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# The Book of Daniel - Number Eighty-Three

Ìwé Dáníẹ́lì — Nọ́mbà Mẹ́tàlélọ́gọ́rin

The Four Generations of Laodicean Adventism: Unraveling the Escalating Abominations

Àwọn Ìran Mẹ́rin ti Àdífẹ́ntìsìmù Laodicea: Ṣíṣàlàyé Ìbàjẹ́ tí ń Lè Sí I lójúlọwọlọwọ

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 16, 2024

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Ezekiel chapter eight, sets forth four increasing abominations which represent the four generations of Laodicean Adventism. The rebellion of 1863, produced a counterfeit to the two tables of Habakkuk, just as Aaron had produced an counterfeit image of jealousy, with his golden calf at the very time God was delivering the two tables of the Ten Commandments to Moses. Once Laodicean Adventism had begun the work of removing the foundational truths, as represented in William Miller’s dream, the leadership of the first generation began to reject the authority of the Bible, and then the Spirit of Prophecy. The rebellion had grown to a point where Kellogg’s spiritualism (pantheism), arrived into their history just prior to 1888.

Esekieli orí kẹjọ, ṣàfihàn ìríra mẹ́rin tí ń pọ̀ sí i, tí ó ṣojú fún àwọn ìran mẹ́rin ti Adventismu Laodicea. Ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ti ọdún 1863, mú èké àfarawé kan jáde sí àwọn tábìlì méjì ti Hábákúkù, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Áárónì náà ṣe dá ère owú àfarawé kan sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọmọ màlúù wúrà rẹ̀ ní àkókò gan-an tí Ọlọ́run ń fi àwọn tábìlì méjì ti Òfin Mẹ́wàá lé Mósè lọ́wọ́. Nígbà tí Adventismu Laodicea ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣẹ́ yíyọ àwọn òtítọ́ ìpìlẹ̀ kúrò, gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti ṣojú rẹ̀ nínú àlá William Miller, àwọn aṣáájú ìran àkọ́kọ́ bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í kọ àṣẹ Bíbélì sílẹ̀, lẹ́yìn náà Ẹ̀mí Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀. Ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ náà ti dàgbà dé ipò kan níbi tí ẹ̀mí-ìmọ̀ Kellogg (pantheism), ti wọ inú ìtàn wọn díẹ̀ ṣáájú 1888.

At the rebellion of 1888, the spiritualism represented by Ezekiel’s chambers of imagery reached a point where the messengers of Minneapolis, and the prophetess and even the Holy Spirit were rejected.

Ní àkókò ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ 1888, ẹ̀mí àròjinlẹ̀ tí a ṣojú rẹ̀ nínú àwọn yàrá àwòrán Ẹsekíẹli dé ibi tí a ti kọ̀ àwọn òjíṣẹ́ Minneapolis sílẹ̀, pẹ̀lú wòlíì obìnrin náà, àti àní Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ pàápàá.

> “We have seen in our experience that when the Lord sends rays of light from the open door of the sanctuary to His people, Satan stirs up the minds of many. But the end is not yet. There will be those who will resist the light and crowd down those whom God has made His channels to communicate light. Spiritual things are not spiritually discerned. The watchmen have not kept pace with the opening providence of God, and the real heaven-sent message and messengers are scorned.

> “A ti rí i nínú ìrírí wa pé nígbà tí Olúwa bá rán àwọn ìtanrànmọ́lẹ̀ láti inú ilẹ̀kùn tí ó ṣí sílẹ̀ ti ibi mímọ́ sí àwọn ènìyàn Rẹ̀, Sátánì máa ń ru ọkàn ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ sókè. Ṣùgbọ́n òpin kò tíì dé. Yóò sì wà àwọn ẹni tí yóò tako ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà, tí yóò sì tẹ àwọn tí Ọlọ́run ti fi ṣe ọ̀nà Rẹ̀ láti sọ ìmọ́lẹ̀ di mímọ̀ kalẹ̀. A kì í fi ẹ̀mí mọ ohun ti ẹ̀mí bí kò ṣe nípa Ẹ̀mí. Àwọn olùṣọ́ kò bá ìṣísẹ̀ ìpèsè ìṣípayá Ọlọ́run lọ, a sì fi ẹ̀gàn hàn sí ìránṣẹ́ àti ìfẹ́sẹ̀mulẹ̀ gidi tí ọ̀run rán.”

> “There will go from this meeting men who claim to know the truth who are gathering about their souls the garments not woven in the loom of heaven. The spirit that they have received here will be carried with them. I tremble for the future of our cause. Those who do not in this place yield to the evidence God has given will war against their brethren whom God is using. They will make it very hard, when opportunities shall come where they can carry forward and onward the same kind of warfare they have hitherto engaged in. These men will have opportunities to be convinced that they have been warring against the Holy Spirit of God. Some will be convinced; others will hold firmly their own spirit. They will not die to self and let the Lord Jesus come into their hearts. They will be more and still more deceived until they cannot discern truth and righteousness. They will, under another spirit, seek to place upon the work a mold that God shall not approve; and they will endeavor to act out the attributes of Satan in assuming control of human minds and thus control the work and cause of God.

> “Àwọn ọkùnrin kan yóò kúrò nípàdé yìí tí wọ́n ń jẹ́wọ́ pé àwọn mọ òtítọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí wọ́n ń kó àwọn aṣọ tí a kò hun lórí aṣọ-ọ̀nà ọ̀run jọ yí ọkàn wọn ká. Ẹ̀mí tí wọ́n ti gbà níhìn-ín yóò bá wọn lọ. Èmi ń mì tìtì fún ọjọ́ iwájú iṣẹ́ wa. Àwọn tí kò bá tẹ̀rí bá fún ẹ̀rí tí Ọlọ́run ti fi hàn ní ibì yìí yóò jagun sí àwọn arákùnrin wọn tí Ọlọ́run ń lò. Wọ́n yóò mú un nira gidigidi nígbà tí àǹfààní bá dé sí ọwọ́ wọn láti máa tẹ̀síwájú lọ pẹ̀lú irú ogun kan náà tí wọ́n ti ń bá a lọ títí di ìsinsìnyí. Àwọn ọkùnrin wọ̀nyí yóò ní àǹfààní láti dá wọn lójú pé wọ́n ti ń jagun sí Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ Ọlọ́run. Díẹ̀ yóò ní ìdánilójú; àwọn mìíràn yóò sì dì í mú ẹ̀mí tiwọn ṣinṣin. Wọ́n kì yóò kú sí ara wọn kí wọ́n sì jẹ́ kí Olúwa Jésù wọ inú ọkàn wọn. A ó máa tàn wọ́n jẹ sí i, sí i, títí wọn kì yóò fi lè mọ òtítọ́ àti òdodo. Wọ́n yóò, lábẹ́ ẹ̀mí mìíràn, wá ọ̀nà láti fi àwòrán-ìdàlẹ́kọ̀ọ́ kan lé iṣẹ́ náà lórí tí Ọlọ́run kì yóò fọwọ́ sí; wọ́n yóò sì sapá láti hù ìwà àwọn ànímọ́ Satani nípa gbigba ìṣàkóso ọkàn ènìyàn sókè, kí wọ́n sì bá a ṣe ìṣàkóso iṣẹ́ àti ọ̀ràn Ọlọ́run bákan náà.

