The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-22
THE FINAL DESTINY
OF THE NATIONS

10 the Editor
When the Lord comes to establish
His kingdom on earth, He will not
find peace among the nations, but
they will be engaged in fighting the
battle of Armageddon in the valley of
Jehoshaphat in the Turkish Empire
in Asia. The nations will not be pre-
pared to receive Him as king of kings
and Lord of lords, but, on the con-
trary, we are told in Sacred Writ that
the nations were angry" "And I
saw the beast, and the kings of the
earth, and their armies, gathered to-
gether to make war against Him"
And out of His mouth goeth sharp
sword, that with it he should smite
the nations; and He shall rule them
with rod of iron; and He treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God" Rev. l1:18;
1919, IS.
Paul tells us that just before the
Lord comes the second time to deliver
His own, the world is being deceived
by the false doctrines of peace and
safety" Thess. SO. The nations
of this world will never crown Christ
as their king. Some of our so-called
people into the kingdom of God by
the force OF civil statutes, and to ush-
er the kingdom of God into this world
through the gateway of politics, are
working on a 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 become like
the chaff of the summer threshing
floors"
The Saviour 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 battle
the Lord was to smite the nations,
daShing them "in pieces like potter's
vessel" Ps. 20. 1t seems, according
to human foresight, as if the Europ-
can war was the prelude to the extinc-
ton of the Turkish Empire in Europe.
But according to the prophecy in
Daniel IL and IL and Revelation 10,
the Turkish Empire was not only to
come to its "end" in Europe, but also
in Asia. According to the Bible, the
battle of Armageddon is to be fought
Immediately after the Turkish EN-
pire is dried up"
The prophecy declares: "And
he (the king of the north, or the
Turk) shall plant the tabernacles
OF his palace between the seas in
the glorious holy mountain lin
Jerusalem); yet he shall come to .
his end, and none shall help him.
And at that time shall Michael
(ChrisD stand up, the great prince
which standeth for the children
of thy people; and there shall be
time of trouble, such as never
was since there was a nation even
to that same time; and at that
time thy people shall be delivered,
every one that shall be found
written in the book. And many
of them that sleep in the dust of
the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting contempt"
Dan. HAS; 12:1, 2.
Luther and his. colaborers under
stood the fulfilment of this prophecy
to constitute a sign of the end of the
world In speaking of this prophecy,
the great Reformer said: "If we beat
back the Turk, the prophecy of Dan
iel will be fulfilled and the end will
be at hand. Then the day of judg-