Roseburg review., November 06, 1912, Image 4

ARMAGEDDON OF
THE SCRIPTURES
Startling Presentation ol Com
ing Events.
PASTOR RUSSELL'S VIEWS.
Churches of AH Denominations and the
Civil Powera of Earth Are About to
Unite In Common Cause Powerful
Influence Preparing For the Battle
Of Armageddon A Reign of Anarchy
Will Be the Reeult of the Warfare
Until The Meatiah Takea Control.
Ilrooklyn, N. Y.,
Nov. 3. Tho
Brooklyn Acndemy
of M ii a 1 c was
crowded to tlio lim
it today to hear
Pastor ItiiBsell's
dUcoiirse on the
"llattlo of Arms
geddon." Ills text
was: "lie gathered
them together unto
a placed called In
the II oh row tongue
Armngoddo n."
(Ttevelntlon zvl, 10.) The speaker said:
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the "Ulll of Meglddo," or Mount of De
struction. It was famous ns a battle
field In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen fit to associate the
name Armageddon, with the great con
troversy between Truth and Error,
right and wrong, God and Mammon,
with which this Ago will close, perish,
and the New Age of Messiah's glory
be ushered In. Ho hns purposely used
highly symbolical figures of speech in
the last book of tho lllbtc, evidently
with a view to hiding certain impor
tant truths until tho duo tltno for their
rovenlmcnt. ltut even in the duo time,
the Bible- nsHurcs us, "Nona of tho
wicked shall understand" (l)anlel xli,
0, J0)-none who are out of heart har
mony with Ood but only tho wlso of
Ills people tho "wise virgin" class of
tho Master's pnrahle.
I have long avoided presentation of
my understanding of our text and Its
context. I take It up now by request
and because I hellevo It Is due tlmo to
be understood. I disclaim any special
Inspiration. In somo particulars my
views agree with those of other Hlblo
students, and In other respects they
disagree. Knrh hearer rnunt uso his
own Judgment, do his own Hlblo study,
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that I am not re
sponsible for tho figures of Hpeoeh used
by the Lord. My Interpretations do In
deed constitute a terrible arraignment
of Institutions which we have all rever
enced and which embrace good people,
of good wonts and good works, (bid's
saintly people In thenn various Institu
tions, being comparatively few, are
Ignored when systems us a whole are
dealt with In prophecy.
The Dragon, Beaat, Fa lie Prophet.
Our context telU in that three Im
pure spirits itcnchluust will go forth
from the mouths of the Orngon, the
Hen&t and the raise Prophet, and these
three wilt be In accord, and symbolical
ly the doctrines are represented by
"frogs." These three doctrines are to
haven mighty hillm-nce throughout the
civilized earth They are to gather
the It I nn and theh armies to the urctil
Hut He of Arimip-ditnti. !
The ccciesliwth-nl kings and primes i
ml their retinues or clergy and fallh- i
fill iMlheieUts. ulll ho gathered In KuMd I
'li:il;m I'rotcsijiht ami Catholic, The '
k'.ics ti i m1 :it;:luv of Industry, ami ns 1
nuiiiv as it (i l.e intlm-m-eil by them. 1
Will be cutlicrcd to the same side The
, ,'t't ,i n,,, pHi,,., u-ith nil
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PUBLIC SALE!
Twelve miles from RiiselmrK. flint miles iinilli of Willmr, on what In
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TUESDAY. NOV. 12
MM: O'CLOCK SHARP. 1.IXCII .AT NOON.
I'ollOMhm Hn , f,. ( ,
sliiuc:
thing I hiil
Cirny homo, i years old.
lroii-nrny man-, , years olil..
(liny horse. 12 years nlil.
Hay mnrn, 12 years olil.
Hay mure.
SpihiK rolt, 7 months olil.
Pony KcnUo.
(looil Jersey lu i t.b cows: mm will
lio fri'Hll iiImmiI 1 1 mo of s.il . ; I! will
lio fresh aliml .Inn. la,
)''ll!0, 2-year-old hellers.
l-yrar-oltl heifer.
Jersey Imll, 1 yir olil.
Nice ynittiK luiu'd so, Poland
China.
Hoar, larm uioni;)i for m-iviiv;
I'olancl China.
.ShoulH, unliable lo kill I h in uinlor.
.1 Turkeys.
50 Chickens.
Good farm wagon.
