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# Panium - Number Seventeen

Panium - Inombolo Yeshumi Nesikhombisa

The Thing and the Vision: Daniel’s Two Lines of Prophecy and the Unsealing of Revelation

Into kanye noMbono: Imigqa Emibili Yesiprofetho KaDaniyeli Nokuvulwa KweSambulo

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Jeff Pippenger

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February 22, 2026

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On July 18, 2020 the first disappointment of the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand arrived. It occurred within the “hidden history” of verse forty of Daniel eleven. The disappointment occurred well into that “hidden history”—a history that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. Verse forty-one represents the Sunday law in the United States, that is also represented in verse sixteen of the same chapter. The “unsealing” of the truths that make up the “hidden history” of verse forty in 2023 is presented by Daniel in chapter twelve. Chapters ten through twelve are the same vision, and the vision begins by identifying that Daniel represents the “wise” who understand both the internal and external messages of prophecy, which is there represented as “the thing” and “the vision.”

NgoJulayi 18, 2020 kwafika ukudumala kokuqala komnyakazo wabakhulu abayikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane. Kwenzeka ngaphakathi “emlandweni ofihlekile” wevesi lamashumi amane likaDaniyeli ishumi nanye. Ukudumala kwenzeka sekukude phakathi kwalowo “mlando ofihlekile”—umlando owaqala ngokuwohloka kweSoviet Union ngo-1989. Ivesi lamashumi amane nanye limelela umthetho weSonto e-United States, futhi lowo umelwe futhi evesini leshumi nesithupha sesahluko esifanayo. “Ukuvulwa” kwamaqiniso akha “umlando ofihlekile” wevesi lamashumi amane ngo-2023 kwethulwa nguDaniyeli esahlukweni seshumi nambili. Izahluko zeshumi kuya kweshumi nambili zingumbono ofanayo, futhi lowo mbono uqala ngokukhomba ukuthi uDaniyeli umelela “abahlakaniphileyo” abaqonda yomibili imiyalezo yangaphakathi neyangaphandle yesiprofetho, okuthe lapho kwamelelwa ngokuthi “le nto” kanye “nombono.”

> In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. Daniel 10:1.

> Ngomnyaka wesithathu kaKoresi inkosi yasePheresiya kwembulwa into kuDaniyeli, ogama lakhe lalibizwa ngokuthi uBeliteshasari; futhi leyo nto yayiyiqiniso, kepha isikhathi esimisiweyo saside; wayiqonda leyo nto, futhi wayenokuqonda ngombono. Daniyeli 10:1.

## Two Visions

Imibono Emibili

The “thing” and the “vision” represent the internal and external visions of prophecy, and Daniel represents a people who understand both, for both the “thing” and the “vision” were “revealed” to Daniel in chapter ten. In the chapter, on the twenty-second day, the vision of Christ in the sanctuary was “revealed” to Daniel. The Hebrew word translated as “thing” is translated as “matter” in chapter nine, and it is also presented there in connection with the “vision.”

“Izinto” kanye “nombono” kumele imiboniso yangaphakathi nangaphandle yesiprofetho, futhi uDaniyeli umelela abantu abaqonda kokubili, ngokuba kokubili “into” kanye “nombono” “kwambulwa” kuDaniyeli esahlukweni seshumi. Kuleso sahluko, ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nambili, umbono kaKristu esendaweni engcwele “wambulwa” kuDaniyeli. Igama lesiHebheru elihunyushwe ngokuthi “into” lihunyushwe ngokuthi “udaba” esahlukweni sesishiyagalolunye, futhi nalo lavezwa lapho lihlobene “nombono.”

> At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Daniel 9:23.

> Ekuqaleni kokunxusa kwakho kwaphuma umyalo, mina sengifikile ukukubonisa; ngokuba uthandeka kakhulu: ngakho qonda le ndaba, uqaphele nombono. Daniyeli 9:23.

The word “thing” in chapter ten is the same word translated as “matter” in verse twenty-three of chapter nine. In Daniel’s final vision of chapters ten through twelve; the “thing” of chapter eleven or the “matter” of chapter ten are both connected with “the vision.” The “vision” is the Hebrew word, “mareh,” and means “appearance.” Daniel identifies two “visions” in his book, though one of those two “visions” is represented by in the feminine tense and then again in the masculine tense. Daniel in verse one of chapter ten represents those who understand the “vision” of the appearance, and also the “matter” or the “thing.” In chapter eight Daniel identifies two “visions” connected with one another. In the English the word vision is found eight times in the chapter, and one of the Hebrew words translated as “vision” is “mareh,” and the other is “chazon.” Mareh means “appearance,” and chazon means “a dream, a revelation or an oracle.” The context of chapter eight establishes that when the word “mareh” is translated as “vision” it represents the “appearance of Christ.”

Igama elithi “thing” esahlukweni seshumi liyilo kanye igama elihunyushwe ngokuthi “matter” evesini lamashumi amabili nantathu lesahluko sesishiyagalolunye. Embonweni wokugcina kaDaniyeli osezahlukweni zeshumi kuya kweleshumi nambili, “thing” lesahluko seleshumi nanye noma “matter” lesahluko seshumi kokubili kuhlobene “nombono.” “Umbono” uyigama lesiHeberu elithi “mareh,” futhi lisho “ukubonakala.” UDaniyeli ukhomba “imibono” emibili encwadini yakhe, nakuba owodwa kuleyo mibono emibili uvezwa ngesimo sobulili besifazane, bese uphinde uvezwe ngesimo sobulili besilisa. UDaniyeli evesini lokuqala lesahluko seshumi uveza labo abaqonda “umbono” wokubonakala, kanye futhi “nendaba” noma “nento.” Esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili uDaniyeli ukhomba “imibono” emibili exhumene komunye nomunye. EsiNgisini igama elithi vision litholakala izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili kuleso sahluko, futhi elinye lamagama esiHeberu ahunyushwe ngokuthi “vision” lithi “mareh,” kanti elinye lithi “chazon.” IMareh isho “ukubonakala,” kanti ichazon isho “iphupho, isambulo noma izwi lesiprofetho.” Umongo wesahluko sesishiyagalombili uqinisa ukuthi lapho igama elithi “mareh” lihunyushwa ngokuthi “vision” limelela “ukubonakala kukaKristu.”

As an example, it is the “mareh” or the “appearance vision” in Daniel 8:14, meaning that on October 22, 1844 Christ would suddenly appear in the temple in fulfillment of Malachi three’s Messenger of the Covenant, which Sister White said was fulfilled on October 22, 1844. When Sister White identifies that the angel of Revelation ten that descended and placed one foot on the land and one on the sea was “no less a personage than Jesus Christ” she was identifying a waymark in prophecy where Christ appears. It is one of His many appearances. He appeared at the resurrection of Moses according to Jude. There He appeared as Michael the archangel, but never-the-less it was a prophetic appearance. The mareh vision in chapter eight is also translated as “appearance,” in agreement with its meaning.

Njengesibonelo, yi-“mareh” noma “umbono wokubonakala” kuDaniyeli 8:14, okusho ukuthi ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844 uKristu wayezovela ngokuzuma ethempelini ekugcwalisekeni koMthunywa weSivumelwano kaMalaki isahluko sesithathu, uDade White athi kwagcwaliseka ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844. Lapho uDade White ekhomba ukuthi ingelosi yesAmbulo ishumi eyehla yabeka unyawo olulodwa emhlabeni nolunye olwandle yayiyi-“siqu esingekho ngaphansi kukaJesu Kristu” wayekhomba uphawu lwendlela esiprofethweni lapho uKristu evela khona. Kungokunye kokubonakala kwakhe okuningi. Wabonakala ekuvukeni kukaMose ngokukaJuda. Lapho wabonakala njengoMikayeli ingelosi enkulu, kodwa nokho kwakungukubonakala kwesiprofetho. Umbono we-mareh esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili ubuye uhunyushwe ngokuthi “ukubonakala,” ngokuvumelana nencazelo yawo.

> And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. Daniel 8:15.

> Kwase kuthi, lapho mina, yebo mina Daniyeli, sengiwubonile umbono, ngafuna incazelo yawo; khona-ke, bheka, kwema phambi kwami okwakunjengesimo somuntu. Daniyeli 8:15.

The context here identifies that it was the angel Gabriel that had the “appearance of a man, and the word “appearance” is the mareh vision’s appearance of Christ, for just as Christ is represented by Michael the archangel, and by the mighty angel of Revelation ten, Christ is interchangeable prophetically with the symbolism of angels, and even men. Whether Gabriel in the verse or Christ in Revelation ten or as Michael the archangel, they each represent a message, and for this reason Sister White compares the angels of Revelation with both the message they represent and the people that proclaim the message represented by the angels. This truth is so important that within the first three verses of Revelation chapter one, the three verses that announce the unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, just before probation closes, for “the time is at hand,” the communication process of God to man is specifically identified as a message from the Father, that was given to the Son, who then gives the message to an angel, who then takes it to a man, who in turn sends it to the churches. Every step of the communication process is sacred and holy, and that sanctified holiness is represented at the prophetic waymarks where Christ appears as Himself, or through an angel, man or message. When He directly associates Himself at a waymark it is the “mareh” “appearance vision.”

Umongo lapha uveza ukuthi kwakuyingelosi uGabriyeli eyayino-“kubonakala komuntu,” futhi igama elithi “ukubonakala” liyisibonakalo se-mareh sombono kaKristu; ngokuba njengoba uKristu emelwe nguMikayeli ingelosi enkulu, nangengelosi enamandla yesAmbulo ishumi, uKristu ngokwesiprofetho uyashintshiselana nomfanekiso wezingelosi, ngisho nowabantu. Noma kunguGabriyeli kuleli vesi, noma kunguKristu kusAmbulo ishumi, noma enguMikayeli ingelosi enkulu, ngamunye wabo umelela umlayezo, futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu uDade White uqhathanisa izingelosi zesAmbulo kokubili nomlayezo eziwumeleyo kanye nabantu abamemezela umlayezo omelelwa yizingelosi. Leli qiniso libaluleke kakhulu kangangokuthi phakathi kwamavesi amathathu okuqala esAmbulo isahluko sokuqala, lawo mavesi amathathu amemezela ukuvulwa kweSambulo sikaJesu Kristu, ngaphambi nje kokuvalwa komusa, ngokuba “isikhathi sesisondele,” inqubo yokuxhumana kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu ichazwa ngokukhethekile njengomlayezo ovela kuYise, owanikwa iNdodana, yona-ke eyabe isinika ingelosi lowo mlayezo, yona-ke yawuyisa kumuntu, lowo naye wawuthumela emabandleni. Zonke izinyathelo zale nqubo yokuxhumana zingcwele futhi ziyimfihlakalo engcwele, futhi lobo bungcwele obungcwelisiweyo bumelelwa ezimpawini zesiprofetho lapho uKristu ebonakala enguYena uqobo, noma ngengelosi, umuntu noma umlayezo. Lapho ezihlanganisa khona ngokuqondile nofakazi wesibonakaliso, kuba “umbono wokubonakala” we-“mareh.”

