Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-14
THE RACE CONFLICT.

From an esteemed correspondent In
Gunnison the News has received this
communication:
There was a very interesting article
a few days ago In the Deseret News
with headline, Cog and Magog' AS
that great event there was located In
Palestine. may, ] draw the attention 90
Ezekiel 80. II. THE valley Of the
passengers east OF the sea" Where Is
that In Palestine? &. O.; "the captiv-
ity Of Jacob" 80 27-29: IS. II. II Will go
up 10 the land OF the unwalled villages
Ia Palestine all villages We're fortified.
80. r. "desOlate places nOf inhabited
When were they desOlate, and now in
habited. I'm Palestine? Ii most likely
was settled before the building Of the
renowned pyramids 80: s, land Is
gathered out Of many nations. Can that
be said better in regard 20 Ephraim,
than In regard 20 Juda? That has al
ways been waste. Can that
be said better for the mountains OF Ja-
cob than for the mountains OF Juda?
Altogether does not chapters IS and 80
I'm Ezekiel locate the mountains Of
Israel In the Rocky Mountains
In the article that gave rise to the
questions OF our correspondent the sug-
gestlon was made, that the great bait
tlefeld called "Armageddon." Rev. 16:
16 in all probability is the plains Of
Megiddo. as the Hebrew name seems to
indicate. That plain viii be found on
the map east Of Mt Carmel II Is bor-
dered by that mountain, the Galilean
hills. Goboa and the Little Hermon.
and the mountains Of Ephraim II Is a
fertile plain a favorlte resting place Of
Bedoulns. II was the Campus Legiouls
CT the ancient Romans.
Naturally the thought OF the Biblical
student will be directed 10 this part Of
Palestine. when an explanation Of the
name "Armageddon" is desired It has
always been a famous battlefield II
was here that Barak met sisera and de-
feated him, an event that was COM
memorated IN song by Deborah Here
Gideon fought the Midianites and David
the Amalekltes. Here Saul and Jonathan
were slain In a fierce battle against the
Phllsunes. Here the Syrians under
Beuhadad were defeated by King Ahab
and thus the plain has been the battle
ground OF ages. Even the Crusaders
and the Romans here mustered their
forces. and as late as 1855. Napoleon
here met and defeated a strong Turkish
force.
There is, as far as known, nothing In
the prophecies Of Ezekiel that contra
diets the supposltion that this is the
field referred 70. but there is much in
favor OF II. The armies Of Cog are
by the Prophet said 70 be
coming from the north, on
horses. and they are Joined by soldiers
from Persia. Ethiopia. and LIbya (Ez
IS: s. lO; II must be IN a country bor-
derlng on the sea, Tor the prophetic
language has special reference to that
feature (ch. IS: 2O. The very express
sion ''the valley OF the passengers, east
Of the sea" quoted In the letter as oc-
curing In ch. IS. II, would point 10
that plain a short distance east OF the
Mediterranean. but the expression Is
not found in the verse indicated.
It is necessary 20 say, however. that
even Il it is supposed that the battle
OF Armageddon is 10 be fought IN Pal
esunc after the people Of God have
been gathered there 10 live IN safety |
800 unwalled. modern cities this does
not mean that the ancient Prophets /
did not refer 10 similar events IN the ]
regions on this continent. whore the I
chosen people live. History repeats It. |
self. and prophecy. which Is but HIS
tory foretold, must on that account
have application more than
once.
This prlaclple IL well understood. |