> “Had our brethren fasted and prayed and humbled their hearts before God at this meeting, and sat down calmly to investigate the Scriptures together, then God would have been glorified. But the spirit of prejudice that was brought to that meeting closed the door to the richest blessing of God, and those who had this spirit will not be in a favorable position to see light until they repent before God and have some sense of how near they have come to doing despite to the Holy Spirit and having another spirit.” The 1888 Materials, 832.

> “Ìbá ṣe pé àwọn arákùnrin wa ti gbààwẹ̀, tí wọ́n sì ti gbàdúrà, tí wọ́n sì ti rẹ ara ọkàn wọn sílẹ̀ níwájú Ọlọ́run ní àpéjọ yìí, tí wọ́n sì jókòó pẹ̀lú ìfarabalẹ̀ láti ṣàyẹ̀wò Ìwé Mímọ́ pọ̀, nígbà náà ni a ó ti yin Ọlọ́run lógo. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀mí ìfarapa-ọkàn tí a mú wá sí àpéjọ náà ti ti ilẹ̀kùn sí ìbùkún Ọlọ́run tí ó lọ́lá jùlọ, àti àwọn tí wọ́n ní ẹ̀mí yìí kì yóò wà ní ipò rere láti rí ìmọ́lẹ̀ títí wọn yóò fi ronúpìwàdà níwájú Ọlọ́run, tí wọ́n sì ní ìmọ̀ díẹ̀ nípa bí wọ́n ti sún mọ́ ṣíṣe àìbòwọ̀ fún Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ àti níní ẹ̀mí mìíràn.” The 1888 Materials, 832.

After 1888, Sister White “trembled for the future of” God’s church and work. She saw that the meeting would produce a continued spiritual warfare among the men that were leaders of Laodicean Adventism, and the controversy of “the daily,” is evidence that her predictions were fulfilled upon that very generation. A warfare was then carried on by men who did not “yield to the evidence God had given” to confirm the “heaven sent message and messengers,” and those men made war against “the Holy Spirit of God.” The second generation watched as the publishing house and sanitarium were burnt to the ground by the fires of God’s judgment.

Lẹ́yìn ọdún 1888, Sister White “wárìrì fún ọjọ́ ọ̀la” ìjọ àti iṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run. Ó rí i pé ìpàdé náà yóò mú ogun ẹ̀mí tí yóò máa bá a lọ láàárín àwọn ọkùnrin tí wọ́n jẹ́ olórí Adventism ti Laodicea wá, àti ìjàmbá nípa “ìgbà gbogbo,” jẹ́ ẹ̀rí pé àwọn àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ ṣẹ lórí ìran náà gan-an. Nígbà náà ni àwọn ọkùnrin tí kò “fẹ́ tẹríba fún ẹ̀rí tí Ọlọ́run ti fi fúnni” láti fi múlẹ̀ “ìránṣẹ́ àti ìhìn-rere tí a rán láti ọ̀run,” gbé ogun kalẹ̀, àwọn ọkùnrin wọ̀nyí sì jagun sí “Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ ti Ọlọ́run.” Ìran kejì wo bí ilé ìtẹ̀jáde àti ilé ìtọ́jú àìsàn ṣe jó tán dé ilẹ̀ nítorí iná ìdájọ́ Ọlọ́run.

> “Today I received a letter from Elder Daniells regarding the destruction of the Review office by fire. I feel very sad as I consider the great loss to the cause. I know that this must be a very trying time for the brethren in charge of the work and for the employees of the office. I am afflicted with all who are afflicted. But I was not surprised by the sad news, for in the visions of the night I have seen an angel standing with a sword as of fire stretched over Battle Creek. Once, in the daytime, while my pen was in my hand, I lost consciousness, and it seemed as if this sword of flame were turning first in one direction and then in another. Disaster seemed to follow disaster because God was dishonored by the devising of men to exalt and glorify themselves.

> “Lónìí mo gba lẹ́tà kan láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ẹ̀gbọ́n Daniells nípa ìparun ọ́fíìsì Review nípasẹ̀ iná. Ọkàn mi bàjẹ́ gidigidi bí mo ṣe ń ronú lórí ìsonù ńlá náà sí ìfẹ́sẹ̀mulẹ̀ iṣẹ́ náà. Mo mọ̀ pé èyí gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ́ àkókò ìdánwò líle gidigidi fún àwọn arákùnrin tí a fi iṣẹ́ náà sí lọ́wọ́ àti fún àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ ọ́fíìsì náà. Mo jìyà pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn tí wọ́n ń jìyà. Ṣùgbọ́n ìròyìn ìbànújẹ́ náà kò yà mí lẹ́nu, nítorí nínú àwọn ìran òru ni mo ti rí angẹli kan tí ó dúró pẹ̀lú idà bí iná tí a na síta lórí Battle Creek. Nígbà kan, ní ọ̀sán gangan, nígbà tí kálámù mi wà lọ́wọ́ mi, mo pàdánù ìmọ̀ ara mi, ó sì dà bí ẹni pé idà iná yìí ń yí padà kọ́kọ́ sí ọ̀nà kan, lẹ́yìn náà sí òmíràn. Ó dà bí ẹni pé àjálù ń tẹ̀ lé àjálù nítorí pé a ṣe àìbọ̀wọ̀ fún Ọlọ́run nípasẹ̀ ète àwọn ènìyàn láti gbé ara wọn ga àti láti yin ara wọn lógo.”

> “This morning I was drawn out in earnest prayer that the Lord would lead all who are connected with the Review and Herald office to make diligent search, that they may see wherein they have disregarded the many messages God has given.

> “Ní àárọ̀ yìí a fà mí jáde nínú àdúrà àtọkànwá pé kí Olúwa darí gbogbo àwọn tí wọ́n ní ìsopọ̀ pẹ̀lú ọ́fíìsì Review and Herald láti ṣe àwárí pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́, kí wọ́n lè rí ibi tí wọ́n ti kọbi ara sí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ púpọ̀ tí Ọlọ́run ti fi fún wọn.

> “Sometime ago the brethren at the Review office asked my counsel about the erection of another building. I then said that if those who were in favor of adding another building to the Review and Herald office had the future mapped out before them, if they could see what would be in Battle Creek, they would have no question about putting up another building there. God said: ‘My word has been despised; and I will turn and overturn.’

> “Láìpẹ́ yìí, àwọn arákùnrin tó wà ní ọ́fíìsì Review béèrè ìmọ̀ràn mi nípa kíkọ́ ilé mìíràn. Nígbà náà ni mo sọ pé bí àwọn tí wọ́n ń fi ọkàn sí fífi ilé mìíràn kún un sí ọ́fíìsì Review and Herald bá ní ọjọ́ iwájú tí a ti ṣètò kalẹ̀ ní iwájú wọn, bí wọ́n bá lè rí ohun tí yóò wà ní Battle Creek, wọn kì yóò ní ìbéèrè kankan nípa kíkọ́ ilé mìíràn síbẹ̀. Ọlọ́run wí pé: ‘Ọ̀rọ̀ mi ni a ti kẹ́gàn; èmi yóò sì yí i padà, mo sì yóò sì tú u dàrú.’”

