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

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The Prophetic Significance of the Collapse of the Democratic Party in the United States

Ukubaluleka Kobuprofethi Kokuwa Kweqembu Lentando Yeningi e-United States

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 18, 2024

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The collapse of the Democratic party in the United States is a specific subject of biblical prophecy. It is one of the prophetic characteristics associated with the eighth and last president of the United States. It is associated with the prophetic dynamics of making the eighth president, who is of the seven, the head of the image of the beast. The image of the beast in the world is twofold, yet threefold. It is twofold in that it represents a combination of Church and State, but its threefold, for it is made up of ten kings (statecraft), that is directed by the premier king (churchcraft). That beast is ridden upon and reigned over by one head, that is the eighth head, that is of the seven.

Ukuwa kweqembu lamaDemocratic e-United States kuyisihloko esithile sesiprofetho seBhayibheli. Kungenye yezimpawu zesiprofetho ezihlobene nomongameli wesishiyagalombili nowokugcina wase-United States. Kuhlotshaniswa namandla okusebenza esiprofetho okwenza umongameli wesishiyagalombili, ongowabayisikhombisa, abe yinhloko yomfanekiso wesilo. Umfanekiso wesilo emhlabeni uyizigaba ezimbili, nokho uyizigaba ezintathu. Uyizigaba ezimbili ngokuthi umelela inhlanganisela yeBandla noMbuso, kodwa uyizigaba ezintathu, ngokuba wakhiwa ngamakhosi ayishumi (ukuphathwa kombuso), aqondiswa yinkosi enkulu yokuqala (ukuphathwa kwebandla). Leso silo sigitshelwa futhi sibuswe yinhloko eyodwa, okungukuthi inhloko yesishiyagalombili, engowabayisikhombisa.

The image of the beast in the United States is twofold, yet threefold. It is twofold in that it represents a combination of church and state, but its threefold, for it is made up with an apostate Republican horn (statecraft), that is directed by an apostate Protestant horn (churchcraft). That beast is ridden upon and reigned over by one head, that is the eighth head, which is of the seven.

Umfanekiso wesilo e-United States uyizigaba ezimbili, kepha futhi uyizigaba ezintathu. Uyizigaba ezimbili ngokuthi umelela ukuhlanganiswa kwebandla nombuso, kodwa uyizigaba ezintathu, ngokuba wakhiwe ngophondo lweRiphabhulikhi oluhlubukile (ubuciko bombuso), oluqondiswa uphondo lwamaProthestani oluhlubukile (ubuciko bebandla). Leso silo sigitshelwa futhi sibuswe yinhloko eyodwa, okungukuthi inhloko yesishiyagalombili, ephuma kulezo eziyisikhombisa.

The head, in either case, is a full-blown dictator. The environment where his dictatorship is clearly illustrated is the line of the history when the earth beast speaks as a dragon, for “speaking” is the primary characteristic of the earth beast. It spoke in 1776, 1789, 1798, 1863, 2001, 2021 and it is about to speak again when the image is fully formed at the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ikhanda, kuzo zombili lezi zimo, lingumbusi wobushiqela ophelele. Isimo lapho ubushiqela bakhe bubonakaliswa ngokucacile khona siwumugqa womlando lapho isilo somhlaba sikhuluma njengodrako, ngoba “ukukhuluma” kuyisici esiyinhloko sesilo somhlaba. Sakhuluma ngo-1776, 1789, 1798, 1863, 2001, 2021 futhi sesizokhuluma futhi lapho umfanekiso usumiswe ngokuphelele emthethweni weSonto osuzayo maduze.

In the days of Paul, the mystery of iniquity, which was the papal power, was already at work, but it was being restrained by the dragon of pagan Rome. In 1798 and 1799, the dragon removed the man of sin from power, but in 1989, the pope of Rome defeated the dragon of the Soviet Union. The entire prophetic history, all the way to the end, portrays the papacy as in a warfare with the dragon. The pope of Rome is the despot who is to be lifted up as the head of the evil confederacy of the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in the last days. Sister White said “under one head, the papal power,” and the Psalmist also identifies the ten kings lifting up the eighth head, that is of the seven.

Ezinsukwini zikaPawulu, imfihlakalo yobubi, eyayingamandla obupapa, yayisivele isebenza, kodwa yayivinjelwa udrako waseRoma yobuqaba. Ngo-1798 nango-1799, udrako wasusa umuntu wesono emandleni, kodwa ngo-1989, upapa waseRoma wanqoba udrako waseSoviet Union. Wonke umlando wesiprofetho, kuze kube sekugcineni, uveza upapa njengosempini no drako. Upapa waseRoma ungumbusi ononya okufanele aphakanyiswe abe yinhloko yomfelandawonye omubi wenyunyana ephindwe kathathu kadrako, yesilo, kanye nomprofethi wamanga ezinsukwini zokugcina. USister White wathi, “ngaphansi kwekhanda elilodwa, amandla obupapa,” kanti nomhubi wamaHubo ubuye akhombe amakhosi ayishumi ephakamisa ikhanda lesishiyagalombili, elingelesikhombisa.

