Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-06-10
ACTUAL MEANING
Of ARMAsGEDD0N

Editor News.
| will try to present a few more
thoughts on the subject of Arranged
don OF course, can give only q
brief outline in a short article, but
| if any Of the News readers wish to
learn more on the subject, | will mail
them some tracts that will enlighten
them on this and other Bible questions
that are perplexing to many minds.
The readers will remember that
made an offer similar to this some
months ago. ] have sent out good
many tracts but the offer is still open.
Some have sent postage, which l
thankfully used, but the tracts will
be sent anyway. We do not sell the
Gospel. Freely / receive and freely
l give. To understand the Bibl we
must rightly divide the word of
truth" We must remember that
much of the Bible is written in high
| ly symbolical language, especially the
Book Of Revelations, and although
Armageddon is called a place, it sym
bolizes q condition of things, the
great struggle between good and evil,
the battle of right conditions against
wrong conditions.
II we take time to study and inves-
tigate, we find that the Hebrew word,
Armageddon, refers to the hill Of
MegeddoD, or Mount of Destruction.
This bill or mount is found on the
the Southern edge of the plain of Els
dradon, and once commanded very
important pass into the hill country of
Palestine. This locality was the
great battle ground on which MANY
famous battles of old Testament his
tory were fought. 1t was there that
Gideon and his little band dispersed
the Midionites, who destroyed one an
other in their fright and confusion.
There King Saul was defeated by the
Philistines. Sam. S1:1-16. There
King Josiah was slain in one of the
most disastrous conflicts in the history
of Israel. Chron. 35:22-25. There
King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel, liv-
ed in the city of Jerziel, where Queen
Jezebel met her horrible death.
These battles seem to have been ty-
pical. The defeat of the Midinnites
released the Israelites from bondage
to Midion. So we see that Gideon
and his little band typities our Lord
and the church, who are to release
mankind from bondage to sin and
death King Ahab tpyiies the civil
government called the "dragon" IN
Revelations. Queen Jezebel symbolic
ed Babylon, the great harlot, for as
such she is mentioned by name in
Revelations 1870, and 80 1t seems our
Lord has seen fit to associate the name
of the great battlefield, Armageddon,
with the great controversy between
truth and error, right and wrong-in
other words, between God and Satan,
with which this gospel age is to close.
Our Lord has used symbolical Ian
guage in the last book Of the Bible,
evidently to hide important truths
until their due time to be made mani
fest, but even in the educ time
none of the wicked shall understand,
but the wise shall understand. Dan.
1910. Only those in harmony with
God who diligently seek to know
these truths, shall find them, SO when
we consider these things, we are not to
expect literal gathering to, the hill
of Megeddon, but we are to look for
what is symbolized by that place. We
all know that the book Of Revelations
is full Of symbols. but that it contains
valuable truths is the opinion Of all
Bible students, yet God has covered
those truths so skilfuly that even His
people in times past have not been
able to fully discern them. Mankind
has always misunderstood the Divine
plan. for God in His wisdom wishes
to have them misunderstood. The
truths recorded In Revelation are not
for the world, but for the church,
Not the nominal church, but the true
one, 'the church Of the first born,
whose names are written in Heaven. I"
To these this knowledge will be "meat
in due season. 1.-THE wise shall I'M
derstand."
In the Bible we find many illusions
to Armageddon. Our Lord Jesus calls
it u great tribulation. Matthew 24:2t.
The prophet Daniel calls it time of
trouble such as never was since there
was nation. Dan. 1871. And in
connection with this time of trouble,
Michael is to stand up. He is to stand
up for the salvation of God s people,