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.ARMAGEDDON OF
THE SCRIPTURES
Startling Presentation ot Com
ing Events. i
PASTOR RUSSELL'S VIEWS,
doctrines or teachings, we mny bo
sure (be true Application will tit well.
A froR hns n sago look, n vlu took.
It swells Itself up In nn npparenPcn
dcaror to Impress tbu beholder, list
great month well represents It chief
power, uoafl to cronk.
Applying Uicscv symbols, we learn
(be placing of monopolies and utilities
oml ttie supplies of nature In tbc bands
nf tbe people for the public good. The
crisis will bu reached when the hither
to upholders of law shnll become vlo
Intors of the law and resltors of tSe
will of the majority as unpriced li.v
the ballot. Tear for the fntiiie will
' Churches of All Denominations and the
Civil Power of Earth Are About to
Unite In Common Cause Pcworful
Influence Preparing For the Dattle
of Armageddon A Reign of Anarchy
Will De the Remit of the Warfare
Until The Messiah Takes Control.
Ilrookiyn, N. Y.,
r. a. -Tlii'
Ilrooklyn Academy
of Musi o w a
rrowded to thu 111"
It today to hoai
l'nstor ItiisncllV
discourse on thu
"llnttlo of Arma
geddon." Ills text
wan: "lie gathered
them together unto
h placed railed In
the Hebrew tongue
A r in n f; d d n u."
(Itcrtilatlon xvl, in.) The Hpcakcr anld:
Armageddon In tin; Hebrew nlgutlles
the "IIIII of Meldib)," or Mount of De
struction. It was famous im a battle
field In Old Testament Milieu.
The ford lias teen tit to associate the
iiaiuo Arinagtsldon, with the great eon
trovctny between Truth nnd Hrror.
right and wrong, (lod and Mammon,
with which this Age will close, perish,
and the New Ago of Messiah's glory
that nn evil spirit. Influence teaching. lead the well moaning iuiikkc to depor
will conic from the I'rotcMnnt churches nllmi; and anarchy will result when
federated, from the Church of Home, SoclalWiu fulls,
and from tiio Civil authorities, nil In ! The Cloud's Silver Lining,
full agreement. The spirit of all will. nri,t. would Ik; this outlook for
bo boastful! nn Mr of superior wisdom , f1r(l ,,, ,V(. , lV(, , ,,,,,,
ana Knnwicugo win no prouuiy nssuui-ed-all
will croak In harmony. All will
tell of dire results that would follow,
Inrolvlng the Interests of both Hie
present nnd thu futuio life, If theli
coiinsnl bo not followed. Howover con
Hiding tbc creeds, the differences will
be Ignored In the general proisltlon
that nothing undent must be disturb
ed, or looked Into, or repudiated.
Thu Dhtne authority of tbe Church,
nnd thu Divine right of kings, liable
from the Church, will not be n Mowed
lo conlllct. Any persons or teachings
In conlllct with these boastful nnd tin
bio Word of Mod assuring Us of n
glorloiH outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day tbu great knowl- ,
edge and skill which Is at tbe samo
Hint; breeding millionaires mid discon
tents. Ilnd Mod lifted tho veil a thou
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined, up for Its Armageddon n
thousand yeHrs sooner. Hut that
would have been too kooii for (be Di
vine purixise, because Messiah's King
dom Is to bo tbu groat Thousand
Year-Pnbbath of the world's history
Mod In kindness veiled our eyes until
the lime when the gathering to Ar
scriptural claims will be branded as niageddou would Immediately precede
everything rife, at the mouths of thou
"frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and macular press. The nobler sontl
menu of some will, be tdi'ituglcd by tbe
philosophy of thu name evil spirit
which spoke through Caluphns. tin1
high nrlest. respecting .lesus. As t'ala-
plum declared It expedient to commll
a crime In violation of Justb e. hitman
and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and Ills
Messiah's taking to Himself Ills great
power, and Ix'gtiiiiliig Ills relgu. lteve
latlon xl. IT, 18.
"Send Them Strong Delusions."
