Babi na 4 — Ƙarshen Lokaci

GSAM 77.1"SAI na yi tambaya, 'Ranka yă daɗe, mene ne ƙarshen waɗannan abubuwa?' Sai ya amsa ya ce, 'Ka kama hanyarka, Daniyel, domin a rufe kalmomin aka kuma liƙe su har sai ƙarshen lokaci. ... mugaye za su ci gaba da mugunta. Babu wani mugun da zai fahimta, amma waɗanda za su zama masu hikima za su fahimta."¹

GSAM 77.1"Ya ce da ni 'Ɗan mutum, ka gane da cewa wannan wahayi yana magana ne a kan ƙarshen lokaci.'" (fassarar zahiri daga KJV)²

GSAM 77.1"Amma kai, Daniyel, ka rufe kalmomin, ka kuma liƙe littafin, har sai ƙarshen lokaci; da yawa za su yi ta kai komo; kuma ilimi zai ƙaru" (fassarar zahiri daga KJV).³

GSAM 77.1Me ake nufi da "ƙarshen lokaci" a nan? Ba zai iya zama ƙarshen kansa ba, domin a wannan yanayin ɓangaren annabcin Daniyel da aka "rufe" ba zai yi amfani ga ɗan adam ba. Tunda "abubuwan da aka bayyana namu ne" (fassarar zahiri daga KJV),⁴ wannan ɓangaren dole ne ya zama mai amfani a wani lokaci. Don haka furucin "ƙarshen lokaci" dole ne ya nufin wani lokaci kafin ƙarshen kanta, inda za a fahimci abubuwan da aka faɗa wa Daniyel.

GSAM 77Ranar Shirinsa

GSAM 77.2Ba shakka yana nuni ne ga lokacin da annabin Nahum ya kira "ranar da aka shirya su." A nan annabin yana magana ne game da halakar Ninebe tare da "karar bulala da kwaramniyar ƙafafu, da sukuwar dawakai da girgizar kekunan yaƙi."⁵ An fara ja hankalin annabi zuwa ga babbar masifa wadda za ta zo duka duniya, lokacin da "Duwatsu suna rawan jiki a gabansa tuddai kuma sun narke. Duniya da dukan abin da yake cikinta suna rawan jiki a gabansa. Wa zai iya tsaya wa fushinsa? Wa yake da ikon jimre wa zafin hasalarsa? Ana zuba fushinsa kamar wuta; aka kuma ragargaza duwatsu a gabansa.... zai kawo ga ƙarshe; wahala ba za tă sāke komowa ƙaro na biyu ba."⁶

GSAM 78Kekunan Yaƙi Masu Tocilan Wuta

GSAM 78.1Har wa yau annabi ya ci gaba da magana game da wannan ranar shiri: "Ƙarafan kekunan yaƙi suna walƙiya a ranar da aka shirya su, itatuwan fir kuwa za a girgiza su ƙwarai (fassarar zahiri daga KJV). Kekunan yaƙi sun zabura a tituna, suna kai da kawowa a dandali. Suna walƙiya kamar tocila suna sheƙawa a guje kamar walƙiya. Zai ƙidaya jarumawansa (fassarar zahiri daga KJV), duk da haka sun yi ta tuntuɓe a kan hanyarsu. Sun ruga zuwa katangan birnin, sun sanya garkuwar kāriya a inda ya kamata."⁷

GSAM 78.2Wace cikakkiyar bayanin jirgin ƙasa mai saurin gaske na zamani, inda mai kula da fasinjoji ke ci gaba da ƙidaya da sake ƙidaya fasinjoji daga tashar zuwa tashar, kuma suke tuntuɓe yayin tafiya idan jirgin ke motsi. Sannan akwai babbar amfani da itatuwan fir wajen ƙirƙirar sandunan layin dogo, ayyukan gadoji, rumfunan kariya daga dusar ƙanƙara, da sauransu. Ana cewa wani layin dogo a saman Tsaunukan Sierra Nevada yana da rumfunan kariya daga dusar ƙanƙara na itacen fir masu tsawon mil arba’in da bakwai. Kuma annabi ya ce wannan zai faru ne a "ranar da aka shirya su."

GSAM 78.3Wannan ƙarshen lokaci an kuma ambace shi ta bakin annabin Yowel lokacin da aka ba wa bayin Ubangiji umarni, "Ku busa ƙaho a cikin Sihiyona; ku yi karar amo a tsaunina mai tsarki. Bari dukan mazaunan ƙasar su yi rawan jiki, gama ranar Ubangiji tana zuwa. Tana gab da faruwa."⁸

GSAM 78.4Har ila yau annabi Sifaniya ya ce, "Ku tattaru, ku tattaru, Ya ku al’umma marar kunya, kafin ƙayyadadden lokacin nan yă zo ranan nan kuma ta share ku kamar ƙaiƙayi kuma kafin fushi mai tsanani na Ubangiji yă auko muku, kafin ranar fushin Ubangiji ta auko muku. Ku nemi Ubangiji, dukanku ƙasashe masu tawali’u, ku da kuke yin abin da ya umarta. Ku nemi adalci da tawali’u; mai yiwuwa ku sami mafaka a ranar fushin Ubangiji."⁹

