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# The Hidden History of Verse Forty - Number Eleven

Umlando Ofihlekile Wevesi Lamashumi Amane - Inombolo Yeshumi nanye

Number Eleven

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Jeff Pippenger

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May 21, 2026

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The book of Joel is perhaps the most direct revelation of the latter rain in the Scriptures, and Joel opens up by first referencing the four generations of apostasy accomplished by the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church. Those four generations of escalating destruction represented in Joel’s opening verses align with the four escalating abominations of Ezekiel chapter eight. 1863 unto 1888 represents the first generation, and it represents the rejection of the foundational message of the Millerites as represented upon the 1843 and 1850 pioneer charts, represented in Habakkuk chapter two, and that symbolize the covenant as represented by the two tables of the Ten Commandments.

Incwadi kaJoweli mhlawumbe iyisambulo esiqonde kakhulu semvula yokugcina emiBhalweni, futhi uJoweli uvula ngokubhekisa kuqala ezizukulwaneni ezine zokuhlubuka ezafezwa yibandla labaSeventh-day Adventist baseLawodikiya. Lezo zizukulwane ezine zembubhiso eyandayo ezimelelwe emavesini okuqala kaJoweli zihambisana nezinengiso ezine ezandayo zikaHezekeli esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili. U-1863 kuya ku-1888 umele isizukulwane sokuqala, futhi simele ukwenqatshwa kombiko oyisisekelo wamaMillerite njengoba umelwe emashadini amaphayona ka-1843 noka-1850, omelwe kuHabakuki isahluko sesibili, futhi afanekisela isivumelwano njengoba simelwe ngamatshe amabili eMiyalo Eyishumi.

1888 to 1919 represent the generation that rejected the experience of righteousness by faith, that produces an experience represented by the church of Philadelphia. In the first generation the rebellion focused upon the work of leadership represented by William Miller, and in the second generation of 1888 the leadership of the Spirit of Prophecy was rebelled against. The third generation of 1919 began with William Warren Prescott’s book, The Doctrine of Christ and ended with the book, Questions on Doctrine in 1957. That third generation was the generation of compromise with the world as Adventism sought the accreditation of the medical practices of the American Medical Association, and the accreditation of their colleges by the academic scholars of apostate Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

1888 kuya ku-1919 kumela isizukulwane esenqaba ulwazi lokulunga ngokukholwa, olukhiqiza ulwazi olumelwe yibandla laseFiladelfiya. Esizukulwaneni sokuqala ukuhlubuka kwakugxile emsebenzini wobuholi obumelwe nguWilliam Miller, kanti esizukulwaneni sesibili sango-1888 ubuholi boMoya Wesiprofetho bahlubukwa. Isizukulwane sesithathu sango-1919 saqala ngencwadi kaWilliam Warren Prescott ethi, The Doctrine of Christ, sase siphetha ngencwadi ethi, Questions on Doctrine ngo-1957. Leso sizukulwane sesithathu sasiyisizukulwane sokuyekethisa nezwe njengoba ubu-Adventist babufuna ukuqinisekiswa kwemikhuba yabo yezokwelapha yi-American Medical Association, kanye nokuqinisekiswa kwamakolishi abo yizifundiswa zezemfundo zobuProthestani obuhlubukile kanye neRoma Katolika.

In the third generation the educational counsel from the pen of Ellen White was rejected and replaced with the false educational practices of the world as represented by the educational philosophy of Greece. Greek education is represented by the goddess Athena who is enshrined in the duplicate Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Esizukulwaneni sesithathu, iseluleko semfundo esivela embhalweni ka-Ellen White salahlwa, sathathelwa indawo yizindlela zemfundo zamanga zezwe, njengoba zimelelwa yifilosofi yemfundo yaseGrisi. Imfundo yaseGrisi imelelwa unkulunkulukazi u-Athena, ogcinwe ethempelini eliyisifaniso esiphindwe kabili seParthenon eNashville, Tennessee.

True education was exemplified in the Bible with the schools of the prophets associated with the prophet Elisha. The Maccabean revolt of 167 BC and onward to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, was in large part a protest against the inroads of Greek education into the culture and nation of the ancient literal glorious land. The protest of the Maccabees was a revolt against Greek influence at every level, but the educational influence of Greece was so pervasive in the history and the motivations of the Maccabean zealots that it cannot be separated from the reality that Greek education was perhaps the largest factor associated with the Jewish rejection of Jesus Christ as their Messiah. Books have been written identifying the negative influence of Greek education upon the Jews and false educations contribution to the Jewish rejection and crucifixion of Christ.

Imfundo yeqiniso yabonakaliswa eBhayibhelini ngezikole zabaprofethi ezazihlotshaniswa nomprofethi u-Elisha. Ukuvukela kwamaMakkabi ngowe-167 BC kuqhubeke kwaze kwaba sekubhujisweni kweJerusalema ngowe-70 AD, kwakuyingxenye enkulu yokuphikisa ukungenela kwemfundo yamaGreki esikweni nasesizweni sezwe lasendulo elingokoqobo lenkazimulo. Ukuphikisa kwamaMakkabi kwakuwukuvukela ithonya lamaGreki kuwo wonke amazinga, kodwa ithonya lemfundo yamaGreki lalingene ngokujulile kangangokuthi emlandweni nasezinhlosweni zabashisekeli bamaMakkabi alinakwehlukaniswa neqiniso lokuthi imfundo yamaGreki mhlawumbe yayiyisici esikhulu kunazo zonke esihlotshaniswa nokwenqatshwa kwamaJuda kukaJesu Kristu njengoMesiya wawo. Sekubhaliwe izincwadi ezikhomba ithonya elibi lemfundo yamaGreki phezu kwamaJuda kanye negalelo lemfundo yamanga ekwenqatshweni nasekubethelweni kukaKristu ngamaJuda.

The Maccabean revolt aligns with the revolt of 1776 in the modern spiritual glorious land. There are currently over 4,000 registered universities in the United States that are built upon the philosophy of Greek and Jesuit educational practices. The anarchy and lawlessness of the past ten-plus years can be directly traced to the so-called educational centers in the United States that for decades have been indoctrinating students who were already conditioned by media and entertainment sources to accept the globalist philosophies derived from the satanic philosophies of the French Revolution period. The students of today’s universities were already conditioned into accepting the lifestyle represented by Sodom and Gomorrah before they entered the educational centers designed to attack white people, Christians and true American history. A citizen of the United States today who wishes to understand the constant two-tiered system of justice that fulfills the justice and truth being cast into the streets as identified in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy, must understand that the current circumstances are being produced by a purposeful designed attack that is indoctrinated from the earliest years of life by a educational system designed to bring mankind under the control of elitist globalists–the dragon power!

Ukuvukela kwamaMakhabhi kuhambisana nokuvukela kwango-1776 ezweni lanamuhla elingokomoya lenkazimulo. Njengamanje kunezikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ezingaphezu kuka-4,000 ezibhalisiwe e-United States ezakhiwe phezu kwefilosofi yamasiko emfundo yamaGreki neyamaJesuit. Isiphithiphithi nokungabi namthetho kweminyaka eyishumi nengaphezulu edlule kungalandelwa ngokuqondile kuze kufike kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi yizikhungo zemfundo e-United States, ebeziyiminyaka engamashumi zifundisa ngokugxilisa imibono kubafundi ababesevele belungiselelwe yimithombo yezindaba neyokuzijabulisa ukuba bamukele amafilosofi omhlaba wonke asuselwa emafilosofini kaSathane enkathi yeNguquko yaseFrance. Abafundi basemanyuvesi anamuhla base bevele balungiselelwa ukwamukela indlela yokuphila emelwe yiSodoma neGomora ngaphambi kokuba bangene kulezo zikhungo zemfundo ezakhelwe ukuhlasela abamhlophe, amaKristu, nomlando weqiniso waseMelika. Isakhamuzi sase-United States namuhla esifisa ukuqonda uhlelo olungapheli lwezinga elimbili lobulungisa olugcwalisa ukulahlwa kobulungisa neqiniso emigwaqweni njengoba kuchazwe eBhayibhelini naseMoyeni Wokuprofetha, kufanele siqonde ukuthi izimo zamanje zikhiqizwa ukuhlasela okwaklanywa ngenhloso, okufakelwa kubantu kusukela eminyakeni yokuqala yokuphila ngohlelo lwemfundo olwenzelwe ukuletha isintu ngaphansi kokulawulwa ngabomhlaba abaphakeme bomhlaba wonke—amandla kadrako!

