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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Forty-Two

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The Formation of the Image of the Beast: A Prophetic Journey Unveiled

Ukubunjwa Komfanekiso Wesilo: Uhambo Lwesiprofetho Olwambulwayo

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 17, 2024

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The great test for the people of God that they must pass before they are sealed is the formation of the image of the beast. That formation occurs from September 11, 2001 unto the Sunday law in the United States. That prophetic period represents the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and the period where every biblical vision finds its perfect fulfillment. In that period the true Protestant horn will be purified and for eternity reflect the image of Christ, for Christ is a Protestant.

Isivivinyo esikhulu sabantu bakaNkulunkulu okumelwe basiphumelele ngaphambi kokuba babekwe uphawu wukwakheka komfanekiso wesilo. Lokho kwakheka kwenzeka kusukela ngoSepthemba 11, 2001 kuze kube ngumthetho weSonto e-United States. Leyo nkathi yesiprofetho imelela isikhathi sokubekwa uphawu kwabeyizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane, kanye nenkathi lapho yonke imibono yeBhayibheli ifinyelela ekugcwalisekeni kwayo okuphelele. Kuleyo nkathi uphondo lweqiniso lwamaProthestani luzohlanzwa, futhi kuze kube phakade luzobonakalisa umfanekiso kaKristu, ngoba uKristu ungumProthestani.

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> “UKristu wayengumProthestani. Wabhikisha ngokukhonza okungokwesiko kwesizwe samaJuda, esasenqaba iseluleko sikaNkulunkulu ngokumelana nazo ngokwazo. Wabatshela ukuthi bafundisa imiyalo yabantu njengezimfundiso, nokuthi babengabazenzisi nabangabazenzisi abakhohlisayo. Njengamathuna acakiwe babemahle ngaphandle, kodwa ngaphakathi begcwele ukungcola nokonakala. AbaGuquli babuyela emuva kuKristu nakubaphostoli. Baphuma bazihlukanisa nenkolo yezimo nemikhosi. ULuther nabalandeli bakhe abazange basungule inkolo eguquliwe. Bamane bayamukela njengoba yethulwe nguKristu nabaphostoli. IBhayibheli lethulwa kithi njengomhlahlandlela owanele; kodwa upapa nezisebenzi zakhe balisusa kubantu sengathi liyisiqalekiso, ngoba lembula ukuzenzisa kwabo futhi likhuza ukukhonza kwabo izithombe.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

In the sealing time, the Protestant horn is purified and purged. In the same time period the apostate Republican horn joins with the apostate Protestants, thus forming a horn of power that is a combination of church and state. The two horns of the earth beast are then the image of the beast, and the image of Christ. The horn of apostasy is the twofold relation of a corrupt church with a corrupt state, and the horn of righteousness is the twofold relation of Divinity with humanity.

Ngesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu, uphondo lwamaProthestani luyahlanzwa futhi luhlungwe. Kuleso sikhathi esifanayo, uphondo lweRiphabhulikhi oluhlubukile luhlangana namaProthestani ahlubukile, ngaleyo ndlela kwakhiwe uphondo lwamandla oluyinhlanganisela yebandla nombuso. Izimpondo ezimbili zesilo somhlaba zibe seziba ngumfanekiso wesilo, kanye nomfanekiso kaKristu. Uphondo lokuhlubuka luwubudlelwane obubili bebandla elonakele nombuso owonakele, kanti uphondo lokulunga luwubudlelwane obubili bobuNkulunkulu nobuntu.

The image of the beast is thereafter formed in the world, and it is a twofold beast represented by a State (the United Nations), that has accepted the apostate Protestantism of the earth beast as its leading head of ten heads. Upon that beast the woman, who is the mother of harlots, reigns over the beast of ten kings. The beast she rides upon is a combination of Church and State, as represented by Herod’s incestuous spiritual fornication with Herodias’ daughter Salome. And the relationship between the woman that reigns over the beast is also a combination of Church and State, with the whore of Rome’s unlawful relationship with the kings that make-up the world-wide beast, representing the United Nations. In the image of the beast that is forced upon the entire world every nation will be involved, all the corrupted powers will join together.

Umfanekiso wesilo usube usubunjwa emhlabeni, futhi uyisilo esiyizingxenye ezimbili esimelelwa uMbuso (iZizwe Ezihlangene), oswamukele ubuProthestani obuhlubukile besilo somhlaba njengekhanda laso eliholayo phakathi kwamakhanda ayishumi. Phezu kwaleso silo kubusa owesifazane, ongumama wezifebe, phezu kwesilo samakhosi ayishumi. Isilo asigibelayo siyinhlanganisela yeBandla noMbuso, njengoba kufanekiswa ubufebe bomoya obuyisihlobo sikaHerode nendodakazi kaHerodiya uSalome. Futhi ubudlelwane phakathi kowesifazane obusa phezu kwesilo nabo buyinhlanganisela yeBandla noMbuso, njengoba ubudlelwane obungemthetho besifebe saseRoma namakhosi akha isilo somhlaba wonke, esimele iZizwe Ezihlangene. Emfanekisweni wesilo ophoqwa kuwo wonke umhlaba wonke, zonke izizwe zizobandakanyeka, wonke amandla awonakele ayohlangana.

