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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Four

Umlando Ofihlekile Wevesi Lamashumi Amane — Inombolo Yesine

Testing and Triumph: The Formation of the Image of the Beast and the Sealing of the Wise

Ukuvivinywa Nokunqoba: Ukwakhiwa Komfanekiso Wesilo Nokubekwa Kophawu Kwabahlakaniphileyo

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 23, 2024

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The prophetic line which illustrates the testing represented by the formation of the image of the beast in the United States runs parallel with the three waymarks that represent the line of the Constitution. They run parallel to each other and they contribute specific information that addresses the other line. How is it that those who pass the image of the beast test will then be prepared to walk in the light that proceeds from the throne-room of God, during the time of persecution that begins at the Sunday law in the United States? What is it about the test of the formation of the image of the beast that seals the wise virgins into an experience which allows them to navigate through the period of persecution that begins at the Sunday law, when national apostasy is followed by national ruin, and Satan begins his marvelous works?

Ulayini lwesiprofetho olukhombisa ukuvivinywa okumelwe ukwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo e-United States luhamba ngokuhambisana nezimpawu ezintathu ezimele ulayini woMthethosisekelo. Lawa malayini ahambisana omunye nomunye, futhi anikela ngolwazi oluqondile olubhekene nolunye ulayini. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi labo abaphumelela ekuvivinyweni komfanekiso wesilo babe sebelungiselwa ukuhamba ekukhanyeni okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sokushushiswa esiqala emthethweni weSonto e-United States? Kuyini ngalokhu kuvivinywa kokwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo okufaka izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo uphawu zibe sesimweni sokuphila esizivumela ukuba zinqamule ngesikhathi sokushushiswa esiqala emthethweni weSonto, lapho ukuhlubuka kwesizwe kulandelwa ukubhujiswa kwesizwe, noSathane aqala imisebenzi yakhe emangalisayo?

> “It is impossible to give any idea of the experience of the people of God who shall be alive upon the earth when celestial glory and a repetition of the persecutions of the past are blended. They will walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. By means of the angels there will be constant communication between heaven and earth. And Satan, surrounded by evil angels, and claiming to be God, will work miracles of all kinds, to deceive, if possible, the very elect.” Testimonies, volume 9, 16.

> “Akunakwenzeka ukunikeza noma yimuphi umqondo ngolwazi lwabantu bakaNkulunkulu abayobe besaphila emhlabeni lapho inkazimulo yasezulwini nokuphindaphindwa kokushushiswa kwezikhathi ezedlule kuhlangana. Bayakuhamba ekukhanyeni okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu. Ngezinceku zezingelosi kuyoba nokuxhumana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba. Futhi uSathane, ezungezwe yizingelosi ezimbi, futhi ezisho ukuthi unguNkulunkulu, uyokwenza izimangaliso zazo zonke izinhlobo, ukuze akhohlise, uma kungenzeka, nabakhethiweyo uqobo.” Testimonies, volume 9, 16.

Sister White comments on the message Christ presented in the synagogue in Capernaum recorded in John chapter six. Her comments are in The Desire of Ages, in the chapter titled The Crisis in Galilee. There she emphasizes that Christ made no effort to prevent the rebellion that occured in John six, though He knew full well He would lose more disciples then than at any other time in His ministry among men.

USista White uphawula ngomlayezo uKristu awethula esinagogeni eKapenawume, olotshwe kuJohane isahluko sesithupha. Amazwana akhe atholakala encwadini ethi The Desire of Ages, esahlukweni esinesihloko esithi The Crisis in Galilee. Lapho ugcizelela ukuthi uKristu akazange enze mzamo wokuvimbela ukuvukela okwenzeka kuJohane 6, nakuba ayazi ngokuphelele ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi wayezolahlekelwa abafundi abaningi kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi enkonzweni Yakhe phakathi kwabantu.

> “When Jesus presented the testing truth that caused so many of His disciples to turn back, He knew what would be the result of His words; but He had a purpose of mercy to fulfill. He foresaw that in the hour of temptation every one of His beloved disciples would be severely tested. His agony in Gethsemane, His betrayal and crucifixion, would be to them a most trying ordeal. Had no previous test been given, many who were actuated by merely selfish motives would have been connected with them. When their Lord was condemned in the judgment hall; when the multitude who had hailed Him as their king hissed at Him and reviled Him; when the jeering crowd cried, ‘Crucify Him!’—when their worldly ambitions were disappointed, these self-seeking ones would, by renouncing their allegiance to Jesus, have brought upon the disciples a bitter, heart-burdening sorrow, in addition to their grief and disappointment in the ruin of their fondest hopes. In that hour of darkness, the example of those who turned from Him might have carried others with them. But Jesus brought about this crisis while by His personal presence He could still strengthen the faith of His true followers.

> “Lapho uJesu ethula iqiniso elivivinyayo elabangela abaningi kubafundi baKhe ukuba babuyele emuva, wayekwazi ukuthi umphumela wamazwi aKhe uzoba yini; kodwa wayenenhloso yomusa okufanele ayigcwalise. Wabona kusengaphambili ukuthi ngehora lokulingwa bonke abafundi baKhe abathandekayo babezovivinywa kanzima kakhulu. Ukuhlupheka kwaKhe eGetsemane, ukukhashelwa kwaKhe nokubethelwa kwaKhe esiphambanweni, kwakuyoba kubo uvivinyo olunzima kakhulu. Ukube kwakungazange kunikezwe uvivinyo lwangaphambili, abaningi ababeshukunyiswa yizisusa zobugovu bodwa babeyoba behlangene nabo. Lapho iNkosi yabo ilahlwa ehholo lokwahlulela; lapho isixuku esasimemezelela njengenKosi yaso simhayiza futhi simthuka; lapho isixuku esiklolodayo simemeza sithi, ‘Mbethele esiphambanweni!’—lapho izifiso zabo zezwe ziphoxeka, laba abazifunelayo bona babeyothi, ngokulahla ukwethembeka kwabo kuJesu, belethele abafundi usizi olubuhlungu, olusindisa inhliziyo, ngaphezu kosizi nokudumala kwabo ekubhujisweni kwamathemba abo ababewathanda kakhulu. Kulelo hora lobumnyama, isibonelo salabo abamfulathela sasingaholela nabanye bahambe nabo. Kodwa uJesu waletha le nkinga ngesikhathi lapho ngobukhona baKhe siqu wayesengaqinisa ukholo lwabalandeli baKhe beqiniso.”

