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# Rome Establishes the Vision - Number Sixteen

IRoma Limisa Umbono — Inombolo Eyishumi Nesithupha

The Final Test: Understanding the Symbolism of Rome and the Triple Application of Prophecy

Ukuvivinywa Kokugcina: Ukuqonda Uphawu lweRoma Nokusetshenziswa Okuphindwe Kathathu Kweziprofetho

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Jeff Pippenger

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September 4, 2024

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Those on the wrong side of this final controversy of the symbol of Rome lean upon a flawed application of a triple application of prophecy as they suggest that the three Rome’s are defined by the three Sunday laws of the years 321, 538 and the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States. In doing so they place an incorrect slant upon the rule and the prophetic history they select, as was also done in the controversy over the four insects of Joel. The four generations followed by four devouring insects in the first six verses of Joel address how God’s people are progressively decimated over four generations, and that the decimation was accomplished by Adventism’s acceptance of the theology of Rome and apostate Protestantism.

Labo abasohlangothini olungalungile lwale mpikiswano yokugcina ngophawu lweRoma bathembele ekusetshenzisweni okunephutha kokusebenza okuphindwe kathathu kwesiprofetho, njengoba bephakamisa ukuthi amaRoma amathathu achazwa yimithetho emithathu yeSonto yeminyaka ka-321, 538, kanye nomthetho weSonto ozayo maduze e-United States. Ngokwenza kanjalo babeka ukuchema okungelona iqiniso phezu komthetho kanye nomlando wesiprofetho abawukhethayo, njengoba kwenziwa futhi empikiswaneni ngezinambuzane ezine zikaJoweli. Izizukulwane ezine, ezilandelwa yizinambuzane ezine ezidlayo emavesini okuqala ayisithupha kaJoweli, zikhuluma ngendlela abantu bakaNkulunkulu ababhujiswa ngayo kancane kancane ezizukulwaneni ezine, nokuthi lokho kubhujiswa kwafezwa ngokwamukela kwe-Adventism imfundiso yenkolo yeRoma kanye nobuProthestani obuhlubukile.

In the current controversy those who attempt to employ the Sunday law to define the three Rome’s, avoid the truth that there are actually four Sunday laws that are identified in God’s prophetic word, and that the year 321 represents the soon-coming Sunday law in the United States, and the Sunday law of 538 typifies the Sunday law which is enforced upon all the nations of the world. Four Sunday laws does not identify three Sunday laws, especially when the third manifestation in a triple application of prophecy represents the final fulfillment. The soon-coming Sunday law in the United States is not the final Sunday law, it actually marks the beginning of a series of Sunday laws as each nation on the globe progressively accepts the mark of papal authority.

Empikiswaneni yamanje, labo abazama ukusebenzisa umthetho weSonto ukuchaza amaRoma amathathu, bayaligwema iqiniso lokuthi empeleni kunemithetho emine yeSonto ehlonzwe ezwini likaNkulunkulu lesiprofetho, nokuthi unyaka ka-321 umelela umthetho weSonto ozayo maduze e-United States, kanti umthetho weSonto ka-538 ufanekisela umthetho weSonto ozophoqelelwa phezu kwazo zonke izizwe zomhlaba. Imithetho emine yeSonto ayichazi imithetho emithathu yeSonto, ikakhulukazi lapho ukubonakaliswa kwesithathu ekusetshenzisweni kathathu kwesiprofetho kumelela ukugcwaliseka kokugcina. Umthetho weSonto ozayo maduze e-United States awuwona umthetho weSonto wokugcina; empeleni uphawula ukuqala kochungechunge lwemithetho yeSonto njengoba isizwe ngasinye emhlabeni wamukela kancane kancane uphawu lwegunya lobupapa.

Those who were awakened in July 2023 are required to understand that the prophetic test that confronts them occurs during the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and that during that outpouring one class is receiving the “oil,” and the other class is receiving “strong delusion.” The primary representation of those who receive strong delusion is represented in the very chapter where the expression strong delusion is located, and in that chapter the truth that is either loved or rejected is the truth which defines the prophetic relationship between pagan Rome and papal Rome.