> For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. Psalms 83:2–4.

> Ngokuba, bheka, izitha zakho ziyaxokozela; nalabo abakuzondayo baphakamise ikhanda. Ziqambé icebo ngobuqili ngabantu bakho, zabonisana ngabafihlakeleyo bakho. Zithe: Wozani, sibaqede bangabe besaba yisizwe, ukuze igama lika-Israyeli lingabe lisakhunjulwa. AmaHubo 83:2–4.

When the United States forms an image of the beast, it will be threefold in nature, and also twofold. It will be a twofold combination of churchcraft and statecraft, but that political system will be reigned over by one head. The eighth president will reign over and ride the image of the beast. The eighth president, who is of the seven previous presidents, is the last president of “the sixth” kingdom of Bible prophecy, and he received his deadly wound as “the sixth” president.

Lapho i-United States yakha umfanekiso wesilo, iyoba yeyesimo esiphindwe kathathu, futhi ibe yeyesimo esiphindwe kabili. Iyoba yinhlanganisela ephindwe kabili yobuqili bebandla nobuqili bombuso, kodwa lolo hlelo lwezepolitiki luyobuswa yinhloko eyodwa. Umongameli wesishiyagalombili uyobusa phezu futhi agibele umfanekiso wesilo. Umongameli wesishiyagalombili, ongowamongameli abayisikhombisa ababengaphambi kwakhe, ungumongameli wokugcina wombuso “wesithupha” wesiprofetho seBhayibheli, futhi wamukela inxeba lakhe elibulalayo njengomongameli “wesithupha”.

The prophetic man of sin has been in a war with the dragon for his entire history. Donald Trump is the rich king that stirred up the dragon of globalism, and he has been in a political, social and philosophical war with the dragon powers ever since he first announced his intent to run for president on June 16, 2015, at the Trump Tower in New York City, the very city where the Twin Towers came down on September 11, 2001, and the city where the Freedom Tower, that replaced the Twin Towers was dedicated on November 3, 2014.

Umuntu wesiprofetho wesono ubesempini nodrako kuwo wonke umlando wakhe. UDonald Trump uyinkosi ecebileyo eyavusa udrako wobuzwe bomhlaba wonke, futhi selokhu amemezela okokuqala inhloso yakhe yokungenela isikhundla sobumongameli ngoJuni 16, 2015, eTrump Tower eDolobheni laseNew York, lona kanye idolobha lapho iTwin Towers yawa khona ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, kanye nedolobha lapho iFreedom Tower, eyathatha indawo yeTwin Towers, yanikezelwa khona ngoNovemba 3, 2014, ubelokhu esempi yezombusazwe, yezenhlalo neyefilosofi namandla kadrako kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

At the soon coming Sunday law, the marriage between Christ and the one hundred and forty-four thousand is consummated, and the fornication between the whore of Rome and the kings of the earth is consummated in a counterfeit marriage. At that Sunday law the twins from the garden of Eden are both lifted up, and also simultaneously attacked by a counterfeit. Those twin institutions are marriage and the seventh-day Sabbath.

Emthethweni yeSonto ezayo maduze, umshado phakathi kukaKristu nabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane ugcwaliseka ngokuphelele, futhi ubufebe phakathi kwesifebe saseRoma namakhosi omhlaba bugcwaliseka ngokuphelele emshadweni womgunyathi. Kuleyo mthetho weSonto lawo mawele avela ensimini yase-Edene womabili ayaphakanyiswa, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ahlaselwe ngumgunyathi. Lezo zikhungo ezingamawele zingumshado neSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa.

> “When the Pharisees afterward questioned Him concerning the lawfulness of divorce, Jesus pointed His hearers back to the marriage institution as ordained at creation. ‘Because of the hardness of your hearts,’ He said, Moses ‘suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.’ Matthew 19:8. He referred them to the blessed days of Eden, when God pronounced all things ‘very good.’ Then marriage and the Sabbath had their origin, twin institutions for the glory of God in the benefit of humanity. Then, as the Creator joined the hands of the holy pair in wedlock, saying, A man shall ‘leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one’ (Genesis 2:24), He enunciated the law of marriage for all the children of Adam to the close of time. That which the Eternal Father Himself had pronounced good was the law of highest blessing and development for man.” Thoughts From the Mount of Blessings, 63.