GSAM 79.1Don ƙarin fahimtar abin da ake nufi da furucin "ƙarshen lokaci," da kuma lokacin da zai fara, za mu lura da wani misali inda aka yi amfani da wannan kalma. A cikin babi na goma sha ɗaya na Daniyel an gabatar da wata ƙarfin zalunci wadda za ta riƙe mulkinsa har zuwa ƙarshen lokaci. Ubangiji ya ce game da wannan ikon mai tsanani, "Waɗansu masu hikima za su yi tuntuɓe, don a tsabtacce su, a tsarkake su, su yi tsab, har zuwa ƙarshen lokaci, domin shi [ƙarshen lokaci] yana nan har ƙayyadadden lokaci" (fassarar zahiri daga KJV).¹⁰

GSAM 79Aikin Ƙaramin Ƙaho

GSAM 79.2Masu sharhi na Protesta gabaɗaya sun yarda wajen danganta wannan iko da "ƙaramin ƙaho" na Daniyel babi na bakwai, ga cocin Roma wanda ke da ikon mulki a hannunsa na lokacin da aka "ƙayyade". Wannan lokacin da aka ƙayyade shi ne "ɗan lokaci, lokuta da rabin lokaci."¹¹ Wannan shi ne ranakun annabci 1260—shekaru 1260—na mulkin farar hula na ƙaramin ƙaho, daga 538 zuwa 1798 A.D. A wannan ƙarshe an ƙwace ikon farar hula na ƙaramin ƙaho, a lokacin "da aka ƙayyade." Don haka a wancan lokacin mutane sun daina "faduwa" ta hannun wannan iko kamar yadda suka saba faduwa a baya. Wannan shekara, wato 1798, ita ce ta nuna farkon wannan lokaci a cikin wannan annabci da ake kira "ƙarshen lokaci."

GSAM 79.3Shekarar 1798 ta kammala "kwanaki 1,260"—wato shekaru 1260—inda "Shaidu biyu" na Ubangiji (Tsohon Alkawari da Sabon Alkawari) za su yi "annabci... saye da gwadon makoki."¹² A zamanin duhun tsanani an adana Rubuce-rubucen a cikin harsunan Girik da Latin, kuma talakawa ba su fahimci waɗannan harsunan ba. An kwatanta wannan hana mutane fahimtar Rubuce-rubucen da sa su a cikin "gwadon makoki."

GSAM 80An Kashe Shaidu Biyu

GSAM 80.1"da suka gama shaidarsu [a cikin yanayin zane mai baƙi], dabbar da takan fito daga Abis za tă kai musu hari [Satan yana tada su kuma yana aiki ta hannun mutanen duniya], tă kuwa sha ƙarfinsu tă kuma kashe su. Gawawwakinsu za su kasance a kwance a titin babban birni, wanda a misalce ake kira Sodom da Masar, inda kuma aka gicciye Ubangijinsu ['ana yi masa gicciye,' a cikin Danish]. Kwana uku da rabi mutane daga kowace jama’a, kabila, harshe da kuma al’umma za su yi ta kallon gawawwakinsu su kuma ƙi binne su."¹³

GSAM 80Mulkin Tsoro

GSAM 80.2An kashe waɗannan Shaidu ne a lokacin "mulkin tsoro" a Faransa, daga 1792 zuwa 1795—shekaru uku da rabi. Ko da yake Juyin Juya Halin Faransa ya ci gaba na kusan shekaru shida ko bakwai, a cikin shekaru uku da rabi na farko ne suka yi babban ƙoƙari na halaka Littafi Mai Tsarki, addini, da duk wanda ya yi ƙarfin hali ya yi magana a goyon bayan ɗayansu. Ko da yake Juyin Juya Halin Faransa ya yi ikirarin yaƙi da masarauta da mulkin firistoci, a zahiri ya zama yaƙi ne na halaka Allah da Littafi Mai Tsarki. Game da lokutan da suka gabata kafin Juyin Juya Halin, muna karanta,

GSAM 80.2"Kada a taɓa mantawa cewa kafin Juyin Juya Halin 1792, an ruwaito cewa masu wayar da kan rashin imani a Faransa sun tara kuma sun kashe fam 900,000 [$4,500,000] a cikin shekara ɗaya, a’a, sau da yawa, wajen saye, buga, da yaɗa littattafai don lalata tunanin mutane da kuma shirya su don ɗaukar matakai masu tsanani."¹⁴

GSAM 80Marubutan Rashin Imani

GSAM 80.3"An shirya hanyar irin wannan Juyin Juya Hali ta rubuce-rubucen Voltaire, Mirabeau, Diderot, Helvetius, D’Alembert, Condorcet, Rousseau, da sauran masu irin wannan salo, inda suka yi ƙoƙarin yaɗa ƙa’idoji masu rushe addinin halitta da na wahayi. Ba wai an kalubalanci wahayi kawai ba, har an watsar da shi gaba ɗaya; an kore Mahalicci daga sararin samaniya, sannan an maye gurbin sa da wani abin tunani na ƙarya mai suna Allahiyar Hankali."¹⁵