Labo abavuswa ngoJulayi 2023 kudingeka baqonde ukuthi uvivinyo lwesiprofetho olubhekene nabo lwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele, nokuthi phakathi kwalokho kuthululwa isigaba esisodwa samukela “uwoyela,” kanti esinye isigaba samukela “ukudukiswa okunamandla.” Isibonakaliso esiyinhloko salabo abamukela ukudukiswa okunamandla simelwe kuso kanye leso sahluko lapho kutholakala khona inkulumo ethi ukudukiswa okunamandla, futhi kuleso sahluko iqiniso elithandwayo noma elinqatshwayo yilona qiniso elichaza ubudlelwane besiprofetho phakathi kweRoma lobuhedeni neRoma yobupapa.

The prophetic relationship between 321 and 538 is shown by the prophetic relationship between the church of Pergamos and the church of Thyatira. In the last days, pagan Rome, represented by 321 and Pergamos, is a symbol of the United States, and papal Rome, represented by 538 and Thyatira, is a symbol of Modern Rome.

Ubudlelwane besiprofetho phakathi kuka-321 no-538 buboniswa ubudlelwane besiprofetho phakathi kwebandla lasePergamose nebandla laseThiyathira. Ezinsukwini zokugcina, iRoma yobuqaba, emelwe ngu-321 kanye nePergamose, iyisibonakaliso se-United States, futhi iRoma yobupapa, emelwe ngu-538 kanye neThiyathira, iyisibonakaliso seRoma yanamuhla.

The first Rome of 321 was a singular power state, and the second Rome of 538 was a dual power representing a combination of church and state with the church in control of the relationship. The third and final Rome, which is modern Rome, is a threefold power that consists of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet.

IRoma yokuqala ka-321 yayiyisimo samandla esisodwa esiyingqayizivele, kanti iRoma yesibili ka-538 yayiyisimo samandla esimbili esimelela inhlanganisela yebandla nombuso, ibandla liphethe ukulawulwa kwalobo budlelwane. IRoma yesithathu neyokugcina, okuyiRoma yanamuhla, ingamandla aphindwe kathathu aqukethe udrako, isilo, nomprofethi wamanga.

Paul taught that to not understand the prophetic and historic relationship of pagan Rome (the dragon) and papal Rome (the beast) was to manifest a hatred of the truth which brought about strong delusion. All the prophets, including Paul were more specifically addressing the last days, so the relationship between the two powers in Paul’s history represents the relationship between the three powers of Modern Rome in the last days. To reject the prophetic relationship that “forms” the threefold union of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet in the last days is to secure strong delusion for yourself.

UPawulu wafundisa ukuthi ukungaluqondi ubudlelwano obungokwesiprofetho nobomlando beRoma yobuhedeni (udrako) neRoma yobupapa (isilo) kwakuwukubonakalisa ukuzonda iqiniso, okwaholela ekudukisweni okunamandla. Bonke abaprofethi, kuhlanganisa noPawulu, babekhuluma ngokukhethekile kakhulu ngezinsuku zokugcina, ngakho ubudlelwano obuphakathi kwala mandla amabili emlandweni kaPawulu bumele ubudlelwano obuphakathi kwamandla amathathu eRoma yanamuhla ezinsukwini zokugcina. Ukwenqaba ubudlelwano obungokwesiprofetho “obakha” umanyano oluphindwe kathathu lukadrako, lwesilo nolomprofethi wamanga ezinsukwini zokugcina kuwukuzilethela ukudukiswa okunamandla.

Uriah Smith’s private interpretation of the king of the north represented a “cause” that produced an “effect.” But the class that is on the wrong side of the controversies about Rome is specifically identified as being unable to reason from cause to effect. Smith did not see that his flawed application of the king of the north would produce a prophetic platform which would lead him to also misrepresent the sixth plague, where there is a warning to keep or lose the garment of Christ’s righteousness.

Ukuhumusha kuka-Uriyah Smith okuyimfihlo ngokuphathelene nenkosi yasenyakatho kwakumele “imbangela” eyaveza “umphumela.” Kodwa isigaba esisohlangothini olungafanele lwezingxabano eziphathelene neRoma sikhonjiswa ngokucacile njengaleso esingakwazi ukubona ngezizathu siye emiphumeleni. USmith akazange abone ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwakhe okuyiphutha kwenkosi yasenyakatho kwakuyoveza isisekelo sesiprofetho esasiyomholela futhi ekuchazeni ngokungesilo iqiniso inhlupho yesithupha, lapho kukhona khona isixwayiso sokugcina noma sokulahlekelwa yingubo yokulunga kukaKristu.