There are five major themes in the writings of Ellen White; education, health reform, Christian living, The Great Controversy theme and practical godliness. Education is one of five major themes in the Spirit of Prophecy, and Ellen White was as much a biblical prophet as every prophet noted in God’s Word. Among other things, this means her life is an example of and for the one hundred and forty-four thousand. Before anyone thinks that Christ alone is to be our example; Paul states:

Kunezindikimba ezinhlanu ezinkulu emibhalweni ka-Ellen White: imfundo, uguquko lwezempilo, ukuphila kobuKristu, indikimba yeMpikiswano Enkulu, kanye nokumesaba uNkulunkulu okusebenzayo. Imfundo ingenye yezindikimba ezinhlanu ezinkulu eMoyeni Wesiprofetho, futhi u-Ellen White wayengumprofethi weBhayibheli ngokulingana nabo bonke abaprofethi abashiwo eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, lokhu kusho ukuthi ukuphila kwakhe kuyisibonelo salabo abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane. Ngaphambi kokuba noma ubani acabange ukuthi uKristu yedwa okufanele abe yisibonelo sethu; uPawulu uyasho:

> For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 1 Corinthians 4:15, 16.

> Ngokuba noma ninabayali abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi kuKristu, nokho aninaboyise abaningi; ngokuba kuKristu Jesu nganizala ngevangeli. Ngakho-ke ngiyanincenga ukuba nibe ngabalingisi bami. 1 Korinte 4:15, 16.

As a prophet Ellen White is an example. There was only one time that Ellen White accepted the role as a board member, and that time was with the formation of a college that embraced the principles of true education as set forth as one of the five major themes of her ministry. That college in Madison, Tennessee is located within the metropolitan district of Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did she agree to be on the founding board of Madison college from 1904 until a year before her death in 1915, she was instrumental in selecting the land where the college was established. Nashville is the center of the Greek educational system that helped to prevent the Jews from accepting their Messiah in the history of the Maccabees, who typify the apostate Protestantism of the times in which we now live. The line of the Maccabees is firmly set forth in the hidden history of verse forty, representing the apostate Protestantism that has now been fully indoctrinated with the very same, (though a modern version) destructive fruits of Greek education.

Njengomprofethi, u-Ellen White uyisibonelo. Kube khona isikhathi esisodwa kuphela lapho u-Ellen White amukela khona indima yokuba yilungu lebhodi, futhi leso sikhathi sasihambisana nokusungulwa kwekolishi elamukela izimiso zemfundo yeqiniso njengoba zibekiwe njengenye yezindikimba ezinhlanu ezinkulu zenkonzo yakhe. Lelo kolishi eliseMadison, eTennessee, lisendaweni enkulu yedolobha laseNashville, eTennessee. Akukhona kuphela ukuthi wavuma ukuba sebhodini lokusungula iMadison College kusukela ngo-1904 kwaze kwaba unyaka owodwa ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe ngo-1915, kodwa waba nendima ebalulekile ekukhetheni umhlaba lapho lelo kolishi lasungulwa khona. INashville iyisikhungo sohlelo lwemfundo lwamaGreki olwabasiza ekuvimbeleni amaJuda ekwamukeleni uMesiya wawo emlandweni wamaMaccabee, amele ubuProthestani obuhlubukile bezikhathi esiphila kuzo manje. Uhla lwamaMaccabee lubekwe ngokuqinile emlandweni ofihlekile wevesi lamashumi amane, lumelele ubuProthestani obuhlubukile manje osebufundiswe ngokuphelele zona kanye lezo, (nakuba kuyinguqulo yesimanje) izithelo ezibhubhisayo zemfundo yamaGreki.

In the third generation of Adventism, the leadership that had rejected the Spirit of Prophecy in 1888, chose to turn their educational system over to the accreditation structure of the world. Nashville represents the symbolic center of both true and false education. The prophet selected the same city that the world selected to enshrine Greek education, for unlike Greek education that is based upon separating truth into isolated subjects to destroy the whole. True education is the foundational basis of Sister White’s other four primary themes of health reform, practical godliness, Christian living, and especially the theme of The Great Controversy.

Esizukulwaneni sesithathu sobu-Adventist, ubuholi obabenqabe uMoya Wesiprofetho ngo-1888, bakhetha ukunikela uhlelo lwabo lwemfundo esakhiweni sokugunyazwa sezwe. INashville imele isikhungo esiyisibonakaliso semfundo eyiqiniso kanye nemfundo yamanga. Umprofethi wakhetha wona lowo muzi owakhethwa yizwe ukuba ugcine futhi uphakamise imfundo yamaGreki; ngokuba, ngokungafani nemfundo yamaGreki esekelwe ekuhlukaniseni iqiniso libe yizifundo ezizimele ukuze kubhujiswe okuphelele, imfundo eyiqiniso iyisisekelo esiyinhloko sezinye izingqikithi ezine eziyinhloko zikaDadewethu uWhite, ezokulungiswa kwempilo, ubuNkulunkulu obusebenzayo, ukuphila kobuKristu, futhi ikakhulukazi ingqikithi ethi The Great Controversy.

Jesus always illustrates the end with the beginning, and the test in the Garden of Eden illustrates the test the world is now being confronted with. The test at the end is the same as every biblical test, for God never changes. A biblical test is a three-step testing process that produces two classes that are manifested at the end of the testing process. The first angel expresses the three steps as fearing God, giving Him glory, for the hour of the litmus test of judgment is come. The first step was the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Lacking the necessary fear of God, Eve failed the test of the tree and ate the fruit represented as both good and evil. Adam’s fear of God did not prevent him from entering into the rebellion of the tree, and judgment was brought upon them both, as they manifested a life without the abiding presence of Divinity.

UJesu uhlale efanekisa ukuphela ngesiqalo, futhi uvivinyo ensimini yase-Edene lufanekisa uvivinyo umhlaba obhekene nalo manje. Uvivinyo ekugcineni luyafana nalo lonke uvivinyo lweBhayibheli, ngokuba uNkulunkulu akaguquki nanini. Uvivinyo lweBhayibheli luyinqubo yokuvivinya enezinyathelo ezintathu eveza izigaba ezimbili ezibonakaliswa ekupheleni kwenqubo yokuvivinya. Ingelosi yokuqala iveza lezi zinyathelo ezintathu njengokwesaba uNkulunkulu, ukumnika inkazimulo, ngokuba ihora lovivinyo oluyisivivinyo esiqondisayo lokwahlulela selifikile. Isinyathelo sokuqala kwakungumyalo wokuba bangadli emthini wokwazi okuhle nokubi. Ngokuntula ukwesaba uNkulunkulu okudingekayo, u-Eva wehluleka uvivinyo lomuthi, wadla isithelo esasimelwe njengokuhle nokubi kokubili. Ukwesaba kuka-Adamu uNkulunkulu akuzange kumvimbe ukuba angene ekuvukeleni komuthi, futhi ukwahlulelwa kwehlelwa bobabili, njengoba babonakalisa ukuphila ngaphandle kobukhona obuhlalayo boBunkulunkulu.