> “Compassionate Redeemer, who in the full knowledge of the doom that awaited Him, tenderly smoothed the way for the disciples, prepared them for their crowning trial, and strengthened them for the final test!” The Desire of Ages, 394.

> “Mhlengi onozwelo, owathi, enolwazi oluphelele ngembubhiso eyayimlindile, walungiselela abafundi ngendlela enesisa indlela, wabazilungiselela uvivinyo lwabo olukhulu kunalo lonke, wabaqinisa ngenxa yokuhlolwa kokugcina!” The Desire of Ages, 394.

The Sunday law is the final test where character is manifested. Before the final test Christ, who never changes, allows a test by which His people’s eternal destiny will be decided. It is a test they must pass before they are sealed, and before their probation closes at the Sunday law. It is a prophetic test that prepares the wise virgins “for their crowning trial, and strengthens them for the final test!” Their “crowning trial” is their crowning test, for the wise virgins are those who are “purified, made white and tried.” The final test is their crowning trial, and in that testing time, the wise virgins “will walk in light proceeding from the throne of God”. What is it within the testing process represented as “the formation of the image of the beast” that prepares the wise virgins for the crowning trial and allows them to walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. What is the light that proceeds from the throne of God?

Umthetho weSonto yiwo uvivinyo lokugcina lapho isimilo sibonakaliswa khona. Ngaphambi kovivinyo lokugcina uKristu, ongaguquki nanini, uvumela uvivinyo okuyilo ikusasa laphakade labantu bakhe eliyakunqunywa ngalo. Lolu uvivinyo okumelwe balwedlule ngaphambi kokuba babekwe uphawu, nangaphambi kokuba isikhathi sabo somusa sivalwe emthethweni weSonto. Luwuvivinyo lwesiprofetho olulungiselela izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo “uvivinyo lwazo oluyisicoco, futhi luyaziqinisa ukuze zibhekane novivinyo lokugcina!” “Uvvinyo lwazo oluyisicoco” luwuvivinyo lwazo oluyisicoco, ngokuba izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo yizo “ezihlanziwe, zenziwa mhlophe futhi zavivinywa.” Uvvinyo lokugcina luyisivivinyo sazo esiyisicoco, futhi ngesikhathi salokho kuvivinywa, izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo “ziyohamba ekukhanyeni okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu”. Kuyini ngaphakathi kwenqubo yokuvivinywa emelwe ngokuthi “ukwakheka komfanekiso wesilo” okulungiselela izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo uvivinyo oluyisicoco futhi kuzenze zikwazi ukuhamba ekukhanyeni okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu? Kuyini lokho kukhanya okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu?

> And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Revelation 8:1–5.

> Kwathi esevule uphawu lwesikhombisa, kwaba khona ukuthula ezulwini cishe isikhathi esiyingxenye yehora. Ngabona izingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezazimi phambi kukaNkulunkulu; zanikwa amacilongo ayisikhombisa. Kwafika nenye ingelosi, yema e-altare, iphethe isitsha segolide sempepho; yanikwa impepho eningi, ukuba iyinikele kanye nemithandazo yabo bonke abangcwele phezu kwe-altare legolide elaliphambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi. Intuthu yempepho, eyenyuka kanye nemithandazo yabangcwele, yakhuphukela phambi kukaNkulunkulu ivela esandleni sengwele. Ingelosi yasithatha isitsha sempepho, yasigcwalisa ngomlilo wase-altare, yawuphonsa emhlabeni; kwase kuba khona amazwi, nokuduma, nokubaneka kombani, nokuzamazama komhlaba. IsAmbulo 8:1–5.

In the last days, in the period where the parable of the ten virgins is being fulfilled and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are being sealed, the seventh seal is unsealed and it identifies fire being cast to the earth in answer to the prayers of the saints. The fire that is cast down in the final and perfect fulfillment of the parable of the ten virgins is the message of the midnight cry, as typified by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the Exeter camp meeting, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, which was there represented as fire. Notice Sister White’s commentary on the message of the midnight cry.

Ezinsukwini zokugcina, esikhathini lapho umfanekiso wezintombi eziyishumi ugcwaliseka khona nalapho abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane bebekwa uphawu, uphawu lwesikhombisa luyavulwa, futhi lukhomba umlilo ophonselwa emhlabeni njengempendulo emikhulekweni yabangcwele. Umlilo ophonswa phansi ekugcwalisekeni kokugcina nokuphelele komfanekiso wezintombi eziyishumi uyisigijimi sokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili, njengoba kufanekiswa ukuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele emhlanganweni wasekamu wase-Exeter, kanye nokuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele ngePhentekoste, okwamelwa lapho njengomlilo. Qaphelani ukuphawula kukaDade White ngesigijimi sokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili.

> “Those who rejected the first message could not be benefited by the second; neither were they benefited by the midnight cry, which was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. And by rejecting the two former messages, they have so darkened their understanding that they can see no light in the third angel’s message, which shows the way into the most holy place. I saw that as the Jews crucified Jesus, so the nominal churches had crucified these messages, and therefore they have no knowledge of the way into the most holy, and they cannot be benefited by the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered their useless sacrifices, they offer up their useless prayers to the apartment which Jesus has left; and Satan, pleased with the deception, assumes a religious character, and leads the minds of these professed Christians to himself, working with his power, his signs and lying wonders, to fasten them in his snare.” Early Writings, 259.

