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# The Book of Daniel - Number Six

Incwadi kaDaniyeli - Inombolo Yesithupha

Jehoiakim

Jehoyakimi

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Jeff Pippenger

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December 1, 2023

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The books of Daniel and Revelation are the same book, in the same sense that the Bible is one book, consisting of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Izincwadi zikaDaniyeli neSambulo ziyincwadi eyodwa, ngomqondo ofanayo nalowo iBhayibheli eliyincwadi eyodwa ngawo, elakhiwa yiTestamente Elidala neTestamente Elisha.

> “The history of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, as that of the Son of God, cannot be fully demonstrated without the evidence contained in the Old Testament. Christ is revealed in the Old Testament as clearly as in the New. The one testifies of a Saviour to come, while the other testifies of a Saviour that has come in the manner predicted by the prophets. In order to appreciate the plan of redemption, the Scripture of the Old Testament must be thoroughly understood. It is the glorified light from the prophetic past that brings out the life of Christ and the teachings of the New Testament with clearness and beauty. The miracles of Jesus are a proof of his divinity; but the strongest proofs that he is the world’s Redeemer are found in the prophecies of the Old Testament compared with the history of the New. Jesus said to the Jews ‘Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me.’ At that time there was no other scripture in existence save that of the Old Testament; so the injunction of the Saviour is plain.” Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, 211.

> “Umlando wokuphila, wokufa, nowokuvuka kukaJesu, njengoba ungowendodana kaNkulunkulu, awunakufakazelwa ngokuphelele ngaphandle kobufakazi obuqukethwe eTestamenteni Elidala. UKristu wembulwa eTestamenteni Elidala ngokucacileyo njengaseLisha. Elinye lifakaza ngoMsindisi ozayo, kanti elinye lifakaza ngoMsindisi osefikile ngendlela eyabikezelwa ngabaprofethi. Ukuze uhlelo lokuhlengwa lwaziswe ngokufanele, imiBhalo yeTestamente Elidala kufanele iqondwe ngokuphelele. Kungukukhanya okukhazimulisiwe okuvela esikhathini esedlule esingokwesiprofetho okwenza ukuphila kukaKristu nezimfundiso zeTestamente Elisha kubonakale ngokucacileyo nangobuhle. Izimangaliso zikaJesu zingubufakazi bobuNkulunkulu bakhe; kodwa ubufakazi obunamandla kunabo bonke bokuthi unguMhlengi wezwe butholakala eziprofethweni zeTestamente Elidala uma ziqhathaniswa nomlando weTestamente Elisha. UJesu wathi kumaJuda, ‘Hlolani imiBhalo; ngokuba nina nicabanga ukuthi kuyo ninokuphila okuphakade, futhi yona yileyo efakaza ngami.’ Ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho omunye umbhalo owawukhona ngaphandle kwalowo weTestamente Elidala; ngakho-ke umyalo woMsindisi ucacile.” Spirit of Prophecy, volume 3, 211.

The strongest evidence of who and what Christ is, is when the prophecies of the Old Testament are compared with the fulfillment of those prophecies in the history of the New Testament. So too, with the relationship of the books of Daniel and Revelation.

Ubufakazi obuqine kunabo bonke bokuthi uKristu ungubani nokuthi uyini, bubonakala lapho iziprofetho zeTestamente Elidala ziqhathaniswa nokugcwaliseka kwalezo ziprofetho emlandweni weTestamente Elisha. Kunjalo futhi nangobudlelwane obuphakathi kwezincwadi zikaDaniyeli neSambulo.

> “In the Revelation all the books of the Bible meet and end. Here is the complement of the book of Daniel. One is a prophecy; the other a revelation.” Acts of the Apostles, 585.

> “Encwadini yesAmbulo zonke izincwadi zeBhayibheli ziyahlangana futhi ziphethelapho. Nansi imphelelisi yencwadi kaDaniyeli. Enye iyisiprofetho; enye iyisambulo.” Izenzo ZabaPhostoli, 585.

The word “complement” means to bring to perfection. The fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament were “the strongest” “proof” of Christ’s “divinity.” The strongest evidence of the divinity of the prophecies in the book of Daniel, are the fulfillment of those prophecies as represented in the book of Revelation. The prophecies in Daniel are continued in the book of Revelation, and they are brought to perfection in the last days, when the Revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed.

Igama elithi “complement” lisho ukuletha ekupheleleni. Ukugcwaliseka kweziprofetho zeTestamente Elidala kwakuyibo “ubufakazi” “obunamandla kakhulu” “bobuNkulunkulu” bukaKristu. Ubufakazi obunamandla kakhulu bobuNkulunkulu beziprofetho ezisencwadini kaDaniyeli buyikugcwaliseka kwalezo ziprofetho njengoba bumelwe encwadini yeSambulo. Iziprofetho ezikuDaniyeli ziyaqhubekiselwa encwadini yeSambulo, futhi zilethwa ekupheleleni ezinsukwini zokugcina, lapho iSambulo sikaJesu Kristu sesivulwe uphawu.