GSAM 81.1A shekarar 1793 ra’ayin mutane ya kasance haka cewa ana yabawa ’yan wasan kwaikwayo da ƙarfi saboda barkwancinsu na zagi ga Allah da Littafi Mai Tsarki. A matsayin misali muna ambata:

GSAM 81.1"Ɗan barkwanci Monert, a Cocin St. Roche [Paris], ya kai rashin kunya ga kololuwa. 'Allah, idan kana nan,' in ji shi, 'ka rama ma sunanka da aka bata. Na kangare maka! Kana shiru; ba ka isa ka ture tsawanka ba. Bayan wannan wa zai gaskanta cewa kana nan?'"¹⁶

GSAM 81Aikin Kufuru a Lyons, Faransa

GSAM 81.2Game da yadda waɗanda suka kashe Shaidu, "suna sāke gicciye Ɗan Allah ke nan suna kuma kunyata shi a gaban jama’a" (Ibraniyawa 6:6), za a ga hakan a cikin abubuwan da suka faru a wani biki da Fouché ya shirya a Lyons, domin girmama Chalier, Gwamnan Lyons, wanda aka kashe. Kafin zuwansa Lyons, Fouché ya umarci cewa

GSAM 81.2"duk alamar addini ya kamata a halaka; kuma a kan ƙofofin kaburburan coci a rubuta, Mutuwa barci ne na har abada.... An ɗauki mutum-mutumin kan Chalier a tituna, ana biye da shi da taron masu kisan kai da matan bariki. Bayan su sai wani jaki da ke ɗauke da bishara, giciye, da tukwane na kominiya, waɗanda ba da jimawa ba aka ƙone su da wuta, yayin da aka tilasta wa jakin ya sha giya mai tsarki daga kofin kominiya."¹⁷

GSAM 81.3An bayyana bikin Hankali da aka gudanar a Paris kamar haka:

GSAM 81.3"Sun tafi cikin jerin zuwa majalisar dokoki, kuma taron banza ... sun yi wasa da ibadar addini ta hanyoyi mafi ban dariya.... Maza, sanye da rigunan ibada da mayafi, sun zo suna raira hallelujah, suna rawa Carmagnole, zuwa gaban majalisar dokoki. A can suka ajiye gurasar ibada, akwatunan da ake adana shi a ciki, da gumakan zinariya da azurfa. Sun yi jawabi na ban dariya.... 'Ya ku,' in ji wata tawaga daga St. Denis, 'Ya ku, kayan aikin tsattsauran ra’ayin addini, tsarkaka masu albarka na kowane iri, a ƙarshe ku zama masu kishin ƙasa, ku tashi gaba ɗaya, ku yi wa ƙasa hidima ta hanyar zuwa ma’aikatar buga kuɗi don a narke ku.'"¹⁸

GSAM 82Kalmar Allah Ta Fito Daga Ɓoye

GSAM 82.1"bayan kwana uku da rabi ɗin numfashin rai daga Allah ya shige su" (Shaidu), kuma suka "haura zuwa sama cikin girgije."¹⁹ Lokacin Allah ya zo domin kalmarsa ta fito daga ɓoye kuma a gabatar da ita a gaban duniya. Lokacin ya zo (1798) don aikin bishara a yi shi a duk faɗin duniya. A shekarar 1804 an kafa British Bible Society. Wannan ya biyo baya da ƙungiyoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki da dama, kuma yanzu an fassara Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa dukkan manyan harsunan duniya. Don haka, fitowar Rubuce-rubucen Tsarki, Shaidu biyu, zuwa fili inda kowa zai iya ganinsu da karantawa, ana kwatanta shi da hawa su sama cikin gajimare.

GSAM 82.2A zamanin Juyin Juya Halin Faransa, Voltaire ya bayyana cewa cikin shekaru ɗari Littafi Mai Tsarki zai zama ba shi da amfani. A shekara ta ɗari daga wannan lokaci, an rarraba Littattafai Mai Tsarki a Faransa kaɗai fiye da waɗanda aka sani suna wanzu a lokacin da Voltaire ya yi wannan alfahari marar ma’ana. Kuma ginin da ya yi wannan magana a cikinsa an ce yanzu ana amfani da shi a matsayin gidan Littafi Mai Tsarki.

GSAM 82An gano Dutsen Rosetta

GSAM 82.3Akwai abubuwa biyu da suka shafi shekarar 1798 da mutanen Faransa, da ya kamata mu lura da su: Na farko, a wannan shekarar sojojin Faransa, ƙarƙashin Janar Berthier, sun kifar da gwamnatin Paparoma a Roma, suna cika (ba tare da saninsu ba) annabcin da ya shafi wannan lamari, wanda ke cikin littafin da suka yi yaƙi da shi; na biyu, a cikin wannan shekarar, a Fort St. Julien, a kan reshen Rosetta na kogin Nile, sojojin Faransa, yayin da suke yin haƙar ƙasa, sun gano shahararren dutse na Rosetta, wanda yanzu ake ajiye shi a Gidan Tarihi na Birtaniya. A kan wannan dutse akwai rubutu a cikin nau’i uku: Hieroglyphics, rubutun da firistoci ke amfani da shi; demotic, nau’in rubutun da talakawa ke amfani da shi; da harshen Girik. Wannan ita ce makullin da ta buɗe rubuce-rubucen demotic da hieroglyphic da suka kasance a ɓoye. Yanzu, kamar yadda wani ya faɗa, "diga da shebur, wajen tono waɗannan rubuce-rubucen da ke cikin haruffan demotic, suna samar da ƙarin hujja kan ingancin tsoffin rubuce-rubucen Littafi Mai Tsarki fiye da duk wata hanya ta waje banda Littafi Mai Tsarki da kansa." Don haka mutanen da suka yi niyyar halaka Littafi Mai Tsarki, ba tare da sun sani ba, an yi amfani da su don cika annabci na kawar da mulkin Paparoma a ƙarshen shekaru 1260, kuma suka gano makullin rubuce-rubucen da ke tabbatar da gaskiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki da suka yi ƙoƙarin halaka.