> “Lapho abaFarisi kamuva bembuza mayelana nokuvumeleka kwesahlukaniso ngokomthetho, uJesu wabuyisela abalaleli Bakhe esimisweni somshado njengoba samiswa ekudalweni. Wathi, ‘Ngenxa yobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zenu,’ uMose ‘wanivumela ukulahla omkenu; kodwa ekuqaleni kwakungenjalo.’ Mathewu 19:8. Wababhekisa ezinsukwini ezibusisekile zase-Edene, lapho uNkulunkulu amemezela khona zonke izinto ngokuthi ‘zazizinhle kakhulu.’ Khona-ke umshado neSabatha kwaba nemvelaphi yakho, kuyizikhungo ezingamawele zenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nangenzuzo yesintu. Khona-ke, njengoba uMdali ehlanganisa izandla zalabo ababili abangcwele emshadweni, ethi, Indoda ‘iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo wayo; futhi bayakuba nyamanye’ (Genesise 2:24), wamemezela umthetho womshado kubo bonke abantwana baka-Adamu kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi. Lokho uYise oPhakade uqobo ayekumemezele njengokuhle kwakuwumthetho wesibusiso esikhulu kunazo zonke nowokuthuthuka komuntu.” Thoughts From the Mount of Blessings, 63.

The threefold union where apostate Protestantism, spiritualism and Catholicism join hands at the Sunday law is a counterfeit of the marriage in Eden where “the Creator joined the hands of the holy pair in wedlock.” At the Sunday law the twin institutions of Marriage and the Sabbath, are lifted up, and simultaneously desecrated. The history of the sealing began when the Twin Towers came down, and that history ends when the twin institutions of Marriage and the Sabbath are lifted up. In the midst of that history the Freedom Tower was dedicated in 2014, and Trump’s stirring up of globalism began at the Trump Tower in 2015.

Inhlangano ephindwe kathathu lapho ubuProthestani obuhlubukile, imimoya nokholo lwamaKatolika kubambana ngezandla emthethweni weSonto, iyisifaniso-mbumbulu somshado wase-Edene lapho “uMdali wahlanganisa izandla zalabo ababili abangcwele emshadweni.” Emthethweni weSonto izikhungo ezimbili ezingamawele zoMshado neSabatha ziyaphakanyiswa, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ziyangcoliswa. Umlando wokubekwa uphawu waqala lapho iTwin Towers iwela phansi, futhi lowo mlando uphela lapho izikhungo ezingamawele zoMshado neSabatha ziphakanyiswa. Phakathi kwalowo mlando iFreedom Tower yanikezelwa ngo-2014, futhi ukuvusa kukaTrump umhlaba wonke maqondana ne-globalism kwaqala eTrump Tower ngo-2015.

The Twin Towers were brought down as a rebuke of the globalists’ love of money, and the Freedom Tower is a representation of Nimrod’s rebellion against the God of Heaven and the judgment He had brought with the flood, just as the Freedom Tower is a symbol against God’s judgment of September 11, 2001.

IziMbhoshongo Ezimbili zadilizwa njengokukhuza uthando lwabamhlaba wonke lwemali, kanti iFreedom Tower iyisifanekiselo sokuhlubuka kukaNimrode kuNkulunkulu waseZulwini kanye nokwahlulela Akuletha ngesikhukhula, njengoba nje iFreedom Tower iyisibonakaliso esimelene nokwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kwangoSepthemba 11, 2001.

> “On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify their owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the most costly material was used. Those to whom these buildings belonged were not asking themselves: ‘How can we best glorify God?’ The Lord was not in their thoughts.

> “Ngesinye isikhathi, ngisemzini waseNew York, ngabusuku ngabizelwa ukuba ngibone izakhiwo ziphakama, isitezi phezu kwesinye, ziya ngasezulwini. Lezi zakhiwo zazigunyazwe ngokuthi azibambi umlilo, futhi zazakhiwe ukuze zikhazimulise abanikazi bazo nabazakhayo. Lezi zakhiwo zaqhubeka ziphakama, ziphakama kakhulu ngokwengeziwe, futhi kuzo kwasetshenziswa izinto ezibiza kakhulu. Labo lezi zakhiwo ezazingezabo babengazibuzi ukuthi: ‘Singamkhazimulisa kanjani uNkulunkulu ngokungcono kakhulu na?’ INkosi yayingekho emicabangweni yabo.

> “I thought: ‘Oh, that those who are thus investing their means could see their course as God sees it! They are piling up magnificent buildings, but how foolish in the sight of the Ruler of the universe is their planning and devising. They are not studying with all the powers of heart and mind how they may glorify God. They have lost sight of this, the first duty of man.’

> “Ngacabanga: ‘O, sengathi labo abatshala izimali zabo ngaleyo ndlela bangabona inkambo yabo njengoba uNkulunkulu eyibona! Baqoqela phezulu izakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu, kodwa yeka ukuthi ukuhlela kwabo nokusungula kwabo kuwubuwula kanjani emehlweni oMbusi wendawo yonke. Abafundi, ngamandla onke enhliziyo nengqondo, ukuthi bangamkhazimulisa kanjani uNkulunkulu. Lokhu, okuwumsebenzi wokuqala womuntu, sekuphunyukile emehlweni abo.’”