> “Revelation is a sealed book, but it is also an opened book. It records marvelous events that are to take place in the last days of this earth’s history. The teachings of this book are definite, not mystical and unintelligible. In it the same line of prophecy is taken up as in Daniel. Some prophecies God has repeated, thus showing that importance must be given to them. The Lord does not repeat things that are of no great consequence.” Manuscript Releases, volume 9, 8.

> “IsAmbulo siyincwadi esivaliwe ngophawu, kodwa futhi siyincwadi evuliwe. Sibhalisa izehlakalo ezimangalisayo ezizokwenzeka ezinsukwini zokugcina zomlando waleli zwe. Izimfundiso zale ncwadi ziqondile, azisiyo imfihlakalo nengaqondakali. Kuyo kuthathwa umugqa ofanayo wesiprofetho njengakuDaniyeli. Ezinye iziprofetho uNkulunkulu uziphindile, ngaleyo ndlela ekhombisa ukuthi kufanele zinikwe ukubaluleka. INkosi ayiphindi izinto ezingabalulekile kakhulu.” Manuscript Releases, volume 9, 8.

> In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. Daniel 1:1.

> Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kukaJehoyakimi inkosi yakwaJuda, uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabiloni wafika eJerusalema walivimbezela. Daniyeli 1:1.

The first verse of the book of Daniel has a wealth of prophetic information when rightly considered. We will begin our consideration with Jehoiakim.

Ivesi lokuqala lencwadi kaDaniyeli liqukethe inala yolwazi lwesiprofetho lapho licatshangelwa ngendlela efanele. Sizokuqalisa ukulucabangela kwethu ngoJehoyakimi.

Jehoiakim was the first of the last three kings of Judah. As such, he represents the first angel’s message. His son Jehoiachin, who was also known as Jeconiah or Coniah, represented the second angel’s message. Jehoiachin was followed by Zedekiah, the last of the three final kings of Judah. Zedekiah represents the third angel’s message. There are several prophetic witnesses that uphold that Jehoiakim is a symbol of the first angel’s message. It is important to understand these proofs, for it identifies that the first verse of chapter one of Daniel is identifying the first angel’s message, and that fact is an anchor that allows the first chapter to be understood as the first angel’s message of Revelation fourteen. We will begin in second Chronicles.

UJehoyakimi wayengowokuqala emakhosini amathathu okugcina akwaJuda. Ngalokho umele umlayezo wengelosi yokuqala. Indodana yakhe uJehoyakini, owayaziwa futhi ngokuthi uJekoniya noma uKoniya, yayimele umlayezo wengelosi yesibili. UJehoyakini walandelwa nguZedekiya, ongowokugcina kulawo makhosi amathathu okugcina akwaJuda. UZedekiya umele umlayezo wengelosi yesithathu. Kukhona ofakazi abaningana besiprofetho abaqinisa ukuthi uJehoyakimi uwuphawu lomlayezo wengelosi yokuqala. Kubalulekile ukuqonda lobu bufakazi, ngoba buveza ukuthi ivesi lokuqala lesahluko sokuqala sikaDaniyeli lichaza umlayezo wengelosi yokuqala, futhi lelo qiniso liyisisekelo esiqinile esenza ukuthi isahluko sokuqala siqondwe njengomlayezo wengelosi yokuqala wesAmbulo ishumi nane. Sizoqala kweyesibili iziKronike.

> And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 2 Chronicles 36:20, 21.

> Labo ababesindile enkembeni wabathumba wabayisa eBabiloni; lapho baba yizinceku kuye nakumadodana akhe kwaze kwaba sekubuseni kombuso wasePheresiya; ukuze kugcwaliseke izwi leNkosi elakhulunywa ngomlomo kaJeremiya, kwaze kwaba yilapho izwe selikujabulele ukuphumula kwalo kwesabatha; ngokuba sonke isikhathi liseyincithakalo lagcina isabatha, ukuze kugcwaliseke iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa. 2 IziKronike 36:20, 21.

The captivity in Babylon for seventy years was so the land could enjoy the sabbaths that had not been fulfilled in agreement with Leviticus twenty-five. Seventy years of sabbaths amounts to four hundred and ninety years, that ancient Israel had disregarded the direction of Leviticus twenty-five. Four hundred and ninety years of rebellion preceded seventy years of captivity. At the ending of the four hundred and ninety years, three kings would be placed into subjection by Nebuchadnezzar.