The test of the last days begins with a warning to eat the increase of knowledge that is unsealed in the revelation of Jesus Christ just before mankind’s probation comes to its end. Whether with Adventism or those outside of Adventism, the test is based upon the reception of, or the rejection of the increase of “knowledge” that is unsealed in our time. That test of knowledge is represented by the Garden’s tree of testing, that represents knowledge of either good or evil. True education was located and symbolized in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904, and false education was located and symbolized in Nashville in 1897, then re-built as a permanent structure in 1920. In the life of the prophetess true education was enshrined in Nashville, and false education was also enshrined. After her death in 1915 false education was restored in the second and permanent construction of the Parthenon temple, and true education was rejected through compromise with the world by the leadership of the Laodicean Seventh-day Adventist church.

Uvivinyo lwezinsuku zokugcina luqala ngesixwayiso sokuba kudliwe ukwanda kolwazi oluvulwe uphawu ekwambulweni kukaJesu Kristu ngaphambi nje kokuba isikhathi sokuvivinywa kwesintu sifike ekupheleni kwaso. Kungaba phakathi kwe-Adventism noma kulabo abangaphandle kwe-Adventism, uvivinyo lusekelwe ekwamukelweni, noma ekwenqatshweni, kokwanda “kolwazi” oluvulwe uphawu esikhathini sethu. Lolo vivinyo lolwazi lumelwe ngumuthi wokuvivinya wensimu, omelela ulwazi lokuhle noma olubi. Imfundo yeqiniso yabekwa futhi yafanekiselwa eNashville, eTennessee, ngo-1904, kanti imfundo yamanga yabekwa futhi yafanekiselwa eNashville ngo-1897, yase iphinde yakhiwa njengesakhiwo esihlala njalo ngo-1920. Empilweni yomprofethikazi imfundo yeqiniso yagcinwa ngobungcwele eNashville, futhi nemfundo yamanga nayo yagcinwa ngobungcwele. Emva kokufa kwakhe ngo-1915 imfundo yamanga yabuyiselwa ekwakhiweni kwesibili nokuhlala njalo kwethempeli laseParthenon, kanti imfundo yeqiniso yenqatshwa ngokuyekethisa nezwe ngabaholi bebandla laseLawodisiya lamaSeventh-day Adventist.

Nashville’s nickname, the “Athens of the South”, influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals. However, the Parthenon was the only one that was an exact reproduction. Today’s Nashville, Tennessee, is famous for its music, but before there was the Johnny Cash Museum, Nashville was famous for its education, not singing.

Isidlaliso saseNashville esithi, i-“Athens of the South”, saba nomthelela ekukhethweni kwalesi sakhiwo njengengqikithi yoMbukiso we-Centennial ka-1897. Inqwaba yezakhiwo kulo mbukiso yayisekelwe ezakhiweni zasendulo zangempela. Nokho, iParthenon kwakuyiyo yodwa eyayiyikophi eqondile ngokuphelele. INashville yanamuhla, eTennessee, idume ngomculo wayo, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba kube khona iJohnny Cash Museum, iNashville yayidume ngemfundo yayo, hhayi ngokucula.

By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system. By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors. At the time, Nashville was known to be one of the most refined and educated cities of the south, filled with wealth and culture.

Ngeminyaka yawo-1850, iNashville yayisivele yazuza isidlaliso esithi “i-Athene yaseNingizimu” ngenxa yokuba yayisungule izikhungo eziningi zemfundo ephakeme; futhi yaba idolobha lokuqala laseNingizimu Melika ukusungula uhlelo lwezikole zomphakathi. Ekupheleni kwalelo khulu leminyaka, iNashville yayizobona iFisk University, iSt. Cecilia Academy, iMontgomery Bell Academy, iMeharry Medical College, iBelmont University, kanye neVanderbilt University konke kuvulela iminyango yazo. Ngaleso sikhathi, iNashville yayaziwa njengelinye lamadolobha aseNingizimu acwengeke kakhulu futhi afundile kakhulu, eligcwele ingcebo namasiko.

The mystery of iniquity is both a noun and a verb in the inspired Word. Inspiration identifies Satan, and the pope, who Sister White calls Satan’s “right hand man,” as the mystery of iniquity. Yet the “mystery of iniquity” also describes the amalgamation of truth and error. Joel’s four generations of apostasy aligns with Ezekiel chapter eight’s four escalating abominations. Those two witnesses align with the first four churches of Revelation, and the third church is represented by Constantine’s compromise of Christianity combined with paganism. Those first four churches align with the history of ancient Israel, that symbolizes modern Israel’s history.

Imfihlakalo yobubi iyisibizo futhi iyisenzo eZwini eliphefumulelwe. Ukuphefumulelwa kukhomba uSathane, kanye nopapa, uDade White ambiza ngokuthi “indoda yesandla sokunene” sikaSathane, njengemfihlakalo yobubi. Nokho “imfihlakalo yobubi” ibuye ichaze ukuhlangana kweqiniso nephutha. Izizukulwane ezine zokuhlubuka zikaJoweli zihambisana nezinyanyeko ezine ezanda ngobubi esahlukweni sesishiyagalombili sikaHezekeli. Labo fakazi ababili bahambisana namabandla amane okuqala eSambulo, futhi ibandla lesithathu limelelwa ukuyekethisa kukaConstantine ubuKristu obuhlanganiswe nobuhedeni. Lawo mabandla amane okuqala ahambisana nomlando ka-Israyeli wasendulo, ofanekisela umlando ka-Israyeli wanamuhla.

In the third generation of ancient Israel, the kings of Israel formed alliances with the other nations that were never to be brought into alliance with God’s people. The parallel of ancient literal Israel and the Christian church as set forth in the book of Revelation is a prophetic subject set forth clearly in the study titled, Habakkuk’s Tables. Joel aligns the fourth and final generation who are “cut off” from being God’s chosen covenant people with the twenty-five elders who are bowing to the sun in Ezekiel’s four escalating abominations. That fourth generation where Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism is cut off as they bow to the sun at the Sunday law, aligns with the fourth church of Thyatira that symbolizes the reign of the papacy at either 538 or the soon-coming Sunday law. The third church of Pergamos represents “compromise” whether ancient Israel aligning with pagan kingdoms, or Constantine combining paganism with Christianity, and those two witnesses address the third generation of the earth beast of Revelation thirteen.

Esizukulwaneni sesithathu sakwa-Israyeli wasendulo, amakhosi akwa-Israyeli enza izivumelwano nezinye izizwe okwakungafanele neze zilethwe ebudlelwaneni besivumelwano nabantu bakaNkulunkulu. Ukuhambisana kuka-Israyeli wasendulo ongokoqobo nebandla lobuKristu njengoba kubekwe encwadini yeSambulo kuyisihloko sesiprofetho esibekwe ngokucacile esifundweni esinesihloko esithi, Habakkuk’s Tables. UJoweli uhlanganisa isizukulwane sesine nesokugcina “esinqunywayo” ekubeni ngabantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiweyo besivumelwano namalunga angamashumi amabili nanhlanu aguqela ilanga ezinyanyisweni ezine zikaHezekeli ezikhulayo. Leso sizukulwane sesine lapho ubu-Adventisti boSuku lwesiKhombisa baseLawodikeya bunqunywa khona njengoba buguqela ilanga emthethweni weSonto, sihambisana nebandla lesine laseThiyathira elifanekisela ukubusa kobupapa kungaba ngo-538 noma emthethweni weSonto osuzayo maduze. Ibandla lesithathu lasePergamu limelela “ukuyekethisa,” noma ngabe kungu-Israyeli wasendulo ezihlanganisa nemibuso yabahedeni, noma uConstantine ehlanganisa ubuhedeni nobuKristu, futhi labo fakazi ababili bakhuluma nesizukulwane sesithathu sesilo somhlaba sesAmbulo seshumi nantathu.

The four generations of the United States, who among other truths was typified by Egypt during the bondage of 400/430 years, that concluded with Pharaoh drowning in the waters of the Red Sea. Those waters marked the end of the nation that was to be judged when God brought about deliverance for ancient Israel through the prophet Moses. The United States is judged in the period of time that judgment concludes upon God’s church, so it is to be noted that the water that ended the life of Pharaoh was brought upon Pharaoh by the release of the east wind that had been holding the waters in place as God delivered His chosen people. The east wind is the third woe that strikes at the Sunday law when the earthquake of Revelation eleven arrives.

