Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

80 <<A 1921 was: He ga hereu
them together unto
placed called in
l(RASTOR.RllSSEILlI the Hebrew tongue
S------ Armage ddon."
Revelation xvi. i6., The speaker said:
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the Hill OF MegiddO.' or Mount OF De
struction. II was famous "A Il battle
Geld in Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen Dit to associate the
name Armageddon. with the great con
troversy between Truth aud Error.
right and wrong. God and MammOh.
with which this Age will close. perish
and the New Age of Messiah's. glory
be ushered in He has purpOsely USED
highly synilIolical figures OF speech III
the last book Of the Rible. evidently
with n view TO hiding certain impor
tant truths until the due time for their
reveaIment But even in the due time.
the Bible assures us. None of the
wicked shall understand" Daniel xii.
9. IO,~-none who are out of heart mar
mony with God-but only the wise or
His people-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 il 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 bearer must use his
, own Judgment. do his own Bible study.
and reach his own conclusions
Kindly remember that | 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.
lions, being comparatively few. are
ignored when systems as q whole are
dealt with in prophecy.
The Dragon. Beast. False Prophet.
Our context tells us that three Inn
pure spirits ,teachingsI viii 90 tortf
from the mouths Of the Dragon. tho
Beast and the False Prophet. and theS'
three will be in accord. and symbOllcal
~ the doctrines are represented by
frogs" These three doctrines are 4
have q mighty influence throughout thu
civilized earth They are to gathe
the kings and their armies to the grea
Battle Of ArmageddoD.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes
and their retinues Of clergy and faith
full sdherents. viii be gathered In soli'
phaIanx-Protestant and Catholic Tn
kings and captains of industry. and
many as can he Influenced by them
will be gathered to the same side. tn
| political kings and princes. with a
their henchmen and retainers. Will 10
low In line Oh the same side tn
financial kings and merchant princes
and all whom they can influence by To
most gigantic power ever yet exerci'
ed in the world. will join the sam
side. according to this prophecy
These doctrines Of demons" repr'
sented by the frogs" will lead man
noble people in this great army to al
sumo an attitude quite contrary
their preference. For time II
wheels of liberty and progress Will [
turned backward and medieval r
straints will be considered necessar
for MISREPRESENTATION the maint
nance Of the present ordeS Of things
In giving this interp Citation, II
necessary for Us to ihdIeate what
symbolized by the Dragon. the Beas
and the False Prophet. Bible studen
of nearly all denominations agree Wi
us that the Dragon" Of RevelatiC
= represents the purely Civil Powe
Protestant interpreters generally agr
\ that the Beast like leopard 'Rev
lation xiii. p represents the Papac
But fewer still. we fear. will be real
to support our view that Protestantis
Is the Image of the Beast Reveiati'
xiii l5) in our context given anoth
name. "the False Prophet" We ur
n no one 10 accept our interpretatio
nor shall we think hard of any W
refuse It. We will neither Islander q
otherwise injure them now. nor thre'
en- them with eternal torture. tn
have the same right to their views tn
have. and the same right to ma
them known to others. And |.
one. viii be very glad to consider ar
thing which opponents may set for
rs their interpretations Of our text
sunelean Spirits Like Frogs"
The symbolisms of Scripture. rig
" understood. are always FORGET
When the Holy Spirit used fro
to symbolicaIly represent cert