As with Paul’s emphasis in Second Thessalonians, John in chapter sixteen of Revelation and the sixth plague emphasizes the necessity of understanding who the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon are. Smith’s flawed application of the king of the north provides witness to an inability to rightly apply types and antitypes.

Njengokugcizelela kukaPawulu kweyesibili kwabaseThesalonika, uJohane esahlukweni seshumi nesithupha seSambulo nasehluphekweni lwesithupha ugcizelela isidingo sokuqonda ukuthi angobani lawo mandla amathathu aholela izwe e-Armagedoni. Ukusetshenziswa okunephutha kukaSmith kwenkosi yasenyakatho kunikeza ubufakazi bokungakwazi ukusebenzisa ngokufanele izifaniso nezifanekiselo zazo ezifezekileyo.

Smith could not, or would not, apply the principle so strongly set forth in the writings of Paul that the literal before the time-period of the cross represented the spiritual after the time-period of the cross. When this principle is carefully and correctly followed it is easily demonstrated that the “king of the north” is one of many symbols that represent the spiritual “king of the north” in the last days. Seventh-day Adventists above any other people should know that one of the primary structures that prophecy is based upon is the controversy between Christ and Satan. Christ is the true King of the north, and Satan has been attempting to manifest himself as the counterfeit king of the north.

USmith wayengeke, noma wayengathandi, ukusebenzisa leso simiso esibekwe ngamandla kangaka emibhalweni kaPawulu sokuthi okungokoqobo ngaphambi kwenkathi yesiphambano kwakumele okomoya emva kwenkathi yesiphambano. Lapho lesi simiso silandelwa ngokucophelela nangokunembile, kuboniswa kalula ukuthi “inkosi yasenyakatho” ingolunye lwezimpawu eziningi ezimelela “inkosi yasenyakatho” engokomoya ezinsukwini zokugcina. AmaSeventh-day Adventists, ngaphezu kwanoma yibaphi abanye abantu, kufanele azi ukuthi esinye sezakhiwo eziyinhloko isiprofetho esisekelwe phezu kwazo yimpikiswano phakathi kukaKristu noSathane. UKristu uyiNkosi yasenyakatho eyiqiniso, kanti uSathane ubelokhu ezama ukuziveza njengenkosi yasenyakatho yomgunyathi.

> A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. Psalms 48:1–3.

> Ingoma neHubo lamadodana kaKhora. Mkhulu uJehova, futhi ufanele ukudunyiswa kakhulu emzini kaNkulunkulu wethu, entabeni yobungcwele bakhe. Muhle ngokuma kwawo, uyinjabulo yomhlaba wonke, yiNtaba iSiyoni, ezinhlangothini zenyakatho, umuzi weNkosi enkulu. UNkulunkulu uyaziwa ezigodlweni zalo njengendawo yokuphephela. AmaHubo 48:1–3.

Satan’s efforts to counterfeit the true King of the north, includes employing the pope of Rome as his earthly representative. Satan is antichrist, and so is the pope of Rome, who is Satan’s proxy in his work of deception.

Imizamo kaSathane yokulingisa iNkosi yeqiniso yasenyakatho ihlanganisa ukusebenzisa upapa waseRoma njengommeleli wakhe wasemhlabeni. USathane ungumphikukristu, kanjalo nompapa waseRoma, oyisithunywa sikaSathane emsebenzini wakhe wokukhohlisa.

> “To secure worldly gains and honors, the church was led to seek the favor and support of the great men of earth; and having thus rejected Christ, she was induced to yield allegiance to the representative of Satan—the bishop of Rome.” The Great Controversy, 50.

> “Ukuze kuqinisekiswe izinzuzo zomhlaba nezindumiso zawo, ibandla laholelwa ukuba lifune umusa nokusekelwa ngabakhulu bomhlaba; futhi, ngokuba ngaleyo ndlela laliyenqabile uKristu, laqhutshelwa ukuba linikele ukwethembeka kummeli kaSathane—umbhishobhi waseRoma.” The Great Controversy, 50.

In the breakup of Alexander the Great’s kingdom, Seleucus Nicator became the first king of the north in the history represented in Daniel chapter eleven. His father, Antiochus, had been an influential leader in Alexander’s kingdom, and his son, Seleucus, was made the satrap of Babylon. A “satrap” is a governor, and when Seleucus had secured three of the four geographical areas that Alexander’s kingdom divided into, he became the king of the north.