Ukuthunjelwa eBhabhiloni iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa kwakungenxa yokuba izwe lijabulele amaSabatha ayengagcinwanga ngokuvumelana noLevitikusi amashumi amabili nanhlanu. Iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yamaSabatha ilingana neminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, lapho u-Israyeli wasendulo wayeyidelele khona imiyalo kaLevitikusi amashumi amabili nanhlanu. Iminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye yokuvukela yandulela iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yokuthunjelwa. Ekupheleni kweminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, amakhosi amathathu ayeyobekwa ngaphansi kokubusa kukaNebukadinesari.

At the end of the seventy years of captivity, the Lord raised up Cyrus, who was the first of the three kings that would decree that Israel could return and rebuild Jerusalem. Artaxerxes was the third of those three kings and he made the third decree in 457 BC. The third decree began the twenty-three hundred years of Daniel chapter eight, and verse fourteen. In 1798, the first end of the indignation ended, the book of Daniel was unsealed and the first of the three angels arrived. The third angel arrived on October 22, 1844.

Ekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yokuthunjwa, iNkosi yavusa uKoresi, owayengowokuqala emakhosini amathathu ayeyokhipha isimemezelo sokuthi u-Israyeli angabuya akhe kabusha iJerusalema. U-Artahashashita wayengowesithathu kulawo makhosi amathathu, futhi wakhipha isimemezelo sesithathu ngo-457 BC. Isimemezelo sesithathu saqala iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu kaDaniyeli isahluko sesishiyagalombili, nevesi leshumi nane. Ngo-1798, ukuphela kokuqala kolaka kwaphela, incwadi kaDaniyeli yavulwa, futhi ingelosi yokuqala kwezintathu yafika. Ingelosi yesithathu yafika ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844.

The three last kings of Judah were all confronted by Nebuchadnezzar, and at Jehoiakim’s captivity, the seventy years began. It continued until Babylon was destroyed, and the general (Cyrus) that had destroyed Babylon, and who shortly thereafter became the king, passed the first of three decrees. The third decree began the prophecy of the evenings and mornings that ended with the arrival of the third of three angels. Christ always identifies the end with the beginning.

Amakhosi amathathu okugcina akwaJuda wonke abhekana noNebukhadinezari, futhi ekuthunjweni kukaJehoyakimi kwaqala iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa. Yaqhubeka kwaze kwaba yilapho iBhabhiloni libhujiswa, futhi umkhuzi (uKoresi) owayebhubhise iBhabhiloni, nowathi kungakabiphi emva kwalokho waba yinkosi, wakhipha owokuqala emithethweni emithathu. Umthetho wesithathu waqala isiprofetho sakusihlwa nokusasa esaphela ngokufika kweyesithathu ezingelosini ezintathu. UKristu uhlale ehlobanisa ukuphela nesiqalo.

The beginning of the seventy years took place with Nebuchadnezzar’s first attack against Jerusalem. The ending of the seventy years was marked by the destruction of Babylon. The final and complete destruction of Jerusalem was brought upon the third of three kings who had all been attacked by Nebuchadnezzar. The destruction of Jerusalem was progressive. The last three kings represent one prophetic symbol, in the sense that they all had been attacked by Nebuchadnezzar. They typified the three decrees that were all one symbol, as were the three angels at the end of the twenty-three hundred days.

Ukuqala kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kokuqala kukaNebukhadinezari iJerusalema. Ukuphela kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa kwaphawulwa ngokubhujiswa kweBhabhiloni. Ukubhujiswa kokugcina nokuphelele kweJerusalema kwehlela inkosi yesithathu kwezintathu ezazihlaselwe zonke nguNebukhadinezari. Ukubhujiswa kweJerusalema kwakuyinqubo eqhubekayo. Amakhosi amathathu okugcina amele uphawu olulodwa lwesiprofetho, ngomqondo wokuthi wonke ayehlaselwe nguNebukhadinezari. Ayefanekisa izimemezelo ezintathu ezaziyilo lonke uphawu olulodwa, njengoba kwenzeka nangezingelosi ezintathu ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu.

> “In the seventh chapter of Ezra the decree is found. Verses 12-26. In its completest form it was issued by Artaxerxes, king of Persia, 457 BC. But in Ezra 6:14 the house of the Lord at Jerusalem is said to have been built ‘according to the commandment [‘decree,’ margin] of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.’ These three kings, in originating, reaffirming, and completing the decree, brought it to the perfection required by the prophecy to mark the beginning of the 2300 years. Taking 457 BC, the time when the decree was completed, as the date of the commandment, every specification of the prophecy concerning the seventy weeks was seen to have been fulfilled.” The Great Controversy, 326.