> “As these lofty buildings went up, the owners rejoiced with ambitious pride that they had money to use in gratifying self and provoking the envy of their neighbors. Much of the money that they thus invested had been obtained through exaction, through grinding down the poor. They forgot that in heaven an account of every business transaction is kept; every unjust deal, every fraudulent act, is there recorded. The time is coming when in their fraud and insolence men will reach a point that the Lord will not permit them to pass, and they will learn that there is a limit to the forbearance of Jehovah.” Testimonies, volume 9, 12.

> “Njengoba lezi zakhiwo eziphakeme zazakhiwa, abanini bazo bajabula ngokuziqhenya okufisayo, ngokuthi babenayo imali yokuyisebenzisela ukwanelisa ubuqu nokuvusa umona komakhelwane babo. Iningi lemali abayitshala ngaleyo ndlela lalitholakale ngokucindezela, ngokuhluphekelisa abampofu. Bakhohlwa ukuthi ezulwini kugcinwa umlando wazo zonke izivumelwano zebhizinisi; konke ukuthengiselana okungenabulungisa, zonke izenzo zokukhwabanisa, kubhalwe khona. Isikhathi siyeza lapho, ngokukhwabanisa kwabo nangokweyisa kwabo, abantu beyofinyelela ezingeni iNkosi engeke isabavumela ukuba baledlule, futhi bayofunda ukuthi kukhona umkhawulo ekubekezeleni kukaJehova.” Testimonies, volume 9, 12.

The rebellion represented by Nimrod’s tower was against God’s recent judgment of the Flood, and it typified the rebellion of the globalist bankers against the recent judgment of God. Freedom as defined in the globalist dictionary is quite contrary to biblical freedom. Freedom in the dictionary of the dragon is licentiousness, symbolized by the immorality of the French Revolution.

Ukuhlubuka okwakumelwe umbhoshongo kaNimrode kwakumelene nokwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kwakamuva kukaZamcolo, futhi kwakuyisibonakaliso sokuhlubuka kwababhange bomhlaba wonke okumelene nokwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu kwakamuva. Inkululeko njengoba ichazwa esichazamazwini sabalandeli bomhlaba wonke iphikisana kakhulu nenkululeko yaseBhayibhelini. Inkululeko esichazamazwini sikadrako iwukuxegiselwa ekuziphatheni, okufanekiselwa ukonakala kokuziphatha kweNguquko yaseFulansi.

> “‘The great city’ in whose streets the witnesses are slain, and where their dead bodies lie, is ‘spiritually’ Egypt. Of all nations presented in Bible history, Egypt most boldly denied the existence of the living God and resisted His commands. No monarch ever ventured upon more open and highhanded rebellion against the authority of Heaven than did the king of Egypt. When the message was brought him by Moses, in the name of the Lord, Pharaoh proudly answered: ‘Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.’ Exodus 5:2, A.R.V. This is atheism, and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance. ‘The great city’ is also compared, ‘spiritually,’ to Sodom. The corruption of Sodom in breaking the law of God was especially manifested in licentiousness. And this sin was also to be a pre-eminent characteristic of the nation that should fulfill the specifications of this scripture.

> “‘Umuzi omkhulu’ ofakazi babo bebulelwa emigwaqweni yawo, nalapho izidumbu zabo zilele khona, ‘ngokomoya’ yiGibhithe. Kuzo zonke izizwe ezivezwa emlandweni weBhayibheli, iGibhithe yilo elaphika ngesibindi esikhulu kunazo zonke ukuba khona kukaNkulunkulu ophilayo futhi laphikisana nemiyalo yaKhe. Akukho nkosi eyake yazama ukuvukela obala nangokudelela okukhulu igunya laseZulwini njengenkosi yaseGibhithe. Lapho umyalezo ulethwa kuyo nguMose, egameni leNkosi, uFaro waphendula ngokuziqhenya wathi: ‘Ungubani uJehova, ukuba ngilalele izwi laKhe ngidedele u-Israyeli ahambe na? Angimazi uJehova, futhi phezu kwalokho angiyikuyidedela u-Israyeli ahambe.’ Eksodusi 5:2, A.R.V. Lokhu kungukungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, futhi isizwe esimelwe yiGibhithe sasiyokhuluma ukuphika okufanayo mayelana namalungelo kaNkulunkulu ophilayo futhi sasiyobonakalisa umoya ofanayo wokungakholwa nowokudelela. ‘Umuzi omkhulu’ futhi uqhathaniswa, ‘ngokomoya,’ neSodoma. Ukonakala kweSodoma ngokwephula umthetho kaNkulunkulu kwabonakaliswa ngokukhethekile ekuziphatheni okubi kobulili. Futhi lesi sono naso sasizoba uphawu oluvelele kakhulu lwesizwe esasiyogcwalisa imininingwane yalo mbhalo.”