Ekwehlukaneni kombuso ka-Alexander Omkhulu, uSeleucus Nicator waba yinkosi yokuqala yasenyakatho emlandweni ovezwe kuDaniyeli isahluko seshumi nanye. Uyise, u-Antiochus, wayengumholi onethonya embusweni ka-Alexander, futhi indodana yakhe, uSeleucus, yenziwa isatrapu saseBhabhiloni. “Isatrapu” ngumbusi wesifundazwe, futhi lapho uSeleucus esezuze ukulawula izifunda ezintathu kwezine zendawo umbuso ka-Alexander owahlukaniswa waba yizo, waba yinkosi yasenyakatho.

Smith’s private interpretation and avoidance of grammatical rules led him to assume the final powers that made up Satan’s confederacy of evil in the last days were represented in prophecy as literal powers, not spiritual powers. Thus, he could not see that Seleucus Nicator as the first king of the north, the governor of Babylon, would of prophetic necessity represent the final spiritual king of the north who was the power that controlled modern spiritual Babylon.

Ukuhumusha kukaSmith okuyimfihlo nokugwema kwakhe imithetho yohlelo lolimi kwamenza wacabanga ukuthi amandla okugcina ayakha umfelandawonye kaSathane wobubi ezinsukwini zokugcina ayemelwe esiprofethweni njengamandla angokoqobo, hhayi amandla omoya. Ngakho-ke, wayengakwazi ukubona ukuthi uSeleucus Nicator njengenkosi yokuqala yasenyakatho, umbusi waseBabiloni, ngokwesidingo sesiprofetho wayezomela inkosi yokugcina yasenyakatho engokomoya, eyayingamandla ayelawula iBabiloni lanamuhla elingokomoya.

> And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Revelation 17:1-6.

> Kwase kufika omunye wezingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezazinezitsha eziyisikhombisa, wakhuluma nami, wathi kimi: Woza lapha; ngiyakubonisa ukwahlulelwa kwesifebe esikhulu esihlezi phezu kwamanzi amaningi; amakhosi omhlaba aphingile naso, nabakhileyo emhlabeni badakiwe yiwayini lobufebe baso. Wayesengithwala ngoMoya wangiyisa ehlane; ngabona owesifazane ehlezi phezu kwesilo esibomvu kle, sigcwele amagama okuhlambalaza, sinamakhanda ayisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi. Owesifazane wayembethe okububende nokubomvu kle, ehlotshiswe ngegolide nangamatshe ayigugu nangamaparele, ephethe esandleni sakhe indebe yegolide igcwele izinengiso nokungcola kobufebe bakhe; ebunzini lakhe kwakulotshiwe igama elithi, IMFIHLAKALO, IBHABHELANE ELIKHULU, UNINA WEZIFEBE NOWEZINENGISO ZOMHLABA. Ngabona owesifazane edakiwe yigazi labangcwele nangegazi labafel’ ukholo bakaJesu; kwathi lapho ngimbona, ngamangala ngokumangala okukhulu. IsAmbulo 17:1-6.

The power that governs Babylon in the last days is the papal church, and she is therefore also the spiritual king of the north.

Amandla abusa iBabiloni ezinsukwini zokugcina yibandla lobupapa, ngakho-ke futhi uyinkosi yasenyakatho ngokomoya.

> “The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as ‘arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness:…and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots.’ Says the prophet: ‘I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.’ Babylon is further declared to be ‘that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.’ Revelation 17:4-6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome. The purple and scarlet color, the gold and precious stones and pearls, vividly picture the magnificence and more than kingly pomp affected by the haughty see of Rome. And no other power could be so truly declared ‘drunken with the blood of the saints’ as that church which has so cruelly persecuted the followers of Christ. Babylon is also charged with the sin of unlawful connection with ‘the kings of the earth.’ It was by departure from the Lord, and alliance with the heathen, that the Jewish church became a harlot; and Rome, corrupting herself in like manner by seeking the support of worldly powers, receives a like condemnation.” The Great Controversy, 382.

