The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-11-07

AR II Sed d on
Revelation xvi. i6.I Tie speaker said:
Armageddon In the Hebrew signifies
the Hill of Megiddo." or Mount of De.
struction 1t was famous as battle.
field in Old Testament times
The Lord has seen lit to associate the
name Arnageddon. with the great con
troversy between Truth and Error.
right and wrong. Goo and Mammon.
with which this age will close. perish
and the New Age of MesSiah's glory
be ushered in. He has purposcly used
highly symbolcal figures of speech in
the last book OF the Bible. evidently
with view to hiding certain impor
tant truths until the due time for their
revealment But even in the due time.
the Bible assures us. None of the
wicked shall understand" Daniel xii
8. lO'-nOne who are out of heart har-
mony with God-but only the wise of
His people-t the wise virgin" class Of
the Masters parable.
have long avoided presentation of
my understanding Of our text and its
context. take it up now by request
and because believe it is due time to
be 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
own judgment. do his own Bible study.
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that l am not re-
sponsible for the figures of speech used
by the Lord. My interpretations do in
decd constitute terrible arraignment
Of institutions which we have all rever
enced and which embrace good reorls.
'of good words and good works. Gods
sanity people in these various institl-
tions. being comparatively few. are
ignored when systems as a whole are
dealt with In prophecy.
The Dragon. Beast. False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three i'm
pure spirits Ccachings, will 80 forth
from the mouths OF the Dragon. the
Beast and the False Prophet. and these
three will he In accord. and symbolicai-
ly the doctrines are represented by
frogs" These three doctrines are to
have 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 retnues of clergy and faith.
full adherents. will he gathered in solid
1halanx x-Protestant and Catholic The
kings and captains of industry. and as
many rs can he influenced by them
will he gathered to the same side. The
political kings and princes. with Nil
their henchmen and rctainers. will fol
low in line on the same side. The
financial kings and merchant princes.
and all whom they can influence by the
ed in the world. will join the same
side. according to this prophecy.
These doctrines OF demons" repre-
Sented by the frogs" will lead many
noble people In this great army to as
sume an attitude quite contrary t"
their preference. For time the
wheels Of liberty and progress will be
turned backward and medieval re-
straints will be considered necessary
IOT StI-ItItStIN IL" "ll-loT tlie ul.tlfllc
nance of the present order Of things
In giving this Interpretation. it is
necessary for us to indicate what is
symbOliZrd by the Dragon. the Beast.
and the False Prophet. Bible students
Of nearly all denominations agree with
us that the Dragon of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power.
I Protestant Interpreters generally agree
that the Beast like n leopard" Nevc.
lation xiii. ., represents the Papacy.
! But fewer still. we fear. will be ready
I to support our view that Professionalism
, is the Image of the Beast" (Revelation
! xiii. Is, in our context given another
name. the False Prophet" We urge
no one to accept our Interpretation.
| nor shall we think hard of any who
refuse it. We will neither SANDER nor
/ otherwise iniure them now. nor threat
en- 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 |. 70,
one. will he very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations of our text
"UncIean Spirits Like Frogs"
The SymboliSms of Scripture. right
ly understood. are always forcefnl
Wbsn the Holy Spirit used a frog
to symbo1ically represent certain