> “At the General Conference, held in Battle Creek in 1901, the Lord gave His people evidence that He was calling for reformation. Minds were convicted, and hearts were touched; but thorough work was not done. If stubborn hearts had then broken in penitence before God, there would have been seen one of the greatest manifestations of the power of God that has ever been seen. But God was not honored. The testimonies of His Spirit were not heeded. Men did not separate from the practices that were in decided opposition to the principles of truth and righteousness, which should ever be maintained in the Lord’s work.

> “Ní Àpéjọ Àgbáyé tí a ṣe ní Battle Creek ní ọdún 1901, Olúwa fi ẹ̀rí fún àwọn ènìyàn Rẹ̀ pé Ó ń pe fún àtúnṣe. A dá àwọn ọkàn lójú ẹ̀bi, a sì fi ọwọ́ kan àwọn ọkàn-àyà; ṣùgbọ́n a kò ṣe iṣẹ́ pípéye. Bí àwọn ọkàn alágbára-kọ̀ yẹn bá ti fọ́ ní ìrònúpìwàdà níwájú Ọlọ́run nígbà náà, a ì bá ti rí ọ̀kan lára àwọn ìfihàn agbára Ọlọ́run tí ó tóbi jùlọ tí a ti rí rí. Ṣùgbọ́n a kò bọ̀wọ̀ fún Ọlọ́run. A kò fetí sí àwọn ẹ̀rí Ẹ̀mí Rẹ̀. Àwọn ènìyàn kò yà ara wọn kúrò nínú àwọn ìṣe tí ó dúró ní ìtakora gbangba sí àwọn ìlànà òtítọ́ àti òdodo, tí a yẹ kí a máa pa mọ́ ní gbogbo ìgbà nínú iṣẹ́ Olúwa.

> “The messages to the church of Ephesus and to the church in Sardis have been often repeated to me by the One who gives me instruction for His people. ‘Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and the labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and for My name’s sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.’ Revelation 2:1–5.

> “Àwọn ìránṣẹ́ sí ìjọ Éfésù àti sí ìjọ tí ó wà ní Sádísì ni Ẹni tí ń fún mi ní ìtọ́nisọ́nà fún àwọn ènìyàn Rẹ̀ ti máa ń tún sọ fún mi léraléra. ‘Kọ sí angẹli ìjọ Éfésù pé; Báyìí ni Ẹni tí ó di àwọn ìràwọ̀ méje mú ní ọwọ́ ọ̀tún Rẹ̀, tí ó sì ń rìn ní àárín àwọn ọ̀pá-àtùpà wúrà méje, wí; Mo mọ iṣẹ́ rẹ, àti làálàá iṣẹ́ rẹ, àti sùúrù rẹ, àti bí o kò ṣe lè fara da àwọn ẹni búburú: ìwọ sì ti dán àwọn tí ń sọ pé àwọn jẹ́ àpọ́sítélì wò, tí wọn kì í sì í ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, o sì ti rí wọn pé èké ni wọ́n: ìwọ sì ti farada, o ní sùúrù, àti nítorí orúkọ Mi ni ìwọ ti ṣiṣẹ́ takuntakun, o kò sì rẹ̀wẹ̀sì. Síbẹ̀, mo ní ohun kan sí ọ, nítorí tí ìwọ ti fi ìfẹ́ rẹ àkọ́kọ́ sílẹ̀. Nítorí náà, rántí ibi tí ìwọ ti ṣubú láti ibẹ̀, kí o sì ronúpìwàdà, kí o sì ṣe iṣẹ́ àkọ́kọ́ wọ̀nyí; bí kò bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀, èmi yóò tọ̀ ọ́ wá kíákíá, èmi yóò sì yí ọ̀pá-àtùpà rẹ kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, bí kò ṣe pé ìwọ bá ronúpìwàdà.’ Ìṣípayá 2:1–5.”

> “‘And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.’ Revelation 3:1–3.

> “‘Sí áńgẹ́lì ìjọ tó wà ní Sádísì kọ̀wé sí pé; Báyìí ni Ẹni tí ó ní Ẹ̀mí méje ti Ọlọ́run, àti ìràwọ̀ méje náà wí; Mo mọ iṣẹ́ rẹ, pé o ní orúkọ pé o wà láàyè, ṣùgbọ́n o ti kú. Máa ṣọ́ra, kí o sì fún àwọn ohun tí ó kù ní agbára, tí wọ́n ti fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ kú: nítorí èmi kò rí iṣẹ́ rẹ pé wọ́n pé níwájú Ọlọ́run. Nítorí náà, rántí bí o ti gbà á tí o sì gbọ́; di í mú ṣinṣin, kí o sì ronú pìwà dà. Nítorí náà, bí o kò bá ṣọ́ra, èmi yóò dé bá ọ bí olè, ìwọ kì yóò sì mọ wákàtí tí èmi yóò fi dé bá ọ.’ Ifihàn 3:1–3.

> “We are seeing the fulfillment of these warnings. Never have scriptures been more strictly fulfilled than these have been.

> “A ń rí ìmúṣẹ àwọn ìkìlọ̀ wọ̀nyí. Kò sí ìgbà kankan tí a ti mú àwọn ìwé mímọ́ ṣẹ ní ìdúróṣinṣin tó bẹ́ẹ̀ rí ju bí a ṣe rí i nínú àwọn wọ̀nyí lọ. ”

> “Men may erect the most carefully constructed, fireproof buildings, but one touch of God’s hand, one spark from heaven, will sweep away every refuge.

> “Àwọn ènìyàn lè kọ́ àwọn ilé tí a ti dá kalẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìṣọ́ra tó pọ̀ jù lọ, tí iná kò lè bàjẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n ìkan ìfọwọ́kan ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run kan, ìmọ́ná kan láti ọ̀run, yóò gbá gbogbo ibi ìsádi lọ.”

> “It has been asked if I have any advice to give. I have already given the advice that God has given me, hoping to prevent the falling of the fiery sword that was hanging over Battle Creek. Now that which I dreaded has come—the news of the burning of the Review and Herald building. When this news came, I felt no surprise, and I had no words to speak. What I have had to say from time to time in warnings has had no effect except to harden those who heard, and now I can only say: I am so sorry, so very sorry, that it was necessary for this stroke to come. Light enough has been given. If it were acted upon, further light would not be needed.” Testimonies, volume 8, 97–99.