> “Labo abenqaba isigijimi sokuqala babengenakuzuza ngesesesibili; futhi abazuzanga nakancane ngokumemeza kwaphakathi kwamabili, okwakufanele kubalungiselele ukuba bangene noJesu ngokukholwa endaweni engcwelengcwele kakhulu yendlu engcwele yasezulwini. Futhi ngokwenqaba lezo zigijimi ezimbili zokuqala, benze ukuqonda kwabo kwaba mnyama kangangokuthi abakwazi ukubona kukhanya esigijimini sengweilosi yesithathu, esibonisa indlela eya endaweni engcwelengcwele kakhulu. Ngabona ukuthi njengoba amaJuda ambethela uJesu esiphambanweni, kanjalo namabandla azibiza ngokuthi awenkolo azibethela lezi zigijimi; ngakho-ke awanalo ulwazi lwendlela eya endaweni engcwelengcwele kakhulu, futhi awanakuzuza ngokuncenga kukaJesu lapho. NjengamaJuda, ayenikela imihlatshelo yawo engenalusizo, nawo anikela imithandazo yawo engenalusizo egumbini uJesu asewalishiya; futhi uSathane, ejabule ngaleyo nkohliso, uzithathela isimo senkolo, ahole izingqondo zalaba abazibiza ngokuthi bangamaKristu kuye uqobo, esebenza ngamandla akhe, nangezibonakaliso zakhe, nezimangaliso zamanga, ukuze ababambe baqine ogibeni lwakhe.” Early Writings, 259.

In the Millerite history the test of the message of the midnight cry “was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary.” The message of the midnight cry that is now being developed is also represented as the testing of the formation of the image of the beast. They are both the test that leads to the close of probation where character is manifested. When the Millerites entered into the Most Holy Place by faith, their faith was once again tested. The faith of the one hundred and forty-four thousand will be tested at the Sunday law, but they are promised that they will be safe, for they will walk “in the light proceeding from” the seventh seal, which was opened when the message of the midnight cry began to be unsealed in July of 2023.

Emlandweni wamaMillerite, uvivinyo lomyalezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili “lwalungolokubalungiselela ukuba bangene noJesu ngokukholwa eNgcwelengcwele yendawo engcwele yasezulwini.” Umyalezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili osuthuthukiswa manje nawo umelelwa njengokuvivinywa kokubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo. Kokubili kunguvivinyo oluholela ekuvalweni komusa, lapho isimilo sibonakaliswa khona. Lapho amaMillerite engena eNgcwelengcwele ngokukholwa, ukukholwa kwawo kwaphinde kwavivinywa. Ukukholwa kwabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane kuzovivinywa emthethweni weSonto, kodwa bathembisiwe ukuthi bayakuphepha, ngokuba bayakuhamba “ekukhanyeni okuvela” ophawini lwesikhombisa, olwavulwa ngesikhathi umyalezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili uqala ukwambulwa ngoJulayi ka-2023.

The message that was unsealed at that time is established through the methodology of line upon line, which is the methodology of the latter rain. The latter rain began to sprinkle in 2001, and the final testing of Adventism began. In July of 2023 the final period in the testing process that concludes at the Sunday law began when the message of the midnight cry, which is also the latter rain, which is also the increase of knowledge that is produced when the seventh seal is removed, and is also the unsealing of the seven thunders as well as the Revelation of Jesus Christ. All the lines that represent an unsealing of prophetic light are identified as being unsealed in the hidden history of verse forty of Daniel chapter eleven.

Umyalezo owavulwa ngaleso sikhathi umiswa ngendlela yomgqa phezu komgqa, okuyindlela yemvula yokugcina. Imvula yokugcina yaqala ukufafaza ngo-2001, kwaqala nokuhlolwa kokugcina kwe-Adventism. NgoJulayi ka-2023 kwaqala inkathi yokugcina enqubweni yokuhlola ephetha ngomthetho weSonto, lapho umyalezo wesililo sasebusuku obukhulu, okuyimvula yokugcina futhi, okuyikho futhi ukwanda kolwazi okukhiqizwa lapho kususwa uphawu lwesikhombisa, futhi okuwukuvulwa kwezidumo eziyisikhombisa kanye neSambulo sikaJesu Kristu. Yonke imigqa emele ukuvulwa kokukhanya kwesiprofetho ibonakala njengokuvuliwe emlandweni ofihlekile wevesi lamashumi amane likaDaniyeli isahluko seshumi nanye.

In that hidden history the line of the Constitution’s three primary waymarks is represented. It is the line when church and state come together to form the image of the beast. It contains a prophetic line that addresses the presidents of the United States which illustrate the dynamics of the political struggles that occur in the history of the Republican horn of the earth-beast. That line includes the parallel histories of both major political parties of the United States. That line is closely related to the horn of apostate Protestantism from its beginning in 1844, until it usurps the control of the civil government at the Sunday law.

Kulowo mlando ofihlakeleyo kumelwe umugqa wezimpawu ezintathu eziyinhloko zoMthethosisekelo. Lowo ngumugqa wesikhathi lapho ibandla nombuso behlangana ukuze kwakhiwe umfanekiso wesilo. Uqukethe umugqa wesiprofetho okhuluma ngomongameli base-United States, ababonakalisa amandla asebenzayo emizabalazweni yezombusazwe eyenzeka emlandweni wophondo lweRiphabhulikhi lwesilo somhlaba. Lowo mugqa uhlanganisa imilando ehambisanayo yawo womabili amaqembu amakhulu ezombusazwe ase-United States. Lowo mugqa uhlobene kakhulu nophondo lobuProthestani obuhlubukileyo kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo ngo-1844, kuze kube yilapho ludla amandla okulawula umbuso womphakathi emthethweni weSonto.

The prophetic role of apostate Protestantism includes the witness of the Hasmonaean Dynasty as a symbol of apostate Protestantism. In the backdrop of the line of the horn of apostate Protestantism you also have the line of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. From the line of Laodicean Adventism you have the line of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That hidden history also has the line of Islam of the third woe. Russia has a line, the United Nations has a line and of course, the papal power has a line.

Indima yobuprofethi yobuprothestani obuhlubukile ihlanganisa ubufakazi boBukhosi bamaHasmonaea njengophawu lobuprothestani obuhlubukile. Emuva kwesigcawu somugqa wophondo lobuprothestani obuhlubukile kukhona futhi umugqa webandla laba-Adventist bosuku lwesikhombisa laseLawodikeya. Emgqeni wobu-Adventist baseLawodikeya kukhona umugqa wabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane. Lowo mlando ofihlekile nawo unomugqa wobuSulumane bosizi lwesithathu. IRashiya inomugqa, iZizwe Ezihlangene zinomugqa, futhi-ke, amandla obupapa anomugqa.

