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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Seventy-One

Incwadi kaDaniyeli - Inombolo Ikhulu Namashumi Ayisikhombisa Nanye

Geopolitical Chess: The Vatican, Communism, and the Quest for World Dominion

Umdlalo Wezombusazwe Womhlaba Wanjengomdlalo Weshashalazi: IVatican, UbuKhomanisi, Nokuphokophela Ukubusa Umhlaba Wonke

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April 1, 2024

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The book The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, was written by Malachi Martin, and it was first published in 1990. Martin examines the role of Pope John Paul II as a transformative figure in global politics and diplomacy during the latter half of the 20th century. He discusses the Pope’s role in the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. The book presents a Catholic perspective of the dynamics that brought about the fulfillment of verse forty of Daniel eleven, at the time of the end in 1989.

Incwadi ethi The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, yalotshwa nguMalachi Martin, futhi yashicilelwa okokuqala ngo-1990. UMartin uhlola indima kaPapa John Paul II njengomuntu oletha uguquko kwezombusazwe zomhlaba nasekuxoxisaneni kwezizwe phakathi nengxenye yokugcina yekhulu lama-20. Uxoxa ngendima kaPapa ekuweni kobuKhomanisi eMpumalanga Yurophu. Le ncwadi yethula umbono wobuKatolika mayelana nezimo nezinkambo ezaletha ukugcwaliseka kwevesi lamashumi amane likaDaniyeli ishumi nanye, ngesikhathi sokuphela ngo-1989.

Martin analyzes the internal dynamics of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, particularly focusing on Gorbachev’s policies of “glasnost” (openness) and “perestroika” (restructuring). He discusses the challenges facing the Soviet Union and Gorbachev’s attempts to reform the Communist system. He explores the geopolitical tensions and power struggles between the Soviet Union (the king of the south—the dragon), the Catholic Church (the king of the north—the beast), and what he calls the capitalist West (the king of the north’s proxy army—the false prophet). He discusses the ideological conflicts, espionage, and covert operations that characterized the Cold War era and examines the efforts of various actors to shape the future of the world.

UMartin uhlaziya amandla angaphakathi asebenza eSoviet Union ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMikhail Gorbachev, egxile ngokukhethekile ezinqubomgomeni zikaGorbachev ze-“glasnost” (ukuvuleleka) kanye ne-“perestroika” (ukwakhiwa kabusha). Uxoxa ngezinselele ezazibhekene neSoviet Union kanye nemizamo kaGorbachev yokuguqula uhlelo lwamaKhomanisi. Uhlola ukungezwani kwezombusazwe zamazwe omhlaba kanye nemizabalazo yamandla phakathi kweSoviet Union (inkosi yaseningizimu—udrako), iSonto LamaKatolika (inkosi yasenyakatho—isilo), kanye nalokho akubiza ngokuthi iNtshonalanga yonxiwankulu (ibutho eliyisithunywa senkosi yasenyakatho—umprofethi wamanga). Uxoxa ngezingxabano zemibono, ubunhloli, kanye nemisebenzi eyimfihlo eyayiphawula inkathi yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi, futhi uhlola imizamo yabadlali abahlukahlukene yokubumba ikusasa lomhlaba.

Martin emphasizes the significance of Catholicism as a force in global politics and diplomacy. He argues that the Catholic Church, under the leadership of Pope John Paul II, played a pivotal role in shaping the course of history during this period and influencing the outcome of the Cold War. He places John Pauls’ influence in the context of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, and identifies the influence of Fatima upon global events and the Catholic Church’s role in shaping the course of history. Martin suggests that the events at Fatima hold significant prophetic and geopolitical implications, particularly in the context of the Cold War era.

UMartin ugcizelela ukubaluleka kobuKatolika njengamandla kwezombusazwe zomhlaba nasezobudlelwano bamazwe. Uphikisa ngokuthi iSonto LamaKatolika, ngaphansi kobuholi bukaPapa John Paul II, ladlala indima ebalulekile kakhulu ekubumbeni inkambo yomlando ngalesi sikhathi nasekuthonyeni umphumela weMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Ubeka ithonya likaJohn Paul esimweni sokubonakala kukaMariya eFatima, ePortugal, futhi ukhomba ithonya laseFatima ezenzakalweni zomhlaba kanye nendima yeSonto LamaKatolika ekubumbeni inkambo yomlando. UMartin uphakamisa ukuthi izehlakalo zaseFatima zinezincazelo ezibalulekile ezingokwesiprofetho nezepolitiki yomhlaba, ikakhulukazi esimweni senkathi yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi.

Martin explores the three secrets of Fatima, which were allegedly revealed by the Virgin Mary to three young shepherd children in Fatima in 1917. He suggests that the third secret, which was initially kept secret by the Vatican and only revealed in 2000, contained apocalyptic warnings about the future of the Catholic Church and the world. Martin argues that the events at Fatima, including the apparitions and the messages conveyed by the Virgin Mary, had significant implications for global politics and the struggle between communism and capitalism during the Cold War era.