> The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. … And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 1:1–3; 22:10, 11.

> Isambulo sikaJesu Kristu, uNkulunkulu amnika sona, ukuba abonise izinceku zakhe izinto okumelwe zenzeke masinyane; wasithumela, wasiveza ngezibonakaliso ngengelosi yakhe encekwini yakhe uJohane; owafakaza ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, nangobufakazi bukaJesu Kristu, nangakho konke akubonileyo. Ubusisiwe ofundayo, nabezwa amazwi alesi siprofetho, futhi bagcina okulotshwe kuso; ngokuba isikhathi sesiseduze. … Wayesethi kimi: Ungawunamathiseli uphawu amazwi esiprofetho sale ncwadi, ngokuba isikhathi sesiseduze. Ongalungile makenze okungalungile futhi; nongcolileyo makabe ngongcolileyo futhi; nolungileyo makenze ukulunga futhi; nongcwele makabe ngongcwele futhi. IsAmbulo 1:1–3; 22:10, 11.

In chapter eight, “chazon” is the other Hebrew word which is translated as “vision.” In relation to the “appearance” the “marah” vision is identifying a waymark, and the “chazon” vision is identifying a prophetic period. There is a divine symmetry with the two words translated as “vision” in chapter eight, in the sense the Hebrew word “mareh” is also employed by Daniel in its feminine form of “marah.” With the chazon Daniel represents it two ways, but not through a masculine and feminine contrast, but with two words that identify the same meaning, but in doing so, they expand exponentially.

Esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili, “chazon” yilona elinye igama lesiHeberu elihunyushwa ngokuthi “umbono.” Ngokuphathelene “nokubonakala,” umbono we-“marah” ukhomba uphawu lwendlela, kanti umbono we-“chazon” ukhomba inkathi yesiprofetho. Kukhona ukuvumelana kwasezulwini ngala magama amabili ahunyushwa ngokuthi “umbono” esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili, ngomqondo wokuthi igama lesiHeberu elithi “mareh” lisetshenziswa futhi nguDaniyeli esimweni salo sobufazi esithi “marah.” Nge-“chazon” uDaniyeli ulumela ngezindlela ezimbili, kodwa hhayi ngokwehluka kobuduna nobufazi, kunalokho ngamazwi amabili akhomba incazelo efanayo, kodwa ngokwenza kanjalo, ayanda ngokuphindaphindeka okukhulu.

Chazon means the vision, or the oracle, or prophecy and the word that is translated as either “matter” or “thing” in the English is the Hebrew word “dabar” which means “the word.” When it understood that “chazon” vision is also represented by Daniel with the word “dabar,” then together they represent the prophetic messages of God’s Word. Daniel always contrasts “dabar” or “chazon” with “mareh.” When considered at the prophetic level the “prophetic messages of God’s Word,” as represented by “dabar” and “chazon” when brought together with the “marah” vision of Christ’s appearance you then have the sacred waymarks of the prophetic history of God’s Word. Then if you add “marah,” the feminine tense of the word “mareh” to the line of meanings of vision in Daniel you have the looking glass vision of justification by faith.

I-Chazon isho umbono, noma isambulo, noma isiprofetho; kanti igama elihunyushwa ngesiNgisi ngokuthi “matter” noma “thing” yigama lesiHeberu elithi “dabar,” elisho ukuthi “izwi.” Lapho kuqondwa ukuthi umbono “chazon” nawo umelelwa nguDaniyeli ngegama elithi “dabar,” khona-ke ndawonye kumele izigijimi zesiprofetho zeZwi likaNkulunkulu. UDaniyeli njalo umehlukanisa “dabar” noma “chazon” no-“mareh.” Lapho kubhekwa ezingeni lesiprofetho, “izigijimi zesiprofetho zeZwi likaNkulunkulu,” njengoba zimelelwa “dabar” no-“chazon,” lapho zihlanganiswa nombono “marah” wokubonakala kukaKristu, khona-ke usuba nezimpawu ezingcwele zomlando wesiprofetho weZwi likaNkulunkulu. Khona-ke uma wengeza “marah,” isimo sobulili besifazane segama elithi “mareh,” kulolu chungechunge lwezincazelo zombono kuDaniyeli, usuba nombono wesibuko wokulungisiswa ngokukholwa.

In Daniel’s last vision, represented by the last three chapters of his book, Daniel represents a people in the last days who understand the “prophetic visions” of “God’s Word,” and the sacredness of holy waymarks which make up the reformatory movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for they are those who follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth in His sacred prophetic Word. As they follow the Lamb, He leads them to the looking glass vision of Daniel 10:7 where they either flee to hide under error, where they are buried for eternity, or they are humbled in the dust, justified and empowered to give the prophetic message of the latter days.

Embikweni wokugcina kaDaniyeli, omelwe izahluko ezintathu zokugcina zencwadi yakhe, uDaniyeli umele abantu bezinsuku zokugcina abaqonda “imibono yesiprofetho” “yeZwi likaNkulunkulu,” kanye nobungcwele bezimpawu ezingcwele zendlela ezakha ukunyakaza kokuguqulwa kwabeyikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane, ngokuba yibo abalandela iWundlu nomaphi lapho Liya khona eZwini laLo elingcwele lesiprofetho. Njengoba belandela iWundlu, Libaholela embonweni wesibuko kaDaniyeli 10:7 lapho bengase babaleke bayocasha ngaphansi kwephutha, lapho bengcwatshwa khona kuze kube phakade, noma bathotshiswe othulini, balungisiswe, banikwe amandla okunikeza umlayezo wesiprofetho wezinsuku zokugcina.

Gabriel commands Daniel to “understand” both the “matter” and the “vision.” The Hebrew word translated as “understand” means “to make a mental distinction.” Daniel, who represents you and I dear reader, was commanded to understand the difference and distinction between the “matter” and the “vision.” The chazon vision represents the external line of prophetic history and the mareh vision represents the appearance of Christ. The “matter” and the “thing” is the Hebrew word “dabar” which means the word. Jesus is the “dabar,” for He is the Word. The “thing” and the “matter,” both being the “dabar” are presented in connection with the vision of the appearance.

UGabriyeli uyala uDaniyeli ukuba “aqonde” kokubili “udaba” kanye “nombono.” Igama lesiHebheru elihunyushwe ngokuthi “qonda” lisho “ukwenza umehluko engqondweni.” UDaniyeli, omele mina nawe, mfundi othandekayo, wayalelwa ukuba aqonde umehluko nokwehluka phakathi “kodaba” kanye “nombono.” Umbono we-chazon umele umugqa wangaphandle womlando wesiprofetho, kanti umbono we-mareh umele ukubonakala kukaKristu. “Udaba” kanye “nento” kuyigama lesiHebheru elithi “dabar,” elisho izwi. UJesu ungu “dabar,” ngokuba Yena unguLizwi. “Into” kanye “nodaba,” kokubili kuyiyo “dabar,” kwethulwa kuhlobene nombono wokubonakala.

The dabar, which is the matter and the thing, is also the chazon vision of chapter eight and it represents the vision of prophetic history. Each of those representations (chazon, dabar, matter and thing) identify the external line of prophecy, and the mareh, and its feminine expression of marah, represent the internal line of prophecy. God’s latter-day people, represented in verse one of Daniel ten, understand both the internal and external lines of prophetic history. In the book of Revelation, the internal line is represented with seven churches and the external line is represented by seven seals.

I-dabar, okuyindaba kanye nento, iyona futhi i-chazon yombono wesahluko sesishiyagalombili, futhi imele umbono womlando wesiprofetho. Ngayinye yalezo zimelo (chazon, dabar, udaba kanye nento) ikhomba umugqa wangaphandle wesiprofetho, kanti i-mareh, kanye nokubonakaliswa kwayo kwesifazane okungu-marah, kumelela umugqa wangaphakathi wesiprofetho. Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bezinsuku zokugcina, abamelwe evesini lokuqala likaDaniyeli ishumi, bayaqonda kokubili imigqa yangaphakathi neyangaphandle yomlando wesiprofetho. Encwadini yesAmbulo, umugqa wangaphakathi umelelwa ngamabandla ayisikhombisa, kanti umugqa wangaphandle umelelwa yizimpawu eziyisikhombisa.

When Daniel saw the vision of Christ after a twenty-one day fast, he saw the feminine expression of the mareh vision. The mareh is the “appearance” and when Daniel saw Christ, He saw the “marah” vision, and though mareh means appearance, the feminine of the same word means “a looking glass.” Sister White informs us the vision Daniel saw was the vision which John saw, and John saw the vision when Christ was in the heavenly sanctuary.

Ngenkathi uDaniyeli ebona umbono kaKristu emva kokuzila ukudla kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amabili nanye, wabona ukuvezwa kobulili besifazane bombono we-mareh. I-mareh “ingukubonakala,” futhi lapho uDaniyeli ebona uKristu, wabona umbono “we-marah”; nakuba i-mareh isho ukubonakala, ubulili besifazane balelo gama elifanayo busho “isibuko.” USister White usazisa ukuthi umbono uDaniyeli awubona kwakuwumbono lowo uJohane awubona, futhi uJohane wawubona lowo mbono ngesikhathi uKristu esendlini engcwele yasezulwini.

> “At the time of Gabriel’s visit, the prophet Daniel was unable to receive further instruction; but a few years afterward, desiring to know more of subjects not yet fully explained, he again set himself to seek light and wisdom from God. ‘In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all…. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.’

