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# Panium - Number Four

Panium - Inombolo Yesine

An Alliance

Umfelandawonye

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 4, 2025

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In the history of Panium an alliance was formed between Antiochus Magnus and Philip of Macedon. The battle was directly carried out against the child Ptolemy V by Antiochus, and Philip contributed in the sense that his warfare in other parts of the realm prevented other armies from coming to the aid of the Egyptian child king. This means that Putin, the final king of the south—typified by the child king of Egypt (child meaning last generation prophetically) is defeated by Trump represented as Antiochus Magnus who defeated Ptolemy V at Panium and as Reagan defeated the USSR in 1989.

Emlandweni wasePanium kwakhiwa umfelandawonye phakathi kuka-Antiochus Magnus noPhilip waseMakedoniya. Impi yaqondiswa ngokuqondile ngokumelene nengane uPtolemy V ngu-Antiochus, kanti uPhilip wanikela ngalowo mqondo wokuthi ukulwa kwakhe kwezinye izingxenye zombuso kwavimbela amanye amabutho ekutheni aze asize inkosi yengane yaseGibhithe. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uPutin, inkosi yokugcina yaseningizimu—efanekiselwa yinkosi yengane yaseGibhithe (ingane okusho isizukulwane sokugcina ngokwesiprofetho)—uyanqotshwa nguTrump omelwe njengo-Antiochus Magnus owanqoba uPtolemy V ePanium, futhi njengoba noReagan anqoba i-USSR ngo-1989.

Philip means “a lover of horses” and “horses” symbolize both military and economic power. Horses pull chariots and are ridden by soldiers, and horses also move goods to the market. “Horses” are a symbol of “chariots, ships and horsemen” which is the primary symbol of the United States in its proxy relationship with the king of the north as set forth in verse forty.

UFiliphu usho ukuthi “umthandi wamahhashi,” kanti “amahhashi” afanekisela kokubili amandla ezempi nawomnotho. Amahhashi adonsa izinqola zempi futhi agitshelwa amasosha, kanti futhi ahambisa impahla aya emakethe. “Amahhashi” ayisibonakaliso “sezinqola, semikhumbi, nesabagibeli bamahhashi,” okuyisibonakaliso esiyinhloko se-United States ebudlelwaneni bayo bokumela omunye neNkosi yasenyakatho njengoba kubekiwe evesini lamashumi amane.

Trump’s ally has two typifications in Philip of Macedon and Herod Philip the Tetrarch. Whether it is Herod Philip or Philip of Macedon the symbol identifies one who loves the power supplied to it by either Caesar or Antiochus, respectively. Philip loves horses, and one Philip was from Macedon, which held a central and foundational role in Alexander the Great’s kingdom.

Umngane kaTrump unezinhlobo ezimbili zokufanekiselwa kuFiliphu waseMakedoniya nakuHerode Filiphu uTetiraki. Kungaba nguHerode Filiphu noma uFiliphu waseMakedoniya, uphawu lukhomba lowo othanda amandla alunikezwa nguKhesari noma ngu-Antiyokusi, ngokulandelana. UFiliphu uthanda amahhashi, futhi omunye uFiliphu wayevela eMakedoniya, eyayibambe indima emaphakathi neyisisekelo embusweni ka-Aleksanda Omkhulu.

It was his homeland, the kingdom he inherited from his father, Philip II, and the springboard for his vast empire. Located in the northern part of Greece, Macedon was distinct as the political and military core where Alexander was born (in Pella, 356 BC) and raised, and it provided the initial resources, manpower, and organizational structure that fueled his conquests. In essence, Macedon was the nucleus of Alexander’s kingdom—its starting point, military engine, and the region that anchored his identity as a Macedonian king, even as his empire grew far beyond its borders.