UMartin uhlola izimfihlo ezintathu zaseFatima, okuthiwa zambulwa yiNcasakazi uMariya kubantwana abathathu abelusi abasebasha eFatima ngo-1917. Uphakamisa ukuthi imfihlo yesithathu, eyagcinwa iyimfihlo ekuqaleni yiVatican futhi yavezwa kuphela ngo-2000, yayiqukethe izixwayiso zesiprofetho eziphathelene nekusasa leBandla lamaKhatholika nelomhlaba. UMartin uthi izehlakalo zaseFatima, kuhlanganise nokubonakala kanye nemiyalezo eyadluliswa yiNcasakazi uMariya, zaba nemithelela ebalulekile kwezombusazwe zomhlaba wonke nasekulweni phakathi kobukhomanisi nobungxiwankulu ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi.

Martin highlights the role of Pope John Paul II as a key figure in the fulfillment of the prophecies of Fatima. He suggests that John Paul II saw himself as the “bishop in white” mentioned in the third secret of Fatima and that he viewed his papacy as a mission to confront the forces of evil and promote spiritual renewal within the Catholic Church and society at large.

UMartin ugcizelela indima kaPapa John Paul II njengomuntu oyisihluthulelo ekugcwalisekeni kweziprofetho zaseFatima. Uveza ukuthi uJohn Paul II wayezibona njengalo “mbhishobhi ogqoke ezimhlophe” okukhulunywa ngaye emfihlakalweni yesithathu yaseFatima, nokuthi wayebheka upapa bakhe njengomsebenzi wokubhekana namandla obubi nokukhuthaza ukuvuselelwa ngokomoya ngaphakathi kweBandla lamaKatolika nasemphakathini wonkana.

Martin suggests that the messages of Fatima emphasized the importance of spiritual warfare and the need for the Catholic Church to confront the forces of evil, both within and outside the Church. He argues that the events at Fatima provided a spiritual and moral framework for understanding and addressing the challenges facing humanity in the modern world. The Fatima messages represent the satanic message which conditions Catholicism to accept Satan as Christ, when he “personates” Christ at the soon coming Sunday law.

UMartin uphakamisa ukuthi imiyalezo yaseFatima yagcizelela ukubaluleka kwempi yomoya kanye nesidingo sokuba iBandla lamaKatolika libhekane namandla obubi, kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweBandla. Uphikisa ngokuthi izehlakalo zaseFatima zanikeza uhlaka olungokomoya nolokuziphatha lokuqonda nokubhekana nezinselele ezibhekene nesintu ezweni lesimanje. Imiyalezo yaseFatima imele umlayezo kaSathane owenza ubuKatolika bube sesimweni sokwamukela uSathane njengoKristu, lapho “ezilingisa” njengoKristu emthethweni weSonto ozayo maduze.

> “Satan will work miracles to deceive those who dwell upon the earth. Spiritualism will do its work by causing the dead to be personated. Those religious bodies who refuse to hear God’s messages of warning will be under strong deception, and will unite with the civil power to persecute the saints. The Protestant churches will unite with the papal power in persecuting the commandment-keeping people of God. This is that power which constitutes the great system of persecution which will exercise spiritual tyranny over the consciences of men.

> “USathane uzokwenza izimangaliso ukuze akhohlise labo abahlala emhlabeni. Imfundiso yemimoya iyokwenza umsebenzi wayo ngokubangela ukuba abafileyo balingiswe ngokubonakala. Lezo zinhlangano zenkolo ezala ukulalela imiyalezo kaNkulunkulu yesixwayiso ziyoba ngaphansi kokukhohliswa okunamandla, futhi ziyohlangana namandla ombuso ukuze zizingele abangcwele. Amasonto amaProthestani ayohlangana namandla obupapa ekuzingeleni abantu bakaNkulunkulu abagcina imiyalo. Yilawo mandla akha uhlelo olukhulu lokuzingela oluyosebenzisa ubushiqela bokomoya phezu bezazela zabantu.”

> “‘He had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.’ Though professing to be followers of the Lamb of God, men become imbued with the spirit of the dragon. They profess to be meek and humble but they speak and legislate with the spirit of Satan, showing by their actions that they are the opposite of what they profess to be. This lamb-like power unites with the dragon in making war upon those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. And Satan unites with Protestants and papists, acting in consort with them as the god of this world, dictating to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.

> “‘Wayenezimpondo ezimbili njengewundlu, kepha lakhuluma njengodrako.’ Nakuba bevuma ukuthi bangabalandeli beWundlu likaNkulunkulu, abantu bagcwala umoya wodrako. Bavuma ukuthi bamnene futhi bathobekile, kodwa bakhuluma futhi benze imithetho ngomoya kaSathane, bebonakalisa ngezenzo zabo ukuthi baphambene nalokho abathi bayikho. La mandla afana newundlu ahlangana nodrako ekwenzeni impi kulabo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu futhi abanobufakazi bukaJesu Kristu. Futhi uSathane uhlangana namaProthestani namaPapa, esebenza ngokuvumelana nabo njengonkulunkulu waleli zwe, eyalela abantu sengathi bayizakhamuzi zombuso wakhe, ukuba baphathwe, babuswe, futhi balawulwe ngendlela athanda ngayo.