> “Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaGabriyeli, umprofethi uDaniyeli wayengakwazi ukwamukela eminye imfundiso; kodwa eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, efisa ukwazi kabanzi ngezinto ezazingakachazwa ngokuphelele, waphinde wazinikela ekufuneni ukukhanya nokuhlakanipha okuvela kuNkulunkulu. ‘Ngalezo zinsuku mina Daniyeli ngangilila amasonto amathathu ephelele. Angidlanga sinkwa esimnandi, akungangeni nyama nawayini emlonyeni wami, futhi angizigcobanga nhlobo…. Ngase ngiphakamisa amehlo ami, ngabona, bheka, umuntu othile embethe ilineni, okhalo lwakhe luboshwe ngegolide elicwengekileyo lase-Ufazi. Umzimba wakhe wawunjengeberule, ubuso bakhe bunjengokubonakala kombani, amehlo akhe enjengezibani zomlilo, izingalo zakhe nezinyawo zakhe zinjengethusi elikhazimulisiwe ngombala, nezwi lamazwi akhe linjengezwi lesixuku.’

> “No less a personage than the Son of God appeared to Daniel. This description is similar to that given by John when Christ was revealed to him upon the Isle of Patmos. Our Lord now comes with another heavenly messenger to teach Daniel what would take place in the latter days. This knowledge was given to Daniel and recorded by inspiration for us upon whom the ends of the world are come.

> “Akekho omncane kunoNdodana kaNkulunkulu owabonakala kuDaniyeli. Le ncazelo iyafana naleyo uJohane ayinikezwa lapho uKristu embulwa kuye esiqhingini sasePatmose. INkosi yethu manje iza nesinye isithunywa sasezulwini ukuze ifundise uDaniyeli ngalokho okuyakwenzeka ezinsukwini zokugcina. Lolu lwazi lwanikwa uDaniyeli, lwabhalwa ngokuphefumulelwa ngenxa yethu thina esifikelwe yimiphetho yezwe.”

> “The great truths revealed by the world’s Redeemer are for those who search for truth as for hid treasures. Daniel was an aged man. His life had been passed amid the fascinations of a heathen court, his mind cumbered with the affairs of a great empire; yet he turns aside from all these to afflict his soul before God, and seek a knowledge of the purposes of the Most High. And in response to his supplications, light from the heavenly courts was communicated for those who should live in the latter days. With what earnestness, then, should we seek God, that he may open our understanding to comprehend the truths brought to us from Heaven.” Review and Herald, February 8, 1881.

> “Amaqiniso amakhulu embulwe nguMhlengi womhlaba angawabafunela labo abafuna iqiniso njengokungathi bafuna ingcebo efihliweyo. UDaniyeli wayeseyindoda esikhulile. Impilo yakhe yayichithwe phakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo zasesigodlweni sabahedeni, ingqondo yakhe isindwa yizindaba zombuso omkhulu; nokho uyaphambuka kukho konke lokhu ukuze ahluphe umphefumulo wakhe phambi kukaNkulunkulu, futhi afune ulwazi ngezinhloso zoPhezukonke. Kwase kuthi ngenxa yokuphendulwa kwemikhuleko yakhe, ukukhanya okuvela ezinkantolo zasezulwini kwadluliselwa labo abayophila ezinsukwini zokugcina. Ngakho-ke kufanele simfune ngentshiseko engakanani uNkulunkulu, ukuze avule ukuqonda kwethu ukuze siqonde amaqiniso alethwe kithi evela eZulwini.” Review and Herald, February 8, 1881.

## The 144,000

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Daniel understands the “thing” and the “vision” and he is identified as Daniel and also as Belteshazzar. The change of a name in prophecy represents a covenant relationship, so Daniel represents the final covenant people who are the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are tested by the vision of Christ in the temple. That test causes a separation of two classes of worshippers.

UDaniyeli uyaliqonda “udaba” kanye “nombono,” futhi ubizwa njengoDaniyeli futhi kanjalo njengoBelteshazari. Ukuguqulwa kwegama esiprofethweni kumela ubudlelwane besivumelwano, ngakho uDaniyeli umele abantu bokugcina besivumelwano, abangamakhulu ayikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane, abavivinywa ngombono kaKristu ethempelini. Lolo vivinyo lubangela ukwahlukaniswa kwezigaba ezimbili zabakhulekeli.

> And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Daniel 10:7.

> Mina, Daniyeli, ngabonakala ngedwa lowo mbono; ngoba amadoda ayenami awawubonanga lowo mbono; kepha ukwesaba okukhulu kwehlela phezu kwawo, aze abaleka ayocasha. Daniyeli 10:7.

Daniel is directly identifying the second and temple test associated with God’s latter-day people; a test that is premised upon seeing Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. The vision of verse seven is the feminine of the mareh vision, represented as the marah vision. If you respond to the temple vision of Christ as represented by Daniel’s response, the prophetic “thing” and the prophetic “vision” will be “revealed” to you.

UDaniyeli ukhomba ngokuqondile uvivinyo lwesibili nolwethempeli oluhlotshaniswa nabantu bakaNkulunkulu bezinsuku zokugcina; uvivinyo olusekelwe ekuboneni uKristu endaweni engcwele yasezulwini. Umbono wevesi lesikhombisa uyisifazane wombono we-mareh, omelwe njengombono we-marah. Uma usabela embonweni wethempeli kaKristu ngendlela emelwe ukuphendula kukaDaniyeli, “into” engokwesiprofetho nombono “ongokwesiprofetho” kuyokwambulwa kuwe.

If you relate to the very same temple vision of Christ by fleeing to hide, you go into eternal darkness. The temple test, which is the second test of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is preceded by the first and foundational test. The testing question of the foundations is represented in verse fourteen of Daniel eleven, where Rome is represented as the “robbers of thy people” that establishes the “vision.”

Uma uzihlanganisa nombono wethempeli kaKristu lowo lowo ngokubalekela ukuyocasha, ungena ebumnyameni baphakade. Ukuhlolwa kwethempeli, okuyisivivinyo sesibili sezinyathelo ezintathu zevangeli laphakade, kwandulelwa yisivivinyo sokuqala nesiyisisekelo. Umbuzo ovivinyayo wezisekelo umelwe evesini leshumi nane likaDaniyeli ishumi nanye, lapho iRoma imelwe khona ngokuthi “abaphangi babantu bakho” abasungula “umbono.”

## The Time is at Hand

Isikhathi Sesiseduze

Three and a half days after July 18, 2020’s disappointment, on December 31, 2023 the revelation of Jesus Christ began to be unsealed, for the “time was at hand.”

Ezinsukwini ezintathu nengxenye emva kokudumazeka kwangoJulayi 18, 2020, ngoDisemba 31, 2023 isAmbulo sikaJesu Kristu saqala ukuvulwa, ngoba “isikhathi sase siseduze.”

> Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. … And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:3; 22:10.

> Ubusisiwe ofundayo, nalabo abezwa amazwi alesi siprofetho, bagcine nezinto ezilotshwe kuso, ngokuba isikhathi sesisondele. … Wasesethi kimi: Ungawavimbi amazwi esiprofetho sale ncwadi ngophawu, ngokuba isikhathi sesisondele. IsAmbulo 1:3; 22:10.

The “time” that identifies the unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is referenced at the beginning of the book of Revelation and at the end of the book the identical pronouncement adds to the alpha statement, with an omega statement.

“Isikhathi” esikhomba ukwambulwa kokuvulwa kweSambulo sikaJesu Kristu sikhonjiswe ekuqaleni kwencwadi yeSambulo, futhi ekupheleni kwencwadi isimemezelo esifanayo senezelela esitatimendeni se-alpha ngesitatimende se-omega.

The revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed just before the close of probation. On the twenty-second day, following a fast of twenty-one days the “thing,” which is also the “matter,” which is also the dabar or the Word, which is also the chazon vision of external prophetic history was revealed to Daniel as he experienced the looking glass, marah vision of the heavenly high priest in the Most Holy Place.

Isambulo sikaJesu Kristu siyavulwa kancane nje ngaphambi kokuba kuvalwe isikhathi somusa. Ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nambili, kulandela ukuzila kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amabili nanye, “into,” yona futhi “indaba,” yona futhi i-dabar noma iZwi, yona futhi umbono we-chazon womlando wangaphandle wesiprofetho, yembulwa kuDaniyeli ngesikhathi ehlangabezana nombono wesibuko, i-marah, womPristi oMkhulu wasezulwini eNdaweni eNgcwelengcwele Kakhulu.

Daniel represents those who have the experience of the looking glass vision, and who also understand the prophetic appearances of Christ, as well as the external history represented by the chazon vision. The marah vision represents Christ as a prophetic waymark, and the feminine of the same word represents the experience produced through beholding the glory of God, as represented by Daniel, John, Isaiah, Sister White and other prophets.

UDaniyeli umele labo abanokuhlangenwe nakho kombono wesibuko, futhi abaqonda nokubonakala kukaKristu okwesiprofetho, kanye nomlando wangaphandle omelwe ngumbono we-chazon. Umbono we-marah umele uKristu njengophawu lwendlela olungokwesiprofetho, futhi ubulili besifazane balelo zwi elifanayo bumele ulwazi oluzalwa ngokubuka inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, njengoba lumelwe nguDaniyeli, uJohane, u-Isaya, uDadewethu White, nabanye abaprofethi.

At this level the chazon external vision represents the foundational test, and the mareh vision of Christ’s appearances in the prophetic sequence of events is the temple test. Has Christ appeared in the Most Holy Place within your own Most Holy Place? That is where Divinity is joined to humanity. This is the test that must be passed, before probation closes at the litmus test. The litmus test which manifests character is the marah looking glass vision.

Kuleli zinga umbono wangaphandle we-chazon umelela uvivinyo oluyisisekelo, futhi umbono we-mareh wokubonakala kukaKristu ohlelweni lwesiprofetho lwezehlakalo uwuvivinyo lwethempeli. Ingabe uKristu usebonakele eNdaweni eNgcwelengcwele kakhulu ngaphakathi kweyakho iNdawo eNgcwelengcwele kakhulu? Yilapho ubuNkulunkulu buhlanganiswa khona nobuntu. Lolu uvivinyo okumelwe ludluliswe, ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi somusa sivalwe ovivinyweni lwe-litmus. Uvivinyo lwe-litmus olubonakalisa isimilo luwumbono wesibuko wokubuka we-marah.

