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# Elijah - Number Seven

U-Eliya — Inombolo Yesikhombisa

The First and Last

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Jeff Pippenger

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October 7, 2023

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We are identifying 1863 as the last testing point in a series of tests that were initiated at the great disappointment of 1844. Our first piece of logic is the fact that the Millerite movement ended when the Seventh-day Adventist church was legally registered with the government of the United States in that very year. The movement that began prophetically in 1798, ended in 1863.

Sikhomba u-1863 njengendawo yokugcina yokuvivinywa ochungechungeni lwezivivinyo olwaqalwa ngesikhathi sokudumazeka okukhulu kuka-1844. Ingxenye yethu yokuqala yomqondo iwukuthi ukunyakaza kwamaMillerite kwaphela ngesikhathi iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist libhaliswa ngokomthetho nohulumeni wase-United States ngawo kanye lowo nyaka. Ukunyakaza okwaqala ngokwesiprofetho ngo-1798, kwaphela ngo-1863.

Inspiration informs us the when the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen descended on September 11, 2001, the event had been typified in the Millerite movement when the angel of Revelation ten descended. The Millerites’ movement began at the time of the end in 1798, when the vision of the Ulai river of Daniel chapters eight and nine was unsealed. The movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand began at the time of the end in 1989, when the vision of the Hiddekel river of the last three chapters of Daniel was unsealed.

Ugqozi lusitshela ukuthi lapho ingelosi enamandla yesAmbulo 18 yehla ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, leso sigameko sase sesifanekisiwe emnyakazweni wamaMillerite lapho ingelosi yesAmbulo 10 yehla. Umnyakazo wamaMillerite waqala ngesikhathi sokuphela ngo-1798, lapho umbono womfula i-Ulai kaDaniyeli izahluko 8 no-9 uvulwa. Umnyakazo wabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane waqala ngesikhathi sokuphela ngo-1989, lapho umbono womfula i-Hiddekel wezahluko ezintathu zokugcina zikaDaniyeli uvulwa.

Both time of the ends began a progressive separation of the former chosen people from those in the movement of their respective histories. When the primary rule of each history was publicly confirmed the angel of each respective history descended. The message, movement and messenger were the instruments the Lord employed in each respective history to demonstrate the former chosen people’s sin, for just as Christ taught of His work, if He had not come the quibbling Jews of history would have had no sin. The messenger, message and movement were the instruments of judgment that would hold the former chosen people accountable for rejecting the progressive light of their respective histories, and when the angel descended it marked that the judgment process of the former covenant people was under way. The instrument of judgment is identified when the prophets which illustrate that history eat the message delivered unto them by the Lord. When they eat the message, they then take the message to the former chosen people who are portrayed as a stiff-necked and rebellious people, who will not hear and be converted. Once the angel descends and the message is eaten, judgment of the rebellious people begins.

Zombili izikhathi zokuphela zaqala ukuhlukanisa kancane kancane abantu ababekade bekhethiweyo nalabo ababesesigabeni saleyo nhlangano emlandweni wabo ngamunye. Lapho umthetho oyinhloko womlando ngamunye usuqinisekisiwe obala, ingelosi yomlando ngamunye yehla. Umlayezo, inhlangano, nesithunywa kwakuyizinsiza iNkosi eyazisebenzisa emlandweni ngamunye ukuze ibonakalise isono sabantu ababekade bekhethiweyo, ngokuba njengoba uKristu wafundisa ngomsebenzi waKhe, ukuba Wayengazanga ukuza amaJuda aphikisanayo omlando ayengeke abe nesono. Isithunywa, umlayezo, nenhlangano kwakuyizinsiza zokwahlulela ezazizobamba abantu ababekade bekhethiweyo benecala ngokwenqaba ukukhanya okuqhubekayo kwemilando yabo ngamunye, futhi lapho ingelosi yehla kwaphawula ukuthi inqubo yokwahlulela yabantu besivumelwano sangaphambili yayisiqalile. Isinsiza sokwahlulela sikhonjiswa lapho abaprofethi ababonisa lowo mlando bedla umlayezo abanikezwe wona yiNkosi. Lapho bewudla umlayezo, base bewuyisa kubantu ababekade bekhethiweyo, abavezwa njengabantu abantamo-lukhuni nabavukelayo, abangeke balalele futhi baphenduke. Lapho ingelosi isihle futhi umlayezo usudliwe, ukwahlulelwa kwabantu abavukelayo kuyaqala.

We are applying the judgment process of ancient Israel as illustrated in the book of Numbers to the history of the Millerite movement and ultimately, we will apply this testing process to the movement of the one hundred and forty-four thousand. The symbolism of the number ‘ten’ is to be determined by the context of the passage where it is employed.

Sisebenzisa inqubo yokwahlulela yakwa-Israyeli wasendulo, njengoba iboniswe encwadini kaNumeri, emlandweni wenhlangano yamaMillerite; futhi ekugcineni siyoyisebenzisa le nqubo yokuhlola enhlanganweni yabayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane. Uphawu lwenombolo ethi ‘ishumi’ lumele lunqunywe ngomongo wendima esetshenziswe kuwo.

The sequence of ten tests begins at the disappointment, either at the Red Sea for ancient Israel or October 22, 1844 for the Millerites. Sister White identifies the “landmark” truths that were opened up at that time beginning with what she called “the passing of time.” The disappointment for the Hebrews was the threat of Pharaoh’s army. The lack of faith in God’s power for the Hebrews was manifested in response to their fear of the army of their enemies, just as it was at the tenth and final test. Jesus illustrates the end from the beginning, so the fear of the giants in the Promised Land which the ten spies identified was the same fear that had also produced their disappointment by the Red Sea. The tenth and final test for the Millerite movement would be a time prophecy, as was October 22, 1844.