(loot! wagon box.
Good hay rack.
(looil wood racks.
Hack.
Top buggy.
McCorinlek Milder, good ns now.
McCormlek mower.
IhKMM:- A II mil... of $20 nnd nmlor. strl.lly rash. Over $20. a rrrdlt
"f 9 ' R'Vfii lo purchasers giving mil,, will, approved securi
ty drawing (1 per cent. No properly lo , ivniovnl until term of s,ite are
rompllod with.
J. A. Walker,
Auclionccr,
their henchmen and retnlneM, will fol
low In line oh the mum? side The
financial kings nnd merchant primes,
and all whom they run lullueuce by the
most gigantic wwer ever yet exercis
ed In ;ho world, will Join tho saino
side, according to this prophecy.
Those "doctrines of demons." repre
sented by the "frogs." will lend many
noble people In this great army to ns
sume an attitude finite contrary to
their nreference. Kor a time the
wheels of liberty nnd progress will he
turned backward nnd medieval re
straints will be considered necessary
j for self-preservation for the mainte
nance or the present onier or iiiuikh.
In giving this Interpretation. It Is
necessary for us to Indicate what is
Mi'mhollzed bv the Dniuon. the Beast,
'and tho False Prophet. Hlblo Htudents
! of nearly all denominations agree with
I us that the "Iragon" of Hevelntion
represents the purely Civil Power.
Protestant interpreters generally agree
that the "Beast like n leopard" (Reve
lation xlll. 2i represents the Papacy.
But fewer si III. we fear, will be ready
to support our view that Protestantism
Is the "linage of the Beast" (Hevclatton
xlll, l.ru In our context given another
name, "the False Prophet." We urge
no one to accept our Interpretation,
nor shall we think hard of any who
refuse It. We will neither slander nor
otherwise Injure them now, nor threat
en them with eternal torture. The
have the same right to their views that
I have, nnd the same right to make
them known to others. And I, for
one, will bo very glnd to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their Interpretations of our text.
"Unclean Spirits Like Frogs."
The symbolisms of Scripture, right
ly understood, ore always forceful.
When tho Holy Spirit used a "frog"
to symbolically represent certain
doctrines or teachings, we may bo
euro tho true application will fit well.
A frog hns a sage look, n wise look.
It swells Itself up In an npparent en-1
deavor to Impress the beholder. Its!
great mouth well represents Its chief!
power, used to croak. i
Applying these symbols, wo learn I
that an evil spirit, lulluoncc, teaching,
will come from the Protestant churches
federated, from the Church of Home,
nnd from tho Civil authorities, all In
full agreement. The spirit of all will
be boastful; uu air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assumed-all
will croak In harmony. All will
tell of dire results that would follow.
Involving tho Interests of both (lie
present and the future life. If their
counsel bo not followed. However con
flicting (he creeds, (lie dllVereuces will
be Ignored lu the general profwisitlon
Mint nothing nmlent must be disturb
cd. or looked Into, or repudiated.
Tho Olvlne authority of (he Church,
and the JHvJne right of kings, aside
from the Church, will not bo allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and un
scriptural claims will bo branded ns
everything t ile, at the mouths of these
"frogs" speaking from pulpits ami
platforms and through the religious
nnd secular press. Tho nobler sent!
ments of some will be strangled by tho
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which spoke through Cnlnphns, the
high priest, respecting Jesuit. As Cnla
phas duchtred It expedient to commit
a crime In violation of Justice, human
and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and His
teachings, ho this "frog" spirit will op
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their self protection.
Tho croaking of these "frog" spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, flnnnchil, poll t Ion 1, religious
nnd Industrial Into one grent army.
Tho spirit of fear, Inspired by tho
cronklngs of theso "frogs," will scourge
the passions of otherwlso good nnd
rensonablo men to fury, desperation.
In their blind following of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines, they will bo
ready to sacrttlco life and everything
on tho altar of whnt they mistakenly
suppose Is Justice, truth nnd righteous
ness, under a IMvlne arrangement.
For a brief time, as we uude.tand
III In. offered for sate, rain or
I Hay rake.
I (looil hrondraMt seeder.
I lliioil fonr-horso disc harrow.
I lioo.l two horse disc harrow.
I timid :i-seetlon ainoothiiiK harrow
I tlood L'-hoi-Ho Hmoothlng harrow.
I oneliotso rilltlvalor.