On December 31, 2023, the external test of the foundation began over verse fourteen’s “robbers of thy people,” and when the current pope was inaugurated on May 8, 2025 the “vision” of verse fourteen was established. The foundational test moved to the temple test. Since May 9, 2025 the temple test has been under way. The resurrection of the two witnesses on December 31, 2023, was represented in verse eleven of Revelation eleven, and the resurrection which began on that date occurred within the period of the Ukraine War that began in 2014, escalating in 2022. The external and internal lines of prophecy came together in that history. On December 31, 2023, the work of laying a foundation was under way, a work typified by the history of 1798 unto 1840, and also by 1840 unto 1844, and also by April 19, 1844 unto October 22, 1844.

NgoDisemba 31, 2023, kwaqala ukuvivinywa kwangaphandle kwesisekelo phezu “kwabaphangi babantu bakho” bevesi leshumi nane, futhi lapho upapa wamanje egcotshwa ngoMeyi 8, 2025 “umbono” wevesi leshumi nane wamiswa. Ukuvivinywa okuyisisekelo kwathuthela ekuvivinyweni kwethempeli. Kusukela ngoMeyi 9, 2025 ukuvivinywa kwethempeli bekulokhu kuqhubeka. Ukuvuka kofakazi ababili ngoDisemba 31, 2023, kwakumelwe evesini leshumi nanye lesAmbulo ishumi nanye, futhi ukuvuka okwaqala ngalolo suku kwenzeka phakathi nesikhathi seMpi yase-Ukraine eyaqala ngo-2014, yakhuphuka ngamandla ngo-2022. Imigqa yangaphandle neyangaphakathi yesiprofetho yahlangana kulowo mlando. NgoDisemba 31, 2023, umsebenzi wokubeka isisekelo wawusuqhubeka, umsebenzi ofanekiselwa ngumlando ka-1798 kuya ku-1840, futhi nangoka-1840 kuya ku-1844, futhi futhi ngo-Ephreli 19, 1844 kuya ku-Okthoba 22, 1844.

Daniel eleven verse eleven, arrived in history as the external line of prophecy and connected with the very history that is the internal line of Revelation eleven. In 2014, the Ukrainian War began, as typified by the battle of Raphia in 217 BC. In 2015, the fourth and far richer king of verse two of Daniel eleven, stood up and announced his intent to run for the office of president. That announcement enraged the dragon minded globalists, represented as the realm of Grecia.

UDaniyeli isahluko seshumi nanye ivesi leshumi nanye, wafinyelela emlandweni njengomugqa wangaphandle wesiprofetho futhi waxhumana nawo lowo kanye umlando ongumugqa wangaphakathi weSambulo isahluko seshumi nanye. Ngo-2014, kwaqala iMpi yase-Ukraine, njengoba ifanekiswe yimpi yaseRaphia ngo-217 BC. Ngo-2015, inkosi yesine, futhi ecebe kakhulu, yevesi lesibili likaDaniyeli isahluko seshumi nanye, yasukuma yamemezela inhloso yayo yokungenela isikhundla sikamongameli. Leso simemezelo sathukuthelisa abezwe abacabanga njengodrako emhlabeni wonke, abamelwe njengombuso waseGrisi.

Revelation eleven, verse eleven identified December 31, 2023 as the point where the two witnesses were resurrected. The period from July 18, 2020 unto December 31, 2023 was then understood to be a prophetic ‘wilderness.’ At the ending of the ‘wilderness period’ a voice began to cry in July of 2023, and then exactly twelve hundred and sixty days after the failed prediction of Nashville, on July 18, 2020, the Lion of the tribe of Judah then began to unseal His prophetic Word. The unsealing of God’s prophetic Word always produces a three-step testing process as set forth in Daniel twelve.

ISambulo ishumi nanye, ivesi leshumi nanye, yabonisa uDisemba 31, 2023 njengendawo lapho ofakazi ababili bavuswa khona. Isikhathi esisuka kuJulayi 18, 2020 kuze kube nguDisemba 31, 2023 saqondwa ngaleso sikhathi njengo “ihlane” lesiprofetho. Ekupheleni “kwenkathi yehlane” izwi laqala ukukhala ngoJulayi 2023, kwase kuthi emva kwezinsuku eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisithupha ngokuqondile emva kokubikezela okwehlulekayo kwaseNashville, ngoJulayi 18, 2020, iNgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda yase iqala ukuvula izimpawu zeZwi layo lesiprofetho. Ukwambulwa kwezimpawu zeZwi lesiprofetho likaNkulunkulu kuhlale kuveza inqubo yokuvivinya enezigaba ezintathu, njengoba kubekiwe kuDaniyeli ishumi nambili.

> Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Daniel 12:10.

> Abaningi bayakuhlanzwa, benziwe mhlophe, bavivinywe; kepha ababi bayakwenza okubi; akekho kwabangabi oyakuqonda; kodwa abahlakaniphileyo bayakuqonda. Daniyeli 12:10.

In Revelation nineteen, the bride makes herself ready and she is then given a white garment. Those white garments represent that the bride is ready, and it takes place in Revelation nineteen when the windows of heaven are opened. Before the bride is made white with the garment of Christ’s righteousness, she is first purified.

KuSambulo isahluko seshumi nesishiyagalolunye, umakoti uyazilungisa, bese enikwa ingubo emhlophe. Lezo zingubo ezimhlophe zimelela ukuthi umakoti uselungile, futhi lokhu kwenzeka kuSambulo isahluko seshumi nesishiyagalolunye lapho amafasitela ezulu evulwa. Ngaphambi kokuba umakoti enziwe mhlophe ngengubo yokulunga kukaKristu, uqala ngokuhlanzwa.

On December 31, 2023 the test of the foundations began to purify those who would be pure. That purification is accomplished by an increase of knowledge, for the Lion of the tribe of Judah, then began to unseal the final revelation of Himself. That revelation includes that He is the only foundation that can be laid. To reject the foundational truth that identifies that Rome is “the robbers of thy people,” is to reject the only foundation that can be laid.

NgoDisemba 31, 2023 kwaqala ukuvivinywa kwezisekelo ukuze kuhlanzwe labo ababezoba ngabamsulwa. Lokho kuhlanzwa kufezwa ngokwanda kolwazi, ngokuba iNgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda yabe isiqala ukuvula izimpawu zesambulo sokugcina saYo. Leso sambulo sihlanganisa ukuthi Yona iyona kuphela isisekelo esingabekwa. Ukwenqaba iqiniso eliyisisekelo elikhomba ukuthi iRoma “ingabaphangi babantu bakho,” kuwukwenqaba okuwukuphela kwesisekelo esingabekwa.

December 31, 2023 began a testing process that immediately produced a separation of two classes. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has now unsealed that the historical fulfillment of verse fourteen was May 8, 2025, and in doing so; He upheld Miller’s identification of Rome as the symbol that establishes the external vision of prophecy. When Trump returned in 2024, he fulfilled verse thirteen of Daniel eleven, then in the next verse, we mark 2025, with the election of pope Leo. Both Trump and his antichrist counterpart were inaugurated in 2025.

Ngomhlaka 31 kuZibandlela 2023 kwaqala inqubo yokuvivinywa eyakhipha masinyane ukuhlukaniswa kwezigaba ezimbili. INgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda manje isivule uphawu lokuthi ukugcwaliseka komlando kwevesi leshumi nane kwakunguMeyi 8, 2025, futhi ngokwenza lokho; Yaqinisa ukubonwa kukaMiller kweRoma njengophawu olumisayo umbono wangaphandle wesiprofetho. Ngenkathi uTrump ebuya ngo-2024, wagcwalisa ivesi leshumi nantathu likaDaniyeli ishumi nanye, kwase kuthi evesini elilandelayo, siphawule u-2025, ngokukhethwa kukapapa uLeo. Bobabili uTrump nomlingani wakhe ongumphikukristu bamiswa esikhundleni ngo-2025.

The dates we identify in this movement are essentially sanctified hindsight. We identify the time of the end as 1989, then the formalization of the message was 1996. At 9/11 the formalized message was empowered. In the presentation of Habakkuk’s Tables in 2012 and ending in January of 2013 the foundations were laid.

Izinsuku esizikhomba kulo mnyakazo empeleni ziyisibuko esingcwelisiwe sokubheka emuva. Sikhomba isikhathi sokuphela njengo-1989, bese ukuhlelwa ngokusemthethweni komlayezo kwaba ngo-1996. Ngo-9/11 umyalezo owawusuhleliwe ngokusemthethweni wanikwa amandla. Ekethulweni kwamaThebula kaHabakuki ngo-2012, kwaze kwaphela ngoJanuwari ka-2013, kwabekwa izisekelo.

On July 18, 2020 the first disappointment arrived, then in July of 2023 a voice began to cry in the wilderness, and on December 31, 2023 the unsealing of the Revelation of Jesus Christ began and the first external foundational test began.

NgoJulayi 18, 2020 kwafika ukudumazeka kokuqala; kwase kuthi ngoJulayi ka-2023 kwaqala izwi ukukhala ehlane; futhi ngoDisemba 31, 2023 kwaqala ukwambulwa kweSambulo sikaJesu Kristu kanye novivinyo lokuqala lwangaphandle oluyisisekelo lwaqala.

On May 8, 2025 the second internal temple test began. The third litmus test is just ahead. There it will be made manifest whether the soul has the oil of the message represented by the first and external test and the accompanying oil of the second internal test. The testing represents external, followed by internal, followed by experience.

Ngomhla ka-8 Meyi 2025 kwaqala uvivinyo lwesibili lwangaphakathi lwethempeli. Uvivinyo lwesithathu lokuhlola seluseduze kakhulu. Lapho kuyokwambulwa obala ukuthi umphefumulo unawo yini amafutha omyalezo amelwe uvivinyo lokuqala nolwangaphandle kanye namafutha ahambisana nalo ovivinyo lwesibili lwangaphakathi. Ukuvivinywa kumelela okwangaphandle, kulandelwe okwangaphakathi, kulandelwe isipiliyoni.

The internal line of prophecy consists of the previous waymarks I just cited. Each of those waymarks align with identical waymarks of Millerite history. 1798 as the time of the end corresponds to 1989, also the time of the end. There the Lion of the tribe of Judah unsealed his Word, for He is the Word. When Adventism fulfilled the role of the disobedient prophet at Jeroboam’s foundational rebellion by returning to eat with the lying prophet of Bethel, they returned to the arguments of fallen Protestantism that were employed against William Miller’s identification of the seven times. For this reason, they don’t fully, if at all, understand why 1863 is the last waymark for the alpha movement of the first and second angels.