> “If men will not agree to trample underfoot the commandments of God, the spirit of the dragon is revealed. They are imprisoned, brought before councils, and fined. ‘He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads’ [Revelation 13:16]. ‘He had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed’ [verse 15]. Thus Satan usurps the prerogatives of Jehovah. The man of sin sits in the seat of God, proclaiming himself to be God, and acting above God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 14, 162.

> “Uma abantu bengavumi ukunyathela phansi imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, umoya kadrako uyavezwa. Bayaboshwa, balethwe phambi kwemikhandlu, bahlawuliswe. ‘Wenza bonke, abancane nabakhulu, abacebileyo nabampofu, abakhululekileyo nezigqila, ukuba bamukele uphawu esandleni sabo sokunene, noma emabunzini abo’ [Isambulo 13:16]. ‘Wanikwa amandla okunika umfanekiso wesilo ukuphila, ukuze umfanekiso wesilo ukhulume, wenze nokuba bonke abangeke bakhonze umfanekiso wesilo babulawe’ [ivesi 15]. Kanjalo uSathane uzithathela ngokungemthetho amalungelo angawakaJehova kuphela. Umuntu wesono uhlezi esihlalweni sikaNkulunkulu, ezimemezela ukuthi unguNkulunkulu, futhi enze ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 14, 162.

Antichrist is a symbol of both the pope of Rome, and Satan, for the pope of Rome is Satan’s earthly representative. “Thus Satan usurps the prerogatives of Jehovah. The man of sin sits in the seat of God, proclaiming himself to be God, and acting above God.” Satan intends to so control the world when he takes control that he will dictate “to men as if they were the subjects of his kingdom, to be handled and governed and controlled as he pleases.” In order to have a religious throne to rule from He created the Catholic Church, and in order to have a political throne to rule from he created the United Nations.

Umphikukristu uwuphawu kokubili lukapapa waseRoma, noSathane, ngokuba upapa waseRoma ungummeleli kaSathane wasemhlabeni. “Ngalokho uSathane uyawudla umbuso amalungelo kaJehova. Umuntu wesono uhlezi esihlalweni sikaNkulunkulu, ememezela ukuthi yena unguNkulunkulu, futhi enza ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu.” USathane uhlose ukulawula umhlaba kangangokuba, lapho esewuthathile amandla, uyakuyalela “abantu sengathi bayizakhamuzi zombuso wakhe, baphathwe futhi babuswe futhi balawulwe njengokuthanda kwakhe.” Ukuze abe nesihlalo sobukhosi senkolo azobusa esekuso, wadala iSonto lamaKatolika; futhi ukuze abe nesihlalo sobukhosi sezombusazwe azobusa esekuso, wadala iZizwe Ezihlangene.

> “This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of ‘the man of sin’ foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God. That gigantic system of false religion is a masterpiece of Satan’s power—a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will.” The Great Controversy, 50.

> “Lokhu ukuyekethisa phakathi kobuqaba nobuKristu kwaholela ekuthuthukisweni ‘komuntu wesono’ okwabikezelwa esiprofethweni njengophikisa futhi eziphakamisa ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu. Lolo hlelo olukhulu lwenkolo yamanga luyingcweti yobuciko bamandla kaSathane—isikhumbuzo semizamo yakhe yokuzihlalisa esihlalweni sobukhosi ukuze abuse umhlaba ngokwentando yakhe.” The Great Controversy, 50.

The miracle of Fatima, and its satanic prophecy is what Satan has employed to prepare a prophetic setting that allows Catholicism to quickly surrender their church into His control, when he appears, and personates Christ. His personation of Christ begins at the soon coming Sunday law, represented in verse sixteen, verse twenty-two, verse thirty-one and verse forty-one of Daniel chapter eleven.

Isimangaliso saseFatima, kanye nesiprofetho saso sobusathane, yikho uSathane akusebenzisile ukulungiselela isizinda sesiprofetho esivumela ubuKatolika ukuba basheshe banikele ibandla labo ekulawuleni kwakhe, lapho evela futhi azenze uKristu. Ukuzenza kwakhe uKristu kuqala emthethweni weSonto osuzayo maduze, omelwe evesini leshumi nesithupha, evesini lamashumi amabili nambili, evesini lamashumi amathathu nanye, nasevesini lamashumi amane nanye likaDaniyeli isahluko seshumi nanye.

> “By the decree enforcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” Testimonies, volume 5, 451.

> “Ngomthetho oqinisa ukusungulwa kobuPapa ngokwephula umthetho kaNkulunkulu, isizwe sethu siyokwehlukanisa ngokuphelele nokulunga. Lapho ubuProthestani buyokwelula isandla sabo buwele igebe ukuze bubambe isandla samandla amaRoma, lapho buyokwelula buwele kwalasha ukuze buxhume izandla noMoya, lapho, ngaphansi kwethonya lwalolu bumbano obuphindwe kathathu, izwe lakithi liyokwenqaba yonke imigomo yoMthethosisekelo waso njengohulumeni wobuProthestani nowerephabhuliki, futhi liyokwenza amalungiselelo okusakazwa kwamanga nobuqili bobuPapa, khona-ke singazi ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile sokusebenza okumangalisayo kukaSathane nokuthi ukuphela sekusondele.” Testimonies, umqulu 5, 451.