1 ilonhlo-Hhovi'l nilllvalor.
1 good a-hoinn Oliver Chilled plow.
I i eiie-noiso Oliver Clllllcd plow.
- iioou mi steel 2-horso plows.
I liny ropo and fork,
1 Hood Kniplro cream separator.
I I'luirn.
I (irllLilstntie.
I Spray pump and huso.
1 I'ook stole.
i loim haled hay. w heat alu
I New Osgood platform seal
Vetch.
Weigh-
log i lion pound.
1 T. lit. I IMS.
I I ' li u I n K mill.
:i S.-is ho.iv work harni'HR.
I Si-1 light hark harness.
1 liiigi-y harness.
:i Pairs ilolihlo llnrs.
Tools and other articles too limner
on to mention.
11 13. ROSENBERRY,
Owner
th Scriptures, theBe 'coml)fD4d forei
of Armageddon will triumph. Free
speech, free malls, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
of the masses In our day, will be ruth
lessly shut off under the plea of neces
sity, the glory of God, the commands
of tho Church, etc. All will seem to be
serene, until the great social explosion
lu our context described as the "great
Enrthminke." An "earthquake," in
symlKille language, signifies social
revolution, nnd the declaration of the
context is that none like unto It ever
before occurred. (Revelation xvl, 18,
10.) .lesus described It as a time of
trouble such as never was since there
wns a nation. Matthew xxlv, 21.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-llko teachings will
gather together Into one host the great,
(he rleh. the wise, the learned and the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
Juncture Iilvlne I'ower will step for
ward, nnd our text tells us that HE
shall gather tho marshaled Ifosts to
Ariimgeddon-tb the Mountain of Ie
struetlon. Tho very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, federu
(Ion, etc., will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
that Cod will lie represented by tho
Great Messiah, mid that He will be on
the Hide of the masses. Thus we rend
n Daniel xil. 1: "At that time shall
Michael It tie Godlike Une-Messlah
stand up" assume authority. He will
take possession of Ills Kingdom in a
manner little looked for by innny of
those who erroneously have been
claiming that they were Ills Kingdom.
and authorized y Him to reign In Ills
name nnd lu His stead.
Jesus declared, "His servants ye nre
uutd whom ye render service." 801m1
may he rendering service to Satan nnd
to error, who claim to be rendering
service to God nnd to righteousness;
and some of these may be serving Ig
nornntlv, ns did Saul of Tarsus, who
"verily thought that he did God 0 sen
lee" In persecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely
As 1111 earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights In his bnt
tles. so tho Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of nil who will enlist
and fight on His side of any question
"Ills servants they nre to whom they
render service," whatever tho motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply In the
coming (tattle of Armageddon. God's
side of that battle will be tho people's
side, and (he very nondescript host
the people, will be pitted at the begin
ning of the bnttle. Anarchists, Social
Ists. nnd hot-beaded radicals of every
school of reason and unreason, will be
In the forefront of that battle. Th
majority of tho poor nnd the middle
clasti prefer pence at almost any price.
A comparatively small number, God's
consecrated people, will at heart bo
longing for Messiah's Kingdom, Thcso
will bide the Lord's tlmo and wait pa
tiently for It; they will be of good
courage, knowing the outcomo outlined
In (he "more sure word of prophecy,"
to which they hnve done well to take
heed, "ns unto a light shining In a
dark place until the Pay down." II
Peter I. 10.
The masses will Ihj restless of their
restraints, hut will be conscious of
their own weakness ns compared to the
klivrs and princes, financial, religious
nnd political, which will then hold
sway. Itesldes, the mosses have nu
sympathy with anarchy. They realize
truly that the worst form of govern
ment Is better than none. The masses
will seek relief through the ballot and
peaceful readjustment of earth's af
fairs for the elimination of evil, for
tho placing of monopolies and utilities
and the supplies of nature In the hands
of tlu people for the public good. The
crisis will bo reached when tho hither
to upholders of law shall become vio
lators of the law and resistors of the
will of (he majority ns expressed by
(he ballot. IVar for the future will
lead the well meaning musses to dosper
ntlon; nnd anarchy wilt result when
Socialism falls.
The Cloud's Silver Lining.