> “A ti béèrè bóyá mo ní ìmọ̀ràn kankan láti fi fúnni. Mo ti fi ìmọ̀ràn tí Ọlọ́run fi fún mi hàn tẹ́lẹ̀, ní ìrètí láti dènà ìsọ̀kalẹ̀ idà iná tí ó ń rọ̀ lórí Battle Creek. Ní báyìí ohun tí mo ń bẹ̀rù ti dé—ìròyìn nípa jíjẹ ilé iṣẹ́ Review and Herald run. Nígbà tí ìròyìn yìí dé, èmi kò yà á lẹ́nu rárá, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mi ò ní ọ̀rọ̀ kankan láti sọ. Ohun tí mo ti ní láti sọ láti ìgbà dé ìgbà nínú àwọn ìkìlọ̀ kò ní ipa kankan, bí kò ṣe láti mú kí àwọn tí wọ́n gbọ́ ọ le sí i, àti ní báyìí èmi lè sọ èyí nìkan pé: Mo kábàámọ̀ gidigidi, mo kábàámọ̀ gidigidi gan-an, pé ó jẹ́ dandan kí ìlù yìí dé. A ti fi ìmọ́lẹ̀ tó kún un hàn. Bí a bá ti ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí i, a kì yóò nílò ìmọ́lẹ̀ mìíràn sí i.” Testimonies, volume 8, 97–99.

The second generation of Adventism was not a victory, and in fulfillment of Ezekiel chapter eight, the rebellion only continued to escalate.

Ìran kejì ti Àdífẹ́ntísì kì í ṣe ìṣẹ́gun, àti ní ìmúṣẹ Ìsíkíẹ́lì orí kẹjọ, ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ náà kàn ń bá a lọ ní gbígbóná sí i.

> “By written messages and by fire the Lord has declared that he wants his people to move out of Battle Creek. May God help us to hear his voice. Does it mean nothing to us that our two great institutions in Battle Creek were swept away by fire? You may say, ‘But the new Sanitarium has many patients.’ Yes; but if there were many thousand patients there, this would be no argument in favor of our people building homes in Battle Creek, and settling there.

> “Nípasẹ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ tí a kọ sílẹ̀ àti nípasẹ̀ iná ni Olúwa ti sọ ní kedere pé ó fẹ́ kí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ kúrò ní Battle Creek. Kí Ọlọ́run ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti gbọ́ ohùn rẹ̀. Ṣé kò ní ìtumọ̀ kankan sí wa pé iná gbá àwọn ilé-iṣẹ́ ńlá wa méjèèjì ní Battle Creek run? Ẹ lè wí pé, ‘Ṣùgbọ́n Sanitarium tuntun ní ọ̀pọ̀ aláìsàn.’ Béẹ ni; ṣùgbọ́n bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ọ̀pọ̀ ẹgbẹ̀rún aláìsàn wà níbẹ̀, èyí kì yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀rí kankan láti fi ṣètìlẹ́yìn fún kí àwọn ènìyàn wa kọ ilé ní Battle Creek, kí wọ́n sì gbé ibẹ̀ kalẹ̀.”

> “Temptations are increasing. Men are rejecting the light that God has sent in the Testimonies of his Spirit, and they are choosing their own devising and their own plans. Will men continue to separate themselves from God? Must he reveal his displeasure in a still more marked manner than he has already done?” Pamphlets, SpTB06, 45.

> “Àwọn ìdánwò ń pọ̀ sí i. Àwọn ènìyàn ń kọ́ ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí Ọlọ́run ti rán wá nínú Àwọn Ẹ̀rí ti Ẹ̀mí rẹ̀, wọ́n sì ń yan èrò tiwọn àti ètò tiwọn. Ṣé àwọn ènìyàn yóò máa bá a lọ ní yíyà ara wọn kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run? Ṣé ó gbọ́dọ̀ fi àìní inú-rere rẹ̀ hàn ní ọ̀nà tí ó túbọ̀ ṣe kedere ju bí ó ti ṣe tẹ́lẹ̀ lọ?” Pamphlets, SpTB06, 45.

Men were “choosing their own devising’s and their own plans,” as represented by the seventy elders in the chambers of imagery of Ezekiel chapter eight, who proclaimed, “The Lord seeth us not.” The Lord raised up a prophetess and gave her “open visions” for exactly forty years, until 1884. He placed his signature upon this gift, for He gave it and ended it in a city named Portland, and he gave it for forty years. Just prior to the cessation of “open visions” the ancient men began to undermine the authority of the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy in 1881, and 1882. The “open visions,” then ended in 1884, and in four years the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram was repeated at the 1888 General Conference.

Àwọn ènìyàn ń “yan ohun tí ara wọn dá, àti ète ara wọn,” gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti ṣàfihàn rẹ̀ nípa àwòrán àwọn àgbààgbà àádọ́rin nínú àwọn yàrá àwòrán ní Ìsíkíẹ́lì orí kẹjọ, tí wọ́n kéde pé, “Olúwa kò rí wa.” Olúwa gbé wòlíì obìnrin kan dìde, ó sì fi “ìran gbangba” fún un fún ogójì ọdún pátápátá, títí di ọdún 1884. Ó fi àmì-ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé ẹ̀bùn yìí lórí, nítorí Òun ni ó fi í fún un, ó sì parí rẹ̀ ní ìlú kan tí a ń pè ní Portland, ó sì fi í fún un fún ogójì ọdún. Kí “ìran gbangba” tó dáwọ́ dúró pátápátá, àwọn ọkùnrin àtijọ́ bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ba àṣẹ Bíbélì àti Ẹ̀mí Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ jẹ́ ní ọdún 1881 àti 1882. “Ìran gbangba” náà sì parí ní ọdún 1884, àti ní ọdún mẹ́rin lẹ́yìn náà, ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ Kórà, Dátánì àti Ábírámù tún ṣẹlẹ̀ ní Àpéjọ Gbogbogbò 1888.

The rebellion of 1888, produced an escalation of rebellion that saw God’s direct intervention into the history of Laodicean Adventism as He burnt down the publishing work and the health work. Yet those direct judgments did not deter the rebellion that was under way. In 1919, a Bible Conference took place, where one of the primary rebels of the second generation, William Warren Prescott, the theologian trained in the universities of apostate Protestantism, was the primary leader of pushing the satanic view that claimed “the daily,” represented Christ’s sanctuary work gave a series of presentations.

Ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ti ọdún 1888 mú ìgbéraga ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí i, èyí tí ó fi hàn pé Ọlọ́run tìkára Rẹ̀ dá sí ìtàn Adventismu ti Laodikea nípa pípa iṣẹ́ ìtẹ̀wé àti iṣẹ́ ìlera run. Síbẹ̀, àwọn ìdájọ́ tààrà wọ̀nyí kò dá ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ tí ń lọ lọwọ́ dúró. Ní ọdún 1919, Ìpàdé Bíbélì kan wáyé, níbi tí ọ̀kan lára àwọn olórí ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ pàtàkì jùlọ ti ìran kejì, William Warren Prescott, onímọ̀ ẹ̀kọ́ ẹ̀sìn tí wọ́n kọ́ ní àwọn yunifásítì ti Pùròtẹ́sítáǹtì apẹ̀yìndà, di aṣáájú àkọ́kọ́ nínú fífọkàn tán ìwòye ti Satani tí ó sọ pé “ojoojúmọ́,” ń ṣojú iṣẹ́ Kristi nínú ibi mímọ́ Rẹ̀, ó sì ṣe àtẹ̀jáde ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìfihàn.

