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# The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Number Eleven

ISambulo sikaJesu Kristu - Inombolo Yeshumi nanye

The Image of the Beast

Umfanekiso Wesilo

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Jeff Pippenger

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November 5, 2023

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> And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:1–17.

> Kwase kubonakala esinye isimangaliso ezulwini; bheka, kwakukhona udrako omkhulu obomvu, enezinhloko eziyisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi, nemiqhele eyisikhombisa phezu kwezinhloko zakhe. Umsila wakhe wadonsa ingxenye yesithathu yezinkanyezi zezulu, waziphonsa emhlabeni; udrako wema phambi kowesifazane owayeselungele ukubeletha, ukuze adle umntwana wakhe masinyane nje lapho esezelwe. Wase ezala umntwana wesilisa, ozakubusa zonke izizwe ngenduku yensimbi; umntwana wakhe wase enyuselwa kuNkulunkulu nasesihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. Owesifazane wabalekela ehlane, lapho enendawo ayilungiselwe nguNkulunkulu, ukuze bondliwe khona izinsuku eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisithupha. Kwase kuba khona impi ezulwini: uMikayeli nezingelosi zakhe balwa nodrako; nodrako walwa kanye nezingelosi zakhe, kodwa abaze banqoba; nendawo yabo ayisaphinde yatholakala ezulwini. Udrako omkhulu waphonswa phansi, leyo nyoka endala, ebizwa ngokuthi uDeveli noSathane, okhohlisa izwe lonke; waphonswa emhlabeni, nezingelosi zakhe zaphonswa phansi kanye naye. Ngase ngizwa izwi elikhulu lithi ezulwini: Manje sekufikile ukusindiswa, namandla, nombuso kaNkulunkulu wethu, negunya likaKristu wakhe; ngokuba ummangaleli wabafowethu uphonswe phansi, obabemangalela phambi kukaNkulunkulu wethu imini nobusuku. Bamunqoba ngegazi leWundlu nangezwi lobufakazi babo; futhi abazange bathande ukuphila kwabo kwaze kwaba sekufeni. Ngakho-ke thokozani, nina mazulu, nani enihlala kuwo. Maye kwabakhileyo emhlabeni naselwandle! ngokuba uDeveli wehlele kini enolaka olukhulu, ngokuba uyazi ukuthi unesikhathi esifushane kuphela. Kwathi udrako ebona ukuthi uphonswe emhlabeni, wamzingela owesifazane owazala umntwana wesilisa. Owesifazane wanikwa amaphiko amabili okhozi olukhulu, ukuze andize aye ehlane, endaweni yakhe, lapho ondliwa khona isikhathi, nezikhathi, nengxenye yesikhathi, kude nobuso benyoka. Inyoka yakhipha emlonyeni wayo amanzi anjengesikhukhula emva kowesifazane, ukuze imenze athathwe yisikhukhula. Kodwa umhlaba wamsiza owesifazane; umhlaba wavula umlomo wawo, wasigwinya isikhukhula udrako ayesikhiphe emlonyeni wakhe. Udrako wamthukuthelela owesifazane, wase ehamba eyokulwa nabasele benzalo yakhe, abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, futhi abanesifakazelo sikaJesu Kristu. IsAmbulo 12:1–17.

The first battle in the great controversy between Christ and Satan, began in the third heaven with Lucifer’s rebellion, and that first battle typifies the last battle in the first heaven. There is more warfare, for at the end of the thousand-year millennium, Satan is loosed for a little season, and mounts an attack against Jerusalem, but that battle has no possibility of victory. The battle in the third heaven at the beginning, which represents the battle in the first heaven at the end, was carried out while probation was open.

Impi yokuqala empikiswaneni enkulu phakathi kukaKristu noSathane yaqala ezulwini lesithathu ngokuvukela kukaLusifa, futhi leyo mpi yokuqala ifanekisela impi yokugcina ezulwini lokuqala. Kusekhona enye impi, ngokuba ekupheleni kweminyaka eyinkulungwane, uSathane uyadedelwa isikhashana, ahlasele iJerusalema; kodwa leyo mpi ayinakho nakancane ukwenzeka kokunqoba. Impi yasezulwini lesithathu ekuqaleni, emele impi yasezulwini lokuqala ekugcineni, yalwiwa ngesikhathi umnyango womusa usavulekile.

The “woman” that is pregnant with child, represents God’s church throughout history, and in the history of Christ she was about to give birth to the man child Jesus. In the last days, she gives birth to twins. Just before the Sunday law she births the one hundred and forty-four thousand, of Revelation seven, and at the Sunday law she begins the travail of birthing the great multitude of Revelation seven. Her twins are not identical, but they are twins, and the first born is Elijah and the younger son is Moses.

“Owesifazane” okhulelwe umntwana umele ibandla likaNkulunkulu kuwo wonke umlando, futhi emlandweni kaKristu wayesecishe azale umntwana wesilisa, uJesu. Ezinsukwini zokugcina uzala amawele. Ngaphambi nje komthetho weSonto uzala abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane, besAmbulo isahluko sesikhombisa, futhi ngesikhathi somthetho weSonto uqala izinhlungu zokubeletha isixuku esikhulu sesAmbulo isahluko sesikhombisa. Amawele akhe awafani, kodwa angamawele, futhi ozelwe kuqala ngu-Eliya, kanti indodana encane nguMose.

In the beginning of spiritual Israel, the dragon of pagan Rome was waiting to devour the man child Jesus, and the dragon of modern Rome is now waiting to devour the man child of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. As pagan Rome persecuted the early Christian church, modern Rome will repeat the persecution during the Sunday law crisis. In the early Christian church, the woman fled into the wilderness for twelve hundred and sixty literal years, and the persecution of the Sunday law crisis is symbolized by the forty-two months of Revelation thirteen and verse five. In the wilderness God’s people have a place prepared for them where they are fed and nourished.