Izizukulwane ezine zase-United States, okwathi phakathi kwamanye amaqiniso zafaniswa neGibhithe ngesikhathi sobugqila beminyaka engama-400/430, okwafinyelela esiphethweni ngokucwila kukaFaro emanzini oLwandle oluBomvu. Lawo manzi aba uphawu lokuphela kwesizwe esasizokwahlulelwa ngesikhathi uNkulunkulu eletha ukukhululwa ku-Israyeli wasendulo ngomprofethi uMose. I-United States iyahlulelwa esikhathini lapho ukwahlulelwa kufinyelela esiphethweni phezu kwebandla likaNkulunkulu, ngakho kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi amanzi aqeda ukuphila kukaFaro alethwa phezu kukaFaro ngokudedelwa komoya wasempumalanga owawubambe amanzi endaweni yawo ngesikhathi uNkulunkulu ekhulula abantu baKhe abakhethiweyo. Umoya wasempumalanga ungumaye wesithathu ohlasela umthetho weSonto lapho kufika ukuzamazama komhlaba kweSambulo isahluko seshumi nanye.

The generation that precedes the fourth and final generation of the earth beast is fulfilled on both the Republican and Protestant horns. The compromise of the Republican horn that was accomplished in its third generation occurred in the period surrounding the first world war, and it marked the United States turning its economic structure over to the globalists of the Federal Reserve. In that same period Laodicean Seventh-day Adventism sought to have its medical and educational work “accredited” by the standards of worldly education and medicine. As a verb the “mystery of iniquity” represents the compromise of Constantine and the kings of ancient Israel with the powers of the world. The word used by inspiration to describe the compromise is “amalgamation,” as defined in the dictionary of Ellen White’s time as; "to mix or unite in an amalgam; to blend." The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree of amalgamation, the tree of compromise. “The last mighty conflict,” is the Sunday law crisis, and Satan’s preparation for that crisis is “the mystery of iniquity,” that blends human wisdom with Divine revelation.

Isizukulwane esandulela isizukulwane sesine nesokugcina sesilo somhlaba sigcwaliseka kuzo zombili izimpondo zobuRiphabhulikhi nezobuProthestani. Ukuvumelana kwezivumelwano kwempompo yobuRiphabhulikhi okwafezwa esizukulwaneni sayo sesithathu kwenzeka esikhathini esizungeze impi yezwe yokuqala, futhi kwaphawula ukuthi i-United States yanikela isakhiwo sayo somnotho kubagqugquzeli bomhlaba wonke be-Federal Reserve. Ngaleso sikhathi esifanayo ubu-Adventisti boSuku lwesiKhombisa baseLawodikea bafuna ukuba umsebenzi wabo wezokwelapha nowezemfundo “ugunyazwe” ngezindinganiso zemfundo nezokwelapha zezwe. Njengesabizwana sesenzo, “imfihlakalo yobubi” imelela ukuvumelana kukaConstantine namakhosi akwa-Israyeli wasendulo namandla omhlaba. Igama elisetshenziswe ukuphefumulelwa ukuchaza lokho kuvumelana lithi “ukuxubana,” njengoba lichazwe esichazamazwini sesikhathi sika-Ellen White ngokuthi; "ukuxuba noma ukuhlanganisa kube yingxube; ukuhlanganisa ndawonye." Umuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi ungumuthi wokuxubana, umuthi wokuvumelana. “Impi yokugcina enamandla,” iyinhlekelele yomthetho weSonto, futhi ukulungiselela kukaSathane leyo nhlekelele “kuyimfihlakalo yobubi,” ehlanganisa ukuhlakanipha komuntu nesambulo soBunkulunkulu.

> “Satan is busily laying his plans for the last mighty conflict, when all will take sides....

> “USathane umatasa ubeka amacebo akhe okungqubuzana kokugcina okukhulu, lapho bonke bayakuthatha uhlangothi....”

> “Listen to the voices, mark the powers, that prevail in the world. Is there any voice of prayer? Do you see any sign that God is recognized? There are priests, plenty of them; but they are trampling under their feet the law of Jehovah. Their garments are stained with the blood of souls. Multitudes are sacrificing to devils. Look, you who are hesitating between obedience and disobedience. Look in imagination at the vast multitudes worshipping at Satan’s altar. Listen to the music, to the language, called higher education. But what does God declare it?—The mystery of iniquity.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

> “Lalelani amazwi, niqaphele amandla, abusayo emhlabeni. Ingabe likhona izwi lomkhuleko na? Niyabona yini uphawu lokuthi uNkulunkulu uyavunywa? Bakhona abapristi, abaningi kakhulu; kodwa banyathela ngomlenze umthetho kaJehova. Izingubo zabo zingcoliswe yigazi lemiphefumulo. Izixuku eziningi zinikela imihlatshelo emadimonini. Bhekani, nina eningabazayo phakathi kokulalela nokungalaleli. Bhekani ngamehlo engqondo izixuku ezinkulu zikhonza e-altare likaSathane. Lalelani umculo, nilalele nolimi, olubizwa ngokuthi imfundo ephakeme. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uthi kuyini ngakho?—Imfihlakalo yobubi.” Pamphlets, 004, 11.

In the last conflict when “all will take sides” the test of the Garden of Eden is repeated. The test that in the beginning was isolated to a tree in the middle of a garden, it is repeated at the end, in the entire world. Satan's work in advance of the final battle is “the mystery of iniquity,” which is defined as “higher education!” The symbol of “higher education” in the land of the earth beast is found in Nashville, Tennessee, the ‘Athens of the South,’ where the Parthenon temple is located in contrast with the true education once represented in Nashville by Madison College. The following statement from inspiration is cited in its entirety at the end of this article, but a few points should be considered at this point.

Empini yokugcina, lapho “bonke beyokhetha uhlangothi,” isivivinyo saseNsimini yase-Edene siyaphindwa. Isivivinyo esasiqaleni sasigxile esihlahleni esiphakathi kwensimu siyaphindwa ekugcineni, emhlabeni wonke. Umsebenzi kaSathane ngaphambi kwempi yokugcina “uyimfihlakalo yokungalungi,” echazwa ngokuthi “imfundo ephakeme!” Uphawu “lwemfundo ephakeme” ezweni lesilo somhlaba lutholakala eNashville, eTennessee, i-‘Athens of the South,’ lapho kutholakala khona ithempeli laseParthenon ngokuphambene nemfundo yeqiniso eyake yamelwa eNashville yiMadison College. Isitatimende esilandelayo esivela ekuphefumulelweni sicashunwa siphelele ekugcineni kwalesi sihloko, kodwa amaphuzu ambalwa kufanele acatshangelwe kulesi sigaba.

> “All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history....

> “Bonke badinga ukuhlakanipha ukuze bacubungule ngokucophelela imfihlakalo yobubi, enengxenye enkulu kangaka ekuphethweni komlando walomhlaba....”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising....

> “Akukho ndlela ephakathi eya ePharadesi elibuyiselwe. Umlayezo onikezwe umuntu walezi zinsuku zokugcina akuwona owokuba uhlanganiswe namacebo asungulwe ngabantu....”

> “Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom.... All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Labo uNkulunkulu abaphakamisile ezikhundleni eziphakeme zokwethembwa bangase baphenduke ekukhanyeni kwezulu baye ekuhlakanipheni kwabantu.... Bonke abafisa ukuba nesimilo esiyobenza babe yizisebenzi ezisebenza kanye noNkulunkulu futhi bamukele ukunconywa nguNkulunkulu, kumelwe bazihlukanise nezitha zikaNkulunkulu, balondoloze iqiniso uKristu alinika uJohane ukuba alinike izwe.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

The “all” who need “wisdom” represents all who are brought into a testing process that ultimately produces two classes of worshippers. The “wise” are those who secure the needed “wisdom.” The testing process begins when the revelation of Jesus Christ is unsealed, just before the close of human probation. That unsealing begins an “increase of knowledge.” Those who are confronted with the test associated with the revelation of Jesus Christ will secure the “oil” of prophetic knowledge designed to guide, prepare and sanctify in advance of the arrival of the east wind at the Sunday law. The “tree of knowledge of good and evil” is the symbol of the counterfeit Bread of Heaven that is to be eaten or rejected.