History identified that at that Bible conference in 1919, Prescott presented a gospel that consisted of removing every tenet of the prophetic message of the Millerites. He even attempted to remove the twenty-three hundred days, but could not pull that off. Yet he presented a gospel that was fully void of the prophetic understandings of the Millerites. His gospel was rejected at the meeting, but still those blind leaders decided to take his series of presentations and construct them into a book titled, The Doctrine of Christ. That book became the symbol of the arrival of the third generation of Laodicean Adventism.

Ìtàn ti fi hàn pé ní àpéjọ Bíbélì náà ní ọdún 1919, Prescott gbé ìhìnrere kan kalẹ̀ tí ó ní nínú rẹ̀ yíyọ gbogbo ìlànà ìgbàgbọ́ ti ìránṣẹ́ asọtẹ́lẹ̀ àwọn Millerite kúrò. Ó tilẹ̀ gbìyànjú láti yọ ọjọ́ ẹgbẹ̀rún méjì àti ọ̀ọ́dúnrún náà kúrò, ṣùgbọ́n kò lè ṣàṣeparí rẹ̀. Síbẹ̀, ó gbé ìhìnrere kan kalẹ̀ tí ó jẹ́ aláìní pátápátá fún àwọn òye asọtẹ́lẹ̀ ti àwọn Millerite. Wọ́n kọ ìhìnrere rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ní ìpàdé náà, ṣùgbọ́n síbẹ̀ àwọn aṣáájú afọ́jú wọ̀nyẹn pinnu láti mú ẹ̀wọ̀n ìfihàn rẹ̀ wọ̀nyẹn kí wọ́n sì ṣe wọn di ìwé kan tí wọ́n pe ní, The Doctrine of Christ. Ìwé náà di àmì dídé ìran kẹta ti Adventismu Laodíkeà.

The book represents another gospel than the Millerite gospel of Habakkuk chapter two, and Paul informs us another gospel is not a gospel at all.

Ìwé náà ṣàfihàn ìhìnrere mìíràn yàtọ̀ sí ìhìnrere àwọn Millerite ti Hábákùkù orí kejì, Pọ́ọ̀lù sì jẹ́ kí a mọ̀ pé ìhìnrere mìíràn kì í ṣe ìhìnrere rárá.

> I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:6–9.

> Ó yà mí lẹ́nu pé, ní kíákíá bẹ́ẹ̀, ẹ ń yí kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Ẹni tí ó pè yín sínú oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Kristi sí ìhìnrere mìíràn: èyí tí kì í ṣe mìíràn rárá; ṣùgbọ́n àwọn kan wà tí ń dá yín lóró, tí wọ́n sì fẹ́ yi ìhìnrere Kristi padà. Ṣùgbọ́n bí àwa, tàbí áńgẹ́lì kan láti ọ̀run, bá wàásù ìhìnrere mìíràn fún yín yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí àwa ti wàásù fún yín, kí a fi ẹni náà sínú ègún. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti sọ tẹ́lẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mo tún sọ nísinsin yìí pé, bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá wàásù ìhìnrere mìíràn fún yín yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí ẹ ti gbà, kí a fi ẹni náà sínú ègún. Galatia 1:6–9.

The third generation of Adventism is represented by Ezekiel’s third abomination where the women are weeping for Tammuz. Tammuz was a Mesopotamian deity associated with fertility and the cycles of vegetation. Tammuz was sometimes depicted as a shepherd or a young man, linked to the changing seasons and the growth of crops. Tammuz’s death and subsequent resurrection, was tied to the agricultural calendar. According to the mythology, Tammuz would die or disappear during the summer months, which was seen as a representation of the withering of vegetation in the hot, dry season. The weeping for Tammuz was a mourning ritual that involved lamenting the death or disappearance of Tammuz during the summer months, followed by rejoicing at his resurrection, which symbolized the renewal of vegetation and agricultural life.

Ìran kẹta ti Adventism ni a ṣojú rẹ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìríra kẹta ti Hesekieli, níbi tí àwọn obìnrin ti ń sọkún fún Tammuz. Tammuz jẹ́ ọlọ́run kan ti Mesopotamia tí a fi mọ́ ìbísí àti àwọn yíyípo ìgbé-ayé ewéko. Nígbà míì, a máa ń ṣe àwòrán Tammuz gẹ́gẹ́ bí olùṣọ́-àgùntàn tàbí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀dọ́kùnrin kan, ní fífi í ṣọ̀kan pẹ̀lú àwọn àkókò ọdún tí ń yí padà àti ìdagbasoke àwọn irúgbìn. Ikú Tammuz àti àjíǹde rẹ̀ lẹ́yìn náà ní ìbátan pẹ̀lú kálẹ́ńdà iṣẹ́-ogbin. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìtàn àròsọ náà ti sọ, Tammuz yóò kú tàbí parẹ́ ní àwọn oṣù ìgbà òoru, èyí tí a kà sí àfihàn gbígbẹ́ tí ewéko máa ń gbẹ ní àsìkò gbígbóná, gbígbẹ́ náà. Sísọkún fún Tammuz jẹ́ àṣà ìṣòfò tí ó ní í ṣe pẹ̀lú ṣíṣe ẹkún ikú tàbí ìparun Tammuz ní àwọn oṣù ìgbà òoru, tí ayọ̀ sì máa tẹ̀ lé e nípa àjíǹde rẹ̀, èyí tí ó ṣàpẹẹrẹ ìmúntúnbí ewéko àti ìyè iṣẹ́-ogbin.

Weeping for Tammuz represents a counterfeit latter rain message, which is what the gospel of W. W. Prescott represented. The removal of the prophetic foundation, which began in the rebellion of 1863, reached a point in 1919, that Laodicean Adventism allowed the false gospel to be established. That false gospel was based fully upon the methodology of apostate Protestantism. Its original architect was W. W. Prescott, and as with William Miller, both men’s gospel was based upon their foundational understanding of “the daily,” in the book of Daniel. Both gospels are represented in the passage of 2 Thessalonians where Miller first discovered that “the daily,” represented paganism. In the passage there is a class represented by Miller, who accept the truth presented by Paul, and another class who do not possess a love of the truth.