If a student of prophecy applies himself as a Berean living in the last days, he will feed upon the lines that are identified in the hidden history of verse forty. The student of prophecy will take the book out of the angel’s hand and eat it. Then when the final test of the Sunday law arrives, he will not only have come to understand the message of the midnight cry that was unsealed, but he will fully understand how the image of the beast was formed in the United States.

Uma umfundi wesiprofetho ezinikela njengomBereya ophila ezinsukwini zokugcina, uyakondleka ngemigqa evezwe emlandweni ofihlekile wevesi lamashumi amane. Umfundi wesiprofetho uyothatha incwadi esandleni sengelosi ayidle. Khona-ke, lapho kufika uvivinyo lokugcina lomthetho weSonto, uyobe engafikanga nje kuphela ekuqondeni umlayezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili owavulwa uphawu lwawo, kodwa uyokuqonda ngokugcwele nokuthi umfanekiso wesilo wabunjwa kanjani e-United States.

The light of the seventh seal proceeds from the throne and in the context of the parable of the ten virgins it is the message of the midnight cry. The message of the midnight cry is what prepares the wise virgins for the period when the persecutions of the past are repeated.

Ukukhanya kophawu lwesikhombisa kuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi, futhi esimweni somfanekiso wezintombi eziyishumi kungumyalezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kobusuku. Umyalezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kobusuku yiwo olungiselela izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo isikhathi lapho ukuhlushwa kwesikhathi esedlule kuphindaphindwa khona.

> “In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what God has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as leader. We have nothing to fear for the future except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” Testimonies to Ministers, 31.

> “Ekubukezeni kwethu umlando wethu odlule, sesihambe phezu kwazo zonke izinyathelo zokuthuthuka kuze kube sesimweni sethu samanje, ngingathi, Makadunyiswe uNkulunkulu! Lapho ngibona lokho uNkulunkulu akwenzile, ngigcwala ukumangala, nokwethemba uKristu njengomholi. Asinalutho okumelwe silwesabe ngekusasa, ngaphandle kokuthi siyokhohlwa indlela iNkosi esihole ngayo, nemfundiso yayo emlandweni wethu odlule.” Testimonies to Ministers, 31.

The Lord is leading His people in the testing process that began in July 2023. His leading included opening up the prophetic Word in relation to the hidden history of verse forty. That history identifies how the image of the beast is formed in the United States, and of course much more than simply that element of end-time events. When we find ourselves in the crowning trial at the Sunday law, when the persecutions of the past are beginning to repeat, we “have nothing to fear for the future except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.”

INkosi ihola abantu baYo ohlelweni lokuvivinywa olwaqala ngoJulayi 2023. Ukuhola kwaYo kwahlanganisa ukuvulwa kweZwi lesiprofetho maqondana nomlando ofihlekile wevesi lamashumi amane. Lowo mlando uveza indlela umfanekiso wesilo owakhiwa ngayo e-United States, futhi kambe nokunye okuningi kakhulu kunaleso sici kuphela sezehlakalo zesikhathi sokuphela. Lapho sizithola sesisesivivinyweni sokugcina esiyisicoco emthethweni weSonto, lapho ukushushiswa kwasendulo sekuqala ukuphindwa, “asinakho lutho okumelwe silesabe ngekusasa ngaphandle kokuba sikhohlwe indlela iNkosi esihole ngayo, nokufundisa kwaYo emlandweni wethu owedlule.”

At the Sunday law the “past history” will be repeated in the period of the formation of the image of the beast in the United States. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has unsealed the final message and led His people to the hidden history of verse forty. There He taught His people to not simply understand His prophetic Word, but also the privilege and responsibility to attain an experience qualified to be among those of His people who were to be His representatives in the final crisis.

Ngomthetho weSonto “umlando odlule” uyophindwa esikhathini sokwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo e-United States. INgonyama yesizwe sakwaJuda isivule uphawu lomyalezo wokugcina futhi yahola abantu baYo emlandweni ofihlekile wevesi lamashumi amane. Lapho Yafundisa abantu baYo ukuba bangagcini nje ngokuqonda iZwi laYo lesiprofetho, kodwa futhi baqonde ilungelo nomthwalo wokufinyelela ekuhlangenwe nakho okubafanelekela ukuba phakathi kwalabo babantu baYo ababeyoba ngabamele baYo enkingeni yokugcina.

One of the prophetic characteristics of those people is that they know how to walk by the light proceeding from the throne. That light is the light of the hidden history of verse forty, which describes in minute detail the religious, political, social and economic dynamics involved in erecting the image of the beast in the United States. The light which is recognized concerning this sacred history is produced through the application of line upon line, from here a little and there a little, and it is the light that describes the history when the persecutions of the past are once again initiated.

Enye yezimpawu zesiprofetho zalabo bantu ingukuthi bayakwazi ukuhamba ngokukhanya okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi. Lokho kukhanya kungukukhanya komlando ofihlekile wevesi lamashumi amane, ochaza ngokuningiliziwe kakhulu izinqubo zenkolo, ezombusazwe, ezomphakathi nezomnotho ezithintekayo ekumisweni komfanekiso wesilo e-United States. Ukukhanya okuqondwa ngokuphathelene nalo mlando ongcwele kuvezwa ngokusetshenziswa komugqa phezu komugqa, lapha kancane nalaphaya kancane, futhi yilokho kukhanya okuchaza umlando ngesikhathi lapho ukushushiswa kwangesikhathi esedlule kuphinde kuqaliswa futhi.

Those who understand the increase of knowledge are the wise, and the increase of knowledge is upon the formation of the image of the beast, and the wise will understand the history of the formation of the image of the beast in the world in advance of the arrival of that history. Jesus, as Alpha and Omega, always illustrates the end of a thing with the beginning of a thing.

Labo abaqonda ukwanda kolwazi bangabahlakaniphileyo, futhi ukwanda kolwazi kumayelana nokubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo; futhi abahlakaniphileyo bayakuqonda kusengaphambili emlandweni womhlaba umlando wokubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo ngaphambi kokufika kwalowo mlando. UJesu, njengo-Alfa no-Omega, uhlala ebonisa ukuphela kwento ngesiqalo sento.

