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# The Book of Daniel - Number Ninety-Three

Ìwé Dáníẹ́lì - Nọ́mbà Mẹ́tàlélọ́gọ́rùn-ún Ó Lé Mẹ́ta

Unveiling Rome’s Prophetic Trilogy: From Ancient Paganism to Modern Deception

Ṣíṣí Ẹ̀kọ́ Mẹ́talọ́kan Wòlíì ti Róòmù Payá: Láti Ìbọ̀rìṣà Àtijọ́ Dé Ìtanjẹ Òde-Òní

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 26, 2024

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The book of Daniel identifies that it is Rome that establishes the vision, and that understanding was opposed by the Protestants of Millerite history when William Miller identified this fact. In the last days, it is still Rome that establishes the vision, and today Laodicean Adventism now upholds the fallen Protestant view that the robbers of thy people are Antiochus Epiphanes. The covenant people that were being passed by in Millerite history resisted the very same truth, that is now resisted by the covenant people of the last days that are now being passed by. Solomon said it well:

Ìwé Dáníẹ́lì fi hàn pé Róòmù ni ó mú ìran náà dúró, ìmọ̀ yẹn sì ni àwọn Pùrótẹ́sítáǹtì nínú ìtàn àwọn Mílléráítì tako nígbà tí William Miller dá ìdí òtítọ́ yìí múlẹ̀. Ní àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn, Róòmù ṣì ni ó mú ìran náà dúró, àti lónìí Adventismu Laodíkíà ń gbé ojú ìwòye Pùrótẹ́sítáǹtì tí ó ṣubú yìí ga pé àwọn olè ènìyàn rẹ ni Antiochus Epiphanes. Àwọn ènìyàn májẹ̀mú tí a ń kọjá lọ ní ìtàn àwọn Mílléráítì kọ̀ òtítọ́ kan náà gan-an, èyí tí àwọn ènìyàn májẹ̀mú ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn, tí a ń kọjá lọ nísinsin yìí, ń kọ̀ pẹ̀lú. Solomoni sọ ọ dáadáa:

> The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. Ecclesiastes 1:9, 10.

> Ohun tí ó ti wà, òun ni yóò tún wà; ohun tí a sì ti ṣe, òun ni a ó tún ṣe: kò sì sí ohun tuntun lábẹ́ oòrùn. Ǹjẹ́ ohun kan ha wà tí a lè sọ nípa rẹ̀ pé, Wò ó, èyí jẹ́ tuntun? Ó ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀ rí láti ìgbà àtijọ́, ṣáájú wa. Oníwàásù 1:9, 10.

Prophetically there are three manifestations of Rome, and the first two manifestations identify the characteristics of the third, for truth is established upon the testimony of two.

Ní ti àsọtẹ́lẹ̀, ìfarahàn mẹ́ta ló wà ti Róòmù, àwọn ìfarahàn àkọ́kọ́ méjèèjì sì ń fi àwọn àbùdá ti ẹ̀kẹta hàn, nítorí a fi ẹ̀rí àwọn méjì mú òtítọ́ dúró.

> But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Matthew 18:16.

> Ṣùgbọ́n bí kò bá fetí sí ọ, mú ọkan tàbí méjì mìíràn lọ pẹ̀lú rẹ, kí a lè fi ẹnu ẹlẹ́rìí méjì tàbí mẹ́ta mú gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ dúró. Mátíù 18:16.

The religion of pagan Rome was paganism, and paganism is a counterfeit of true religion. It is not so much a counterfeit in the sense that counterfeit currency is understood, for paganism actually looks nothing like true religion. But prophetically it has counterfeit characteristics. The City of Rome is a counterfeit of Jerusalem, and it has a temple (the Pantheon) that was a counterfeit of the temple in Jerusalem. The religious practices of paganism are unsanctified and devilish, but they represent Satan’s counterfeit religious practices. The head of pagan Rome’s religion was titled Pontifex Maximus. “Pontifex Maximus” originally referred to the chief priest of the Roman state religion in ancient Rome, with its origins dating back to the early Roman Republic. Over time, it became associated with political and religious authority and eventually evolved into the title used by the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church today.

Ẹ̀sìn Róòmù àwọn keferi jẹ́ ẹ̀sìn keferi, àti pé ẹ̀sìn keferi jẹ́ àfàwòrán ẹ̀sìn tòótọ́. Kì í ṣe àfàwòrán tó bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti ń lóye owó ayédèrú, nítorí pé ní ti gidi ẹ̀sìn keferi kò jọ ẹ̀sìn tòótọ́ rárá. Ṣùgbọ́n ní ti àsọtẹ́lẹ̀, ó ní àwọn àbùdá ayédèrú. Ìlú Róòmù jẹ́ àfàwòrán Jerúsálẹ́mù, ó sì ní tẹ́ńpìlì kan (Pantheon) tí ó jẹ́ àfàwòrán tẹ́ńpìlì Jerúsálẹ́mù. Àwọn ìṣe ẹ̀sìn ẹ̀sìn keferi kò ní ìwẹ̀mímọ́, wọ́n sì jẹ́ ti èṣù, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n dúró fún àwọn ìṣe ẹ̀sìn ayédèrú ti Sátánì. Olórí ẹ̀sìn Róòmù àwọn keferi ní àkójú orúkọ Pontifex Maximus. “Pontifex Maximus” ní ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ túmọ̀ sí olórí àlùfáà ẹ̀sìn ìpínlẹ̀ Róòmù ní Róòmù àtijọ́, tí ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ rẹ̀ sì ti dé sẹ́yìn dé ìgbà ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ti Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira Róòmù. Bí àkókò ti ń lọ, ó wá ní ìbáṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú àṣẹ ìṣèlú àti ẹ̀sìn, ní ìkẹyìn sì yí padà sí àkójú orúkọ tí Póòpù ń lò nínú Ṣọ́ọ̀ṣì Kátólíìkì ti Róòmù lónìí.