> “Esahlukweni sesikhombisa sika-Ezra kutholakala isimemezelo. Amavesi 12-26. Ngendlela yaso ephelele kunazo zonke, sakhishwa ngu-Aritahishashita, inkosi yasePheresiya, ngo-457 BC. Kodwa ku-Ezra 6:14 kuthiwa indlu yeNkosi eJerusalema yakhiwa ‘ngokomyalo [‘isimemezelo,’ emaphethelweni] kaKoresi, noDariyu, no-Aritahishashita inkosi yasePheresiya.’ Lawa makhosi amathathu, ekuqaleni kwawo, ekuqinisekiseni kabusha, nasekuqedeleni lesi simemezelo, asiletha ekupheleleni okwakudingwa yisiprofetho ukuba kuphawule ukuqala kweminyaka engu-2300. Ngokuthatha u-457 BC, isikhathi lapho isimemezelo saqedwa khona, njengosuku lomyalo, kwabonakala ukuthi yonke imininingwane yesiprofetho mayelana namasonto angamashumi ayisikhombisa yayisigcwalisekile.” The Great Controversy, 326.

Sister White identifies that the three decrees were necessary for the perfection of the prophecy. She defines their relation to each other, and in so doing, identifies the grammatical characteristics of the Hebrew word “truth.” She says the first decree originated, the second decree reaffirmed, and the third decree completed “every specification of the prophecy concerning the seventy weeks.” The Hebrew word “truth” is created by the combination of the first, thirteenth and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The first decree originated, the second reaffirmed and the last decree completed the prophecy. The three decrees contain the signature of Alpha and Omega, and they were fulfilled at the end of the seventy-year prophecy of the captivity in Babylon, even though the third decree arrived well after the seventy years ended. The three decrees were progressive, and though they were three decrees, they were still one prophetic symbol.

USista White ukhomba ukuthi izimemezelo ezintathu zazidingeka ukuze isiprofetho sipheleliswe. Uchaza ubudlelwane bazo komunye nomunye, futhi ngokwenza kanjalo, ukhomba izimpawu zolimi lwesiHebheru zegama elithi “iqiniso.” Uthi isimemezelo sokuqala saqala, esesibili saqinisekisa futhi, kanti esesithathu saqedela “yonke imininingwane yesiprofetho mayelana namaviki angamashumi ayisikhombisa.” Igama lesiHebheru elithi “iqiniso” lakhiwa ngokuhlanganiswa kwezinhlamvu zokuqala, zeshumi nantathu, nezokugcina zohlamvu lwamagama lwesiHebheru. Isimemezelo sokuqala saqala, esesibili saqinisekisa futhi, kanti isimemezelo sokugcina saqedela isiprofetho. Izimemezelo ezintathu ziqukethe uphawu luka-Alfa no-Omega, futhi zagcwaliseka ekupheleni kwesiprofetho seminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa sokuthunjwa eBhabhiloni, nakuba isimemezelo sesithathu safika sekudlule isikhathi eside ngemva kokuphela kwaleyo minyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa. Izimemezelo ezintathu zaziyinqubekela-phambili, futhi nakuba zaziyizimemezelo ezintathu, zazisalokhu ziyisibonakaliso esisodwa sesiprofetho.

The first angel arrived in 1798, the second angel arrived in the spring of 1844, and the third angel arrived on October 22, 1844. Those three angels are one prophetic symbol, representing the everlasting gospel of Revelation chapter fourteen.

Ingelosi yokuqala yafika ngo-1798, eyesibili yafika entwasahlobo ka-1844, kanti eyesithathu yafika ngo-22 Okthoba 1844. Lezo zingelosi ezintathu ziyisibonakaliso esisodwa sesiprofetho, esimele ivangeli eliphakade leSambulo isahluko seshumi nane.

> “The first and second messages were given in 1843 and 1844, and we are now under the proclamation of the third; but all three of the messages are still to be proclaimed. It is just as essential now as ever before that they shall be repeated to those who are seeking for the truth. By pen and voice we are to sound the proclamation, showing their order, and the application of the prophecies that bring us to the third angel’s message. There cannot be a third without the first and second. These messages we are to give to the world in publications, in discourses, showing in the line of prophetic history the things that have been and the things that will be.” Selected Messages, book 2, 104, 105.

> “Imiyalezo yokuqala neyesibili yanikezwa ngo-1843 nango-1844, futhi manje siphansi kokumenyezelwa komlayezo wesithathu; kodwa yonke le miyalezo emithathu isamele imenyezelwe. Kusabaluleke ngendlela efanayo manje njengakuqala ukuba iphinde iphothulwe kulabo abafuna iqiniso. Ngepeni nangezwi kufanele sizwakalise lesi simemezelo, sibonise ukuhleleka kwayo, kanye nokusetshenziswa kweziprofetho ezisiletha emlayezweni wengelosi yesithathu. Okwesithathu akunakuba khona ngaphandle kokuqala nokwesibili. Le miyalezo kufanele siyinikeze izwe ngezincwadi ezishicilelwe, nasezinkulumweni, sibonisa emgudwini womlando weziprofetho izinto ebezikhona nezinto ezizokuba khona.” Selected Messages, incwadi 2, 104, 105.