At the Sunday law in the United States, the “time has come for the marvelous working of Satan.” In Revelation chapter thirteen, verse eleven, the United States “speaks” as a dragon, and then in verse thirteen, which is simply identifying what happens when the United States “speaks,” by passing the Sunday law, Satan appears to call fire down out of heaven.

Ngomthetho weSonto e-United States, “isikhathi sesifikile somsebenzi omangalisayo kaSathane.” KusAmbulo isahluko seshumi nantathu, ivesi leshumi nanye, i-United States “ikhuluma” njengodrako; bese kuthi evesini leshumi nantathu, elivele lichaza okwenzekayo lapho i-United States “ikhuluma,” ngokuphasisa umthetho weSonto, uSathane abonakale ebiza umlilo wehle ezulwini.

> “Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan also works, with lying wonders, even bringing down fire from heaven in the sight of men. Revelation 13:13. Thus the inhabitants of the earth will be brought to take their stand.” The Great Controversy, 611, 612.

> “Izinceku zikaNkulunkulu, ubuso bazo bukhanyiswe futhi bucwebezele ngokuzinikezela okungcwele, ziyophuthuma zisuka endaweni ziye kwenye ukuyomemezela umlayezo ovela ezulwini. Ngezinkulungwane zamazwi, kuwo wonke umhlaba, isixwayiso siyakunikwa. Kuzakwenziwa izimangaliso, abagulayo bazakuphulukiswa, futhi izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ziyakulandela abakholwayo. USathane naye uyasebenza, ngezibonakaliso zamanga, aze ehlisele phansi umlilo uvela ezulwini phambi kwabantu. IsAmbulo 13:13. Ngaleyo ndlela abakhileyo bomhlaba bayolethwa ekutheni bathathe uhlangothi lwabo.” The Great Controversy, 611, 612.

The messages of Fatima were confirmed by a miracle that was testified to by the atheistic government newspapers that attended the event in order to refute the claims that had been made about the so-called Virgin Mary visiting the three children on the thirteenth day of the month from May until the miracle on October 13, 1917. Every atheistic news organization that was at Fatima at the time of the miracle confirmed the event. It was a genuine miracle (of Satan).

Imiyalezo yaseFatima yaqinisekiswa ngesimangaliso esafakazelwa ngisho namaphephandaba kahulumeni ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu ayekhona kuleso senzakalo ngenhloso yokuphikisa izimangalo ezazenziwe mayelana nalokho okwakuthiwa yiNtombi uMariya ivakashela abantwana abathathu ngosuku lweshumi nantathu lwenyanga kusukela ngoMeyi kwaze kwaba yisimangaliso sango-Okthoba 13, 1917. Yonke inhlangano yezindaba engakholelwa kuNkulunkulu eyayiseFatima ngesikhathi sesimangaliso yaqinisekisa leso senzakalo. Kwakuyisimangaliso sangempela (sikaSathane).

As Malachi Martin identified in his book, Pope John Paul was guided by his devotion to Mary of Fatima. The secret prophecy of Fatima, that was not revealed until the year 2000, was of course a satanic prophecy, but in the last days Jesus repeats the first days. The oldest book in the Bible, the first book that Moses wrote is the book of Job, and it identifies that Job, who represents the one hundred and forty-four thousand, for all the prophecies are fulfilled most perfectly in the last days. Satan, in the story of Job, is allowed to bring death and destruction upon Job, for the purpose of testing Job. The miracles that Satan is allowed to accomplish in the last days, are genuine miracles. They are satanic miracles, but God has allowed Satan to accomplish his crowning act, for the same purpose that he allowed Satan to test Job.