Ẹkún fún Tammusi ṣàfihàn ìhìnrere òjò àìpẹ́ èké kan, èyí tí ó jẹ́ ohun tí ìhìnrere W. W. Prescott ṣojú fún. Ìyọkúrò ìpìlẹ̀ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ náà, tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ nínú ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ọdún 1863, dé ibi kan ní 1919, tí Adventismu Laodicea jẹ́ kí a fìdí ìhìnrere èké náà múlẹ̀. Ìhìnrere èké náà dá lélẹ̀ pátápátá lórí ọ̀nà ìṣe ti Protestantismu apẹ̀yìndà. Aṣelọpọ àkọ́kọ́ rẹ̀ ni W. W. Prescott, àti gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti rí pẹ̀lú William Miller, ìhìnrere àwọn ọkùnrin méjèèjì dá lórí òye ìpìlẹ̀ wọn nípa “ti ojoojúmọ́,” nínú ìwé Dáníẹ́lì. Àwọn ìhìnrere méjèèjì ni a ṣàfihàn nínú ẹsẹ̀ 2 Tẹsalóníkà níbi tí Miller ti kọ́kọ́ ṣàwárí pé “ti ojoojúmọ́,” ṣojú fún ẹ̀sìn keferi. Nínú ẹsẹ̀ náà, ẹ̀ka kan wà tí Miller ṣojú fún, tí wọ́n gba òtítọ́ tí Pọ́ọ̀lù gbé kalẹ̀, àti ẹ̀ka mìíràn tí kò ní ìfẹ́ sí òtítọ́.

One class in the last days, represented by Miller, “recognize” and receive the latter rain, and another class, represented by Prescott, receive strong delusion. The strong delusion they receive is based upon a false gospel, that is no gospel at all, and it identifies a false message of the latter rain. Thus, the third abomination of Ezekiel is the women (churches of Laodicean Adventism), weeping for Tammuz. Their summertime tears (rain), are to produce the fruit of the harvest.

Ẹgbẹ́ kan ní àwọn ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn, tí Miller dúró fún, “mọ̀” tí wọ́n sì gba òjò ìkẹyìn, àti ẹgbẹ́ mìíràn, tí Prescott dúró fún, gba ìtanrànṣẹ́ alágbára. Ìtanrànṣẹ́ alágbára tí wọ́n gbà náà dá lórí ìhìnrere èké, tí kì í ṣe ìhìnrere rárá, ó sì ń fi ìránṣẹ́ èké kan ti òjò ìkẹyìn hàn. Nípa bẹ́ẹ̀, ohun ìríra kẹta nínú Ìsíkíẹ́lì ni àwọn obìnrin náà (àwọn ìjọ ti Adventismu Laodikea), tí wọ́n ń sọkún fún Tammuzi. Omijé ìgbà ẹ̀rùn wọn (òjò) ni a pinnu láti mú èso ìkórè jáde.

The distinction between two types of latter rain message pervades the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy. The Bible repeatedly identifies that the rain is withheld from a disobedient people.

Ìyàtọ̀ tó wà láàárín irú ìfẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ òjò àkẹ́yìn méjì kún inú Bíbélì àti Ẹ̀mí Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ká. Bíbélì ń fi í hàn léraléra pé a ti dá òjò dúró kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn aláìgbọ́ràn.

> They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Jeremiah 3:1–3.

> Wọ́n ń wí pé, Bí ọkùnrin kan bá kọ aya rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, tí obìnrin náà sì kúrò lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, tí ó sì di ti ọkùnrin mìíràn, ṣé yóò tún padà tọ̀ ọ́ wá bí? Ṣé ilẹ̀ náà kì yóò di aláìmọ́ gidigidi bí? Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ ti ṣe àgbèrè pẹ̀lú ọ̀pọ̀ olólùfẹ́; síbẹ̀ padà tọ̀ mí wá, ni Olúwa wí. Gbé ojú rẹ sókè sí àwọn ibi gíga, kí o sì wo ibi tí wọn kò tíì bá ọ sùn. Ní etí ọ̀nà ni ìwọ ti jókòó de wọn, bí ọmọ Arabu ní aginjù; ìwọ sì ti fi àgbèrè rẹ àti ìwà búburú rẹ ba ilẹ̀ náà jẹ́. Nítorí náà ni a ṣe dá ìrì ojo dúró, kò sì sí òjò ìgbẹ̀yìn; ìwọ sì ní iwájú àgbèrè, ìwọ kọ̀ láti tijú. Jeremiah 3:1–3.

Laodicean Adventism began playing the harlot in 1863, and ever since then the showers have been withheld. They refuse to be ashamed of their rebellion, and that lack of humility produces a whore’s forehead, and the whore of Bible prophecy is the papacy. The third generation is where the final work of preparing to bow down to the whore of Rome’s mark is accomplished. The preparation for the fourth generation is accomplished in the third generation, by a counterfeit message of the latter rain. As with the rebellion of 1863, and the rebellion of 1888, the rebellion of 1919, are aligned with September 11, 2001, for when the buildings of New York City then came down the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen descended and the genuine latter rain began.

Àdífẹ́ntísìmù ti Laodikea bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣeré panṣágà ní ọdún 1863, àti láti ìgbà náà ni a ti dá ìrì òjò dúró. Wọ́n kọ̀ láti tijú nítorí ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ wọn, àti àìní ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ náà ń mú iwájú àgbèrè jáde, àti àgbèrè ìsọtẹ́lẹ̀ Bíbélì ni ipasẹ̀. Ìran kẹta ni ibi tí a ti ń parí iṣẹ́ ìmúrasílẹ̀ láti tẹrí ba àmì àgbèrè ti Róòmù. Ìmúrasílẹ̀ fún ìran kẹrin ni a ń ṣe ní ìran kẹta, nípasẹ̀ ìránṣẹ́ èké ti òjò ìkẹyìn. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti rí pẹ̀lú ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ọdún 1863, àti ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ọdún 1888, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ ọdún 1919 ṣe bá ọjọ́ September 11, 2001 mu, nítorí nígbà tí àwọn ilé gíga ìlú New York wó lulẹ̀ nígbà náà, áńgẹ́lì alágbára ti Ìfihàn orí kejìdínlógún sọ̀kalẹ̀, òjò ìkẹyìn tòótọ́ sì bẹ̀rẹ̀.

> “The latter rain is to fall upon the people of God. A mighty angel is to come down from heaven, and the whole earth is to be lighted with his glory.” Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.

> “Òjò ìkẹ́yìn yóò bọ̀ sórí àwọn ènìyàn Ọlọ́run. Áńgẹ́lì alágbára kan yóò sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti ọ̀run wá, a ó sì fi ògo rẹ̀ tan gbogbo ayé mọ́lẹ̀.” Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.

When the latter rain began the ancient men of Laodicean Adventism would not recognize it as the latter rain, for they had been indoctrinated by a false latter rain message, represented by Ezekiel as the women weeping for Tammuz, and in application as a message of peace and safety.

Nígbà tí òjò ìkẹyìn bẹ̀rẹ̀, àwọn àgbà ọkùnrin àtijọ́ ti Adventismu ti Laodicea kì yóò mọ̀ ọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí òjò ìkẹyìn, nítorí a ti kọ́ wọn ní ẹ̀kọ́ ìfọ̀ròyìn òjò ìkẹyìn èké kan, tí Hesekieli fi ṣojú rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn obìnrin tí ń sunkún fún Tamuzi, àti ní ìlò rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìhìnrere àlàáfíà àti ààbò.

> “Only those who are living up to the light they have will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.