The last three kings of Judah were one symbol, for they were all brought into various degrees of subjection by the king of Babylon. The last three kings of Judah, the three decrees and the three angels, though distinctly three are also represented as one prophetic symbol.

Amakhosi amathathu okugcina akwaJuda ayewuphawu olulodwa, ngoba wonke alethwa emazingeni ahlukahlukene okuthotshiswa ngaphansi kwenkosi yaseBabiloni. Amakhosi amathathu okugcina akwaJuda, izimemezelo ezintathu nezingelosi ezintathu, nakuba ehlukene ngokucacile njengabathathu, nawo amelwe njengophawu olulodwa lwesiprofetho.

The last three kings are part of the prophetic setting of the beginning of the prophecy of seventy years of captivity, and as such they become part of the beginning that illustrates the end of the seventy years of captivity. The captivity began with the progressive subjection of three kings, ending with the destruction of the kingdom and its capital city. The end of the prophecy marks the destruction of the nation and capital of Babylon, which marks the arrival of the three progressive decrees. The beginning of the twenty-three-hundred-year prophecy is marked by three progressive decrees, and it illustrates the ending of the twenty-three hundred year prophecy, which consists of three progressive messages.

Amakhosi amathathu okugcina ayingxenye yesimo sesiprofetho sokuqala kwesiprofetho seminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yokuthunjwa, futhi ngalokho aba yingxenye yesiqalo esifanekisa ukuphela kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yokuthunjwa. Ukuthunjwa kwaqala ngokunqotshwa kancane kancane kwamakhosi amathathu, kwagcina ngokubhujiswa kombuso nedolobha lawo eliyinhloko. Ukuphela kwesiprofetho kuphawula ukubhujiswa kwesizwe nenhlokodolobha yaseBabiloni, okuyikho okuphawula ukufika kwezimemezelo ezintathu eziqhubekayo. Isiqalo sesiprofetho seminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu siphawulwa yizimemezelo ezintathu eziqhubekayo, futhi sifanekisa ukuphela kwesiprofetho seminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu, okuqukethe izigijimi ezintathu eziqhubekayo.

The three angels, and their respective three messages, had been typified by three kings and their three progressive decrees. The three kings that proclaimed their respective three decrees had been typified by three progressive kings, who had each presented their messages of rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar. Three messages of rebellion, typified three decrees, that in turn typified three messages. One begins the prophecy of seventy years, that in turn ends with the beginning of the twenty-three-hundred-year prophecy, that ends at the arrival of the third angel in 1844. The seventy years that the land was to enjoy its Sabbath cannot be separated from October 22, 1844.

Izingelosi ezintathu, kanye nemiyalezo yazo emithathu ngokulandelana kwayo, kwakufanekiselwe amakhosi amathathu kanye nemithetho yawo emithathu eqhubekela phambili. Amakhosi amathathu amemezela imithetho yawo emithathu ngokulandelana kwayo ayefanekiselwe amakhosi amathathu aqhubekela phambili, ngalinye lawo lalethule imiyalezo yalo yokuvukela uNebukadinesari. Imiyalezo emithathu yokuvukela, yafanekisela imithetho emithathu, yona futhi eyafanekisela imiyalezo emithathu. Omunye uqala isiprofetho seminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa, sona esigcina siqhubeka ngokuphela kokuqala kwesiprofetho seminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu, esiphela ekufikeni kwengelosi yesithathu ngo-1844. Iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa izwe elalizakujabulela ngayo iSabatha lalo ayinakwahlukaniswa no-Okthoba 22, 1844.

Jehoiakim represents Cyrus’ first decree and also the first angel’s message of Revelation chapter fourteen. Beyond this, the three witnesses of the last three Judean kings, the three decrees and the three angel’s messages, provide precise information of the symbol of Jehoiakim, for the prophetic history of the three angels has been very carefully marked by inspiration. All three messages have a historical arrival and thereafter a historical empowerment.

UJehoyakimi umelela umyalo wokuqala kaKoresi, kanye nomyalezo wengelosi yokuqala wesAmbulo isahluko seshumi nane. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, ofakazi abathathu bamakhosi amathathu okugcina akwaJuda, imiyalo emithathu, kanye nemiyalezo yezingelosi ezintathu, banikeza ulwazi oluqondile mayelana nophawu lukaJehoyakimi, ngokuba umlando wesiprofetho wezingelosi ezintathu uphawulwe ngokucophelela okukhulu ngokuphefumulelwa. Yonke le miyalezo emithathu inokufika komlando, bese kuthi emva kwalokho ibe nokunikwa amandla komlando.

