba ongakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo owawuseFatima ngexesha lommangaliso wawuqinisekisa loo msitho. Yayilummangaliso wokwenene (kaSathana).

As Malachi Martin identified in his book, Pope John Paul was guided by his devotion to Mary of Fatima. The secret prophecy of Fatima, that was not revealed until the year 2000, was of course a satanic prophecy, but in the last days Jesus repeats the first days. The oldest book in the Bible, the first book that Moses wrote is the book of Job, and it identifies that Job, who represents the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for all the prophecies are fulfilled most perfectly in the last days. Satan, in the story of Job, is allowed to bring death and destruction upon Job, for the purpose of testing Job. The miracles that Satan is allowed to accomplish in the last days, are genuine miracles. They are satanic miracles, but God has allowed Satan to accomplish his crowning act, for the same purpose that he allowed Satan to test Job.

Njengoko uMalachi Martin wachazayo encwadini yakhe, uPopu John Paul wayekhokelwa kukuzinikela kwakhe kuMariya waseFatima. Isiprofeto esiyimfihlelo saseFatima, esingazange sityhilwe de kwangunyaka ka-2000, sasingokwenene sisiprofeto sikaSathana; kodwa ke, ngemihla yokugqibela uYesu uphinda imihla yokuqala. Eyona ncwadi indala eBhayibhileni, incwadi yokuqala awayibhala uMoses, yincwadi kaYobhi, yaye ichaza ukuba uYobhi, omele ikhulu elinamashumi amane anesine amawaka, kuba zonke iziprofeto zizalisekiswa ngokugqibeleleyo ngakumbi ngemihla yokugqibela. USathana, kwibali likaYobhi, uvunyelwa ukuba eze nokufa nentshabalalo phezu koYobhi, ngenjongo yokuvavanya uYobhi. Imimangaliso uSathana avunyelweyo ukuba ayenze ngemihla yokugqibela, yimimangaliso yokwenene. Yimimangaliso kaSathana, kodwa uThixo umvumele uSathana ukuba enze isenzo sakhe sokugqibela sobungangamsha, ngenxa yenjongo efanayo awayemvumele ngayo uSathana ukuba avavanye uYobhi.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> “Abaninzi bazama ukucacisa izibonakaliso zokomoya ngokuzibhekisa ngokupheleleyo kubuqhophololo nakubugqwirha bezandla kwicala lomlumbi. Kodwa nangona kuyinyaniso ukuba iziphumo zobuqhetseba zisoloko zidluliselwa njengokungathi zizibonakaliso eziyinyaniso, kuye kwabakho, kananjalo, imiboniso ecacileyo yamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Ukunkqonkqoza okuyimfihlakalo okwathi kwaqala ngako ubumoya bale mihla kwakungeyomiphumo yobuqhetseba bomntu okanye yamaqhinga akhe, kodwa kwakungumsebenzi othe ngqo weengelosi ezingendawo, ezathi ngaloo ndlela zazisa enye yezona nkohliso ziphumeleleyo ekutshabalaliseni imiphefumlo. Abaninzi baya kubanjiswa ngomgibe ngenxa yokukholwa ukuba ubumoya bubuqhophololo nje bomntu; xa besiswayo ubuso ngobuso nezibonakaliso abangakwaziyo ukungazithathi njengezingaphezu kwawemvelo, baya kukhohliswa, baze bakhokelwe ekubeni bazamkele njengamandla amakhulu kaThixo.

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> “Aba bantu abayithatheli ngqalelo ingqina leZibhalo elingemimangaliso eyenziwa nguSathana namagosa akhe. Kwakungoncedo lukaSathana apho amagqirha kaFaro akwazi khona ukuxelisa umsebenzi kaThixo. UPawulos uyangqina ukuba phambi kokubuya kwesibini kukaKristu kuya kubakho izibonakaliso ezifanayo zamandla kaSathana. Ukuza kweNkosi kuya kwandulelwa ‘kukusebenza kukaSathana ngamandla onke, nangemiqondiso, nangezimanga zobuxoki, nangako konke ukulukuhla kokungalungisi.’ 2 Tesalonika 2:9,10. Yaye umpostile uYohane, echaza amandla okwenza imimangaliso aya kubonakaliswa ngemihla yokugqibela, uthi: ‘Wenza imiqondiso emikhulu, ude ahlise umlilo ezulwini, uwe emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, abalahlekise abemi behlabathi ngenxa yaloo miqondiso abe negunya lokuyenza.’ ISityhilelo 13:13, 14. Apha akuxelwe ngobuqhetseba nje obungenanto. Abantu bayalahlekiswa yimimangaliso amagosa kaSathana anamandla okuyenza, hayi le ayenza ngathi anawo amandla okuyenza.” Imbambano Enkulu, 553.