The title of the chief priest of pagan Rome was Pontifex Maximus, and it was also the title of the chief priest of papal Rome and it is a Latin term that means the “Greatest of Supreme Pontiff.” He was the chief priest of the Roman state religion, particularly the cult of the god Jupiter. The Pontifex Maximus had significant religious authority and responsibilities, including overseeing various religious rites and ensuring the proper functioning of the Roman religious calendar. The Pontifex Maximus was the head of the College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum), a group of priests responsible for interpreting and maintaining the rituals of Roman religion.

Orúkọ oyè àlùfáà àgbà ti Róòmù aláìmọ̀kan ni Pontifex Maximus, ó sì tún jẹ́ oyè àlùfáà àgbà ti Róòmù ti póòpù; ó sì jẹ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Látìn kan tí ìtumọ̀ rẹ̀ jẹ́ “Ẹni Tí Ó Ga Jùlọ nínú Adarí Àlùfáà Gíga Jùlọ.” Òun ni àlùfáà àgbà ẹ̀sìn ìpínlẹ̀ Róòmù, ní pàtàkì jùlọ nínú ẹ̀sìn ìbọ̀rìṣà sí ọlọ́run Jupiter. Pontifex Maximus ní àṣẹ ẹ̀sìn àti ojúṣe pàtàkì púpọ̀, pẹ̀lú àbójútó lórí oríṣiríṣi ayẹyẹ ẹ̀sìn àti mímú kí kàlẹ́ńdà ẹ̀sìn Róòmù ṣiṣẹ́ ní ọ̀nà tó tọ́. Pontifex Maximus ni olórí College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum), ẹgbẹ́ àwọn àlùfáà kan tí ó ní ojúṣe láti túmọ̀ àti láti pa àwọn ààtò ìsìn ẹ̀sìn Róòmù mọ́.

The chief priest of both pagan and papal Rome was Pontifex Maximus, therefore the title of the head of modern Rome will naturally also be Pontifex Maximus. The religion of pagan Rome was paganism, and the religion of papal Rome was, and still is, paganism, but cloaked by a profession of Christianity, and the religion of last-day modern Rome will be paganism, cloaked by a profession of Christianity.

Olórí àlùfáà Romu keferi àti Romu papalì ni a ń pè ní Pontifex Maximus; nítorí náà, oyè olórí Romu òde òní pẹ̀lú yóò jẹ́ Pontifex Maximus ní ti ẹ̀dá. Ẹ̀sìn Romu keferi jẹ́ ìbọ̀rìṣà, àti ẹ̀sìn Romu papalì jẹ́, ó sì ṣì jẹ́ ìbọ̀rìṣà, ṣùgbọ́n tí a fi ìjẹ́wọ́ ìgbàgbọ́ Kristẹni bo ó; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀sìn Romu òde òní ti àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn yóò jẹ́ ìbọ̀rìṣà, tí a fi ìjẹ́wọ́ ìgbàgbọ́ Kristẹni bo ó.

Both pagan and papal Rome had a specific period of time that they would rule supremely. Pagan Rome was to rule supremely for three hundred and sixty years in fulfillment of the time prophecy of Daniel chapter eleven, verse twenty-four.

Mejeeji Romu keferi àti Romu papal ní àkókò pàtó kan tí wọ́n yóò fi ṣàkóso pátápátá. A óò fi Romu keferi ṣàkóso pátápátá fún ọdún ọ̀ọ́dúnrún mẹ́ta àti ọgọ́ta, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmúṣẹ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ àkókò tí ó wà nínú Dáníẹ́lì orí kọkànlá, ẹsẹ̀ kẹrìnlélógún.

> He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:24.

> Yóò sì wọ inú rẹ̀ ní àlàáfíà, àní sí àwọn ibi tí ó lọ́ra jùlọ ní agbègbè náà; yóò sì ṣe èyí tí àwọn baba rẹ̀ kò ṣe, tàbí àwọn baba àwọn baba rẹ̀; yóò tú ìkógun, àti ìjẹ, àti ọrọ̀ kalẹ̀ láàrín wọn: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni yóò sì pète èrò rẹ̀ sí àwọn ibi agbára, àní fún ìgbà díẹ̀. Danieli 11:24.

