The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-06-28
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Prophecy A. Predicted in the Book Of
Revelation Is Being Fulfilled at
the Present Time.
AND THE NATIONS WERE ANGRY
Short Period Of Peace May Come. hut
There Will be Another Even Great. I.
err War, and Then khe End.
BY Geo. E. TRACER.

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"And the nations were angry" This
wonderful prediction OF the prophecy
of Revelation is made under the
sounding of the seventh angel. Con.
corning the time, we learn that when
the seventh angel begins to sound, or
early in the sounding OF the seventh
angel, that the mystery of God-that
| is, the work of the gospel, Christ in
you, the hope OF should be
finished, as He hath declared to His
servants the prophets" Rev. 10: 81;
IL: 1919.
The anger of the nations is coupled.
in the prophecy, with the, wrath Of
God, which is the prelude to the judy
ment Of the world. 1t comes In con.
nection with thel Judging ofsthe dead.
the reward of the righteous, and the
destruction of the wicked Rev. IL rs.
I19
There can be no doubt at all that
the prediction of the prophecy is to-
day in process Of fulfillment The ma.
tons are angry; and since 1874, when
the seventh angel began Its sounding
and more particularly since 1S48, one
Of the plainest truths of the day has
been that the temper of the nations
was one of anger. Their attitude has
constantly eXemplified it. During all
this time, the rulers OF the great ma.
tons have had to put forth strong
effort, have been compelled to use ex
IRENE caution, in order to avoid uni
versal war. r
At the same time, we must remem
he, IA
indicates its waning, particularly from
the time OF the prophecy; that Is, from
Aug. II, 1910, after which time the
Turkish government would exist only
by the sufferance of the European pow.
|ers. That was the date specified in
the prophecy; and true to the predic.
ton upon that day, Aug. II, 1910. the
powers notified the Turkish sultan
that they would henceforfA attend 20
his case. And without any question
about it., from that day till the pres
ent war, they have been attending 20
his case. Were 1t not for an agree
ment among the powers. the Turkish
government would have vanished long
ago.
:. Thus the nations have attempted
artificially. if You please, to prevent
war: but today they are in conflict,
and more than ever we realize the
truth Of that prediction of the proph.
ecy which describes accurately their
state of wrath. They have seemed to
realize that this spirit of wrath, II
once let loose. would carry them utter.
ly beyond themselves. Realizing 1t,
and stating it to the world, they have
tried to make Turkey q buffer state,
as it were, to hold them from each
others throat. Or as some one has
put it, Turkey is the bone. and each
of the nations. while. watching the
bone. has not dared to seize 1t, for fear
Of bringing the others on him In q
great dogs fight so to speak, for the
possession of the Mohammedan prize,
This bone Of contention, the terri
tory OF the Turk, has been described {.
as a section that might and ought to
be one OF the most flourishing on the
face Of the EARTH" Almost every ma,
ton of Europe involved In the present
conflict is deeply interested in who
shall possess this territory. No one
nation can gain control of It without
tremendously affecting the others.
There are England's possessions in.
Egypt and India. There are the pos.
sessions of France and of Italy in the
near east. Russia is almost depend.
ent for her very life upon the free
passage of the Dardanelles. Austria
and Germany want a straight avenue
down through the Balkans and Turkey
into the rich Mesopotamia valley.
Greece is deeply anxious about It, be.
cause she lies so close to Constants.
nople and environs. Italy has no good
harbors, and looks across the sea to
Albania and the we'll sheltered places
of that coast as security for her
nayies and her ships OF commerce.
The present war is an Intellectual Of.
fort to straighten out the eastern ques.
the nations before they desired it.
From studies of the prophecies.
do not believe that the present war
will solve the problem. Some sort OF
temporary arrangement will be made,
giving short period of peace. in
which Gods work in the earth will be
finished. Then will come another war.
known in the prophecies as Arranged
don; and after that, the end Of the
world. W.
But Armageddon is located in PaleS.
tine, within the territory Of the Turk.
So that war, too, will be an attempt
at the solving of he eastern question.
And it will be the last attempt the
nations of the earth will ever make:
for Armageddon ends the struggle OF
the nations, and marks the ushering
in of the kingdom Of Christ, with the
destruction of all those things which
are foreign to the righteousness and
peace Of Him whose right 1t is to rule
the world.
The nations are angry. Soon Gods
wrath will come, and the Judgment
day, even as the prophecy of Revela-
ton ri clearly predicts.
Europe's CHASTITY idea of the Back
to the Soil' movement is burying
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