Semi-Weekly Bandon Recorder, January 28, 1913
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doctrines or tencbfngs, we mny fee
sure the true application will Ut well,
A frog baa a sage look. a wise look,
It swells Itself up In au apparent eo
I deavor to Impress the beholder. li*
. great mouth well represents its chief
I power, used to croak.
Applying these symbols, we learn
j that an evil spirit. Intluence. teaching,
will come from the Protestant churches
federated. from the Church of Home,
ami from the Civil authorities, all In
full agreement. The spirit of all will
be boastful; nn nir of superior wisdom
and knowledge will la* proudly assum
ed—all will croak In harmony. All will
tell of dire results that would follow,
Involving the interests of both the
present ami the future life, if their
counsel be not followed. However con-
dieting the creeds, the differences will
be ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must lie disturb
ed, or looked Into, or repudiated.
The Divine authority of tile Clmrch.
and the Divine right of kings, aside
from the Clmrch, will not be allowed
to conflict Any persons or tenctilngs
in conflict with these boastful and un-
scrlptural claims will be branded as
everything rile, nt the mouths of these
“frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press. The nobler senti
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the Same evil spirit
which spoke through Calaphaa. the
high priest, respecting Jesus. As Cala-
phas declared it expedient to commit
a crime In violation of Justice, human
and Divine, to be rid of Jesus and-IIl*
teachings, so this “frog’’ spirit will ap
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protection.
The croaking of these “frog” spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial, political, religious
and industrial into one great army.
The sjHrit of fear, inspired by the
croakhigs of these "frogs," will scourge
the passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to fury, desperation.
In their blind following of these evil
I spirits, evil doctrines, they will be
I ready to sacrifice life and everything
' on the altar of what they mistakenly
: suppose is Justice, truth and righteous
ness, under a Divine arrangement.
For a brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures, these combined forces
of Armageddon will triumph. Free
speech, free mails, 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 pica of neces
sity, Uie giory of God. the commands
of the Church, etc. All will seem to be
serene, until the great social explosion
in our context described as the "great
Earthquake."
An “earthquake," in
symbolic language, signifies aoclnl
revolution, and the declaration of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred. (Revelation xvi. 18,
19.1 Jesus described it as a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.—Matthew xxiv, 21.
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Battle
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discourse on the
“Battle of Arma-
geddon.” His text
was: "He gathered
them together unto
a place called In
[PASTOR KUSSELL) the Hebrew tongue
Armageddo n.”
(Revelation xvi. 16.) The speaker said:
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the “Hill of Megiddo," or Mount of De
struction It was famous as 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 tills age will close, perish,
and the New Age of Messiah's glory
be ushered In. He has purposely used
highly symbolical figures of speech in
the Inst book of the Bible, evidently
with a view to hiding certain impor
tant truths until the due time for their
revealment But even in the due time,
tile Bible assures us, “None of the
wicked shall understand” (Daniel xll.
9, 10)—none who are out of heart har
mony with God—but only the wise Of
His people—the “wise virgin" class of
the Master's parable.
1 have long avoided presentation of
my understanding of our text and its
context 1 take it up now by request
and because I believe it Is due time to
be understood. I disclaim any special
Inspiration. In some particulars my
views agree with those of other Bible
students, and in other respects they
disagree. Each hearer must use his
own judgment, do his own Bible study,
ami reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that I am not re
sponsible for the figures of speech 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 words and good works. God's
saintly people in these various Institu
I tions. being comparatively few. are
ignored when systems as a whole are
dealt with in prophecy.
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The Dragon, Beast, False Prophet.
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Our context tells us that three im
pure spirits (teachings) will go forth
from tlie mouths of the Dragon, the
Beast and the False Prophet, and these
three will he in accord, and symbolical
ly the doctrines are represented by
“frogs." These three doctrines are to
haven mighty influence throughout the
civilized earth They are to gather
' the kings and their armies to the great
Battle of Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes.
! and their retinues of clergy and faith
ful adherents, will tie gathered In solid
I phalanx— Protestant and Catholic. The
; kings and captain* of industry, and ss
many as can lie Influenced by them.