The messages of Fatima in Malachi Martin’s book are represented as the prophetic structure of Catholicism in the last days, in relation to an internal struggle within the church, that can be represented as either the good pope versus the bad pope, or the conservative pope versus the liberal pope. The conservative, and according to Martin’s reading of the miracle, the good pope, bases his understanding upon the First Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, which took place from December 8, 1869 to July 20, 1870, convened by Pope Pius IX and primarily focused on defining the dogma of papal infallibility and addressing various theological and doctrinal issues facing the Catholic Church at the time. The Second Vatican Council, commonly known as Vatican II, was held much later, from October 11, 1962 to December 8, 1965. It was convened by Pope John XXIII and continued by Pope Paul VI after John XXIII’s death.

Imiyalezo yaseFatima encwadini kaMalachi Martin imelwe njengesakhiwo sesiprofeto sobuKatolika ngemihla yokugqibela, ngokunxulumene nomzabalazo wangaphakathi ebandleni, onokuboniswa nokuba ngupopu olungileyo ngokuchasene nopopu ombi, okanye ngupopu olondolozayo ngokuchasene nopopu wenkululeko. Upopu olondolozayo, yaye ngokokufundwa kukaMartin kommangaliso, upopu olungileyo, useka ukuqonda kwakhe phezu kweBhunga lokuQala laseVatican, elikwaziwa njengeVatican I, elaqhubeka ukususela ngomhla we-8 kuDisemba 1869 ukuya kumhla wama-20 kuJulayi 1870, labizelwa nguPopu Pius IX yaye lagxila ikakhulu ekuchazeni idogma yokungaphazami kukapopu nasekujonganeni nemiba eyahlukeneyo yetheology neyemfundiso eyayijongene neBandla lamaKatolika ngelo xesha. IBhunga lesiBini laseVatican, elaziwa ngokuqhelekileyo njengeVatican II, labanjwa kamva kakhulu, ukususela ngomhla we-11 kuOktobha 1962 ukuya kumhla we-8 kuDisemba 1965. Labizelwa nguPopu John XXIII laza laqhutyekekiswa nguPopu Paul VI emva kokusweleka kukaJohn XXIII.

The last days of Catholicism, as Martin expressed it, identifies the struggle between the infallibility and primacy of the church of Rome as set forth in Vatican I, versus the liberalism that is currently on display by Francis the woke-pope, and represented in the documents of Vatican II. Martin suggests that within the struggle for these two approaches of controlling the church, the third world war breaks out, and Jesus returns, comes down to earth and places his blessing upon the good pope and takes the throne of the Catholic church.

Imihla yokugqibela yobuKatolika, njengoko uMartin wakuchazayo, ichaza umzabalazo ophakathi kokungaphazami nokubekwa phambili kwecawe yaseRoma njengoko kwamiselwa kwiVatican I, xa kuthelekiswa nenkululeko-ntle ebonakaliswa ngoku nguFrancis, upopu “ovukileyo,” yaye emelwe ngamaxwebhu eVatican II. UMartin ucebisa ukuba phakathi komzabalazo wale ndlela zimbini zokulawula icawe, kuqhambuka imfazwe yesithathu yehlabathi, aze uYesu abuye, ehle eze emhlabeni, abeke intsikelelo yakhe phezu kopopu olungileyo, aze athabathe itrone yecawe yamaKatolika.

In verses thirteen through fifteen, of Daniel eleven, the history that immediately precedes the Sunday law of verse sixteen, describes the third and final battle of the proxy wars. It is the battle that follows Putin’s victory in verses eleven and twelve, but in the middle of those three verses, verse fourteen identifies when Catholicism enters into the history of the last days.

Kwiindinyana zeshumi elinesithathu ukuya kweleshumi elinesihlanu, zikaDaniyeli ishumi elinanye, imbali eyandulela ngoko nangoko umthetho weCawa wendinyana yeshumi elinesithandathu ichaza idabi lesithathu nelokugqibela leemfazwe zabameli. Lilo idabi elilandela uloyiso lukaPutin kwiindinyana zeshumi elinanye neshumi elinesibini, kodwa embindini wezo ndinyana zintathu, indinyana yeshumi elinesine ichaza ixesha apho ubuKatolika bungena khona kwimbali yemihla yokugqibela.

