The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09

4 placed called In
ll@SK93 HlSSElg the Hebrew tongue
Arms 4 d d 0 a."
Revelation xvi. i6l The speaker said:
ArmageddOn In the Hebrew signifies
the Hill Of MegiddO." or Mount OF De
struction. 1t wa. famous ~ q battle
Geld In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen nt to associate the
name ArmageddOu. with the great con-
troversy between Truth and Error.
right and wrong. God and Aammon.
with which this Age will close. perish.
and the New Age Of Nessiah's glory
be ushered in. He has purposeiy used
highly symbolical figures Of speech In
the last book Of the Bible. evidently
with q view to hiding certain impor-
tant truths until the due time for their
revealment But even In the due time.
the Bible assures us. "NOns Of the
wicked shall uDdefstand" Daniel XII.
Q. iOs-none Who are out Of heart har-
mony with God-but only the wise Of
His peOpIs-the wise virgin class Of
the Masters parabLe.
have long avoided presentation Of
ny undsrsta nding Of oair text and It's
context. l take It up nov BY request
and because I believe 1t Ia due time to
b UNDERWOOD I disclaim any special
inspiration In some particulars my
views agree with those Of other Bible
students. and 10 Qther respe, ts they
disagree. Each hearer must use hh
own judgment. d. his own Bible study.
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that I an not re-
sponaible for the figures Of speech used
BY the Lord. Ny Interpretations do In
deed constitute Z terrible arratGnmeut
VI institutions which We have all revef.
enced and which embrace good people,
Of good words and Good works. IOd's
saintly people In there various institu.
lions. being comparatively few. are
ignored when systems ~ Q whole are
dealt With In propbesy.
The Dragon. Beast, Faiss Prsphst.
Our context tells us that three i'm
pure Spirits 'teachiugs' will 20 forth
from the mouths Of the Dragon. the
Beast and the Fai~e Prophet. and these
three Will BE- In accord. and symbolirai.
y the doctrines are represented BY
''froEs." These three doctrines are to
have . mighty influence throughout the
civilized earth. They are to gather
the kinga and their armies to the great
Battle Of Armageddon.
The ecclesiasticai kings aud princes.
and their retinues Of Clergy and faith
fui adherents. will he gathered In solid
phaianx Protestant and Catholic. The
kings and captains Of industry. and a.
many as can be Influenced by them.
will be gathered to the same side. The
political kings and princes. with all
their henchmen and retniners. 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 yet exercis-
ed in the world. will Join the same
side. according to this prophecy.
These doctrines Of demons" repre-
sented by the "fro9s." will lead many
noble people in this great army to A.
sumo an attitude quite contrary to
their preference. For q time the
wheels Of liberty and progreaa will b
turned backward and medieval re
straints will he considered necessary
for self lf-preservation-for the mainte-
nance Of the present order Of things.
In giving this interpretation, 1t 10
Necessary for us to Indicate what II
symboltzed by the Dragon. the Beast.
and the False Prophet. Bible students
Of nearly all denominations agree with
Us that the Dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power
'rotestant Interpreters generally agree
nat the "Renst like leopard" 'Reve
iation xiii, 2, represents the Papacy
But fewer stiil. we fear will he ready
to support our view that Professionalism
IL the Image Of the Beast (Revetation
Kill. Is, in our context given another
raJ,r, Il 81: Fs;:sa nrsns.et:. ". tf-gr
no one to accept our Interpretation.
nor shall we think hard OF any who
refuse 1t. We will neither siarder nor
otherwise inJure them now. nor threat.
en- them With eternal torture. They
have the aame rfgh, to their views that
! have. and the same right to make
them known tn others. And I, for
one. viii he very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
as their interpretations Of our text
~Unel1sn spirits Like Frogs.
The syminlisms Of Scripture. right
y ssdrSxtMd. arr always tor~fui
when the floay, Spirit n,.-d . "frrg'
." symhsabsaiiy rrer~~rnt errsala