Ukulandelana kwezivivinyo eziyishumi kuqala ekudumazekeni, kungaba seLwandle oluBomvu ku-Israyeli wasendulo noma ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844 kumaMillerite. USister White ukhomba amaqiniso “ayizimpawu zomngcele” avulwa ngaleso sikhathi, eqala ngalokho akubiza ngokuthi “ukudlula kwesikhathi.” Ukudumazeka kwamaHeberu kwakuyinsongo yebutho likaFaro. Ukuntuleka kokukholwa emandleni kaNkulunkulu kwamaHeberu kwabonakaliswa ekusabeleni kwabo ekwesabeni kwabo ibutho lezitha zabo, njengoba kwaba njalo nasesivivinyweni seshumi nesokugcina. UJesu ufanekisa ukuphela kusukela ekuqaleni, ngakho ukwesaba imidondoshiya ezweni leSithembiso okwavezwa yizinhloli eziyishumi kwakuyikho ukwesaba okufanayo okwaphinde kwadala ukudumazeka kwabo ngaseLwandle oluBomvu. Isivivinyo seshumi nesokugcina senhlangano yamaMillerite sasiyoba yisiprofetho sesikhathi, njengoba kwaba njalo ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844.

The great disappointment in the progressive testing of Millerite history marked the beginning of a history that had been clearly typified by ancient Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. Beginning at the Red Sea there was a series of ten tests, and the last test would reflect the first test. The “passing of time” at the great disappointment was produced by a misunderstanding of a time prophecy. The last of the testing process for spiritual Israel would be the same as the first. In 1863, the leaders of literal Israel chose to return to the biblical methodology of those they had just identified as daughters of Rome, and rejected, or you might say, misunderstood the longest time prophecy in the Bible. The end of the ten tests in both literal and spiritual Israel was represented by the beginning. And the end, in both instances the rebels manifested a desire to return to the place that they had just been delivered from.

Ukudumala okukhulu ekuhlolweni okuqhubekayo komlando wamaMillerite kwaphawula ukuqala komlando owawufanekiswe ngokucacile ngokukhululwa kuka-Israyeli wasendulo eGibhithe. Kusukela oLwandle oluBomvu kwaqala uchungechunge lwezivivinyo eziyishumi, futhi isivivinyo sokugcina sasizobonakalisa esokuqala. “Ukudlula kwesikhathi” ekudumaleni okukhulu kwavela ekungaqondeni kahle isiprofetho sesikhathi. Esokugcina ohlelweni lokuhlolwa kuka-Israyeli womoya sasiyoba njengesesokuqala. Ngo-1863, abaholi baka-Israyeli ongokoqobo bakhetha ukubuyela endleleni yeBhayibheli yalabo ababesanda kubabiza ngokuthi bangamadodakazi aseRoma, futhi benqaba, noma ungathi, abaqondanga kahle, isiprofetho sesikhathi eside kunazo zonke eBhayibhelini. Ukuphela kwezivivinyo eziyishumi, kokubili ku-Israyeli ongokoqobo naku-Israyeli womoya, kwamelwa yisiqalo. Futhi ekugcineni, kuzo zombili lezi zimo, abavukeli babonakalisa isifiso sokubuyela endaweni ababesasanda kukhululwa kuyo.

By rejecting the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six Laodicean Adventism created a prophetic dilemma that they had not foreseen. To this day they have not been able to resolve the dilemma, though they offer up a variety of dishes of fables in an attempt to do so. The dilemma is in the verse that Sister White identifies as the foundation and central pillar of Adventism.

Ngokwenqaba izikhathi eziyisikhombisa zikaLevitikusi 26, ubu-Adventisti baseLawodikeya badala inkinga yesiprofetho ababengayibonanga kusengaphambili. Kuze kube namuhla abakakwazi ukuxazulula leyo nkinga, nakuba belethe izinhlobonhlobo zezitsha zezinganekwane ngomzamo wokwenza njalo. Leyo nkinga isemvesini uDade White awukhomba njengesisekelo nensika emaphakathi yoBuvangeli bama-Adventisti.

> “The scripture which above all others had been both the foundation and central pillar of the Advent faith was the declaration, ‘Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.’ [Daniel 8:14.]” The Great Controversy, 409.

> “Umbhalo owawudlula yonke eminye ngokuba yisisekelo kanye nensika ephakathi nendawo yokholo lwe-Advent kwakuyisimemezelo esithi, ‘Kuze kube yizinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu; khona-ke indlu engcwele iyakuhlanzwa.’ [Daniel 8:14.]” The Great Controversy, 409.

Adventism has much to say about verse fourteen, but they never address the very first observation that should be made about the verse. That observation is that verse fourteen is an “answer.” An answer is meaningless, if it does not include the question that elicits the answer. Verse thirteen cannot logically, grammatically or reasonably be separated from verse fourteen, for verse thirteen is the question and verse fourteen is the answer.

Ubu-Adventist buningi abangakusho ngevesi leshumi nane, kodwa abaze babhekane nakho ukuqaphela kokuqala okufanele kwenziwe ngalelo vesi. Lokho kuqaphela ukuthi ivesi leshumi nane liyi-“mpendulo.” Impendulo ayinancazelo, uma ingafaki umbuzo okhipha leyo mpendulo. Ivesi leshumi nantathu alinakuhlukaniswa nevesi leshumi nane ngokomqondo, ngokohlelo lolimi noma ngokunengqondo, ngoba ivesi leshumi nantathu lingumbuzo kanti ivesi leshumi nane liyimpendulo.

The question, when rightly and fairly represented produces a very different meaning to verse fourteen than what Adventism teaches. This does not mean that verse fourteen is not “the foundation and central pillar of the Advent faith,” for it is. It means that when Adventism misunderstood and set aside the seven times in 1863, they were unable to fully define what verse fourteen truly means. In the Scriptures, a half truth is not truth. Rightly understood the question of verse thirteen demands a recognition of the prophecy that marks the cleansing of the sanctuary that had been tread down, and also a recognition of the prophecy that marks the treading down of the host. The twenty-three hundred year prophecy addresses the ‘sanctuary’ and the twenty-five hundred and twenty year prophecy addresses the ‘host’.