The subject of verse twenty-four is pagan Rome, for they became the subject in verse sixteen, and continue as the subject until verse thirty-one. We will address these verses specifically in coming articles, but here we are simply pointing out that prophecy identified that pagan Rome would rule supremely for three hundred and sixty years, as represented by Rome “forecasting” their “devices against the strong holds, even for a time.” The word translated “against” actually means “from,” and the verse is saying that Rome would direct the world “from” the “strong holds,” which was the City of Rome, and it would do so for a “time”, which is three hundred and sixty years.

Kókó ẹsẹ̀ kẹrìnlélógún ni Romu keferi, nítorí wọ́n di kókó-ọrọ̀ ní ẹsẹ̀ kẹrìndínlógún, wọ́n sì ń bá a lọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí kókó-ọrọ̀ títí dé ẹsẹ̀ kọkànlélọ́gbọ̀n. A ó ṣe àgbéyẹ̀wò àwọn ẹsẹ̀ wọ̀nyí ní pàtó nínú àwọn àpilẹ̀kọ tí ń bọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n níbí a kan ń tọ́ka sí i pé àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ fi hàn pé Romu keferi yóò jọba ní ipò àṣẹ gíga jùlọ fún ọdún ọ̀ọ́dúnrún mẹ́ta àti ọgọ́ta, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti ṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ nípa bí Romu ṣe “ń pète” “ìmọ̀ràn wọn sí àwọn ibi-odi alágbára, àní fún àkókò kan.” Ọ̀rọ̀ tí a túmọ̀ sí “sí” ní tòótọ́ túmọ̀ sí “láti,” ẹsẹ̀ náà sì ń sọ pé Romu yóò darí ayé “láti” inú “àwọn ibi-odi alágbára,” èyí tí ó jẹ́ Ìlú Romu, yóò sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ fún “àkókò” kan, èyí tí í ṣe ọdún ọ̀ọ́dúnrún mẹ́ta àti ọgọ́ta.

Pagan Rome began to rule supremely at the Battle of Actium, in 31 BC, and continued to rule supremely until the year 330 AD, when Constantine moved the capital of the empire from the stronghold of the City of Rome, to the City of Constantinople. Then the empire began its infamous decline. The City of Rome was the prophetic “strong hold” for pagan Rome, and when it ruled from that city it was invincible. In the warfare that followed Constantine’s transfer of power, the City of Rome became the target of attack for Genseric and the invading barbarian tribes, who are represented by the first four Trumpets of Revelation chapter eight.

Róòmù Kèfèrí bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í jọba lórí gbogbo ayé ní ipò àṣẹ gíga jùlọ ní Ogun Actium, ní ọdún 31 ṣáájú ìbí Kristi, ó sì tẹ̀síwájú ní ìjọba àṣẹ gíga yẹn títí di ọdún 330 lẹ́yìn ìbí Kristi, nígbà tí Constantine kó olú-ìlú ìjọba náà kúrò ní ibi ààbò gbígbóná ti Ìlú Róòmù lọ sí Ìlú Constantinople. Nígbà náà ni ìjọba náà bẹ̀rẹ̀ ìrẹ̀wẹ̀sì olókìkí rẹ̀. Ìlú Róòmù ni “ibi ààbò” àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ fún Róòmù Kèfèrí, nígbà tí ó sì ń ṣàkóso láti inú ìlú náà, a kò lè ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀. Nínú ogun tí ó tẹ̀ lé ìgbékalẹ̀ ìṣẹ́ àṣẹ Constantine, Ìlú Róòmù di ibi tí Genseric àti àwọn ẹ̀yà báríbáríà tí wọ̀lú dojú kọ láti kọlù, àwọn tí a ṣàpẹẹrẹ wọn nípasẹ̀ Ìpè Kìíní mẹ́rin nínú Ìfihàn orí kẹjọ.

For this reason in Daniel chapter eleven, verse thirty-one, the “arms” (pagan Rome) that stood up for the papacy, first polluted the “sanctuary of strength.” The City of Rome is the prophetic “sanctuary of strength” for both pagan and papal Rome, for in the year 330, with the transfer of pagan authority to Constantinople, the City of Rome was left to papal Rome that was on the rise. For this reason, Revelation chapter thirteen, verse two says the dragon (pagan Rome), gave papal Rome its “seat.” A “seat” is where a power rules from, and from the year 538 through to 1798, papal Rome ruled supremely as had pagan Rome ruled supremely for “a time”.

Nítorí èyí, nínú Dáníẹ́lì orí kẹ́tàlá, ẹsẹ̀ kọkànlélọ́gbọ̀n, “apá” náà (Róòmù keferi) tí ó dìde fún ipò póòpù, kọ́kọ́ ba “ibi mímọ́ agbára” jẹ́. Ìlú Róòmù ni “ibi mímọ́ agbára” ní ti àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ fún Róòmù keferi àti Róòmù póòpù pẹ̀lú, nítorí pé ní ọdún 330, pẹ̀lú ìgbékalẹ̀ aṣẹ keferi sí Kọ́ńsítántínópù, a fi Ìlú Róòmù sílẹ̀ fún Róòmù póòpù tí ń gòkè. Nítorí èyí, Ìfihàn orí kẹtàlá, ẹsẹ̀ kejì sọ pé dragoni náà (Róòmù keferi), fi “ìtẹ́” rẹ̀ fún Róòmù póòpù. “Ìtẹ́” ni ibi tí agbára kan ti ń ṣàkóso, àti láti ọdún 538 títí dé 1798, Róòmù póòpù ṣe àkóso gíga jù lọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Róòmù keferi ti ṣe àkóso gíga jù lọ fún “àkókò kan”.