Njengoba uMalachi Martin akubona encwadini yakhe, uPapa John Paul wayeholwa ukuzinikela kwakhe kuMariya waseFatima. Isiprofetho esiyimfihlo saseFatima, esingazange sembulwe kwaze kwaba unyaka ka-2000, sasiyisiprofetho sikaSathane impela; kodwa ezinsukwini zokugcina uJesu uphinda izinsuku zokuqala. Incwadi endala kunazo zonke eBhayibhelini, incwadi yokuqala uMose ayibhala, iyincwadi kaJobe, futhi ikhomba ukuthi uJobe, omele abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane, ngoba zonke iziprofetho zigcwaliseka ngokupheleleyo kakhulu ezinsukwini zokugcina. USathane, endabeni kaJobe, wavunyelwa ukuletha ukufa nokubhujiswa phezu kukaJobe, ngenjongo yokuvivinya uJobe. Izimangaliso uSathane avunyelwe ukuzenza ezinsukwini zokugcina ziyizimangaliso zangempela. Ziyizimangaliso zikaSathane, kodwa uNkulunkulu umvumele uSathane ukuba afeze isenzo sakhe esiyisicoco, ngenjongo efanayo naleyo amvumela ngayo uSathane ukuba avivinye uJobe.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> “Abaningi bazama ukuchaza izibonakaliso zomoya ngokuzibeka ngokuphelele ekukhwabaniseni nasekusebenziseni ubuqili besandla ohlangothini lomxhumanisi. Kodwa nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi imiphumela yenkohliso ivame ukwethulwa njengokungathi iyizibonakaliso zangempela, kuye kwaba khona futhi izibonakaliso ezivelele zamandla angaphezu kwemvelo. Ukungqongqoza okuyimfihlakalo okwaqala ngakho ukusebenzelana nemimoya kwesimanje kwakungesilo umphumela wobuqili bomuntu noma benhlakanipho yokukhohlisa, kodwa kwakuwumsebenzi oqondile wezingelosi ezimbi, ezangenisa ngaleyo ndlela enye yezinkohliso eziphumelela kakhulu ezibhubhisa imiphefumulo. Abaningi bayobanjwa ogibeni ngokukholwa ukuthi ukusebenzelana nemimoya kuwukukhohlisa komuntu nje kuphela; lapho sebebhekene ubuso nobuso nezibonakaliso abangeke bakwazi ukuzibheka ngaphandle kokuthi zingezamandla angaphezu kwemvelo, bayokhohliswa, baholelwe ekuzamukeleni njengamandla amakhulu kaNkulunkulu.

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘He doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> “Laba bantu bayabubukela phansi ubufakazi bemiBhalo mayelana nezimangaliso ezenziwa nguSathane nezithunywa zakhe. Kwakungosizo lukaSathane lapho izazi zemilingo zikaFaro zanikezwa amandla okulingisa umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu. UPawulu uyafakaza ukuthi ngaphambi kokufika kwesibili kukaKristu kuyoba khona ukubonakaliswa okufanayo kwamandla kaSathane. Ukufika kweNkosi kuyakwandulelwa ‘ukusebenza kukaSathane ngamandla onke nezibonakaliso nezimangaliso zamanga, nangakho konke ukukhohlisa kokungalungi.’ 2 Thesalonika 2:9,10. Futhi umphostoli uJohane, echaza amandla okwenza izimangaliso ayobonakaliswa ezinsukwini zokugcina, uyamemezela: ‘Yenza izimangaliso ezinkulu, ize yehlelise nomlilo uvela ezulwini, wehlele emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, ibadukise abakhileyo emhlabeni ngezibonakaliso eyaphiwa amandla okuzenza.’ IsAmbulo 13:13, 14. Akuzona nje izinkohliso ezingenalutho ezibikezelwayo lapha. Abantu bayakhohliswa izimangaliso izithunywa zikaSathane ezinamandla okuzenza, hhayi lezo ezizenza sengathi ziyakwazi ukuzenza.” The Great Controversy, 553.

The messages of Fatima in Malachi Martin’s book are represented as the prophetic structure of Catholicism in the last days, in relation to an internal struggle within the church, that can be represented as either the good pope versus the bad pope, or the conservative pope versus the liberal pope. The conservative, and according to Martin’s reading of the miracle, the good pope, bases his understanding upon the First Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, which took place from December 8, 1869 to July 20, 1870, convened by Pope Pius IX and primarily focused on defining the dogma of papal infallibility and addressing various theological and doctrinal issues facing the Catholic Church at the time. The Second Vatican Council, commonly known as Vatican II, was held much later, from October 11, 1962 to December 8, 1965. It was convened by Pope John XXIII and continued by Pope Paul VI after John XXIII’s death.

Imiyalezo yaseFatima encwadini kaMalachi Martin yethulwa njengesakhiwo sesiprofetho sobuKhatholika ezinsukwini zokugcina, maqondana nombango wangaphakathi eBandleni, ongavezwa njengophakathi kukapapa omuhle noPapa omubi, noma njengophakathi kukapapa olondolozayo noPapa okhululekile. Upapa olondolozayo, futhi ngokokufundwa kukaMartin kwesimangaliso, upapa omuhle, usekela ukuqonda kwakhe eMkhandlwini Wokuqala waseVatican, owaziwa nangokuthi iVatican I, owabanjwa kusukela mhla ziyi-8 kuZibandlela 1869 kuya mhla zingama-20 kuNtulikazi 1870, wabizwa uPapa Pius IX futhi wagxila ikakhulukazi ekuchazeni imfundiso eqinile yokungaphambuki kukapapa nasekubhekaneni nezindaba ezihlukahlukene zetheoloji nezemfundiso ezazibhekene neBandla lamaKhatholika ngaleso sikhathi. UMkhandlu Wesibili waseVatican, owaziwa ngokujwayelekile ngokuthi iVatican II, wabanjwa kamuva kakhulu, kusukela mhla ziyi-11 kuMfumfu 1962 kuya mhla ziyi-8 kuZibandlela 1965. Wabizwa uPapa John XXIII futhi waqhubekiswa uPapa Paul VI ngemva kokushona kukaJohn XXIII.