I will lie gathered to tho same side. The
J |M>lltlcal kings and prince*, with all
[ their henchmen and retainers, will fol
: low in line on the same side. The
financial kings and merchant princes,
and all whom they can influence by the
I most gigantic power ever yet exercis
I cd In the world, will join the same
j side, according to this prophecy.
These "doctrines of demons." repri
[ seated by the “frogs." will lend ma ny
noble people in this great army to as-
sumo nn attitude quite contrary to
their preference
For a time tho
wheels of liberty and progress will tie
turned Imckwnrd and medieval re
strnfnts will lie considered necessary
for self-preservation—for the mainte
nance of the present order of things.
In giving this Interpretation. It 1*
necessary for us to Indicate what is
symbolized by tho Dragon, the Beast,
mid the False Prophet Bible students
of nearly all denominations agree with
us that the "Dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power.
Protestant Interpreters generally agree
that the "Beast like a leopard" (Reve
lation xlH. 2i represents the Papacy.
But fewer still, we fear, will is- ready
to support our view that Protestantism
Is the "Image of the Beast" (Revelation
XlH. 151 In our context given another
name, "the False Prophet." We urge
no one to accept our Interpretation,
nor stiall wp think hard of any who
refuse It Wo will neither Blander nor
otherwise In hire them now. nor threat
en them with eternal torture They
have the same right to their views that
I have, mid the same right to make
them known to others. And I. for
one. will Is- very glad to consider any
thing which opfsments may set forth
as their Interpretations of otir text.
“Unclean Spirits Like Frogs.”
The symbolisms of Scripture, right
ly understood, are always forceful
When the Holy Spirit used * “frog"
to symbolically represent certain
i
The false, frog-llke teachings will
gather together into one host the great,
the rich, the wise, the learned and the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
Juncture Divine Power will step for
ward, and our text tells us that HE
shall gather the marshaled hosts to
Armageddon—to the Mountain of De
struction. The very tiling which they
sought to avert by their union, federa
tion. etc., will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
that God will be represented by the
Great Messiah, and that lie will be on
the side of the masses. Thus we read
in Daniel xil, 1: “At that time shall
Michael [the Godlike One—Messiah]
stand up"—assume authority. He will
take possession of His Kingdom in a
manner little looked for by many of
those who egroneously have been
claiming that tney jgere His Kingdom,
and authorized by Him to reign in Ills
name ami In His stead.
Jesna declared, "His servants ye are
unto whom ye render service." Borne
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error, who claim to be rendering
service to ^lo<l and to righteousness:
anil some of these may be serving Ig
norantly. ns did Saul of Tarsus, who
"verily thought that lie did God a serv
ice" In persecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely.
As an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights in tils bat
tles, so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who will enlist
anil fight on His aide of any question.
“His servants they are to whom they
render service." whatever the motive
or object prompting them.
The same principles will apply in the
coming Battle ot Armageddon. God'*
side of that buttle will be the people’s
siile, and the very nondescript host,
the people, will be pitted at the begin
ning of the battle Anarchist*. Social
ists, and hot-beaded radicals of every
school of reason and unreason, will be
In the forefront of that battle. The
majority of the poor anil the middle
class prefer pence nt almost any price.
A comparatively »mail number, God's
consecrated people, will at heart be
longing for Messiah’s Kingdom. These
will bide the Ixird's time anil wait pa
tiently for It: they will bo of good
courage, knowing tho outcome outlined
In the "more sure word of prophecy."
to which they have done well to take
heed, "in unto a Hciit «hliilne In n
dark place until the Day dawn.”—Il
Peter 1. 10.
The munse* will tie restless of their
restraints, but will tie conscious of
their own weakness as compared to the
kings and princes. financial. religious
and political, which will then hold
sway Besides, the masses have no
sympathj' with anarchy. They realize
truly that the worst form of govern
ment Is betler than none. The masses
will seek relief through the ballot and
peaceful re adjustment of earth’s *f-
fairs for the ellmlniklon of evil. for
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he placing of monopolies and utilities
and the supplies of uuture In the hands
□f the people for the public good The
crisis will be reached when the hither
to upholders of law shall ts-come vio
lators of the law and resisters of the
will of the majority as expressed by
tlie ballot Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning musses to desper
ation; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Cloud's Silver Lining.