> “According to the words of the prophet, then, a little before the year 1798 some power of satanic origin and character would rise to make war upon the Bible. And in the land where the testimony of God’s two witnesses should thus be silenced, there would be manifest the atheism of the Pharaoh and the licentiousness of Sodom.

> “Ngokwamazwi omprofethi, ngakho-ke, kancane ngaphambi konyaka ka-1798 kwakuyovela amandla athile anomsuka nesimo sikaSathane ukuze alwe neBhayibheli. Futhi ezweni lapho ubufakazi bofakazi ababili bakaNkulunkulu babeyothuliswa kanjalo, kwakuyobonakaliswa ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu kukaFaro nokuziphatha okubi kweSodoma.

> “This prophecy has received a most exact and striking fulfillment in the history of France. During the Revolution, in 1793, ‘the world for the first time heard an assembly of men, born and educated in civilization, and assuming the right to govern one of the finest of the European nations, uplift their united voice to deny the most solemn truth which man’s soul receives, and renounce unanimously the belief and worship of a Deity.’—Sir Walter Scott, Life of Napoleon, vol. 1, ch. 17. . ..

> “Lesi siprofetho sathola ukugcwaliseka okunembe kakhulu nokumangalisayo emlandweni waseFrance. Ngesikhathi soGuquko, ngo-1793, ‘umhlaba okokuqala ngqa wezwa ibandla lamadoda, azalwe futhi afundiswa ngaphakathi kwempucuko, futhi ezibeka ilungelo lokubusa esinye sezizwe ezinhle kakhulu zaseYurophu, ephakamisa izwi lawo elihlangene ukuze aphike iqiniso elingcwele kakhulu umphefumulo womuntu olamukelayo, futhi alahle ngazwi linye inkolelo nokukhonza uNkulunkulu.’—Sir Walter Scott, Life of Napoleon, vol. 1, ch. 17....

> “France presented also the characteristics which especially distinguished Sodom. During the Revolution there was manifest a state of moral debasement and corruption similar to that which brought destruction upon the cities of the plain. And the historian presents together the atheism and the licentiousness of France, as given in the prophecy: ‘Intimately connected with these laws affecting religion, was that which reduced the union of marriage—the most sacred engagement which human beings can form, and the permanence of which leads most strongly to the consolidation of society—to the state of a mere civil contract of a transitory character, which any two persons might engage in and cast loose at pleasure…. If fiends had set themselves to work to discover a mode of most effectually destroying whatever is venerable, graceful, or permanent in domestic life, and of obtaining at the same time an assurance that the mischief which it was their object to create should be perpetuated from one generation to another, they could not have invented a more effectual plan that the degradation of marriage…. Sophie Arnoult, an actress famous for the witty things she said, described the republican marriage as ‘the sacrament of adultery.’”—Scott, vol. 1, ch. 17.” The Great Controversy, 269, 270.

> “IFulentshi nayo yaveza izici ezazihlukanisa ngokukhethekile iSodoma. Ngesikhathi seNguquko kwabonakala isimo sokuwohloka kokuziphatha nokonakala okufana nalokho okwalethela imizi yasethafeni ukubhujiswa. Futhi umlando uveza ndawonye ukungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu nokuxegiswa kwemikhuba eFulentshini, njengoba kunikeziwe esiprofethweni: ‘Okuhlobene kakhulu nale mithetho ethinta inkolo, kwakuyileyo eyanciphisa ubunye bomshado—ukuzibophezela okungcwele kunakho konke abantu abangakwenza, nokuhlala kwawo okuholela ngamandla amakhulu ekuqinisweni komphakathi—kwaba sesimweni sesivumelwano somphakathi nje esingesona esaphakade, abantu ababili noma ibaphi ababengangena kuso bese bezehlukanisa ngentando yabo…. Ukube amadimoni ayezibekele umsebenzi wokuthola indlela yokubhubhisa ngempumelelo enkulu konke okuhloniphekayo, okuhle, noma okuhlala njalo empilweni yasekhaya, kanye nokuthola ngesikhathi esifanayo isiqinisekiso sokuthi umonakalo ayefisa ukuwudala wawuyoqhubekiselwa phambili usuka kwesinye isizukulwane uye kwesinye, ngabe awazange aklame icebo eliphumelela ngaphezu kokwehliswa kwesithunzi somshado…. USophie Arnoult, umlingisikazi owayedume ngezinto ezihlakaniphile ayezisho, wachaza umshado weriphabhulikhi ngokuthi ‘isakramente sokuphinga.’”—Scott, vol. 1, ch. 17.” The Great Controversy, 269, 270.

The Freedom Tower in New York City that was dedicated in 2014, represents not only the rebellion of Nimrod’s tower, but it is also the symbol of the globalists definition of freedom, as manifested in the promotion of the licentious LGBTQ+ movement, that represents rebellion against God’s law. True freedom is just the opposite of what that tower represents, but a classic work of deception employed by the followers of the dragon, is to redefine words and phrases to produce incorrect conclusions. The dragon is the classic attorney, and he is the word-smith that twists language to produce wicked outcomes. But the true meaning of the word “freedom”, is not the freedom that is represented by the anarchy of Antifa, or the licentiousness symbolized by the revolution in France.

