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# The Book of Daniel - Number Ninety-Eight

Incwadi kaDaniyeli - Inani Lamashumi Alithoba anesibhozo

The Triple Application of Elijah and the Last Days’ Judgment: Understanding the Investigative and Executive Phases

Ukusetyenziswa KukaEliya Okuphindwe Kathathu Nomgwebo Wemihla Yokugqibela: Ukuqonda Izigaba Zophando Nezokuphunyezwa

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 29, 2024

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The triple application of Elijah identified that in the last days there would be an Elijah at the beginning of the last days and at the ending of the last days. The “last days” are the days of judgment, which is progressive and divided into two types of judgment. The investigative judgment which began in the beginning of the last days, and the executive judgment which takes place in the ending of the last days. The triple application of Elijah is primarily representing the history of the executive judgment which begins at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ukusetyenziswa okuphindwe kathathu kukaEliya kwachaza ukuba ngemihla yokugqibela kwakuyakubakho uEliya ekuqaleni kwemihla yokugqibela, kwanasekupheleni kwemihla yokugqibela. “Imihla yokugqibela” yimihla yomgwebo, ongowenkqubela phambili nowohlulwe waba ziintlobo ezimbini zomgwebo. Umgwebo wophando, owaqala ekuqaleni kwemihla yokugqibela, nomgwebo wokuphunyezwa, owenzeka ekupheleni kwemihla yokugqibela. Ukusetyenziswa okuphindwe kathathu kukaEliya ngokuyintloko kumela imbali yomgwebo wokuphunyezwa, oqala kumthetho weCawa osondelayo.

The investigative judgment is restricted to those who have made a profession to be a follower of God, primarily by direct profession, but also in a minority of occurrences by an indirect profession of lifestyle.

Umgwebo wophando unqunyelwe kwabo benze uvumo lokuba ngabalandeli bakaThixo, ngokuyintloko ngovumo oluthe ngqo, kodwa kananjalo, kwinani elincinane lezehlo, ngovumo olungathanga ngqo lwendlela yokuphila.

> (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another.) Romans 2:13–15.

> (Kuba asingabo abevayo umthetho abangamalungisa phambi koThixo, koko ngabenzi bomthetho abaya kugwetyelwa njengamalungisa. Kuba xa iintlanga, ezingenamthetho, zisenza ngokwemvelo izinto ezisemthethweni, ezo, zingenamthetho nje, zingumthetho kuzo ngokwazo: ezo zibonakalisa umsebenzi womthetho ubhaliwe ezintliziyweni zazo, sazela sazo singqina kunye nazo, neengcinga zazo ngelo xesha zityholana, okanye zikhuselane.) Roma 2:13–15.

The investigative judgment has two primary divisions, for it began with the investigation of the lives of the dead (from the days of Adam onward), who had professed to believe in the true God, and on September 11, 2001, it began the process of the investigative “judgment of the living.” The investigative judgment has another division beyond dead to living, for judgment begins with God’s house, and in the last days God’s house is Laodicean Adventism. Once the judgment of God’s house concludes at the soon-coming Sunday law, then God’s other flock that are then in Babylon are judged.

Umgwebo wophando unezahlulo ezibini eziphambili, kuba waqala ngophando lobomi babafileyo (ukusukela kwimihla ka-Adam ukuya phambili), abo babesithi bayakholwa kuThixo oyinyaniso, yaye ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, waqalisa inkqubo “yomgwebo wabaphilayo” wophando. Umgwebo wophando unelinye icandelo elingaphaya kwabafileyo ukuya kwabaphilayo, kuba umgwebo uqala ngendlu kaThixo, yaye ngemihla yokugqibela indlu kaThixo yi-Adventism yaseLawodike. Xa umgwebo wendlu kaThixo ugqitywa kumthetho weCawa osondelayo, ngoko omnye umhlambi kaThixo, lowo ngelo xesha useBhabheli, uyagwetywa.

The executive judgment is God’s punishment upon those who rejected His offer of salvation. The executive judgment begins at the soon-coming Sunday law. The United States will then have filled up its cup of wrath, which is also the cup of its probationary time, and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin. Every nation on planet earth will follow the example of the United States in enforcing a Sunday law, and each of those nations will then fill up their cups and also suffer national ruin.