It is worth noting that the passage where Sister White identifies that God’s people will walk in light proceeding from the throne is the conclusion of the first chapter in Testimonies, volume nine. The chapter begins on page eleven, so the chapter begins at nine-eleven and it ends describing the Sunday law. It describes the period where the image of the beast is formed and the one hundred and forty-four thousand are manifested, but only if you have the faith to see that chapter in such a fashion.

Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi indima lapho uDade White ekhomba khona ukuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu bayakuhamba ekukhanyeni okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi iyisiphetho sesahluko sokuqala ku-Testimonies, umqulu wesishiyagalolunye. Isahluko siqala ekhasini lelishumi nanye, ngakho isahluko siqala ku-nine-eleven futhi siphetha ngokuchaza umthetho weSonto. Sichaza isikhathi lapho kwakheka khona umfanekiso wesilo nalapho abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane bebonakaliswa khona, kodwa kuphela uma unokholo lokubona leso sahluko ngaleyo ndlela.

Being the first section of volume nine, it opens with that identification, and employs the title, For the Coming of the King. It is clearly referencing not only the Second Coming of Christ, but also the parable of the ten virgins, for the section title then quotes Paul.

Njengengxenye yokuqala yomqulu wesishiyagalolunye, iqala ngalokho kuhlonzwa, futhi isebenzisa isihloko esithi, Ukuza KweNkosi. Kusobala ukuthi ayibhekiseli kuphela ekuFikeni Kwesibili kukaKristu, kodwa futhi nasemfanekisweni wezintombi eziyishumi, ngokuba isihloko sengxenye bese sicaphuna uPawulu.

> “Section 1—For the Coming of the King

> “Isigaba 1—Mayelana nokuBuya kweNkosi

> “‘Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.’ Hebrews 10:37.”

> “‘Kuseyisikhashana nje, futhi Ozayo uyakufika, angalibali.’ KumaHebheru 10:37.”

The following two verses are left off, but they contribute to the light in the passage.

La mavesi amabili alandelayo ashiywe ngaphandle, kodwa anikela ekukhanyeni kwalesi siqephu.

> For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. Hebrews 10:37–39.

> Ngokuba kuseyisikhashana nje esincane, ozayo uzakufika, angalibali. Manje olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa; kodwa uma umuntu ehlehlela emuva, umphefumulo wami awuyikuthokoza ngaye. Kepha thina asisibo abahlehlela emuva ekubhujisweni; kodwa singabakholelwayo kuze kube ukusindiswa komphefumulo. Hebheru 10:37–39.

Paul was referring to Habakkuk where the faithful wise virgins are contrasted with those who Paul says “draw back unto perdition.” Habakkuk said it this way:

UPawulu wayebhekisela kuHabakuki lapho izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo ezithembekileyo ziqhathaniswa nalabo uPawulu athi “bayahlehla baya ekubhujisweni.” UHabakuki wakusho kanje:

> Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4.

> Bheka, umphefumulo wakhe ozikhukhumezayo awulunge kuye; kodwa olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa kwakhe. Habakkuk 2:4.

Habakkuk’s tarrying time is the tarrying time of the ten virgins, and the chapter of the coming King, in connection with Paul’s words from Hebrews, identifies the perfect fulfillment and application of this chapter in the period of the sealing of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. That period began on September 11, 2001 and ends at the Sunday law, which is Laodicean Adventism’s last crisis, which in the parable of the ten virgins is the manifestation of character at the Sunday law. The last paragraphs of the chapter address the Sunday law, and the chapter begins by addressing September 11, 2001.

Isikhathi sokulibala sikaHabakuki siyisikhathi sokulibala sezintombi eziyishumi, futhi isahluko seNkosi ezayo, sihlobene namazwi kaPawulu avela kumaHeberu, sikhomba ukugcwaliseka okuphelele nokusetshenziswa kwalesi sahluko esikhathini sokubekwa uphawu kwabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane. Leso sikhathi saqala ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, futhi siphela emthethweni weSonto, okuyinhlekelele yokugcina ye-Adventism yaseLaodikeya, okuyinto emzekelisweni wezintombi eziyishumi engukubonakaliswa kwesimilo emthethweni weSonto. Izigaba zokugcina zesahluko zikhuluma ngomthetho weSonto, futhi isahluko siqala ngokukhuluma ngoSepthemba 11, 2001.

> “The Last Crisis

> “Inhlekelele Yokugcina”

> “We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.

> “Siphila esikhathini sokuphela. Izibonakaliso zezikhathi ezigcwaliseka ngokushesha zimemezela ukuthi ukuza kukaKristu sekusondele impela. Izinsuku esiphila kuzo zinesithunzi futhi zibalulekile. UMoya kaNkulunkulu uyasuswa emhlabeni kancane kancane, kodwa ngokuqinisekile. Izinhlupho nezahlulelo sezivele zehlela abadeleli bomusa kaNkulunkulu. Izinhlekelele emhlabeni nasolwandle, isimo somphakathi esingazinzile, nezinsongo zempi, kuyizimpawu ezethusayo. Zibikezela izehlakalo ezisondelayo ezinkulu kakhulu.

> “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.

> “Izikhungo zobubi zihlanganisa amabutho azo futhi ziyaziqinisa ndawonye. Ziyaziqinisa zilungiselela inhlekelele enkulu yokugcina. Izinguquko ezinkulu zizokwenzeka maduze emhlabeni wethu, futhi izinyakazo zokugcina ziyoba ezishesha kakhulu.

> “The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right upon us. The daily papers are full of indications of a terrible conflict in the near future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed of demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. Men have become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails.

> “Isimo sezinto emhlabeni sibonisa ukuthi izikhathi ezinzima ziseduze impela kithi. Amaphephandaba ansuku zonke agcwele izibonakaliso zengxabano esabekayo ezokwenzeka maduze. Ubugebengu obunesibindi bokuphanga buvame ukwenzeka. Iziteleka zivamile. Ukweba nokubulala kwenziwa nxazonke zonke. Abantu abaphethwe amadimoni babulala amadoda, abesifazane, nabantwana abancane. Abantu sebethathekile ngobubi, futhi zonke izinhlobo zobubi ziyabusa.