Labo “bonke” abadinga “ukuhlakanipha” bamele bonke abangeniswa enqubweni yokuvivinywa egcina ikhiqize izinhlobo ezimbili zabakhulekeli. “Abahlakaniphileyo” yilabo abathola “ukuhlakanipha” oludingekayo. Inqubo yokuvivinywa iqala lapho isambulo sikaJesu Kristu sivulwa izimpawu zaso, ngaphambi nje kokuphela kwesikhathi sokuvivinywa komuntu. Lokho kuvulwa kwezimpawu kuqala “ukwanda kolwazi.” Labo ababhekene novivinyo oluhambisana nesambulo sikaJesu Kristu bayothola “amafutha” olwazi lwesiprofetho ahloselwe ukuqondisa, ukulungiselela, nokungcwelisa ngaphambi kokufika komoya wasempumalanga emthethweni weSonto. “Isihlahla sokwazi okuhle nokubi” siwuphawu lweSinkwa saseZulwini somgunyathi okumelwe sidliwe noma senqatshwe.

In Galilee, at the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus lost more followers at one incident than any other time in His ministry. There the test was whether the prophetic words of Christ were literal or spiritual, and those who failed the test, failed—for they forgot that man is to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Christ had stated clearly that He was the Bread sent down from heaven and those who failed the test had blended Truth with human wisdom, represented by the Greeks.

EGalile, esinagogeni laseKapernaume, uJesu walahlekelwa abalandeli abaningi ngesenzakalo esisodwa kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi enkonzweni yaKhe. Lapho isivivinyo sasiwukuthi amazwi kaKristu ayengokoqobo yini noma ayengokomoya, futhi labo abahluleka esivivinyweni bahluleka—ngokuba bakhohlwa ukuthi umuntu kumelwe aphile ngawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu. UKristu wayekushilo ngokucacileyo ukuthi Wayeyisinkwa esehla sivela ezulwini, futhi labo abahluleka esivivinyweni babexube iQiniso nokuhlakanipha kwabantu, okumelwe amaGreki.

Before Eve began the failure of the garden, Christ had instructed both Adam and Eve to not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The first of the three steps of the everlasting gospel is the fear of God.

Ngaphambi kokuba u-Eva aqale ukwehluleka kwensimu, uKristu wayeyale bobabili u-Adamu no-Eva ukuba bangadli izithelo zomuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi. Esokuqala sezinyathelo ezintathu zevangeli laphakade ukwesaba uNkulunkulu.

> “Let the mind grasp the stupendous truths of revelation, and it will never be content to employ its powers upon frivolous themes; it will turn with disgust from the trashy literature and idle amusements that are demoralizing the youth of today. Those who have communed with the poets and sages of the Bible, and whose souls have been stirred by the glorious deeds of the heroes of faith, will come from the rich fields of thought far more pure in heart and elevated in mind than if they had been occupied in studying the most celebrated secular authors, or in contemplating and glorifying the exploits of the Pharaohs and Herods and Caesars of the world.

> “Ingqondo mayibambe amaqiniso amangalisayo esambulo, khona-ke ayisoze yaneliseka ukusebenzisa amandla ayo ezintweni ezingelutho; iyojikela ngokunengeka ezincwadini ezingenamsebenzi nasekuzijabuliseni okuyize okonakalisa isimilo sentsha yanamuhla. Labo abaye bahlanganyela nezimbongi nezazi ezihlakaniphile zeBhayibheli, futhi imiphefumulo yabo yashukunyiswa yizenzo ezikhazimulayo zamaqhawe okholo, bayophuma kulezo zinkundla ezicebile zomcabango benhliziyo ehlanzeke kakhulu nangengqondo ephakeme kakhulu kunokuba babe njalo uma bebematasa ngokufunda abalobi bezwe abadume kakhulu, noma becabanga futhi bedumisa izenzo zikaFaro noHerode noKhesari balo mhlaba.

> “The powers of the youth are mostly dormant, because they do not make the fear of God the beginning of wisdom. The Lord gave Daniel wisdom and knowledge, because he would not be influenced by any power that would interfere with his religious principles. The reason why we have so few men of mind, of stability and solid worth, is that they think to find greatness while disconnecting from Heaven.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

> “Amandla entsha ngokukhulu ukumiswa, ngoba abayenzi ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kube ngukuqala kokuhlakanipha. INkosi yanika uDaniyeli ukuhlakanipha nolwazi, ngoba wayengavumi ukuthonywa yinoma yiliphi igunya elalizophazamisa izimiso zakhe zenkolo. Isizathu esenza sibe nabantu abambalwa kangaka abanengqondo, abaqinile nabafanele ngempela, ukuthi bacabanga ukuthola ubukhulu kuyilapho bezihlukanisa neZulu.” Messages to Young People, 255, 256.

Eve lost her “fear of God.” She should have trembled at the words of God, which is an attribute of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The fear of God is the first of three tests, and it begins when the prophetic Word is unsealed, ultimately producing a class of wise and a class of foolish. The beginning for those who are destined to be wise is to tremble at God’s Word. Eve did not do this, and when confronted with the second step of the testing process she was unable to give God glory, and then was confronted with the hour of judgment where she manifested the nakedness of Laodicea.

UEva walahlekelwa “ukwesaba uNkulunkulu” kwakhe. Bekufanele athuthumele emazwini kaNkulunkulu, okuyisimilo salabo abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane. Ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kungokwokuqala ezivivinyweni ezintathu, futhi kuqala lapho iZwi lesiprofetho livulwa uphawu, ekugcineni kuveze isigaba sabahlakaniphileyo nesigaba seziwula. Isiqalo salabo abamiselweyo ukuba babe ngabahlakaniphileyo singukuthuthumela eZwini likaNkulunkulu. U-Eva akakwenzanga lokhu, futhi lapho ebhekene nesinyathelo sesibili senqubo yokuvivinywa akazange akwazi ukunikeza uNkulunkulu inkazimulo, kwase kuthi-ke ebhekana nehora lokwahlulela lapho abonakalisa ubunqunu baseLawodikeya.

> “All who would perfect a Christian character must wear the yoke of Christ. If they would sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, they must learn of Him while on this earth. Christ pleased not Himself. The whole of His life was the development of a pure, disinterested benevolence. He assumed human nature to demonstrate to the fallen world, to Satan and his synagogue, to the universe of heaven, to the worlds unfallen, that human nature, united with His divine nature, could become entirely obedient to the law of God. All need to enquire, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ God requires humble, contrite hearts, that tremble at His word. It is only from the divine altar that we can receive the celestial torch, which, when received, will give us a full view of our incompetence, and reveal to us the dignity and glory of Christ. When this is seen, God places us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and it will lead us into all truth.” Bible Echo, July 20, 1896.