Prophecy identifies a specific period of time when both pagan and papal Rome would rule supremely, and when they did so it would be from their seat of authority, which was the City of Rome. Pagan Rome’s invincibility ended when they left the City of Rome, marking the end of the three hundred and sixty years, represented as a “time” in verse twenty-four, and when the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal rule ended in 1798, Napoleon had the pope taken out of the City of Rome and he died in exile.

Asọtẹ́lẹ̀ tọ́ka sí àkókò pàtó kan nígbà tí Róòmù aláìgbọ́ràn àti Róòmù ìjọ pàápàá yóò jọba pátápátá, àti nígbà tí wọ́n ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ láti orí ìtẹ́ àṣẹ wọn, èyí tí ó jẹ́ Ìlú Róòmù. Àìṣeé ṣẹ́gun Róòmù aláìgbọ́ràn parí nígbà tí wọ́n kúrò ní Ìlú Róòmù, èyí sì fi àmì sí òpin ọdún ẹgbẹ̀ta lé ọgọ́rin, tí a ṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí “àkókò kan” nínú ẹsẹ̀ kẹrìnlélógún, àti nígbà tí ọdún ẹgbẹ̀rún kan, igba méjì, àti ọgọ́ta ti ìjọba pàápàá parí ní ọdún 1798, Napoleon mú kí wọ́n yọ póòpù náà kúrò ní Ìlú Róòmù, ó sì kú ní ìgbèkùn.

Pagan Rome and Papal Rome establish that modern Rome will rule supremely for a specific prophetic period in the last days. “Time is no longer”, but the period of papal persecution of the last days is a specific period that begins at the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States and continues until human probation closes, when Michael stands up and pronounces, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”

Róòmù Kèfèrí àti Róòmù Pápà fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé Róòmù òde-òní yóò jọba lórí ohun gbogbo lọ fún àkókò àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ kan pàtó ní àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn. “Àkókò kò sí mọ́,” ṣùgbọ́n àkókò inúnibíni ti pápà ní àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn jẹ́ àkókò kan pàtó tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ ní òfin Àìkú tí ń bọ̀ láìpẹ́ ní Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà, tí ó sì ń bá a lọ títí àyè ìdánwò ènìyàn yóò fi dópin, nígbà tí Míkáẹ́lì yóò dìde, tí yóò sì kéde pé, “Ẹni tí kò ṣe òdodo, jẹ́ kí ó máa ṣe àìṣòdodo sí i: àti ẹni tí ó jẹ́ ẹlẹ́gbin, jẹ́ kí ó máa jẹ́ ẹlẹ́gbin sí i: àti ẹni tí ó jẹ́ olódodo, jẹ́ kí ó máa ṣe òdodo sí i: àti ẹni tí ó jẹ́ mímọ́, jẹ́ kí ó máa jẹ́ mímọ́ sí i.”

Pagan Rome persecuted Christians in the Colosseum in the City of Rome during its bloody history, and Christian historians have estimated that during the Dark Ages of papal rule one hundred million martyrs were murdered by the papacy, but the papacy denies that claim and sets the estimate at about fifty million. Pagan and papal Rome both persecuted God’s faithful, and modern Rome will also persecute God’s faithful people in the last days.

Róòmù kèfèrí ṣe inúnibíni sí àwọn Kristẹni nínú Kólósíọ̀mù ní Ìlú Róòmù ní àkókò ìtàn ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ rẹ̀, àwọn akọ̀wé ìtàn Kristẹni sì ti fojú díwọ̀n rẹ̀ pé ní àkókò Àwọn Ọjọ́ Òkùnkùn ti ìṣàkóso póòpù, ọgọ́rùn-ún mílíọ̀nù àwọn márítì ni a pa nípasẹ̀ pápásì; ṣùgbọ́n pápásì kọ́ ẹ̀sùn náà, ó sì fi ìṣírò náà sí nǹkan bí àádọ́ta mílíọ̀nù. Róòmù kèfèrí àti Róòmù póòpù, àwọn méjèèjì ṣe inúnibíni sí àwọn olóòótọ́ Ọlọ́run, Róòmù òde òní náà yóò sì tún ṣe inúnibíni sí àwọn ènìyàn olóòótọ́ Ọlọ́run ní àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn.

> “Many will be imprisoned, many will flee for their lives from cities and towns, and many will be martyrs for Christ’s sake in standing in defense of the truth.” Selected Messages, book 3, 397.

> “Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni a óò fi sínú ẹ̀wọ̀n, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni yóò sá fún ẹ̀mí wọn kúrò ní àwọn ìlú ńlá àti àwọn ìlú kékeré, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ sì ni yóò jẹ́ ajẹ́rìíkú nítorí Kristi nípa dídúró ní ààbò òtítọ́.” Selected Messages, ìwé 3, 397.