St. Paul wrote prophetically of our
lime, that It would bu one of serious
trial and testing to many professing to
be Christians. Tbe reason flir this be
stnles-they received not the Truth In
the love of It. (II ThessalonlniH II. 10,
1 1.1 They preferred their own errone'
necessary to their self iirotecllon.
Thu croaking of these "frog" spirits or
doctrlnoa will gather the kings and
princes, financial, political, religious
and Industrial Into one great army.
The spirit of fear, Inspired by tbe
eninklngs of these "frogs," will scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury, desperation
In their blind following of these evil
tilrltx. kvII ilocliliies. Iliev will be
iiu iisncrcu in. lie nan purposely useu re,y Hnrrlflcn life mid everything
inguiy nyiiiooiicni ngurett oi nieccn in ,, (, nr f wlmt they nilsltlkeiliy
41... . I . .... I . 4 I fill. I.. I
teachings, so this "frog" spirit wl ! theories, the Apostle explains, and
prove oi every tioii ii.hi i i-Iilor,,foro ,Mi will g vo them over to u
thu last book of the Illbte. evidently
with n view to biding certain Impor
tant truths until the duo time far (licit
revcalmcnt. Hut even In tbe due Mine,
tho I II bio assures us, '"None of thu
wicked shall understand" (Daniel ill,
U, 10 none who arc out of hart har
mony with Mod-hut 01114 thewlso of
111m peoplo-tho "wlso virgin" class of
thu Mauler's parable.
I hav.o long avoided presentation of
my understanding of our tosj and lis
context. 1 take It up now by reipiest
and because I bqllove It Is' duo tlme'to
bo understood. I dlsclalip any special
Inspiration. In some parrl'nlars my
views agree with jliosit of other Itlblo
students, mid In 'other respects (her
disagree.-, Kncb -hearer must use Ida
own Judgment, do Ida own lllblo study,
mid reach hi own conclusions.
Kindly remember that I inn not re
sponsible for tbe figures of speech used
by tho 1-ord. My InterpretalloiiH do In
deed rons'tltiitu n terrible iirmlguiucnt
of lustlliitlons which we have nil rever
enced mid which embrace good people,
of good words mid gnnd'works. Mod's
saintly tx-ople In those, various Institu
tion, being comparatively few, are
Ignored when systems uh h whole arc
dealt with In prophecy.
The Dragon, Dealt, Falio Prophet.
Our context tells us that three Im
puro spirits (teachings) will go forth
from tho mouths of thu Dragon, the
lleast mid the Tulso Prophet, and those
three will be In accord, mid symlMillcnl
)y thu doctrines nie represented by
"frogs." Thoi.0 Ihreii doctrines nro to
hnvo it mighty luiluciiro throughout tho
civilized earth. They mo to gather
Mm kings nnd their armies to tbe Kroat
Uottlo of Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical king mid princes,
and their retinue of clergy and faith
ful ndbercnts. will bu gathered In Milld
ptmlnux I'rotostaut mid Ciithollc. The
kings mid captains of Industry, and as
many ns can be liillueneed by them,
will be gathered lo tho wtnio side. The
pnlltb'nl kings mid prince, with nil
their heiicbmcn mid retainer, will fol
low In Hue on the samo side. The
financial kings mid mervlwut princes,
and till whom they can Inlluoneo by tbe
most gigantic wor evsr ywt oxortis-
ed In .bu world, will Join tho shiiio
Ida, according to this prophecy.