> “Revelation 17:13–14 quoted. ‘These have one mind.’ There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. ‘And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.’ Thus is manifested the same arbitrary, oppressive power against religious liberty, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, as was manifested by the papacy, when in the past it persecuted those who dared to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of Romanism.

> “IsAmbulo 17:13–14 kucashuniwe. ‘Laba banomqondo munye.’ Kuyoba khona isibopho sobunye esisemhlabeni wonke, ukuvumelana okukodwa okukhulu, umfelandawonye wamabutho kaSathane. ‘Bese benika isilo amandla abo namandla abo.’ Kanjalo kubonakaliswa wona lawo mandla afanayo angabusi ngokuthanda kwawo, acindezelayo, amelene nenkululeko yenkolo, nenkululeko yokukhulekela uNkulunkulu ngokuyala konembeza, njengoba kwabonakaliswa ubupapa, lapho esikhathini esedlule bushushisa labo ababenesibindi sokwenqaba ukuvumelana nemikhuba nemikhosi yenkolo yobuRoma.

> “In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be the great point at issue; for in the Sabbath commandment the great Law-giver identifies Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 8, 983.

> “Empini ezolwiwa ezinsukwini zokugcina kuyohlangana, ziphikisana nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, onke amandla onakele ahlubukile ekwethembekeni emthethweni kaJehova. Kule mpi iSabatha lomyalo wesine liyoba yiphuzu elikhulu elizobekwa enkingeni; ngoba emyalweni weSabatha uMniki-mthetho omkhulu uziveza njengoMdali wamazulu nomhlaba.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 8, 983.

The fact that the rebellion associated with the world-wide image of the beast is “universal,” and represents “all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah,” identifies that the formation of the image of the beast within the United States identifies a unification of all the corrupt powers that have apostatized. The Protestants of the United States apostatized when they rejected the first angel’s message in 1844, and Laodicean Adventism apostatized in 1863. Apostate Protestantism and Laodicean Adventism will form a “bond of union,” with the political factions within the horn of Republicanism, that are seduced by the false prophet, to give up half of their kingdom.

Iqiniso lokuthi ukuhlubuka okuhlotshaniswa nesithombe sesilo somhlaba wonke “kungokwasemhlabeni wonke,” futhi kumelela “wonke amandla onakele ahlubukile ekuthembekeni emthethweni kaJehova,” likhomba ukuthi ukwakheka kwesithombe sesilo ngaphakathi kwe-United States kukhomba ukuhlanganiswa kwawo wonke amandla onakele ahlubukile. AmaProthestani ase-United States ahlubuka lapho enqaba umlayezo wengelosi yokuqala ngo-1844, futhi ubu-Adventist baseLawodikeya bahlubuka ngo-1863. UbuProthestani obuhlubukile kanye nobu-Adventist baseLawodikeya bayokwakha “isibopho sobunye,” kanye nezinhlangothi zezombusazwe ezingaphakathi kophondo lweRiphabhulikhi, eziyengwe umprofethi wamanga, ukuba zinikele ngesigamu sombuso wazo.

With the world image of the beast, it is the false prophet that deceives the earth. In the image of the beast within the United States the false prophet that produces the unholy, but unified “confederacy of Satan’s forces” must also be a “false prophet”. The world image of the beast is twofold, but it is also a threefold union. That threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet leads the world to Armageddon. In the image of the beast that is first formed within the United States, there must be a threefold union, that is also a beast that is twofold. In both images to the beast, the twofold nature is the combination of Church and State, with the church in control of the relationship.

Ngomfanekiso wesilo womhlaba, umprofethi wamanga nguye okhohlisa umhlaba. Emfanekisweni wesilo ophakathi kwe-United States, umprofethi wamanga okhiqiza “umfelandawonye wamabutho kaSathane” ongengcwele, kodwa obumbene, naye kumelwe abe “umprofethi wamanga”. Umfanekiso wesilo womhlaba uyizinhlangothi ezimbili, kodwa futhi ungubunye obuyizingxenye ezintathu. Lobo bunye obuyizingxenye ezintathu bukadrako, besilo, nobomprofethi wamanga buholela umhlaba e-Armagedoni. Emfanekisweni wesilo oqala ukwakheka ngaphakathi kwe-United States, kumelwe kube khona ubunye obuyizingxenye ezintathu, obuphinde bube yisilo esiyizinhlangothi ezimbili. Kuyo yomibili imifanekiso yesilo, imvelo eyizinhlangothi ezimbili iyinhlanganisela yeBandla noMbuso, ibandla liphethe ukulawula lobu budlelwano.

The threefold union must be represented in both the images of the beasts, but there are two manifestations of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in the book of Revelation. The threefold structure of the worldwide image of the beast is represented by spiritualism (the dragon), Catholicism (the beast) and apostate Protestantism (the false prophet). Each of those three have not only a religious element (spiritualism, Catholicism and apostate Protestantism), but they also have a political element. The dragon (socialism in its varied forms), the beast (a monarchy) and the false prophet (begins as a republic, ends as a democracy).