Horrible would Ihj this outlook for
the future did we not have the Infalll
ble Word of God nssurlng us of a
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl
edge nnd skill which Is at the same
time breeding millionaires and discon
tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou
snud years sooner, the world would
have lined up for Its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. Hut that
would have Immmi ton soon for (he Pi
vine purposo. because Messiah's King
dom Is (o I it 1 he great Thousand
Year Sabbath of the world"s history.
God In kindness veiled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
imu.eddon would Immediately precede
Messiah's taking lo Himself Ills great
power, and beginning His lelgn.-lieve
lation xl. 17. IS.
"Send Them Strong Delusions.
St. Paul unite prophetically of out
li.:.e, that it would be one of serious
In it an 1 I est lug to many professing to
be l 'Iti'l -tians The reason for this be
Ktates they received not (he Truth In ,
the loe of It. (11 Thessatouiiins II, 10, ,
II l They preferred their own errone
ous thcoile-., the Apostle explains, mid
therefore G d wl!l give (hem ocr to a
"strong delusion, nnd let them believe
1 he lie which they preferred, and let
them mi (Tor for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will Im' In (he condemned host, "tight
lug i:;ilut God." htvnuse of their lack
of low for the Truth.
It Is sad to say that we nil as Chris
tiaus have been laboring under thor
ough delusion resectlng God's I'hin.
We have claimed that Christ set up
Ills fhtiivh In Kingdom power, nnd
that the Church hns been reigning on
tho earth ns Ills representative. On
tho strength of this delusion, Jews nnd
heretics hnvo beeu persecuted to death
as opponent to ChtWi Kingdom. All
the while .v thoughtlessly ropea'po1
the Lord's prayer: "Thy Klngd :tn
come; Thy will be done 0 1 4 irth, a- lu
Heaven." Wo knew that (lie UeUeeiiier
said that Ho woald come again to
make us Ills ft ride and Joint-beirs; but
wo Ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as tho Scriptures symbolically
say, "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. It Is this false doctrine
that will constitute the "frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation la that the
world hi a section of the universe tn
rebellion against Divine authority, un
der the captaincy of Satan and his as
sociated fullen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has already "tasted death for
every man," nnd the merit of that sac
rttlco must, eventually, grant Adam and
his posterity a full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus see the Divine program
and ore walking In the light may know
something at least respecting the "times
and seasons." These brethren "are
not In darkness, that that day and
that battle of Armageddon should
overtake" them "as a thief un
awares. Armageddon Not Yet but 8oon.
Tor forty years the Armageddon
forces have been mustering for both
sides of the conflict Strikes, lockout
arid riots, grent and small, hnve been
merely Incidental skirmishes as the
belligerent parlies crossed ench other's
paths. Court and Army scandals In
ICuropo. Insurance, Trust nnd Court
sen 11 da Is In America, have shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots, charg
ed by turns on employees and on em
ployers, have further shaken eon II
deuce and tended to make each dls
truKtful of (he other. Hitter and angry
feelings 011 both sides are more and
more manifest. The Hues of battle are
dally becoming more distinctly marked.
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
be fought. Other mutters Intervene,
according to prophecy.
Gentile times have still two years U
run The "Image of the'Henst" of om
context must yet receive life- power
The Image must be transformed from
a mere mechanism to a living force
Protestant l-Vderntlon realizes that lis
organization will still be futile unlosr
it receive vltali.atlou-unless Its elerg,
directly or Indirectly shall lie reeoe
niKed as possessed of ti pas to lie ordtiui
tion mimI nnthorlty to teach. This 11k
prophecy indicates wilt eome from tin
two horned henst. which, we believe
symbolically represents the Church ot
Kughiud High handed activities ul
Protestantism nnd Catholicism, uficrut
lug In conjunction for the suppression
of human liberties, await this vivifying
of the Inuige. This may eome soon,
but Armageddon cannot precede it, but
must follow perhaps a year after It.
according to our view of the Prophecy.
Still another tiling lutervcnen: Al
though the .lews are graduaily flowing
Into Palestine, gradually obtaining con
(rot of the land of Canaan, and al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there, neverthe
less prophecy requires nu evidently
larger numlor of wealthy Hebrews to
be there before the Armageddon crisis
be reached. Indeed we understand
that "Jacob's trouble" in the Holy
l.nnd will eome at the very close ot
Armageddon, Then Messluh's King
dom will begin to he manifested.
Thenceforth Israel in the 'land of prom
ise will gradually rise from the ashes
of the past to the grandeur of pronh-
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