Kwakuyizwe lakubo, umbuso awuzuza kuyise, uPhilip II, kanye nesisekelo sokuqala sombuso wakhe omkhulu. Lisendaweni esenyakatho yeGrisi, iMakedoniya yayihlukile njengengqikithi yezombusazwe neyezempi lapho u-Aleksanda azalelwa khona (ePella, ngo-356 BC) futhi akhuliswa khona, futhi yanikela ngezinsiza zokuqala, amandla abantu, kanye nohlelo lokuhleleka okwavuselela ukunqoba kwakhe. Empeleni, iMakedoniya yayiyingqikithi yombuso ka-Aleksanda—indawo yawo yokuqala, injini yezempi, kanye nesifunda esasigxilise ubuyena njengenkosi yaseMakedoniya, yize umbuso wakhe wakhula wadlulela kude ngale kwemingcele yawo.

Macedon represents the northern area of Alexander’s fourfold kingdom. Thus, one Philip is the Tetrarch, meaning ‘a fourth part,’ and the other Philip is ‘one-fourth’ of the four winds of Alexander’s former empire.

IMakedoni imelela indawo esenyakatho yombuso ka-Aleksanda ohlukaniswe kane. Ngakho-ke, omunye uFiliphu uyiThetrarki, okusho “ingxenye yesine,” kanti omunye uFiliphu “uyingxenye eyodwa kwezine” yemimoya emine yombuso wangaphambili ka-Aleksanda.

Herod represents one who rejects the covenant. Esau, the blood line that leads to Herod rejected his birthright. At the very beginning of the history of a chosen covenant people Esau becomes a symbol of those who reject the covenant Christ died to confirm. At the very point where God was going to expand his chosen covenant people into twelve tribes, Esau rebelled. At the end of ancient Israel, when at the cross the Jews claimed they had “no other king than Caesar” the Jewish nation became the symbol at the end which had been typified by Esau in the beginning. Herod’s family tree is made up of the blood line of Esau and the Jews, a blood line symbolized by a rebellious covenant breaker at the beginning and a rebellious covenant people at the end.

UHerode umele umuntu owenqaba isivumelwano. U-Esawu, uzalo lwegazi oluholela kuHerode, wenqaba ilungelo lakhe lobuzibulo. Ekuqaleni impela komlando wabantu abakhethiweyo besivumelwano, u-Esawu uba uphawu lwalabo abenqaba isivumelwano uKristu afa ukuze asiqinise. Ngaso kanye isikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ayesezokwandisa abantu bakhe abakhethiweyo besivumelwano babe yizizwe eziyishumi nambili, u-Esawu wahlubuka. Ekupheleni kuka-Israyeli wasendulo, lapho esiphambanweni amaJuda athi “asinayo enye inkosi ngaphandle kukaKhesari,” isizwe samaJuda saba uphawu ekugcineni lwalokho okwakufanekiswe ngu-Esawu ekuqaleni. Uhla lozalo lukaHerode lwakhiwe uzalo lwegazi luka-Esawu kanye nolwamaJuda, uzalo lwegazi olufanekiswa owephula isivumelwano ohlubukayo ekuqaleni nangabantu besivumelwano abahlubukayo ekugcineni.

Herod the Great imposed the taxes that brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, and one of his three sons, Herod Antipas the son of Herod the Great ruled during the time of the cross. The period of Christ’s life from His birth to His death is symbolically represented by the family of Herod, thus identifying the history as the time of the chosen people’s visitation, a visitation the Jews by and large never saw.

UHerode Omkhulu wabeka intela eyaletha uJosefa noMariya eBhetlehema, futhi omunye emadodaneni akhe amathathu, uHerode Antipase indodana kaHerode Omkhulu, wabusa ngesikhathi sesiphambano. Isikhathi sokuphila kukaKristu kusukela ekuzalweni kwaKhe kuze kube sekufeni kwaKhe simelwe ngokomfanekiso ngumndeni kaHerode, ngaleyo ndlela sikhomba lowo mlando njengesikhathi sokuvakashelwa kwabantu abakhethiweyo, ukuvakashelwa amaJuda, ngokujwayelekile, angazange awakubone.