Umgwebo ophunyezwayo sisohlwayo sikaThixo phezu kwabo balandulayo umnikelo waKhe wosindiso. Umgwebo ophunyezwayo uqala kumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala. Ngelo xesha iUnited States iya kube iwuzalisile indebe yengqumbo yayo, ekwangoyiyo indebe yexesha layo lovavanyo, yaye uwexuko lwesizwe luya kulandelwa yintshabalalo yesizwe. Zonke iintlanga emhlabeni wonke ziya kulandela umzekelo weUnited States ekunyanzeliseni umthetho weCawa, yaye nganye kwezo ntlanga iya kuthi ke izalise iindebe zayo, ize nayo ihlupheke yintshabalalo yesizwe.

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

> “Xa iMerika, ilizwe lenkululeko yonqulo, iya kumanyana noBupopu ekunyanzeliseni isazela nasekunyanzeleni abantu ukuba bazukise isabatha yobuxoki, abantu bawo onke amazwe ehlabathi baya kukhokelwa ukuba balandele umzekelo wayo.” Testimonies, umqulu 6, 18.

The executive judgment is also divided into two parts. From the Sunday law in the United States until human probation closes when Michael stands up, God’s judgments are mixed with mercy, but when Michael stands up, God’s wrath, as represented by the pouring out of the seven last plagues, contains no mercy. During the period of the Sunday law crisis the executive judgments upon men and nations will be mixed with mercy, for there will still be some in Babylon that are then being given opportunity to understand the distinction between the worship of Sabbath and Sunday.

Umgwebo wokuphumeza nawo wahlulwe waba ziinxalenye ezimbini. Ukususela kumthetho weCawa eUnited States kude kube kuvalwa ixesha lovavanyo lomntu xa uMikayeli esukuma, izigwebo zikaThixo zixutywe nenceba; kodwa xa uMikayeli esukuma, ingqumbo kaThixo, njengoko imelwe kukugalelwa kwezibetho ezisixhenxe zokugqibela, ayiqulathanga nceba. Ngexesha lentlekele yomthetho weCawa izigwebo zokuphumeza phezu kwabantu nezizwe ziya kuxutywa nenceba, kuba kuya kusabakho abathile eBhabheli abaya kuthi ngelo xesha banikwe ithuba lokuqonda umahluko phakathi konqulo lweSabatha nolweCawa.

> “Oh, that the people might know the time of their visitation! There are many who have not yet heard the testing truth for this time. There are many with whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; His hand is still stretched out to save, while the door is closed to those who would not enter.

> “Awu, akwaba abantu belisazi ixesha lokutyelelwa kwabo! Baninzi abangekayiva inyaniso evavanyayo yale mihla. Baninzi uMoya kaThixo asasebenza nabo. Ixesha lemigwebo kaThixo etshabalalisayo lixesha lenceba kwabo bangazange bafumane thuba lokufunda ukuba yintoni na inyaniso. INkosi iya kubakhangela ngenceba ethambileyo. Intliziyo yayo yenceba iyachukunyiswa; isandla sayo sisoluliwe kusahleli ukuze sisindise, lo gama umnyango uvaliwe kwabo babengafuni ukungena.

> “The mercy of God is shown in His long forbearance. He is holding back His judgments, waiting for the message of warning to be sounded to all. Oh, if our people would feel as they should the responsibility resting upon them to give the last message of mercy to the world, what a wonderful work would be done!” Testimonies, volume 9, 97.

> “Usizi lukaThixo lubonakaliswa ekunyamezeleni kwakhe ixesha elide. Uyalibamba ijaji zakhe, elindele ukuba isigidimi sesilumkiso sivakaliswe kubo bonke. Owu, ukuba abantu bethu bebengaluva njengoko befanele ukuliva uxanduva olubekwe phezu kwabo lokunika ihlabathi isigidimi sokugqibela senceba, hayi, ngumsebenzi omangalisayo ongenziwa!” Testimonies, volume 9, 97.

The “time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth.” Those two “times” begin together when “the door is closed” upon Laodicean Adventists “who would not enter.”

“Ixesha lemigwebo kaThixo etshabalalisayo lixesha lenceba kwabo bangazange babe nathuba lokufunda oko kuyinyaniso.” Ezo “zixa” zibini ziqala ngaxeshanye xa “umnyango uvaliwe” phezu kwama-Adventist aseLawodike “angazange avume ukungena.”