The first angel arrived in 1798, and was empowered on August 11, 1840, with the confirmation of the day for a year principle.

Ingelosi yokuqala yafika ngo-1798, futhi yanikwa amandla ngo-11 Agasti 1840, ngokuqinisekiswa komgomo wokuthi usuku lumele unyaka.

> “In the year 1840 another remarkable fulfillment of prophecy excited widespread interest. two years before, Josiah Litch, one of the leading ministers preaching the second advent, published an exposition of Revelation 9, predicting the fall of the Ottoman Empire. According to his calculations, this power was to be overthrown . . . on the 11th of August, 1840, when the Ottoman power in Constantinople may be expected to be broken. And this, I believe, will be found to be the case.’

> “Ngonyaka ka-1840 kwaba khona okunye ukugcwaliseka okuphawulekayo kwesiprofetho okwavusa intshisekelo esabalele. Eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kwalokho, uJosiah Litch, omunye wabefundisi abaholayo ababeshumayela ukuza kwesibili, washicilela incazelo yeSambulo 9, ebikezela ukuwa koMbuso wase-Ottoman. Ngokwezibalo zakhe, la mandla kwakufanele agudluzwe phansi... mhla ziyi-11 ku-Agasti, 1840, lapho amandla ase-Ottoman eConstantinople kungalindeleka ukuba aphulwe. Futhi lokhu, ngiyakholwa, kuyotholakala kunjalo.”

> “At the very time specified, Turkey, through her ambassadors, accepted the protection of the allied powers of Europe, and thus placed herself under the control of Christian nations. The event exactly fulfilled the prediction. When it became known, multitudes were convinced of the correctness of the principles of prophetic interpretation adopted by Miller and his associates, and a wonderful impetus was given to the advent movement. Men of learning and position united with Miller, both in preaching and in publishing his views, and from 1840 to 1844 the work rapidly extended.” The Great Controversy, 334, 335.

> “Ngesona kanye isikhathi esacaciswa, iTurkey, ngokusebenzisa amanxusa ayo, yamukela ukuvikelwa imibuso ehlangene yaseYurophu, ngalokho yazibeka ngaphansi kokulawulwa yizizwe zobuKristu. Lesi sehlakalo sagcwalisa isiprofetho ngokunembile impela. Lapho lokhu sekuyaziwa, izixuku eziningi zaqiniseka ngokunemba kwezimiso zokuhumusha iziprofetho ezazamukelwe nguMiller nabangane bakhe, futhi umfutho omangalisayo wanikezwa inhlangano yokufika kwesibili. Abantu abafundileyo nabanesikhundla bahlangana noMiller, kokubili ekushumayeleni nasekushicileleni imibono yakhe, futhi kusukela ngowe-1840 kuya kowe-1844 umsebenzi wanda ngokushesha.” The Great Controversy, 334, 335.

The first angel arrived announcing the opening of the judgment in 1798, but the message was premised on the validity of William Miller’s identification that a day in Bible prophecy represents a year. That principle was confirmed “on the 11th of August, 1840,” and the first message was empowered. With the failure of the prediction of Christ’s return in the biblical year of 1843, which extended into the year 1844, the second angel of Revelation chapter fourteen arrived. With the failure of the prediction in the spring of 1844, the Protestant churches rejected Miller’s rule of a day for a year, and became the daughters of Babylon. That message was thereafter empowered in the summer of 1844, when it was joined by the message of the Midnight Cry. With the fulfillment of the message of the Midnight Cry on October 22, 1844, the third angel arrived with his message.

Ingelosi yokuqala yafika imemezela ukuvulwa kokwahlulela ngo-1798, kodwa umlayezo wawusekelwe ekuvumelekeni kokukhonjwa kukaWilliam Miller kokuthi usuku esiprofethweni seBhayibheli lumelela unyaka. Lowo mgomo waqinisekiswa “ngomhla ka-11 ku-Agasti, 1840,” kwase kunikwa amandla umlayezo wokuqala. Ngokwehluleka kwesibikezelo sokubuya kukaKristu ngonyaka weBhayibheli ka-1843, owadlulela onyakeni ka-1844, ingelosi yesibili yesAmbulo isahluko seshumi nane yafika. Ngokwehluleka kwesibikezelo entwasahlobo ka-1844, amabandla amaProthestani alahla umthetho kaMiller wosuku lonyaka, aba ngamadodakazi aseBhabhiloni. Lowo mlayezo kamuva wanikwa amandla ehlobo lika-1844, lapho wahlanganiswa khona nomlayezo Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kwamabili. Ngokugcwaliseka komlayezo Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kwamabili ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844, ingelosi yesithathu yafika nomlayezo wayo.

Due to the disobedience of Laodicean Adventism in 1863, God’s people were assigned to repeat the history of ancient Israel’s wandering in the wilderness. The empowerment of the third message would wait until September 11, 2001. Each of the three messages arrive in history and are thereafter empowered.