Herod the Great murdered the children in response to Jesus’ birth, thus repeating the history of the birth of Moses when Egypt was murdering children. The first child slaughter was an attempt to murder the expected chosen one and the last child slaughter was again an attempt to murder the expected chosen one. The one hundred and forty-four thousand sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, and prophetically a “song” represents an experience. The one hundred and forty-four thousand live in a period that possesses parallel experiences. One of those parallels arrived on January 22, 1973 with a Supreme Court ruling allowing abortions in the USA. In the following forty-nine years roughly 66 million potential candidates to be among the one hundred and forty-four thousand were slaughtered through federally sanctioned abortion.

UHerode Omkhulu wabulala abantwana ngenxa yokuzalwa kukaJesu, ngaleyo ndlela ephinda umlando wokuzalwa kukaMose ngesikhathi iGibhithe lalibulala abantwana. Ukubulawa kokuqala kwabantwana kwakuyimizamo yokubulala okhethiweyo owayelindelwe, futhi ukubulawa kokugcina kwabantwana kwaba futhi yimizamo yokubulala okhethiweyo owayelindelwe. Izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane zicula ingoma kaMose neyeWundlu, futhi ngokwesiprofetho “ingoma” imele amava. Izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane ziphila esikhathini esinamava ahambisanayo. Omunye waleyo mihambiswano wafika ngoJanuwari 22, 1973 ngesinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme esavumela ukukhipha izisu e-United States of America. Eminyakeni engamashumi amane nesishiyagalolunye eyalandela, cishe izigidi ezingama-66 zabangase babe phakathi kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane zabulawa ngokukhipha izisu okugunyazwe nguhulumeni wobumbano.

Power symbolizes military strength:

Amandla afanekisela amandla ezempi:

> And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.

> Futhi isilo engasibona sasifana nengwe, izinyawo zaso zazinje ngezinyawo zebhere, nomlomo waso unjengomlomo webhubesi; udrako wasinika amandla akhe, nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, negunya elikhulu. IsAmbulo 13:2.

The dragon, who is pagan Rome provided three things for the papacy, i.e. “his power, and his seat, and great authority.” In verse twelve the USA, the earth beast is represented as exercising all the “power” of the beast before him. Yet the word “power” in verse two is a different Greek word than the word translated as “power” in verse twelve. In verse two “power” is G1722: meaning in the face of (literally or figuratively): in the presence (sight) of.

Udrako, ongubukhosi bamaRoma bamaqaba, wanikeza upapa izinto ezintathu, okungukuthi “amandla akhe, nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi, negunya elikhulu.” Evesini leshumi nambili i-USA, isilo somhlaba, imelelwa njengosebenzisa wonke “amandla” esilo esiphambi kwayo. Nokho igama elithi “amandla” evesini lesibili lingelinye igama lesiGreki elehlukile kulelo elihunyushwe ngokuthi “amandla” evesini leshumi nambili. Evesini lesibili “amandla” ngu-G1722: okusho ukuba phambi kobuso buka- (ngokoqobo noma ngokomfanekiso): ebukhoneni (ekubonakaleni) buka-.

The word “power” in verse twelve is a different Greek word.

Igama elithi “power” evesini leshumi nambili liyigama lesiGreki elihlukile.

> And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. Revelation 13:12.

> Futhi isebenzisa wonke amandla esilo sokuqala phambi kwaso, ibangele ukuba umhlaba nalabo abahlala kuwo bakhulekele isilo sokuqala, esasinesilonda esibulalayo kodwa saphulukiswa. IsAmbulo 13:12.

The word “power” G1832 here means, (in the sense of ability); privilege, that is, delegated influence: authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength. The word “power” in verse twelve is identifying that the earth beast is the sea beast’s delegated authority—the USA is the proxy representative of the sea beast. The USA exercises all the delegated authority of the first beast. In verse two pagan Rome gave three things to the papacy. Clovis gave his military and economic might to the papacy in 496 at the Battle of Tolbiac. Constantine gave the “seat” of the empire away in 330 and Justinian identified the pope as the corrector of heretics and the head of the churches by a decree in 533. Clovis in 496 typifies Reagan in 1989. Reagan typifies Trump.