> “Owesifazane (iBhabhiloni) wesAmbulo 17 uchazwa ngokuthi ‘wembethe okububende nokubomvu klebhu, ehlotshiswe ngegolide nangamatshe ayigugu nangamapharele, ephethe indebe yegolide esandleni sakhe, igcwele izinengiso nokungcola: … ebunzini lakhe kwakulotshiwe igama elithi, Imfihlakalo, iBhabhiloni Elikhulu, unina wezifebe.’ Kusho umprofethi: ‘Ngabona owesifazane edakiwe yigazi labangcwele, nangegazi labafel’ ukholo bakaJesu.’ Futhi iBhabhiloni kuthiwa ‘yilo muzi omkhulu, obusa phezu kwamakhosi omhlaba.’ IsAmbulo 17:4-6, 18. Umbuso lowo owagcina ukubusa kobushiqela phezu kwamakhosi eLobukholwa amakhulu eminyaka amaningi yiRoma. Umbala wobubende nokubomvu klebhu, igolide namatshe ayigugu namapharele, kuveza ngokucacileyo ubukhazikhazi nodumo oludlula olwamakhosi oluzigabisa ngalo isihlalo esiqhoshayo saseRoma. Futhi akukho omunye umbuso obungachazwa ngeqiniso kangaka ngokuthi ‘udakiwe yigazi labangcwele’ njengalelo bandla eliye lashushisa abalandeli bakaKristu ngonya olukhulu kangaka. IBhabhiloni ibuye isolwe ngesono sokuhlangana okungekho emthethweni ‘namakhosi omhlaba.’ Kwakungokuphambuka eNkosini, nangokuzihlanganisa nabahedeni, lapho ibandla lamaJuda laba yisifebe; futhi iRoma, ngokuzonakalisa ngendlela efanayo ngokufuna ukwesekwa ngamandla asemhlabeni, yamukela ukulahlwa okufanayo.” The Great Controversy, 382.

The governor is the king, and according to Isaiah, a king is a kingdom and is also the capital city of a kingdom.

Umbusi uyinkosi, futhi ngokuka-Isaya, inkosi iwumbuso futhi iyinhloko-dolobha yombuso futhi.

> For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Isaiah 7:8, 9.

> Ngokuba inhloko yaseSiriya iyiDamaseku, nenhloko yaseDamaseku inguRezini; futhi kungakapheli iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu u-Efrayimi uyakwephulwa, aze angabe esaba ngabantu. Nenhloko ka-Efrayimi iyiSamariya, nenhloko yaseSamariya iyindodana kaRemaliya. Uma ningakholwa, impela aniyikuqiniswa. U-Isaya 7:8, 9.

According to the witness of Isaiah, a student of prophecy who awakens in July of 2023 to a prophetic testing process must recognize the prophetic symbolism of the “head” if he wishes to be established. If he doesn’t recognize and apply the symbolism of a “head” when called for, then he is not established. Those who disbelieve are not established, and therefore Isaiah is identifying two classes of worshippers in the last days who either are established or are not established. They are the same two classes who either have the “oil,” or they don’t have the “oil.”

Ngokobufakazi buka-Isaya, umfundi wesiprofetho ovuka ngoJulayi ka-2023 enqubweni yokuvivinywa okungokwesiprofetho kumelwe aqaphele uphawu olungokwesiprofetho “lwekhanda” uma efisa ukumiswa aqine. Uma engaluqapheli futhi engalusebenzisi uphawu “lwekhanda” lapho kudingeka khona, khona-ke akamisiwe aqine. Labo abangakholwayo abamisiwe aqine, ngakho-ke u-Isaya ukhomba izigaba ezimbili zabakhulekeli ezinsukwini zokugcina, ezimiswa ziqine noma ezingamiswa ziqine. Yizo lezo zigaba ezimbili ezifanayo ezinom “uwoyela,” noma ezingenawo “uwoyela.”

One class that is established and has oil, receives the message of the Midnight Cry that began to be opened up in July of 2023, or they receive the strong delusion of Second Thessalonians. Their test is the formation of the image of the beast, and the way in which the beast is formed, whether the papal beast of the Dark Ages, or its image that is formed by the United States, or the threefold union that leads the world to Armageddon. This includes the necessity of recognizing that the “head,” the “king” the ruler of the other two powers that make up the threefold union, is the papal power.

Isigaba esisunguliwe futhi esinamafutha, samukela umlayezo Wokukhala Kwaphakathi Kwamabili owaqala ukwambulwa ngoJulayi ka-2023, noma samukela inkohliso enamandla yeSibili kwabaseThesalonika. Ukuvivinywa kwaso kungukwakheka komfanekiso wesilo, kanye nendlela isilo esakheka ngayo, noma ngabe yisilo sobupapa seNkathi Yobumnyama, noma umfanekiso waso owakhiwa yi-United States, noma inyunyana ephindwe kathathu eholela izwe e-Armagedoni. Lokhu kubandakanya isidingo sokuqaphela ukuthi “ikhanda,” “inkosi,” umbusi walawo amanye amandla amabili akha le nyunyana ephindwe kathathu, ungamandla obupapa.