> “I saw that the holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question, to unite the hearts of God’s dear waiting saints. And if one believed, and kept the Sabbath, and received the blessing attending it, and then gave it up, and broke the holy commandment, they would shut the gates of the Holy City against themselves, as sure as there was a God that rules in heaven above. I saw that God had children, who do not see and keep the Sabbath. They had not rejected the light on it. And at the commencement of the time of trouble, we were f illed with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. This enraged the church, and nominal Adventists, as they could not refute the Sabbath truth. And at this time, God’s chosen, all saw clearly that we had the truth, and they came out and endured the persecution with us.” A Word to the Little Flock, 18, 19.

> “Ndabona ukuba iSabatha engcwele ikho, yaye iya kuhlala injalo, njengodonga olwahlulayo phakathi koSirayeli wokwenyaniso kaThixo nabangakholwayo; yaye ukuba iSabatha ngumbandela omkhulu wokumanyanisa iintliziyo zabangcwele bakaThixo abathandekayo abalindileyo. Kananjalo ukuba umntu wayekholwa, wayigcina iSabatha, wamkela intsikelelo ehamba nayo, aze emva koko ayilahle, awaphule umyalelo ongcwele, wayeya kuzivalela ngokwakhe amasango esiXeko esiNgcwele, ngokuqinisekileyo njengokuba kukho uThixo olawula ezulwini phezulu. Ndabona ukuba uThixo wayenabantwana abangayiboniyo, nabangayigciniyo iSabatha. Babengakayikhabi ukukhanya okungayo. Kwaye ekuqaleni kwexesha lembandezelo, sazaliswa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele njengoko saphumayo sayivakalisa ngakumbi iSabatha. Oku kwalucaphukisa ibandla, nama-Adventist ngegama kuphela, kuba babengenako ukuyiphikisa inyaniso yeSabatha. Kwaye ngelo xesha, abanyuliweyo bakaThixo bonke babona ngokucacileyo ukuba sasinayo inyaniso, baza baphuma baza banyamezela intshutshiso kunye nathi.” A Word to the Little Flock, 18, 19.

The door is closed at the soon-coming Sunday law, making the period which precedes the Sunday law “the time” of God’s people’s “visitation.”

Ucango luya kuvalwa xa kufika ngokukhawuleza umthetho weCawa, nto leyo eyenza ixesha elingaphambi komthetho weCawa libe “lixesha” “lotyelelo” lwabantu bakaThixo.

> How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them? Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for everyone from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 8:8–12.

> Nithi, Silumkile, nomthetho kaYehova ukuthi? Yabonani, inene uwenzele ilize; usiba lwababhali lusebenzela ilize. Izilumko zihlazekile, zoyikekile, zithinjiwe; yabonani, zilalile ilizwi likaYehova; bubuphi na ubulumko obukuzo? Ngenxa yoko ndiya kubanika abafazi bazo kwabanye, namasimi azo kwabo baya kuwazuza ilifa; kuba bonke, kususela koyena mncinane kuse koyena mkhulu, banikelwe ekubaweni inzuzo; kususela kumprofeti kuse kumbingeleli, bonke benza ngobuxoki. Kuba bayiphilisile inxeba lentombi yabantu bam ngokukhaphukhaphu, besithi, Luxolo, luxolo; kanti akukho luxolo. Bahlazeka na bakuba benze into elisikizi? Hayi, abazanga bahlazeke nokuba bahlazeke konke; abazanga babe nako nokuba neentloni; ngenxa yoko baya kuwa phakathi kwabowayo; ngexesha lokutyelelwa kwabo baya kuwiswa phantsi, utsho uYehova. Yeremiya 8:8–12.

As with ancient Israel, so with modern Israel, they are both destroyed, for they knew not the time of their visitation. The time of God’s visitation for Laodicean Adventism began on September 11, 2001, and concludes at the soon coming Sunday law.

Njengokuba kwakunjalo kuSirayeli wamandulo, kunjalo nakuSirayeli wanamhlanje; bobabini bayatshatyalaliswa, kuba abawazanga umhla wokutyelelwa kwabo. Ixesha lokutyelelwa kukaThixo kwi-Adventism yaseLawodike laqalisa ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, yaye liphela kumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala.

> And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Luke 19:41–44.