Ekuqaleni kuka-Israyeli wokomoya, udrako waseRoma yobuqaba wayelindele ukugwinya umntwana wesilisa, uJesu; futhi udrako waseRoma yanamuhla manje ulindele ukugwinya umntwana wesilisa wabayi-ikhulu namashumi amane nane ezinkulungwane. Njengoba iRoma yobuqaba yashushisa ibandla lobuKristu bokuqala, kanjalo neRoma yanamuhla iyophinda lokho kushushisa ngesikhathi senhlekelele yomthetho weSonto. Ebandleni lobuKristu bokuqala, owesifazane wabalekela ehlane iminyaka eyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisithupha engokoqobo, futhi ukushushiswa kwenhlekelele yomthetho weSonto kufanekiswa yizinyanga ezingamashumi amane nambili zeSambulo 13 nendima 5. Ehlane abantu bakaNkulunkulu banendawo abayilungiselwe khona lapho bondliwa khona futhi banakekelwa.

In Revelation chapter eight, and verse thirteen, the last three trumpets are identified as three woes. The woes in Revelation represent the trumpet judgments of Islam against the powers that pass Sunday laws. In the warfare that is illustrated in chapter twelve, the role of Islam is identified when it states, “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” The persecution that Jezebel accomplishes through her apostate husband Ahab, is directed at the “earth” beast and the “sea” beast.

Esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili seSambulo, evesini leshumi nantathu, amacilongo amathathu okugcina aboniswa njengezinhlekelele ezintathu. Izinhlekelele eziseSambulweni zimelela izahlulelo zamacilongo obuSulumane ezimelene namandla adlulisa imithetho yeSonto. Empini evezwa esahlukweni seshumi nambili, indima yobuSulumane iyaboniswa lapho kuthiwa, “Maye kwabakhileyo emhlabeni naselwandle! ngokuba uSathane wehlele kini, enolaka olukhulu, ngoba uyazi ukuthi unesikhathi esifushane.” Ukushushisa uJezebeli akufeza ngomlingani wakhe oyisihlubuki, u-Ahabi, kubhekiswe esilwaneni “somhlaba” nasesilwaneni “solwandle.”

The movement of the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen, as with every reform movement, has four primary waymarks that lead to and include the judgment. For the movement of the first angel, those four waymarks were August 11, 1840, the first disappointment in the Spring of 1843, the arrival of the message of the Midnight Cry August 12 through 17 in 1844, and the opening of the judgment on October 22, 1844. Each of those four waymarks possessed the same overlying theme of “time.” August 11, 1840, was a fulfillment of the time prophecy of Revelation chapter nine, and verse fifteen. The first disappointment of 1843, represented a failed prediction of time. The Midnight Cry message was the correction of the previously failed prediction of time, and October 22, 1844, was the fulfillment of the predicted time of the message of the Midnight Cry.

Ukuhamba kwengelosi enamandla yesAmbulo ishumi nesishiyagalombili, njengakuyo yonke inhlangano yenguquko, kunezimpawu zomgwaqo ezine eziyinhloko eziholela ekwahluleleni futhi ezikuhlanganisayo. Mayelana nokuhamba kwengelosi yokuqala, lezo zimpawu ezine zomgwaqo kwakungu-Agasti 11, 1840, ukudumazeka kokuqala eNtwasahlobo ka-1843, ukufika kombiko Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kobusuku kusukela ku-Agasti 12 kuya ku-17 ngo-1844, kanye nokuvulwa kokwahlulela ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844. Ngasinye salezo zimpawu ezine zomgwaqo sasinendikimba efanayo ebusayo ethi “isikhathi.” U-Agasti 11, 1840, wawuyikugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho sesikhathi sesAmbulo isahluko sesishiyagalolunye, ivesi leshumi nanhlanu. Ukudumazeka kokuqala kuka-1843 kwamele ukubikezela kwesikhathi okwehluleka. Umbiko Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kobusuku wawuyisilungiso sokubikezela kwesikhathi esasihlulekile ngaphambilini, kanti u-Okthoba 22, 1844, wawuyikugcwaliseka kwesikhathi esasibikezelwe sombiko Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kobusuku.

The movement of the third angel has those same four waymarks, for they exist in every reform line, and as with all of those four waymarks of every reform line, each waymark possesses the same prophetic theme. Islam of the third woe, is the theme of the four waymarks in the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. On September 11, 2001 Islam of the third woe was released and then restrained. The failed prediction of July 18, 2020 identified an Islamic attack upon Nashville, Tennessee, and represented Islam of the third woe. The message that awakens the dead dry bones that are in the street of Revelation eleven, is the perfect and final fulfillment of the Midnight Cry message, and it represents a correction of the Nashville prediction (without the element of time). It will be fulfilled at the fourth waymark, which is the Sunday law, where Islam of the third woe will strike the United States because of its enforcement of the soon-coming Sunday law.

Ukunyakaza kwengelosi yesithathu kunezo zimpawu ezine ezifanayo, ngokuba zikhona kuyo yonke imigqa yokuguqulwa, futhi njengakuzo zonke lezo zimpawu ezine zayo yonke imigqa yokuguqulwa, uphawu ngalunye lunendikimba efanayo yesiprofetho. UbuSulumane bosizi lwesithathu buyindikimba yezimpawu ezine ekunyakazeni kwalabo abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane. NgoSepthemba 11, 2001, ubuSulumane bosizi lwesithathu badedelwa base beboshwa. Isibikezelo esahluleka sikaJulayi 18, 2020 sakhomba ukuhlasela kobuSulumane phezu kweNashville, Tennessee, futhi samelela ubuSulumane bosizi lwesithathu. Umlayezo ovusa amathambo omile afile asemgwaqweni wesAmbulo ishumi nanye, uwukugcwaliseka okuphelele nokokugcina komlayezo Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kwebusuku, futhi umelela ukulungiswa kwesibikezelo saseNashville (ngaphandle kwesici sesikhathi). Uyogcwaliseka kuphawu lwesine, okuwumthetho weSonto, lapho ubuSulumane bosizi lwesithathu buyoshaya i-United States ngenxa yokuphoqelela kwawo umthetho weSonto osuzofika maduzane.

When this truth is recognized, in conjunction with the fact that the mighty movement of the third angel is a warning of impending judgment, the Islamic judgment represented by the third woe can be easily understood as the “woe” that is brought upon “earth” and “sea.”

