The Hartford republican., 1912-11-08

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Q@s03 4USSElg) the Hebrew tongue
"A IN d o n. y
..tnevelatiou xvi. l6, The speaker said
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the Hill Of MegiddO." or Mount Of DE
etruction. 1t was famous as battle
Eeid In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen fit to associate the
uame Armageddon. with the great con
rroversy between Truth and Error,
right and wrong. God and MammOn
with which this age will close. perish
and the New Age OF Messiah's glory
he ushered in. He has purpOsely used
highly symbOlicai figures Of speech In
The last book OF the Bible. evidently
with a view to hiding certain impor'
taut truths until the due time for their
Tevealment But even in the due time
ebe Bible ASSUMES us. None of the
wicked shall understand" Daniel xii
9. le,-nOne who are out Of heart har
1nony with GOd-but only the wise OF
His people-the wise virgin" class Of
7he Masters parable.
have long avoided presentation of
NY understanding of our text and its
.S-ontext. take it up now by request
aud because | believe it is due time to
f,o understood. ! 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
;,wp Judgment do his own Bible study,
ard reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that 1 am not re-
.sIOnsibie for the figures of speech used
i,y the Lord. My interpretations do In
iced constitute n terrible arraignment
s,f institutions which we have all rever'
en,ed and which embrace good people,
ssi good words and good works. Gods
Suintly people in these various institu.
sioBs. leing comparatively few. are
ignored when systems az whole are
-eiealt with In prophecy.
The Dragon. Beast. False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three im.
,lnire spirits (teachings' will go forth
from the mouths Of the Dragon. the
ascast and the False Prophet. and these
ghree will he IN accord. and symbOlicnl
4y the doctrines are represented by
frogs" These three doctrines are tn
have mighty influence throughout the
civilized earth They are to gather
lhe kings aud their armies to the great
Sottle Of ArmageddOu.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes,
and their retinues of clergy and faith
Tul adherentS. will be gathered In solid
inlanx protestant and Catholic. The
lings and captains of industry, and rs
many as can I've Influenced by them.
will he gathered to the same side. The
s0litical kings and princes. with all
their henchmen and retainers. will fol-
COW IN line on the same side. The
finnncial kings and merchant princes.
aud all whom they can Influence by the
in.St gigantic power ever yet exercis'
s.d in the world. will join the same
side. according to this prophecy.
THESE "dOctrinrs of demons" repre-
scented hy the frogs" will lead many
;hi'lc people In this great army to as
snnp an attitude quite contrary tU
their preference. For time the
wheels of liberty and progress will he
tnrnei backward and medieval re-
straints will he considered necessary
fdr sclf-presprvati0n- the mainte-
annce of the present order Of things.
In giving this Interpretation. it is
necessary for us to Indicate what IL
eymholized by the Dragon. the Beast,
and the False Prophet. Bible students
az nearly all denominations agree with
us that the Dragon" OF Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power.
S'rntestant Interpreters generally agree
thnt the Beast like leopard" (Reve-
laiiOn xiii. ., represents the Papacy.
f'nt fewer still. we fear. will be ready
70 support our view that Professionalism
~ the Image Of the Beast" (Revela tion
xiii. i5l I'm our context given another
name. 'the False Prophet" We urge
40 one to accept our Interpretation.
nor shah We think hard of any who
rcfnse It. We will neither SANDER nor
otherwise injure them now. nor threat
rn them with eternal torture. They
have the same right to their views that
have. and the same right to make
them known to Others. And l. for
one. will be very glad to consider any
Shing which opponents may set forth
aas their interpretations Of our text.
"Unelean Spirits Like Frogs.'
The svmholisms OF Scripture, right
~ understood. are always forceful.
vi'ssn the Holy Spirit used frog
% symboiicaily represent certais