> “The enemy has succeeded in perverting justice and in filling men’s hearts with the desire for selfish gain. ‘Justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.’ Isaiah 59:14. In the great cities there are multitudes living in poverty and wretchedness, well-nigh destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; while in the same cities are those who have more than heart could wish, who live luxuriously, spending their money on richly furnished houses, on personal adornment, or worse still, upon the gratification of sensual appetites, upon liquor, tobacco, and other things that destroy the powers of the brain, unbalance the mind, and debase the soul. The cries of starving humanity are coming up before God, while by every species of oppression and extortion men are piling up colossal fortunes.

> “Isitha siphumelele ekuphambaniseni ukulunga nasekugcwaliseni izinhliziyo zabantu ngesifiso senzuzo yobugovu. ‘Ukulunga kumi kude, ngokuba iqiniso liwile esitaladini, nobuqotho abunakungena.’ Isaya 59:14. Emizini emikhulu kukhona izixuku eziphila ebumpofwini nasekuhluphekeni, seziseduze kakhulu nokuswela ukudla, indawo yokuhlala, nezingubo; kuyilapho kuleyo mizi efanayo kukhona labo abanokungaphezu kwalokho inhliziyo engakufisa, abaphila ngokunethezeka, bechitha imali yabo ezindlini ezihlotshiswe ngokucebile, ekuhlobiseni imizimba yabo, noma okubi kakhulu, ekwaneliseni izinkanuko zenyama, etshwaleni, kugwayi, nakwezinye izinto ezibhubhisa amandla obuchopho, ziphazamise ingqondo, futhi zehlise umphefumulo. Izikhalo zobuntu obulambayo ziyenyukela phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kuyilapho ngazo zonke izinhlobo zengcindezelo nokuphanga abantu beqongelela ingcebo enkulu ngokwedlulele.”

> “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, lapho ngiseDolobheni laseNew York, ngabizwa ngesikhathi sasebusuku ukuba ngibone izakhiwo ziphakama, isitezi phezu kwesinye, zibheke ezulwini. Lezi zakhiwo zazifakazelwa ukuthi azibanjwa umlilo, futhi zazakhiwe ukuze kukhazinyuliswe abanikazi bazo nabazakhayo. Lezi zakhiwo zaqhubeka zikhuphuka, ziphakama kakhulu ngokwengeziwe, futhi kuzo kwasetshenziswa izinto ezibiza kakhulu. Labo lezi zakhiwo ezazingezabo babengazibuzi bathi: ‘Singamkhazimulisa kanjani uNkulunkulu ngendlela engcono 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 ngathi: ‘Maye, sengathi labo abatshala izimali zabo ngale ndlela bangabona inkambo yabo ngendlela uNkulunkulu ayibona ngayo! Baqongelela izakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu, kodwa yeka ubuwula emehlweni oMbusi wendawo yonke ukuhlela nokusungula kwabo. Abafundi ngawo wonke amandla enhliziyo nengqondo ukuthi bangamkhazimulisa kanjani uNkulunkulu. Sebelahlekelwe ukubona lokhu, okuwumsebenzi wokuqala womuntu.’”

> “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.

> “Njengoba lezi zakhiwo eziphakeme zazakhiwa, abanikazi bazo bajabula ngokuziqhenya okunokufisa okukhulu, ngokuthi babenemali yokuyisebenzisela ukwanelisa ubuwena nokuvusa umona kubomakhelwane babo. Iningi lemali abayitshalayo ngaleyo ndlela lalitholakale ngokucindezela, ngokuhlukumeza abampofu. Bakhohlwa ukuthi ezulwini kugcinwa umbiko wawo wonke umsebenzi webhizinisi; konke ukuthengiselana okungalungile, sonke isenzo sobuqili, kulotshiwe lapho. Isikhathi siyeza lapho, ngobuqili babo nangokweyisa kwabo, abantu beyofinyelela ezingeni iNkosi engayikubavumela ukuba balidlule, futhi bayofunda ukuthi kukhona umkhawulo ekubekezeleni kukaJehova.”

> “The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings and said: ‘They are perfectly safe.’ But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines.

> “Isigameko esalandela ukudlula phambi kwami sasiyisexwayiso somlilo. Abantu babheka izakhiwo eziphakeme nezazicatshangwa ukuthi azingeni umlilo, bathi: ‘Ziphephe ngokuphelele.’ Kodwa lezi zakhiwo zashiswa zaba ngumlotha sengathi zenziwe ngenhlaka. Izinjini zomlilo azikwazanga ukwenza lutho ukuvimba ukubhujiswa. Izicishamlilo azizange zikwazi ukusebenza ngezinjini.”

> “I am instructed that when the Lord’s time comes, should no change have taken place in the hearts of proud, ambitious human beings, men will find that the hand that had been strong to save will be strong to destroy. No earthly power can stay the hand of God. No material can be used in the erection of buildings that will preserve them from destruction when God’s appointed time comes to send retribution on men for their disregard of His law and for their selfish ambition.

> “Ngiyalelwa ukuthi lapho kufika isikhathi seNkosi, uma kungabanga khona ukuguquka ezinhliziyweni zabantu abazidlayo nabafisa udumo, abantu bayothola ukuthi isandla ebesinamandla okusindisa siyoba namandla okubhubhisa. Awekho amandla asemhlabeni angavimba isandla sikaNkulunkulu. Akukho nto engasetshenziswa ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo ezoyigcina ekubhujisweni lapho kufika isikhathi esimisiwe sikaNkulunkulu sokuthumela impindiselo phezu kwabantu ngenxa yokungawunaki kwabo umthetho waKhe nangenxa yokuzifunela kwabo ngomhobholo wobugovu.

> “There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God’s word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them.

> “Ababaningi, ngisho naphakathi kwabafundisi nabaholi bezwe, abaziqondi izimbangela ezisemsukeni wesimo samanje somphakathi. Labo abaphethe izintambo zombuso abakwazi ukuxazulula inkinga yokonakala kokuziphatha, ubumpofu, ukuswela okukhulu, nobugebengu obandayo. Bazabalaza ngeze ukubeka ukusebenza kwamabhizinisi esisekelweni esiqine kakhudlwana. Ukuba abantu bebengalalela ngokukhulu ukunaka imfundiso yezwi likaNkulunkulu, bebeyothola isixazululo sezinkinga ezibadidayo.”