> “Àwọn tí wọ́n bá ń rìn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí wọ́n ti ní nìkan ni yóò gba ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí ó pọ̀ sí i. Bí a kò bá ń tẹ̀síwájú lójoojúmọ́ nínú fífi àwọn ìwà rere Kristẹni tí ń ṣiṣẹ́ hàn, a kì yóò mọ àwọn ìfihàn Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ nínú òjò ìkẹyìn. Ó lè máa rọ̀ sórí ọkàn àwọn tí wọ́n yí wa ká, ṣùgbọ́n a kì yóò fi ojú mọ̀ ọ́n tàbí gba á.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.

It was impossible for the guardians of the people to recognize the arrival of the latter rain, for their false gospel of a false latter rain, denied the possibility of any manifestation of the power of God as had been in former ages.

Kò ṣeé ṣe fún àwọn alábòójútó àwọn ènìyàn láti mọ ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ òjò ìkẹyìn, nítorí ìhìnrere èké wọn nípa òjò ìkẹyìn èké kan sẹ́ ìṣeéṣe ìfarahàn agbára Ọlọ́run kankan bí ó ti rí ní àwọn ìgbà àtijọ́.

> “There is to be in the churches a wonderful manifestation of the power of God, but it will not move upon those who have not humbled themselves before the Lord, and opened the door of the heart by confession and repentance. In the manifestation of that power which lightens the earth with the glory of God, they will see only something which in their blindness they think dangerous, something which will arouse their fears, and they will brace themselves to resist it. Because the Lord does not work according to their ideas and expectations, they will oppose the work. ‘Why,’ they say, ‘should not we know the Spirit of God, when we have been in the work so many years?’—Because they did not respond to the warnings, the entreaties of the messages of God, but persistently said, ‘I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing.’ Talent, long experience, will not make men channels of light, unless they place themselves under the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and are called, and chosen, and prepared by the endowment of the Holy Spirit. When men who handle sacred things will humble themselves under the mighty hand of God, the Lord will lift them up. He will make them men of discernment—men rich in the grace of his Spirit. Their strong, selfish traits of character, their stubbornness, will be seen in the light shining from the Light of the world. ‘I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.’ If you seek the Lord with all your heart, he will be found of you.” Review and Herald, December 23, 1890.

> “Nínú àwọn ìjọ yóò wà ìfihàn àgbàyanu kan ti agbára Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n kò ní ṣiṣẹ́ lórí àwọn tí kò tíì rẹ ara wọn sílẹ̀ níwájú Olúwa, tí wọn kò sì tíì ṣí ilẹ̀kùn ọkàn wọn sílẹ̀ nípa ìjẹ́wọ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àti ìrònúpìwàdà. Nínú ìfihàn agbára náà tí ń tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ sórí ayé pẹ̀lú ògo Ọlọ́run, wọn yóò rí nínú rẹ̀ ohun kan ṣoṣo tí, nínú ìfọ́jú wọn, wọn rò pé ó léwu, ohun kan tí yóò mú kí ìbẹ̀rù wọn dìde, wọn yóò sì fi ara wọn múlẹ̀ láti tako rẹ̀. Nítorí pé Olúwa kò ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí èrò àti ìrètí wọn, wọn yóò tako iṣẹ́ náà. ‘Èé ṣe ni,’ ni wọn yóò wí, ‘kò yẹ kí àwa mọ Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run, nígbà tí a ti wà nínú iṣẹ́ náà fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún bẹ́ẹ̀?’—Nítorí pé wọn kò dáhùn sí àwọn ìkìlọ̀, sí àwọn ẹ̀bẹ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n wọn ń bá a lọ ní lílo pé, ‘Èmi jẹ́ ọlọ́rọ̀, mo sì ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ohun ìní, èmi kò sì nílò ohunkóhun.’ Ẹ̀bùn, ìrírí pípẹ́, kì yóò sọ ènìyàn di ọ̀nà tí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ti ń là kọjá, bí kò ṣe pé wọn fi ara wọn sí abẹ́ àwọn ìtànṣán mímọ́lẹ̀ ti Oòrùn Òdodo, kí a sì pè wọ́n, kí a yàn wọ́n, kí a sì pèsè wọ́n nípa fífi Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ bù wọ́n. Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn tí ń bójú tó ohun mímọ́ yóò rẹ ara wọn sílẹ̀ lábẹ́ ọwọ́ agbára Ọlọ́run, Olúwa yóò gbé wọn ga. Yóò sọ wọ́n di àwọn ènìyàn ìmòye—àwọn ènìyàn ọlọ́rọ̀ nínú oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ẹ̀mí rẹ̀. Àwọn ànímọ́ ìwà agbára wọn, ti ìmọtara-ẹni-nìkan, ìlíle wọn, ni a ó rí nínú ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí ń tàn láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ìmọ́lẹ̀ ayé. ‘Èmi yóò tọ̀ ọ́ wá ní kíákíá, èmi yóò sì yọ atupa rẹ kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, bí kò ṣe pé ìwọ bá ronúpìwàdà.’ Bí ẹ bá fi gbogbo ọkàn yín wá Olúwa, a ó rí i fún yín.” Review and Herald, December 23, 1890.

The elders of Ezekiel chapter eight, accepted a gospel of peace and safety in 1919, and when September 11, 2001 arrived the fruit of that escalating rebellion was manifested in their inability to recognize the arrival of the latter rain. In the history beginning at the time of the end in 1989, God repeated the Millerite movement to the very letter. Miller was a symbol of Elijah, and Elijah had straitly told Ahab that there would be no rain, except at the word of Elijah.

Àwọn àgbà ní Ezekieli orí kẹjọ gba ìhìnrere àlàáfíà àti ààbò ní ọdún 1919, àti nígbà tí September 11, 2001 dé, èso ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ tí ń pọ̀ sí i náà farahàn nínú àìlera wọn láti mọ̀ dídé òjò ìkẹyìn. Nínú ìtàn tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ ní àkókò òpin ní 1989, Ọlọ́run tún ìṣipopada Millerite ṣe dé ẹ̀kúnrẹ́rẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti rí. Miller jẹ́ àmì Elijah, Elijah sì ti fi ìdúróṣinṣin sọ fún Ahab pé òjò kì yóò sí, bí kò ṣe nípa ọ̀rọ̀ Elijah.

We will continue our consideration of the third generation of Adventism in the next article.

A ó tẹ̀síwájú nínú ìwádìí wa nípa ìran kẹta ti Adventism nínú àpilẹ̀kọ tí ó tẹ̀lé.

> “The class who do not feel grieved over their own spiritual declension, nor mourn over the sins of others, will be left without the seal of God. The Lord commissions His messengers, the men with slaughtering weapons in their hands: ‘Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.’