The last days of Catholicism, as Martin expressed it, identifies the struggle between the infallibility and primacy of the church of Rome as set forth in Vatican I, versus the liberalism that is currently on display by Francis the woke-pope, and represented in the documents of Vatican II. Martin suggests that within the struggle for these two approaches of controlling the church, the third world war breaks out, and Jesus returns, comes down to earth and places his blessing upon the good pope and takes the throne of the Catholic church.

Izinsuku zokugcina zobuKatolika, njengoba uMartin akubeka, ziveza umzabalazo phakathi kokungaphambuki kanye nobukhulu obuphambili bebandla laseRoma njengoba kwachazwa eVatican I, ngokumelene nokukhululeka kwemibono okubonakala njengamanje kuFrancis, upapa ovukile, futhi okumelwe emibhalweni yeVatican II. UMartin usikisela ukuthi phakathi komzabalazo walezi zindlela ezimbili zokulawula ibandla, kuqubuka impi yezwe yesithathu, uJesu abuye, ehlele emhlabeni futhi abeke isibusiso sakhe phezu kukapapa omuhle, bese ethatha isihlalo sobukhosi seBandla lamaKatolika.

In verses thirteen through fifteen, of Daniel eleven, the history that immediately precedes the Sunday law of verse sixteen, describes the third and final battle of the proxy wars. It is the battle that follows Putin’s victory in verses eleven and twelve, but in the middle of those three verses, verse fourteen identifies when Catholicism enters into the history of the last days.

Emavesini eshumi nantathu kuya kwayishumi nanhlanu kaDaniyeli ishumi nanye, umlando owandulela ngokushesha umthetho weSonto wevesi leshumi nesithupha uchaza impi yesithathu neyokugcina yezimpi ezingummeleli. Yiyo impi elandela ukunqoba kukaPutin emavesini eshumi nanye neshumi nambili, kodwa phakathi kwalawo mavesi amathathu, ivesi leshumi nane lichaza isikhathi lapho ubuKatolika bungena khona emlandweni wezinsuku zokugcina.

According to Isaiah the whore of Rome is forgotten during the symbolic seventy-year reign of the sixth kingdom of Bible prophecy. The first time the papacy was enthroned upon the earth in 538, the waymark that preceded her enthronement was the decree of Justinian in 533.

Ngokuka-Isaya, isifebe saseRoma siyakhohlwa phakathi nokubusa okungokomfanekiso kweminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa kombuso wesithupha wesiprofetho seBhayibheli. Isikhathi sokuqala lapho upapa ebekwa esihlalweni emhlabeni ngo-538, uphawu lwendlela olwalandulela ukubekwa kwakhe esihlalweni kwaba yisimemezelo sikaJustinian ngo-533.

The history surrounding Justinian’s decree identifies that Justinian sought to consolidate his control over his kingdom by bringing an end to the religious argument that had been causing turmoil in the kingdom. That argument was whether the church in Constantinople in the east, or the church in Rome in the west was the head of the so-called Christian church. In verse thirteen, the last president of the United States will be confronted with a controversy that forces him to parallel the history of Justinian, and declare that the Catholic church is the head of the churches, and the corrector of heretics, in order to establish the necessary political support to consolidate his power.

Umlando ophathelene nesimemezelo sikaJustinian ukhombisa ukuthi uJustinian wayefuna ukuqinisa ukubusa kwakhe embusweni wakhe ngokuqeda impikiswano yenkolo eyayibangela isiphithiphithi embusweni. Leyo mpikiswano kwakungukuthi, ngabe ibandla laseConstantinople empumalanga, noma ibandla laseRoma entshonalanga, laliyinhloko yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ibandla lobuKristu. Evesini leshumi nantathu, umongameli wokugcina wase-United States uyobhekana nempikiswano ezomphoqa ukuba ahambisane nomlando kaJustinian, futhi amemezele ukuthi ibandla lamaKatolika liyinhloko yamabandla, nomqondisi wabahlubuki, ukuze amise ukwesekwa kwezombusazwe okudingekayo ukuze aqinise amandla akhe.

We should not place any confidence in the satanic predictions of Fatima, but we are required to see what is revealed in God’s Word. In the beginning of the twentieth century both horns of the earth beast entered into their third generation, which is the generation of compromise. The Republican horn surrendered its financial system to the world bankers, which trace their origins back to the house of the Red Shield, the Rothschilds, and its mysterious connection with the Illuminati, Freemasonry, secret societies and the Jesuit order. Sister White directly warns of these entities. During the same period of time Laodicean Adventism, as the Protestant horn, surrendered its educational and religious institutions to the governing of the world.