Lapho leli qiniso liqondwa, lihlanganiswe neqiniso lokuthi ukuhamba okunamandla kwengelosi yesithathu kuyisexwayiso sesahlulelo esiseduze, isahlulelo samaSulumane esimelwe umaye wesithathu singaqondakala kalula njengalowo “maye” owehliselwa phezu “komhlaba” nolwandle.

The judgment of the living began on September 11, 2001, and from that point, until the soon-coming Sunday law, the test of the formation of the image of the beast takes place in the United States. From the Sunday law until Michael stands up and human probation closes, the rest of the world will then be tested by the formation of the image of the beast. Whether Seventh-day Adventists in the United States are being tested, or the entire world after the Sunday law is being tested, the test is defined as the test where our eternal destiny will be decided. It is also the test we must pass, before probation closes at the Sunday law. The prophetic phenomenon of an image to the beast test first in the United States and then again in the world, is essential to understand correctly.

Ukwahlulelwa kwabaphilayo kwaqala ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, futhi kusukela kuleso sikhathi kuze kube umthetho weSonto osuzayo maduze, ukuvivinywa kokwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo kwenzeka e-United States. Kusukela emthethweni weSonto kuze kube uMikayeli esukuma futhi isikhathi somusa womuntu sivalwa, umhlaba wonke osele uyobe usufivinywa ngokwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo. Noma ngabe amaSeventh-day Adventist ase-United States ayavivinywa, noma umhlaba wonke ngemva komthetho weSonto uyavivinywa, ukuvivinywa kuchazwa njengokuvivinywa lapho ikusasa lethu laphakade liyokwenziwa isinqumo. Futhi kuwukuvivinywa okumelwe siluphumelele, ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi somusa sivalwe emthethweni weSonto. Isenzakalo esingokwesiprofetho sokuvivinywa komfanekiso wesilo kuqala e-United States bese siphinde futhi emhlabeni, sibalulekile ukuba siqondwe ngendlela efanele.

> “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the Papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

> “Njengoba iMelika, izwe lenkululeko yenkolo, iyakuhlangana noBupapa ekuphoqeni unembeza nasekuphoqeni abantu ukuba bahloniphe isabatha lamanga, abantu bazo zonke izizwe emhlabeni wonke bayakuholelwa ukuba balandele isibonelo sayo.” Testimonies, volume 6, 18.

When the symbols are understood, then the passage in Revelation thirteen, that addresses these two successive, but identical image of the beast tests, can be easily recognized. It is important for a variety of reasons. One reason is the corrupted communications that Lucifer employed in the first war in the third heaven illustrate how Satan’s corrupted communications will manifest again in the last war in the first heaven.

Lapho izimpawu ziqondwa, khona-ke isiqephu esikuSambulo ishumi nantathu, esikhuluma ngalezi zivivinyo ezimbili ezilandelanayo, kodwa ezifanayo, zomfanekiso wesilo, singabonakala kalula. Lokhu kubalulekile ngenxa yezizathu eziningi. Esinye isizathu siwukuthi ukuxhumana okonakele uLusifa akusebenzisa empini yokuqala ezulwini lesithathu kubonisa indlela ukuxhumana okonakele kukaSathane okuyophinde kubonakale ngayo empini yokugcina ezulwini lokuqala.

The war of the first heaven that begins at the Sunday law, is accomplished during the testing period of the image of the beast for the entire world. Since September 11, 2001, the testing period of the image of the beast in the United States has been taking place. When we recognize these two testing periods as sequential, beginning with the United States and then the world, we can then factor in truths that are represented in the war of Revelation chapter twelve, back into the history of 2001, unto the Sunday law. As an example, the corrupted communications of Lucifer that is defined as hypnosis, will be employed in a modern application by the dragon power during the battle of the first heaven, of Revelation chapter twelve. The hypnosis that is employed by the dragon in that history is for the purpose of murdering those that Jezebel has identified as heretics.

Impi yezulu lokuqala eqala ngesikhathi somthetho weSonto, iyafezeka phakathi nesikhathi sokuvivinywa kwesithombe sesilo emhlabeni wonke. Kusukela ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, isikhathi sokuvivinywa kwesithombe sesilo e-United States besiqhubeka. Lapho siqaphela lezi zikhathi ezimbili zokuvivinywa njengezilandelanayo, ziqala nge-United States bese kuba umhlaba, singase-ke sifake amaqiniso amelwe empini yesAmbulo isahluko seshumi nambili emlandweni ka-2001, kuze kufike emthethweni weSonto. Njengesibonelo, ukuxhumana okonakele kukaLusifa, okuchazwa njengokuluthwa ngokulaliswa kwengqondo, kuyosetshenziswa ngendlela yesimanje ngamandla kadrako phakathi nempi yezulu lokuqala yesAmbulo isahluko seshumi nambili. Ukuluthwa ngokulaliswa kwengqondo okusetshenziswa udrako kulowo mlando kungokwenhloso yokubulala labo uJezebeli abachaze njengabahlubuki.

In the history of 2001, to the Sunday law, two witnesses were murdered in the street of Sodom and Egypt. In the first fulfillment of Revelation eleven, the nation represented by Sodom and Egypt, was France. France is a prophetic nation that consists of two powers, as did the Medo-Persian Empire, as did ancient Israel in its divided kingdoms, and as did the two tribes of Judah represented by Judah and Benjamin. All two-horned nations symbolically represent the two-horned nation of the United States.

Emlandweni ka-2001, kuze kufike umthetho weSonto, ofakazi ababili babulawa emgwaqweni waseSodoma naseGibhithe. Ekugcwalisekeni kokuqala kweSambulo seshumi nanye, isizwe esasimelelwa yiSodoma neGibhithe kwakuyiFrance. IFrance iyisizwe esingokwesiprofetho esakhiwa ngamandla amabili, njengoba kwakunjalo ngoMbuso wamaMede namaPheresiya, njengoba kwakunjalo kwa-Israyeli wasendulo emibusweni yawo ehlukene phakathi, futhi njengoba kwakunjalo ngezizwe ezimbili zakwaJuda ezazimelelwa nguJuda noBhenjamini. Zonke izizwe ezinezimpondo ezimbili ngokomfanekiso zimelela isizwe esinezimpondo ezimbili sase-United States.