Ngenxa yokungalaleli kwe-Adventism yaseLawodikeya ngo-1863, abantu bakaNkulunkulu banikelwa ukuba baphinde umlando wokuzulazula kuka-Israyeli wasendulo ehlane. Ukuhlonyiswa ngamandla komlayezo wesithathu kwakuzolinda kuze kube nguSepthemba 11, 2001. Imiyalezo ngayinye kwezintathu ifika emlandweni, bese emva kwalokho ihlonyiswa ngamandla.

Jehoiakim and Cyrus represent the empowerment of the first angel, not its arrival. Though Jehoiakim was the first of the last three kings of Judah, and though he represents the first angel’s message, the prophetic characteristics that he, and also Cyrus, demonstrate that they are both symbols of the empowerment of the first angel, and not symbols of the arrival of the first angel. The arrival of the first message in the history of Jehoiakim was Manasseh, the first of the last seven kings of Judah.

UJehoyakimi noKoresi bamele ukunikwa amandla kwengelosi yokuqala, hhayi ukufika kwayo. Nakuba uJehoyakimi wayengowokuqala emakhosini amathathu okugcina akwaJuda, futhi nakuba emele umyalezo wengelosi yokuqala, izimpawu zesiprofetho azibonisayo yena, kanjalo noKoresi, ziveza ukuthi bobabili bayizifanekiselo zokunikwa amandla kwengelosi yokuqala, hhayi izifanekiselo zokufika kwengelosi yokuqala. Ukufika komyalezo wokuqala emlandweni kaJehoyakimi kwakunguManase, owokuqala emakhosini ayisikhombisa okugcina akwaJuda.

Seven kings preceded the complete and final destruction of Jerusalem. Those seven kings represent a progressive history, as was the history they typified from 1798 to 1844. The first angel arrived in 1798, and the third arrived on October 22, 1844. The history of 1798 to 1844, is the history of the first and second angels. The history of the third angel began in 1844. When Sister White identifies the symbolism of the seven thunders of Revelation chapter ten, she says the seven thunders represent the history of the first and second angels, but not the third angel.

Amakhosi ayisikhombisa andulela ukubhujiswa okuphelele nokokugcina kweJerusalema. Lawo makhosi ayisikhombisa amele umlando oqhubekayo, njengoba kwakunjalo ngomlando abewufanekisela kusukela ngo-1798 kuze kube ngu-1844. Ingelosi yokuqala yafika ngo-1798, kanti eyesithathu yafika ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844. Umlando ka-1798 kuya ku-1844 ungumlando wezingelosi zokuqala nezesibili. Umlando wengelosi yesithathu waqala ngo-1844. Lapho uDade White eveza uphawu lwezulu lokuduma okuyisikhombisa esAmbulweni isahluko seshumi, uthi lokho kuduma okuyisikhombisa kumele umlando wezingelosi zokuqala nezesibili, kodwa hhayi wengelosi yesithathu.

> “The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders was a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second angels’ messages.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.

> “Ukukhanya okukhethekile okwanikwa uJohane okwavezwa ezindumeni eziyisikhombisa kwakuwukuchazwa kwezehlakalo ezaziyokwenzeka ngaphansi kwemiyalezo yengelosi yokuqala neyesibili.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.

The history of the seven thunders of Revelation chapter ten, emphasize the history of the empowerment of the first angel on August 11, 1840 through to the great disappointment on October 22, 1844, but it none-the-less, includes the entire history of the first and second angels. The general application of the seven thunders is that it represents 1798 through to October 22, 1844. The history of the arrival of the first angel from 1798 to the great disappointment is the history of the first and second angels, and it is prophetically represented as seven thunders. The seven thunders were also typified by the last seven kings of Judah. The last three of those kings were not only identifying sequential kings, but together they are one symbol made up of a first, middle and last.

Umlando wokuduma kwezulu okuyisikhombisa kwesAmbulo isahluko seshumi ugcizelela umlando wokunikwa amandla kwengelosi yokuqala ngo-Agasti 11, 1840 kuze kufike ekudumazekeni okukhulu ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844, kodwa noma kunjalo uhlanganisa wonke umlando wezingelosi zokuqala nezesibili. Ukusetshenziswa okujwayelekile kokuduma kwezulu okuyisikhombisa ukuthi kumele u-1798 kuze kufike ku-Okthoba 22, 1844. Umlando wokufika kwengelosi yokuqala kusukela ku-1798 kuze kufike ekudumazekeni okukhulu uwumlando wezingelosi zokuqala nezesibili, futhi ngokwesiprofetho umelelwa njengokuduma kwezulu okuyisikhombisa. Ukuduma kwezulu okuyisikhombisa kwaphinde kwafaniswa ngokomfanekiso ngamakhosi ayisikhombisa okugcina akwaJuda. Amakhosi amathathu okugcina kulawo ayengagcini nje ngokukhomba amakhosi alandelanayo kuphela, kodwa ngokuhlangene ayisibonakaliso esisodwa esakhiwe ngowokuqala, ophakathi, nowokugcina.