GSAM 83"Za Ka Tsaya a Rabonka"

GSAM 83.1Me ne mala’ika ya faɗa wa Daniyel zai faru a ƙarshen lokaci? Tun daga lokacin da ya ji mai tsarki ya ce, "zai ɗauki safiya da yamma 2,300; sa’an nan za a sāke tsarkake wuri mai tsarki,"²⁰ tunaninsa ya cika da damuwa game da abin da zai kasance "ƙarshen waɗannan abubuwa," da "tsawon lokacin" da zai ɗauka.²¹ A ƙarshe an ba shi fahimtar cewa sanin lokacin ba na zamaninsa ba ne. An ce masa, "Gare ka dai, ka yi tafiyarka har zuwa ƙarshe. Za ka huta, sa’an nan a ƙarshen kwanaki za ka tsaya a rabonka" (fassarar zahiri daga KJV).²²

GSAM 83.2Wasu sun yi zato cewa wannan harshe yana nuni ne ga ƙarshen duniya na ƙarshe, kuma a wancan lokacin Daniyel, tare da sauran mutanen Ubangiji, za su karɓi lada, su tsaya a rabonsu na gado. Kalmar Ibrananci da ake nufin rabo na gado, yankin ƙasa, da sauransu, kamar yadda aka faɗa mana, ita ce gheh-vel. Wannan ba kalmar da aka fassara da rabo a cikin wannan nassoshi ba ce; kalmar a nan ita ce goh rahl. Masana Ibrananci sun gaya mana cewa wannan kalma, goh rahl, tana fitowa sau saba’in da shida a cikin Tsohon Alkawari, kuma ita ce kalmar da ake amfani da ita wajen magana game da tsarkakewar wuri mai-tsarkin alama, inda ake jefa ƙuri’a don tantance wacce daga cikin awakin nan biyu za a kashe. Yayin da firist ɗin babba ya ɗauki jinin akuya na Ubangiji ya shiga cikin wuri mai-tsarki domin yin aikin tsarkakewa, duk Isra’ila sun tsaya a waje, suna azabtar da zukatansu suna kuma faɗin zunubansu, domin su tsaya tsarkakke, su kuma karɓi albarkar firist ɗin babba yayin da zai fito daga wuri mai-tsarki. Haka, a wancan rana, Isra’ila sun tsaya a cikin rabonsu.

GSAM 84.1Lokacin da aikin tsarkake wuri mai-tsarki na ƙarshe zai zo, a ƙarshen kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku, al’amarin Daniyel, tare da na dukkan matattu masu adalci, za a sake duba su gaban Allah. Don haka Daniyel yana tsaye a cikin rabonsa.

GSAM 84Kalmomin da Aka Kulle Har Zuwa 1798

GSAM 84.2A martani ga tambayar Daniyel, "ranka yă daɗe, mene ne ƙarshen waɗannan abubuwa?"²³ an gaya masa, "a rufe kalmomin aka kuma liƙe su har sai ƙarshen lokaci."²⁴ Abin da ya fi damun zuciyar Daniyel shi ne "yaushe?" "har yaushe?" da "mene ne ƙarshen waɗannan abubuwa?" Waɗannan su ne batutuwan da suka rikita kuma suka damu da annabin, kuma waɗannan ne kawai aka rufe kuma aka daure har zuwa "ƙarshen lokaci," ba dukkan littafin Daniyel ba, kamar yadda wasu suka yi tunani. Kafin wannan lokaci na 1798, masu nazarin annabci sun sami haske game da makonni saba’in, kuma sun fahimci cewa sun fara ne a shekara ta 457 K.K., hidimar Kristi ta fili, mutuwarsa, da sauransu, sun faru daidai da lissafin makonni sittin da tara da saba’in daga wannan ranar. Wannan cikakkiyar cika aikin Mai Cetonmu daidai da wannan lissafi ya ba su babban hujja cewa shi ne hakika Almasihu na gaskiya, kuma cewa ranar fara makonni saba’in an daidaita ta ba za a iya canzawa ba. Gazawar su wajen gano cewa makonni saba’in sune ɓangare na farko na kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku ya bar batun a rufe har bayan shekarar 1798, kamar yadda aka annabta.

