Ko te fakaafe fakaʻosi a te Atua ki
ana kau fili
pe, ʻoku tafetafeaʻi ʻi te lalolagi katoa
« Pea ne au fanogo ki te
leʻo o he tangata ʻi loto ʻo Ulaο ;
pea ne ia kalanga ʻo pehē :
Kāpelieli, fakamatala ki ai te
mataʻitohi. »
(Daniel 8:16)
Tohi fakamatala
nounou ʻo te ngaahi
kikite fakapipiki ʻo Daniel pea mo Apokalupo
Ko te ngaahi fekau ʻa
te kau ʻāngele
ʻe toko tolu ʻo Apokalupo
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Ko e ngaahi moʻoni ʻe toko tolu ni
ʻoku tupu mei te tohi
ʻo Daniel, ne fakahā
ki te kau
māʻoniʻoni ʻa
te Atua hili
te ʻahiʻahi ʻo te tautau
1843 pea mo te ʻaho 22 ʻo ʻOketopa 1844.
Ne ʻikai ke mahino ki te kau ʻĀventisi
ʻuluaki te fatongia ʻo te Sāpati, pea ko ia ai
ne ʻikai ke nau maʻu te
ʻuhinga moʻoni ʻo te ngaahi
fekau ni.
Ko te kau ʻĀventisi
naʻa nau tatali ki te
toe haʻu ʻo Kalaisi, ne nau fakahoko ʻenau aʻusia ki te « kalanga ʻo te pō
ʻe loloa », pe « lotoloto ʻo te pō
», ʻoku taʻua
ʻi te talanoa fakaʻita ʻo te « kau taʻahine ʻe toko hongofulu
» (Matthew 25:113), ʻa ia
ʻoku fakahā ai te toe haʻu
ʻo te Fakapoʻuli.
1. Ko te kave ʻo te fakamaau
Ko te kave
ʻo te fakamaau ʻoku fakamatala ʻi (Daniel 8:1314), pea ko ia
foki te kave ʻo te fekau ʻa te ʻāngele ʻuluaki ʻi
(Apocalypse 14:7) :
« Mataku ki te
Atua pea foaki ki ai te fakaʻapaʻapa, he kua hoko mai te itula
ʻo tana fakamaau ; pea lotu ki Ia ne faʻu te kelekele, te langi, pea
mo te ngaahi matavai ʻo te vai ! »
Ko te toe foki
ki te ʻaho Tokonaki, ko te ʻaho fitu moʻoni ʻo te
fakatonutonu fakaʻatua, ko te Sāpati ʻa te kakai Siu, ko
te ʻaho malōlō ʻo te vāhenga hepetoma, ʻoku
fekauʻi ʻe te Atua ʻi te fekau hono fa ʻo ana fekau
ʻe hongofulu.
2. Ko te fakahalaʻi ʻo Loma papale
Ko Loma papale,
ko te « nifo siʻi » pea mo te « tuʻi kehe » ʻo (Daniel
7:824; 8:1025), ʻoku fakahingoa ko « Papelone Lahi » ʻi te
fekau ʻa te ʻāngele hono ua ʻo (Apocalypse 14:8) :
« Kua tō,
kua tō, ko Papelone Lahi ! »
Ko te
ʻuhinga lahi ʻo te tō ni, ko te fakatuʻutuʻuni ʻo
te ʻaho Sapate, ko te ʻaho ʻo te lā,
naʻe tuku mai mei te ʻEmipaea Konstantino ʻUluaki, ʻa ia ne
fakatuʻu ia ʻi te ʻaho 7 ʻo Māsi 321.
Ko te kupu « kua tō » ʻoku ʻuhinga ki te « kuo pukea
pea kuo ikuna ». ʻOku fakahā ʻe te
Atua ʻo te moʻoni tana ikuna ki
te lotu loi.
3. Ko te fakamaau fakaʻosi
Ko te fakamaau fakaʻosi, ʻa ia ʻoku
pā ai te afi ʻo te mate hono ua ki
te kau founga
kovi, ʻoku fakahā ʻi (Daniel
7:910), pea fakamatala lahi
ʻi (Apocalypse 20:1015).
Ko ia foki te
kave ʻo te fekau ʻa te ʻāngele hono tolu ʻi (Apocalypse
14:910).
ʻI heni, ko te ʻaho Sapate ʻoku fakailoa ko te «
fakaʻilonga ʻo te manu ».
Ko te ʻāngele hono fa
Ko te
ʻāngele hono fa ʻoku ʻasi pē ʻi (Apocalypse 18).
ʻOku ne fakahā te fakahaʻu fakaʻosi ʻo te ngaahi fekau
ʻe tolu, ʻoku fakamaamaʻi katoatoa ʻe te maama
fakaʻatua talu mei 1994 ʻo aʻu ki te fakaʻosi ʻo te
lalolagi, ʻa ia ko te tautau 2030.
Ko te maama ni ʻoku fakahā ai te ngaahi hala ʻo te lotu
Kātolika talu mei 538, ʻo te lotu Potetesitane talu mei 1843, pea mo
te faʻahinga ʻĀventisi fakasēvisio talu mei 1994.
Ko te fakaʻosi
« Monūʻia ʻa ia ʻoku lau,
pea mo i latou ʻoku fanogo ki te
ngaahi lea ʻo te kikite, pea tauhi ʻa ia
ʻoku tohi ai, he kua ofi
mai te taimi
»
(Apocalypse 1:3)
Ko ia ʻoku lau ʻaki
te kataki ʻa te ngaahi
tohi ni kotoa,
ʻe ʻikai ke fakalilifuʻi, kae ʻe maʻu
ha totongi fakalaumālie
lahi.
(2 Corinthians 4:34)
Pea kapau ʻe
ʻikai mahino te lea fakakikite,
ʻoku ʻikai mahino pē ia ki i
latou ʻoku mate.
Fakaʻosi fakakatoa
Talu mei te
tautau 1843, ʻoku fekauʻi ʻe te Atua :
ke papitaiso ʻa te tangata
mo te fafine
kotoa pē ʻi te huafa ʻo Sisu
Kalaisi, ʻaki te totofi katoa
;
ke tauhi te ʻaho Tokonaki, ko te Sāpati fitu, ne fakamaʻoniʻi ʻe te Atua
ʻi (Genesis 2) pea ʻi
te fekau hono fa ʻo (Exodus 20) ;
ke tauhi ʻa te ngaahi
lao fakaʻatua mo e ngaahi lao
kai ʻi (Genesis 1:29; 3:18) pea mo (Leviticus 11) ;
pea ʻoua naʻa fakaliliuʻi te lea fakakikite, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa
tineia te Laumālie ʻo te Atua (1 Thessalonians 5:20).
Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai tali ki eni,
ʻe pā ki ai te
mate hono ua ʻoku fakamatala ʻi Apokalupo 20.
Samuel &
Jean