> “Ẹgbẹ́ àwọn ènìyàn tí kì í ní ìbànújẹ́ nítorí ìsọdá-ẹ̀mí tiwọn, tí wọn kì í sì ṣọ̀fọ̀ nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn ẹlòmíràn, ni a ó fi sílẹ̀ láìní èdìdì Ọlọ́run. Olúwa pàṣẹ fún àwọn ìránṣẹ́ Rẹ̀, àwọn ọkùnrin tí ohun ìjà ìparun wà lọ́wọ́ wọn pé: ‘Ẹ tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn nípasẹ̀ ìlú náà, kí ẹ sì pa: ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ojú yín dá sí i, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ẹ má ṣe ṣàánú: ẹ pa àgbàlagbà àti ọ̀dọ́ run pátápátá, àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin, àti àwọn ọmọdé kéékèèké, àti àwọn obìnrin: ṣùgbọ́n ẹ má ṣe súnmọ́ ẹnikẹ́ni tí àmì náà bá wà lára rẹ̀; kí ẹ sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ ní ibi mímọ́ Mi. Nígbà náà ni wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣe e sí àwọn àgbà ọkùnrin tí wọ́n wà níwájú ilé náà.’”

> “Here we see that the church—the Lord’s sanctuary—was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The ancient men, those to whom God had given great light and who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their trust. They had taken the position that we need not look for miracles and the marked manifestation of God’s power as in former days. Times have changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say: The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit His people in judgment. Thus ‘Peace and safety’ is the cry from men who will never again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show God’s people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all perish together.

> “Níhìn-ín ni a ti rí i pé ìjọ—ibi mímọ́ Olúwa—ni ó kọ́kọ́ ní láti ní ìfarapa ìbínú Ọlọ́run. Àwọn àgbàlagbà ọkùnrin, àwọn ẹni tí Ọlọ́run ti fi ìmọ́lẹ̀ ńlá fún, tí wọ́n sì ti dúró gẹ́gẹ́ bí olùṣọ́ àwọn ète ẹ̀mí àwọn ènìyàn, wọ́n ti da ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé náà jẹ. Wọ́n ti gba ipò pé a kò nílò láti retí àwọn iṣẹ́ ìyanu àti ìfihàn gbangba agbára Ọlọ́run gẹ́gẹ́ bí ti àwọn ọjọ́ ìṣáájú. Àkókò ti yí padà. Ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí ń mú àìgbàgbọ́ wọn lágbára, wọ́n sì ń wí pé: Olúwa kì yóò ṣe rere, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Kò ní ṣe búburú. Ó kún fún àánú jù láti bẹ àwọn ènìyàn Rẹ̀ wò nínú ìdájọ́. Báyìí ni ‘Àlàáfíà àti ààbò’ ṣe di igbe láti ẹnu àwọn ọkùnrin tí kì yóò tún gbé ohùn wọn sókè bí ìpè láti fi àwọn ìrékọjá wọn hàn àwọn ènìyàn Ọlọ́run àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn hàn ilé Jékọ́bù. Àwọn ajá adití wọ̀nyí tí kò fẹ́ gbó ni àwọn tí yóò ní láti nírìírí ètùtù òdodo Ọlọ́run tí a ti mú bínú. Àwọn ọkùnrin, àwọn wúńdíá, àti àwọn ọmọ kékeré, gbogbo wọn ni yóò ṣègbé pọ̀.”

> “The abominations for which the faithful ones were sighing and crying were all that could be discerned by finite eyes, but by far the worst sins, those which provoked the jealousy of the pure and holy God, were unrevealed. The great Searcher of hearts knoweth every sin committed in secret by the workers of iniquity. These persons come to feel secure in their deceptions and, because of His long-suffering, say that the Lord seeth not, and then act as though He had forsaken the earth. But He will detect their hypocrisy and will open before others those sins which they were so careful to hide.

> “Àwọn ìríra tí àwọn olóòótọ́ ń fi ìmí-ẹ̀dùn àti ẹkún hàn nítorí wọn ni gbogbo ohun tí ojú ènìyàn aláìpé lè mọ̀; ṣùgbọ́n ní tòótọ́, àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ó burú jùlọ, àwọn tí ó ru owú mímọ́ Ọlọ́run pípé àti mímọ́ sókè, ni a kò tíì fi hàn. Ẹni ńlá tí ń ṣàwárí ọkàn mọ gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí a ń ṣe ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ láti ọwọ́ àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ àìlófin. Àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí máa ń bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ní ìmọ̀lára ààbò nínú àwọn ìtanjẹ wọn, àti nítorí ìfaradà pípẹ́ Rẹ̀, wọ́n a máa sọ pé, Olúwa kì í rí i, lẹ́yìn náà wọ́n sì ń hùwà bí ẹni pé Ó ti kọ ayé sílẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n Yóò ṣàfihàn àgàbàgebè wọn, Yóò sì tú àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọ̀nyẹn síta níwájú àwọn ẹlòmíràn, àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí wọ́n ti ṣọ́ra gidigidi láti fi pamọ́.”

> “No superiority of rank, dignity, or worldly wisdom, no position in sacred office, will preserve men from sacrificing principle when left to their own deceitful hearts. Those who have been regarded as worthy and righteous prove to be ring-leaders in apostasy and examples in indifference and in the abuse of God’s mercies. Their wicked course He will tolerate no longer, and in His wrath He deals with them without mercy.

> “Kò sí gíga ipò, iyi, tàbí ọgbọ́n ayé kankan, kò sí ipò kankan nínú ọ́fíìsì mímọ́, tí yóò dá ènìyàn là kúrò nínú fífi ìlànà rúbọ nígbà tí a bá fi wọ́n sílẹ̀ fún ọkàn wọn tí ń tan wọn jẹ. Àwọn tí a ti ka sí ẹni tí ó yẹ àti olódodo fi hàn pé àwọn ni aṣáájú nínú ìpẹ̀yìndàgbà, àti àpẹẹrẹ nínú àìbìkítà àti nínú lílo àánú Ọlọ́run lò ní ọ̀nà tí kò tọ́. Ọ̀nà búburú wọn, Òun kì yóò farada mọ́; àti nínú ìbínú Rẹ̀ Ó bá wọn lò láìsí àánú.

> “It is with reluctance that the Lord withdraws His presence from those who have been blessed with great light and who have felt the power of the word in ministering to others. They were once His faithful servants, favored with His presence and guidance; but they departed from Him and led others into error, and therefore are brought under the divine displeasure.” Testimonies, volume 5, 211, 212.

> “Pẹ̀lú àìfẹ́ ni Olúwa fi ń yọ ìwàláàyè Rẹ̀ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn tí a ti bùkún fún pẹ̀lú ìmọ́lẹ̀ ńlá, tí wọ́n sì ti ní ìrírí agbára ọ̀rọ̀ náà nígbà tí wọ́n ń ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ fún àwọn ẹlòmíràn. Nígbà kan rí, wọ́n jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ olóòótọ́ Rẹ̀, tí a fi ojú rere hàn sí pẹ̀lú ìwàláàyè àti ìtọ́sọ́nà Rẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n yà kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Rẹ̀, wọ́n sì mú àwọn ẹlòmíràn ṣìnà, nítorí náà ni a fi mú wọn wá sí abẹ́ àìtẹ́lọ́rùn Ọlọ́run.” Testimonies, ìdìpọ̀ 5, 211, 212.

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