Umugqa wangaphakathi wesiprofetho uqukethe izimpawu zendlela zangaphambilini engisanda kuzisho. Ngayinye yalezo zimpawu zendlela ihambisana nezimpawu zendlela ezifanayo zomlando wamaMillerite. U-1798, njengesikhathi sokuphela, uhambisana no-1989, nawo oyisikhathi sokuphela. Lapho iNgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda yavula iZwi layo elaliyiwelekile, ngokuba Yona iyiZwi. Ngenkathi ubu-Adventist bugcwalisa indima yomprofethi ongalaleliyo ekuhlubukeni okuyisisekelo kukaJerobowamu ngokubuyela ukuyodla nomprofethi wamanga waseBethele, babuyela ezimpikiswaneni zobuProthestani obuwileyo ezasetshenziswa ukumelana nokuchazwa kukaWilliam Miller kwezikhathi eziyisikhombisa. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, abaqondi ngokuphelele, noma mhlawumbe abaqondi nhlobo, ukuthi kungani u-1863 eyisibonakaliso sokugcina somnyakazo we-alpha wezingelosi zokuqala neyesibili.

For this reason, it means nothing to them that it is 126 years, a symbol of 1,260, a symbol of a “wilderness” that spans the history from 1863 unto the time of the end in 1989. At the end of forty years Joshua led the movement into the Promised Land. In 1989 the Lord began the work of leading His omega movement out of the “wilderness” of 1863 unto 1989, the way He had brought the alpha movement out of the “wilderness” of 538 unto 1798.

Ngalesi sizathu, akusho lutho kubo ukuthi kuyiminyaka eyi-126, uphawu luka-1,260, uphawu “lwehlane” oluhlanganisa umlando kusukela ku-1863 kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela ngo-1989. Ekupheleni kweminyaka engamashumi amane uJoshuwa wahola inhlangano yangena eZweni Lesithembiso. Ngo-1989 iNkosi yaqala umsebenzi wokuhola inhlangano Yayo ye-omega iphume “ehlane” lika-1863 iye ku-1989, ngendlela efanayo naleyo eyaletha ngayo inhlangano ye-alpha iphume “ehlane” lika-538 iye ku-1798.

In 1989, the vision of the Hiddekel River representing the last three chapters of Daniel was unsealed, just as the vision of the Ulai River representing chapters 7, 8 and 9 of Daniel was unsealed in 1798. Two hundred and twenty years after the publication of the King James Bible, William Miller published his message based upon the vision of the Ulai for the first time, thus formalizing his message in 1831; as was the message of the Hiddekel published for the first time in 1996, two hundred and twenty years after 1776, the birthplace of the glorious land of the United States.

Ngo-1989, umbono woMfula iHidekeli omele izahluko ezintathu zokugcina zikaDaniyeli wavulwa, njengoba nje nombono woMfula i-Ulayi omele izahluko 7, 8 no-9 zikaDaniyeli wavulwa ngo-1798. Eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili emva kokushicilelwa kweBhayibheli i-King James, uWilliam Miller washicilela umlayezo wakhe okokuqala ngqa usekelwe embonweni we-Ulayi, ngaleyo ndlela emisa ngokusemthethweni umlayezo wakhe ngo-1831; kanjalo nomlayezo weHidekeli washicilelwa okokuqala ngqa ngo-1996, eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili emva kuka-1776, indawo yokuzalwa yezwe elikhazimulayo lase-United States.

Miller’s formalization of the message two hundred and twenty years after the King James version identifies William Miller as the very first sacred messenger to employ the prophecies of the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, to bring about a revival and reformation. The Bible is Divine and it connected with the human 220 years later to produced the message of the Ulai.

Ukuhlelwa ngokusemthethweni komlayezo kukaMiller eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili emva kweNguqulo kaKing James kukhomba uWilliam Miller njengesithunywa esingcwele sokuqala ngqá ukusebenzisa iziprofetho zeBhayibheli, kokubili iTestamente Elidala neleLisha, ukuletha imvuselelo kanye nenguquko. IBhayibheli lingokobuNkulunkulu, futhi lahlangana nobuntu eminyakeni engama-220 kamuva ukuze kukhiqizwe umlayezo wase-Ulai.

Jesus is Alpha and Omega, and He is the Word of God, so the publication of the King James Version of the Bible in 1611, places Jesus both at 1611, and also at 1831. Christ appears at the time of the end as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the when the message is formalized He is the Alpha and the Omega and Word. The relation of Miller to the beginning is recognized that both beginning and ending are emphasizing publishing the message. 1776 unto 1996 bears the same characteristics, though different.

UJesu ungu-Alfa no-Omega, futhi uyiZwi likaNkulunkulu, ngakho ukushicilelwa kweBhayibheli i-King James Version ngowe-1611 kubeka uJesu kokubili ku-1611, futhi naku-1831. UKristu uvela ngesikhathi sokuphela njengeNgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda; kuthi lapho umlayezo usumiswa ngokusemthethweni, abe ngu-Alfa no-Omega neZwi. Ubudlelwane bukaMiller nesiqalo buyabonakala ngokuthi kokubili isiqalo nesiphetho kugcizelela ukushicilelwa komlayezo. U-1776 kuya ku-1996 uphethe izimpawu ezifanayo, nakuba zehlukile.

The message of the Hiddekel is the message of the Sunday law in the United States as set forth in verse forty-one of Daniel eleven. 1776 and the publication of the Declaration of Independence represents the starting point for the two-hundred and twenty year period that ended with the publication providentially, not purposely titled, Time of the End. In the same year, 1996 a ministry corporation with the name of Future for America was given to us. The message of the glorious land, that is the United States, was formalized with a direct connection between the beginning and ending of the prophecy. Every major waymark of Millerite history has been repeated under the guiding pattern of the parable of the ten virgins. Both two-hundred and twenty year periods possess a beginning and ending that are marked by a publication.

Umlayezo weHidekeli uwumlayezo womthetho weSonto e-United States njengoba ubekwe evesini lamashumi amane nanye likaDaniyeli ishumi nanye. U-1776 kanye nokushicilelwa kweSimemezelo Sokuzimela kumelela isiqalo sesikhathi seminyaka engamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili esaphela ngokushicilelwa, esabizwa ngesihloko ngokuhlinzekwa nguNkulunkulu, hhayi ngenhloso, esithi, Time of the End. Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-1996, sanikezwa inhlangano yenkonzo enegama elithi Future for America. Umlayezo wezwe elikhazimulayo, okuyi-United States, wamiswa ngokusemthethweni ngokuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwesiqalo nesiphetho sesiprofetho. Zonke izimpawu zendlela ezinkulu zomlando wamaMillerite ziphindwe ngaphansi kwephethini eqondisayo yomfanekiso wezintombi eziyishumi. Zombili izikhathi zeminyaka engamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili zinesiqalo nesiphetho okumakwe ngokushicilelwa.

Miller’s message and methodology was confirmed and empowered with a fulfillment of Islam of the second woe. What was employed by the Lord to empower the message was Miller’s day for a year principle, and the principle that empowered the message and methodology at 9/11, when the descent of the angel of Revelation eighteen repeated the descent, He had made on August 11, 1840 as represented in chapter ten of Revelation. Those two angels represent a prophetic appearance of Christ as an angel. The principle that is as foundational to the movement of 9/11 as was the day for a year principle to the movement of August 11, 1840 is that Millerite history is repeated in the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Umlayezo nendlela kaMiller kwaqinisekiswa futhi kwanikezwa amandla ngokugcwaliseka kwe-Islam kwesimaye sesibili. Lokho iNkosi eyakusebenzisa ukunikeza amandla umlayezo kwakuyisimiso sikaMiller sosuku olunye lumele unyaka, kanye nesimiso esanika amandla umlayezo nendlela yokusebenza ngo-9/11, lapho ukwehla kwengelosi yesAmbulo 18 kwaphinda ukwehla eyayikwenzile ngo-Agasti 11, 1840 njengoba kuvezwe esahlukweni 10 sesAmbulo. Lezo zingelosi ezimbili zimelela ukubonakala kwesiprofetho kukaKristu njengengelosi. Isimiso esiyisisekelo enhlanganweni ka-9/11 ngendlela efanayo nalokho isimiso sosuku olunye lumele unyaka esasiyikho enhlanganweni ka-Agasti 11, 1840, ukuthi umlando wamaMillerite uyaphindwa emlandweni wabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane.

When a fulfillment of a prophecy of Islam of the third woe, arrived in the history of the omega and third angel that aligned with the fulfillment of a prophecy of Islam of the first and second woe, that arrived in the history of the alpha first and second angels—the principle that Millerite history is repeated in the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand was as soundly confirmed as was Miller’s day for a year principle in connection with the first and second woes of Revelation nine. Some who might know of the time prophecy of three hundred ninety-one years and fifteen days that is set forth in Revelation 9:15, may miss my previous point. Let me explain.

Lapho ukugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho sobuSulumane sosizi lwesithathu kufika emlandweni we-omega nengelosi yesithathu, ngokuvumelana nokugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho sobuSulumane sosizi lokuqala nolwesibili, okwafika emlandweni we-alpha wezingelosi zokuqala nezesibili—isimiso sokuthi umlando wamaMillerite uyaphindwa emlandweni wabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane saqinisekiswa ngokuqinile njengoba nje isimiso sikaMiller sosuku lonyaka saqinisekiswa ngosuku lwakhe maqondana nosizi lokuqala nolwesibili lweSambulo isahluko 9. Abanye abangase bazi ngesiprofetho sesikhathi seminyaka engamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nanye nezinsuku eziyishumi nanhlanu, esibekwe kuSambulo 9:15, bangase baphuthelwe iphuzu lami langaphambilini. Ake ngichaze.

The first and second woe are aligned with the history of the first and second angels, and the history of the third woe is aligned with the history of the third angel. The point here is that the starting point for the three hundred ninety-one years and fifteen days set forth in the history of the second woe is found in the history of the first woe. There is a one hundred and fifty year prophecy in the history of the first woe of Revelation nine, and the day that prophetic period ends, the prophecy of three hundred ninety-one years and fifteen days begins. The two prophecies directly connect the first and second woes, so when a prophecy of Islam was predicted, based upon the day for a year principle, that prophecy was a prophecy of the first and second woes of Islam, which was the message that confirmed Miller’s methodology and message in the history of the first and second angels.