These "doctrine of ileiuoiiH,M repre
sented by tho "frogs," will lewd many
uoblo people In Ibla great nrnv) to as
uino an nttltiijlo ipilto contrary rto
their ireference. I'or a lime the
wheels of lllorty mid progress will be
turned backward and medieval re
straints will be considered' ucfortwary
for self-preservation -for the uwlnto
jfcnce of the irseut order of MHurm
In giving tbbi InterpielNllon. It Is
iiiH'ehmry for us to lad leu to what U
ymbolUcd by the Drugou. the Hen!,
nnd tho False I'repbet lllblo students
of ucarly nil denoiulimtloiiH ngree'vvlth
uh (but tho "Dragon" of llevelttlbui
represents tho purely Civil Power
Protectant Interpretem generally igrH
thut thu "Itenst like a leopanl',' ilteve
lutlon x 111, '.'i reirtHMnts thu Piaey
Hut fewer etlll, wo fejr. w III Ih ready
to Hupiort our view Mmt PrototitnutWiii
Is thu'"lmago of tbe lleiul" (Itevelatlou
x 111, t) In our context given another
name, "tho I'uUe Prophet " Wo urge
no ouo toMicceit our Interpretation,
nor nun 1 1 wu lldnk hard of any who
rvfueu it. Wo will neither slander nor
othtrwliio Injure tbmn'now. nor thront
uu them with eternal torture They
bir the name right to tbulr views that
1 have, and tho name right to make
tuvui kuowu to others. And 1, fur
oil, will be very glad to consider any
thing which opK)iiouttt may nt forth
a their Interpretations of our text.
'Unclean Spirits Like Frogt."
Tho aymbolUms of Scripture, right
ly understood, uro always forceful
Wbn the Holy Spirit used n "fnjs"
to symbolically represent ceitalu
suppose Is Justice, truth nnd righteous.
iickn. under n DUIne arrangement.
l-'or a brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures, these combined foices
of Armageddon will triumph, l-ree
speech, free malls, mid other liberties
which have coino lo bo the very breath
of tho masses In our day, will bu ruth
lessly abut off under tile pica of neces-
'strong delusion," nnd let them believe
the lie which they preferred, and let
them surfer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus I hey
will bu In the condemned lioit. "Ilght
lug against Mod," because of their lack
of lovu for tho Truth,
It Is sad to any that wo all its Chris
tians havo been tailoring under a thor
otigh delusion respecting Mod's Plan.
Wo have claimed that Christ set up
Ills Church In Kingdom power, and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as Ills representative. On
the strength of (till delusion, .lews and
heretlcH have been persecuted to death
as opponents to Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the l.onl's prayer: "Thy Kingdom
come; Thy will bo done on earth, as In
Heaven," We knew that the Iledeemcr
said that He would come again to
any, inn giory or un i. in coiiiiu.i.i .s M , ilU, ((, Joltt.tf .rx : but
of I Im Church, etc. All will hcciii to bt W) , w (, Scrlt llr,.N. We were
serene, until me , great aocia. expi.mo. lruki , Hi-r tpt i r symbolically
in our coniexi ueni-iiiMii '-
lliirlhiniake." An "earilniuake," In
Hi-inbnlle Intictllice. MlsilllleH social
revolution, and he declaration of the
context Is that none like unto It over
before occurred, (llcvclatloii xvl, 18.
111.) Jesus described It as n time of
trouble hiicIi iis never was since there
was n nation. -Matthew xxlv, 21.
'' The Lord Will Onther Them.
Thn false, frog-llko teachings will
gather together Into ouo host the great,
say, "all nations were drunk" with thu
falsi; doctrine. It Is this false doctrine
that will constitute the "frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak mid to
prepare for Armageddon,
Tho lllhle presentation Is that tho
world Is ii section of (lie universe In
rebellion against Divine authority, un
der thu captaincy of Satan mid his as
sociated fallen angels, lly Divine grace
.lesiis has already "tasted death for
every mini," mid the merit of that sac
the rich, the wise, thu learned and the rltlce must, eventually, grant Adam and
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
Juncture Dlvlnu Power will step for
ward, mid our text tells us that ,'
Miull gather tho marshaled bouts to
Armageddoii-to the Mountain of De
striictlon, Tho very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, feitem
lion, etc.. will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us I overtake"
that Mod will lie represented by the aware.
Mmit Mcrttluh. nnd Hint He will be on
tho Hide of tho mui, Thus wo read
In Daniel ill. I: "At that time ahull
Michael 1 1 Iiu Modllko One- .Messlali)
stand up"- assume authority He will
his posterity n full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus see the Divine program
and are walking In tho light may know
something at least respecting tho "times
mid seasons." These brethren "are
not In darkness, that that day (and
that buttle of Armageddon should
them "uh u thief un
Armageddon Not Yet but Soon.