Pagan Rome overcame three geographical obstacles as it took control of the world. Papal Rome overcame three geographical obstacles as it took control of the world. Modern Rome overcame the King of the South (the atheistic Soviet Union) in 1989, and will next overthrow the glorious land (the United States) at the soon coming Sunday law. It will then overcome Egypt (the entire world).

Róòmù kèfèrí borí àwọn ìdènà àgbègbè mẹ́ta bí ó ti ń gba àkóso ayé. Róòmù Pópù borí àwọn ìdènà àgbègbè mẹ́ta bí ó ti ń gba àkóso ayé. Róòmù òde-òní borí Ọba Gúúsù (Ìṣọ̀kan Sovieti tí kò gbàgbọ́ nínú Ọlọ́run) ní ọdún 1989, yóò sì tẹ̀ lé e láti bì ṣubú ilẹ̀ ológo náà (Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà) nígbà òfin Ọjọ́-ìsinmi tó ń bọ̀ láìpẹ́. Lẹ́yìn náà yóò sì borí Ejibiti (gbogbo ayé).

> “All society is ranging into two great classes, the obedient and the disobedient. Among which class shall we be found?

> “Gbogbo awujọ ènìyàn ń pín sí ẹgbẹ́ ńlá méjì, àwọn olùgbọ́ràn àti àwọn aláìgbọ́ràn. Nínú ẹgbẹ́ wo ni a ó ti rí wa?”

> “Those who keep God’s commandments, those who live not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, compose the church of the living God. Those who choose to follow Antichrist are subjects of the great apostate. Ranged under the banner of Satan, they break God’s law, and lead others to break it. They endeavor so to frame the laws of nations that men shall show their loyalty to earthly governments by trampling upon the laws of God’s kingdom.

> “Àwọn tí ń pa àwọn àṣẹ Ọlọ́run mọ́, àwọn tí kì í fi búrẹ́dì nìkan yè, ṣùgbọ́n nípa gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ tí ń jáde láti ẹnu Ọlọ́run, ni wọ́n jẹ́ ìjọ Ọlọ́run alààyè. Àwọn tí ó yàn láti tẹ̀lé Alátakò-Ọ̀dọ̀-Kírísítì jẹ́ àwọn ọmọ abẹ́lé apẹ̀yìndà ńlá náà. Wọ́n dúró lábẹ́ àsíá Sátánì, wọ́n sì ń rú òfin Ọlọ́run, wọ́n sì ń mú àwọn ẹlòmíràn rú ú. Wọ́n ń sapá láti gbé òfin àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè kalẹ̀ ní ọ̀nà bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwọn ènìyàn yóò fi hàn ìṣòtítọ́ wọn sí àwọn ìjọba ayé nípa títẹ òfin ìjọba Ọlọ́run mọ́lẹ̀ lábẹ́ ẹsẹ̀.”

> “Satan is diverting minds with unimportant questions, in order that they shall not with clear and distinct vision see matters of vast importance. The enemy is planning to ensnare the world.

> “Sátánì ń yí ọkàn ènìyàn kúrò pẹ̀lú àwọn ìbéèrè tí kò ṣe pàtàkì, kí wọn má bàa lè fi ìran tí ó ṣe kedere, tí ó sì yàtọ̀ gbangba, rí àwọn ọ̀ràn tí ó ní ìtóbi pàtàkì. Ọ̀tá náà ń gbé ète kalẹ̀ láti dẹkùn mú ayé.

> “The so-called Christian world is to be the theater of great and decisive actions. Men in authority will enact laws controlling the conscience, after the example of the Papacy. Babylon will make all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. Every nation will be involved.” Manuscript Releases, volume 1, 296.

> “Àgbáyé tí a ń pè ní ti Kristẹni yóò jẹ́ pápá eré àwọn ìṣe ńlá àti ìpinnu. Àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n wà ní ipò àṣẹ yóò ṣe àwọn òfin tí yóò ṣàkóso ẹ̀rí-ọkàn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àpẹẹrẹ ti Ìjọ Pápá. Bábílónì yóò mú kí gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè mu nínú wáìnì ìbínú àgbèrè rẹ̀. Gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè ni yóò ní í ṣe pẹ̀lú rẹ̀.” Manuscript Releases, volume 1, 296.

In order to defend the truth that identifies the “glorious land” of Daniel eleven verse forty-one as a symbol of the United States, the Lion of the tribe of Judah opened to the students of prophecy of the last days the principle of the triple application of prophecy. The light from those last six verses, have been established by applying the history represented by “the daily” in the book of Daniel, as set forth in verse thirty-one of Daniel eleven, unto the last six verses of the chapter. The same bedrock truth (“the daily”), that became the key of Miller’s prophetic framework, also produced the prophetic framework of the last days. Miller’s framework was based upon the two desolating powers of paganism and papalism that persecuted God’s people, and the framework of the last days is based upon the three desolating powers that persecute God’s people in the last days.