Umaye wokuqala nowesibili uhambisana nomlando wezingelosi zokuqala nezesiBili, futhi umlando womaye wesithathu uhambisana nomlando wengelosi yesithathu. Iphuzu lapha liwukuthi indawo yokuqala yeminyaka engamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nanye nezinsuku eziyishumi nanhlanu ebekwe emlandweni womaye wesibili itholakala emlandweni womaye wokuqala. Kukhona isiprofetho seminyaka eyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu emlandweni womaye wokuqala weSambulo isahluko sesishiyagalolunye, futhi ngosuku leso sikhathi esingokwesiprofetho siphela ngalo, kuqala isiprofetho seminyaka engamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nanye nezinsuku eziyishumi nanhlanu. Lezi ziprofetho ezimbili zixhumanisa ngokuqondile umaye wokuqala nowesibili, ngakho-ke lapho isiprofetho se-Islam sabikezelwa, sisekelwe esimisweni sosuku lube unyaka, leso siprofetho sasingesomaye wokuqala nowesibili we-Islam, okuwumlayezo owaqinisekisa indlela kaMiller nomlayezo wakhe emlandweni wezingelosi zokuqala nezesiBili.

When that history concluded on October 22, 1844 the seventh trumpet began to sound, and the seventh trumpet is both the third woe, and the mystery of godliness, which is Christ in you the hope of glory. That trumpet is an external warning message and an internal warning message. For this reason, the 2,520-year prophecy is associated with the seventh-year rest for the land, which includes the jubilee. On October 22, 1844 the seventh trumpet began to sound in fulfillment of the 2,520 year and 2,300 year prophecies.

Lapho lowo mlando uphetha ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844, icilongo lesikhombisa laqala ukukhala; futhi icilongo lesikhombisa liyikho kokubili usizi lwesithathu, kanye nemfihlakalo yobunkulunkulu, enguKristu kini, ithemba lenkazimulo. Lelo cilongo liyisigijimi sesixwayiso sangaphandle futhi liyisigijimi sesixwayiso sangaphakathi. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, isiprofetho seminyaka engu-2,520 sihlotshaniswa nokuphumula komhlaba konyaka wesikhombisa, okuhlanganisa iJubili. Ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844, icilongo lesikhombisa laqala ukukhala ngokugcwaliseka kweziprofetho zeminyaka engu-2,520 nengu-2,300.

> But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10:7.

> Kodwa ezinsukwini zezwi lengelosi yesikhombisa, lapho isizoqala ukukhala, imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu iyakube isiphelelisiwe, njengoba ememezele ezincekwini zakhe abaprofethi. IsAmbulo 10:7.

October 22, 1844 was the day of Atonement, and the jubilee trumpet was to be sounded on the day of atonement. Since that time, we are living in the history of the third angel, and also of the third woe, which is the seventh trumpet. On August 11, 1840 the mighty angel of Revelation ten descended to lighten the earth with his glory as did the angel of Revelation eighteen at 9/11.

Umhla ka-22 kuMfumfu 1844 wawuwuSuku Lokubuyisana, futhi icilongo lejubili lalizoshaywa ngosuku lokubuyisana. Kusukela kuleso sikhathi, siphila emlandweni wengelosi yesithathu, futhi futhi noweshwa lwesithathu, oluyicilongo lesikhombisa. Ngomhla ka-11 kuNcwaba 1840 ingelosi enamandla yesAmbulo isahluko seshumi yehla ukuze ikhanyise umhlaba ngenkazimulo yayo, njengoba kwenza ingelosi yesAmbulo isahluko seshumi nesishiyagalombili ngo-9/11.

In 2012 into January of 2013, the series titled Habakkuk’s Tables was produced, and aligned with the publication of the 1843 pioneer chart in May of 1842. The foundations of the movement were then laid, whether it was the alpha movement of the first and second angel, or the movement of the third angel Habakkuk’s two tables were woven into the history and message. The failed prediction of July 18, 2020 paralleled April 19, 1844, and the tarrying time in the parable was under way.

Ngo-2012 kuya kuJanuwari ka-2013, kwakhishwa uchungechunge olunesihloko esithi Habakkuk’s Tables, futhi lwahambisana nokushicilelwa kweshadi lamaphayona lika-1843 ngoMeyi ka-1842. Izisekelo zenhlangano zase zibekwa ngaleso sikhathi, kungaba kwakuyinhlangano ye-alpha yengelosi yokuqala neyesibili, noma inhlangano yengelosi yesithathu, amatafula amabili kaHabakuki ayelukiwe emlandweni nasemyalezweni. Ukubikezela okwehluleka kukaJulayi 18, 2020 kwakuhambisana no-Ephreli 19, 1844, futhi isikhathi sokulibala emzekelisweni sase siqalile.

A wilderness of 1,260 days ended at the unsealing of December 31, 2023. It is good to remember that Christ twice cleansed His temple from its sacrilegious profanation, as Sister White labels it. He did so at the beginning and at the close of His ministry, making the two cleansings an alpha and an omega cleansing.

Ihlane lezinsuku eziyi-1,260 laphela ekuvulweni kwezimpawu ngo-31 Disemba 2023. Kuhle ukukhumbula ukuthi uKristu wahlanza ithempeli laKhe kabili ekungcolisweni kwalo okuyinhlamba engcwele, njengoba uDadewethu White ekubiza kanjalo. Wakwenza lokho ekuqaleni nasekupheleni kwenkonzo yaKhe, ngaleyo ndlela enza ukuhlanzwa okubili kwaba ukuhlanzwa kwe-alpha nokwe-omega.

Sister White clearly aligns the first temple cleansing with 9/11 and the first voice, which she identifies as the first three verses of Revelation eighteen. She then identifies the “other voice” of verse four, as the second temple cleansing, and also the Sunday law. April 19, 1844 was the first temple cleansing for the Millerites and October 22, 1844 was the second. In the forty-six years from 1798 unto 1844 the Millerite temple was erected, and a fractal of the Millerite temple erection is found in the history of the two disappointments which both represent temple cleansings. That history is about the temple.

USisi White uhambisana ngokusobala ukuhlanzwa kokuqala kwethempeli no-9/11 kanye nezwi lokuqala, alikhomba njengamavesi amathathu okuqala eSambulo ishumi nesishiyagalombili. Bese esekhomba “elinye izwi” levesi lesine njengokuhlanzwa kwesibili kwethempeli, futhi futhi njengomthetho weSonto. Umhla ka-Ephreli 19, 1844 wawungowokuhlanzwa kokuqala kwethempeli kumaMillerite, kanti u-Okthoba 22, 1844 wawungowesibili. Eminyakeni engamashumi amane nesithupha kusukela ku-1798 kuze kube ngu-1844 ithempeli lamaMillerite lamiswa, futhi i-fractal yokumiswa kwethempeli lamaMillerite itholakala emlandweni wokudumala okubili, kokubili okumele ukuhlanzwa kwethempeli. Lowo mlando umayelana nethempeli.

From July 18, 2020 to December 31, 2023, the virgins slept during the tarrying time. When they awaken, they awaken to their responsibility to lay the foundation and raise the temple. Since that time Christ, as the Lion of the tribe of Judah has been unsealing prophetic light, and prophetic light that is unsealed always produces a three-step testing process which ends at the litmus test where character is manifested, but never developed. At the litmus test the faithful virgins will receive an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that surpasses every manifestation of the power of God among God’s people ever recorded. There will be an increase of light that has never been witnessed. That being said I will present another historical line which upholds the parallel of Millerite history to that of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.

Kusukela mhla ziyi-18 kuJulayi, 2020, kuze kube ngumhla zingama-31 kuZibandlela, 2023, izintombi zalala ngesikhathi sokulibala. Lapho zivuka, zivukela umthwalo wazo wokubeka isisekelo nokuvusa ithempeli. Kusukela kuleso sikhathi uKristu, njengeNgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda, ubeselokhu evula ukukhanya okungokwesiprofetho; futhi ukukhanya okungokwesiprofetho okuvuliwe kuhlala kuveza inqubo yokuvivinywa enezinyathelo ezintathu, ephela esivivinyweni sokugcina lapho isimilo sibonakaliswa khona, kodwa singalokothi sithuthukiswe khona. Esivivinyweni sokugcina izintombi ezithembekileyo ziyokwamukela ukuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele okwedlula konke ukubonakaliswa kwamandla kaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu okwake kwabhalwa. Kuyoba khona ukwanda kokukhanya okungakaze kufakazelwe. Sekushiwo lokho, ngizokwethula omunye umugqa womlando oqinisa ukufana komlando wamaMillerite nowabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane.

> But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Daniel 12:4, 9, 10.

> Kepha wena, Daniyeli, vala la mazwi, unamathisele uphawu encwadini kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela: abaningi bayakugijima baya leya naleya, nolwazi luyakwandiswa. Wayesethi, Hamba indlela yakho, Daniyeli: ngokuba la mazwi avaliwe, anamathiselwe uphawu kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela. Abaningi bayakuhlanzwa, benziwe mhlophe, bavivinywe; kepha ababi bayakwenza okubi; futhi akekho kwababi oyakuqonda; kepha abahlakaniphileyo bayakuqonda. Daniyeli 12:4, 9, 10.

We will continue these things in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka ngalezi zinto esihlokweni esilandelayo.

## Singularity

Ubunye Obungahlukaniseki

Elon Musk claimed on February 21, 2026 that “we are now in ‘singularity’”.

U-Elon Musk wamemezela ngo-Febhuwari 21, 2026 ukuthi “manje sesikuleso esibizwa ngokuthi ‘singularity’”.

## Technological Singularity

Ubunye Bobuchwepheshe

The technological singularity (often just called ‘the singularity’) is a hypothetical future point in time when technological progress—driven primarily by artificial intelligence—becomes so rapid and powerful that it accelerates beyond human control and comprehension, leading to unpredictable and profound transformations in human civilization. The core idea is an intelligence explosion: once we create an AI system that is smarter than the smartest humans (often called Artificial Superintelligence or ASI), that system can redesign and improve itself faster than any human team ever could. This creates a recursive self-improvement loop where capability doubles again and again in extremely short timeframes (days → hours → minutes), making further developments explosive and impossible for “pre-singularity humans” to meaningfully predict or steer. The term “singularity” is borrowed from physics and mathematics, where in “a black hole,” the singularity is the point where gravity becomes infinite and our current laws of physics break down—we can’t see or predict what happens beyond the event horizon.