Igama elithi “power” G1832 lapha lisho (ngomqondo wokukwazi); ilungelo, okungukuthi, ithonya eliphathisiwe: igunya, indawo yokwahlulela, inkululeko, amandla, ilungelo, ukuqinisa. Igama elithi “power” evesini leshumi nambili lichaza ukuthi isilo somhlaba siyigunya eliphathisiwe lesilo solwandle—i-USA ingummeleli oyisibambiso wesilo solwandle. I-USA isebenzisa lonke igunya eliphathisiwe lesilo sokuqala. Evesini lesibili iRoma yobuqaba yanika upapa izinto ezintathu. UClovis wanika upapa amandla akhe ezempi nezomnotho ngo-496 eMpini yaseTolbiac. UConstantine wanikela “isihlalo” sombuso ngo-330, futhi uJustinian wahlonza upapa njengomlungisi wezihlubuki nenhloko yamabandla ngesimemezelo ngo-533. UClovis ngo-496 uyisifanekiso sikaReagan ngo-1989. UReagan uyisifanekiso sikaTrump.

According to Gregory of Tours (writing nearly a century later), Clovis was losing the battle and, in desperation, called upon the Catholic god for aid. His wife, Clotilde, was a Catholic Burgundian princess who had been urging him to convert from paganism. Clovis vowed that if he won, he would adopt Catholicism. The tide turned—whether by divine intervention or military strategy—and Clovis defeated the Alemanni, killing their king and scattering their forces. True to his vow, he converted to Catholicism and was baptized, traditionally dated to Christmas Day 496 in Reims by Bishop Remigius (St. Remi).

NgokukaGregory waseTours (owabhala cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu kamuva), uClovis wayehlulwa empini futhi, ngenxa yokuphelelwa yithemba, wanxusa uNkulunkulu wamaKatolika ukuba amsize. Umkakhe, uClotilde, wayeyinkosazana yamaBurgundi engumKatolika eyayihlale imncenga ukuba aguquke asuke ebuhedeni. UClovis wafunga ukuthi uma enqoba, wayeyokwamukela ubuKatolika. Isimo sempi saguquka—kungaba ngokungenelela kukaNkulunkulu noma ngobuhlakani bamasu ezempi—futhi uClovis wanqoba ama-Alemanni, wabulala inkosi yawo futhi wahlakaza amabutho awo. Ethembekile esifungweni sakhe, waguqukela ebuKatolikeni futhi wabhapathizwa, ngokwesiko okuthiwa kwenzeka ngoSuku lukaKhisimusi ngo-496 eReims nguMbhishobhi uRemigius (uSt. Remi).

His conversion marked a turning point, making Clovis the first Catholic king among the Germanic rulers (unlike the Arian Christian Visigoths or Ostrogoths). This aligned the Franks with the Roman Church, gaining him support from the Gallo-Roman population and the papacy. Clovis’ baptism is often seen as the symbolic “birth of France” as a Catholic nation, distinguishing it from other barbarian kingdoms that adhered to Arianism or paganism. For this reason, Catholicism refers to France as “the firstborn of the Catholic church,” and also “the eldest daughter of the Catholic church.”

Ukuguquka kwakhe kwaphawula iphuzu lokuguquka, kwenza uClovis waba yinkosi yokuqala yamaKatolika phakathi kwababusi bamaJalimane (ngokungafani namaVisigoth noma nama-Ostrogoth angamaKristu obu-Arius). Lokhu kwahlanganisa amaFrank neBandla laseRoma, kwamenza wazuza ukwesekwa kubantu baseGallo-Roman kanye nasebupapeni. Ubhapathizo lukaClovis luvame ukubhekwa “njengokuzalwa kweFrance” okuyisibonakaliso njengesizwe samaKatolika, oluyihlukanisa neminye imibuso yababeyizizwe ezazingamathela ebukholweni obu-Arius noma ebuhedeni. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ubuKatolika bubiza iFrance ngokuthi “izibulo leBandla lamaKatolika,” futhi futhi ngokuthi “indodakazi endala yeBandla lamaKatolika.”