According to Isaiah the whore of Rome is forgotten during the symbolic seventy-year reign of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The first time the papacy was enthroned upon the earth in 538, the waymark that preceded her enthronement was the decree of Justinian in 533.

NgokukaIsaya, ihenyukazi laseRoma liyalityalwa ngexesha lolawulo olungumfuziselo lweminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe lobukumkani besithandathu besiprofeto seBhayibhile. Isihlandlo sokuqala apho ubupopu bamiselwa etroneni emhlabeni ngo-538, umqondiso wendlela owandulela ukumiselwa kwabo etroneni waba ngummiselo kaJustinian ngo-533.

The history surrounding Justinian’s decree identifies that Justinian sought to consolidate his control over his kingdom by bringing an end to the religious argument that had been causing turmoil in the kingdom. That argument was whether the church in Constantinople in the east, or the church in Rome in the west was the head of the so-called Christian church. In verse thirteen, the last president of the United States will be confronted with a controversy that forces him to parallel the history of Justinian, and declare that the Catholic church is the head of the churches, and the corrector of heretics, in order to establish the necessary political support to consolidate his power.

Imbali ejikeleze ummiselo kaJustinian ibonisa ukuba uJustinian wayefuna ukudibanisa ulawulo lwakhe phezu kobukumkani bakhe ngokuzisa isiphelo kwimpikiswano yonqulo eyayibangela isiphithiphithi ebukumkanini. Loo mpikiswano yayikukuba ingaba ibandla laseConstantinople empuma, okanye ibandla laseRoma entshonalanga, laliliyintloko yebandla ekuthiwa lelamaKristu. Kwindima yeshumi elinesithathu, umongameli wokugqibela wase-United States uya kujamelana nempikiswano emnyanzelayo ukuba ahambelane nembali kaJustinian, aze abhengeze ukuba ibandla lamaKatolika liyintloko yamabandla, kwanemlungisi wabawexuki, ukuze amisele inkxaso yezopolitiko eyimfuneko yokudibanisa amandla akhe.

We should not place any confidence in the satanic predictions of Fatima, but we are required to see what is revealed in God’s Word. In the beginning of the twentieth century both horns of the earth beast entered into their third generation, which is the generation of compromise. The Republican horn surrendered its financial system to the world bankers, which trace their origins back to the house of the Red Shield, the Rothschilds, and its mysterious connection with the Illuminati, Freemasonry, secret societies and the Jesuit order. Sister White directly warns of these entities. During the same period of time Laodicean Adventism, as the Protestant horn, surrendered its educational and religious institutions to the governing of the world.

Asimele sibeke naluphi na ukholo kwiingqikelelo zikaFatima ezikaSathana, koko kufuneka sibone oko kutyhilwe eLizwini likaThixo. Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yamashumi amabini, zombini iimpondo zerhamncwa lomhlaba zangena kwisizukulwana sazo sesithathu, esisisizukulwana sokulalanisa. Uphondo lweRiphabhlikhi lwanikela inkqubo yalo yezemali kubabhanki behlabathi, abalandela imvelaphi yabo babuyela kwindlu yeRed Shield, ooRothschild, nakudibaniselwano lwayo oluyimfihlakalo ne-Illuminati, ubuFreemasonry, imibutho efihlakeleyo, nomyalelo wamaJesuit. USister White ulumkisa ngokuthe ngqo ngezi zinto. Kwangelo xesha linye, ubu-Adventism baseLawodike, njengophondo lwamaProtestanti, banikela amaziko abo emfundo nawenkolo kulawulo lwehlabathi.

In that very time period, the modern king of the south begins its history with the Russian Revolution, and the modern king of the north begins its history with the miracle of Fatima. As Malachi Martin emphasizes in his book, beyond the internal struggle of the good and bad pope, the Fatima messages identified the struggle of Catholicism against atheism in general, but more specifically against the atheism of Russia. The secret that the pope in 1917 was to act upon contained the (satanic) promise, that if the pope would call a conclave and dedicate Russia to the Virgin Mary, then there would not be a second world war. It also identified that if the pope refused Russia would spread its philosophy far and wide and there would then be another world war.