Ubunye obukhethekile bezobuchwepheshe (okuvame ukubizwa nje ngokuthi “ubunye obukhethekile”) buyiphuzu lesikhathi esizayo elicatshangelwayo lapho intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe—eqhutshwa ikakhulukazi ubuhlakani bokwenziwa—iba yishesha futhi ibe namandla kangangokuthi iyashesha idlule ukulawulwa nokuqondwa ngumuntu, okuholela ezinguqukweni ezingalindelekile nezijulile empucukweni yabantu. Umqondo oyinhloko uwukuqhuma kobuhlakani: uma sesidale uhlelo lwe-AI oluhlakaniphe ukudlula abantu abahlakaniphe kunabo bonke (oluvame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-Artificial Superintelligence noma i-ASI), lolo hlelo lungaziklamelela kabusha futhi luzithuthukise ngokushesha okukhulu kunalokho noma yiliphi ithimba labantu elingake likwenze. Lokhu kudala umjikelezo wokuzithuthukisa ophindaphindayo lapho amandla okusebenza ephindeka kabili kaninginingi phakathi nezikhathi ezimfishane kakhulu (izinsuku → amahora → imizuzu), okwenza ezinye izintuthuko zibe ukuqhuma okukhulu futhi kungenzeki ukuba “abantu bangaphambi kobunye obukhethekile” bakwazi ukuzibikezela noma ukuziqondisa ngendlela enengqondo. Igama elithi “ubunye obukhethekile” libolekwe ku-physics nakwi-mathematics, lapho “embobeni emnyama,” ubunye obukhethekile buyiphuzu lapho amandla adonsela phansi eba ngangenamkhawulo khona futhi imithetho yethu yamanje ye-physics yehluleka ukusebenza—asingaboni futhi asikwazi ukubikezela okwenzekayo ngalé komkhathizwe wesenzakalo.

Similarly, the technological singularity is viewed as an “event horizon” in history: we can forecast trends up to that point, but beyond it, the future becomes opaque to un-augmented human minds.

Ngokufanayo, i-technological singularity ibhekwa “njengomkhathizwe wesenzakalo” emlandweni: singabikezela imikhuba kuze kufike kulelo zinga, kodwa ngemva kwalo, ikusasa liba yinto engabonakali emiqondweni yabantu engakakhuliswanga.

## Brief History and Main Thinkers

Umlando Omfushane Nabangqondongqondo Abayinhloko

1950’s—Early seeds appear in the work of mathematician John von Neumann (who spoke of accelerating technological change) and mathematician/cryptologist I.J. Good (who in 1965 described an “intelligence explosion” once machines design better machines).

Iminyaka yawo-1950—Imbewu zokuqala ziyavela emsebenzini wesazi sezibalo uJohn von Neumann (owakhuluma ngokushesha okwandayo kwenguquko yezobuchwepheshe) kanye nesazi sezibalo/umhlaziyi wamakhodi u-I.J. Good (owathi ngo-1965 kwaba khona “ukuqhuma kobuhlakani” lapho imishini isiklanyela imishini engcono kakhulu).

1993—Computer scientist and sci-fi author Vernor Vinge popularizes the modern concept in his essay, The Coming Technological Singularity. He predicted we would create superhuman intelligence sometime between 2005–2030, after which “the human era” would end (in the sense that unaided humans would no longer be the dominant intelligence).

1993—Usosayensi wekhompyutha nombhali wezindaba zesayensi uVernor Vinge wenza umqondo wanamuhla waziwe kabanzi esihlokweni sakhe esithi, *The Coming Technological Singularity*. Wabikezela ukuthi sasiyodala ubuhlakani obedlula obomuntu esikhathini esithile phakathi kuka-2005–2030, ngemva kwalokho “inkathi yomuntu” yayiyophela (ngomqondo wokuthi abantu abangasekelwe lutho babengeke besaba yibuhlakani obubusayo).

2005—Inventor/futurist Ray Kurzweil brings the idea to mainstream attention with his book, The Singularity Is Near. He argues the singularity arrives around 2045, driven by exponential growth in computing power (following his Law of Accelerating Returns), nanotechnology, biotechnology, and brain-computer interfaces. He has consistently maintained this timeline, recently reaffirming AGI 2029 and singularity ~2045.

2005—Umqambi/umboni wesikhathi esizayo uRay Kurzweil uletha lo mbono emphakathini jikelele ngencwadi yakhe ethi, The Singularity Is Near. Uphikisa ngokuthi i-singularity ifika cishe ngonyaka ka-2045, iqhutshwa ukukhula okwandayo ngokuphindaphindeka kwamandla ekhompyutha (kulandela umthetho wakhe i-Law of Accelerating Returns), i-nanotechnology, i-biotechnology, kanye nezixhumi phakathi kobuchopho nekhompyutha. Ubelokhu egcina lolu hlu lwezikhathi ngokungaguquki, futhi muva nje uphinde waqinisekisa i-AGI ngo-2029 kanye ne-singularity cishe ngo-2045.

## Timeline Predictions (as of early 2026)

Izibikezelo Zesikhathi (kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2026)

Predictions have noticeably compressed in the last few years due to the extremely fast progress in large language models, reasoning systems, and scaling laws: Most aggressive / near-term views (2026–2027): Some prominent AI leaders (e.g., Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Elon Musk) have publicly stated that superintelligence or something functionally equivalent to the singularity trigger could arrive as early as 2026 or within 1–3 years.

Izibikezelo ziye zacindezeleka ngokuphawulekayo eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngenxa yenqubekelaphambili eshesha ngokwedlulele kumamodeli amakhulu olimi, ezinhlelweni zokucabanga, nasemithethweni yokukala: Imibono enobudlova kakhulu / eseduze kakhulu ngesikhathi (2026–2027): Abanye abaholi abavelele be-AI (isb., uDario Amodei we-Anthropic, u-Elon Musk) basho obala ukuthi ubuhlakani obudlula konke noma okuthile okulingana ngokokusebenza nesiqalisi sobunye obukhulu kungase kufike kusenesikhathi ngo-2026 noma phakathi konyaka owodwa kuya kwemithathu.

Median expert surveys still cluster around 2040–2050 for full superintelligence/singularity.

Ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe okusezingeni eliphakathi kusalokhu kuhlanganisana cishe eminyakeni ka-2040–2050 mayelana nokufinyelela okuphelele kobuhlakani obudlula bonke/singularity.

## Two camps of possible outcomes

Amakamu amabili emiphumela engase ibe khona

Utopian / optimistic → radical abundance, elimination of disease and poverty, effective immortality via mind uploading or nanomedicine, humanity merging with AI (transhumanism), solving previously unsolvable scientific problems in minutes.

Okwe-utopian / okwethemba ngokwedlulele → inala enkulu ngokweqile, ukuqedwa kwezifo nobumpofu, ukungafi okusebenzayo ngokulayishwa kwengqondo noma nge-nanomedicine, isintu sihlangana ne-AI (i-transhumanism), ukuxazulula izinkinga zesayensi ebezingaxazululeki ngaphambili ngemizuzu.

Dystopian / pessimistic → loss of human agency/control, misalignment (AI pursues goals orthogonal or hostile to human values), economic & social collapse, or even existential risks to humanity.

Okudidayo / okungenathemba → ukulahlekelwa amandla noma ukulawula komuntu, ukungahambelani (i-AI ilandela izinhloso ezihlukene ngokuphelele noma eziphikisana namagugu abantu), ukuwa komnotho nokwenhlalo, noma ngisho nezingozi ezingase zibe khona ekubeni khona kwesintu uqobo.

Singularity isn’t just “very advanced AI,” it’s the moment when technological evolution escapes biological/human-speed constraints and becomes an autonomous, runaway process. Whether that happens in 2026, 2030, 2045, or never, it remains one of the most consequential open questions in human history right now.

I-Singularity ayisilo nje “i-AI esezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu,” kodwa iyisikhathi lapho ukuvela kwezobuchwepheshe kuphunyuka emikhawulweni yesivinini esibekwe yibhayoloji/esobuntu futhi kube inqubo ezimele, engasalawuleki. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokho kwenzeka ngo-2026, ngo-2030, ngo-2045, noma kungaze kwenzeke nhlobo, kusalokhu kungomunye wemibuzo evulekile enomthelela omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni wesintu njengamanje.

## The Time of the End – 1989

Isikhathi Sokuphela – 1989

The Networked World Begins

Umhlaba Oxhunywe Ngenethiwekhi Uyaqala

The transition from isolated computing to connected computing. Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web at CERN (1989). Commercial neural network research expands (military + academic use), Intel 80486 ships—personal computing power jumps, ARPANET transitions toward what becomes the modern Internet. Before this, computing was powerful but mostly siloed. After 1989, computing becomes network-oriented. Neural networks in 1989 were early, hardware-limited, and mostly rule-augmented pattern systems—but the military and research labs were already testing learning systems for targeting, guidance, and signal classification. This was the foundational layer for everything that came later.

Ushintsho lusuka ekhompyutheni okuhlukanisiwe luye ekhompyutheni exhumene. UTim Berners-Lee uphakamisa i-World Wide Web e-CERN (1989). Ucwaningo lwezohwebo ngamanethiwekhi ezinzwa luyakhula (ukusetshenziswa kwezempi + kwezifundiswa), kukhishwa i-Intel 80486—amandla ekhompyutha yomuntu siqu anyuka kakhulu, kanti i-ARPANET iguqukela kulokho okuba yi-Internet yesimanje. Ngaphambi kwalokhu, ezekhompyutha zazinamandla kodwa ikakhulu zazisebenza ngokwahlukana. Emva kuka-1989, ezekhompyutha ziba eziqondiswe kwinethiwekhi. Amanethiwekhi ezinzwa ngo-1989 ayesesigabeni sokuqala, evinjelwe yizinga lehadiwe, futhi ikakhulu eyizinhlelo zamaphethini ezenezelo zemithetho—kodwa ezempi namalebhu ocwaningo zase sezihlola izinhlelo zokufunda zokukhomba okuqondiwe, ukuqondisa, nokuhlukanisa amasignali. Lokhu kwakuyisendlalelo esiyisisekelo sakho konke okwalandela.