Láti lè dáàbò bo òtítọ́ tí ń fi “ilẹ̀ ológo” inú Dáníẹ́lì orí kọkànlá ẹsẹ̀ kọkànlélógójì hàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àmì orílẹ̀-èdè Amẹ́ríkà, Kìnnìún ẹ̀yà Júdà ṣí ìlànà ìlò àkànsí mẹ́ta ti àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ sílẹ̀ fún àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ti àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn. Ìmọ́lẹ̀ láti inú àwọn ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́fà ìkẹyìn wọ̀nyí ni a ti fi ìdí múlẹ̀ nípa fífi ìtàn tí “ìgbà gbogbo” dúró fún nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti gbé kalẹ̀ nínú ẹsẹ̀ kọkànlélọ́gbọ̀n Dáníẹ́lì orí kọkànlá, kàn sí àwọn ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́fà ìkẹyìn orí náà. Òtítọ́ ìpìlẹ̀ kan náà (“ìgbà gbogbo”), tí ó di kọ́kọ́rọ́ ètò àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ Miller, náà ni ó sì tún mú ètò àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ti àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn jáde. Ètò Miller dá lórí agbára ìparun méjì, ìbọ̀rìṣà àti ẹ̀sìn póòpù, tí wọ́n ṣe inúnibíni sí àwọn ènìyàn Ọlọ́run, ètò àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn sì dá lórí agbára ìparun mẹ́ta tí ń ṣe inúnibíni sí àwọn ènìyàn Ọlọ́run ní àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn.

The increase of knowledge represented in the last six verses of Daniel eleven, that represent the increase of knowledge that arrived in 1989, and that are represented by the Hiddekel River, was resisted by the enemies of truth. That resistance led to an understanding of the principle of the triple application of prophecy, which was first recognized as a triple application of Rome, which is the subject that establishes the vision of prophetic history.

Ìbùkún ìmọ̀ tí a ṣàfihàn nínú àwọn ẹsẹ̀ mẹ́fà ìkẹyìn ti Dáníẹ́lì mọ́kànlá, tí wọ́n dúró fún ìbùkún ìmọ̀ tí ó dé ní ọdún 1989, tí a sì tún ṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ nípasẹ̀ Odò Hídékélì, ni àwọn ọ̀tá òtítọ́ kọ̀ láti gbà. Ìfaradà yẹn yọrí sí òye ìlànà ìlò àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ lẹ́ẹ̀mẹ́ta, èyí tí a kọ́kọ́ mọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlò lẹ́ẹ̀mẹ́ta ti Róòmù, èyí tí í ṣe kókó-ọrọ̀ tí ń fìdí ìran ìtàn àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ múlẹ̀.

> Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18.

> Níbi tí ìran kò sí, àwọn ènìyàn a ṣègbé: ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó pa òfin mọ́, aláyọ̀ ni í ṣe. Òwe 29:18.

The triple application of the three manifestations of Rome identifies that pagan and papal Rome’s religion is paganism, and that their religion is governed by a man titled Pontifex Maximus. Those two manifestations of Rome identify that three geographical powers are removed in advance of them ruling supremely for a specified period of time, and that they will rule from the seven-hilled city of Rome, which is their sanctuary of strength. They both witnessed to the fact that they persecuted God’s faithful people. Therefore, based upon these two witnesses we know that modern Rome’s religion will be paganism, and that she will be directed by the pope of Rome whose title is Pontifex Maximus.

Ìlò mẹ́ta-ìgbà ti àwọn ìfarahàn mẹ́ta ti Róòmù ń fi hàn pé ẹ̀sìn Róòmù kèfèrí àti ti póòpù jẹ́ ẹ̀sìn kèfèrí, àti pé ọkùnrin kan tí àkọ́lé rẹ̀ jẹ́ Pontifex Maximus ni ó ń ṣàkóso ẹ̀sìn wọn. Àwọn ìfarahàn Róòmù méjèèjì wọ̀nyí ń fi hàn pé a yọ agbára ilẹ̀ ayé mẹ́ta kúrò ṣáájú kí wọ́n tó jọba lórí gbogbo rẹ̀ pátápátá fún àkókò kan tí a ti pàtó sí, àti pé wọn yóò jọba láti inú ìlú Róòmù tí ó ní òkè méje, èyí tí í ṣe ibi mímọ́ agbára wọn. Àwọn méjèèjì sì jẹ́rìí sí òtítọ́ náà pé wọ́n ṣe inúnibíni sí àwọn ènìyàn olóòtítọ́ ti Ọlọ́run. Nítorí náà, ní ìpìlẹ̀ àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí méjèèjì wọ̀nyí a mọ̀ pé ẹ̀sìn Róòmù òde-òní yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀sìn kèfèrí, àti pé póòpù Róòmù, ẹni tí àkọ́lé rẹ̀ jẹ́ Pontifex Maximus, ni yóò darí rẹ̀.

Before the great whore takes control and rules supremely modern Rome will need to overcome three obstacles, and the first obstacle is past history with the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989, Rome’s atheistic enemy that resisted Rome’s power in Europe. The next obstacle is overthrown at the soon coming Sunday law in the United States, and then the United Nations will give its authority unto modern Rome for a short space. Once it is fully enthroned the persecution of the last days will take place.