Kanye kanye elo xesha, ukumkani wale mihla wasemzantsi uqala imbali yakhe ngoVukelo lwaseRashiya, yaye ukumkani wale mihla wasemantla uqala imbali yakhe ngomangaliso waseFatima. Njengoko uMalachi Martin egxininisa encwadini yakhe, ngaphaya komzabalazo wangaphakathi kapopu olungileyo nopopu ombi, imiyalezo yaseFatima yachaza umzabalazo wobuKatolika nxamnye nokungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo ngokubanzi, kodwa ngokukodwa nxamnye nokungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo kwaseRashiya. Imfihlelo ekwakufuneka upopu ayenze ngowe-1917 yayiqulethe isithembiso (sikaSathana), sokuba ukuba upopu wayenokubiza ikhonklave aze anikele iRashiya kwiNtombi Enyulu uMariya, ngoko kwakungayi kubakho mfazwe yesibini yehlabathi. Kwakhona yachaza ukuba ukuba upopu wayenokwala, iRashiya yayiza kusasaza ifilosofi yayo kude nakubanzi, yaye ngoko kwakusaya kubakho enye imfazwe yehlabathi.

The second world war included the war of Catholicism against the Communism of Russia. Catholicism’s proxy army in that war was Nazi Germany. The papacy always employs proxy armies. In 1933 the Catholic church, through the work of Cardinal Pacelli, signed a concordat with Adolph Hitler that allowed Hitler to take control of Germany, and by Hitler’s own testimony, that contract (concordat), was what allowed Hitler to solve the Jewish question. The Nazi’s were the papacy’s proxy against atheistic Russia in World War II, and in the second battle of the proxy wars, now being accomplished in the Ukraine, it is being carried out by another Nazi proxy army.

Imfazwe yesibini yehlabathi yaquka imfazwe yobuKatolika nxamnye nobuKomanisi baseRashiya. Umkhosi wobuKatolika owawusebenza njengommeli kuloo mfazwe yayiyiJamani yamaNazi. Ubupopu busoloko busebenzisa imikhosi emeleleneyo. Ngo-1933 ibandla lamaKatolika, ngomsebenzi kaKhadinali Pacelli, latyikitya ikonkhodathi noAdolph Hitler eyavumela uHitler ukuba athabathe ulawulo lweJamani, yaye ngokobungqina bukaHitler ngokwakhe, eso sivumelwano (ikonkhodathi), saba yinto eyamvumela uHitler ukuba asombulule umbuzo wamaYuda. AmaNazi ayengummeli wobupopu nxamnye neRashiya engakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II, yaye kwidabi lesibini leemfazwe zabameli, ngoku eliqhutywayo eUkraine, oko kwenziwa ngomnye umkhosi wamaNazi osebenza njengommeli.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Siza kuqhubeka nesi sifundo kwinqaku elilandelayo.

> “Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.

> “Ngeempazamo ezimbini ezinkulu, ukungafi komphefumlo nobungcwele beCawa, uSathana uya kubazisa abantu phantsi kweenkohliso zakhe. Lo wokuqala ubeka isiseko somoya wokuvumisa; lo wesibini ke udala umxokelelwane wovelwano neRoma. AmaProtestanti aseUnited States aya kuba ngowokuqala ukolula izandla zawo ngaphesheya komhadi ukuze abambe isandla somoya wokuvumisa; aya kunaba ngaphesheya kwenzonzobila ukuze abambane ngezandla namandla obuRoma; yaye phantsi kwempembelelo yalo manyano luphindwe kathathu, eli lizwe liya kulandela emanyathelweni eRoma ekunyhasheni amalungelo esazela.”

> “As spiritualism more closely imitates the nominal Christianity of the day, it has greater power to deceive and ensnare. Satan himself is converted, after the modern order of things. He will appear in the character of an angel of light. Through the agency of spiritualism, miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and many undeniable wonders will be performed. And as the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and manifest respect for the institutions of the church, their work will be accepted as a manifestation of divine power.

> “Njengoko ubumoya buya busondela ngakumbi ekuxeliseni ubuKristu begama balo mhla, bunamandla amakhulu ngakumbi okukhohlisa nokubambisa. USathana ngokwakhe uyaguquka, ngokomyalelo wale mihla. Uya kuvela engumlinganiswa wengelosi yokukhanya. Ngobuqhuba bobumoya, kuya kwenziwa imimangaliso, abagulayo baya kuphiliswa, yaye kuya kwenziwa izimanga ezininzi ezingenakuphikwa. Yaye njengoko oomoya baya kuvuma ukukholwa yiBhayibhile, baze babonakalise intlonipho kumaziko ecawa, umsebenzi wabo uya kwamkelwa njengokubonakaliswa kwamandla obuthixo.”

