Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-09-11
THE FINAL DESTINY
OF THE NATIONS.

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his kingdom on earth, he will not fin,
peace among the nations, but they
will be engaged In fighting the battlt
of Armageddon In the valley of Je
hoshaphat In the Turkish Empire II
Asia. The nations will not be pre-
pared to receive him as king OIL
kings and Lord OF lords, but, on the
contrar, we are told In Sacred Writ
that "the nations were angry" "And
| saw the beast, and the kings oil
the earth, and their armies, gathered
together to make war against him. "
"And out OF his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with 1t he should smite
the nations; and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron; and he dreaded
the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God" Rev. 11:18;
1919, Is.
Paul tells US that just before the
Lord comes the second time to dehve
his own, the world 10 being deceived
by the false doctrines of "peace and
safety" Thess. $50. The nations
Of this world will never crown Christ
as their king. Some of our so-called
reformers who are trying to induce
people into the kingdom of God by
the force of civil statutes. and to
usher the kingdom of God into this
world through the gateway of politics.
are working ON q plan that can only
raise false hopes. This present world,
with all its plans, Is doomed, and all
the nations Of the earth are to be
broken to pieces together, and be-
come like the chaff OF the summer
threshing floors"
The Savior told his disciples that
there would be signs In the heavens
above and In the earth beneath where
by his followers were to know that
his coming was near, even at the
doors" Matt. 24:33. The driving
Of the Turk out of Europe was just
to precede the battle of Armageddon,
and at the termination Of this bat
tie the Lord was to smite the ma
tons. dashing them Sin pieces like a
potter's vessel" Ps. 2:9. It seems,
according to human foresight, as III
the European war was the prelude to
the extinction Of the Turkish Empire
In Europe. But according to the
prophecy In Daniel II and IL and Reve-l
alton 16, the Turkish Empire was
not only to come to its lend" In Eu-
rope. but also In Asia. According to
he Bible, the battle Of Armageddon
8 to be fought Immediately after the
Turkish Empire is dried up"
The prophecy declares: "And he
the king Of the north, or the Turk)
hall plant the tabernacles of his
,alace between the seas In the glor-
Gus holy mountain Tin Jerusalem);
'et he shall come to his end, and
zone shall help him. And at that time
hall Michael Christi stand UP, the
Ireat prince which standeth for the
hildren of thy people: and there
hall be a time of trouble, such as
ever was since there was nation
ven to that same time; and at that
me thy people shall be delivered,
very one that shall be found written
i the book. And many of them that
Ieep in the dust of the earth shall
wake, some to everlasting life, and
,me to shame and everlasting con-
,mpt." Dan. 11:45; 1871, g."
Luther and his colaborers under
God the fulfillment of his prophecy
J constitute a sign of the end of the 9
orld. In speaking Of this prophecy,
10 great Reformer said: 'If we beat
ack the Turk, the prophecy of Daniel I
Ill be fulfilled and the end will be 8
hand. Then the day of judgment n
surely at our doors. Martin Lu- q
ler." by Gustav Freytag, page IL. Z
Hitherto England has helped Tur- e
" to resist Russlas efforts to OBJ 9
in possession of Constantinople and p
o Dardanelles, but today she helps u
ussia to drive out the Turk, In q 4
markable speech delivered at the G
lildhall in the city of London, Nov. q
1914, the Prime Minister, Mr.. AS u
nth, In response to toast of His Il
aiesty''s ministers, said: II wish to g.
AXE 1t clear, not only to my fellow d
but to the world outside,
at this Is not our doing. 1t Is in X
lite of our hopes and efforts-it Is 81
o Ottoman government that has Il
avn the sword, and which / VEN n
re to predict, will perish by the s
gord. It is they and not we who W
I've rung the death knen of Ottoman t.