The city of Sodom, and nation of Egypt, represents the two horns of Republicanism (Egypt) and Protestantism (Sodom). Two horns were slain in 2020, the horn of Republicanism and the horn of Protestantism. The hypnotism employed by the globalist dragon powers, through the medium of the worldwide web was then employed, in the same fashion that it will be employed in the upcoming war of the first heaven. By controlling the message that the worldwide web produced, the election of 2020, was scientifically manipulated to produce an outcome that agreed with the philosophy of globalism. This is simply an example of the necessity of understanding that the image of the beast test is accomplished first in the United States, and then in the world.

Idolobha laseSodoma, nesizwe saseGibhithe, limelela izimpondo ezimbili zobuRiphabhulikhi (iGibhithe) nobuProthestani (iSodoma). Izimpondo ezimbili zabulawa ngo-2020, uphondo lobuRiphabhulikhi nophondo lobuProthestani. Ukuluthwa kwengqondo okwasetshenziswa ngamandla odrako womhlaba wonke, ngokusebenzisa indlela ye-worldwide web, kwase kusetshenziswa ngendlela efanayo naleyo okuyosetshenziswa ngayo empini ezayo yezulu lokuqala. Ngokulawula umyalezo owawukhiqizwa yi-worldwide web, ukhetho lwango-2020 lwakhohliswa ngokwesayensi ukuze luveze umphumela owawuvumelana nefilosofi yobumbano lomhlaba wonke. Lokhu kumane kuyisibonelo sesidingo sokuqonda ukuthi uvivinyo lomfanekiso wesilo lufeziwe kuqala e-United States, bese lulandelwa emhlabeni.

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. Your position is such a jumble of inconsistencies that but few will be deceived.

> “INkosi ingibonisile ngokucacile ukuthi umfanekiso wesilo uyokwakhiwa ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi somusa siphele; ngokuba uyoba uvivinyo olukhulu kubantu bakaNkulunkulu, okuyilo okuyonqunywa ngalo ikusasa labo laphakade. Isikhundla sakho siyindida enkulu yokungahambisani kangangokuthi bambalwa kuphela abayokhohliswa.

> “In Revelation 13 this subject is plainly presented; [Revelation 13:11–17, quoted].

> “Encwadini yesAmbulo 13 lesi sihloko sethulwa ngokusobala; [IsAmbulo 13:11–17, kucashuniwe].”

> “This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> “Lesi yisivivinyo abantu bakaNkulunkulu okumelwe babe naso ngaphambi kokuba babekwe uphawu. Bonke abafakazela ukwethembeka kwabo kuNkulunkulu ngokugcina umthetho waKhe, nangokwenqaba ukwamukela isabatha esingesona esangempela, bayakuma ngaphansi kwesibhengezo seNkosi uNkulunkulu uJehova, futhi bayakwemukela uphawu lukaNkulunkulu ophilayo. Labo abalahla iqiniso elivela ezulwini futhi bamukele isabatha leSonto, bayakwemukela uphawu lwesilo.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

Probation closes for Seventh-day Adventists, at the enforcement of the Sunday law. Those countries that follow the example of the United States, will close their probation as did the United States.

Isikhathi somusa siyavalwa kuma-Seventh-day Adventists ngesikhathi sokuphoqelelwa komthetho weSonto. Lawo mazwe alandela isibonelo se-United States ayovalwa isikhathi sawo somusa njengoba kwenza i-United States.

> “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

> “Izizwe zakwamanye amazwe ziyolandela isibonelo se-United States. Nakuba lona ehamba phambili, nokho yona leyo nhlekelele iyofikela abantu bakithi kuzo zonke izingxenye zomhlaba.” Testimonies, volume 6, 395.

The final movements are rapid ones.

Izenzo zokugcina ziyashesha.

> “The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

> “Izinhlangano zobubi zihlanganisa amandla azo futhi ziyaziqinisa ndawonye. Ziyazilungiselela inhlekelele enkulu yokugcina. Izinguquko ezinkulu zizokwenzeka maduze ezweni lethu, futhi ukunyakaza kokugcina kuyoba ngokushesha.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11.

To understand the test of the image of the beast, requires a certain amount of technical prophetic application. To start with, the mark of the beast and the image of the beast are two different symbols.

Ukuqonda uvivinyo lomfanekiso wesilo kudinga izinga elithile lokusetshenziswa kobuprofethi ngobuchule. Okokuqala, uphawu lwesilo nomfanekiso wesilo kuyizimpawu ezimbili ezehlukene.

> “The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The ‘mark of the beast’ still remains to be defined.” The Great Controversy, 445.

> “‘Umfanekiso wesilo’ umelela lolo hlobo lobuProthestani obuhlubukile oluyovela lapho amabandla amaProthestani esefuna usizo lwamandla ombuso ukuze kuphoqelelwe izimfundiso zawo. ‘Uphawu lwesilo’ kusamele luchazwe.” The Great Controversy, 445.

The mark of the beast is Sunday observance, and the image of the beast is a church that employs the civil power to enforce her religious doctrines.

Uphawu lwesilo ukugcinwa kweSonto, kanti umfanekiso wesilo uyibandla elisebenzisa amandla ombuso ukuphoqelela izimfundiso zalo zenkolo.

> “The enforcement of Sundaykeeping on the part of Protestant churches is an enforcement of the worship of the papacy—of the beast. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the false instead of the true Sabbath are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

> “Ukuphoqelelwa kokugcinwa kweSonto ngamasonto amaProthestani kuwukuphoqelelwa kokukhonzwa kobupapa—kwesilo. Labo abathi, beqonda izimangalo zomthetho wesine, bakhethe ukugcina iSabatha yamanga esikhundleni seSabatha yeqiniso, ngalokho banika inhlonipho kulawo mandla okuyiwona kuphela ayiyalayo. Kodwa kuleso senzo uqobo sokuphoqelela umsebenzi wenkolo ngamandla ombuso, amasonto ngokwawo ayokwakha umfanekiso wesilo; ngalokho-ke ukuphoqelelwa kokugcinwa kweSonto e-United States kuyoba ukuphoqelelwa kokukhonzwa kwesilo nomfanekiso waso.” The Great Controversy, 448, 449.