The “head,” the capital city of Judah was Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose to place His name.

“Inhloko,” okuyinhloko-dolobha yakwaJuda, kwakuyiJerusalema, umuzi iNkosi eyawukhetha ukuba ibeke kuwo igama layo.

> And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 1 Kings 14:21.

> URehobowamu indodana kaSolomoni wabusa kwaJuda. URehobowamu wayeneminyaka engamashumi amane nanye lapho eqala ukubusa, wabusa iminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa eJerusalema, umuzi iNkosi eyawukhetha phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli ukuba ibeke igama layo khona. Igama likanina lalinguNahama, owesifazane wakwa-Amoni. 1 AmaKhosi 14:21.

In the great controversy between Christ and Satan, Christ’s capital city, where He places His name, is Jerusalem, and Satan’s counterfeit was the literal city of Babylon that represents spiritual Babylon that great city in the last days. Satan places his name upon the head as a counterfeit of God’s city and capitol. The king that resides there is the mother of harlots who commits fornication with the kings of the earth. The mother of harlots is the papal power, and her daughters are the fallen Protestant churches, of which the premier fallen apostate church is the apostate Protestants of the United States.

Empikiswaneni enkulu phakathi kukaKristu noSathane, umuzi omkhulu wenhloko-dolobha kaKristu, lapho ebeka khona igama laKhe, yiJerusalema; kanti inkohliso kaSathane kwakungumuzi ongokoqobo waseBhabhiloni omelela iBhabhiloni elingokomoya, lowo muzi omkhulu wezinsuku zokugcina. USathane ubeka igama lakhe esiphongweni njengenkohliso yomuzi kaNkulunkulu nenhloko-dolobha yawo. Inkosi ehlala lapho ingunina wezifebe owenza ubufebe namakhosi omhlaba. Unina wezifebe ungamandla obupapa, futhi amadodakazi akhe angamasonto amaProthestani awileyo, phakathi kwawo ibandla eliholayo kakhulu eliwileyo nelihlubukileyo lingamaProthestani ahlubukileyo ase-United States.

Those apostate Protestants represent the Protestant horn of the earth beast, and they are connected with their mother since their rejection of the prophetic message that was unsealed in 1798. Their counterpart, the Republican horn, is connected with the kings of the earth through their relationship with the United Nations, the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. The threefold union which leads the world to Armageddon is represented by its head, where its name is placed, and spiritual modern Rome is spiritual modern Babylon. Its “head” is the papal power.

Lawo maProthestani ayihlubukayo amele uphondo lwamaProthestani lwesilo somhlaba, futhi axhumene nonina ngenxa yokwenqaba kwawo umlayezo wesiprofetho owavulwa uphawu ngowe-1798. Uhlangothi lwawo oluhambisanayo, uphondo lweRiphabhulikhi, luxhumene namakhosi omhlaba ngobudlelwane bawo neZizwe Ezihlangene, amakhosi ayishumi eSambulo sikaJohane isahluko seshumi nesikhombisa. Inyunyana ephindwe kathathu eholela umhlaba e-Armagedoni imelwe yinhloko yayo, lapho kubekwe khona igama layo, futhi iRoma yanamuhla ngokomoya iyiBabiloni yanamuhla ngokomoya. “Inhloko” yayo ingamandla opapa.

The first represents the last and whether you apply Daniel chapter two as did the Millerites, as representing four kingdoms, or as has been opened up in the last days as representing eight kingdoms, the first kingdom was literal Babylon. The Millerites would inform you the last was literal Rome. Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols, for they are the first and the last of a prophetic line.

Okokuqala umele okokugcina, futhi noma usebenzisa uDaniyeli isahluko sesibili njengoba kwenza amaMillerite, njengokumele imibuso emine, noma njengoba kwambulwa ezinsukwini zokugcina njengokumele imibuso eyisishiyagalombili, umbuso wokuqala kwakuyiBabiloni elingokoqobo. AmaMillerite ayengakutshela ukuthi owokugcina kwakuyiRoma elingokoqobo. IBabiloni neRoma ziyizimpawu ezingashintshana, ngokuba zingezokuqala nezokugcina zomugqa wesiprofetho.