> “The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium.

> “Umgca wokwahlula phakathi kwamaKristu azibanga ukuba angawo nabangahloneli Thixo ngoku sele kunzima kakhulu ukuwucacisa. Amalungu ecawa ayakuthanda oko kuthandwa lihlabathi yaye akulungele ukuzimanya nalo, yaye uSathana uzimisele ukubadibanisa babe ngumzimba omnye aze ngaloo ndlela awomeleze umsebenzi wakhe ngokubatshayela bonke ababandakanye kuluhlu lwabomoya. Abalandeli bobuPopu, abaqhayisa ngemimangaliso njengophawu oluqinisekileyo lwebandla lokwenyaniso, baya kulahleka ngokulula ngala mandla enza izimanga; yaye namaProtestanti, ekubeni elahlile ikhaka lenyaniso, nawo aya kulahlekiswa. Abalandeli bobuPopu, amaProtestanti, nabathandi behlabathi ngokufanayo baya kwamkela imo yokuhlonela uThixo engenamandla ayo, yaye baya kubona kulo manyano intshukumo enkulu yokuguqulwa kwehlabathi nokungeniswa kwenkulungwane yeminyaka eliwaka ekudala ilindelwe.”

> “Through spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of the race, healing the diseases of the people, and professing to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith; but at the same time he works as a destroyer. His temptations are leading multitudes to ruin. Intemperance dethrones reason; sensual indulgence, strife, and bloodshed follow. Satan delights in war, for it excites the worst passions of the soul and then sweeps into eternity its victims steeped in vice and blood. It is his object to incite the nations to war against one another, for he can thus divert the minds of the people from the work of preparation to stand in the day of God.

> “Ngokusebenzisa ubugqi bemimoya, uSathana uzibonakalisa njengomxhamli woluntu, ephilisa izifo zabantu, aze avume ukuba uzisa inkqubo entsha nephakamileyo ngakumbi yokholo lwenkolo; kodwa kwangaxeshanye usebenza njengomtshabalalisi. Izilingo zakhe zikhokelela izihlwele entshabalalweni. Ukungazeyisi kuyawuthabatha etroneni ingqiqo; kulandele ukuziyekela kwenkanuko, ukuxabana, nokuphalala kwegazi. USathana uyavuya yimfazwe, kuba ivuselela ezona nkanuko zimbi zomphefumlo, ize emva koko itshayele iye ngonaphakade amaxhoba ayo etyhwatyhwe bububi nangegazi. Injongo yakhe kukuphembelela iintlanga ukuba zilwe zodwa, kuba ngaloo ndlela unako ukuphambukisa iingqondo zabantu emsebenzini wokuzilungiselela ukuma ngomhla kaThixo.”

> “Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for the law of Jehovah; and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would—He will withdraw His blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.” The Great Controversy, 588, 589.

> “USathana usebenza nangezinto zendalo ukuze aqokelele isivuno sakhe semiphefumlo engalungiselelwanga. Uzifundisise iimfihlelo zeelabhoratri zendalo, yaye usebenzisa onke amandla akhe ukulawula izinto zendalo kangangoko uThixo amvumela ngako. Xa wavunyelwayo ukuba amhluphe uYobhi, kwakhawuleza kangakanani na ukutshatyalaliswa kwemihlambi nemfuyo, abakhonzi, izindlu, nabantwana, intlekele ilandela enye ngokungathi kungomzuzu nje. NguThixo okhusela izidalwa Zakhe aze azirhangqe kude namandla omtshabalalisi. Kodwa ihlabathi lamaKristu libonise indelelo ngomthetho kaYehova; yaye iNkosi iya kwenza kanye oko Yakutshoyo ukuba iya kukwenza—iya kuzisusa iintsikelelo Zayo emhlabeni, isuse nenkathalo Yayo yokukhusela kwabo bavukela umthetho Nayo imfundiso Yayo, baze banyanzele nabanye ukuba benze okufanayo. USathana unolawulo phezu kwabo bonke abo uThixo angabakhuseliyo ngokukodwa. Uya kubabalekela aze abanike impumelelo abathile ukuze aqhubele phambili amacebo akhe, yaye uya kuzisa inkathazo kwabanye aze akhokelele abantu ekukholweni ukuba nguThixo obahluphayo.” Imbambano Enkulu, 588, 589.

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