GSAM 84Mabuɗin Kwanaki 2300

GSAM 84.3Yanzu mu duba gaskiyar al’amari. Har zuwa shekarar 1798 masu fassara annabci ba su da wani haske game da lokacin da kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku za su ƙare. Sun iya fahimtar alamomi, hoton da dabbobin littafin Daniyel, amma ba su iya faɗin inda kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku za su ƙare ba, domin har yanzu ba su da fahimta game da lokacin da kwanakin suka fara. A matsayin hujja kan wannan batu, muna karanta a cikin Midnight Cry, wani jaridar Adventist da ake buga a birnin New York a wancan lokacin, a ƙarƙashin ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1842, "Abin sha’awa ne sosai a ga marubutan masu zaman kansu daban-daban waɗanda tun daga 1798 suka gane abin da ba a taɓa gani ba a da—cewa makonni saba’in makulli ne ga kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku."

GSAM 85Da yawa suna gano Haske

GSAM 85.1Kamar yadda aka "rufe" wannan ilimi har sai lokacin da Ubangiji ya keɓe don a buɗe shi ga fahimtar mutanensa, haka ma da "ƙarshen lokaci" ya zo, da yawa za su "yi ta kai komo" cikin Rubuce-rubucen Tsarki, suna bincika waɗannan abubuwa. Ta hanyar kwatanta wasu fassarori kaɗan na rubutun, za a bayyana wannan ra’ayi sosai.

GSAM 85.2Dr. Adam Clarke ya ce: "Da yawa za su yi ƙoƙarin bincika ma’ana; kuma ilimi zai ƙaru—ta wannan hanya."

GSAM 85.3A cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Jamus na Luther da aka sabunta, muna karanta: "Haka da yawa za su wuce a kansa, su sami babban fahimta."

GSAM 85.4Littafi Mai Tsarki na Jamus na Parallel yana cewa: "Da yawa za su gudu ta cikinsa, kuma haka ilimi zai ƙaru."

GSAM 85.5Littafi Mai Tsarki na Jamus na L. Van Ess, wanda Paparoma ma ya amince da shi ga mabiya Katolika, ya fassara shi: "Da yawa za su bincika shi sosai, kuma ilimi zai yi girma."

GSAM 85.6Littafi Mai Tsarki na Sweden ya ce: "Da yawa za su bincika a cikinsa, kuma ilimi zai ƙaru sosai."

GSAM 85.7Littafin Danish-Norwegian da aka sabunta yana cewa: "Da yawa za su yi bincike da ƙwazo, kuma ilimi zai ƙaru sosai."

GSAM 85.8Mun karanta a cikin Midnight Cry na 15 ga Yuni, 1842, game da wannan bincike da samun ilimi kan abin da aka rufe tun kafin 1798: "Shin ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa marubuta da yawa, ba tare da sanin juna ba, suka kai ga irin wannan ƙarshe a kusan lokaci guda?"

GSAM 86.1Muna gabatar da jerin sunayen mutane ko ƙungiyoyi ashirin daban-daban da suka gano gaskiya game da ƙarshen kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku, ba ta hanyar mu’amala da juna ba, amma sakamakon bincike mai zurfi a cikin Rubuce-rubucen Tsarki, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin tasirin Ruhun Allah. A kan wannan jerin mun sanya William Miller daga Jihar New York; sai A. J. Krupp, daga Philadelphia, Pa.; David McGregor, na Falmouth, Maine; Edward Irving, na Ingila; Archibald Mason, na Scotland; W. E. Davis, na South Carolina; Joseph Wolff, wanda ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban na Asiya; Alexander Campbell, a muhawararsa da Robert Owen, a shekarar 1829; Kaptin A. Landers, na Liverpool, Ingila; Leonard Heinrich Kelber, na Stuttgart, Jamus; Lacunza, na Spain; Hentzepeter, na The Hague, Holland; Dr. Capadose, na Amsterdam, Holland; Rau, na Bavaria; firistocin Tartary, a shekarar 1821; ɗaliban Littafi Mai Tsarki na Yemen, a cikin littafinsu mai suna "Seera;" Hengstenberg, a wani ɓangare na Jamus; ’yan Rasha a Tekun Caspian; Molokaners a bakin tekun Baltic, da sauransu.

GSAM 86.2Game da yadda wannan batu ya buɗe wa ɗaliban annabci lokaci-lokaci, kuma hakan ba tare da sanin juna ba, abin da ke tafe zai nuna:—

GSAM 86.3A cikin Midnight Cry na 15 ga Yuni, 1842, akwai waɗannan kalmomi: "An karɓa yanzu, wani littafi mai taken 'Two Essays on Daniel’s Prophetic Numbers of 2300 Days, and a Christian’s Duty to Inquire into the Church’s Deliverance, na Archibald Mason, mai wa’azin bishara, Wishawtown, Scotland, Newberg. An buga daga fitowar Glasgow, ta Ward M. Gazeley, 1820.' A cikin wannan littafi Mason ya ce, 'Kwanan nan na ga wata ƙaramar takarda, wadda aka fara wallafawa a Amurka, ta Fasto Wm. E. Davis na South Carolina, kuma aka sake wallafa a shekarar 1818 a Warkington, a kudancin Ingila. Wannan marubucin yana ikirarin cewa kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku sun fara ne da makonni saba’in (babi 9:24). A wannan ra’ayi, na tilasta kaina in yarda da shi.'"