When Clovis became the first proxy power of the papacy in 496, he typified Reagan who became the proxy power in 1989. In the history of Reagan and pope John Paul II a secret alliance was formed for the purpose of bringing down the king of the south. From 1798 unto the Sunday law the whore of Tyre is hidden, and she is the very same whore who traces her roots back to Macedon the northern most kingdom. She is the king of the north, hidden prophetically, but still professing to be infallible.

Ngenkathi uClovis eba ngumbuso wokuqala omele ubupapa ngo-496, wafanekisa uReagan owaba ngumbuso omele lona ngo-1989. Emlandweni kaReagan nopapa uJohn Paul II kwakhiwa umfelandawonye oyimfihlo ngenhloso yokwehlisa inkosi yaseningizimu. Kusukela ku-1798 kuze kube ngumthetho weSonto, isifebe saseThire sifihliwe, futhi siyiso kanye leso sifebe esilandela imvelaphi yaso ibuyele eMakedoniya, umbuso osenyakatho kakhulu. Siyinkosi yasenyakatho, sifihliwe ngokwesiprofetho, kodwa sisazibiza ngokuthi asinaphutha.

The pope also represents “them that forsake the covenant,” who though prophetically hidden throughout the three proxy wars; will ultimately come into view in the history of the Battle of Panium. In the transition from Imperial Rome to papal Rome Daniel identifies when pagan Rome was reaching the end of its time as the fourth kingdom of Bible prophecy.

Upapa futhi umele “labo abashiya isivumelwano,” okuthi nakuba befihlakele ngokwesiprofetho kuzo zonke lezo zimpi ezintathu zokumela abanye; ekugcineni babonakale emlandweni weMpi yasePanium. Ekuguqukeni kusuka eRoma yoMbuso kuya eRoma yobupapa, uDaniyeli ukhomba isikhathi lapho iRoma yamaqaba yayisifinyelela ekupheleni kwesikhathi sayo njengombuso wesine wesiprofetho seBhayibheli.

> For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. Daniel 11:30.

> Ngokuba imikhumbi yaseKhithimi iyakufika imelane naye; ngakho uyakudabuka, abuyele emuva, abe nolaka ngesivumelwano esingcwele; uyakwenza kanjalo; yebo, uyakuphinda abuye, abe nokuqondana nalabo abashiya isivumelwano esingcwele. Daniyeli 11:30.

In the verse “them that forsake the holy covenant” is the Catholic church. Those who forsake the holy covenant are John the Revelator’s compromising church of Pergamos, that according to Paul would fall away before the man of sin would be revealed. Catholicism is those who have forsaken the covenant as represented by the attack that was brought against the Word of God, and also the seventh-day Sabbath which were both brought under progressive attacks from the time of Constantine onward. Earlier in chapter eleven the “covenant” is also referenced.

Evesini elithi “labo abashiya isivumelwano esingcwele” kubhekiswe kulo ibandla lamaKatolika. Labo abashiya isivumelwano esingcwele bayilo ibandla lasePergamusi likaJohane uMambuleli elavumelana nokuxegiselwa, elathi ngokukaPawulu laliyakuhlubuka ngaphambi kokuba kwambulwe umuntu wesono. UbuKatolika yilabo abashiyile isivumelwano, njengoba kufanekiswa ukuhlaselwa okwalethwa ngokumelene neZwi likaNkulunkulu, kanye neSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa, kokubili okaba ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo kusukela esikhathini sikaConstantine kuya phambili. Ngaphambili esahlukweni seshumi nanye “isivumelwano” nalo kuyabhekiswa kuso.

> And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. Daniel 11:27–29.

> Izinhliziyo zawo womabili la makhosi ziyakuba nokwenza okubi, futhi ayakukhuluma amanga etafuleni linye; kodwa lokho akuyikuphumelela, ngokuba ukuphela kuseyoba ngesikhathi esimisiweyo. Khona-ke uyakubuyela ezweni lakhe enengcebo enkulu; nenhliziyo yakhe iyakuba ngokumelene nesivumelwano esingcwele; uyakwenza izenzo ezinkulu, abese ebuyela ezweni lakhe siqu. Ngesikhathi esimisiweyo uyakubuya, eze ngaseningizimu; kodwa akuyikuba njengakuqala noma njengakamuva. Daniyeli 11:27–29.