Kí àgbèrè ńlá náà tó gba àkóso, tí yóò sì jọba ní ipò gíga jùlọ, Róòmù òde-òní yóò ní láti borí ìdènà mẹ́ta, ìdènà àkọ́kọ́ sì jẹ́ ìtàn ìṣáájú tí ó ti kọjá pẹ̀lú ìparun Soviet Union ní ọdún 1989, ọ̀tá aláìgbàgbọ́ nínú Ọlọ́run ti Róòmù, ẹni tí ó tako agbára Róòmù ní Yúróòpù. Ìdènà tí ó tẹ̀lé ni a ó borí nígbà òfin Ọjọ́-Ìsinmi tí ó sún mọ́lé ní Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà, lẹ́yìn náà Àjọ Ìparapọ̀ Àwọn Orílẹ̀-Èdè yóò fi àṣẹ rẹ̀ lé Róòmù òde-òní lọ́wọ́ fún ìgbà díẹ̀. Nígbà tí a bá ti fi í jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ ní kíkún, inúnibíni àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn yóò ṣẹlẹ̀.

The book of Daniel, and especially Revelation chapter eight, provide the prophetic characteristics of Rome, which contribute to the correct understanding of modern Rome. One of those characteristics was the division of the Roman Empire into East and West as accomplished by Constantine in the year 330. Pagan Rome and papal Rome, when considered together, also speak to the twofold nature of Rome. Constantine’s division that produced western and eastern Rome is a second witness to pagan and papal Rome. Constantine set up the civil authority in the east, and left the ecclesiastical authority in the west. Pagan Rome represented statecraft and papal Rome represented churchcraft. The east was statecraft, the west was churchcraft as typified by the iron and clay of Daniel two, or the masculine horn and feminine horn of Daniel eight, or the beasts of prey of Daniel seven, and the sanctuary beasts of Daniel eight.

Ìwé Dáníẹ́lì, àti ní pàtàkì Ìfihàn orí kẹjọ, pèsè àwọn àbùdá àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ti Róòmù, tí wọ́n ń ṣèrànwọ́ sí ìmọ̀ tòótọ́ nípa Róòmù òde-òní. Ọ̀kan lára àwọn àbùdá wọ̀nyí ni pínpín Ìjọba Róòmù sí Ìlà-Oòrùn àti Ìwọ̀-Oòrùn gẹ́gẹ́ bí Kọ́ńsítántínì ṣe ṣe é ní ọdún 330. Róòmù aláìgbàgbọ́ àti Róòmù póòpù, nígbà tí a bá kà wọ́n pọ̀, tún ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa ìwà méjì ti Róòmù. Pínpín Kọ́ńsítántínì tí ó mú kí Róòmù Ìwọ̀-Oòrùn àti Róòmù Ìlà-Oòrùn wà, jẹ́ ẹlẹ́rìí kejì sí Róòmù aláìgbàgbọ́ àti Róòmù póòpù. Kọ́ńsítántínì fi àṣẹ ìṣàkóso ìlú kalẹ̀ ní ìlà-oòrùn, ó sì fi àṣẹ ìjọsìn sílẹ̀ ní ìwọ̀-oòrùn. Róòmù aláìgbàgbọ́ dúró fún ìṣèlú ìpínlẹ̀, Róòmù póòpù sì dúró fún ìṣàkóso ìjọ. Ìlà-oòrùn jẹ́ ìṣèlú ìpínlẹ̀, ìwọ̀-oòrùn sì jẹ́ ìṣàkóso ìjọ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí irin àti amọ̀ inú Dáníẹ́lì orí kejì, tàbí ìwo akọ àti ìwo abo ti Dáníẹ́lì orí kẹjọ, tàbí àwọn ẹranko apanirun ti Dáníẹ́lì orí keje, àti àwọn ẹranko ibi mímọ́ ti Dáníẹ́lì orí kẹjọ, ṣe ṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀.

Modern Rome will also be twofold in nature, consisting of a combination of church and state, of iron and clay, and of churchcraft and statecraft, but Modern Rome is also threefold in nature. In Revelation chapter eight both western and eastern Rome were literally and symbolically divided into three. Constantine ruling from eastern Rome literally divided his kingdom to his three sons, and western Rome was symbolically represented by the sun, moon and stars that represented the threefold form of government that was employed by the Roman Empire. Thus, Modern Rome, though being twofold of churchcraft and statecraft, would also represent a threefold union represented by the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

Róòmù Òde-Òní pẹ̀lú yóò jẹ́ alábàlà méjì ní ìwà rẹ̀, tí ó ní àkópọ̀ ìjọ àti ìpínlẹ̀, irin àti amọ̀, àti ọgbọ́n ìjọ àti ọgbọ́n ìṣàkóso ìpínlẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n Róòmù Òde-Òní pẹ̀lú jẹ́ alábàlà mẹ́ta ní ìwà rẹ̀. Nínú Ìfihàn orí kẹjọ, a pín Róòmù ìwọ̀-oòrùn àti ti ìlà-oòrùn ní ti gidi àti ní ti àpẹẹrẹ sí apá mẹ́ta. Constantine, tí ń ṣàkóso láti Róòmù ìlà-oòrùn, pín ìjọba rẹ̀ ní ti gidi fún àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ mẹ́ta, àti Róòmù ìwọ̀-oòrùn ni a ṣojú ní ti àpẹẹrẹ pẹ̀lú oòrùn, òṣùpá àti àwọn ìràwọ̀ tí wọ́n ṣojú fún ìrísí ìṣàkóso alábàlà mẹ́ta tí Ilẹ̀-ọba Róòmù lò. Ní báyìí, Róòmù Òde-Òní, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ó jẹ́ alábàlà méjì ti ọgbọ́n ìjọ àti ọgbọ́n ìṣàkóso ìpínlẹ̀, yóò pẹ̀lú ṣojú fún ìṣọ̀kan alábàlà mẹ́ta tí a ṣojú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú dragoni, ẹranko náà, àti wòlíì èké.