The image of the beast represents the combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. Jezebel ruled over Ahab, as Herodias ruled over Herod. The mark of the beast is Sunday keeping. The image of the beast develops over a period of time. The mark of the beast represents a point in time. The image of the beast progressively develops, but only reaches its full maturity, when it has the power to force the state to pass its religious dogmas. The test is associated with the “formation” of the image.

Umfanekiso wesilo umelela ukuhlangana kwebandla nombuso, ibandla libe yilona eliphethe lobo budlelwano. UJezebeli wabusa phezu kuka-Ahabi, njengoba uHerodiya wabusa phezu kukaHerode. Uphawu lwesilo ukugcinwa kweSonto. Umfanekiso wesilo ukhula phakathi nesikhathi esithile. Uphawu lwesilo lumelela iphuzu lesikhathi. Umfanekiso wesilo uthuthuka kancane kancane, kodwa ufinyelela kuphela ekuvuthweni kwawo okuphelele lapho usunamandla okuphoqa umbuso ukuba uphasise izimfundiso zawo zenkolo. Uvivinyo luhlotshaniswa “nokwakheka” komfanekiso.

> “But what is the ‘image to the beast’? and how is it to be formed? The image is made by the two-horned beast, and is an image to the beast. It is also called an image of the beast. Then to learn what the image is like and how it is to be formed we must study the characteristics of the beast itself—the papacy.

> “Kodwa siyini ‘isithombe sesilo’? futhi sizokwakhiwa kanjani? Isithombe senziwa yisilo esinezimpondo ezimbili, futhi siyisithombe sesilo. Sibizwa futhi ngokuthi isithombe sesilo. Khona-ke, ukuze sifunde ukuthi isithombe sinjani nokuthi sizokwakhiwa kanjani, kumelwe sifunde izici zesilo uqobo—ubupapa.

> “When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of ‘heresy.’ In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” The Great Controversy, 443.

> “Lapho ibandla lokuqala lonakaliswa ngokuphambuka ekululameni kwevangeli nangokwamukela imikhosi namasiko obuqaba, lalahlekelwa nguMoya namandla kaNkulunkulu; futhi ukuze lilawule onembeza babantu, lafuna ukwesekwa ngamandla ombuso wezwe. Umphumela kwaba ubupapa, ibandla elalilawula amandla ombuso futhi lawasebenzisa ukuqhubekisela phambili izinhloso zalo, ikakhulu ekujeziseni ‘ukuhlubuka embhalweni.’ Ukuze i-United States yakhe umfanekiso wesilo, amandla enkolo kumelwe alawule uhulumeni wombuso ngendlela yokuthi negunya lombuso lisetshenziswe yibandla ukufeza izinhloso zalo.” The Great Controversy, 443.

The distinction between the image of the beast and the mark of the beast is fairly traditional Adventist understanding. Where Adventism generally loses its way on this subject is in Revelation thirteen. They somehow mix the activity of the United States after the Sunday law, when it forces the world to set up an image to the beast, with the setting up of the image of the beast in the United States. They are two different prophetic periods.

Umehluko phakathi komfanekiso wesilo nophawu lwesilo uyisiqondiso esivamile ngokwesiko lama-Adventist. Lapho ubu-Adventist buvamise ukuphambuka khona kulesi sihloko kuseSambulweni isahluko seshumi nantathu. Ngandlela-thile buxubanisa umsebenzi we-United States ngemva komthetho weSonto, lapho iphoqa umhlaba ukuba umise umfanekiso wesilo, nokumiswa komfanekiso wesilo e-United States. Lezi yizikhathi ezimbili ezehlukene zesiprofetho.

Christ came to confirm the covenant with many for one week, and in the middle of the week He was crucified. Thus, that week typifies the two periods of time when an image of the beast is formed. Christ’s week was divided into two identical periods, representing the image of Christ. The two testing periods of times in the last days, represents the image of the antichrist.

UKristu weza ukuze aqinise isivumelwano nabaningi isonto elilodwa, futhi phakathi nesonto wabethelwa esiphambanweni. Ngakho-ke, lelo sonto limelela ngezimpawu izikhathi ezimbili lapho kwakhiwa khona umfanekiso wesilo. Isonto likaKristu lahlukaniswa laba yizikhathi ezimbili ezifanayo, ezimelela umfanekiso kaKristu. Izikhathi ezimbili zokuvivinywa ezinsukwini zokugcina zimelela umfanekiso womphikukristu.

In the first period of twelve hundred and sixty days, Christ bore His own testimony, and then He died on the cross. There was then an identical twelve hundred and sixty days where the disciples testified, until Michael stood up at the stoning of Stephen. The cross typifies the Sunday law. The two periods of testing in connection with the formation of the image of the beast, identify the first period in connection with the one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are typified by Christ, and that period ends at the Sunday law, which is typified by the cross. The last identical period of testing that was represented by the work of the disciples in the time of Christ, focuses upon the great multitude, and it ends when Michael stands up, not at the stoning of Stephen, but at the close of human probation in Daniel 12:1.

Esikhathini sokuqala sezinsuku eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisithupha, uKristu wafakaza ubufakazi baKhe siqu, kwase kuthi-ke efa esiphambanweni. Kwase kuba khona esinye futhi isikhathi esifanayo sezinsuku eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisithupha lapho abafundi bafakaza khona, kwaze kwaba yilapho uMikayeli esukuma ngesikhathi uStefanu ekhandwa ngamatshe. Isiphambano sifanekisela umthetho weSonto. Izikhathi ezimbili zokuvivinywa ezihlobene nokwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo, zibonakalisa isikhathi sokuqala ngokuhlangana nalabo abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane, abafanekiselwa nguKristu, futhi leso sikhathi siphela ngomthetho weSonto, ofanekiselwa yisiphambano. Isikhathi sokugcina esifanayo sokuvivinywa esamelelwa ngumsebenzi wabafundi ngesikhathi sikaKristu, sigxila esixukwini esikhulu, futhi siphela lapho uMikayeli esukuma, hhayi ekukhandweni ngamatshe kukaStefanu, kodwa ekuvalweni kwesikhathi sokuphelela komusa kubantu kuDaniyeli 12:1.