In these verses “he” returns to his own land, then later he returns to his own land again. The two returning’s represent two victories that were then followed by a triumphal “return” to the city of Rome. The first was the Battle of Actium in 31 BC against Antony and Cleopatra, and the second was after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The “time appointed” in the verses is the year 330, which identified the conclusion of the prophetic “time” of verse twenty-four that equates to three hundred and sixty years.

Kula mavesi “yena” ubuyela ezweni lakhe, bese kuthi kamuva aphinde abuyele ezweni lakhe futhi. Lokhu kubuya okubili kumele ukunqoba okubili, okwase kulandelwa “ukubuya” kokunqoba kuya emzini waseRoma. Okokuqala kwakuyiMpi yase-Actium ngo-31 BC yokulwa no-Antony noCleopatra, kanti okwesibili kwaba emva kokubhujiswa kweJerusalema ngo-70 AD. “Isikhathi esimisiwe” esisemavesini singunyaka ka-330, owabonakalisa ukuphela “kwesikhathi” esingokwesiprofetho sevesi lamashumi amabili nane, esilingana neminyaka engamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisithupha.

The two kings who speak lies at one table do so before the “time appointed,” “for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.” A question which should be considered is what does the verse mean when it states, “Then shall he return into his land with great riches?” Does it mean at the time appointed, then shall he return; or does it mean once the two tell lies at the table, then shall he return, and therefore the return is before the time appointed.

Amakhosi amabili akhuluma amanga etafuleni linye enza lokho ngaphambi “kwesikhathi esimisiweyo,” “ngokuba ukuphela kuyakuba ngesikhathi esimisiweyo.” Umbuzo okufanele ucatshangelwe ngothi usho ukuthini leli vesi lapho lithi, “Khona uyakubuyela ezweni lakhe enengcebo enkulu”? Ingabe lisho ukuthi ngesikhathi esimisiweyo, khona uyakubuyela; noma lisho ukuthi lapho laba bobabili sebekhulume amanga etafuleni, khona uyakubuyela, ngakho-ke ukubuyela kwakhe kungaphambi kwesikhathi esimisiweyo.

Uriah Smith identifies the two returns as 31 BC and 70 AD, which represents a history before the year 330, which is the time appointed. Smith also points out that the “return” of verse twenty-nine is post 330, and that it is not successful as were the returns following the battles of Actium and Jerusalem. What this means is that before the time appointed there is a meeting where lies are told, that is followed by one of the two kings who had been telling lies returning with great riches, who then opposes the holy covenant, does exploits and returns at the year 330, which is the time appointed.

Uriah Smith uveza lezi zimbuyelo ezimbili njengezango-31 BC nezango-70 AD, okumele umlando ongaphambi konyaka ka-330, okuyisikhathi esimisiwe. USmith ubuye aveze nokuthi “ukubuya” kwevesi lamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye kungemva kuka-330, nokuthi akuphumelelanga njengoba kwaphumelela izimbuyelo ezalandela izimpi zase-Actium naseJerusalema. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngaphambi kwesikhathi esimisiwe kukhona umhlangano lapho kukhulunywa khona amanga, okulandelwa ngomunye wamakhosi amabili ayekade ekhuluma amanga ebuyela nengcebo enkulu, oseyaphikisa isivumelwano esingcwele, enze izenzo ezinkulu, bese ebuyela ngonyaka ka-330, okuyisikhathi esimisiwe.

He then attacks the south, but it will be unlike the Battle of Actium or the destruction of Jerusalem. The history of 70 AD in the verses portrays the end of God’s chosen covenant people as represented by “the holy covenant” in the passage. In verse thirty pagan Rome has intelligence with those who forsake the holy covenant. 70 AD was the very end of ancient literal Israel as God’s covenant people, and verse thirty is identifying the history four centuries after 70 AD. Those who forsake the covenant in the history represented in verse thirty, are those who have forsaken the covenant entered into by God and His Christian people. Papal Rome is the church represented as those who forsake the holy covenant in verse thirty.