Inyunyana emithathu ehlangene kufanele imelelwe kuzo zombili izithombe zezilo, kodwa kunokubonakaliswa okubili kukadrako, kwesilo nomprofethi wamanga encwadini yesAmbulo. Isakhiwo esiyingxenye ezintathu sesithombe somhlaba wonke sesilo simelwe ukusebenzelana nemimoya (udrako), ubuKhatholika (isilo) nobuProthestani obuhlubukile (umprofethi wamanga). Ngasinye salezo zintathu asinayo kuphela ingxenye yenkolo (ukusebenzelana nemimoya, ubuKhatholika nobuProthestani obuhlubukile), kodwa futhi sinengxenye yezepolitiki. Udrako (ubusoshiyali ngezinhlobo zabo ezehlukene), isilo (ubukhosi) nomprofethi wamanga (uqala njengeRiphabhulikhi, uphethe njengentando yeningi).

The threefold union that comes together in the United States is forced together (deceived) by the false prophet, just as is the worldwide image of the beast. In the book of Revelation there is another threefold union that is identified by the three apostate powers that arise out of the bottomless pit. Catholicism arises out of the bottomless pit in chapter seventeen, and it is the beast of the threefold union from the bottomless pit.

Inyunyana ephindwe kathathu ehlangana e-United States iphoqelelwa ukuhlanganiswa ndawonye (ikhohliswe) ngumprofethi wamanga, njengoba kunjalo nangesithombe sesilo somhlaba wonke. Encwadini yesAmbulo kukhona enye inyunyana ephindwe kathathu ebonakaliswa ngamandla amathathu ahlubukayo avela kwalasha ongenasiphelo. UbuKatolika buphuma kwalasha ongenasiphelo esahlukweni seshumi nesikhombisa, futhi buyisilo saleyo nyunyana ephindwe kathathu evela kwalasha ongenasiphelo.

> The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Revelation 17:8.

> Isilo owasibonayo sasikhona, kepha asisekho; futhi siyakwenyuka siphuma kwalasha ongenamkhawulo, siye ekubhujisweni; nalabo abakhileyo emhlabeni bayakumangala, labo amagama abo angalotshwanga encwadini yokuphila selokhu kwabekwa isisekelo sezwe, lapho bebona isilo esasikhona, kepha esingasekho, kanti nokho sikhona. IsAmbulo 17:8.

The dragon power of atheism arises out of the bottomless pit in chapter eleven.

Amandla kadrako wobungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu aphuma emgodini ongenasiphelo esahlukweni seshumi nanye.

> And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. Revelation 11:7.

> Lapho sebeqedile ubufakazi babo, isilo esikhuphuka siphuma emgodini ongenasiphelo siyakulwa nabo, sibanqobe, sibabulale. IsAmbulo 11:7.

The false prophet of Islam arises out of the bottomless pit in chapter nine.

Umprofethi wamanga wobuSulumane uphuma emgodini ongenasiphelo esahlukweni sesishiyagalolunye.

> And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Revelation 9:1–3.

> Ingelosi lesihlanu lakhala, ngabona inkanyezi iwe ivela ezulwini iya emhlabeni; yanikwa ukhiye womgodi ongenamkhawulo. Lawuvula lowo mgodi ongenamkhawulo; kwase kuphuma intuthu emgodini, njengentuthu yesithando somlilo esikhulu; ilanga nomoya kwaba mnyama ngenxa yentuthu yomgodi. Entuthwini kwaphuma izinkumbi zehla emhlabeni; zanikwa amandla, njengofezela basemhlabeni benawo amandla. IsAmbulo 9:1–3.

The star that fell from heaven and opened the bottomless pit, was the false prophet Mohammed, and when he opened the pit, he introduced the warriors of Islam, represented as “locusts”, into the prophetic narrative of the last days. The threefold union of the bottomless pit has a dragon (atheism), and a beast (Catholicism), and a false prophet (Islam). In the worldwide image of the beast, the false prophet is apostate Protestantism. That false prophet deceives the entire world, by the seductive dance of Salome, or the dance of the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel. In Revelation chapter thirteen, it deceives the world by the miracles that it does in the sight of the beast. Those symbolic representations of deception, represent the force of economic extortion and military might.

Inkanyezi eyawa ivela ezulwini, yavula umgodi ongenasiphelo, yayingumprofethi wamanga uMohammed; futhi lapho evula umgodi, waletha amabutho e-Islami, amelwe njenge “izinkumbi”, endabeni yesiprofetho yezinsuku zokugcina. Inyunyana ephindwe kathathu yomgodi ongenasiphelo inomdondoshiya (ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu), nesilo (ubuKhatholika), nomprofethi wamanga (i-Islami). Emfanekisweni womhlaba wonke wesilo, umprofethi wamanga ubuProthestani obuhlubukile. Lowo mprofethi wamanga ukhohlisa umhlaba wonke, ngomdanso oyengayo kaSalome, noma ngomdanso wabaprofethi bakaBhali eNtabeni iKarmeli. Esambulweni isahluko seshumi nantathu, ukhohlisa umhlaba ngemimangaliso ayenzayo phambi kwesilo. Lezo zifanekiselo ezingokomfanekiso zokukhohlisa zimelela amandla okuphoqelela ngokwezomnotho namandla ezempi.

> And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:13–17.