The manifestations of pagan and papal Rome identify the complex prophetic makeup of the final Modern Rome. It is the threefold union that takes place at the soon coming Sunday law that leads the world to Armageddon. It is the worldwide “Image of the Beast” which is a symbol of the combination of Church and State. Its head is Pontifex Maximus, who rules from the City of Rome, which is the seat of his power. The man of sin’s civil authority will be provided by the United Nations, and the world will be forced to accept the threefold, yet dual system of the antichrist, by the coercive power of the United States. Thus, just as pagan Rome (the dragon) in Revelation thirteen, verse two, gave the papacy “his power, his seat and great authority”, the United States, as typified by pagan Rome, accomplishes the same three works for modern Rome. The seat is Vatican City in the seven-hilled city of Rome, the authority is the United Nations, and the power is the United States. Together they lead the world to a place where the papacy “shall come to his end, and none shall help him”.

Àwọn ìfarahàn Róòmù keferi àti Róòmù páápà fi ìṣètò àkànṣe àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ tí Róòmù Òde-Òní ìkẹyìn ní hàn. Òun ni ìṣọ̀kan mẹ́ta náà tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ nígbà òfin Ọjọ́ Àìkú tí ó sún mọ́lé, tí yóò darí ayé lọ sí Ámágẹdónì. Òun ni “Àwòrán Ẹranko” àgbáyé, èyí tí ó jẹ́ àmì ìṣọ̀kan Ìjọ àti Ìpínlẹ̀. Orí rẹ̀ ni Pontifex Maximus, ẹni tí ń ṣàkóso láti Ìlú Róòmù, èyí tí í ṣe ìtẹ́ agbára rẹ̀. Ìjọba àṣẹ ìlú ti ọkùnrin ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni Àjọ Àwọn Orílẹ̀-Èdè yóò pèsè, a ó sì fi ayé mú láti gba ètò mẹ́ta, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó tún jẹ́ méjì, ti aṣòdì sí Kristi, nípa agbára ìfipá-múni ti Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà. Ní báyìí, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Róòmù keferi (dragoni) nínú Ìfihàn orí kẹtàlá, ẹsẹ̀ kejì, ṣe fún ipò páápà “agbára rẹ̀, ìtẹ́ rẹ̀ àti àṣẹ ńlá”, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àpẹẹrẹ Róòmù keferi, ṣe parí àwọn iṣẹ́ mẹ́ta kan náà fún Róòmù òde-òní. Ìtẹ́ náà ni Ìlú Fátíkànù nínú ìlú olókè méje ti Róòmù, àṣẹ náà ni Àjọ Àwọn Orílẹ̀-Èdè, agbára náà sì ni Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà. Papọ̀, wọ́n darí ayé sí ibì kan níbi tí ipò páápà “yóò dé òpin rẹ̀, kò sì sí ẹni tí yóò ràn án lọ́wọ́.”

We will continue this study in the next article.

A ó máa bá ìwádìí yìí lọ nínú àpilẹ̀kọ tó kàn.

> And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. Revelation 16:12–17.

> Angẹli kẹfà sì dà àwo rẹ̀ sí orí odò ńlá Yúfírétì; omi rẹ̀ sì gbẹ, kí a lè pèsè ọ̀nà fún àwọn ọba ìlà-oòrùn. Mo sì rí ẹ̀mí àìmọ́ mẹ́ta, bí àkèré, tí wọ́n jáde láti ẹnu dragoni náà, àti láti ẹnu ẹranko náà, àti láti ẹnu wòlíì èké náà. Nítorí àwọn ni ẹ̀mí àwọn èṣù, tí ń ṣe iṣẹ́ ìyanu, tí ń jáde lọ sọ́dọ̀ àwọn ọba ayé àti ti gbogbo ayé, láti kó wọn jọ sí ogun ọjọ́ ńlá náà ti Ọlọ́run Olódùmarè. Kíyèsi i, èmi ń bọ̀ wá bí olè. Alábùkún-fún ni ẹni tí ń ṣọ́nà, tí ó sì pa aṣọ rẹ̀ mọ́, kí ó má bàa rìn ní ìhòòhò, kí wọ́n sì rí ìtìjú rẹ̀. Ó sì kó wọn jọ sí ibi kan tí a ń pè ní èdè Hébérù ní Armageddoni. Angẹli keje sì dà àwo rẹ̀ sínú afẹ́fẹ́; ohùn ńlá kan sì ti inú tẹ́ńpìlì ọ̀run wá, láti ọ̀dọ̀ ìtẹ́, wí pé, Ó ṣẹ. Ìfihàn 16:12–17.

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