> Kwaye xa wayesondela, wawubona umzi, waza wawukhalela, Esithi, Akwaba ubusazi, wena kanye, kulo mhla wakho lo, izinto ezizezoxolo lwakho! kodwa ngoku zifihlakele emehlweni akho. Kuba imihla iya kukufikela, xa iintshaba zakho ziya kwakhela umngxuma wokungqinga ngeenxa zonke ngawe, zikujikeleze, zikuvale macala onke, zikutshabalalise zide zikulinganise nomhlaba, nabantwana bakho abakuwena; yaye aziyi kushiya kuwe litye phezu kwelitye; ngenxa yokuba ungazange ulazi ixesha lokutyelelwa kwakho. Luka 19:41–44.

At the time of God’s visitation the wise and foolish are forever separated.

Ngexesha lokutyelelwa kukaThixo, izilumko nezizidenge zahlulwa ngonaphakade.

> “We know that unconsecrated Seventh-day Adventists, who have a knowledge of the truth, but who have linked themselves with worldlings will depart entirely from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. The enemy will gladly hold out inducements to them, to lead them to carry on a warfare against the people of God. But those who are true and steadfast will have a strong and powerful defense in God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 7, 186.

> “Siyazi ukuba amaSeventh-day Adventist angangcwaliswanga, anolwazi lwenyaniso, kodwa azimanye nabantu behlabathi, aya kumka ngokupheleleyo elukholweni, ephulaphula oomoya abalahlekisayo. Utshaba luya kuvuyela ukubanika izilingo ezitsalayo, ukuze lubakhokelele ekulweni imfazwe nxamnye nabantu bakaThixo. Kodwa abo banyanisekileyo nabangagungqiyo baya kuba nokhuseleko oluqinileyo nolunamandla kuThixo.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 7, 186.

Their time of visitation began on September 11, 2001, as typified by the time of visitation upon the Protestant churches on August 11, 1840, and as the time of visitation had begun for ancient Israel when the Holy Spirit descended at the baptism of Christ.

Ixesha lokutyelelwa kwabo laqala ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, njengoko lalimelwe kwangaphambili lixesha lokutyelelwa phezu kwamabandla amaProtestanti ngoAgasti 11, 1840, kwananjengokuba ixesha lokutyelelwa laliqalile kuSirayeli wamandulo xa uMoya oyiNgcwele wehla ekubhaptizweni kukaKristu.

The executive judgment begins when the United States fills the cup of its probationary time at the soon coming Sunday law, which is also when the Laodicean Adventist church has filled their cup. Judgment begins with the house of God, and the cup of probationary time for both corrupted horns of the United States. The corrupted horn of Protestantism that has previously been represented by the Laodicean Adventist church then ceases, and the Philadelphian movement of the third angel is then the true horn of Protestantism, and spiritual Jerusalem that is lifted up as an ensign. At that point Jerusalem changes from the church militant into the church triumphant.

Umgwebo olawulayo uqala xa i-United States izalisa indebe yexesha layo lovavanyo kumthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala, elo lixesha ekwanguwo apho ibandla lama-Adventist laseLawodike lizalise indebe yalo. Umgwebo uqala ngendlu kaThixo, nangendebe yexesha lovavanyo yeempondo zombini ezonakeleyo ze-United States. Uphondo olonakeleyo lobuProtestanti olwalukade lumelwe libandla lama-Adventist laseLawodike luyaphela ngelo xesha, yaye intshukumo yaseFiladelfiya yengelosi yesithathu iba luphawu lokwenyaniso lobuProtestanti, ibe yiYerusalem yokomoya ephakanyiswe njengomqondiso. Ngelo xesha iYerusalem itshintsha isuke kwibandla elilwayo ibe libandla eloyisayo.

The executive judgment begins, with the time of God’s destructive judgments, which is also a time of mercy for God’s other flock that is still in Babylon. It begins when the time of God’s visitation upon Laodicean Adventism ends. The executive judgment progresses to the Seven Last Plagues where the judgments are no longer mixed with mercy, and then Jesus returns.

Umgwebo wokuphumeza isigwebo uyaqalisa, kunye nexesha lezigwebo zikaThixo ezitshabalalisayo, elikwalixesha lenceba komnye umhlambi kaThixo oseBhabhiloni. Uqala xa ixesha lokutyelelwa kukaThixo phezu koBuadventi baseLawodike liphela. Umgwebo wokuphumeza isigwebo uqhubela phambili uye kwiZibetho Ezisixhenxe Zokugqibela, apho izigwebo zingasenaxutywa nenceba, aze ke uYesu abuye.