Umbuzo, lapho umelelwa ngokufanele nangobulungisa, uveza incazelo ehluke kakhulu ngevesi leshumi nane kunaleyo efundiswa ubu-Adventism. Lokhu akusho ukuthi ivesi leshumi nane aliyona “isisekelo nensika emaphakathi yokukholwa kwama-Advent,” ngokuba liyikho. Kusho ukuthi lapho ubu-Adventism bungaqondisisanga kahle futhi bubeka eceleni iminyaka eyisikhombisa ngo-1863, abuzange bukwazi ukuchaza ngokugcwele ukuthi ivesi leshumi nane lisho ukuthini ngempela. EmiBhalweni, iqiniso eliyingxenye alilona iqiniso. Uma kuqondwa kahle, umbuzo wevesi leshumi nantathu ufuna ukuba kuqashelwe isiprofetho esimaka ukuhlanzwa kwendlu engcwele eyayinyathelwe phansi, kanye nokuqashelwa kwesiprofetho esimaka ukunyathelwa phansi kwebutho. Isiprofetho seminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu sibhekisela “endlini engcwele,” kanti isiprofetho seminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amahlanu namashumi amabili sibhekisela “ebuthweni.”

To address the relationship of the two verses requires a lengthy study, which I do not intend to do at this point in these articles. These points have repeatedly been addressed through the years and can be found in the series Habakkuk’s Tables. I am still addressing the symbolism of Elijah and wish to finish those truths first.

Ukucubungula ubudlelwane bala mavesi amabili kudinga isifundo eside, engingahlose ukusenza kulesi sikhathi kulezi zihloko. Lezi zinto ziye zaphathwa kaningi eminyakeni edlule futhi zingatholakala ochungechungeni oluthi Habakkuk’s Tables. Ngisabhekene nesibonakaliso sika-Eliya futhi ngifisa ukuqeda lawo maqiniso kuqala.

William Miller was the Elijah of the beginning of Adventism and his first discovery was the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six, so the rejection of that truth in 1863 was a rejection of the Elijah message. At this point I am addressing the characteristic of Alpha and Omega that identifies the end with the beginning. The final test for ancient Israel was represented in the first test. Both tests represent fear that the heathen nations were more powerful than God. The tenth test being the same in principle was much more rebellious than the first test, for the history of the victory of God in the first test should have produced a settled confidence in the rebels. They manifested their rejection of God in spite of much more evidence of His power than they had at the Red Sea. Millerite Adventism by 1863 was already explaining why the great disappointment was a powerful work of God, but they still decided to pick a captain and return to Egypt and reject the message that Daniel calls the “oath” of Moses that had been represented by Elijah.

UWilliam Miller wayengu-Eliya ekuqaleni kobu-Adventist, futhi ukutholakala kwakhe kokuqala kwakuyizikhathi eziyisikhombisa zikaLevitikusi 26; ngakho-ke ukwenqatshwa kwalelo qiniso ngo-1863 kwakuyikwenqatshwa komlayezo ka-Eliya. Kuleli qophelo ngikhuluma ngesici se-Alpha no-Omega esihlonza ukuphela nesiqalo. Isivivinyo sokugcina sika-Israyeli wasendulo sasimelwe esivivinyweni sokuqala. Zombili lezi zivivinyo zimelela ukwesaba ukuthi izizwe zabeZizwe zazinamandla kunoNkulunkulu. Isivivinyo seshumi, njengoba sifana ngokomgomo, sasiyisihlubuki kakhulu kunesivivinyo sokuqala, ngokuba umlando wokunqoba kukaNkulunkulu esivivinyweni sokuqala kwakufanele ube ukhiqize ukwethemba okuqinile ezihlubukini. Babonakalisa ukwenqaba kwabo uNkulunkulu naphezu kobufakazi obukhulu kakhulu bamandla aKhe kunalobo ababebenabo eLwandle oluBomvu. Ubu-Adventist bamaMillerite, ngo-1863, base bevele buchaza ukuthi ukudumazeka okukhulu kwakuwumsebenzi onamandla kaNkulunkulu, kodwa nokho basanquma ukuzikhethela induna babuyele eGibhithe futhi benqabe umlayezo uDaniyeli awubiza ngokuthi “isifungo” sikaMose esasasimelwe ngu-Eliya.

Rather than taking the time to set forth the proofs of the validity of the seven times as a time prophecy, I intend to use some simple logic to prove its validity in another way. For the movement that began in 1798, the final test of 1863 would also represent the final test for the movement of the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen. Inspiration has been very clear what the last test is for both movements.

Esikhundleni sokuthatha isikhathi sokubeka obala ubufakazi bokuba semthethweni kwezikhathi eziyisikhombisa njengesiprofetho sesikhathi, ngihlose ukusebenzisa umqondo olula ukufakazela ukuba semthethweni kwaso ngenye indlela. Ngokuba umnyakazo owaqala ngo-1798, uvivinyo lokugcina luka-1863 lwaluyophinde lumelele uvivinyo lokugcina lomnyakazo wengelosi enamandla yesAmbulo ishumi nesishiyagalombili. Ugqozi luye lwacaca kakhulu ngokuthi luyini uvivinyo lokugcina kuzo zombili lezi zinhlangano.

> “Satan is . . . constantly pressing in the spurious—to lead away from the truth. The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish’ (Proverbs 29:18).” Selected Messages, book 1, 48.

> “USathane u... uphikelela njalo efaka okuyinkohliso—ukuze ahole abantu basuke eqinisweni. Inkohliso kaSathane yokugcina kakhulu iyakuba ukwenza ubufakazi boMoya kaNkulunkulu bungabi namandla. ‘Lapho kungekho umbono, abantu bayabhubha’ (IzAga 29:18).” Selected Messages, incwadi 1, 48.

