The Whitefish pilot., 1912-12-05

the Hebrew tongue
Arm aged d on"
Revelation xvi. 10.) The speaker said:
Armageddon In the Hebrew signifies
the "Hill Of Megiddo." OF Mount OF Ds-
otruction. It was famous a. q battle
0eld In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen lit to associate the
name Armageddon, with the great con.
troversy between Truth and Error,
right and wrong. God and Mammou,
with which this Age will close. perish.
and the New Age Of Messiah's glory
be ushered In. He has purposely used
highly symboiical 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
reveulment. But even in the due time,
the Bible assures us. ''NOne of tho
wicked shall understand" Daniel xii.
y. lO'-nOne who are out Of heart har.
mony with t;ed-but only the wise Of
His people the wise virgin" class Of
the Masters parable.
! have long avoided presentation OF
my understanding. of our text and it's
context. ] take it up now by request
and because believe 1t 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 nearer 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
deed constitute terrible arraignment
Of institutions which we have all rever.
enced and which embrace good people.
Of gOod words and good works. Gods
sanity people In these various institu-
dons. hein" comparatively few. are
ignored when systems as q whole ure
dealt with in prophecy.
The Dragon, Beast, False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three i'm.
pure spirits teachings, will 20 forth
from the mouths of the Dragon, the
Beast and the False Prophet. and these
three will he In accord. and symbolicaL
" 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,
snd their rctinues Of clergy and faith
ful adherents. will be gathered in solid
phalanx-Fretestant and Catholic. The
kings and captains Of industry, and as
many as can be influenced by them.
wilt be gathered to the sane side. The
political kings and princes. with all
their henchnen and retainers. will fol.
low H. itn on the same side. The
finanstnf kings and merchant pstscps,
and all whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever yet exercls-
ed In he "orld. will Join the same
side. according to this prophecy.
These doctrines Of demons" repre-
Gented by 'se frogs" will lead many
noble people in this great army to as
sumo an attitude quite contrary -
their preference. For time the
wheels Of liberty and progress will be
turned backward and medieval re-
stralnta will he considered necessary
Tor self-pres "rvation-fOr the mainte-
nance Of the present order of things.
In giving this Interpretation. 1t IL
necessary for us to indicate what Is
symbolizsd ~ the Dragon. the Beast.
aud the False Prophet Bible students
Of nearly a" denominations agree with
us that tn" Dragon" Of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power.
Protestant interpreters generally agree
that the ''Paast like leopard" tReve-
latiou xiii. y represents the Papacy
But fewer ILL., we fear. will be ready
to support ",r view that Professionalism
ls the "lmaSe Of the Beast (tevelation
Kill. 15) in our context given another
name. "the false Prophet" We urge
no one to accept our Interpretation.
nor shalt we think hard OF any who
refuse It. We will neither slander nor
otherwise snjure them now. nor throat
en- them With eternal torture. Thes
have the same right to their views thne
have. and the same right to make
them known to others. And l, for
one. will be very glad to consider any,
thing whic" opponents may act forth
- their Interpretations Of our text
"O~e'.an Spirits Like Frsas."
The syn'olisms Of Scripture, right.
b understood. are alwaya forcefnL
When the holy Spirit used q frog
10 aymbolically represent certalp