Akufanele sibeke noma yiliphi ithemba ezibikezelweni zikaFatima ezingezikaSathane, kodwa sifanele ukubona lokho okwambulwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lamashumi amabili zombili izimpondo zesilo somhlaba zangena esizukulwaneni sazo sesithathu, okuyisizukulwane sokuyekethisa. Uphondo lwamaRepublican lwanikela uhlelo lwalo lwezezimali kubabhange bezwe, abalandela imvelaphi yabo ibuyele endlini yeRed Shield, amaRothschild, nokuxhumana kwayo okuyimfihlakalo ne-Illuminati, iFreemasonry, izinhlangano eziyimfihlo kanye nenhlangano yamaJesuit. USister White uxwayisa ngokuqondile ngalezi zinhlangano. Ngaleso sikhathi esifanayo i-Adventism yaseLawodikeya, njengophondo lwamaProthestani, yanikela izikhungo zayo zemfundo nezenkolo ekubusweni yizwe.

In that very time period, the modern king of the south begins its history with the Russian Revolution, and the modern king of the north begins its history with the miracle of Fatima. As Malachi Martin emphasizes in his book, beyond the internal struggle of the good and bad pope, the Fatima messages identified the struggle of Catholicism against atheism in general, but more specifically against the atheism of Russia. The secret that the pope in 1917 was to act upon contained the (satanic) promise, that if the pope would call a conclave and dedicate Russia to the Virgin Mary, then there would not be a second world war. It also identified that if the pope refused Russia would spread its philosophy far and wide and there would then be another world war.

Kuleso sikhathi uqobo, inkosi yesimanje yaseningizimu iqala umlando wayo ngeNguquko yaseRussia, kanti inkosi yesimanje yasenyakatho iqala umlando wayo ngesimangaliso saseFatima. Njengoba uMalachi Martin egcizelela encwadini yakhe, ngaphezu komzabalazo wangaphakathi phakathi kukapapa omuhle nopapa omubi, imiyalezo yaseFatima yakhomba umzabalazo wobuKhatholika wokumelana nokungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu ngokujwayelekile, kodwa ngokukhethekile ngokumelana nokungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu kweRussia. Imfihlo uPapa ayemelwe ukuba enze ngokuvumelana nayo ngo-1917 yayiqukethe isithembiso (sikaSathane), sokuthi uma uPapa ebiza umhlangano wamakhadinali futhi enikela iRussia eNcasakazini uMariya, khona-ke impi yezwe yesibili yayingeke ibe khona. Yaphinda yaveza nokuthi uma uPapa enqaba, iRussia yayiyosakaza ifilosofi yayo kude nakubanzi, bese kuba khona enye impi yezwe.

The second world war included the war of Catholicism against the Communism of Russia. Catholicism’s proxy army in that war was Nazi Germany. The papacy always employs proxy armies. In 1933 the Catholic church, through the work of Cardinal Pacelli, signed a concordat with Adolph Hitler that allowed Hitler to take control of Germany, and by Hitler’s own testimony, that contract (concordat), was what allowed Hitler to solve the Jewish question. The Nazi’s were the papacy’s proxy against atheistic Russia in World War II, and in the second battle of the proxy wars, now being accomplished in the Ukraine, it is being carried out by another Nazi proxy army.

Impi yesibili yomhlaba yesibili yahlanganisa impi yobuKhatholika imelene nobuKhomanisi baseRussia. Ibutho elalimela ubuKhatholika kuleyo mpi laliyisiJalimane samaNazi. UbuPapa buhlala busebenzisa amabutho amelelayo. Ngo-1933 iBandla lamaKhatholika, ngomsebenzi kaKhadinali Pacelli, lasayina isivumelwano no-Adolph Hitler esavumela uHitler ukuba athathe ukulawula iJalimane, futhi ngokobufakazi bukaHitler uqobo, leyo nkontileka (isivumelwano) yiyo eyamvumela uHitler ukuba axazulule udaba lwamaJuda. AmaNazi ayeyibutho elalimela ubuPapa ngokumelene neRussia engenankolo eMpini Yezwe II, futhi empini yesibili yalezi zimpi zamabutho amelelayo, manje esenziwa e-Ukraine, lokhu kwenziwa ngelinye futhi ibutho lamaNazi elimele ubuPapa.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka nalesi sifundo esihlokweni esilandelayo.

> “Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.

> “Ngezimfundiso ezimbili ezinkulu eziyiphutha, ukungafi komphefumulo nobungcwele beSonto, uSathane uyoletha abantu ngaphansi kokukhohlisa kwakhe. Ngenkathi eyokuqala ibeka isisekelo semimoya, eyesibili yakha isibopho sokuzwelana neRoma. AmaProthestani ase-United States ayoba phambili ekweluleni izandla zawo ngaphesheya kwegebe ukuze abambe isandla semimoya; ayowelulela ngaphesheya komhosha ukuze axhawulane nombuso waseRoma; futhi ngaphansi kwethonya lwalolu bumbano oluphindwe kathathu, leli zwe liyolandela ezinyathelweni zeRoma ekunyatheleni amalungelo kanembeza.”

> “As spiritualism more closely imitates the nominal Christianity of the day, it has greater power to deceive and ensnare. Satan himself is converted, after the modern order of things. He will appear in the character of an angel of light. Through the agency of spiritualism, miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and many undeniable wonders will be performed. And as the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and manifest respect for the institutions of the church, their work will be accepted as a manifestation of divine power.

