The Daily Missoulian., 1912-07-28

nations, Papacy sttll holds In her hand
and still offers to all who will receive
1t. But the nations are gradually so.
berlng up, and becoming less and less
inclined to take more of the wine.
II IL not necessary to suppose that
every doctrine presented by Papacy
was false and Intoxicating. The thought
is rather that or commlngled wine
that a stupefying potion was put into
the wine already In the cup. AS the
golden cup represents tine word OF God
and Its message, the stupefying potion,
may we'll be understood to be some Of
the doctrines--for instance. that Gods
Kingdom had already been set up, and
that the papal throne In the world ID
the Throne Of Christ. that the Pope
reiens as Christ's ylcegerent. or SUBJ
stitute, and representative. Other pois-
onous elements threatened the people
with purgatorial torture, or eternal tor
ment, II they failed to keep In line with
the Papal authority--this claimed vice.
gerent authority Of Christ.
! The protestant denominations were
all born under these intoxicating influ-
ences and false theories. While they did
separate from the mother system, and
did denOunce her, nevertheless they
held doctrinally to many Of the intoxi-
| eating errors of her cup. Consequently
they, too, claim that somehow, they
know not how. Messiahs kingdom Is
set UP and Is reigning. They. too, join In
giving the nations some OF the same
dope that the mother gave them. telling
them that they are christian nations.
even though they have anything but
the christian spirit, and are building
great guns and dreadnaughts to blow
each other off the face of the earth.
So strong Is the power to this intoxi-
cation that the Inconsistencies of such
theories are not discerned by the in
toxieated ones. Only the few who are
gradually getting free from the stupe-
flying potion are able. by divine assist
ance, to see some of the mistakes along
this line. These see that neither the
Church OF Rome nor any OF her daugh-
ter systems are the true Church of
Christ. These sea from the divine
standpoint that these systems are "har-
lot" systems. Each OF them profess
to be the Bride or Christ, yet each
Knows that the marriage of the
lamb" is to take place at the second
coming Of Christ. They have therefore
very gradually lost sight of the fact
that the true virgin" of Christ, q lit
tie flock" who will be accounted
worthy to share the marriage and be-
come the bride Of Christ, must wait
for the Lord from heaven"--must live
separate from the world, keeping her.
self unspotted from the world, a virgin,
that she MAY be accounted worthy to
enter intn tho fxp II T.
come. His queen and Joint -helf In His
II Is not to be expected that either
the mother or the daughters. who are
now claiming to reign with Christ. who
are now claiming that His kingdom Is
already set up. who are now claiming
fhat their unions with the Kingdoms OF
this world are legitimate unions, have
the bridegrooms approval, II is not to
be expected that these realize their own
condition-that they are disloyal to the
true bridegroom and king. symbolical
'harlots." In affiIiation with the king
doms of this world ut this present time.
ana supporting the same ana calling
them by the bridegroon,s name--chris-
tendom. which means. Carist,s. kingdom
Babylon, the Great City.
Tn the symbolIcal language OF the
book of Revelation. as already indicated.
the name Babylon is applied. not only
to the typical woman. ,Papacy. and her
| mystical daughters. the protestant de-
nominations. but also applied to the
great city, Mystic Babylon. The "wom-
an" more particularly represents the
ecclesiastical systems and the City
| more particularly represents the gov
| ernmental features-the sacerdotal or
religious authority to govern and con-
| trol the Kingdoms the nations of the
earth.
We all remember the story Of history
respecting the literal city of Babylon,
| with Its most wonderful walls and
hanging gardens. We all remember
how II was built across the river
Euphrates. which flowed through Its
center. and was supposed to protect It
FULLY from the hazard OF an invasion.
Besides Its vast storehouses OF food
1t had the whole river for Its water
supply.
Babylon was therefore reckoned I'M
pregnable. So Mystic Babylon, chris.
| tendon In our day, liz a most mastery
lSAe""otAoH; Aas Wills are OullL Oh l&.
norance and superstition whose great
foundations were laid centuries ago,
LATERAL Babylon's great gates of brass.
which came down to the rivers level.
represented In Mystic Babylon worldly
wisdom. human ingenuity and DEXTER
ity OF organization. to maintain the
control OF the waters" and to protect
the city from a possible approach from
that direction.
But what is signified by the wat
ers." the river? We answer that In
symbolic language generally, water has
TWO distinct Interpretations: (1) Water
symbolizes truth. (2) Water symbol.
ICES revenues, from outside peoples and
Kingdoms. And so In Revelation we
read that the woman with the golden
cup sitteth upon many waters "and
the waters which thou sawest are peo-
pies and multitudes, and nations, and
tongues" (Reyelation xvii. 1-l5) This
woman" does not reign over one nation
or people alone. Her rule Is a catholic
or general one, for all nations were
made more or less drunk with her false
doctrines. The water OF the river
Fuphrates flowing through this city OF
Babylon might therefore be understood
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