> “Bonke abafisa ukuphelelisa isimilo sobuKristu kufanele bathwale ijoka likaKristu. Uma befuna ukuhlala kanye ezindaweni zasezulwini kuKristu Jesu, kufanele bafunde kuye besesemhlabeni lo. UKristu akazange azithokozise yena uqobo. Impilo yakhe yonke yayiwukuthuthuka komusa omsulwa, ongenakuzifunela okwawo. Wathatha imvelo yobuntu ukuze abonise ezweni eliwile, kuSathane nasesinagogeni lakhe, endaweni yonke yasezulwini, nasemihlabeni engawile, ukuthi imvelo yobuntu, ihlanganiswe nemvelo yakhe yobunkulunkulu, yayingaba nokulalela ngokuphelele umthetho kaNkulunkulu. Bonke badinga ukubuza, ‘Kumelwe ngenzeni ukuze ngisindiswe?’ UNkulunkulu ufuna izinhliziyo ezithobekile, eziphukileyo, ezithuthumela ezwini lakhe. Kuse-altare lobuNkulunkulu kuphela lapho singamukela khona isibani sasezulwini, okuthi, lapho sesamukelwe, sisinike umbono ophelele wokungakwazi kwethu, futhi sembule kithi isithunzi nenkazimulo kaKristu. Lapho lokhu sekubonakele, uNkulunkulu usibeka ngaphansi kokuholwa nguMoya oNgcwele, futhi wona uyosiholela kulo lonke iqiniso.” Bible Echo, Julayi 20, 1896.

The amalgamation of truth and error is the work of Satan which is identified as the mystery of iniquity. The compromise of all mankind in the final movements of the investigative judgment is enshrined in the Parthenon temple in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ukuhlanganiswa kweqiniso nephutha kuwumsebenzi kaSathane obonakaliswa njengemfihlakalo yobubi. Ukuyekethisa kwesintu sonke ezinyakazweni zokugcina zokwahlulela kophenyo kugcinwe njengetshe lesikhumbuzo ethempelini laseParthenon eNashville, eTennessee.

> “It is not wise to send our youth to universities where they devote their time to gaining a knowledge of Greek and Latin, while their heads and hearts are being filled with the sentiments of the infidel authors whom they study in order to master these languages. They gain a knowledge that is not at all necessary, or in harmony with the lessons of the great Teacher. Generally those educated in this way have much self-esteem. They think they have reached the height of higher education, and carry themselves proudly, as though they were no longer learners. They are spoiled for the service of God. The time, means, and study that many have expended in gaining a comparatively useless education should have been used in gaining an education that would make them all-round men and women, fitted for practical life. Such an education would be of the highest value to them.

> “Akukhona ukuhlakanipha ukuthumela intsha yethu emanyuvesi lapho inikela khona isikhathi sayo ekuzuzeni ulwazi lwesiGreki nesiLatini, kuyilapho izingqondo nezinhliziyo zayo zigcwaliswa imizwa yababhali abangakholwa abafundwa yiyo ukuze yazi kahle lezi zilimi. Izuza ulwazi olungadingeki nhlobo, noma olungahambisani nezifundo zoMfundisi omkhulu. Ngokuvamile labo abafundiswe ngale ndlela baba nokuzazisa okukhulu. Bacabanga ukuthi sebefinyelele esicongweni semfundo ephakeme, futhi baziphathe ngokuziqhenya, sengathi abaseyibo abafundayo. Bonakaliselwa inkonzo kaNkulunkulu. Isikhathi, izimali, nokufunda abaningi abakuchithe ekuzuzeni imfundo engenalusizo kangako bekufanele kusetshenziswe ekuzuzeni imfundo ebingabenza babe ngabesilisa nabesifazane abaphelele ezinhlangothini zonke, abafanele ukuphila okusebenzayo. Imfundo enjalo ibingaba ngeyenani eliphakeme kakhulu kubo.”

> “What do students carry with them when they leave our schools? Where are they going? What are they going to do? Have they the knowledge that will enable them to teach others? Have they been educated to be wise fathers and mothers? Can they stand at the head of a family as wise instructors? In their home life can they so instruct their children that theirs will be a family that God can behold with pleasure, because it is a symbol of the family in heaven? Have they received the only education that can truly be called ‘higher education’?

> “Abafundi baphuma nezikole zethu bephethe ini uma behamba? Bayaphi? Bazokwenzani? Ingabe banalo ulwazi oluyobenza bakwazi ukufundisa abanye na? Ingabe bafundiswe ukuba obaba nomama abahlakaniphileyo na? Bangema yini phambi komkhaya njengabafundisi abahlakaniphileyo? Empilweni yabo yasekhaya bangabafundisa yini abantwana babo ngendlela yokuthi umkhaya wabo ube ngumkhaya uNkulunkulu angawubuka ngenjabulo, ngoba uwuphawu lomkhaya osezulwini? Ingabe bamukele lona kuphela imfundo engabizwa ngeqiniso ngokuthi ‘imfundo ephakeme’?”

> “What is higher education? No education can be called higher education unless it bears the similitude of heaven, unless it leads young men and young women to be Christlike, and fits them to stand at the head of their families in the place of God. If, during his school life, a young man has failed to gain a knowledge of Greek and Latin and the sentiments contained in the works of infidel authors, he has not sustained much loss. If Jesus Christ had deemed this kind of education essential, would he not have given it to his disciples, whom he was educating to do the greatest work ever committed to mortals, to represent him in the world? But, instead, he placed sacred truth in their hands, to be given to the world in its simplicity.

> “Yini imfundo ephakeme? Akukho mfundo engabizwa ngokuthi imfundo ephakeme ngaphandle kokuba ibe nesifaniso sezulu, ngaphandle kokuba ihole intsha yesilisa nentsha yesifazane ekubeni babe njenguKristu, futhi ibalungiselele ukuba bame njengabaholi bemindeni yabo esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu. Uma, ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe esikoleni, insizwa yehlulekile ukuthola ulwazi lwesiGreki nesiLatini kanye nemibono equkethwe emisebenzini yababhali abangakholwa kuNkulunkulu, ayilahlekelwanga kakhulu. Ukuba uJesu Kristu wayebone lolu hlobo lwemfundo luyinto ebalulekile, wayengasuke yini alunike abafundi bakhe, ayebafundisela ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kunayo yonke owake waphathiswa abafayo, wokummela emhlabeni? Kodwa, kunalokho, wabeka iqiniso elingcwele ezandleni zabo, ukuba linikwe umhlaba ngobulula balo.

> “There are times when Greek and Latin scholars are needed. Some must study these languages. This is well. But not all, and not many, should study them. Those who think that a knowledge of Greek and Latin is essential to a higher education, cannot see afar off. Neither is a knowledge of the mysteries of that which the men of the world call science necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It is Satan who fills the mind with sophistry and tradition, which exclude the true higher education, and which will perish with the learner.

> “Kunezikhathi lapho kudingeka khona izazi zesiGreki nesiLatini. Abanye kumele bafunde lezi zilimi. Lokho kuhle. Kodwa akusibo bonke, futhi akufanele kube baningi, okufanele bazifunde. Labo abacabanga ukuthi ulwazi lwesiGreki nesiLatini lubalulekile emfundweni ephakeme, abakwazi ukubona kude. Futhi ulwazi lwezimfihlakalo zalokho abantu bezwe abakubiza ngokuthi yisayensi aludingeki ukuze umuntu angene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. NguSathane ogcwalisa ingqondo ngobuqili namasiko, okukhipha imfundo yangempela ephakeme, futhi okuyobhujiswa kanye nomfundi.

> “Those who have received a false education do not look heavenward. They cannot see the One who is the true Light, ‘which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.’ They look upon eternal realities as phantoms, calling an atom a world, and a world an atom. Of many who have received the so-called higher education, God declares, ‘Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting,’—wanting in a knowledge of practical business, wanting in a knowledge of how to make the best use of time, wanting in a knowledge of how to labor for Jesus.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

> “Labo abamukele imfundo yamanga ababheki ngasezulwini. Abakwazi ukubona Lowo oyiKhanya kweqiniso, ‘okhanyisela wonke umuntu oza emhlabeni.’ Babheka amaqiniso aphakade njengemibono engamanga, bebiza i-athomu ngokuthi yizwe, nezwe ngokuthi yi-athomu. Ngabaningi abamukele lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yimfundo ephakeme, uNkulunkulu uthi, ‘Ulinganisiwe ezilinganisweni, wafunyanwa usilela,’—usilela ekwazini umsebenzi osebenzayo, usilela ekwazini indlela yokusebenzisa isikhathi ngendlela engcono kakhulu, usilela ekwazini ukusebenza ngenxa kaJesu.” Review and Herald, August 17, 1897.