There is no honest way to take the writings of Ellen White and suggest that she did not fully endorse the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six. Sister White, as we have previously identified in these articles and is well documented in the series titled Habakkuk’s Tables directly informs us that God directed both the 1843 and 1850 charts. She directly teaches that those two tables were a fulfillment of Habakkuk chapter two. Both charts identify the seven times of Leviticus twenty-six as the center point of their respective graphical layout. In both charts the line of the seven times has the cross of Christ as the center of the prophetic line of the seven times.

Ayikho indlela eqotho yokuthatha imibhalo ka-Ellen White bese kusikiselwa ukuthi wayengakuvumeli ngokuphelele ukufundiswa kwezikhathi eziyisikhombisa zikaLevitikusi 26. UDade White, njengoba sesike sakuveza ngaphambilini kulezi zihloko futhi njengoba kubhalwe ngokucacile kahle ochungechungeni olunesihloko esithi Habakkuk’s Tables, usitshela ngokuqondile ukuthi uNkulunkulu waqondisa kokubili amashadi ka-1843 naka-1850. Ufundisa ngokuqondile ukuthi lawo mathebula amabili ayeyikugcwaliseka kukaHabakuki isahluko sesibili. Womabili amashadi aveza izikhathi eziyisikhombisa zikaLevitikusi 26 njengendawo ephakathi nendawo yesakhiwo sawo ngasinye somfanekiso. Kuwo womabili amashadi, umugqa wezikhathi eziyisikhombisa uneSiphambano sikaKristu njengendawo ephakathi yomugqa wesiprofetho wezikhathi eziyisikhombisa.

Along with her endorsements of Habakkuk’s two tables, she has recorded multiple times that we are to continue to present the message that was presented from 1840 through 1844, and every Adventist historian that addresses how the Millerites promoted the message they proclaimed, identifies that they employed the 1843 chart. Not only does she endorse the messages represented upon the charts, and counsel God’s people to continue to present the very same messages that were presented in that history, she also provides multiple passages where she warns that those messages would be attacked throughout the history of God’s remnant people. When she warns of those attacks, she repeatedly identifies that it is the work of God’s watchmen to defend those very truths.

Kanye nokusekela kwakhe amatafula amabili kaHabakuki, usebhale kaningi ukuthi kufanele siqhubeke sethula umlayezo owethulwa kusukela ngowe-1840 kuze kube ngowe-1844, futhi wonke umlando wama-Adventist ophatha indlela amaMillerite awukhuthaza ngayo umlayezo ayewumemezela, uyaveza ukuthi asebenzisa ishadi langowe-1843. Akagcini nje ngokusekela imiyalezo emelwe emashadini, nokweluleka abantu bakaNkulunkulu ukuba baqhubeke bethula yona kanye leyo miyalezo eyethulwa kulowo mlando, kodwa futhi unikeza iziqephu eziningi lapho exwayisa khona ukuthi leyo miyalezo yayiyohlaselwa kuwo wonke umlando wabantu abasasele bakaNkulunkulu. Lapho exwayisa ngalezo zinsolo, uhlala ekhomba ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi kungumsebenzi wabalindi bakaNkulunkulu ukuvikela wona kanye lawo maqiniso.

If the charts are incorrect, then the messages they graphically represent are incorrect. If the message the Millerites proclaimed from 1840 through 1844 was incorrect, then Ellen White’s repeated identification that the Millerite message was the foundation is also incorrect. If those messages were incorrect her repeated commands to continue to present those very same truths is false counsel. If the message of the Millerites does not represent the foundations that were to be preserved and guarded from satanic attacks, then those counsels are also erroneous. To reach the conclusion that all these issues associated with the Elijah message of that history is erroneous, would clearly demonstrate that Ellen White was a false prophet.

Uma amashadi engalungile, khona-ke imiyalezo ayivezayo ngomfanekiso nayo ayilungile. Uma umlayezo owamenyezelwa amaMillerite kusukela ngo-1840 kuya ku-1844 wawungalungile, khona-ke nokuchaza kuka-Ellen White okuphindaphindiwe kokuthi umlayezo wamaMillerite wawuyisisekelo nakho akulungile. Uma leyo miyalezo yayingalungile, khona-ke nemiyalo yakhe ephindaphindiwe yokuba kuqhubeke kwethulwa lawo maqiniso afanayo iyiseluleko samanga. Uma umlayezo wamaMillerite ungameleli izisekelo okwakufanele zilondolozwe futhi zivikelwe ekuhlaselweni kukaSathane, khona-ke nalezo zeluleko nazo zinephutha. Ukufinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi zonke lezi zindaba ezihlobene nomlayezo ka-Eliya walowo mlando zinephutha, kungakhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi u-Ellen White wayengumprofethi wamanga.

Modern Adventism still teaches at their Revelation Seminars that the remnant church would possess the Spirit of Prophecy, which is the testimony of Jesus, but they certainly don’t tell those who they are seeking to draw into church membership that they fully reject Ellen White’s endorsement and warnings connected with those early foundational truths and history. What does the following passage mean to you?

I-Adventism yanamuhla isafundisa emihlanganweni yayo yeSambulo ukuthi ibandla lensali liyoba noMoya Wokuprofetha, oyibo ubufakazi bukaJesu, kodwa impela abalitsheli labo abafuna ukubadonsela ebulungeni bebandla ukuthi bayakwenqaba ngokuphelele ukusekela kuka-Ellen White kanye nezixwayiso zakhe ezihlobene nalawo maqiniso okuqala ayisisekelo nomlando. Le ndima elandelayo isho ukuthini kuwe?

> “We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” Life Sketches, 196.

> “Asinalutho esingakwesaba ngekusasa, ngaphandle kokuthi siyikhohlwe indlela iNkosi esihole ngayo, kanye nemfundiso Yayo emlandweni wethu owedlule.” Life Sketches, 196.

