The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-12-04
INTERESTING ARTICLE
FROM BIBLE STUDENT
Did Ycu Know That the Present War
was FOretOId by Prophecy and we
are Near to Miiieniai Age?

puzzling the great minds Of the Whole
civilized world both as 10 how 10 cope
with it and how to stop it, and yet it is
all foretold by prophesy. Satan, the
great deceiver having taken control oil
the human race in Eden and having
alienated our first parents, Adam and
Eve, from their creator, instilled into
their inexperienced minds the thought
of self control and as the whole race
was born in this condition. As time
sped on they became more and more
contaminated with sin and selfshness
until they have been divided into sects,
parties and nations, and until they have
forgotten everyone except self. thereby
ignoring the rights Of others until each
nation plotting how to carry out its own
schemes for the mastery of the situation
regardless OF what il would do TO its
neighbor nation, until finally the crash
came and cannot be stopped until it
accomplishes the object for which God
has permitted it; viz. the destruction Of
the present evil age or order of things
as foretold Dan. 244. See 2 Peter
81 here the word fire is a symbolic
term used TO represent trouble which
shall consume everything in its path.
Thes 1-8 is another symbolic picture
Of the same time and as foretold by
Dan 2-44 it is the setting up Of Christ's
kingdom that will break the earthly
kingdoms to pieces, Pisa. %.
Through the prophet Zeph 3-8-9 the
Lord speaks to the church fortelling
the destruction OF the present order Of
things and the glory that shall be ush-
cred in after he shall have set up his
kingdom and taken his great power
and began his reign
He says in the eighth verse That l
may assemble the kingdoms to pour
upon them mine indignation, even all
my fierce, for all the earth, the entire
social fabric, shall be devoured with the
fire OF my jealousy, symbol of destruc-
ton"
Then after the whole social world or
present selfish man made order Of
things, shall have passed away; we are
told in the 9th verse:
Then will l turn unto the people q
pure language that they may all call
upon the name of the Lord to serve
him with one consent.
Here the Lord gives the thought
that the human race has had an impure
language, inculcated in our first parents
and has been handed down from one
generation 10 another until the whole
social fabric has been inoculated with
false ideas and expectations as to what
God intends to do with mankind in the
future.
The teaching of the Immortality Of
the soul and eternal torment for the
wicked CONTRARY to the Bible) are false
theories introduced by Satan and taught
by all the creeds Of Christiandou, but
the increase Of knowledge on every sub
ject is bringing discredit upon the
masses until as we are told by St. Luke
21-25, %. Upon earth distress OF
nations, with perplexity; the sea crest
less, turbulent humanity and the
waves (social organizations such as
labor, political and financia); mems
hearts falling them for fear and for look
ing after those things which are com
ing on the earth-the present social
order of things. For the powers Of
heaven (ecclesiasticism or churchanity)
shall be shaken.
This is highly fgurative language,
but when rightly applied it is plainly
to be seen that We have been fore
warned OF the great catastrophe which
is upon US and in which the great
preat powers Of the old world are
crashing their teeth at each other and
have brought into play all modern i'm
plements OF destruction, trying to ex-
terminate each other regardless OF the
suffering and privation that is being
lheaped upon the helpless just to satisfy
greed and selfshness. But the tide
will turn when once the situation IS
rightly understood, and then rebellion,
/ followed by anarchy.
Gen. 3-4, is the only passage OF
/ ccr;,+rra IN the Rible teaching immor-