GSAM 87Davis, na South Carolina

GSAM 87.1A cikin wannan lamba na Midnight Cry, edita ya ce, "Littafin Davis tabbas an rubuta shi ne kusan shekarar 1810." Yayin da yake magana kan hujjojin da aka gabatar a cikin littafin, ya ce, "Mai karatu zai iya tunanin yana karanta rubuce-rubucen Miller, Litch, Stores, ko Hale, amma muna ganin cewa babu wani daga cikin marubutan dawowar Kristi na biyu na yanzu da ya san wanzuwar wannan littafi har zuwa makon da ya gabata. Editan wannan jarida [Cry] bai taɓa jin labarinsa ba kafin wannan lokaci. Matsayin Davis kan lokaci, wanda Mason ya goyi baya, shi ne cewa kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku za su ƙare da shekarar Yahudawa ta 1843—wato shekararmu ta 1844."

GSAM 87Joseph Wolff da wasu mutane ashirin

GSAM 87.2A cikin Midnight Cry na 31 ga Agusta, 1843, mun karanta cewa "a shekarar 1822 Joseph Wolff (na Ingila) ya wallafa littafi mai taken 'He Will Come Again, the Son of Man in the Clouds of Heaven.'" Kuma ƙari ga haka, cewa "a shekarar 1826 mutane ashirin, daga dukkan ra’ayoyin addini na gargajiya, sun taru a London tare da Mista Wolff, don nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Sun zo daidai ga ƙarshe guda ɗaya ba tare da saɓani ba. Sun ƙara shekaru 45 ga shekaru 1260." Idan aka ƙara shekaru 45 ga shekaru 1260 waɗanda suka ƙare a 1798, hakan zai kai mu ƙarshen shekarar 1843 ta Yahudawa, wadda a zahiri ita ce shekarar 1844 namu.

GSAM 87Matsayin Alexander Campbell

GSAM 87.3A cikin wannan lamba ta jaridar an bayyana game da Alexander Campbell cewa, "a shekarar 1829 ya yi shahararren muhawara da Robert Owen, marar imani, inda ya yi jayayya cewa wahayi na Daniyel sun kai har ƙarshen lokaci, cewa kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku shekaru ne, kuma za su ƙare kusan shekaru 1847 daga haihuwar Kristi, wanda, a cewar nasa bayani, ya faru shekaru huɗu kafin ƙididdigar gama gari." Don haka ƙididdigarsa ta nuna cewa kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku za su ƙare a ƙarshen cikakkun shekaru 1843 na Yahudawa tun daga zamanin bayan haihuwar Kristi—wato a shekarar 1844.

GSAM 88.1A cikin Midnight Cry na 21 ga Satumba, 1843, akwai bayanin littafi da aka karɓa mai taken, "A Voice to Britain and America, in a Scriptural statement of the second advent of our Lord and Saviour, which we daily pray for, saying, 'Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven,'²⁵ da Kaptin A. Landers na Liverpool, wanda S. Kent and Co. suka buga, 1839."

GSAM 88.2"Shi, kamar sauran, ya yi ƙididdigar lokaci, yana nuna cewa ƙarshen kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku zai kasance shekara ta 1847 daga haihuwar Kristi ta gaskiya." Wannan zai zama shekarar 1844 a ƙididdigar mu, domin an haife shi shekaru huɗu kafin ƙididdigar gama gari.²⁶

GSAM 88Leonard Heinrich Kelber

GSAM 88.3A cikin mujallar Review and Herald, 17 ga Mayu, 1892, akwai wani labari daga Faston L. R. Conradi na Hamburg, Jamus, inda yake cewa:—

GSAM 88.4"Yawancin masu karatunmu wataƙila sun taɓa jin labarin fitaccen malamin cocin Lutheran Bengel, wanda a ƙarni na baya [a cewar Schaff, Bengel ya mutu a 1751], ya ƙayyade lokacin bayyanar Ubangijimmu a shekarar 1836, lissafinsa kuwa ya ta’allaka ne kan lambar 666 a cikin Ru’uya ta Yohanna. Amma kafin wannan lokaci ya ƙure, wani mutum daban ya fara rubutu, babban malamin makaranta mai suna Leonard Heinrich Kelber. Kundin farko da ya wallafa ya fito a shekarar 1824, mai taken 'The End Near,' wanda ya ƙunshi bayani kan Babi na 24 da 25 na Mattiyu. An buga shi a Bavaria. Amma a shekarar 1835 wani ɗan littafi mafi girma, da taken iri ɗaya, ya bayyana a Stuttgart, mai shafuka 126. Wannan zai kasance mai matuƙar ban sha’awa, kuma don ba wa masu karatunmu mafi kyawun fahimta, na ƙara fassara shafin taken: 'Ƙarshe yana zuwa, kamar yadda aka tabbatar dalla-dalla kuma ta hanya mai gamsarwa daga maganar Allah da abubuwan da suka faru na baya-bayan nan; yana rushe gaba ɗaya duk wani ra’ayin son zuciya da ke adawa da jiran zuwan Ubangijinmu ko lissafin lokacin; yana nuna a fili yadda malamin coci Bengel ya yi kuskuren shekaru bakwai game da babbar shekarar yanke hukunci; domin ba shekarar 1836 ba, sai dai shekarar 1843 ce ƙarshen lokacin, sa’ad da babbar gwagwarmaya tsakanin haske da duhu za ta ƙare, kuma mulkin salama na Ubangijinmu Yesu da aka daɗe ana jira zai fara a duniya.'