In 1863, the Millerite movement reached a conclusion and registered as a legal entity with the government that would ultimately form an image to the papacy, which by Ellen White’s definition is the combination of the church with the state.

Ngo-1863, inhlangano yamaMillerite yafinyelela esiphethweni futhi yabhaliswa njengomzimba osemthethweni nohulumeni owawuyogcina usakha umfanekiso wobupapa, okuwukuthi, ngokwencazelo ka-Ellen White, ukuhlanganiswa kwebandla nombuso.

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the Papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> “Ekuqhubekeni okwenzekayo manje e-United States ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izikhungo nemikhuba yebandla zithola ukwesekwa nguhulumeni, amaProthestani alandela ezinyathelweni zamaPhaphisti. Cha, ngaphezu kwalokho, avulela ubuPapa umnyango wokuba buphinde buthole eMelika yamaProthestani ubukhosi obukhulu obalahlekelwa yibo eZweni Elidala.” The Great Controversy, 573.

Under the premise that the legal association with the government was part of the necessity for organization, in a time when the youth of the nation were being drafted into the blood bath known as the Civil War, the movement of the Millerites ended. In 1863, both with a printed article and a new chart, the Seventh-day Adventist church rejected the prophecy of slavery which Daniel calls the oath of Moses. In 1850, the Lord had directed His people to make the second table of Habakkuk, and correct the error that He had held his hand over on the 1843 table. The chart ordered in 1850 fully accomplished its purpose, for Ellen White said that she saw “that God was in the publishment of the chart,” while also identifying that the 1850 chart was identified in Habakkuk chapter two.

Ngaphansi komqondo wokuthi ukuhlobana okusemthethweni nohulumeni kwakuyingxenye yesidingo senhlangano, ngesikhathi intsha yesizwe iphoqelelwa ukuba ibhaliselwe ukungena ebhavini legazi elaziwa ngokuthi iMpi Yombango, ukunyakaza kwamaMillerite kwaphela. Ngo-1863, kokubili ngesihloko esashicilelwa nangeshadi elisha, ibandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist lalilahla isiprofetho sobugqila uDaniyeli asibiza ngokuthi isifungo sikaMose. Ngo-1850, iNkosi yayiqondise abantu baYo ukuba benze itafula lesibili likaHabakuki, futhi balungise iphutha ayebambe isandla saYo phezu kwalo ethebuleni lika-1843. Ishadi elayalwa ngo-1850 layifeza ngokuphelele inhloso yalo, ngoba u-Ellen White wathi wabona “ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayekukho ekushicilelweni kweshadi,” kanti futhi waveza ukuthi ishadi lika-1850 lalikhonjwe esahlukweni sesibili sikaHabakuki.

The purpose of the 1850 chart was the same as the 1843 chart. It was to be the evangelistic tool used to present the message of the third angel to a dying world. In 1863, that message was discarded. The testing process that is typified by the testing process that began at the Red Sea, began with the time prophecy identifying the sanctuary that was to be tread down in verse thirteen of Daniel eight, and the testing process ended with the time prophecy identifying the host that was to be tread down in verse thirteen of Daniel eight.

Inhloso yeshadi lika-1850 yayifana neyeshadi lika-1843. Kwakufanele libe yithuluzi levangeli elalisetshenziselwa ukwethula umlayezo wengelosi yesithathu ezweni elibhubhayo. Ngo-1863, lowo myalezo walahlwa. Inqubo yokuvivinywa, efanekiselwa yileyo nqubo yokuvivinywa eyaqala oLwandle oluBomvu, yaqala ngesiprofetho sesikhathi esakhomba indawo engcwele eyayizonyathelwa phansi evesini leshumi nantathu likaDaniyeli isahluko sesishiyagalombili, futhi inqubo yokuvivinywa yaphela ngesiprofetho sesikhathi esakhomba ibandla elalizonyathelwa phansi evesini leshumi nantathu likaDaniyeli isahluko sesishiyagalombili.

> Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Daniel 8:13, 14.

> Ngase ngizwa ongcwele oyedwa ekhuluma, nomunye ongcwele wathi kulowo ongcwele othile owayekhuluma: Kuyakuba kuze kube nini umbono ophathelene nomnikelo wansuku zonke, nesiphambeko sencithakalo, ukuze kunikelwe kokubili indawo engcwele nebandla ukuba kunyathelwe phansi ngezinyawo na? Wayesethi kimi: Kuze kube yizinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu; khona indawo engcwele iyakuhlanzwa. Daniyeli 8:13, 14.

The testing process that began on October 22, 1844, has the signature of Alpha and Omega. The beginning of that testing process was a time prophecy that represented the sanctuary that was to be trampled down. It was a prophecy that produced great light when fulfilled. The testing process that ended in 1863, has the signature of Alpha and Omega. The ending of that testing process was a time prophecy that represented the host that was to be trampled down. It was a prophecy that was designed to produced great light when fulfilled. It was a time prophecy presented by the Elijah of that history, and when it was rejected and set aside, it produced great darkness.

Inqubo yokuvivinya eyaqala ngo-Okthoba 22, 1844, inophawu luka-Alfa no-Omega. Ukuqala kwaleyo nqubo yokuvivinya kwakuyisiprofetho sesikhathi esasimelela indawo engcwele eyayizonyathelwa phansi. Kwakuyisiprofetho esaletha ukukhanya okukhulu lapho sigcwaliseka. Inqubo yokuvivinya eyaphela ngo-1863 inophawu luka-Alfa no-Omega. Ukuphela kwaleyo nqubo yokuvivinya kwakuyisiprofetho sesikhathi esasimelela ibandla elalizonyathelwa phansi. Kwakuyisiprofetho esasenzelwe ukuletha ukukhanya okukhulu lapho sigcwaliseka. Kwakuyisiprofetho sesikhathi esethulwa ngu-Eliya walowo mlando, futhi lapho senqatshwa sabekwa eceleni, saletha ubumnyama obukhulu.