IFreedom Tower eNew York City eyanikezelwa ngo-2014, ayimeli kuphela ukuhlubuka kombhoshongo kaNimrode, kodwa futhi iyisibonakaliso sencazelo yenkululeko yama-globalist, njengoba ibonakaliswa ekukhuthazweni komnyakazo onokuziphatha okuxekethile we-LGBTQ+, omele ukuhlubuka emthethweni kaNkulunkulu. Inkululeko yeqiniso iyona ephambene ngqo nalokho okumele lowo mbhoshongo, kodwa umsebenzi ojwayelekile wenkohliso osetshenziswa abalandeli bakadrako, uwukuchaza kabusha amagama nemisho ukuze kuvezwe iziphetho ezingelona iqiniso. Udrako ungummeli wakudala, futhi ungumkhandi wamazwi osontekisa ulimi ukuze kuvele imiphumela yobubi. Kodwa incazelo yeqiniso yegama elithi “inkululeko”, akuyona inkululeko emelwe yisiphithiphithi se-Antifa, noma ukuxekethile kokuziphatha okufanekiselwa inguquko yaseFrance.

> “Every soul that refuses to give himself to God is under the control of another power. He is not his own. He may talk of freedom, but he is in the most abject slavery. He is not allowed to see the beauty of truth, for his mind is under the control of Satan. While he flatters himself that he is following the dictates of his own judgment, he obeys the will of the prince of darkness. Christ came to break the shackles of sin-slavery from the soul. ‘If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.’ ‘The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus’ sets us ‘free from the law of sin and death.’ Romans 8:2.

> “Wonke umphefumulo owenqaba ukuzinikela kuNkulunkulu ungaphansi kokulawulwa ngamanye amandla. Akasiye owakhe. Angakhuluma ngenkululeko, kodwa usebugqilini obedlulele kakhulu. Akavunyelwe ukubona ubuhle beqiniso, ngokuba ingqondo yakhe ilawulwa nguSathane. Ngesikhathi ezithopha ngokuthi ulandela izinqumo zokwahlulela kwakhe siqu, ulalela intando yombusi wobumnyama. UKristu weza ukuzophula amaketanga obugqila besono emphefumulweni. ‘Ngakho-ke, uma iNdodana inikhulula, niyakuba ngabakhululekileyo impela.’ ‘Umthetho kaMoya wokuphila kuKristu Jesu’ usibeke ‘sakhululeka emthethweni wesono nowokufa.’ Roma 8:2.”

> “In the work of redemption there is no compulsion. No external force is employed. Under the influence of the Spirit of God, man is left free to choose whom he will serve. In the change that takes place when the soul surrenders to Christ, there is the highest sense of freedom. The expulsion of sin is the act of the soul itself. True, we have no power to free ourselves from Satan’s control; but when we desire to be set free from sin, and in our great need cry out for a power out of and above ourselves, the powers of the soul are imbued with the divine energy of the Holy Spirit, and they obey the dictates of the will in fulfilling the will of God.” The Desire of Ages, 466.

> “Emsebenzini wokuhlengwa akukho kuphoqwa. Akusetshenziswa mandla avela ngaphandle. Ngaphansi kwethonya likaMoya kaNkulunkulu, umuntu ushiywa ekhululekile ukuba akhethe ukuthi uyokhonza bani. Oshintshweni olwenzekayo lapho umphefumulo uzinikela kuKristu, kukhona umuzwa ophakeme kakhulu wenkululeko. Ukuxoshwa kwesono kuyisenzo somphefumulo uqobo. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi asinawo amandla okuzikhulula ekubusweni nguSathane; kodwa lapho sifisa ukukhululwa esonweni, futhi esimweni sethu sokuswela okukhulu sikhale sicela amandla avela ngaphandle kwethu nangaphezu kwethu, amandla omphefumulo agcwaliswa ngamandla obuNkulunkulu kaMoya oNgcwele, futhi alalela iziqondiso zentando ekufezeni intando kaNkulunkulu.” The Desire of Ages, 466.

The freedom represented by the Freedom Tower, was the licentiousness of the French Revolution and the rebellion of Nimrod. The very next year at the Trump Tower, the richest president since 1989 announced his candidacy that would stir up the globalists. That same year gay marriage was approved at the federal level in the United States, as it had been in the revolution in France when they changed marriage into “a mere civil contract of a transitory character.”