> Futhi wenza izimangaliso ezinkulu, aze enze umlilo wehle uvela ezulwini uye emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, futhi ukhohlisa abahlezi emhlabeni ngezibonakaliso ayenikwe amandla okuzenza phambi kwesilo; ethi kwabahlezi emhlabeni mabakhele isilo umfanekiso, sona esasinenxeba lenkemba, kodwa saphila. Futhi wanikwa amandla okunika ukuphila emfanekisweni wesilo, ukuze umfanekiso wesilo ukhulume, futhi ubangele ukuba kubulawe bonke abangeke bakhulekele umfanekiso wesilo. Futhi ubangela bonke, abancane nabakhulu, abacebileyo nabampofu, abakhululekileyo nezigqila, ukuba bamukele uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene noma emabunzini abo; futhi ukuze kungabi khona ongathenga noma ongathengisa, ngaphandle kwalowo onophawu, noma igama lesilo, noma isibalo segama laso. IsAmbulo 13:13–17.

The deception and miracles that are associated with the false prophet actually represent the force that is brought about by economics (no man might buy or sell), and military might (should be killed). The false prophet of Islam in the Bible represents the work of Islam in angering and distressing the nations. They accomplish their work of angering and distressing by warfare, and the Bible identifies that their warfare in turn produces economic disaster. The warfare of Islam and the ensuing economic fallout is the issue that brings together “all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah” in the United States.

Inkohliso nezimangaliso ezihlotshaniswa nomprofethi wamanga empeleni zimelela amandla alethwa umnotho (ukuze kungabikho muntu ongathenga noma athengise), namandla empi (ofanele ukubulawa). Umprofethi wamanga wobuSulumane eBhayibhelini umelela umsebenzi wobuSulumane ekuvuseni intukuthelo nasekucindezeleni izizwe. Bafeza umsebenzi wabo wokuvusa intukuthelo nokucindezela ngempi, futhi iBhayibheli likhomba ukuthi impi yabo yona ibe isiveza inhlekelele yezomnotho. Impi yobuSulumane kanye nomonakalo wezomnotho olandelayo yikho okuletha ndawonye “wonke amandla onakele ahlubukile ekwethembekeni emthethweni kaJehova” e-United States.

At the cross, the Sadducees and the Pharisees fully “apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah,” as they came together to crucify the true Protestant horn. In their rejection of Christ, they chose Barabbas, who represents a false Christ. “Bar,” means son, and “Abba,” means father. Barabbas means “Son of the Father”. Christ was the greatest of all of the prophets, and Barabbas was a symbol of a false prophet.

Esiphambanweni, abaSadusi nabaFarisi “bahlubuka ngokuphelele ekuthembekeni emthethweni kaJehova,” lapho behlangana ukuze babethele esiphambanweni uphondo lweqiniso lwabaProthestani. Ekumenqabeni kwabo uKristu, bakhetha uBaraba, omelela uKristu wamanga. “Bar” lisho indodana, kanti “Abba” lisho ubaba. UBaraba usho ukuthi “iNdodana kaYise”. UKristu wayengomkhulu kunabo bonke abaprofethi, kanti uBaraba wayeyisibonakaliso somprofethi wamanga.

In the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, the two horns of the earth beast come to the point of their final prophetic manifestation. One represents the image of Christ, the other the image of the beast. In the history where these two horns manifest themselves, apostate Protestantism began its journey unto the soon-coming Sunday law with the Patriot Act in 2001. That waymark aligns with the Declaration of Independence, which in its beginning spoke as a lamb, for it expressed the protest of Protestantism against kingly power and popish rule. The waymark it aligns with at its ending (the Patriot Act) expresses the suppression of Protestantism.

Ngesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu kwabeyikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane, izimpondo ezimbili zesilo sasemhlabeni zifika endaweni yokubonakala kwazo kokugcina ngokwesiprofetho. Enye imele umfanekiso kaKristu, kanti enye imele umfanekiso wesilo. Emlandweni lapho lezi zimpondo ezimbili ziziveza khona, ubuProthestani obuhlubukileyo baqala uhambo lwabo olubheke emthethweni weSonto ozofika maduzane nge-Patriot Act ngo-2001. Lowo mngcele uhambisana ne-Declaration of Independence, eyathi ekuqaleni kwayo yakhuluma njengewundlu, ngokuba yaveza ukuphikisa kobuProthestani ngamandla obukhosi nangokubusa kobuPapa. Umngcele ehambisana nawo ekupheleni kwawo (i-Patriot Act) uveza ukucindezelwa kobuProthestani.

The second waymark in the journey of the two horns during the sealing time was represented in the beginning by the Constitution, which codified the separation of the two powers, which is the strength of the earth beast. That waymark reached its parallel in the ending, with the “Kangaroo Court” of the January 6, 2021 hearings, where the basic privileges of the Constitution were set aside, for political expediency.

Isibonakaliso sesibili endleleni yezimpondo ezimbili ngesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu savezwa ekuqaleni nguMthethosisekelo, owawubhala ngokusemthethweni ukuhlukaniswa kwamandla amabili, okuyiwona amandla esilo somhlaba. Leso sibonakaliso safinyelela ekulinganeni kwaso ekupheleni, nge-“Kangaroo Court” yamacala okulalelwa kaJanuwari 6, 2021, lapho amalungelo ayisisekelo oMthethosisekelo abekelwa eceleni ngenxa yokuzuzisa kwezombangazwe.

The last waymark in the ending journey of the two horns is the soon coming Sunday law, which was typified in its beginning by the Alien and Sedition Acts. Thus, the beginning histories’ three waymarks identified a transition from the independence and freedom represented by the Lamb (1776), which is the only way to be truly free, unto the bondage of the dragon (1798).