When Jesus returns, the millennium (one thousand years), of Revelation chapter twenty, identifies that Satan is bound upon a desolated earth, alone with only the rebellious angels that participated in the attack against God.

Xa uYesu ebuya, iwaka leminyaka eliwaka, elikwiSityhilelo isahluko samashumi amabini, libonisa ukuba uSathana ubotshiwe phezu komhlaba oyinkangala, eyedwa enazo kuphela iingelosi ezavukelayo ezathabatha inxaxheba ekuhlaseleni uThixo.

> And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Revelation 20:1–3.

> Ndabona ingelosi ihla ivela ezulwini, inesitshixo senzonzobila, nomxokelelwane omkhulu esandleni sayo. Yaza yambamba inamba, loo nyoka indala, enguMtyholi, noSathana, yambopha iminyaka eliwaka, yaza yamphosa enzonzobileni, yamvalela khona, yammisela itywina, ukuze angabi sazikhohlisa iintlanga, ide izaliseke iminyaka eliwaka; emva koko umele akhululwe umzuzwana omncinane. IsiTyhilelo 20:1–3.

During that thousand years the redeemed will perform an investigative judgment upon the lost who are still sleeping in their graves waiting for the conclusion of the individual judgments. The redeemed will consider the lives and circumstances of the lost, including Satan and his angels, in order to determine which deserves greater punishment at the end of the thousand years.

Ngelo xesha leminyaka eliwaka, abahlanguliweyo baya kwenza umgwebo wophando phezu kwabalahlekileyo abasalele belele emangcwabeni abo, belindele ukuphela kwemigwebo ngamnye. Abahlanguliweyo baya kuqwalasela ubomi neemeko zabalahlekileyo, kuquka uSathana neengelosi zakhe, ukuze baqinisekise ukuba ngubani ofanelwe sisohlwayo esikhulu ngakumbi ekupheleni kwaloo minyaka iliwaka.

> And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 20:4.

> Ndabona iitrone; bahlala phezu kwazo, banikwa isigwebo. Ndabona nemiphefumlo yabo banqunyulwa iintloko ngenxa yobungqina bukaYesu nangenxa yelizwi likaThixo, nabo babengalinqulanga irhamncwa, kwanawo umfanekiso walo, bengalwamkelanga nophawu lwalo emabunzini abo nasezandleni zabo; baza baphila, balawula kunye noKristu iminyaka eliwaka. IsiTyhilelo 20:4.

The millennium therefore contains an investigative judgment, that when finished brings the final executive judgment when the wicked dead are raised, and Satan who then has entire control over them convinces the wicked to attack Jerusalem which at the end of the thousand years comes down out of heaven. As the wicked mount their attack, fire comes down out of heaven and the final executive judgment is accomplished.

Ngoko ke iwaka leminyaka liqulethe umgwebo wophando othi, wakuba ugqityiwe, uzise umgwebo wokugqibela wokuphumeza, xa abafileyo abangendawo bevuswa, yaye uSathana, othi ngelo xesha abe nolawulo olupheleleyo phezu kwabo, aqinisekise abangendawo ukuba bahlasele iYerusalem ethi, ekupheleni kwewaka leminyaka, ihle ivela ezulwini. Njengoko abangendawo besiya kuhlasela, kuhla umlilo uphuma ezulwini, yaye umgwebo wokugqibela wokuphumeza ufezekiswa.

> And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Revelation 20:7–9.

> Ke kaloku xa iya kube izalisekile loo minyaka iliwaka, uSathana uya kukhululwa entolongweni yakhe, aze aphume aye kulahlekisa iintlanga ezisezona ndawo zone zehlabathi, uGogi noMagogi, ukuze azihlanganisele emfazweni; inani lazo linjengesanti yolwandle. Zaza zenyuka phezu kobubanzi bomhlaba, zawurhangqa umnquba wabangcwele nomzi oyintanda; kwehla umlilo uvela kuThixo uphuma emazulwini, wabatshabalalisa. IsiTyhilelo 20:7–9.

