Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-10-22

Bible. Will, be very dark hour-"a
Time of Trouble such as was not since
there was a nation" nor ever shall
be"-the like again
When God took away His typical
kingdom, GU6 3. G., He gave the Gen.
tiles authority or permissiun 10 do their
best to rule and govern the world and
to bring in righteousness. That we
might know all this. He gave dream
to Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon.
and sent the Interpretation Of the
dream through Daniel, the Prophet.
The dream showed a great image,
whose head was of gold, representing
Babylon; the breast and arms of sill
yer. representing the succeeding gov
eminent of Medo- Persia; the belly of
brass. representing the Grecian En-
pire. which succeeded the Modes and
Persians: and its legs of iron repre-
sented Rome, the government of the
Caesars Each of these governments
mas had universal sway. each has
shown the best it was able to do for
humanity. and each has failed.
The feet of the image were of iron.
showing that they represented part of
the Roman Empire; but they We're
smeared with clay and thus made to
| represent stone feet. These feet rep
resented the Holy Roman Empire.
whose divisions, or toes, are now at
war with each other. The dream and
| its Interpretation showed that the
stone which struck the image in the
feet, ground them to powder and ut
terly destroyed the entire image, repre-
sented Gods Kingdom. According to
| the prophecy. this Kingdom will ulti-
mateiy fill the whole earth.
The clay smeared on the feet. max
| ing them look like the stone. repre-
| sentS the fact that the present Roman
governments of Europe claim to be
| ChriSts Kingdom On their coins, and
otherwise. they claim to be representa-
tives of God. They have deceived
| themselves into thinking of themselves
rs Christendom. which signifies Christ's
Kingdom. In reality, however, they
| are Gentle kingdoms. the last repre-
sentatives of Gentle power-the feet
and the toes of the image of Gentle
supremacy which Nebuchadnezzar saw
| in his dream.
These powers are what the Bible
calls the Kingdoms Of this world"
But they are part of the Gentle pow
| er which has been permitted to rule
the world up to the time when God
will be ready to set up His Kingdom.
which was also represented in Neb-
uchadnezzar's dream-the stone cut
out without hands. The Word Of God
Transforming the hearts of His people
will gradually make them His King
dom. and in the spiritual Kingdom
these will be Messiah's joint heirs.
When the image of Gentle supremacy
falls. these will be put into power and
place. Then all will have opportunity
to return to the image of God.
Tho Judgment of the Nations.
| We have read in history. and daily
| we are reading in the newspapers, how
these nations are attempting to blow
one another off the sea and the land
THE nations We're angry" says the
Revelator. There is no nation SO small
but that it desires to go to war. AS
the Prophet Joel says to the nations.
Come up to the Valley of Jehosha-
1 phat." Outside of the walls of Jeru-
salem is the cemetery of Jehoshaphat,
known as the Valley of Graves. In
fgurative language the Prophet is say.
ing to the nations. Come up to the
1 Nf pa f,c.Ns Ana
where they are going.
When we think of the appalling loss
of life amongst these angry nations, it
is grand to know that all these bitter
experiences are not lost, and that the
poor creatures who have suffered are
not, when they die. hurled into eter-
nal torment-that these poor creatures,
not knowing what the war really is
about, but demonstrating to the best
Of their ability their patriotism, are
not thrown to the devil to be forever
roasted. All. no. According to the
Scriptures. they are falling asleep in
death. Their sorrows and woes are
oil over for the present. They will
know nothing more until He who has
! redeemed them will call them forth
from the dominion of Death.
The present war will weaken the ma
tons. not only of their ,life-blood, but
also of their wealth; and it will dem
onstrate the inefticiency of all Gentle
kingdoms to bring to the world peace,
Righteousness, satisfactory govern
ment. But Messiah's Kingdom, which
will then be inaugurated, will be the
desire of all nations" This war and
the anarchy of Armageddon, which
will follow it. will prove conclusiYelY