Hu Nao Bae Stap Laef Thru Long Day Bilong Jehovah?

“Datfala day bae kam wea bone olsem bigfala fire.”—MALACHI 4:1.

1. Hao nao Malachi storyim end bilong disfala wicked system?

GOD muvim profet Malachi for raetem samfala profesi abaotem samfala bigfala samting wea bae klosap for happen long future. Olketa samting hia bae affectim evri man long earth. Malachi 4:1 hem sei: “‘Lukim! datfala day bae kam wea bone olsem bigfala fire, and olketa praod pipol and olketa wea duim barava nogud samting mas kamap olsem drae grass. And datfala day wea bae kam bae finisim olketa evribit,’ Jehovah bilong olketa army hem talem, ‘mekem no eni rut or branch bilong olketa bae stap.’” Wei wea disfala wicked system distroe hem bae hao big? Hem bae olsem olketa distroem evribit rut bilong wanfala tree, mekem datfala tree bae no savve grow moa.

2. Hao nao samfala scripture storyim day bilong Jehovah?

² Maet iu ask, ‘Wanem “day” nao profet Malachi talem profesi abaotem?’ Hem sem day wea Isaiah 13:9 storyim: “Lukim! Datfala day bilong Jehovah bae kam, witim hot and bigfala kros, for mekem pipol sapraes tumas long datfala land, and mekem hem finisim evribit olketa sinner bilong datfala land.” Zephaniah 1:15 storyim olsem: “Datfala day hem wanfala day bilong bigfala kros, day for mekem man feel nogud and garem bigfala wari, day bilong bigfala wind and for finisim evri samting, day bilong darkness and bilong no mas laet, day bilong olketa cloud and bilong smoke.”

“Datfala Big Trabol”

3. Wanem nao “datfala day bilong Jehovah”?

³ Taem profesi bilong Malachi hem fulfill long bigfala wei, samting wea bae markem “datfala day bilong Jehovah” hem wanfala taem wea kasem “big trabol.” Jesus hem sei: “Then bigfala trabol bae kamap wea nating happen bifor from taem world hem start kam kasem distaem, and hem bae no happen moa.” (Matthew 24:21) Tingim olketa bigfala trabol wea happen finis long world, especially start kam long 1914. (Matthew 24:7-12) Tru nao, long World War II nomoa, winim 50 million pipol dae! Nomata olsem, datfala “bigfala trabol” bae winim olketa taem olsem. Datfala samting wea bae happen, wea sem witim day bilong Jehovah, hem bae finis long Armageddon, wea bae endim olketa last day bilong disfala wicked system.—2 Timothy 3:1-5, 13; Revelation 7:14; 16:14, 16.

4. Taem day bilong Jehovah hem end, wanem nao happen finis?

⁴ Kasem end bilong datfala day bilong Jehovah, world bilong Satan and evriwan wea saportim bae finis evribit. First wan for finis nao hem giaman religion. Then judgment bilong Jehovah bae go againstim system bilong Satan saed long bigfala bisnis and politik. (Revelation 17:12-14; 19:17, 18) Ezekiel talemaot profesi olsem: “Olketa bae torowem silver bilong olketa long road, and gold bilong olketa bae kamap samting wea olketa barava heitim. Silver or gold bilong olketa bae nating sevem olketa long day bilong kros bilong Jehovah.” (Ezekiel 7:19) Abaotem datfala day Zephaniah 1:14 hem sei: “Bigfala day bilong Jehovah hem klosap. Hem klosap nao, and hem start for hariap tumas.” Bikos long samting wea Bible talem abaotem day bilong Jehovah, iumi shud disaed strong for duim samting followim olketa raeteous law and principle bilong God.

9. Hao nao olketa profesi bilong Malachi fulfill long firstaem?

⁹ Olketa toktok hia fulfill tu long first century C.E. Wanfala remnant bilong olketa Jew kamap part bilong datfala niu “nation” bilong olketa Christian wea spirit anointim, wea gogo olketa Gentile join insaed tu. Bat big haf long olketa really Israelite rejectim Jesus. Dastawe Jesus talem datfala nation bilong Israel: “Lukim! God hem lusim haos bilong iufala nao.” (Matthew 23:38; 1 Corinthians 16:22) Long 70 C.E., olsem Malachi 4:1 talem profesi abaotem, wanfala “day . . . wea bone olsem bigfala fire” hem kasem really Israel. Jerusalem and temple bilong hem distroe, and winim wan million pipol dae from bigfala hangre, faet for paoa, and olketa attak from army bilong Rome. Bat, olketa wea servem Jehovah missim datfala big trabol.—Mark 13:14-20.