In the last days the first kingdom of literal Babylon represents the eighth and last kingdom which is spiritual modern Babylon, and is also spiritual modern Rome. Upon the two witnesses represented in Daniel chapter two Babylon and Rome are interchangeable symbols.

Ezinsukwini zokugcina umbuso wokuqala weBabiloni elingokoqobo umelela umbuso wesishiyagalombili nowokugcina, oyilo iBabiloni lesimanje elingokomoya, futhi futhi uyilo iRoma lesimanje elingokomoya. Phezu kofakazi ababili abavezwa kuDaniyeli isahluko sesibili, iBabiloni neRoma kuyizimpawu ezingashintshana.

When the papal whore is portrayed with a name on her forehead that identifies “Mystery Babylon,” it is also identifying “mystery Rome.” A prophetic “mystery” represents a truth that is so profound that it is impossible to understand the depth of the truth represented therein, especially without the influence of the Holy Spirit. But a biblical “mystery” also demands that what is revealed in connection with the mystery is a required understanding for those who seek to pass the test. This is why two witnesses in Revelation emphasize the need to understand modern Rome.

Lapho isifebe sobupapa sivezwa sinegama ebunzini laso elisihlonza ngokuthi “iBhabhiloni Eliyimfihlakalo,” kusuke futhi kuhlonzwa “iRoma eyimfihlakalo.” “Imfihlakalo” yesiprofetho imelela iqiniso elijule kangangokuthi akunakwenzeka ukuqonda ukujula kweqiniso elimelelwe kuyo, ikakhulukazi ngaphandle kwethonya loMoya oNgcwele. Kodwa “imfihlakalo” eseBhayibhelini iphinde ifune ukuthi lokho okwambulwayo mayelana naleyo mfihlakalo kube ukuqonda okuyisidingo kulabo abafuna ukuphumelela ovivinyweni. Yingakho ofakazi ababili encwadini yesAmbulo begcizelela isidingo sokuqonda iRoma yesimanje.

> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18.

> Nakhu ukuhlakanipha. Onokuqonda makabale inani lesilo; ngokuba liyinani lomuntu; nenani laso lingamakhulu ayisithupha namashumi ayisithupha nesithupha. IsAmbulo 13:18.

“Wisdom” understands the number of the beast, which is the number of a man whose number is six, six, six. The “man of sin” is the head of the beast. Wisdom is an attribute of the wise virgins in the last days, and it is also a symbol of those who understand the increase of knowledge in the last days. Those who do not understand are foolish virgins and are the wicked. The “wisdom” they do not understand must of prophetic necessity be in the context of the final prophetic test, for this is when the wise and foolish virgins exist. They must understand “six, six, six.” The mind that has wisdom is also located by John in the last days in Revelation chapter seventeen.

“Ukuhlakanipha” kuyiqonda inani lesilo, eliyinani lomuntu, inani lakhe lingusithupha, isithupha, isithupha. “Umuntu wesono” uyinhloko yesilo. Ukuhlakanipha kuyisici sezintombi ezihlakaniphileyo ezinsukwini zokugcina, futhi kuwuphawu futhi lwalabo abaqonda ukwanda kolwazi ezinsukwini zokugcina. Labo abangaqondi bayizintombi eziyiziwula futhi bangababi. “Ukuhlakanipha” abangakuqondi kufanele, ngokwesidingo sesiprofetho, kube semongweni wokuvivinywa kokugcina kwesiprofetho, ngoba kulapho izintombi ezihlakaniphileyo neziziwula zikhona. Kufanele baqonde “isithupha, isithupha, isithupha.” Ingqondo enokuhlakanipha nayo ibekwa nguJohane ezinsukwini zokugcina eSambulweni isahluko seshumi nesikhombisa.

> And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. Revelation 17:9–11.

> Nansi ingqondo enokuhlakanipha. Amakhanda ayisikhombisa ayizintaba eziyisikhombisa, lapho owesifazane ehlezi khona. Futhi kukhona amakhosi ayisikhombisa: amahlanu awile, nelilodwa likhona, kanti elinye alikafiki; futhi lapho lifika, limelwe ukuhlala isikhashana. Nesilo esasikhona, esingasekho, sona siyisishiyagalombili, futhi singesayisikhombisa, futhi siya ekubhujisweni. IsAmbulo 17:9–11.