Ube esehlasela iningizimu, kodwa lokho kuyakuhluka eMpini yase-Actium noma ekubhujisweni kweJerusalema. Umlando wonyaka ka-70 AD kula mavesi uveza ukuphela kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiweyo besivumelwano, njengoba bemelwe “yisivumelwano esingcwele” kulesi siqephu. Evesini lamashumi amathathu iRoma lobuqaba inobuhlakani nalabo abashiya isivumelwano esingcwele. U-70 AD wawuyisiphetho uqobo luka-Israyeli wasendulo ongokoqobo njengabantu bakaNkulunkulu besivumelwano, futhi ivesi lamashumi amathathu likhomba umlando weminyaka engamakhulu amane emva kuka-70 AD. Labo abashiya isivumelwano emlandweni omelwe evesini lamashumi amathathu yilabo abashiye isivumelwano esangenwa nguNkulunkulu nabantu baKhe abangamaKristu. IRoma lobupapa liyilo ibandla elimelwe njengalabo abashiya isivumelwano esingcwele evesini lamashumi amathathu.

> For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. Daniel 11:30.

> Ngokuba imikhumbi yaseKhithimi iyakumelana naye; ngalokho uyakudabuka, abuye, abe nolaka ngesivumelwano esingcwele; ngokunjalo uyakwenza; impela uyakubuya, abe nokuqondana nalabo abasishiyayo isivumelwano esingcwele. Daniyeli 11:30.

Verse twenty-nine brings us to the year 330, which was the time appointed as fulfilled by Constantine moving the capital city to Constantinople. At that waymark pagan Rome would be drawn into a southern war that would not be successful as had been Actium and Jerusalem. Then in verse thirty pagan Rome is attacked by Genseric who launched his naval warfare from Chittim, which is known today as Carthage. This warfare against pagan Rome was also represented as the second trumpet of the seven trumpets in the book of Revelation. The first four of those trumpet powers brought Western Rome to a conclusion by 476. Of those first four trumpets, the second trumpet, which is the ships of Chittim was the most severe, for Genseric took control of the seas and the wealth of the Empire dried up.

Ivesi yamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye isiletha onyakeni ka-330, okuyisikhathi esimisiwe esagcwaliseka ngokuthi uConstantine athuthele inhloko-dolobha eConstantinople. Kuleyo ndawo yesibonakaliso iRoma yobuqaba yayizodonselwa empini yaseningizimu eyayingeyikuphumelela njengoba kwaba njalo e-Actium naseJerusalema. Khona-ke evesini lamashumi amathathu iRoma yobuqaba ihlaselwa nguGenseric, owaqala impi yakhe yasolwandle evela eChithimi, eyaziwa namuhla ngokuthi yiCarthage. Le mpi emelene neRoma yobuqaba yaphinde yamelwa njengophondo lwesibili phakathi kwamacilongo ayisikhombisa encwadini yeSambulo. Amane okuqala alawo mandla amacilongo aletha iRoma yaseNtshonalanga esiphethweni ngonyaka ka-476. Kulawo macilongo amane okuqala, icilongo lesibili, elingumkhumbi waseChithimi, laliyilo elalibuhlungu kakhulu, ngokuba uGenseric wathatha ukubusa kwezilwandle, futhi ingcebo yoMbuso yoma.

Confronted and grieved by the ships of Chittim he returns and has indignation against the holy covenant. This was fulfilled in the history leading up to the empowerment of the papacy in 538, through a warfare against God’s Word. After that he returns and has “intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.” That interaction between pagan and papal Rome was fulfilled in 533 with the decree of Justinian. The next verse, verse thirty-one then continues with how pagan Rome was “grieved.” In 2 Thessalonians, Paul teaches that pagan Rome “restrained” the papacy from taking control in 538. After he is grieved by an attack from the seas which wreck the economics of the kingdom, he has indignation against the holy covenant, then intelligence with those who forsake the covenant. In the next verses, “arms” which represents the power given to the papacy in 496 by Clovis, stand up and they pollute the sanctuary of strength, which in history represented the city of Rome, and then pagan Rome would remove the religion of paganism (the daily) from the realm and replace it with Catholicism and then they place the papacy on the throne in 538.