Uphawu lokugcina endleleni yokuphela yezimpondo ezimbili ngumthetho weSonto osuzofika maduze, owawufanekiselwa ekuqaleni kwawo yiMithetho Yabafokazi Neyokuvukela Umbuso. Ngakho-ke, izimpawu zendlela ezintathu zomlando wokuqala zakhomba uguquko olusuka ekuzimeleni nasenkululekweni okufanekiselwa yiWundlu (1776), okuyiyona ndlela kuphela yokuba nenkululeko yeqiniso, luye ebugqilini bukadrako (1798).

The three waymarks of the sealing time identify the final journey of the earth beast, who is the false prophet. That journey ends at Jerusalem, when the ensign is lifted up, and when many shall then say, “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

Izimpawu ezintathu zesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu zikhomba uhambo lokugcina lwesilo somhlaba, ongumprofethi wamanga. Lolo hambo luphelela eJerusalema, lapho ibhanela liphakanyiswa, nalapho abaningi beyakuthi ngaleso sikhathi: “Wozani, sikhuphukele entabeni kaJehova, endlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe; yena uyakusifundisa ngezindlela zakhe, sihambe ezindleleni zakhe; ngokuba umthetho uyakuphuma eSiyoni, nezwi likaJehova eJerusalema.”

The final three-step journey of the earth beast, is the journey of a false prophet on his way to Jerusalem. When the True Prophet came and entered into Jerusalem, He did so by riding upon an ass. The earth beast also rides an “ass” into Jerusalem, for as the false prophet (the earth beast), he is represented by Balaam. Balaam, in seeking fame and wealth, turned from a calling to be a true prophet, and “apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah.” He determined to participate in cursing God’s people, just as the United States will do at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Uhambo lokugcina lwezinyathelo ezintathu lwesilo somhlaba luwuhambo lomprofethi wamanga osendleleni yakhe eya eJerusalema. Lapho uMprofethi Weqiniso efika futhi engena eJerusalema, wakwenza lokho egibele imbongolo. Naso isilo somhlaba sigibela “imbongolo” singene eJerusalema, ngokuba njengomprofethi wamanga (isilo somhlaba), simelwe nguBhalami. UBhalami, ekufuneni udumo nengcebo, waphenduka wasuka obizweni lokuba ngumprofethi weqiniso, futhi “waphendukela ekuhlubukeni ekwethembekeni emthethweni kaJehova.” Wanquma ukuhlanganyela ekuqalekiseni abantu bakaNkulunkulu, njengoba ne-United States iyokwenza emthethweni weSonto osuzayo maduzane.

Balaam’s journey was accomplished by riding upon an ass, and during his journey it is identified three times that Balaam’s ass brought grief to Balaam. The first time the ass turned out of the way.

Uhambo lukaBhalami lwafezwa ngokugibela imbongolo, futhi phakathi nohambo lwakhe kushiwo kathathu ukuthi imbongolo kaBhalami yamlethela usizi uBhalami. Okokuqala imbongolo yaphambuka endleleni.

> And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. Numbers 22:23.

> Inkonyane yabona ingelosi kaJehova imi endleleni, inkemba yayo ihoshiwe esandleni sayo; inkonyane yaphambuka endleleni, yaya ensimini; uBhalami wayishaya inkonyane, ukuze ayibuyisele endleleni. Numeri 22:23.

On September 11, 2001, Islam of the third woe, the wild Arabian ass of Bible prophecy, turned Balaam out of the way, for when the great buildings of New York City came down, it was a “turning point” in the history of the nations and the church. The angel standing in the way, was the mighty angel that then descended to lighten the earth with His glory. The ass would once again cause Balaam grief.

Ngomhla ka-11 kuSepthemba 2001, ubuSulumane besishayo sesithathu, imbongolo yasendle yase-Arabiya yesiprofetho seBhayibheli, baphambukisa uBhalami endleleni, ngoba lapho izakhiwo ezinkulu zaseDolobheni laseNew York ziwe, kwaba “yisikhathi sokuphenduka” emlandweni wezizwe nowebandla. Ingelosi eyayimi endleleni kwakuyileyo Ngelosi enamandla eyase yehla ukuze ikhanyise umhlaba ngenkazimulo yaYo. Imbongolo yayisizophinda futhi imlethele uBhalami usizi.

> But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again. Numbers 22: 24, 25.

> Kepha ingelosi yeNkosi yema endleleni phakathi kwezivini, kukhona udonga ngalapha, nodonga ngalapha. Kwathi lapho imbongolo ibona ingelosi yeNkosi, yazicindezela odongeni, yachoboza unyawo lukaBhalami odongeni; wayeseyishaya futhi. Numeri 22:24, 25.

After September 11, 2001 God’s people were to sing the message of the song of the vineyard (Isaiah chapter twenty-seven), which is currently where Balaam is, with a “wall” on this side, and a “wall” on that side. The wall at the southern border of the United States is the issue that precedes the fall of the “wall of separation of Church and State” at the third and final waymark. The issue of the “wall” of the southern border is where Balaam’s “foot” is crushed, as an internal war over immigration begins to divide the earth beast into two opposing parties in advance of the repetition of the Civil War.