Some fail to see the actual sequence of events in Revelation thirteen, verse eleven and onward, due to what often appears to be a purposeful unwillingness to acknowledge that when the United States speaks as a dragon, it represents the complete formation of the image of the beast in the United States. In order for the United States to pass a Sunday law, the image of the beast in the United States must be formed before the Sunday law. Read the few previous passages just cited from The Great Controversy again, if you do not understand the point.

Abanye bayahluleka ukubona ukulandelana kwangempela kwezehlakalo kuSambulo isahluko seshumi nantathu, ivesi leshumi nanye kuya phambili, ngenxa yalokho okuvame ukubonakala kuyukungafuni ngamabomu ukuvuma ukuthi lapho i-United States ikhuluma njengodrako, lokho kumelela ukwakheka okuphelele komfanekiso wesilo e-United States. Ukuze i-United States iphase umthetho weSonto, umfanekiso wesilo e-United States kumelwe ube usuwakhekile ngaphambi komthetho weSonto. Funda futhi lezo zindima ezimbalwa zangaphambilini ezisanda kucashunwa ezivela ku-The Great Controversy, uma ungaqondi iphuzu.

When the United States speaks as a dragon in verse eleven of chapter thirteen, it represents the action of the legislative and judicial authorities passing a Sunday law at the direction of the apostate churches in the United States. The Sunday law decree goes out of the mouth of the United States.

Lapho i-United States ikhuluma njengodrako evesini leshumi nanye lesahluko seshumi nantathu, lokho limelela isenzo seziphathimandla zomthetho nezokwahlulela zokuphasisa umthetho weSonto ngokuyalelwa amasonto ahlubukayo ase-United States. Isimemezelo somthetho weSonto siphuma emlonyeni we-United States.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

> “Ngabona ukuthi isilo esinezimpondo ezimbili sasinomlomo kadrako, nokuthi amandla aso ayesekhanda laso, nokuthi isimemezelo sasiyophuma emlonyeni waso.” Spalding and Magan, 1.

It has always amazed me that Adventism has a hard time recognizing that when the two horned earth beast speaks as a dragon, it is not simply marking the Sunday law in the United States, but is also marking that the image of the papal sea beast has been fully developed. In order for the United States to pass the Sunday law, the combination of church and state has to have first been fully developed. The apostate churches of the United States do not simply come together on a Monday, then go to Congress on Tuesday, and tell Congress they want Sunday legislation passed by Wednesday. The combining process that takes place between church and state, is represented as the “formation” of the image of the beast like the “formation” of the golden image in Daniel chapter 3, it will take some time to construct. The image of the beast is the system the papacy used to murder the millions of martyrs in the Dark Ages, and it takes social, political, religious and economic developments to create the social environment, and legal precedence necessary, for the Sunday law to be enforced. Those developments represent the test of the image of the beast, by “which our eternal destiny will be decided,” and it represents the test we must pass “before we are sealed.”

Kuye kwangimangaza njalo ukuthi ubu-Adventist bunobunzima ekuqapheliseni ukuthi lapho isilo sasemhlabeni esinezimpondo ezimbili sikhuluma njengodrako, lokho akukhombisi nje kuphela umthetho weSonto e-United States, kodwa futhi kukhomba ukuthi umfanekiso wesilo sasolwandle sobupapa usuthuthukiswe ngokuphelele. Ukuze i-United States iphasise umthetho weSonto, ukuhlangana kwesonto nombuso kufanele kuqale kube sekuthuthukiswe ngokuphelele. Amasonto aphambukile ase-United States awamane nje ahlangane ngoMsombuluko, bese aya eCongress ngoLwesibili, atshele iCongress ukuthi afuna umthetho weSonto uphasiswe ngoLwesithathu. Inqubo yokuhlangana eyenzeka phakathi kwesonto nombuso imelwe “njengokwakhiwa” komfanekiso wesilo, njengokuthi “kwakhiwa” isithombe segolide kuDaniyeli isahluko 3; kuyothatha isikhathi ukwakheka kwawo. Umfanekiso wesilo uyisistimu ubupapa obayisebenzisa ukubulala izigidi zabafel’ ukholo ngeNkathi Emnyama, futhi kudingeka ukuthuthuka kwezenhlalo, kwezombusazwe, kwezenkolo, nakwezomnotho ukuze kudaleke isimo senhlalo, kanye nesandulela esisemthethweni esidingekayo, ukuze umthetho weSonto uphoqelelwe. Lezo zintuthuko zimelela uvivinyo lomfanekiso wesilo, “okuyilo ikusasa lethu laphakade eliyokunqunywa ngalo,” futhi zimelela uvivinyo okumelwe siluphumelele “ngaphambi kokuba sibekwe uphawu.”

> “The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided. . .. This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 15.

> “INkosi ingibonisile ngokucacile ukuthi umfanekiso wesilo uyokwakhiwa ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi somusa sivalwe; ngokuba uyoba uvivinyo olukhulu kubantu bakaNkulunkulu, okuyilona okuyonqunywa ngalo ikusasa labo laphakade.... Lolu yilo uvivinyo abantu bakaNkulunkulu okumelwe babe nalo ngaphambi kokuba babekwe uphawu.” Manuscript Releases, ivolumu 15, 15.

The Sunday law is the crisis at midnight, that finds its final perfect fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins. In that midnight crisis, it will be manifested whether we are wise Philadelphian or foolish Laodicean virgins. The foolish receive the mark of the beast and the wise receive the seal of God. Anyone who has ever joined the Seventh-day Adventist church, agreed to the list of doctrinal truths in advance of becoming a member, and therefore every Seventh-day Adventist has been presented with the light of the truth of the Sabbath.

Umthetho weSonto yiwo umnqamulajuqu phakathi kwamabili, othola ukugcwaliseka kwawo kokugcina okuphelele komfanekiso wezintombi eziyishumi. Kuleyo nkinga yangaphakathi kwamabili kuyobonakaliswa ukuthi singabe siyizintombi ezihlakaniphile zaseFiladelfiya noma izintombi eziyiziwula zaseLawodikeya. Iziwula zamukela uphawu lwesilo, kanti ezihlakaniphile zamukela uphawu lukaNkulunkulu. Noma ubani oke wajoyina ibandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist, wavumelana nohlu lwamaqiniso emfundiso ngaphambi kokuba abe yilungu, ngakho-ke wonke umuntu ongumSeventh-day Adventist wethulwe ukukhanya kweqiniso leSabatha.