Though the triple applications of Elijah and the messenger that prepares for the Messenger of the Covenant to suddenly come to His temple are closely related, a distinction of their work can be noted in that Elijah is primarily identifying the work of the messenger, and the movement associated with the message of the messenger, that is accomplished during the executive judgment that begins at the soon-coming Sunday law. The messenger that prepares the way for the Messenger of the Covenant primarily identifies a work that is accomplished during the investigative judgment. Laodicean Adventism does not know the time of their visitation, which represents a specific time period of judgment.

Nangona ukusetyenziswa kathathu kuka-Eliya nomthunywa olungiselela ukuba uMthunywa woMnqophiso afike ngesiquphe etempileni yaKhe kunxulumene ngokusondeleyo, kungaphawuleka umahluko emsebenzini wabo ngokuba uEliya ngokuyintloko uchonga umsebenzi womthunywa, nentshukumo enxulunyaniswa nesigidimi saloo mthunywa, efezekiswa ngexesha lomgwebo wesigqeba oqala kumthetho weCawa osondelayo. Umthunywa olungiselela indlela yoMthunywa woMnqophiso ngokuyintloko uchonga umsebenzi ofezekiswa ngexesha lomgwebo wophando. I-Adventism yaseLawodike ayilazi ixesha lokutyelelwa kwayo, elimele ixesha elithile lomgwebo.

Neither do they understand the “present truth” message that is proclaimed during the time of their visitation. They were required to know both the judgment, and the message of those days. They were also required to know the messenger of that period of time. In their Laodicean blindness they oppose the message of the hour, deny the time of their visitation with a message of “peace and safety,” and are uncertain who the chosen messenger of that period is. This truth was clearly identified in the witness of the second Elijah, who was John the Baptist.

Kananjalo abayiqondi nesigidimi “senyaniso yangoku” esibhengezwayo ngexesha lokutyelelwa kwabo. Bekufuneka bayazi yomibini, isigwebo, kwanomyalezo waloo mihla. Bekufuneka kananjalo bazi nomthunywa weloo xesha. Ekubumfameni kwabo baseLawodike bayasichasa isigidimi seli lixa, bakhanyele ixesha lokutyelelwa kwabo ngesigidimi esithi “luxolo nonqabiseko,” yaye abaqinisekanga ukuba ngubani na umthunywa onyuliweyo weloo xesha. Le nyaniso yachongwa ngokucacileyo kubungqina bukaEliya wesibini, owayenguYohane umBhaptizi.

The Jews knew that prophecy identified a messenger to come, and Jesus directly taught that John was that messenger who was to come.

AmaYuda ayesazi ukuba isiprofeto sasichaze umthunywa oza kuza, yaye uYesu ngokwakhe wafundisa ukuba uYohane wayengulo mthunywa owayeza kuza.

> For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 11:13–15.

> Kuba bonke abaprofeti nomthetho baprofeta kwada kwanguYohane. Kanjalo, ukuba niyavuma ukukwamkela, lo nguEliya, lowo wayemele ukuza. Lowo uneendlebe zokuva, makeve. Mateyu 11:13–15.

At the very conclusion of the period of their visitation (the time in the history of Christ that typifies the soon-coming Sunday law), as Christ hung upon the cross the Jews conjectured whether Elijah would then come to save Jesus. If they did not recognize the messenger that was to prepare for the Messenger of the Covenant, that was then confirming the covenant with His own blood, they could not recognize their Messiah. Laodicean Adventism in the last days is required to know their judgment, which is the time of their visitation. They are required to recognize the message of that period of time, and they are required to recognize the chosen messenger of that time. The rebellion of 1888, represented September 11, 2001, when the angel of Revelation chapter eighteen descended. The rebels of 1888, refused to acknowledge the chosen messengers of the history that was typifying the last days.

Ekugqibeleni kanye kwexesha lokutyelelwa kwabo (ixesha kwimbali kaKristu elifuzisela umthetho weCawa oza kufika kungekudala), xa uKristu wayexhonywe emnqamlezweni amaYuda aqikelela ukuba ingaba uEliya wayeza kufika ngoko ukuze asindise uYesu. Ukuba abazange bamqonde umthunywa owawuza kulungiselela uMthunywa woMnqophiso, lowo ngelo xesha wayewuqinisa umnqophiso ngegazi laKhe, babengenako ukumqonda uMesiya wabo. Ubu-Adventist baseLawodike kwimihla yokugqibela bufunelwa ukuba bazi isigwebo sabo, esilixesha lokutyelelwa kwabo. Bafunelwa ukuba baqonde umyalezo welo xesha, yaye bafunelwa ukuba bamqonde umthunywa onyuliweyo waloo xesha. Imvukelo ka-1888 yamelwa nguSeptemba 11, 2001, xa isithunywa seSityhilelo isahluko seshumi elinesibhozo sehla. Abavukeli baka-1888 bala ukuvuma abathunywa abanyuliweyo bembali eyayifuzisela imihla yokugqibela.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Siya kuqhubeka nesi sifundo kwinqaku elilandelayo.