GSAM 89.1"An buga bugu na biyu a shekarar 1841, a Stuttgart ma, kuma gwargwadon abin da na sani an buga wani a Saxony. Kamar yadda shafin taken ya nuna, bayan ya tunkari ra’ayoyin da aka saba da su, wannan takardar ta nuna a fili da bayyane alaƙar da ke tsakanin kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku na Daniyel 8 da makonni saba’in na Daniyel 9, kuma ta kawo su zuwa shekarar 1843 (na Yahudawa 1843—namu 1844). Sannan a cikin sauran littafin ya nuna ta alamomin zamani cewa wannan lamari ya kamata ya kasance kusa.

GSAM 89.2"Gaskiyar cewa an buga shi sau da dama kaɗai zai shaida irin sha’awar da ya jawo. Ɗan’uwa Schäche, wanda yanzu yake zaune a Ostiraliya, ya ga tallarsa, har a nesa a lardin Silesia, kuma bayan ya yi odarsa, ya karanta shi da matuƙar sha’awa, a bayan ƙofofi masu makulli. A cikin littafin ba a samu wata alama da ke nuna cewa marubucin ya san wani motsi makamancin haka a duniya ba, amma duk da haka, ta Ruhun Allah ya kai ga irin waɗannan ƙarshe.

GSAM 89.3"A shekarar 1842 ya rubuta wani takardar bayani mafi girma mai shafuka 286, a Stuttgart ma, mai taken 'Muhimman tunani bisa ga Nassi game da halittar duniya da tsawon wanzuwarta; ko cikakkiyar amsa ga tambayar: Me ya sa Allah ya halicci duniya a cikin kwanaki shida a jere—kusantowar Ubangijinmu don hukunta magabcin Kiristi—manyan abubuwa masu faranta rai na shekarar 1843.'"

GSAM 89"Ben Ezra" (Lacunza)

GSAM 89.4Kusan a shekarar 1812, Lacunza, a Spain, ya wallafa littafi mai taken, The Coming of Messiah in Majesty and Glory. Marubucin ya ɗauki sunan marubuci marar suna na "Ben Ezra," kuma ana zaton cewa Bayahude ne da ya koma Kirista. Edward Irving, na Ingila, bayan da ya fara aikinsa kan zuwan Kristi na biyu, ya fassara littafin da ke sama zuwa Turanci. Don haka ya bayyana labarinsa aƙalla cikin harsuna biyu.

GSAM 89.5Lallai abin sha’awa ne, bayan shekaru da suka wuce, a tattara ƙarshewar ra’ayoyin ɗalibai daban-daban waɗanda, tun daga farkon ƙarni na baya har zuwa 1840, suka ƙididdige lokacin kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku, suka kuma sanya makonni saba’in a matsayin ɓangare na farko na wannan lokaci, sannan a gano cewa dukansu sun yi daidai game da ƙarewar lokacin a shekarar 1844.

GSAM 901844 Gaskiyar Ƙarshen Kwanaki 2300

GSAM 90.1Ana iya yin tambaya, Shin za mu iya tabbata cewa 1844 ita ce ainihin ranar kammala kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku? Eh! Domin kamar yadda cikar ƙarya ta annabci ba za ta iya zuwa a daidai lokacin cikar gaskiya ba, haka tabbas dole ne mu yanke hukunci cewa shekarar 1844 ita ce ainihin ƙarshen kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku. Allah, wanda ya rufe wannan ilimi har zuwa shekara ta 1798, kuma ya yi alkawarin cewa a lokacin haske zai haskaka, ta Ruhunsa marar kuskure ya jagoranci waɗanda suka yi ƙoƙarin nemanSa don samun sahihin fahimtar lokacin. Lokacinsa ya zo don "ilimi" a kan wannan batu ya "ƙaru," kuma ya ba da haske na gaskiya.

GSAM 90.2Bayan an gano ƙarshen lokacin da aka fahimtar da mutane a "ƙarshen lokaci," yana da kyau a tambayi ma’anar wannan ganowa. Mun gano cewa a wannan lokaci, a kammala aikin bishara, za a ayyana takamaiman lokaci don zaman hukunci. "Sai na ga," in ji Yohanna, "wani mala’ika yana tashi sama a tsakiyar sararin sama, yana kuma da madawwamiyar bishara wadda zai yi shela ga waɗanda suke zama a duniya, ga kowace al’umma, kabila, harshe, da kuma jama’a. Ya ce da babbar murya, 'Ku ji tsoron Allah ku kuma ɗaukaka shi, domin sa’ar hukuncinsa ya yi. Ku yi wa wannan da ya halicci sammai, ƙasa, teku, da maɓulɓulan ruwa sujada.'"²⁷ Mala’iku na zahiri ba sa wa’azin bishara ga mutane. Mutum ne wakilin da Ubangiji kansa ya zaɓa don ya wa’azi bishararsa har zuwa ƙarshen duniya.²⁸ Wannan mala’ika, don haka, alama ce ta saƙon bishara wanda ke sanar da lokacin da ya zo don a "fara yi wa iyalin Allah shari’a."²⁹ Ba za a iya ba da irin wannan saƙo daga Rubuce-rubucen Tsarki ba har sai an gano lokacin da zai kai ga hukunci a cikin Rubuce-rubucen Tsarki. Lokacin kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku, kamar yadda aka riga aka nuna, yana kaiwa ga hukuncin bincike na mutanen Allah.