> “The Scriptures describe the condition of the world just before Christ’s second coming. Of the men who by robbery and extortion are amassing great riches, it is written: ‘Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.’ James 5:3–6.

> “ImiBhalo ichaza isimo somhlaba ngaphambi nje kokubuya kwesibili kukaKristu. Ngabantu abathi ngokuphanga nangokucindezela baqoqe ingcebo enkulu, kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Niziqongelele ingcebo yezinsuku zokugcina. Bhekani, umvuzo wabasebenzi abavune amasimu enu, eniwugodlile ngenkohliso, uyakhala; nokukhala kwabavunayo kungene ezindlebeni zeNkosi uSabaoth. Niphile ngokuzitika emhlabeni, naba ngabangazithibi; nondlise izinhliziyo zenu njengangosuku lokuhlatshwa. Nimgwebile nambulala olungileyo; yena akaninqabeli.’ Jakobe 5:3–6.”

> “But who reads the warnings given by the fast-fulfilling signs of the times? What impression is made upon worldlings? What change is seen in their attitude? No more than was seen in the attitude of the inhabitants of the Noachian world. Absorbed in worldly business and pleasure, the antediluvians ‘knew not until the Flood came, and took them all away.’ Matthew 24:39. They had heaven-sent warnings, but they refused to listen. And today the world, utterly regardless of the warning voice of God, is hurrying on to eternal ruin.

> “Kodwa ubani ofunda izixwayiso ezinikezwa yizibonakaliso zezikhathi ezigcwaliseka ngokushesha na? Yimuphi umqondo owenziwa kubantu bezwe na? Yiluphi ushintsho olubonakala esimweni sabo sengqondo na? Alukho olwedlula olwabonakala esimweni sengqondo sabakhileyo emhlabeni wangesikhathi sikaNowa. Bemunceke emisebenzini yezwe nasekujabuleleni kwalo, abantu bangaphambi kukazamcolo ‘abazi kwaze kwafika uzamcolo, wabakhukhula bonke.’ Mathewu 24:39. Babenazo izixwayiso ezivela ezulwini, kodwa benqaba ukulalela. Futhi namuhla izwe, linganakile neze izwi likaNkulunkulu elixwayisayo, liphuthuma encithakalweni yaphakade.”

> “The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecy of the eleventh chapter of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place.

> “Izwe liyanyakaziswa ngumoya wempi. Isiprofetho sesahluko seshumi nanye sikaDaniyeli sesicishe safinyelela ekugcwalisekeni kwaso okuphelele. Maduze izigcawu zosizi ezikhulunywe ngazo eziprofethweni zizokwenzeka.

> “‘“Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof…. Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate…. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.’ Isaiah 24:1–8.

> “‘“Bhekani, uJehova uyalenza ize izwe, alichithe, aliphendukise libheke phansi, ahlakaze abakhileyo kulo.... Ngokuba beqe imithetho, baguqula isimiso, bephula isivumelwano esiphakade. Ngalokho isiqalekiso siqede izwe, nabahlala kulo bashiywe beyincithakalo.... Ukuthokoza kwamagubu kuyaphela, umsindo wabajabulayo uyaphela, intokozo yehabhu iyaphela.’ U-Isaya 24:1–8.

> “‘Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come…. The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down, for the corn is withered. How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.’ ‘The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.” Joel 1:15–18, 12.

> “‘Maye ngalolo suku! ngokuba usuku lweNkosi luseduze, futhi luyakufika njengokubhujiswa okuvela kuSomandla…. Imbewu ibolile ngaphansi kwamagade ayo, izinqolobane zibhujisiwe, izibuya zidilizelwe phansi, ngokuba amabele omile. Yeka ukububula kwezilwane! imihlambi yezinkomo ididekile, ngokuba ayinadlelo; yebo, nemihlambi yezimvu yenziwe incithakalo.’ ‘Umvini womile, nomkhiwane uyaphela amandla; nomrhanati, nesundu futhi, nom-apula, yebo, yonke imithi yasendle yomile; ngokuba injabulo yomile yasuka kubantwana babantu.” Joweli 1:15–18, 12.

> “‘I am pained at my very heart; … I cannot hold my peace, because thou has heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled.’ Jeremiah 4:19, 20.

> “‘Inhliziyo yami ibuhlungu kakhulu; … anginakuthula, ngoba wena uzwile, mphefumulo wami, ukukhala kwecilongo, isixwayiso sempi. Ukubhujiswa phezu kokubhujiswa kumenyezelwa; ngoba izwe lonke lichithiwe.’ Jeremiya 4:19, 20.

> “‘I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down.’ Verses 23–26.

> “‘Ngabuka umhlaba, futhi, bheka, wawuyisiphithiphithi ungenalutho; namazulu, futhi ayengenakho ukukhanya. Ngabuka izintaba, futhi, bheka, zazamazama, nawo wonke amagquma anyakaziswa kalula. Ngabuka, futhi, bheka, kwakungekho muntu, nazo zonke izinyoni zamazulu zazibalekile. Ngabuka, futhi, bheka, indawo ethelayo yayiyihlane, nayo yonke imizi yakhona yayibhidliziwe.’ Amavesi 23–26.

> “‘“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:7.

> “‘“Maye! ngokuba lolo suku lukhulu, kangangokuthi alukho olufana nalo; yisikhathi sokuhlupheka kukaJakobe; kodwa uyakusindiswa kuso.” Jeremiya 30:7.

> “Not all in this world have taken sides with the enemy against God. Not all have become disloyal. There are a faithful few who are true to God; for John writes: ‘Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.’ Revelation 14:12. Soon the battle will be waged fiercely between those who serve God and those who serve Him not. Soon everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that those things that cannot be shaken may remain.

> “Akusibo bonke kulomhlaba abaye bathatha uhlangothi nesitha ngokumelene noNkulunkulu. Akusibo bonke asebeyizihlubuki. Kukhona abayingcosana abathembekile abaqotho kuNkulunkulu; ngokuba uJohane uyabhala: ‘Nampa abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, nokukholwa kukaJesu.’ IsAmbulo 14:12. Maduzane impi iyolwiwa ngobudlova phakathi kwalabo abakhonza uNkulunkulu nalabo abangamkhonzi. Maduzane konke okungazanyazanyiswa kuyakuzanyazanyiswa, ukuze lezo zinto ezingenakuzanyazanyiswa zihlale zimi.”