Inkululeko emelwe yiFreedom Tower, yayiyinkululeko engalawulekiyo yeNguquko yaseFransi kunye nokuvukela kukaNimrod. Kanye kunyaka olandelayo eTrump Tower, umongameli osisityebi kunabo bonke ukusukela ngowe-1989 wabhengeza ukungenela kwakhe ukhuphiswano, nto leyo eyayiza kuvuselela ama-globalist. Kwangaloo nyaka, umtshato wabantu besini esinye wavunywa kwinqanaba lombuso wesizwe eUnited States, njengoko kwakunjalo kwinguquko yaseFransi xa baguqula umtshato bawenza “isivumelwano nje saseburhulumenteni esinesimo sexeshana.”

The war between the dragon, and the richest president was initiated. The destruction of the Twin Towers by the touch of God’s power marked the beginning of the sealing time and the arrival of the bottomless pit beast of Islam. At the dedication of the Freedom Towers in the midst of that prophetic history, the arrival of the bottomless pit beast of Atheism is marked. Now, the fall of the twin institutions of Sabbath and marriage, that were set in place in the Garden of Eden, mark the conclusion of the sealing time and the arrival of the third, Catholic beast from the bottomless pit.

Impi phakathi kodrako nomongameli ocebe kunabo bonke yaqalwa. Ukubhujiswa kweTwin Towers ngokuthintwa kwamandla kaNkulunkulu kwaphawula ukuqala kwesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu nokufika kwesilo sobuSulumane esivela emgodini ongenasiphelo. Ekungcwelisweni kweFreedom Towers phakathi nalowo mlando wesiprofetho, ukufika kwesilo sobu-Athiyizimu esivela emgodini ongenasiphelo kuyaphawulwa. Manje, ukuwa kwezikhungo ezimbili, iSabatha nomshado, ezabekwa eNsimini yase-Edene, kuphawula ukuphela kwesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu nokufika kwesilo sesithathu, esingesamaKatolika, esivela emgodini ongenasiphelo.

On November 3, 2020 Trump received a deadly political wound as the papacy received a deadly wound in 1798. The wound was delivered by literal France in 1798, and by spiritual France in 2020.

Ngo-November 3, 2020 uTrump wamukelwa inxeba lezombusazwe elibulalayo, njengoba ubupapa bamukelwa inxeba elibulalayo ngo-1798. Lelo nxeba lalethwa yiFrance engokoqobo ngo-1798, kwathi ngo-2020 lalethwa yiFrance yokomoya.

> 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. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Revelation 11:7, 8.

> Lapho sebeyiqedile ubufakazi babo, isilo esenyuka siphuma emgodini ongenasiphelo siyakulwa nabo, sibanqobe, sibabulale. Futhi izidumbu zabo ziyakuba semgwaqweni womuzi omkhulu, ngokomoya obizwa ngokuthi iSodoma neGibhithe, lapho neNkosi yethu yabethelwa khona. IsAmbulo 11:7, 8.

In The Great Controversy, Sister White identifies France as “the great city where our Lord was crucified”.

Encwadini ethi The Great Controversy, uDadewethu White uveza iFrance ngokuthi “umuzi omkhulu lapho iNkosi yethu yabethelwa khona”.

> “According to the words of the prophet, then, a little before the year 1798 some power of satanic origin and character would rise to make war upon the Bible. And in the land where the testimony of God’s two witnesses should thus be silenced, there would be manifest the atheism of the Pharaoh and the licentiousness of Sodom.” The Great Controversy, 270.

> “Ngakho-ke, ngokwamazwi omprofethi, kancane ngaphambi konyaka ka-1798 kwakuyovela amandla athile anemvelaphi nesimilo sikaSathane ukuze alwe neBhayibheli. Futhi ezweni lapho ubufakazi bofakazi bakaNkulunkulu ababili babuyothuliswa kanjalo, kwakuyobonakaliswa ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu kukaFaro nokuziphatha okubi kweSodoma.” The Great Controversy, 270.

At the soon coming Sunday law in the United States the image of the beast will be fully formed, and those who have fully formed the image of Christ will be lifted up as God’s ensign. As an ensign they will uphold the seventh-day Sabbath, and represent Christ’s righteousness to the world. Christ’s righteousness is only accomplished by the combination of Divinity with humanity, and within this great truth, which is defined as a mystery, the institution of marriage is lifted up. The ensign represents the Sabbath and its twin institution of marriage.

Emthethweni weSonto ezofika maduze e-United States umfanekiso wesilo uyobe usumile ngokuphelele, futhi labo abamise ngokugcwele umfanekiso kaKristu bayakuphakanyiswa njengophawu lukaNkulunkulu. Njengophawu bayakuphakamisa iSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa, futhi bamele ukulunga kukaKristu emhlabeni. Ukulunga kukaKristu kufezwa kuphela ngokuhlanganiswa kobuNkulunkulu nobuntu, futhi ngaphakathi kwaleli qiniso elikhulu, elichazwa njengemfihlakalo, isikhungo somshado siyaphakanyiswa. Uphawu lumelela iSabatha kanye nesikhungo salo esiyimpahla yalo esingumshado.