> “Njengoba umoya wokuxhumana nemimoya yabafileyo ulingisa ngokuseduze ngokwengeziwe ubuKristu begama nje banamuhla, uba namandla amakhulu okukhohlisa nokucupha. USathane uqobo uyaguquka, ngokohlelo lwesimanje lwezinto. Uyovela esimweni sengwezi yokukhanya. Ngesenzo somoya wokuxhumana nemimoya yabafileyo, kuyokwenziwa izimangaliso, abagulayo bayophulukiswa, futhi kuyokwenziwa izimanga eziningi ezingaphikeki. Futhi njengoba imimoya iyakuzisho ukuthi inokholo eBhayibhelini, futhi ibonise inhlonipho ngezikhungo zesonto, umsebenzi wayo uyokwamukelwa njengokubonakaliswa kwamandla kaNkulunkulu.”

> “The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium.

> “Umugqa wokwehlukanisa phakathi kwamaKristu azishoyo nokungamesabi uNkulunkulu manje usunzima kakhulu ukuwubona. Amalungu ebandla athanda lokho okuthandwa yizwe futhi aphesheya ngokulungele ukuhlanganyela nalo, futhi uSathane uzimisele ukuwabumba abe ngumzimba munye, ngaleyo ndlela aqinise udaba lwakhe ngokukhukhulela bonke ezinhlwini zokusebenzelana nemimoya. AmaPhepisti, aziqhayisa ngezimangaliso njengophawu oluqinisekileyo lwebandla leqiniso, ayokhohliseka kalula yila mandla enza izimangaliso; kanti namaProthestani, eselahle isihlangu seqiniso, nawo ayodukiswa. AmaPhepisti, namaProthestani, nabantu bezwe ngokufanayo bayokwamukela isimo sokumesaba uNkulunkulu kodwa bengenawo amandla akho, futhi bayobona kulokhu kuhlangana umnyakazo omkhulu wokuguqulwa kwezwe nokungeniswa kwenkulungwane yeminyaka osekunesikhathi eside ilindelwe.”

> “Through spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of the race, healing the diseases of the people, and professing to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith; but at the same time he works as a destroyer. His temptations are leading multitudes to ruin. Intemperance dethrones reason; sensual indulgence, strife, and bloodshed follow. Satan delights in war, for it excites the worst passions of the soul and then sweeps into eternity its victims steeped in vice and blood. It is his object to incite the nations to war against one another, for he can thus divert the minds of the people from the work of preparation to stand in the day of God.

> “Ngokusebenzisa imimoya, uSathane ubonakala njengomhlomuli wesintu, ephulukisa izifo zabantu, futhi ezisho ukuthi uletha uhlelo olusha noluphakeme ngokwengeziwe lokholo lwenkolo; kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo usebenza njengombhubhisi. Izilingo zakhe ziholela izixuku ekubhujisweni. Ukungazithibi kususa ubukhosi bengqondo; ukwenelisa izinkanuko zenyama, ukuxabana, nokuchitheka kwegazi kulandela. USathane uyakujabulela ukulwa, ngoba kuvusa izinkanuko ezimbi kakhulu zomphefumulo bese kudonsela ephakadeni izisulu zakhona zicwile ebubini nasegazini. Inhloso yakhe ukuvusa izizwe ukuba zilwe zodwa, ngoba ngaleyo ndlela angaphambukisa izingqondo zabantu emsebenzini wokuzilungiselela ukuma ngosuku lukaNkulunkulu.”

> “Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for the law of Jehovah; and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would—He will withdraw His blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.” The Great Controversy, 588, 589.

> “USathane usebenza nangezinto zemvelo ukuze avune isivuno sakhe semiphefumulo engalungiselelwanga. Ucwaninge izimfihlakalo zamalabhorethri emvelo, futhi usebenzisa wonke amandla akhe ukulawula lezo zinto zemvelo kuze kufike lapho uNkulunkulu emvumela khona. Ngenkathi evunyelwa ukuba ahluphe uJobe, kwashesha kangakanani ukushabalala kwemihlambi nemfuyo, izinceku, izindlu, nabantwana, usizi olulodwa lulandela olunye sengathi kungomzuzwana. NguNkulunkulu ovikela izidalwa zaKhe futhi azibiyele emandleni ombhubhisi. Kodwa izwe lobuKristu libonise ukwedelela umthetho kaJehova; futhi iNkosi iyokwenza khona kanye lokho ememezele ukuthi iyokwenza—iyohoxisa izibusiso zaYo emhlabeni futhi isuse ukunakekela kwaYo okuvikelayo kulabo abahlubuka umthetho waYo nemfundiso yaWo futhi bephoqelela nabanye ukuba benze okufanayo. USathane ulawula bonke labo uNkulunkulu angabavikeli ngokukhethekile. Uyobonisa umusa futhi achumise abanye ukuze aqhubekisele phambili amacebo akhe, futhi alethe usizi kwabanye futhi ahole abantu ekukholweni ukuthi nguNkulunkulu obahluphayo.” The Great Controversy, 588, 589.

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