In the history of the three angels, the first message was empowered on August 11, 1840, and both Jehoiakim and Cyrus typified that event.

Emlandweni wezingelosi ezintathu, umlayezo wokuqala wanikezwa amandla ngo-11 Agasti 1840, futhi bobabili uJehoyakimi noKoresi bafanekisa lowo mcimbi.

We will continue to identify these most important truths in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka nokuhlonza la maqiniso abaluleke kakhulu esihlokweni esilandelayo.

> “Strict integrity should be cherished by every student. Every mind should turn with reverent attention to the revealed word of God. Light and grace will be given to those who thus obey God. They will behold wondrous things out of his law. Great truths that have lain unheeded and unseen since the day of Pentecost, are to shine from God’s word in their native purity. To those who truly love God the Holy Spirit will reveal truths that have faded from the mind, and will also reveal truths that are entirely new. Those who eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God will bring from the books of Daniel and Revelation truth that is inspired by the Holy Spirit. They will start into action forces that cannot be repressed. The lips of children will be opened to proclaim the mysteries that have been hidden from the minds of men. The Lord has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.

> “Ubuqotho obuqinile kufanele buphathwe njengento eyigugu ngumfundi ngamunye. Yonke ingqondo mayiphendukele ezwini likaNkulunkulu elambuliwe ngokunaka okunesizotha. Ukukhanya nomusa kuyakuphiwa labo abamlalela kanjalo uNkulunkulu. Bayakubona izinto ezimangalisayo emthethweni wakhe. Amaqiniso amakhulu, aye alele enganakiwe futhi engabonwa kusukela osukwini lwePhentekoste, azakukhanya ezwini likaNkulunkulu ebumsulweni bawo bemvelo. Kulabo abamthanda ngempela uNkulunkulu, uMoya oNgcwele uyakwembula amaqiniso asefiphele engqondweni, futhi uyakumbula namaqiniso amasha ngokuphelele. Labo abadla inyama bephuza negazi leNdodana kaNkulunkulu bayakuveza ezincwadini zikaDaniyeli neSambulo iqiniso eliphefumulelwe nguMoya oNgcwele. Bayoqalisa ukusebenza amandla angenakucindezelwa. Izindebe zabantwana ziyakuvulwa ukuba zimemezele izimfihlakalo ebezifihliwe ezingqondweni zabantu. INkosi ikhethe izinto zobuwula zaleli zwe ukuba ihlazise abahlakaniphileyo, nezinto ezibuthakathaka zezwe ukuba ihlazise ezinamandla.”

> “The Bible should not be brought into our schools to be sandwiched in between infidelity. The Bible must be made the groundwork and subject-matter of education. It is true that we know much more of the word of the living God than we knew in the past, but there is still much more to be learned. It should be used as the word of the living God, and esteemed as first, and last, and best in everything. Then will be seen true spiritual growth. The students will develop healthy religious characters, because they eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God. But unless watched and nurtured, the health of the soul decays. Keep in the channel of light. Study the Bible. Those who serve God faithfully will be blessed. He who permits no faithful work to go unrewarded will crown every act of loyalty and integrity with special tokens of his love and approbation.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

> “IBhayibheli akufanele ilethwe ezikoleni zethu ukuze icindezelwe phakathi kokungakholwa. IBhayibheli kumelwe lenziwe isisekelo kanye nodaba lwemfundo. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi sazi okuningi kakhulu ngezwi likaNkulunkulu ophilayo kunalokho esasikwazi esikhathini esedlule, kodwa kusekuningi kakhulu okusamele kufundwe. Kumele lisetshenziswe njengezwi likaNkulunkulu ophilayo, futhi libhekwe njengelokuqala, nelokugcina, nelingcono kunakho konke ezintweni zonke. Khona-ke kuzobonakala ukukhula kweqiniso ngokomoya. Abafundi bayokwakha izimilo zenkolo ezinempilo, ngoba badla inyama futhi baphuza igazi leNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa ngaphandle kokuba kubhekwe futhi kunakekelwe, impilo yomphefumulo iyawohloka. Hlalani emzileni wokukhanya. Fundani iBhayibheli. Labo abakhonza uNkulunkulu ngokwethembeka bayobusiswa. Yena ongavumeli umsebenzi othembekileyo ukuba ungabi nomvuzo uyothwesa zonke izenzo zokwethembeka neziqotho izimpawu ezikhethekile zothando nokwamukela kwakhe.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

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