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resurrection; ana because our earuniy
bodies are imperfect through the fall
we are liable from time to time to be
Overtaken In fault. Our need. then.
Is not to attend Low Mass. or High
Mass. but to so directly to the Lord
In the name and merit OF our Advo-
| cate. Thus the Apostle enjOins Us
saying. IF any man lin the church,
sin, we have an Advocate with the
| Father Jesus Christ the Righteous"
q John ii. H. The thought that sin
In every instance requires Atonement
Is quite Scriptural. and the thought
that without the shedding Of blood
| there Is no remission of sins is Scrip
tural Hebrews iX. Do But the
thought that Christ needs to die more
than once is antagOnistic to the Scrip
lures. as we have already seen.
The fact Is that good and great peO-
pie have made serious errors i'm theol-
| ogy along nearly every line. The er-
| rorS accumulated for nearly fifteen
centuries and we must not wonder at
our slowness in getting fully rid OF
them. For the past four centuries
practically the people Of God of all
denominations have been coming back
to the light of Gods Word. Both
Catholic and Protestant translations
OF the Bible are assisting us. We are
growing in grace as well as in knowl-
edge Whatever we shall say OF the
world. we must believe that Gods
tod 10 in ifo
ton are more Christlike, more God
like. than were their forefathers who.
surrounded by the errors of the past.
fanatically and devilishly tortured one
another In the name of religiOn-in the
name of the Bible which they did not
understand.
.The Abomination Of Dssoiation."
Nearly nineteen centuries ago our
Redeemer mentioned the Accumulation
Of DesolatiOn spoken of by the Prophet
Daniel. The Master declared that when
this Accumulation should be seen those
noting it should understand and fee
with haste. For long centuries it was
supposed that the Great Teacher re-
ferred to events which illuminated in
A. d. 20. in the destruction Of Jerusa-
lem. The Accumulation was supposed
to- refer to the carrying Of Roman ban
ners within the holy precincts of the
Temple 1t did seem strange that so
comparatively insignificant a matter
should have been mentioned by the
Lord through Daniel the Prophet. and
should also have been referred to by
Jesus Himself.
OF late there is another interpreta-
ton. 1t refers our Lords prophecy
specially to the end Of this Age and
the great Time of Trouble soon to
come upon the Church and upon Chris
tendon In this view the Abomination
of DeSo:ation signifies a reprehensible
doctrine introduced into the Church.
the true spiritual Temple-into the
holy place" The doctrine was to be
an abomination in the sight of God
and would exercise q desolating infiu-
ence upon everything associated with
it. This influence would continue for
long centuries before its defiting char
acter would be recognized. Then all
Time Of Trouble and the New Dispen-
sation are near. and should make all
! haste to separate themselves from
everything associated with the "Abomi-
| nation"-they should forsake the error
! and flee to the mountain heights of
Truth. as Lot and his family fed from
SOdOm. rr .....
| share with many other Bible Stu
dents the view that the DeSolating
! Abomination mentioned by the Prophet
Daniel and by Jesus is the doctrine of
the Mass. 1t was introduced about
the middle Of the Fourth Century. 1t
has had a cOrrupting influence since.
And now that we see it clearly it is
the duty and privilege Of all of Gods
| people to get right with God by re-
! nOuncing that which is so abomina BILE
| In His sight-the setting aside Of the.
one. perpetual sacrifice of Christ. and
the substituting in part therefor of
the sacrifices Of the Mass. performed
many times every day throughout the
world "
In Daniels Prophecy Xxi. 3l3S) we
recognize brief synoptical history
covering the period from the Fourth
Century to the days of Napoleon. The
Sanctuary of Truth and Christian
strength was polluted. The daily Sac
rifice. literally the continual sacrifice
was taken away. and the Abomination
of Desolation was introduced-the
Mass. Then follows a description Of
the Church nominal. corrupted by fat,
terry and prosperity. and a description
Of the true saints of God who at the
same time. were strong and did won
ders in support Of the Truth. A work
Of instruction is mentioned. yet the in.
structors fell by the sword and by
fame and captivity and spoil many
days"-many years-yet they were not
allowed to fall completely. God help
ed them with little help"-just
enough to preserve them from extinc-
ton. that He might not be left with
out witness. This trying and purging
continued until 1.-The Time of the End"
wnicn. 70 our understanding. began IN
1899. Since then none have fallen
through persecution. Outward perse-
cution has been stopped. Gods. people
are seeing more and more clearly the
true teaching of His Word-the gold
en- vessels" of the House of the Lord
ORC haipu hronUht hacLy frnm Ra hvlOn