The warning of the fireballs of Nashville is not an arbitrary city, it is a direct judgment brought upon Seventh-day Adventists, the United States and the world. The fireballs of Nashville represent different attributes for the various categories of Adventism, the earth beast and the world. The fireballs of Nashville are God’s judgment upon false education, symbolized by the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Isixwayiso samabhola omlilo aseNashville asimayelana nedolobha elikhethwe nje ngokungahleliwe; siyisahlulelo esiqondile esehliselwe phezu kwamaSeventh-day Adventists, i-United States, kanye nomhlaba. Amabhola omlilo aseNashville amele izimfanelo ezehlukene ezigabeni eziningi zobu-Adventism, esilo somhlaba, kanye nomhlaba. Amabhola omlilo aseNashville ayisahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu phezu kwemfundo yamanga, efanekiselwa ngumuthi wolwazi lokuhle nokubi.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka nalesi sifundo esihlokweni esilandelayo.

> “By a variety of images the Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people. All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history. God’s presentation of the detestable works of the inhabitants of the ruling powers of the world who bind themselves into secret societies and confederacies, not honoring the law of God, should enable the people who have the light of truth to keep clear of all these evils. More and more will all false religionists of the world manifest their evil doings; for there are but two parties, those who keep the commandments of God and those who war against God’s holy law....

> “Ngezithombe ezehlukahlukene iNkosi uJesu yamveza kuJohane umlingiswa omubi kanye nethonya elihehayo lalabo abaye bagqama ngokushushisa kwabo abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Bonke badinga ukuhlakanipha ukuze bacubungule ngokucophelela imfihlakalo yobubi, evezwa kakhulu ekuphethweni okuyinkimbinkimbi komlando waleli zwe. Ukwethulwa nguNkulunkulu kwemisebenzi enyanyekayo yabahlali bamandla abusayo omhlaba, abazibophezela ezinhlanganweni eziyimfihlo nasezivumelwaneni zobumbano, bengawuhloniphi umthetho kaNkulunkulu, kufanele kwenze abantu abanokukhanya kweqiniso bakugweme ngokucacileyo konke lokhu okubi. Kakhulu nakakhulu bonke abenkolo yamanga bomhlaba bayobonakalisa izenzo zabo ezimbi; ngokuba kukhona amaqembu amabili kuphela, labo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu nalabo abalwa nomthetho ongcwele kaNkulunkulu....”

> “The enmity between the seed of the woman and the serpent is clearly defined by the Lord. ‘And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ ‘And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’

> “Ubutha phakathi kwenzalo yowesifazane nenyoka buchazwe ngokucacile yiNkosi. ‘Ngiyakumisa ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe; yona iyokuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyoyiluma esithendeni.’ ‘Ku-Adamu yathi, Ngokuba ulalele izwi lomkakho, wadla emthini engakuyala ngawo, ngathi, Awuyikudla kuwo: umhlaba mawuqalekiswe ngenxa yakho; uyakudla kuwo ngokudabuka zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho; uyakukuhlumisela nameva namakhakhasi; uyakudla imifino yasendle; uyakudla isinkwa ngesithukuthuku sobuso bakho, uze ubuyele emhlabathini; ngokuba kuwo wakhishwa: ngokuba uluthuli, uyakubuyela othulini.’”

> “By following his own way, by acting in harmony with Satan’s temptations and in opposition to the known will of God, man vainly attempted to elevate and bless himself. Thus he gained an experimental knowledge of disobedience to God’s commandments. Thus he knew good and evil; thus he lost his fidelity and loyalty to God and opened the floodgates of evil and suffering to the whole human family. How many today are making the same experiment! When will man learn that the only means for his safety is through a full confidence in a ‘thus saith the Lord’?

> “Ngokulandela indlela yakhe siqu, ngokwenza ngokuvumelana nezilingo zikaSathane nangokuphikisana nentando kaNkulunkulu eyaziwayo, umuntu wazama ngeze ukuziphakamisa nokuzibusisa. Ngaleyo ndlela wazuza ulwazi oluqinisekiswa ngokuhlangenwe nakho lokungalaleli imiyalo kaNkulunkulu. Ngaleyo ndlela wazi okuhle nokubi; ngaleyo ndlela walahlekelwa ukwethembeka nobuqotho bakhe kuNkulunkulu, futhi wavulela wonke umndeni wesintu amasango esikhukhula sobubi nokuhlupheka. Bangaki namuhla abenza isivivinyo esifanayo! Umuntu uyofunda nini ukuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuphepha kwakhe kusekuthembeni okuphelele kokuthi ‘usho kanje uJehova’?”

> “Satan is seeking to intrude his own inventions upon the children of God through human methods. He is seeking to be received as God, or even to be placed above God.

> “USathane ufuna ukungenisa okwakhe akuzakhele phezu kwabantwana bakaNkulunkulu ngezindlela zobuntu. Ufuna ukwamukelwa njengoNkulunkulu, noma abekwe ngisho nangaphezu kukaNkulunkulu.

> “In changing the Sabbath to the first day of the week, he leads men to disbelieve God’s declarations, and so to regard their own ways and plans that they appear exceeding wise in their own eyes and in their perverted judgment. Through human policy he leads men to regard the expressed commandments of God as of less force than human tradition, and to regard a deviation from that law which is always holy and just and good, as of little account. He sees that by thus preventing human agencies from walking as obedient children in harmony with God, he can hinder the accomplishment of God’s work in our world.

> “Ngokuguqula iSabatha asibeke osukwini lokuqala lwesonto, uholela abantu ekungakholweni izimemezelo zikaNkulunkulu, ngaleyo ndlela babheke izindlela zabo siqu namacebo abo njengokungathi zihlakaniphe ngokwedlulele emehlweni abo siqu nasekwahluleleni kwabo okuphambukile. Ngenqubomgomo yobuntu uholela abantu ekutheni babheke imiyalo kaNkulunkulu eveziwe njengengenamandla kangako kunesiko labantu, futhi babheke ukuphambuka kulowo mthetho ohlale ungcwele, ulungile, futhi muhle, njengento encane. Uyabona ukuthi ngokuvimbela kanjalo izinsiza ezingabantu ukuba zihambe njengabantwana abalalelayo ngokuvumelana noNkulunkulu, angavimbela ukugcwaliseka komsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ezweni lethu.”

> “But Satan’s connivings with human agencies who stand in responsible positions are just as much to be feared and shunned now after the experiment of sin has been tried, as it was in the case of our first parents. I am instructed to say that the men who are placed in positions of responsibility in the work of God have overestimated their right to control others. The position a man occupies does not change his character. Some have seemed to feel that they must devise for churches and for sanitariums and that there was to be no questioning of their judgment. Let them learn of Jesus at every step. He should be the chief authority for every man.

> “Kodwa amacebo kaSathane okuvumelana nezikhungo zabantu abemi ezikhundleni zomthwalo wemfanelo asamele esatshwe futhi agwenywe kakhulu manje emva kokuba ukuhlolwa kwesono sekwenziwe, njengoba kwakunjalo endabeni yabazali bethu bokuqala. Ngiyalayelwa ukuba ngisho ukuthi amadoda abekwe ezikhundleni zomthwalo wemfanelo emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu aye aqikelela ngokweqile ilungelo lawo lokulawula abanye. Isikhundla umuntu asiphethe asimuguquli isimilo sakhe. Abanye babonakale benomuzwa wokuthi kumelwe bahlelele amabandla nezibhedlela zezempilo nokuthi kwakungafanele kube khona ukubuzwa kokwahlulela kwabo. Mababefunde kuJesu kuzo zonke izinyathelo. Yena kufanele abe yigunya eliyinhloko kuwo wonke umuntu.

