Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-31


ceiye tina, revelation rs 1t is. 1t is not
for man to add to His word, nor for
man 10 I Ike away from it in any degree.
The revelation is to stand as delivered.
And that is all there is to it in what the
Apostle John said c)ncetning this. No
man is TO add to that which God reveals
This same book OF Reeve alton, which
saws that man is not to add TO what God
reveals, shows very clearly. in several
Mac s. that there was to be further reye-
lalion from God John himse received
mission to go out and prophesy to
MANY nations and many kings, and
! many tongues. This was given him IN
tn form Of book that he
was to eat in the vision, and
the angel explained TO him the
meaning of il. That was mission for
him TO prophesy before many nations,
and many kings. an many tribes, aud
many tongues; and If he prophesied, 1t
would be the word OF the Lord spoken
b. the Holy Ghost. Whatever John
might say under The Influence OF the
Holy Ghost would be the word OF the
Lord to the people, Just the same as
what the prophets had said in olden
, times under the same Spirit. "Holy
| men of God spake as they were moved
|
came Scripture. Ard whenever man
of God, having authority from God TO
speak in His name, writes or speaks by
the power Of God. tbat is the word Of
| God. and when 1t is written it is Scrip
ture, Just as much as though il were
| written thousands Of yesrS ago. In the
fourteenth chapter OF that took and the
| sixth and seventh verses, we read thus:
And saw another angel fly in the midst of
! heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach
| cato them that dwell on the earth, and to every
nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Saying with loud voice, Fear God, and give
| glory 10 Him; for the hour of His judgment is
come; and worship Him that made heaven,
and earth. and the sea and the fountains ,of
waters.
That is what John saw and heard in
that heavenly vision. want to Call
| your attention again to what | have
| quoted from the fourth chapter and The
| FIRST verse, when he was told that the
things that he saw were o come TO pass
| hereafter. 1t was not a vision of that
which had been; it was prophecy of
things that were 10 come; and in the pro-
cess Of that vision, among great many
other glor Gus things revealed to John, it
was shown to him that an angel was 10
come through The midst of heaven, hav-
ing the everlasting Gospe to preach to
men on The earth. This Gospel was not
to be preached merely 10 the heathen;
it was not merely for people who had
never heard about Christ; ii was for
every nation, and kindred, aud tongue,
and people.
The question might arise, Where
would be the necessity for an angel to
/ -, Al, r
for every nation, and kindred, and
tongue, and people, when the Gospel
was already on the earth and was being
preached to great many nations, and
tongues, and peoplel That is the query
tlat would aIise in many minds. But Is
there not more correct view TO be
taken OF thisf If an angel has to be
sent from heaven with the everlasting
Gospel Tor all the world, is it not rather
to be under, TODD that when that angel
should come, the peope OF the world
all nations, kindreds, tribes, and
tongues-would have gone astray; that
they had Deen mistaken; thar they had
been divided up through hearing the
doctrines OF men; that they had depart
ed from the simplicity, purity and power
OF the Gospel as preached by the
apostles III the primitive Cnurchl
This viii be found to be the more cor
rect view it we read a little more from
this same book. John saw that after
this angel came and brought the Gospel
to the earth, Tor all the nations of the
world, Babylon the great should fall.
He says:
And heard another voice from heaven, say
ing, Come out of her, my people, that we be
not par,akers OF her sins. and that ye receive
not OF her plaques.
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and
God hath remembered her iniquities. Rev
xviii; 4,
The people of God were commanded
to come out oil Babylon. What is meant
by Babylon. and why were the people to
come out of herr We have to read a
little more from the same book, in the
eighteenth chapter, and there John
shows what Babylon was, or what was
meant by the term. John understood
that tie spiritual Interpretation Of the
word "B ioylon" is confusion. The
tower OF Babel was built BY people who
had slrayed from God, ana the confusion
OF tongues was the consequence, an
Babylon meaus confusion. John said:
saw woman sit upon a scarlet colorcc
beast, full Of names of blasphemy, having sever
heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed In purple anC
scarlet color, and deeked with gold and preciou
stones and pearls, having a golden cup in he
hand full oil denominations and filthiness OF he
fornication:
And upon her forehead was name written
Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother o
, Harlo's and Abominatons OF the Earth
xvii; 4, S.
Now, mark this. John says:
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city
because she hath made all nations drink of III
wine of the wrath OF her fornieaton xiv 8.
, Now, these are all things that were tc
! come to pass after Johns day, or ate
) the time when he had that vision; and i
appeared, according 10 what toe Lore
, showed him in the vision, that the tim,
would come when this power and infiu
ence, represented by the woman sitting
upon the scarlet colored beast, shoul,
eXterd over all the earth. All nations
all kings, all kingdoms, all tribes, al
tongues would be affected by what wa
drunk out Of ;hat golden cup. There
lore, the need Of God sending an ange
: 10 the latter times to bring back to III
earth the everlasting Go pei in lis purit
; and IN its power, that it might b.
preached 10 every nation. and kindred
ana tongue and people, and that all VIII
desired to worship the true God, the liv
\ mo Cod tukf a., ~. ii,