Horrible would l>e this outlook tor
the future did we not have tlie infalli
ble Word of God assuring us of a
glorliwis outcome! Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl
edge and skill which is nt the same
time breeding millionaires and discon
tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined up for Its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. But that
would have been too soon for the Di
vine purpose, liecause Messiah’s King
dom Is to lie the great Thousand-
Year Sabbath of the world’s history.
God In kindness veiled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would Immediately precede
Messiah's taking to Himself His great
power, and beginning His reign.—Revo
lution xi, 17. 18.
“Send Them Strong Delusions.”
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St Paul wrote prophetically of our
time, tlint It would be one of serious
trial and testing to many professing to
be Christians. Tlie reason for this be
states—they received not the Truth In
E. E. OAKES.
the love of it. (II Thessalonians 11, 10,
11.) They preferred their own errone
ous theories, the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over to a
"strong delusion.” and let them believe
the lie which they preferred, and let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will be in the condemned host, “fight
ing against God,” because of their lack
The Leading Contractors
of love for the Truth.
It Is sail to say that we all as Chris
and Builders
tians have been laboring under a thor
ough delusion respecting God’s Plan.
Wo have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom powor, ami
We furnish plans ;wirl speci
that the Clmrch has been reigning on
the earth as Ills representative. On
fications and it you are go
the strength of tills delusion. Jews and
ing to build anything, no
heretics have been persecuted to death
as opponents to Christ’s Kingdom. All
matter how large or how
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
small, we cun save you
the Lord's prayer: “Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth, as in
money. Let* us figure <>n
Heaven." We knew that the Redeemer I
your building.
said that He would come again to
make us His Bride and joint-heirs: but !
we Ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as the 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.
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der the" captaincy of Satan and his as
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sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus ha* already "tasted death for
every man," and the merit of that sac
rifice must, eventually, grant Adam and
his posterity a full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus seek tho Divine program Do you want pure drugs ¿.nd
and are walking in the light may know
something at least respecting the “times drug sundries, fine perfumes,
and seasons.” These brethren “are hair brushes and toilet arti
not in darkness, that that day [and
cles? If so, call on
that battle of Armageddon) should
overtake” them “as a thief” — un
awares.
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Armageddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years tlie Armageddon
forces have been mustering for both
sides of the conflict Strikes, lockouts
and riots, great and small, have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the
belligerent parties crossed each other’s
paths. Court and Army scandals In
Europe, Insurance, Trust and Court !
scandals In America, have shaken pub
lic confidence. Dynamite plots, charg
ed by turns on employees and on em- I
players. have further shaken confi
dence and tended to make each dis
trustful of the other. Bitter and angry
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest The lines of battle are
daily becoming more distinctly innrktsL
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
be fought. Other mailers intervene,
according to prophecy.
Gentile times have still two years to f
run The "Image’ of tin1 Beust" of our
context must yet receive life—power. ,
The Image mpst he transformed from
a mere mechanism to a living force.
I’rotestant Federation realizes flint Its
organization will still be futile unless
It receive vltallzntlon—unless Its clergy
directly or Indirectly shall lie recog
nized as possessed of apostolic ordina
tion and authority to teach. This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beasL which, we believe,
symbolically represents the («lurch of
Englund. Highhanded activities of
I’rotestantlsm and Catholicism. operat
ing In conjunction lor the suppression
of human liberties, await this vivifying
of the Image Thia may come soon,
but Armageddon cannot precede It, hut
must follow—perhaps a year after It.
according to our view of the I’roplie« y.
Rtlll'another tiling Intervenes: Al
though the Jews nre gradually flowing
Into Palestine, gradually obtaining con
trol of the land of Canaan, and al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there, neverthe-1
less prophecy requires nn evidently
larger nnmls’r of wealthy Hebrews to
tie there Iwfore tlie Armageddon crisis
Iw reaclml. Indeed we understand
tlint “Jacob's trouble" In the lloly
Land will come at the verj ■■:
of
Armngeddou. Then Messiah’s King
dom will begin to be msnl'isteil
Thenceforth Israel In the land of prom
ise will gradually rise from the ashes
of the pnst to the grandeur of proph
ecy, Through Its Divinely appointed
princes Messiah's Kingdom nil power
ful lint Invisible, will I"g1n to mH
•way tiie curse and to lift up mankind.
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