Emva kukaSepthemba 11, 2001, abantu bakaNkulunkulu kwakufanele bacule umlayezo wengoma yesivini (Isaya isahluko samashumi amabili nesikhombisa), okuyilapho uBalamu ekhona khona manje, kuno “donga” ngalolu hlangothi, no “donga” ngalolo hlangothi. Udonga olusemngceleni oseningizimu ye-United States luyindaba eyandulela ukuwa “kodonga lokwehlukanisa iBandla noMbuso” esibonakalisweni sesithathu nesokugcina. Indaba “yodonga” lomngcele oseningizimu iyindawo lapho “unyawo” lukaBalamu luchotshozwa khona, njengoba impi yangaphakathi mayelana nokufuduka kwabantu iqala ukuhlukanisa isilo somhlaba sibe amaqembu amabili aphikisanayo ngaphambi kokuphindwa kweMpi Yombango.

The history between the two walls is the history represented by the waymark of the Constitution from 1789 to 1798, which typified the history of 2015, when Trump announced his campaign for the office of the president with his emphasis upon “building the wall”, until the soon coming Sunday law removes the wall of separation of Church and State.

Umlando ophakathi kwezindonga zombili uwumlando omelwe uphawu lwendlela loMthethosisekelo kusukela ngowe-1789 kuya kowe-1798, owawuyisifanekiselo somlando ka-2015, lapho uTrump ememezela umkhankaso wakhe wokungenela isikhundla sobumongameli ngokugcizelela kwakhe “ukwakha udonga”, kuze kube yilapho umthetho weSonto ozayo maduze ususa udonga lokwahlukanisa iBandla noMbuso.

Post-September 11, 2001, the earth beast, represented by Balaam, began to divide. The division of Balaam’s two walls, represents a separation of two classes within both horns of the earth beast, represented by the election of Trump in 2016, the death of the two witnesses in 2020, the Pelosi trials of January 6, 2021, the reviving of the two witnesses in 2023, and the ass crippling Balaam on October 7, 2023.

Ngemva kuka-11 Septhemba 2001, isilo somhlaba, esimelwe nguBhalami, saqala ukuhlukana phakathi. Ukuhlukana kwezindonga ezimbili zikaBhalami kumele ukwehlukaniswa kwezigaba ezimbili phakathi kwezimpondo zombili zesilo somhlaba, okubonakaliswa ngokukhethwa kukaTrump ngo-2016, ukufa kofakazi ababili ngo-2020, ukuqulwa kwamacala kukaPelosi kaJanuwari 6, 2021, ukuvuselelwa kofakazi ababili ngo-2023, kanye nembongolo ekhubaza uBhalami ngo-Okthoba 7, 2023.

The last waymark of the journey of Balaam is when the ass “speaks”, and it is at the soon-coming Sunday law where the United States speaks as a dragon, where the angel of Revelation eighteen speaks a second time, and where Habakkuk’s vision that has tarried speaks. The vision that tarried was the vision of Islam of the third woe, and it speaks as a wild ass by its wild actions at the soon coming Sunday law.

Uphawu lokugcina lohambo lukaBhalamu yilapho imbongolo “ikhuluma” khona, futhi kusemthethweni weSonto osusondele ukufika lapho i-United States ikhuluma njengodrako, lapho ingelosi yesAmbulo 18 ikhuluma khona okwesibili, nalapho umbono kaHabakuki owawulibele ukhuluma khona. Umbono owawulibele wawungumbono wobuSulumane beshwangusha lesithathu, futhi ukhuluma njengembongolo yasendle ngezenzo zayo zasendle emthethweni weSonto osusondele ukufika.

> And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. Numbers 22:26–31.

> Ingelosi likaJehova lase liqhubeka, lama endaweni eminyene, lapho kwakungekho ndlela yokuphambukela ngakwesokunene noma ngakwesokhohlo. Kwathi lapho imbongolo ibona ingelosi likaJehova, yakhothama phansi ngaphansi kukaBhalami; ulaka lukaBhalami lwase luvutha, wayishaya imbongolo ngenduku. UJehova wase evula umlomo wembongolo, yathi kuBhalami: Ngoneni kuwe, lokhu ungishayile kathathu na? UBhalami wayesethi embongolweni: Ngokuba ungihlekisile; sengathi bekukhona inkemba esandleni sami, ngokuba manje bengizokubulala. Imbongolo yathi kuBhalami: Angiyona yini imbongolo yakho, obuyigibele selokhu ngaba ngeyakho kuze kube namuhla? Ngake ngajwayela ukwenza kanjalo kuwe na? Wathi: Qha. UJehova wase evula amehlo kaBhalami, wayibona ingelosi likaJehova imi endleleni, inkemba yayo ihoshiwe esandleni sayo; wase ekhothamisa ikhanda lakhe, wawa ngobuso bakhe phansi. Numeri 22:26–31.

The United States is the false prophet that deceives the world to set up a worldwide image of the beast. In the period of time that is the time of the formation of the image of the beast within the United States, the United States is carried by the false prophet, represented by Balaam’s ass. The false prophet in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand that forces all those corrupt powers in the United States to come together into a church and state relationship is Islam of the third woe.

I-United States ingumprofethi wamanga okhohlisa izwe ukuba limise umfanekiso wesilo womhlaba wonke. Esikhathini esiyisikhathi sokubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo ngaphakathi kwe-United States, i-United States ithwalwa ngumprofethi wamanga, omelwe yimbongolo kaBhalami. Umprofethi wamanga esikhathini sokubekwa uphawu kwabaliyikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane, ophoqelela lawo wonke amandla onakele e-United States ukuba ahlangane ebudlelwaneni besonto nombuso, ubuSulumane bomaye wesithathu.