> “Satan is a diligent Bible student. He knows that his time is short, and he seeks at every point to counterwork the work of the Lord upon this earth. It is impossible to give any idea of the experience of the people of God who shall be alive upon the earth when celestial glory and a repetition of the persecutions of the past are blended. They will walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. By means of the angels there will be constant communication between heaven and earth. And Satan, surrounded by evil angels, and claiming to be God, will work miracles of all kinds, to deceive, if possible, the very elect. God’s people will not find their safety in working miracles, for Satan will counterfeit the miracles that will be wrought. God’s tried and tested people will find their power in the sign spoken of in Exodus 31:12–18. They are to take their stand on the living word: ‘It is written.’ This is the only foundation upon which they can stand securely. Those who have broken their covenant with God will in that day be without God and without hope.

> “USathane ungumfundi weBhayibheli okhuthele. Uyazi ukuthi isikhathi sakhe sifushane, futhi ufisa ngazo zonke izindlela ukuphikisa umsebenzi weNkosi kulo mhlaba. Akunakwenzeka ukunikeza noma yimuphi umqondo wokuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu abayobe besaphila emhlabeni lapho inkazimulo yasezulwini nokuphindwa kwezinhlupheko zokushushiswa zakudala kuhlanganiswa. Bayohamba ekukhanyeni okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu. Ngamazwi ezingelosi kuyoba khona ukuxhumana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba. Futhi uSathane, ezungezwe yizingelosi ezimbi, ezibiza ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu, uyokwenza izimangaliso zazo zonke izinhlobo, ukuze, uma kungenzeka, adukise nabakhethiweyo uqobo. Abantu bakaNkulunkulu abayikuthola ukuphepha kwabo ekwenzeni izimangaliso, ngoba uSathane uyokopisha izimangaliso eziyokwenziwa. Abantu bakaNkulunkulu abaye bavivinywa bahlolwa bayothola amandla abo esibonakalisweni okukhulunywe ngaso ku-Eksodusi 31:12–18. Kumelwe bathathe ukuma kwabo phezu kwezwi eliphilayo: ‘Kulotshiwe.’ Lesi yiso kuphela isisekelo abangama ngaso ngokuphepha. Labo abephule isivumelwano sabo noNkulunkulu ngalolo suku bayokuba ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu futhi bengenathemba.

> “The worshipers of God will be especially distinguished by their regard for the fourth commandment, since this is the sign of God’s creative power and the witness to His claim upon man’s reverence and homage. The wicked will be distinguished by their efforts to tear down the Creator’s memorial and to exalt the institution of Rome. In the issue of the conflict all Christendom will be divided into two great classes, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and those who worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark. Although church and state will unite their power to compel all, ‘both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,’ to receive the mark of the beast, yet the people of God will not receive it. Revelation 13:16. The prophet of Patmos beholds ‘them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God,’ and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb. Revelation 15:2.

> “Abakhulekeli bakaNkulunkulu bayokhetheka ngokukhethekile ngokuhlonipha kwabo umyalo wesine, ngoba lokhu kuwuphawu lwamandla kaNkulunkulu okudala, futhi kuwubufakazi besimangalo saKhe phezu komuntu sokuthi amhloniphe futhi amdumise. Ababi bayokhetheka ngemizamo yabo yokudiliza isikhumbuzo soMdali nokuphakamisa isikhungo saseRoma. Endabeni yale mpikiswano, lonke elobuKristu liyohlukaniswa libe yizigaba ezimbili ezinkulu, labo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu nokukholwa kukaJesu, nalabo abakhonza isilo nomfanekiso waso, bamukele uphawu lwaso. Nakuba ibandla nombuso beyohlanganisa amandla abo ukuphoqa bonke, ‘abancane nabakhulu, abacebileyo nabampofu, abakhululekileyo nezigqila,’ ukuba bamukele uphawu lwesilo, nokho abantu bakaNkulunkulu abayikulwamukela. IsAmbulo 13:16. Umprofethi wasePatmose ubona ‘labo ababenqobile isilo, nomfanekiso waso, nophawu lwaso, nenani legama laso, bemi phezu kolwandle lwengilazi, bephethe amahabhu kaNkulunkulu,’ behlabela ingoma kaMose neyeWundlu. IsAmbulo 15:2.”

> “Fearful tests and trials await the people of God. The spirit of war is stirring the nations from one end of the earth to the other. But in the midst of the time of trouble that is coming,—a time of trouble such as has not been since there was a nation,—God’s chosen people will stand unmoved. Satan and his host cannot destroy them, for angels that excel in strength will protect them.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11–17.

> “Izivivinyo nezilingo ezesabekayo zilindele abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Umoya wempi uvusa izizwe kusukela komunye umkhawulo womhlaba kuze kube komunye. Kodwa phakathi nesikhathi sokuhlupheka esizayo,—isikhathi sokuhlupheka esinjengaleso esingakaze sibe khona selokhu kwaba khona isizwe,—abantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiweyo bayokuma benganyakaziswa. USathane nebutho lakhe abanakubabhubhisa, ngokuba izingelosi ezinamandla amakhulu ziyobavikela.” Testimonies, volume 9, 11–17.

The one hundred and forty-four thousand, who are “God’s tried and tested people” His “chosen people” “will stand unmoved” when “the persecutions of the past” are repeated. The light they will “walk in” is the light of the message of the seventh seal, which is the midnight cry, which is the light identifying the formation of the image of the beast.

Izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane, ezingabantu bakaNkulunkulu “abahloliwe nabavivinyiwe,” abantu baKhe “abakhethiweyo,” “ziyokuma zinganyakazi” lapho “ukuhlushwa kwesikhathi esedlule” kuphindwa. Ukukhanya eziyohamba “kukho” kungukukhanya komlayezo wophawu lwesikhombisa, okuyisililo saphakathi kobusuku, okuwukukhanya okukhomba ukwakheka komfanekiso wesilo.

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