> “If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

> “Uma ukukhanya kweqiniso kuye kwethulwa kuwe, kwembula iSabatha yomthetho wesine, futhi kukhombisa ukuthi akukho sisekelo eZwini likaNkulunkulu sokugcinwa kweSonto, kanti nokho usabambelele esabatheni lamanga, wenqaba ukungcwelisa iSabatha uNkulunkulu ayibiza ngokuthi ‘usuku lwami olungcwele,’ wamukela uphawu lwesilo. Lokhu kwenzeka nini?—Lapho ulalela umyalo okuyala ukuba uyeke ukusebenza ngeSonto futhi ukhulekele uNkulunkulu, kuyilapho wazi ukuthi alikho nelilodwa izwi eBhayibhelini elikhombisa iSonto njengento engaphezu kosuku olujwayelekile lomsebenzi, uyavuma ukwamukela uphawu lwesilo, futhi wenqaba uphawu lukaNkulunkulu. Uma samukela lolu phawu emabunzini ethu noma ezandleni zethu, izahlulelo ezimenyezelwe phezu kwabangalaleli kumelwe zehlele phezu kwethu. Kodwa uphawu lukaNkulunkulu ophilayo lubekwa phezu kwalabo abagcina iSabatha leNkosi ngonembeza oqotho.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

The formation of the image of the beast in the United States began prophetically on September 11, 2001. There are several prophetic witnesses to uphold this fact. From that point until the soon-coming Sunday law, Seventh-day Adventists are determining their eternal destiny, based upon whether they pass the image of the beast test or fail the image of the beast test. I would argue that very few Seventh-day Adventists even know that the image of the beast is a test. Few, if any, know how it can be a test, and more importantly, they do not know what is required to pass the test. We are judged, not alone by the light we possess, but also by the light we could have possessed, if we would have applied ourselves to understanding the increase of knowledge. Laodicean blindness is therefore the greatest blindness in six thousand years of sin.

Ukubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo e-United States kwaqala ngokwesiprofetho ngoSepthemba 11, 2001. Kukhona ofakazi abaningana besiprofetho abasekela leli qiniso. Kusukela kuleso sikhathi kuze kube ngumthetho weSonto osuzayo maduze, amaSeventh-day Adventist anquma isiphetho sawo saphakade, ngokusekelwe ekutheni ayaluphumelela yini uvivinyo lomfanekiso wesilo noma ayalehluleka yini uvivinyo lomfanekiso wesilo. Ngingaphikisa ngokuthi bambalwa kakhulu amaSeventh-day Adventist azi ngisho nokuthi umfanekiso wesilo uyisivivinyo. Bambalwa, uma bekhona nhlobo, abazi ukuthi ungaba kanjani yisivivinyo, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, abazi ukuthi yini edingekayo ukuze baphumelele kulolo vivinyo. Siyahlulelwa, hhayi kuphela ngokukhanya esinakho, kodwa nangokukhanya ebesingaba nakho, uma besizikhandla ekuqondeni ukwanda kolwazi. Ngakho-ke ubumpumputhe baseLawodikeya buyibumpumputhe obukhulu kunabo bonke eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha yesono.

> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Hosea 4:6.

> Abantu bami bayabhujiswa ngenxa yokuswela ulwazi; ngenxa yokuba wenqabile ulwazi, nami ngiyakukunqaba, ukuze ungabi ngumpristi kimi; njengoba ukhohlwe umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakho, nami ngiyakukhohlwa abantwana bakho. Hosea 4:6.

The test of the formation of the image of the beast ends at the soon-coming Sunday law, and if we have not passed that test, we will receive the mark of the beast with all the other foolish Laodicean virgins, who refused to obtain the oil. I am not here defending why I understand the image of the beast test began on September 11, 2001, and ends at the Sunday law. I am simply identifying the prophetic logic necessary to understand the role of the United States, as identified in Revelation thirteen, after it passes the Sunday law. In verse eleven, it speaks as a dragon, and from that point on it is important to follow the word “he.” The image of the beast that the United States is then forcing the world to set up, is not the image of the beast in the United States, for that is already in the past.

Ukuhlolwa kokwakheka komfanekiso wesilo kuphetha emthethweni weSonto osuzofika maduze, futhi uma singaluphumelelanga lolo vivinyo, sizokwamukela uphawu lwesilo kanye nazo zonke ezinye izintombi eziyiziwula zaseLawodikeya, ezenqaba ukuthola amafutha. Angimi lapha ngiv defendinga ukuthi kungani ngiqonda ukuthi ukuvivinywa komfanekiso wesilo kwaqala ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, futhi kuphetha emthethweni weSonto. Ngimane ngikhomba umqondo ongokwesiprofetho odingekayo ukuze kuqondwe indima ye-United States, njengoba ikhonjiswe kuSambulo ishumi nantathu, emva kokuba isiwuphasisile umthetho weSonto. Evesini leshumi nanye, ikhuluma njengodrako, futhi kusukela kuleso sikhathi kuya phambili kubalulekile ukulandela igama elithi “yena.” Umfanekiso wesilo i-United States eseyiphoqa umhlaba ukuba iwumise ngaleso sikhathi, awusiwona umfanekiso wesilo ose-United States, ngokuba lowo usudlule kakade.

> And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 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. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:11–17.