GSAM 91Ranar Yafiya Lokaci ne na Hukunci

GSAM 91.1Ranar yafiya, wato tsarkake wuri mai-tsarki na ƙasa, an fahimce ta kuma har yanzu Yahudawa na ɗaukar ta a matsayin ranar hukunci. Kuma ko yanzu, a cikin bazuwar da suke ciki, duk da cewa ba za su iya yin dukkan hidimomin zamanin da suka shafi wannan rana mai tsarki ba, ana kiyaye ta a matsayin ranar hukunci. A matsayin hujja ga wannan, za mu fara ambaton wani jaridar Yahudawa da aka buga a San Francisco, California, mai suna The Jewish Exponent, wato jaridar Yahudawa na Ortodoks a yammacin tsaunukan Rocky. A cikin fitowar watan Satumba, 1892, an yi sanarwa cewa kafin a fitar da lambar ta gaba, watan bakwai da ranar yafiya za su zo. Sunansu ga watan bakwai shi ne Tishree, kuma na shida shi ne Ellul; kamar yadda jaridar ta bayyana, "Watan Ellul ya zo, kuma sautin gargaɗi na Shofar [ƙaho da za a busa daga rana ta farko zuwa ta goma ta watan na bakwai, Zabura 81:3, 4] za a ji shi kowace safiya a cikin majami’un Yahudawa na ortodoks, yana ba da shawarar a yi shiri don ranar tunawa, da kuma hukuncin ƙarshe na Yom Kippur." Yayin da suke ƙarshen Ellul, watan shida, kuma Tishree, watan bakwai, zai fara, za su ji kowace safiya na tsawon kwanaki goma ƙarar ƙaho tana sanar da hukuncin ƙarshe na shekara a cikin wannan tsarin alama.

GSAM 91Shaidar wani Rabbi na Yahudawa

GSAM 91.2Haka kuma, a shekarar 1902, Rabbi Isidore Myers, na babbar majami’ar Yahudawa a San Francisco, California, a lokacin sanar da ranar yafiya, ya ce: "Yayin da yake ƙetare ƙofar lokaci daga shekara ɗaya zuwa wata, ana tunatar da ɗan Isra’ila sosai game da halitta da mulkin duniya baki ɗaya na Mahalicci, kuma ana kiransa ya yi murnar, da busar ƙaho, zagayowar, kamar yadda za a ce, haihuwar lokaci da naɗin babban Sarki. Ana kuma kiran sa da muryar wannan ƙaho ɗaya, ko Shofar, domin ya yi nazari sosai kan ayyukansa na shekarar da ta gabata yayin da yake tsaye cikin rawar jiki a gaban idon Adalci na Dindindin mai ganin komai, wanda ke zaune a kan kursiyin hukunci."

GSAM 92.1Kamar yadda a hidimar haikalin Yahudawa ake tsarkake wuri mai-tsarki sau ɗaya a kowace shekara, lallai ya kasance a bayyane ga Daniyel cewa wannan tsarkakewar wuri mai-tsarki a ƙarshen kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku dole ne ta shafi wani abu banda hidimar alama ta shekara-shekara. Ubangiji ya riga ya umarci mutanensa cewa, idan ana amfani da alamomi a annabci, lokacin da aka bayar ya kamata a ƙirga shi "shekara ɗaya a madadi kwana ɗaya."³⁰ Don haka wannan lokacin na kwanaki dubu biyu da ɗari uku, kamar yadda muka gani, ya kai ga ƙarshen aikin Kristi a matsayin babban firist a wuri mai-tsarki na sama—zuwa ga hukuncin bincike na waɗanda shari’o’insu, ta hanyar faɗin zunubai, aka kawo cikin wuri mai-tsarki na sama.

GSAM 92Saƙon Hukunci da Ya Dace a 1844

GSAM 92.2Da aka gano lokacin da hukuncin masu tsarki zai fara, an buɗe hanya domin, a cikin tsarin abubuwan da Ubangiji ya tsara kamar yadda annabci ya nuna, a iya isar da saƙon, "Sa’ar hukuncinsa ya yi." Lura, ba a ce nan take bayan gano wannan lokaci ne za a yi wa’azi ba, sai dai cewa hasken da "aka rufe" a baya ya zama a bayyane. Muna ganin a fili cewa an cika wannan. A cikin surori masu zuwa za a gani cewa Ubangiji ya yi alama da takamaiman lokacin da za a yi wa’azin zuwan na biyu, kuma daidai kamar yadda aka tsara, aka sanar da duniya wannan sanarwa.