> For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:23–32.

> Ngokuba indoda iyinhloko yomfazi, njengalokhu noKristu eyinhloko yebandla; futhi yena ungumsindisi womzimba. Ngakho-ke njengokuba ibandla lizithoba kuKristu, ngokunjalo abafazi mabazithobe kubayeni babo ezintweni zonke. Madoda, thandani abafazi benu, njengalokhu noKristu walithanda ibandla, wazinikela ngenxa yalo; ukuze alingcwelise, elihlanza ngokuligeza ngamanzi ngezwi, ukuze azibonakalisele lona ibandla elikhazimulayo, lingenabala, noma umbimbi, noma okunye okunjalo; kodwa libe ngcwele lingabi nasici. Kanjalo namadoda kufanele ukuthanda abafazi bawo njengemizimba yawo uqobo. Othanda umkakhe uzithanda yena uqobo. Ngokuba akekho umuntu owake wazonda inyama yakhe siqu; kodwa uyayondla, ayinakekele, njengalokhu neNkosi ilinakekela ibandla; ngokuba siyizitho zomzimba wakhe, zenyama yakhe, nezamathambo akhe. Ngenxa yalokho indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, babe bobabili nyamanye. Lokhu kuyimfihlakalo enkulu; kepha ngikhuluma ngoKristu nangebandla. Efesu 5:23–32.

The ensign is a symbol of the twin institutions of the Sabbath and Marriage, and the marriage represents the combination of Divinity with humanity. The mystery of that marriage represents His church, which is His temple.

Ifulege liwuphawu lwezinhlangano ezimbili, iSabatha noMshado, futhi umshado umelela ukuhlanganiswa kobuNkulunkulu nobuntu. Imfihlakalo yalowo mshado imelela ibandla laKhe, eliyithempeli laKhe.

> “The tower was a symbol of the temple.” The Desire of Ages, 596.

> “Umbhoshongo wawuwuphawu lwethempeli.” The Desire of Ages, 596.

At the beginning of the sealing time the Twin Towers came down, in the middle of the sealing time, two “towers” representing the process of separating two classes (for both horns), were identified, and at the end of the sealing time, the Twin Towers of God’s temple and Sabbath will be lifted up as an ensign to the Gentiles.

Ekuqaleni kwesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu, iMibhoshongo Emibili yawa; phakathi nesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu, kwakhonjwa “imibhoshongo” emibili emele inqubo yokwahlukanisa izigaba ezimbili (kuzo zombili izimpondo); futhi ekupheleni kwesikhathi sokubekwa uphawu, iMibhoshongo Emibili yethempeli likaNkulunkulu neSabatha kuyophakanyiswa ibe yisibonakaliso ezizweni.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka nalesi sifundo esihlokweni esilandelayo.

> For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Isaiah 2:12–22.

> Ngokuba usuku lweNkosi yamabandla luyakwehlela phezu kwawo wonke oziqhenyayo nonoziphakamiso, naphezu kwawo wonke ophakanyisiwe; uyakwehliswa; naphezu kwawo wonke umsedari waseLebanoni, emide nephakanyisiweyo, naphezu kwawo wonke ama-oki aseBhashani, naphezu kwazo zonke izintaba eziphakemeyo, naphezu kwawo wonke amagquma aphakanyisiwe, naphezu kwayo yonke imibhoshongo emide, naphezu kwazo zonke izindonga ezinqatyisiweyo, naphezu kwayo yonke imikhumbi yaseTharishishi, naphezu kwazo zonke izithombe ezinhle. Ukuphakama komuntu kuyakukhothama, nokuzidla kwabantu kwehliswe; iNkosi yodwa iyakuphakanyiswa ngalolo suku. Nezithombe iyakuzibhubhisa nya. Bayakungena emigodini yamadwala nasemihumeni yomhlaba, ngenxa yokwesaba iNkosi nangenxa yenkazimulo yobukhosi bayo, lapho isukuma ukuzamazamisa umhlaba ngokwesabekayo. Ngalolo suku umuntu uyakulahla izithombe zakhe zesiliva nezithombe zakhe zegolide, abazenzele zona ngamunye ukuba akhuleke kuzo, aziphonse ezimvukuzaneni nasezimpikweni; ukuze angene emifantwini yamadwala adabukileyo, nasezimbobeni zamawa, ngenxa yokwesaba iNkosi nangenxa yenkazimulo yobukhosi bayo, lapho isukuma ukuzamazamisa umhlaba ngokwesabekayo. Yekani umuntu, okuphefumula kwakhe kusemakhaleni akhe; ngokuba uyini yena ukuba abalwe ngani na? Isaya 2:12–22.

> My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. Psalms 144:2.

> Umusa wami, nenqaba yami; umbhoshongo wami ophakeme, nomkhululi wami; isihlangu sami, naye engithembela kuye; othobisa abantu bami ngaphansi kwami. AmaHubo 144:2.

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