The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-11-08

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Revelation xvi, 49, The speaker said:
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the "Hill of Megiddo." or Mount of De-
struction. It was famous as battle
field in Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen At to associate the
name Armageddon, with the great con-
troversy 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
be ushered in He has purposely used
highly synbolical 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, 10)-none who are out Of heart har-
mony with God-but only the wise Of
His people-the wise virgin" class Of
the Masters parable.
l have long avoided presentation of
my understanding of our text and its
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 hearer must use his
own judgments do his own Bible study,
and reach hiygFwn conclusions.
Kindly RI mber that l am not re-
sponsible 4 The figure of speech used
by the Loi My interpretations do in
deed constitute a terrible arralgnment
of institutions whiclGwe have all rever-
enced and which embrace good people,
of good words and good works. Gods
sanity people In these various institu-
tons. 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 (teachings) will go forth
from the mouths Of the Dragon, the
Beast and the False Prophet, and these
three will be in accord, and symbolical-
ly the doctrines are represented by
FROGS" These three doctrines are to
have a 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 retinues Of clergy and faith
full adherents, will be gathered in solid
1ho1 ma nd TafhnIia Tho
kings and captains Of industry, and as
many as can be Influenced by them. /
will be gathered to the same side. The I
political kings and princes, with all
heir henchmen and retainers, will fol- /
ow in line on the same side. The
financial kings and merchant princes,
md ali whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever yet exercis-
ID in the world, will join the same
side, according to this prophecy.
These doctrines of demons" repre-
,ented by the ''frogs," will lead many
noble people in this great army to as
sumo an attitude quite contrary to
heir preference. For a time the
wheels of liberty and progress will be
.urned backward and medieval re-
,traints will be considered necessary
'or self-preservation-fo the mainte-
lance of the present order of things.
In giving this Interpretation, it is
necessary for us to indicate what is
,ymbolized by the Dragon, the Beast.
ind the False Prophet. Bible students
If nearly all denominations agree with
IS that the dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power.
Protestant interpreters generally agree
hat the Beast like leopard tReve-
alton xiii. p represents the Papacy
But fewer still. we fear, will be ready
o support our view that Professionalism
$ the Image of the Beast Revelation
xiii, l5) in our context given another
lame. the False Prophet" We urge
10 one to accept our Interpretation.
lor shall we think hard of any who
efuse it. We will neither Islander nor
otherwise injure them now. nor threat
n them with eternal torture. They
AVE the same right to their views that
have, and the same right to make
hem known to others. And l, for
me, will be very glad to consider any
hing which opponents may set forth
IS their interpretations Of our text.
"uneIean Spirits Like Frogs"
The symbolisms Of Scripture. right
y understood. are always forceful.
When the Holy Spirit used a frog"
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