## The Message Formalized – 1996

Umlayezo Wamiswa Ngokusemthethweni – 1996

The Internet Commercial Explosion

Ukuqhuma Kwezohwebo Kwe-inthanethi

The Web becomes public, commercial, and global. Netscape and browser in wars, Amazon and eBay proving online commerce works. Google founded (as BackRub at Stanford, 1996), Windows 95 adoption accelerates consumer computing. 1996 is when the Internet stops being academic and becomes economic. The infrastructure from 1989 now hits consumer scale. The dot-com era is not about websites—it’s about digitizing business. This period changed commerce, advertising, information discovery and communication patterns.

I-Web iba ngumphakathi, ibe ngeyokuhweba, futhi iba ngowomhlaba wonke. INetscape kanye neziphequluli zingena ezimpini, kuthi i-Amazon ne-eBay zibonakalise ukuthi ukuhweba ku-inthanethi kuyasebenza. I-Google iyasungulwa (njenge-BackRub eStanford, 1996), kanti ukwamukelwa kwe-Windows 95 kusheshisa ukusetshenziswa kwamakhompyutha ngabathengi. U-1996 uyisikhathi lapho i-Inthanethi iyeka ukuba ngeyezifundiswa kuphela bese iba ngeyomnotho. Ingqalasizinda yango-1989 manje isifinyelela esikalini sabathengi. Inkathi ye-dot-com ayigxilile kumawebhusayithi—igxile ekwenzeni ibhizinisi libe yidijithali. Lesi sikhathi sashintsha ukuhweba, ukukhangisa, ukutholakala kolwazi, kanye namaphethini okuxhumana.

## Message Empowered – 9/11, 2001

Umyalezo Oqinisiwe Ngamandla – 9/11, 2001

The Mobile + Platform Era Begins

Kuqala Inkathi Yeselula + Yenkundla

Digitization of media + early cloud infrastructure + always-on broadband. Apple releases the iPod (portable digital ecosystem begins), Wikipedia launches (collective knowledge platform model), Broadband adoption surges, Amazon begins quietly building what becomes AWS. Post-9/11 surveillance technology massively accelerates, data analytics infrastructure grows rapidly. The beginning of cloud computing, platform ecosystems, digital content dominance, always-connected infrastructure and the groundwork for social media and smartphones is laid here.

Ukuguqulwa kwemidiya ibe yidijithali + ingqalasizinda yamafu okuqala + i-broadband ehlala ixhumekile ngaso sonke isikhathi. I-Apple ikhipha i-iPod (kuqala uhlelo lwemvelo lwedijithali oluthwalekayo), i-Wikipedia iyaqalwa (imodeli yesikhulumi solwazi oluhlanganyelwayo), ukwamukelwa kwe-broadband kuyakhuphuka kakhulu, i-Amazon iqala buthule ukwakha lokho okuba yi-AWS. Ngemva kuka-9/11, ubuchwepheshe bokuqapha busheshiswa kakhulu, kanti ingqalasizinda yokuhlaziywa kwedatha ikhula ngesivinini esikhulu. Ukuqala kokusebenzisa amafu ekhompyutheni, izinhlelo zemvelo zesikhulumi, ukubusa kokuqukethwe kwedijithali, ingqalasizinda ehlala ixhumekile, kanye nesisekelo semithombo yezokuxhumana nama-smartphone kubekwa lapha.

## Foundation Laid – Habakkuk’s Tables – 2012, 2013

Isisekelo Sibekiwe – Amatafula kaHabakuki – 2012, 2013

The Deep Learning Breakthrough

Impumelelo Enkulu Yokufunda Okujulile

The Birth of Modern Artificial Intelligence

Ukuzalwa Kobuhlakani Bokwenziwa Besimanje

This is the pivotal moment when neural networks stopped being experimental and became practically powerful— the exact bridge between the 2001 “platform/cloud” era and the 2023 “generative AI” explosion. September 2012: AlexNet (a deep convolutional neural network) wins the ImageNet competition by a massive margin—crushing all previous algorithms. This single event is universally recognized in AI research as the moment modern deep learning was born. 2012: Geoffrey Hinton’s team proves that deep neural nets, trained on GPUs, can learn hierarchical features automatically. 2013: Google acquires Hinton’s company (DNNresearch). Industry suddenly pours billions into deep learning. NVIDIA’s GPU advancements (CUDA) become the standard hardware for AI. Big data tools (Spark 1.0 released in 2013) mature alongside this, enabling the massive datasets needed for deep learning.

Lesi yisikhathi esiyingqophamlando lapho amanethiwekhi e-neural ayeka ukuba okuhlolwayo nje kuphela futhi aba namandla asebenzayo ngokoqobo—ibhuloho eliqondile phakathi kwenkathi ka-2001 ethi “platform/cloud” nokuqhuma kuka-2023 kwe-“generative AI”. USepthemba 2012: i-AlexNet (inethiwekhi ejulile ye-neural ye-convolutional) iwina umncintiswano we-ImageNet ngegebe elikhulu kakhulu—ichoboza wonke ama-algorithm angaphambilini. Lesi sigameko esisodwa samukelwa emhlabeni wonke ocwaningweni lwe-AI njengomzuzu lapho kwazalwa khona i-deep learning yanamuhla. 2012: ithimba likaGeoffrey Hinton lifakazela ukuthi amanethiwekhi ajulile e-neural, aqeqeshwe kuma-GPU, angafunda ngokuzenzakalela izici ezihleleke ngezinga ngezinga. 2013: i-Google ithenga inkampani kaHinton (DNNresearch). Imboni ngokuzumayo ithela izigidigidi zemali ku-deep learning. Intuthuko ye-GPU ye-NVIDIA (CUDA) iba yizinga elijwayelekile le-hardware ye-AI. Amathuluzi e-big data (i-Spark 1.0 yakhululwa ngo-2013) avuthwa ehambisana nalokhu, enza kube nokwenzeka ama-dataset amakhulu kakhulu adingekayo ku-deep learning.

## Unsealing – 2023

Ukuvulwa Kwezimpawu – 2023

Generative AI Crosses the Threshold

I-AI Ezikhiqizelayo Iwela Umngcele

AI becomes accessible, usable, and economically disruptive. Not just “better neural nets.” This is the moment AI writes code, generates images, automates white-collar work, scales reasoning tasks and for the first time AI stops being specialized and becomes general-purpose cognitive tooling.

I-AI iyafinyeleleka, iyasebenziseka, futhi iyaphazamisa ngokomnotho. Akusikho nje “amanethiwekhi ezinzwa angcono.” Lesi yisikhathi lapho i-AI ibhala khona ikhodi, ikhiqize izithombe, izenzekelayo umsebenzi wabasebenzi basehhovisi, yandise imisebenzi yokucabanga, futhi okokuqala i-AI iyeka ukuba ekhethekile kuphela, ibe yithuluzi elivamile lokusebenza kwengqondo.

## 2026 – Singularity?

2026 – Ubunye?

- 1989 as the unsealing of the time of the end itself (networked connectivity begins, foundation for global knowledge flow; tied to the USSR collapse as the waymark for Adventism’s final probationary period).

  1989 njengokwembulwa kwesikhathi sokuphela uqobo lwaso (ukuqaliswa kokuxhumana kwamanethiwekhi, okuyisisekelo sokugeleza kolwazi emhlabeni wonke; kuhlobene nokuwa kwe-USSR njengophawu lwendlela lwesikhathi sokuhlolwa sokugcina se-Adventism).

- 1996 as the formalization of the message (commercial web scales the information economy, digitizing commerce and discovery).

  1996 njengokwenziwa ngokusemthethweni komlayezo (iwebhu yezentengiselwano yandisa umnotho wolwazi, yenze ezohwebo nokutholakala kwaba yidijithali).

- 2001 as the empowerment of the message (platforms, cloud, always-on access lay the digital ecosystem for collective, mobile knowledge).

  u-2001 njengokunikezwa amandla komlayezo (izingxenyekazi, ifu, nokufinyelela okuhlala kutholakala kwakha uhlelo lwendalo yedijithali lolwazi oluhlanganyelwayo, oluhambayo).

- 2012/2013 as the laying of the foundation for true intelligence (deep learning breakthrough makes machine understanding practical and scalable).

  U-2012/2013 njengokubekwa kwesisekelo sobuhlakani beqiniso (ukwephula umngcele ekufundeni okujulile kwenza ukuqonda komshini kusebenzeke futhi kukaleke kalula).

- 2023 as the unsealing climax (generative AI crosses into general-purpose cognition, making knowledge creation and reasoning accessible and disruptive).

  u-2023 njengomvuthwandaba wokuvulwa kwezimpawu (i-AI ekhiqizayo iwela ekucabangeni okujwayelekile okunenjongo ebanzi, okwenza ukudalwa kolwazi nokubonisana kufinyeleleke futhi kuphazamise).

The progression is elegant: each stage builds cumulatively on the prior one, shifting from connectivity → commercialization → ecosystem → intelligence → cognition.

Ukuqhubekela phambili kuyinhlekelele yobuhle: isigaba ngasinye sakhela ngokwengezekayo phezu kwaleso esisandulele, sisuka ekuxhumaneni → ekuthengiseni ngenjongo yenzuzo → ohlelweni lwe-ecosystem → ekuhlakanipheni → ekuqondeni kwengqondo.

2012/2013 is the critical hinge; the moment neural nets proved capable of hierarchical, automatic learning (AlexNet/ImageNet win, Hinton’s work validated, GPU scaling enabled), which made the 2023 generative explosion inevitable. Without the 2012 architectural shift, the transformer models (2017) and massive scaling wouldn’t have produced ChatGPT-level generality.

U-2012/2013 uyisikhonkwane esibucayi sokuguquka; umzuzu lapho amanethiwekhi ezinzwa okufakelwayo afakazela khona ukuthi ayakwazi ukufunda okuzenzakalelayo okunezigaba ezihleleke ngokwezinga (ukunqoba kwe-AlexNet/ImageNet, umsebenzi ka-Hinton waqinisekiswa, nokwandiswa nge-GPU kwenziwa kwaba nokwenzeka), okwamenza kwaba yinto engagwemeki ukuqhuma kokukhiqiza konyaka ka-2023. Ngaphandle kwalolo shintsho lwesakhiwo lwango-2012, amamodeli e-transformer (2017) kanye nokwandiswa okukhulu kakhulu bekungeke kukhiqize ububanzi obujwayelekile bezinga le-ChatGPT.

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