> And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:19.

> Nasi isahlulelo lesi, ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile ezweni, kepha abantu bathanda ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngokuba izenzo zabo zazimbi. Johane 3:19.

The logic that I intend to finish this article with is what I have already noted. Did God through Ellen White endorse the 1843 and 1850 charts?

Umqondo engihlose ukuqedela ngawo lesi sihloko yilowo engesengiwuphawulile kakade. Ingabe uNkulunkulu ngo-Ellen White wagunyaza amashadi ka-1843 no-1850?

> “I have seen that the 1843 chart was directed by the hand of the Lord, and that it should not be altered; that the figures were as He wanted them; that His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until His hand was removed.” Early Writings, 74.

> “Ngibonile ukuthi ishadi lika-1843 laqondiswa yisandla seNkosi, nokuthi akumelwe liguqulwe; ukuthi izibalo zazinjengokuba Yona yayifuna zibe njalo; nokuthi isandla saYo sasiphezu kwalo futhi safihla iphutha kwezinye izibalo, ukuze kungabikho noyedwa owayengalibona, kwaze kwasuswa isandla saYo.” Early Writings, 74.

> “I saw that God was in the publishment of the chart by Brother Nichols. I saw that there was a prophecy of this chart in the Bible, and if this chart is designed for God’s people, if it [is] sufficient for one it is for another, and if one needed a new chart painted on a larger scale, all need it just as much.” Manuscript Releases, number 13, 359; 1853.

> “Ngabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayekhona ekushicilelweni kweshadi nguMfoweth’ uNichols. Ngabona ukuthi kwakukhona isiprofetho saleli shadi eBhayibhelini, futhi uma leli shadi lenzelwe abantu bakaNkulunkulu, uma lanele komunye lanele nakomunye, futhi uma omunye ayedinga ishadi elisha elidwetshwe ngesilinganiso esikhudlwana, bonke bayalidinga ngokufanayo.” Manuscript Releases, inombolo 13, 359; 1853.

Did God through Ellen White endorse the message the Millerites presented during the history of 1840 through 1844?

Ingabe uNkulunkulu ngo-Ellen White wavuma umyalezo amaMillerite awethula emlandweni ka-1840 kuya ku-1844?

> “God is not giving us a new message. We are to proclaim the message that in 1843 and 1844 brought us out of the other churches.” Review and Herald, January 19, 1905.

> “UNkulunkulu akasiniki isigijimi esisha. Kumelwe simemezele isigijimi esathi ngo-1843 nango-1844 sasisusa kwamanye amabandla.” Review and Herald, January 19, 1905.

> “God bids us give our time and strength to the work of preaching to the people the messages that stirred men and women in 1843 and 1844.” Manuscript Release, Number 760.

> “UNkulunkulu usiyala ukuba sinikele isikhathi namandla ethu emsebenzini wokushumayeza abantu imiyalezo eyanyakazisa amadoda nabesifazane ngowe-1843 nangowe-1844.” Manuscript Release, Number 760.

> “All the messages given from 1840–1844 are to be made forcible now, for there are many people who have lost their bearings. The messages are to go to all the churches.

> “Yonke imiyalezo eyanikezwa kusukela ngowe-1840 kuya kowe-1844 kufanele yenziwe ibe namandla manje, ngokuba baningi abantu asebelahlekelwe ukuqondiswa kwabo. Le miyalezo kufanele iye kuwo wonke amabandla.

> “Christ said, ‘Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them’ [Matthew 13:16, 17]. Blessed are the eyes which saw the things that were seen in 1843 and 1844.

> “UKristu wathi, ‘Amehlo enu abusisiwe, ngoba ebona; nezindlebe zenu, ngoba zizwa. Ngokuba ngiqinisile ngithi kini, Abaprofethi abaningi nabantu abalungileyo babefisa ukubona lezo zinto enizibonayo, kepha abazibonanga; nokuzwa lezo zinto enizizwayo, kepha abazizwanga’ [Mathewu 13:16, 17]. Ayabusiswa amehlo abona izinto ezabonwa ngeminyaka ka-1843 nango-1844.

> “The message was given. And there should be no delay in repeating the message, for the signs of the times are fulfilling; the closing work must be done. A great work will be done in a short time. A message will soon be given by God’s appointment that will swell into a loud cry. Then Daniel will stand in his lot, to give his testimony.” Manuscript Releases, volume 21, 437.

> “Umyalezo wanikezwa. Futhi akufanele kube khona ukubambezeleka ekuwuphindeni lowo myalezo, ngokuba izibonakaliso zezikhathi ziyagcwaliseka; umsebenzi wokuvala kumele wenziwe. Umsebenzi omkhulu uyokwenziwa ngesikhathi esifushane. Ngokushesha kuyakwenziwa isimemezelo, ngokumiswa nguNkulunkulu, esiyovuvukala sibe ukukhala okukhulu. Khona-ke uDaniyeli uyokuma esabelweni sakhe, ukuze anikeze ubufakazi bakhe.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 21, 437.

> “The truths that we received in 1841, ‘42, ‘43, and ‘44 are now to be studied and proclaimed. The messages of the first, second, and third angels will in the future be proclaimed with a loud voice. They will be given with earnest determination and in the power of the Spirit.” Manuscript Releases, volume 15, 371.

> “Amaqiniso esawamukela ngo-1841, ‘42, ‘43, no-‘44 manje kufanele afundwe futhi amenyezelwe. Imiyalezo yezingelosi zokuqala, zesibili, nezintathu ngokuzayo iyomenyezelwa ngezwi elikhulu. Iyokwethulwa ngokuzimisela okuqotho nangamandla kaMoya.” Manuscript Releases, umqulu 15, 371.

> “We understand the present feebleness and smallness of the work. We have had an experience. In doing the work God has given us, we may go trustingly forward, assured that He will be our efficiency. He will be with us in 1906, as He was with us in 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844.” Loma Linda Messages, 156.