> Ngase ngibona esinye isilo sikhuphuka emhlabeni; sasinempondo ezimbili ezifana nezewundlu, kodwa sakhuluma njengodrako. Futhi sisebenzisa wonke amandla esilo sokuqala phambi kwaso, senza ukuba umhlaba nabahlali bawo bakhonze isilo sokuqala, esasipholiswe isilonda saso esibulalayo. Futhi senza izimangaliso ezinkulu, kuze kube yilapho sehlisela ngisho nomlilo phansi uvela ezulwini emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, futhi sidukisa abahlala emhlabeni ngezibonakaliso esasinikwe amandla okuzenza phambi kwesilo; sithi kwabahlala emhlabeni mabasenzele isilo umfanekiso, sona esasinenxeba lenkemba kodwa saphila. Futhi sanikwa amandla okupha umfanekiso wesilo umoya wokuphila, ukuze umfanekiso wesilo ukhulume, futhi wenze ukuthi bonke abangawukhonzi umfanekiso wesilo babulawe. Futhi senza bonke, abancane nabakhulu, abacebile nabampofu, abakhululekileyo nezigqila, ukuba bamukele uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene noma emabunzini abo; futhi ukuze kungabikho muntu ongathenga noma athengise ngaphandle kwalowo onophawu, noma igama lesilo, noma inani legama laso. IsAmbulo 13:11–17.

In those seven verses, the word “he” occurs eight times. Every time the word “he” is employed it refers back to the original “he,” “that spake as a dragon,” at the Sunday law in the United States. The image of the beast test that Adventists in the United States either passed or failed, when the United States spake as a dragon, is then repeated for Adventists in the other nations of the world, and also for God’s other children that are still in Babylon. We will continue our consideration of the United States in Revelation thirteen in the next article, but let me remind you of why we are considering this truth at this time.

Kulawo mavesi ayisikhombisa, igama elithi “yena” livela izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili. Njalo lapho kusetshenziswa igama elithi “yena,” libhekisela emuva kulowo “yena” wokuqala, “owakhuluma njengodrako,” ngesikhathi somthetho weSonto e-United States. Ukuvivinywa komfanekiso wesilo ama-Adventist ase-United States awadlula noma awehluleka, lapho i-United States yakhuluma njengodrako, bese kuphindwa kuma-Adventist akwezinye izizwe zomhlaba, futhi nakwabanye abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abaseseBabiloni. Sizoqhubeka nokucabangela kwethu i-United States kusAmbulo isahluko seshumi nantathu esihlokweni esilandelayo, kodwa ake nginikhumbuze ukuthi kungani sicabangela leli qiniso ngalesi sikhathi.

The war that began with Lucifer in the third heaven typifies the war that begins in the first heaven at the Sunday law. The corrupted communications of the dragon are represented in both battles. The modern manifestation of Satan’s corrupted communications represents the hypnotic trance that planet earth succumbs to in the history after the soon coming Sunday law. That delusion is accomplished through the worldwide web’s control of what is called “the information super highway.” Those various avenues of the “information super highway” are social, economic, religious, so-called science, entertainment and more importantly the avenue of the news media.

Impi eyaqala ngoLusifa ezulwini lesithathu ifanekisa impi eqala ezulwini lokuqala emthethweni weSonto. Ukuxhumana okonakalisiwe kukadrako kumelwe kuzo zombili lezo zimpi. Ukubonakala kwesimanje kokuxhumana okonakalisiwe kukaSathane kumelela isimo sokulutheka okufana nokuthakathwa umhlaba wonke owela kuso emlandweni olandela umthetho weSonto osuzofika maduze. Leyo nkohliso ifezwa ngokulawula kwe-worldwide web lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “umgwaqo omkhulu wolwazi.” Lezo zindlela ezahlukahlukene zalo “mgwaqo omkhulu wolwazi” zingezomphakathi, ezomnotho, ezenkolo, okuthiwa yisayensi, ezokuzijabulisa, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, indlela yezindaba zabezindaba.

Once the truth is recognized that the “information super highway,” is the modern manifestation of the Satanic hypnotic communications, and also the subtle hypnosis that was employed by Satan in the battle of the angels in the third heaven, we can establish the “information super highway” is an element of the “last” image of the beast test for the world, that takes place after the Sunday law. It will then be easy to recognize that the “first” image of the beast test for the United States must possess the same corrupted Satanic communications as the last. The witness of Satan’s work of corrupting “the information super highway” from the Sunday law through to the close of probation provides the evidence of how the murder of the two horns of Republicanism and the remnant of true Protestantism on the earth beast was accomplished in 2020. It was accomplished by the “information super highway,” that John calls a “street” in Revelation eleven.

Uma iqiniso selibonwa lokuthi “umgwaqo omkhulu wolwazi,” uyisibonakaliso sanamuhla sezokuxhumana zikaSathane eziluthayo, futhi futhi ungulokho kuluthwa okucashile okwasetshenziswa nguSathane empini yezingelosi ezulwini lesithathu, singase sisungule ukuthi “umgwaqo omkhulu wolwazi” uyisici sesivivinyo “sokugcina” somfanekiso wesilo emhlabeni, esenzeka emva komthetho weSonto. Khona-ke kuyoba lula ukuqonda ukuthi isivivinyo “sokuqala” somfanekiso wesilo e-United States kufanele sibe nalezo zindlela zokuxhumana zikaSathane ezonakele ezifanayo nezokugcina. Ubufakazi bomsebenzi kaSathane wokonakalisa “umgwaqo omkhulu wolwazi” kusukela emthethweni weSonto kuze kube sekupheleni komusa bunikeza ubufakazi bendlela ukubulawa kwezimpondo ezimbili zobuRiphabhulikhi nensali yobuProthestani beqiniso esilweni somhlaba okwafezwa ngayo ngo-2020. Kwafezwa “ngomgwaqo omkhulu wolwazi,” uJohane awubiza ngokuthi “umgwaqo” kuSambulo 11.

The unsealing of these prophetic facts is a portion of what is required to be understood by those who intend to pass the test of the image of the beast, which was clearly seen by the prophetess, to be formed before probation closes and before the one hundred and forty-four thousand are sealed.

Ukuvulwa kwalezi ziqiniso zesiprofetho kuyingxenye yalokho okudingeka kuqondwe yilabo abahlose ukudlula uvivinyo lomfanekiso wesilo, okwabonwa ngokucacileyo ngumprofethikazi ukuthi uyokwakhiwa ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi sokuvivinywa siphele nangaphambi kokuba abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane babekwe uphawu.

> “When the decree goes forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for eternity.” Testimonies, volume 5, 216.

> “Lapho isimemezelo siphuma futhi uphawu lugxivizwa, isimilo sabo siyohlala sihlanzekile futhi singenasici kuze kube phakade.” Testimonies, volume 5, 216.

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