The “mind” that has the wisdom to understand the number “six, six, six,” is a wise virgin who has obtained the “mind of Christ.”

“Ingqondo” enokuhlakanipha kokuqonda inombolo ethi “isithupha, isithupha, isithupha,” iyintombi ehlakaniphileyo esizuze “ingqondo kaKristu.”

> For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16.

> Ngokuba ngubani owake wazi umqondo weNkosi, ukuba ayifundise? Kepha thina sinomqondo kaKristu. 1 Korinte 2:16.

The class of wise virgins have the mind of Christ, and the foolish wicked virgins have the mind of Christ’s adversary.

Isigaba sezintombi ezihlakaniphileyo sinomqondo kaKristu, kanti izintombi eziyiziwula nezingababi zinomqondo womelene noKristu.

> “The time has come for the true light to shine amid moral darkness. The third angel’s message has been sent forth to the world, warning men against receiving the mark of the beast or of his image in their foreheads or in their hands. To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas, in direct opposition to the word of God.” Review and Herald, July 13, 1897.

> “Isikhathi sesifikile sokuba ukukhanya kweqiniso kukhanye phakathi kobumnyama bokuziphatha. Umlayezo wengelosi yesithathu uthunyelwe ezweni, uxwayisa abantu ngokwamukela uphawu lwesilo noma lomfanekiso waso emabunzini abo noma ezandleni zabo. Ukwamukela lolu phawu kusho ukufinyelela esinqumweni esifanayo naleso esenziwe yisilo, nokusekela imibono efanayo, ngokuphikisana ngqo nezwi likaNkulunkulu.” Review and Herald, Julayi 13, 1897.

The formation of the image of the beast is the final test for the virgins of the parable, and the wise have the mind of Christ, for they have come to the same decision as Christ, for they have submitted their wills unto the Holy Spirit’s direction. The formation of the image of Christ in the wise virgins contrasts with the formation of the image of the beast in the foolish virgins. The foolish virgins come to the same decision as the beast, for they became confused upon the test question concerning the correct identification of the antichrist, who is the counterfeit king of the north and the head of modern Rome.

Ukubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo kuwuvivinyo lokugcina lwezintombi zomfanekiso, kanti abahlakaniphileyo banomqondo kaKristu, ngoba bafinyelele esinqumweni esifanayo noKristu, ngokuba banikele izintando zabo ekuqondisweni nguMoya oNgcwele. Ukubunjwa komfanekiso kaKristu ezintombini ezihlakaniphileyo kuqhathaniswa nokubunjwa komfanekiso wesilo ezintombini eziyiziwula. Izintombi eziyiziwula zifika esinqumweni esifanayo nesesilo, ngoba zadideka embuzweni wokuvivinywa omayelana nokukhonjwa okulungileyo komphikukristu, oyinkosi yasenyakatho yomgunyathi nenhloko yeRoma yesimanje.

> “Those who become confused in their understanding of the word, who fail to see the meaning of antichrist, will surely place themselves on the side of antichrist.” Kress Collection, 105.

> “Labo abadidekayo ekuqondeni kwabo izwi, abehluleka ukubona incazelo yomphikukristu, ngokuqinisekileyo bayozibeka ohlangothini lomphikukristu.” Kress Collection, 105.

The foolish virgins in the testing time that is represented as the formation of the image of the beast become confused in their understanding of the word. Their confusion is premised upon misunderstanding God’s prophetic word, and failing to see the correct meaning of Modern Rome, they receive strong delusion, come to the same decision as the beast, and advocate the same papal ideas in direct opposition to the word of God, and place themselves on the side of antichrist.

Izintombi eziyiziwula ngesikhathi sokuvivinywa esimelwe njengokwakhiwa komfanekiso wesilo ziyadideka ekuqondeni kwazo izwi. Lokhu kudideka kwazo kusekelwe ekungaliqondini kahle izwi likaNkulunkulu lesiprofetho, futhi ngokwehluleka ukubona incazelo efanele yeRoma yesiKhathi Samanje, zamukela ukudukiswa okunamandla, zifinyelele esinqumweni esifanayo nesesilo, futhi zimela imibono efanayo yobupapa ngokumelana ngokuqondile nezwi likaNkulunkulu, zize zizibeke ohlangothini lukamphikukristu.

We will continue these thoughts in the next article in this category.

Sizoqhubekisa le micabango esihlokweni esilandelayo kulesi sigaba.

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