> “Siyabuqonda ubuthakathaka bamanje nobuncane bomsebenzi. Sike saba nesipiliyoni. Ekufezeni umsebenzi uNkulunkulu asinike wona, singaqhubekela phambili ngokwethemba, siqinisekile ukuthi Yena uyakuba amandla ethu okusebenza. Uyakuba nathi ngo-1906, njengoba wayenathi ngo-1841, ngo-1842, ngo-1843, nango-1844.” *Loma Linda Messages*, 156.

> “Those who stand as teachers and leaders in our institutions are to be sound in the faith and in the principles of the third angel’s message. God wants His people to know that we have the message as He gave it to us in 1843 and 1844.” General Conference Bulletin, April 1, 1903.

> “Labo abami njengabafundisi nabaholi ezikhungweni zethu kufanele baqine okholweni nasezimisweni zomlayezo wengelosi yesithathu. UNkulunkulu ufuna abantu baKhe bazi ukuthi sinawo umyalezo njengoba asinika wona ngo-1843 nango-1844.” General Conference Bulletin, April 1, 1903.

> “The warning has come: Nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. I was in this message, and ever since I have been standing before the world, true to the light that God has given us. We do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer, seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given me? It is to be as the Rock of Ages. It has been guiding me ever since it was given.” Review and Herald, April 14, 1903.

> “Isixwayiso sesifikile: Akufanele kuvunyelwe kungene lutho oluyophazamisa isisekelo sokholo esilokhu sakha phezu kwaso selokhu umyalezo wafika ngo-1842, ngo-1843, nango-1844. Ngangikulo myalezo, futhi kusukela lapho bengilokhu ngimi phambi kwezwe, ngithembekile ekukhanyeni uNkulunkulu asinike khona. Asihlosile ukususa izinyawo zethu epulatifomini ezabekwa kuyo njengoba usuku nosuku sasifuna iNkosi ngomkhuleko oqotho, sifuna ukukhanya. Nicabanga ukuthi ngangingadela ukukhanya uNkulunkulu anginike khona? Kufanele kube njengeDwala Laphakade. Belingihola kusukela ngesikhathi engalinika ngaso.” Review and Herald, April 14, 1903.

Did God through Ellen White warn His people to defend against attacks that would undermine the truths of the Millerite history?

Ingabe uNkulunkulu ngo-Ellen White waxwayisa abantu baKhe ukuba bazivikele ekuhlaselweni okwakuyobukela phansi amaqiniso omlando wamaMillerite?

> “The great waymarks of truth, showing us our bearings in prophetic history, are to be carefully guarded, lest they be torn down, and replaced with theories that would bring confusion rather than genuine light.” Selected Messages, book 2, 101, 102.

> “Izimpawu ezinkulu eziyizikhonkwane zeqiniso, ezisibonisa ukuma kwethu emlandweni wesiprofetho, kufanele zigcinwe ngokunakekela okukhulu, funa zidilizwe, bese kufakwa esikhundleni sazo imfundiso-mbono ezingaletha ukudideka kunokukhanya kweqiniso.” Selected Messages, incwadi 2, 101, 102.

> “Today Satan is seeking opportunities to tear down the waymarks of truth,—the monuments that have been raised up along the way; and we need the experience of the aged workers who have built their house upon the solid rock, who through evil report as well as good report have been steadfast to the truth.” Gospel Workers, 104.

> “Namuhla uSathane ufuna amathuba okudiliza izimpawu zendlela zeqiniso,—izikhumbuzo ezimiswe eceleni kwendlela; futhi sidinga ulwazi lwabasebenzi asebekhulile abaye bakha indlu yabo phezu kwedwala eliqinileyo, abaye, phakathi kombiko omubi kanye nombiko omuhle, bahlala bemi ngokuqinileyo eqinisweni.” Gospel Workers, 104.

> “God never leaves the world without men who can discern between good and evil, righteousness and unrighteousness. God has men whom he has appointed to stand in the forefront of the battle in times of emergency. In a crisis, he will raise up men as he did in ancient times. Young men will be bidden to link up with the aged standard-bearers, that they may be strengthened and taught by the experience of these faithful ones, who have passed through so many conflicts, and to whom, through the testimonies of his Spirit, God has so often spoken, pointing out the right way and condemning the wrong way. When perils arise, which try the faith of God’s people, these pioneer workers are to recount the experiences of the past, when just such crises came, when the truth was questioned, when strange sentiments, proceeding not from God, were brought in.

> “UNkulunkulu akalokothi ashiye izwe lingenabantu abakwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokuhle nokubi, ukulunga nokungalungi. UNkulunkulu unabantu ababekile ukuba beme phambili empini ngezikhathi zesimo esiphuthumayo. Esikhathini sobunzima uyovusa abantu njengoba enza ezikhathini zasendulo. Izinsizwa ziyakumenywa ukuba zihlanganyele nabaphethe ifulegi asebegugile, ukuze ziqiniswe futhi zifundiswe ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwalaba abathembekileyo, asebedlule ezingxabanweni eziningi kangaka, nalabo uNkulunkulu ayevame ukukhuluma kubo kaningi ngobufakazi boMoya wakhe, ekhomba indlela efanele futhi elahla indlela engafanele. Lapho kuvela izingozi ezivivinya ukholo lwabantu bakaNkulunkulu, laba basebenzi abahola phambili mabalandise ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwasendulo, lapho kwafika khona izikhathi zobunzima ezinjalo, lapho iqiniso labekwa umbuzo, lapho kwalethwa khona imibono engajwayelekile, engaveli kuNkulunkulu.”

> “The experience of those aged workers is needed now; for Satan is watching every opportunity to make of no account the old waymarks,—the monuments that have been raised up along the way.” Review and Herald, November 19, 1903.