It accomplishes its work through warfare, and the economic collapse that is brought about by that warfare. Those two characteristics are the same forces the false prophet of the United States employs to force the entire world with when it repeats the work that was done in the United States by the false prophet of the bottomless pit.

Ifeza umsebenzi wayo ngempi, nangokuwa komnotho okulethwa yileyo mpi. Lezo zimpawu ezimbili ziyizo kanye izindlela umprofethi wamanga wase-United States azisebenzisayo ukuphoqa umhlaba wonke ngazo lapho ephinda umsebenzi owenziwa e-United States ngumprofethi wamanga womgodi ongenamkhawulo.

The United States is now between the issue of the wall (immigration) which was the heart of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, and the wall of the separation of church and state that is fully removed at the soon coming Sunday law. The United States is already crippled financially, for its national debt is beyond repair. The dragon power is currently propping up a false financial forecast, but it is a lie that claims that wealth is produced with a printing press, but after all, the dragon is the liar of Bible prophecy. He propagates his lie through the modern representation of Hitler’s famous propaganda machine, thus providing the logic for the fourth element of the Alien and Sedition Acts to be repeated, which provided the president with the authority to shut down any media outlet that opposed his ideas.

I-United States manje imi phakathi kwendaba yodonga (lokufuduka) eyayiyingqikithi yoMthetho we-Alien and Sedition Acts ka-1798, nodonga lokwahlukaniswa kwebandla nombuso olususiwe ngokuphelele emthethweni weSonto olusondela ngokushesha. I-United States isivele ikhubazekile kwezezimali, ngoba isikweletu sayo sikazwelonke asisakwazi ukulungiseka. Amandla odrako okwamanje asekelisa isibikezelo samanga sezimali, kodwa kungamanga athi ingcebo ikhiqizwa ngomshini wokunyathelisa imali; phela, phela, udrako ungumqambimanga wesiprofetho seBhayibheli. Usakaza amanga akhe ngokumelwa kwesimanje komshini odumile wenkulumo-ze kaHitler, ngaleyo ndlela enikeza umqondo wokuba isici sesine se-Alien and Sedition Acts siphindwe, esasipha umongameli igunya lokuvala noma iyiphi inkundla yezindaba eyayiphikisana nemibono yakhe.

Jesus always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing. The image of the beast in the United States must possess the same prophetic characteristics of the worldwide image of the beast, and it does, but the deception that produces the corrupted alliance within the false prophet of the earth beast is the false prophet of Islam. Both Balaam and the ass are symbols of false prophets. The history of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand is the history of the three bottomless pit powers. Islam from the bottomless pit is the first waymark of September 11, 2001. Atheism of the bottomless pit arises to slay the two witnesses in 2020, and Catholicism of the bottomless pit arises from its death at the soon coming Sunday law.

UJesu ngaso sonke isikhathi ufanekisa ukuphela kwento ngokuqala kwento. Umfanekiso wesilo e-United States kumelwe ube nezici ezifanayo zesiprofetho nomfanekiso wesilo womhlaba wonke, futhi kunjalo, kodwa inkohliso eveza ubumbano olonakele ngaphakathi komprofethi wamanga wesilo sasemhlabeni ingumprofethi wamanga wamaSulumane. Kokubili uBhalami nembongolo kuyizimpawu zabaprofethi bamanga. Umlando wokubekwa uphawu kwabeyikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane ungumlando wamandla amathathu omgodi ongenasiphelo. UbuSulumane obuvela emgodini ongenasiphelo buyisibonakaliso sokuqala sikaSepthemba 11, 2001. Ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu komgodi ongenasiphelo kuyavela ukuze kubulale ofakazi ababili ngo-2020, kanti ubuKatolika bomgodi ongenasiphelo buyavela ekufeni kwabo emthethweni weSonto osuzofika maduze.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka nalesi sifundo esihlokweni esilandelayo.

> “The world is not improving. Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. By rejecting the Son of God, the personification of the only true God, who possessed goodness, mercy, and untiring love, whose heart was ever touched with human woe, and choosing a murderer in his stead, the Jews showed what human nature can and will do when the restraining power of the Spirit of God is removed, and men are under the control of the apostate. Those who choose Satan as their ruler will reveal the spirit of their chosen master.

> “Izwe alithuthuki. Abantu ababi nabakhohlisi bayakwanda ngokuba babi kakhulu, bekhohlisa futhi bekhohliswa. Ngokwenqaba iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ukumelwa ngobuntu kukaNkulunkulu oyedwa weqiniso, owayenobuhle, nomusa, nothando olungakhathali, inhliziyo yayo eyayihlale ithintwa usizi lwabantu, bese bekhetha umbulali esikhundleni sayo, amaJuda abonisa lokho imvelo yomuntu engakwenza futhi ezokwenza lapho amandla avimbelayo oMoya kaNkulunkulu esuswa, futhi abantu sebengaphansi kokulawulwa yisihlubuki. Labo abakhetha uSathane ukuba abe ngumbusi wabo bayoveza umoya wenkosi abayikhethileyo.”

> “The world will not improve till God goes out of his place to punish her for her iniquity. Then the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Christ warned his disciples, ‘Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.’