I'or forty year the Armageddon
forces havo been mustering for both
sides of the conlllct Strikes, lockouts
and riots, great mid small, havo been
take potfet.loii of Ills Kingdom In a merely Incidental skirmishes as the
manner little looked for by many of I belligerent parties crossed each other's
those who erroneously have been I paths. Court mid Army scandals In
claiming that they woro IIU Kingdom, Huropc, Insurance, Trust mid Court
mid mithorlxcd by lllm to relgu In Ills scandal In America, havo shaken pub
iiamu and In 111 hIisiiI. lie coutldeiice. Dynamite plots, charg
Jvsiu declared, "Ills servants ye are ed by turns on employees mid on o
unto whom ye render service." Some
may be rendering mtvIcc to Satan mid
lo error, who claim to be rendering
service to Mod nnd to righteousness;
and Koine of these may be serving Ig
ploycrs, havo further shaken conti
deiico and tended to make each dis
trustful of Hid other. Hitter and angry
feelings on Itoth shies are more and
more manifest. Tho lines of battle are
uormilly, as did Saul of Tarsus, who I dally becoming more distinctly i nrked.
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"veilly thought that be did Mod n serv
ice" In persecuting tho Church. The
mm inn principle holds trim reversely
As an earthly king dees not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who lights In his bat
ties, so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who will enlist
mid light on IIU side of any question
"IIU servanta they are to whom they
render service,1 whatever tho motive
or object prompting tbeiii
The same principles will apply In the
coming llattle of Armageddon. Mod s
side of that battle will be the people's
side, and tho very nondescript host
the people, will be pitted at the begin
iiIuk of tho battle. Anarchists. Social
1st, and hot bended mdlcnls of every
Hi-bmil of reason nnd unreason, will be
In the forefront of that kittle. The
majority of tho ior mid the middle
cInsm prefer peace at almost any price.
A comparatively smalt number, Mod's
consecrated people, will at heart be
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will Ude tho l-onl's time and wult,m
tleuOy for It; they will be of good
courage, knowing tho outcome outlined
In thu "more sure word of prophecy.'
to which they have done well to take
luted, "a imto a light shining In a
dark place until thu Day duwn."-ll
Peter I. It)
The masses will t restless of their
rotdruluts, but will le conscious of
their own 'Weakness as compared to (lie
kings nnd princes, financial, religious
anil imiltlcal, which will then hold
sway Hesldcs, thu masses havo no
sympathy with anarchy. Thoy realize
truly thut tho worst form of govern
liiei.t la better than none. Tho masses
will seek relief through tho ballot and
IHMiceful readjustment of earth's nf
fairs for the ellmluatiou of evil, for
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Meullle times havo still two year o
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context must yet twelve ir--power
The Imago must be transformed from
a mere iilcchaulsm lo n living force
Protestant federation renllxes that Its
organisation will still be futile unless
It receive vllalltatlou-unliws It clergy
directly or Indirectly shall bu recog
uUcd as possessed of iiostollc ordlua
Hon and authority to teach. This the
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two horned boast, which, we believe,
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ICuglaud. Highhanded activities of
Protestantism mid Catholicism, opera!
lug Hi conjunction for tbe stippiesslon
of human liberties, await this vivifying
of (he Imago. This may come soon,
hut Armageddon cannot precede It, but
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Still another thing Intervenes: Al
though the Jews are gradually flowing ,
Into Palestine, gradually obtaining con
I rol of the laud of Canaan, nnd nl- .
though reports say thut already nine ,
teeu millionaires are there, uovcrthc-
less prophecy requires an evidently
larger number of wealthy Hebrews to 1
bo there before the Armageddon crisis !
be reached. Indeed we understand
that "Jacob's trouble" In the Holy i
l.uud will come at the very close of !
Armageddon. Then Messiah's King
dam will begin to be manifested
Thenceforth Israel In the laud of prom
Ise will gradually rise from tbe ashes
of the past to the grandeur of proph
eoy Through Its Divinely apHlnted
polices Messiah's Kingdom, all iower
ful but Invisible, will begin to roll
away the cuoe and to lift up mankind
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