Ebhekene futhi edabukiswe yimikhumbi yaseKhithimi, uyabuya abe nokufutheka ngesivumelwano esingcwele. Lokhu kwagcwaliseka emlandweni owaholela ekunikezweni amandla kobupapa ngo-538, ngempi yokulwa neZwi likaNkulunkulu. Emva kwalokho uyabuya abe “nokuzwana nalabo abashiya isivumelwano esingcwele.” Lokho kusebenzisana phakathi kweRoma yobuqaba neRoma yobupapa kwagcwaliseka ngo-533 ngomthetho kaJustinian. Ivesi elilandelayo, ivesi lamashumi amathathu nanye, liyaqhubeka-ke ngendlela iRoma yobuqaba “eyadabuka” ngayo. Ku-2 Thesalonika, uPawulu ufundisa ukuthi iRoma yobuqaba “yavimbela” ubupapa ekuthatheni ukubusa ngo-538. Emva kokuba esedabukiswe ukuhlaselwa okuvela olwandle okwaphahlaza umnotho wombuso, uba nokufutheka ngesivumelwano esingcwele, bese eba nokuzwana nalabo abasishiyayo isivumelwano. Emavesini alandelayo, “izingalo,” ezimelela amandla anikwa ubupapa ngo-496 nguClovis, ziyasukuma, zingcolise indlu engcwele yamandla, okuyinto emlandweni eyayimelela umuzi waseRoma, bese iRoma yobuqaba isusa inkolo yobuhedeni (okuyimihla ngemihla) embusweni, iyibeke esikhundleni ubuKatolika, bese ibeka ubupapa esihlalweni sobukhosi ngo-538.

When the papacy was empowered in 538 it provided both a prophetic witness, and also a historical witness that are represented in the verses we are considering. The year 538 is typified by 31 BC and the Battle of Actium. In Daniel chapter eight, verse nine pagan Rome would conquer three geographical obstacles to take the throne of the earth. The first was Syria to the east, then Judah and Jerusalem followed by Egypt at the Battle of Actium. Papal Rome would also have three horns removed, the third of which was the Goths who were driven from the city of Rome in 538. Pagan Rome and papal Rome provide two witnesses that identify that the Battle of Actium aligns with 538, and 538 illustrates the Sunday law in the USA, when modern Rome rules supremely until probation closes.

Ngenkathi upapa enikwa amandla ngo-538 wanikeza kokubili ubufakazi besiprofetho, kanye nobufakazi bomlando obumeleke emavesini esiwacabangayo. Unyaka ka-538 ufanekiselwa ngu-31 BC neMpi yase-Actium. KuDaniyeli isahluko sesishiyagalombili, ivesi lesi-9, iRoma yobuqaba yayizonqoba izithiyo ezintathu zendawo ukuze ithathe isihlalo sobukhosi somhlaba. Esokuqala kwakuyiSiriya empumalanga, kwalandela uJuda neJerusalema, kulandele iGibhithe eMpini yase-Actium. IRoma yobupapa nayo yayizobona kususwa izimpondo ezintathu, eyesithathu kuzo kwakungamaGothi axoshwa emzini waseRoma ngo-538. IRoma yobuqaba neRoma yobupapa zinikeza ofakazi ababili abakhomba ukuthi iMpi yase-Actium ihambisana no-538, futhi u-538 ufanekisa umthetho weSonto e-USA, lapho iRoma yesimanje ibusa ngobukhosi obukhulu kuze kuvalwe isikhathi somusa.

We have concluded an overview of verses twenty-seven to thirty-one.

Sesiqedile ukubukeza kafushane amavesi angamashumi amabili nesikhombisa kuya kwangamashumi amathathu nanye.

In the next article, we will focus on these verses and begin the work of aligning the passage with the history of verses eleven through fifteen.

Esihlokweni esilandelayo, sizogxila kula mavesi futhi siqale umsebenzi wokuhlanganisa lesi siqephu nomlando wamavesi eshumi nanye kuya kweleshumi nanhlanu.

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