> “The One who has often been our Instructor says, ‘How hard it is for man to walk humbly with his God, in a contrite spirit taking God’s way and rejecting Satan’s propositions which seem to present great worldly advantages.’ The influence of man’s having his own way in the place of firmly standing on the solid foundation that God alone has laid, has been repeated over and over again. Refusing to walk in the straight paths that God has signified will bring them to confusion and will not teach wisdom to others who have the same test and trial. When will man learn that God is God, and not a man that He should change?

> “Lowo obe eyiMfundisi wethu kaningi uthi, ‘Kunzimela kakhulu umuntu ukuba ahambe ngokuthobeka noNkulunkulu wakhe, enomoya ophukileyo amukele indlela kaNkulunkulu futhi enqabe iziphakamiso zikaSathane ezibonakala ziletha izinzuzo ezinkulu zezwe.’ Umthelela wokuba umuntu alandele eyakhe intando esikhundleni sokuma ngokuqinile phezu kwesisekelo esiqinileyo uNkulunkulu yedwa asibekile, ubuphindaphindeka kaningi. Ukwenqaba ukuhamba ezindleleni eziqondileyo uNkulunkulu azibonisileyo kuyobaletha ekudidekeni futhi ngeke kufundise ukuhlakanipha kwabanye abanovivinyo nesilingo esifanayo. Uyofunda nini umuntu ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu, akasiye umuntu ukuba aguquke?”

> “Some who have departed from the right way have been in a continual fever to grasp responsibilities that God has not laid upon them. God calls upon every minister and every physician to maintain the simplicity of the truth. The Son of God who is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments is the Saviour of our world today. From Him every medical missionary is to receive his training. Unless he shall separate himself from the prince of the power of the air, he will mislead souls who have confidence in him. Let all beware of men who are so educated and uplifted that their plans cannot be understood by the common people.

> “Abanye abaphambukile endleleni eqondileyo bebelokhu beshiswa yisifiso esingapheli sokubamba imithwalo yemfanelo uNkulunkulu angabafakanga yona. UNkulunkulu ubiza wonke umfundisi nawo wonke udokotela ukuba balondoloze ubulula beqiniso. INdodana kaNkulunkulu evezwayo kuzo zombili iTestamente Elidala neTestamente Elisha inguMsindisi wezwe lethu namuhla. Kuyiyo lapho wonke umvangeli wezokwelapha okufanele amukele khona ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe. Ngaphandle kokuba azihlukanise nesikhulu samandla omoya, uyodukisa imiphefumulo enokwethemba kuye. Makuqaphele bonke ngabantu abafundiswe kakhulu futhi baphakanyiswa kangangokuthi amacebo abo angeke aqondwe ngabantu abavamile.”

> “The intrigues of sin surpass infinite conception. Every calamity, every suffering and death, is an evidence not only of the power of evil but of the truth of the living God. Having known the truth, the word of the living God, which abideth forever, and which through obedience gives life, man’s weakness in conforming to Satan’s ingenuity is surpassingly strange. All who are taught of God recognize Christ as His Son. All who disbelieve the known declarations of God demonstrate the popularity of sin, and are not working on the side of life and immortality which are brought to light through perfect sanctification of the truth. Unless they make a change in character, in words, and in spirit, souls will be lost.

> “Amaqhinga esono adlula ukuqonda okungapheli. Yonke inhlekelele, konke ukuhlupheka nokufa, kuwubufakazi kungagcini nje ngamandla obubi kuphela kodwa nangeqiniso likaNkulunkulu ophilayo. Njengoba umuntu eselazile iqiniso, izwi likaNkulunkulu ophilayo, elihlala kuze kube phakade, nalelo elinika ukuphila ngokulalela, ubuthakathaka bomuntu ekuzivumelaniseni nobuqili bukaSathane buyamangaza ngokwedlulele. Bonke abafundiswe nguNkulunkulu bayamqaphela uKristu njengeNdodana yaKhe. Bonke abangakholwa izimemezelo ezaziwayo zikaNkulunkulu babonakalisa ukuthandwa kwesono, futhi abasebenzi ohlangothini lokuphila nokungafi okulethwa ekukhanyeni ngokungcweliswa okuphelele kweqiniso. Ngaphandle kokuba benze uguquko esimilweni, emazwini, nasemoyeni, imiphefumulo iyolahleka.”

> “There is no middle path to Paradise restored. The message given to man for these last days is not to become amalgamated with human devising. We are not to lean upon the policy of worldly lawyers. We must be humble men of prayer, not acting like those who are blinded by Satan’s agencies.

> “Ayikho indlela ephakathi eya ePharadesi elibuyiselwe. Umlayezo onikwe umuntu walezi zinsuku zokugcina awukona ukuba uhlanganiswe namacebo abantu. Asifanele ukuncika ezinqubweni zabameli bezwe. Kumele sibe ngabantu abathobekile bomthandazo, singenzi njengalabo abaphuphuthekiswe yizinhlangano zikaSathane.”

> “Many have a faith, but not a faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Saving faith is not simply a mere belief of the truth. ‘The devils also believe, and tremble.’ The inspiration of the Spirit of God gives to men a faith that is an impelling power that molds character, and leads men higher than mere formal actions. The words, the actions, and the spirit are to bear testimony to the fact that we are followers of Christ.

> “Abaningi banokukholwa, kodwa akusikho ukukholwa okusebenza ngothando nokuhlanza umphefumulo. Ukukholwa okusindisayo akusikho nje ukuvuma iqiniso kuphela. ‘Namademoni ayakholwa, athuthumele.’ Ukuphefumulelwa koMoya kaNkulunkulu kunikeza abantu ukukholwa okungamandla aqhubayo abumba isimilo, futhi ahole abantu ezingeni eliphezulu kunokwenza izenzo ezisemthethweni nje kuphela. Amazwi, izenzo, nomoya kufanele kufakaze iqiniso lokuthi singabalandeli bakaKristu.”

> “The greatest light and blessing that God has bestowed is not a security against transgression and apostasy in these last days. Those whom God has exalted to high positions of trust may turn from heaven’s light to human wisdom. Their light will then become darkness, their God-entrusted capabilities a snare, their character an offense to God. God will not be mocked. A departure from Him has been and always will be followed by its sure results. The commission of acts that displease God will, unless decidedly repented of and forsaken, instead of seeking to justify them, lead the evildoer on step by step in deception till many sins are committed with impunity. All who would possess a character that would make them laborers together with God and receive the commendation of God, must separate themselves from the enemies of God, and maintain the truth which Christ gave to John to give to the world.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 30–36.

> “Ukukhanya okukhulu kunakho konke nesibusiso uNkulunkulu asibekile akusikho ukuvikeleka ekweqeni nasekuhlubukeni kulezi zinsuku zokugcina. Labo uNkulunkulu abaphakamisile ezikhundleni eziphakeme zokwethembwa bangaphenduka basuke ekukhanyeni kwezulu baye ekuhlakanipheni kwabantu. Khona-ke ukukhanya kwabo kuyakuba ubumnyama, amakhono abo ababewaphathiswe nguNkulunkulu abe yisicupho, isimilo sabo sibe yisikhubekiso kuNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu akayikuhlekiswa. Ukumuka Kuye bekulokhu, futhi kuyohlala njalo, kulandelwa yimiphumela yako eqinisekileyo. Ukwenza izenzo ezingamthokozisi uNkulunkulu kuyakuthi, ngaphandle kokuba ziphendukelwe ngokunqumayo futhi ziyekwe, esikhundleni sokufuna ukuzithethelela, kuholele umenzi wobubi isinyathelo ngesinyathelo ekukhohlisweni kuze kwenziwe izono eziningi kungajeziswa lutho. Bonke abafisa ukuba nesimilo esiyobenza babe yizisebenzi kanye noNkulunkulu futhi bemukele ukunconywa nguNkulunkulu, kumelwe bazihlukanise nezitha zikaNkulunkulu, balondoloze iqiniso uKristu alinika uJohane ukuba alinike umhlaba.” Manuscript Releases, ivolumu 18, 30–36.

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