Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-08


ASIO9 RUsStLL the iiei'rew tongue
Arma Il d o q"
tReveiation xvL leI The speaker said
Armagesidon In the Hebrew siebifier
the rtiin VI Megiddo." or Mount Of LIE
structioB u was famous rs a battle
field In Old Testan.nf times.
The Lord has seen iit 20 associate the
name Arnaeeddon. with the great con
troversy between Truth and Error
right and wrong. God and Mammon.
with which this age viii close. perish.
aud the New Age OF Messiah's glory
be aslered in He has purposely used
highly syBluiical figures of speech In
the last book of the Bible. evidently
with q view to hiding certain impor
taRt truths until the due time for their
revesInsent hut even In the due time.
the Bible assures us. None of the
wicked shall understand" Daniel xii.
.. i@-none who are out ~ heart har
mony with ,;od-but only the wise of
His people the wise virgin" class of
the Masters parable
! have hong avoided presentation of
my understanding of our text and Its
context take IL up now by request
and because ! helieve 1t Ia due time TO
he understood I 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 | am not ~
sponsible FOR the figures of speech used
by the Lord. My Interpretations DO In
deed constitute a terrible arraignment
Of Institutions which we have all rever
enced and which embrace good people.
OF good werds and good works Gods
sanity people In these various institu-
tions. being comparatively few. are
ignored when systems as whole are
dealt with in prophecy
The Dragon. oessN. esiss P~sptss<.
Our context tells us that three in
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 symboiical-
" the doctrines are represented by
'frogs" These three doctrines are 10
civilized earth They are to gather
the kings and their armies to the great
Battle Of Armageddon.
The ecclesia stical kings and princes.
and their retinues of clergy and faith
ful adherents will ne gathered in solid
phalanx Protestant and Catholic. The
kings and captains Of industry. and as
many as can he Influenced by them
will he gathered to the same side The
political kings and princes with all
their henchmen and retainers. will fol
low In line on the same side. The
financial kings and merchant princes
and all whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever vet eIercis
ed in rhe 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 to
their preference For time the
wheels Of liberty and progress viii I've
turned backward and medieval re
straints will he considered necessary
for elf-preservation-fo for the mainte
nance Of the present order Of things
In giving this Interpretation. 1t ia
necessary for us to Indicate what is
symbolized by the Dragon the Reast
and the False Prophet. Bible students
Of neariy ali denominations agree with
rs that the "Dragon'' of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
Protestant Interpreters generally agree
that the "Beast like a leopard fReve
lation Kill 2, represents the Papacy
I But fewer still. we fear. will be ready
to support our view that Professionalism
r. the Image Of the Beast'' Revela don
HIh. 80 In our context given another
nnme. the False Prophet We urge
no one to ACCEPT our Interpretation
nor shall we think hard Of any who
refuse IT We will neither siander nor
otherwise iniure them now nor threa.
en- thep with eternal torture They
have the sa me right to their views that
! have. and the same right to make
them known to others And I. FOR
one. viii be very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
- their Interpretations Of our text.
-uoesssn Spirits 1.-The ersas.~
The symbolisms OF Scripture. tight
y understood are alwav. forcefut
! When the Holy Spirit used Q .-frne,
b synioiicaily represent e-~rfai,,