> “Isipiliyoni salabo basebenzi asebekhulile siyadingeka manje; ngokuba uSathane uqaphile wonke amathuba okwenza angabi nalutho amamaki endlela amadala,—izikhumbuzo ezimisiwe eceleni kwendlela.” Review and Herald, November 19, 1903.

In 1863 the Millerite movement ended by rejecting the first truth the Elijah of that history had been led to understand. Its final test was based upon the two verses in Daniel eight that identify the trampling down of the sanctuary and the host. The light of the sanctuary was opened at the first of ten tests and darkness was brought upon the host at the last of ten tests.

Ngo-1863 inhlangano yamaMillerite yaphela ngokwenqaba iqiniso lokuqala u-Eliya walowo mlando ayeholwe ukuba aliqonde. Uvivinyo lwayo lokugcina lwalusekelwe emavesini amabili akuDaniyeli isahluko sesishiyagalombili achaza ukunyathelwa phansi kwendlu engcwele nebutho. Ukukhanya kwendlu engcwele kwavulwa ekuqaleni kwezivivinyo eziyishumi, kwase kuthi ubumnyama behlelwe ibutho ekugcineni kwezivivinyo eziyishumi.

> “One thing is certain: those Seventh-day Adventists who take their stand under Satan’s banner will first give up their faith in the warnings and reproofs contained in the Testimonies of God’s spirit.

> “Into eyodwa iqinisekile: labo ma-Seventh-day Adventist abema ngaphansi kwesibhengezo sikaSathane bayakuqala ngokulahla ukukholwa kwabo ezixwayisweni nasekusoleni okuqukethwe ebufakazini boMoya kaNkulunkulu.

> “The call to greater consecration and holier service is being made, and will continue to be made. Some who are now voicing Satan’s suggestions will come to their senses. There are those in important positions of trust who do not understand the truth for this time. To them the message must be given. If they receive it, Christ will accept them, and will make them workers together with him. But if they refuse to hear the message, they will take their stand under the black banner of the Prince of Darkness.

> “Ubizo oluya ekuzinikezeleni okukhulu nakwenkonzo engcwele kakhulu luyenziwa, futhi luyoqhubeka lwenziwa. Abanye manje abakhuluma iziphakamiso zikaSathane bayobuya ezingqondweni zabo. Kukhona labo abasezikhundleni ezibalulekile zokwethembwa abangaliqondi iqiniso lalesi sikhathi. Kubo kumelwe kunikezwe umbiko. Uma bewemukela, uKristu uyobamukela, futhi uyobenza babe yizisebenzi ezisebenza kanye naye. Kodwa uma benqaba ukuzwa umbiko, bayokhetha ukuma ngaphansi kwesibhengezo esimnyama seNkosana yoBumnyama.

> “I am instructed to say that the precious truth for this time is open more and more clearly to human minds. In a special sense men and women are to eat of Christ’s flesh and drink of his blood. There will be a development of the understanding, for the truth is capable of constant expansion. The divine originator of truth will come into closer and still closer communion with those who follow on to know him. As God’s people receive his word as the bread of heaven, they will know that his goings forth are prepared as the morning. They will receive spiritual strength, as the body receives physical strength when food is eaten.

> “Ngiyalelwa ukuba ngisho ukuthi iqiniso eliyigugu lalesi sikhathi livuleka ngokukhanya okwandayo ezingqondweni zabantu. Ngendlela ekhethekile, amadoda nabesifazane kumelwe badle inyama kaKristu baphuze negazi lakhe. Kuyoba khona ukukhula kokuqonda, ngokuba iqiniso liyakwazi ukwanda njalo. Umsunguli wobuNkulunkulu weqiniso uzongena ekuhlanganyeleni okusondelene ngokwengeziwe, nokuqhubeka kusondelana kakhulu, nalabo abaqhubeka bemazi. Njengoba abantu bakaNkulunkulu bemukela izwi lakhe njengesinkwa sasezulwini, bayokwazi ukuthi ukuphuma kwakhe kulungisiwe njengokusa. Bayokwamukela amandla omoya, njengoba umzimba wamukela amandla omzimba lapho kudliwa ukudla.

> “We do not half understand the Lord’s plan in taking the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, and leading them through the wilderness into Canaan.

> “Asiluqondi ngokugcwele icebo leNkosi ekuthatheni abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ebugqilini baseGibhithe, nasekubaholeni ehlane ebawelethela eKhanani.

> “As we gather up the divine rays shining from the gospel, we shall have a clearer insight into the Jewish economy, and a deeper appreciation of its important truths. Our exploration of truth is yet incomplete. We have gathered up only a few rays of light. Those who are not daily students of the Word will not solve the problems of the Jewish economy. They will not understand the truths taught by the temple service. The work of God is hindered by a worldly understanding of his great plan. The future life will unfold the meaning of the laws that Christ, enshrouded in the pillar of cloud, gave to his people.” Spalding and Magan, 305, 306.

> “Njengoba siqoqa imisebe yobunkulunkulu ekhanya ivela evangelini, siyakuba nokuqonda okucace kakhudlwana ngohlelo lwamaJuda, nokwazisa okujulile ngokwengeziwe amaqiniso alo abalulekile. Ukuhlola kwethu iqiniso kuseyinto engakapheleli. Siqoqe imisebe embalwa kuphela yokukhanya. Labo abangabafundi beZwi nsuku zonke abayikuxazulula izinkinga zohlelo lwamaJuda. Abayikuwaqonda amaqiniso afundiswa yinkonzo yasethempelini. Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu uyaphazanyiswa ukuqonda kwezwe ngecebo lakhe elikhulu. Impilo ezayo iyakwembula incazelo yemithetho uKristu, embethwe yinsika yefu, ayinika abantu bakhe.” Spalding and Magan, 305, 306.

We will continue our consideration of the symbolism of Elijah in connection with 1863 in the next article.

Sizoqhubeka nokucabangela kwethu uphawu luka-Eliya oluhlobene no-1863 esihlokweni esilandelayo.

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