> “Izwe ngeke libe ngcono kuze kube uNkulunkulu ephuma endaweni yakhe ukuyolijezisa ngenxa yobubi balo. Khona-ke umhlaba uyokwambula igazi lawo, ungabe usawafihla ababulawayo bawo. UKristu waxwayisa abafundi bakhe wathi, ‘Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho muntu onidukisayo. Ngokuba abaningi bayakuza ngegama lami, bethi, Mina nginguKristu; badukise abaningi. Niyakuzwa ngezimpi nangamahlebezi ezimpi; bonani ningakhathazeki, ngokuba zonke lezi zinto zimelwe ukwenzeka, kodwa ukuphela akukafiki. Ngokuba isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba khona indlala, nezifo eziwumshayabhuqe, nokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ngezindawo. Kepha konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo. Khona bayakuninikela ekuhluphekeni, banibulale; niyakuzondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lami. Khona abaningi bayakukhubeka, bakhaphelane, bazondane. Kuyakuvela nabaprofethi bamanga abaningi, badukise abaningi. Ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabaningi luyakuphola. Kepha okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni, nguyena oyakusindiswa.’”

> “When Christ was upon this earth, the world preferred Barabbas. And today the world and the churches are making the same choice. The scenes of the betrayal, the rejection, and the crucifixion of Christ have been re-enacted, and will again be re-enacted on an immense scale. People will be filled with the attributes of the enemy, and with them his delusions will have great power. Just to that degree that light is refused will there be misconception and misunderstanding. Those who reject Christ and choose Barabbas work under a ruinous deception. Misrepresentation and false witness will grow to open rebellion. The eye being evil, the whole body will be full of darkness. Those who give their affections to any leader but Christ will find themselves under the control, body, soul, and spirit, of an infatuation that is so entrancing that under its power souls turn away from hearing the truth to believe a lie. They are ensnared and taken, and by their every action they cry, Release unto us Barabbas, but crucify Christ.

> “Ngesikhathi uKristu esemhlabeni, izwe lakhetha uBaraba. Futhi namuhla izwe namabandla enza ukukhetha okufanayo. Izigcawu zokukhaphela, zokwaliwa, nezokubethelwa kukaKristu ziphinde zenziwa, futhi ziyophinde zenziwe futhi ngezinga elikhulu kakhulu. Abantu bayogcwaliswa izimfanelo zesitha, futhi kanye nabo ukukhohlisa kwaso kuyoba namandla amakhulu. Ngokwesilinganiso esifanayo nalokho ukukhanya okwenqatshwa ngakho, kuyoba khona ukuqonda okungamanga nokungaqondi kahle. Labo abamala uKristu bakhethe uBaraba basebenza ngaphansi kokudukiswa okubhubhisayo. Ukumelwa kabi kanye nobufakazi bamanga kuyokhula kube ukuhlubuka okusobala. Iso uma lilibi, umzimba wonke uyogcwala ubumnyama. Labo abanika izinhliziyo zabo kunoma yimuphi umholi ngaphandle kukaKristu bayozithola sebengaphansi kokulawulwa, emzimbeni, emphefumulweni, nasemoyeni, kokuyengelwa okuyisihibe okuthakathayo kangangokuthi ngaphansi kwamandla ako imiphefumulo iyaphambuka ekuzweni iqiniso ukuze ikholwe amanga. Bayabanjwa futhi bathathwe, futhi ngazo zonke izenzo zabo bayamemeza bathi, Sikhululele uBaraba, kodwa uKristu mababethelwe.”

> “Even now this decision is being made. The scenes enacted at the cross are being re-enacted. In the churches that have departed from truth and righteousness it is being revealed what human nature can do and will do when the love of God is not an abiding principle in the soul. We need not be surprised at anything that may take place now. We need not marvel at any developments of horror. Those who trample under their unholy feet the law of God have the same spirit as had the men who insulted and betrayed Jesus. Without any compunction of conscience, they will do the deeds of their father, the devil. They will ask the question that came from the traitorous lips of Judas, What will you give me if I betray unto you Jesus the Christ? Even now Christ is being betrayed in the person of his saints.” Review and Herald, January 30, 1900.

> “Ngisho namanje lesi sinqumo siyathathwa. Izigigaba ezenziwa esiphambanweni ziyaphindwa futhi. Emasontweni aphambukile eqinisweni nasekulungeni kuyavezwa lokho imvelo yomuntu engakwenza nephinde ikwenze lapho uthando lukaNkulunkulu lungeyona isimiso esihlala njalo emphefumulweni. Asidingi ukumangala nganoma yini engase yenzeke manje. Asidingi ukubabaza nganoma yikuphi ukuvela kwezinto ezesabekayo. Labo abanyathela ngaphansi kwezinyawo zabo ezingcwele umthetho kaNkulunkulu banawo lowo moya owawukubo amadoda ahlambalaza futhi akhaphela uJesu. Ngaphandle kwanoma yikuphi ukuzisola kukanembeza, bayokwenza imisebenzi kayise wabo, uSathane. Bayobuza umbuzo owavela ezindebeni ezakhaphela zikaJuda, Ninganginikani uma ngimnikela kini uJesu uKristu na? Ngisho namanje uKristu uyakhaphelwa ebuntwini babangcwele bakhe.” Review and Herald, January 30, 1900.

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