> For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. Jeremiah 25:15–33.

> Ngokuba itsho iNkosi uThixo kaSirayeli kum ukuthi, Thabatha esandleni sam indebe yewayini yale ngqumbo, uze uzisele zonke iintlanga endikuthuma kuzo. Ziya kusela, zigungqiswe, ziphambane, ngenxa yekrele endiya kulithumela phakathi kwazo. Ndaza ndayithabatha indebe esandleni seNkosi, ndazisela zonke iintlanga iNkosi eyandithumela kuzo: oko kukuthi, iYerusalem, nezixeko zakwaYuda, nookumkani bayo, neenkosana zayo, ukuze ndizenze inkangala, into eyothusayo, into yokutsholozelwa, nesiqalekiso; njengokuba kunjalo namhla; uFaro ukumkani waseYiputa, nabakhonzi bakhe, neenkosana zakhe, nabantu bakhe bonke; nabo bonke abantu abaxubeneyo, nabo bonke ookumkani belizwe laseUzi, nabo bonke ookumkani belizwe lamaFilisti, neAshkelon, neAza, neEkron, nentsalela yaseAshdode, uEdom, noMowabhi, noonyana baka-Amon, nabo bonke ookumkani baseTire, nabo bonke ookumkani baseTsidon, nookumkani beziqithi ezingaphesheya kolwandle, iDedan, neTema, neBhuzi, nabo bonke abasezimbombeni ezikude, nabo bonke ookumkani baseArabhiya, nabo bonke ookumkani babantu abaxubeneyo abahlala entlango, nabo bonke ookumkani baseZimri, nabo bonke ookumkani baseElam, nabo bonke ookumkani bamaMedi, nabo bonke ookumkani basentla, abakude nabasondeleyo, omnye nomnye, nabo bonke ubukumkani behlabathi obuphezu kobuso bomhlaba; aze ukumkani waseSheshaki asele emva kwabo. Uya kuthi ke kubo, Itsho iNkosi yemikhosi, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Selani, nixile, nigabhe, niwe, ningabi saphakama, ngenxa yekrele endiya kulithumela phakathi kwenu. Kothi ke, ukuba bayala ukuyithabatha indebe esandleni sakho ukuze basele, uze uthi kubo, Itsho iNkosi yemikhosi ukuthi, Inene niya kusela. Kuba yabonani, ndiqala ukuzisa ububi phezu komzi obizwa ngegama lam, ningabi naziphumo na nina? Aniyi kusinda esohlwayweni; kuba ndiya kubiza ikrele phezu kwabo bonke abemi behlabathi, itsho iNkosi yemikhosi. Ngoko ke profeta ngokuchasene nabo onke la mazwi, uthi kubo, INkosi iya kugquma isezulwini, ikhuphe izwi layo ekhayeni layo elingcwele; iya kugquma ngamandla phezu kwendawo yayo yokuhlala; iya kukhwaza, njengabanyatheli beediliya, ngokuchasene nabo bonke abemi behlabathi. Ingxolo iya kufika kuse eziphelweni zehlabathi; kuba iNkosi inembambano neentlanga, iya kugweba inyama yonke; abangendawo iya kubanikela ekreleni, itsho iNkosi. Itsho iNkosi yemikhosi ukuthi, Yabonani, ububi buya kuphuma busuke kwesinye isizwe buye kwesinye, kuvele isaqhwithi esikhulu sivuselelwe emiphethweni yehlabathi. Nababuleweyo beNkosi ngaloo mini baya kuba ukusuka kwesinye isiphelo sehlabathi kuse kwesinye isiphelo sehlabathi; abasayi kulilelwa, bangaqokelelwa, bangangcwatywa; baya kuba ngumgquba phezu komhlaba. Yeremiya 25:15–33.

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