Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-02
ARMAGEDDON AGAIN

proceeded 20 Etsrve out the city By
guarding every possible c-f-snc~-
Firaily. Ms..ddo sGrTerdsred TIE
Princess and warriors fled oaf O. the
gate ard asre,d % pay Tho;rles
yearly tribute The city was then
sacked. perhaps burned. and valuable
works % art and the Jewels and gold
.ot 4 remarkably wealthy city rar- d
of 70 Egypt. rs vel a. such trophies
a. the scsp;sr. royal tent. and furEl-
tEre belonging 20 the kinE % Kadssa-
Iaotmes rad u all recorded and weak
on 20 other urconquef-i reglpus.
This Vas oris one q the NUMEROUS
battles fogrhi At different times at
This strategic spots.
some years sEo. ie-1 German
Palestine So-.eiy sent an expedl; on
70 the city noE a ruin. 70 explore she
old foundations ard see Il any relies
OF the battles we're left buried there
For nearly three years the scientists
worked with ire result ira. traces %
seven cities were found in different
eldest city, they believed. flourish he'd
back tn the ueoilthlc. or stone pe-ict.
Pieces % walls. skeletons. temple ard
palace ruins, a seal marked a. the
property OF ~Shema. the servant ct
Ierebcam- kim Of iE-sai. an helre-
to IDENTITY the times when differert
civilizations neld the important fort
rsss.
Ruins >bii Hold secrets.
The expedition had 70 give IN SIS
work before the sslbilt!eS of the
site were EXHAUSTED. And later the
war put stop TO any but unitarian
digging In the near east. So the ruins
OF Armageddon are looked upon as
still holding many secrets :,
The reference TO ArmaEeddon in ths
book Of Revelation has been taken
by some TO mean that the last war Of
the world is - be fought in this old
traditional battle-ground The book.
written as II the events prophesied had
already happened. says the kinEs
sathered tosethsr In the place called
Ha-- Nagecdol.
But OF late years the term Arna-
Eedton has been taken more as a
symbol Some students Of the rnys-
teries Of Revelation stili hold that the
recent war was the prophesied war -
Armaseddon. ard that Belgium where
the fighting was begun mot the condi-
tons OF being the Armareddon re-
ferred 10 in the prophecy
Some OF the interpreters have been
able to apply almost every rnysterio-s
reference in the book to the recent
way. even. to naming the beasts of tho
visions as tSc nations. in the conflict.
and comparing the reference to blood
ur TO the brides Of the horses to the
fact that the dead were sometimes
piled -FOUR and five deep. about tho
height OF bride. after some battles
in the World War. They found it
sisnificant TO point out that the verse
about hailstorss weighing a talent
the heaviest measure OF weight know n
in Bible days-cominE down from
heaven upon men could be applied 20
the heavy bombs and shells OF modern
warfare
However other scholars dlsa-res
with this and insist that the Arma-
seddon described Is a spiritual con-
fuct. Here again they disagree ard
some think the prophecies refer 80
events expected to happen soon after
the book was written and Others in
sist with equal positiveness that tho
era described has ne ---r come
Disarmament II a stop toward a new
waTle7s age Whether it viii be A
permanent success. leaving tho World
War Indeed tine last war. or, whether
tho world is 10 he the scene Of bat
ties for years 20 come. there seems to
be no modern prophet 20 foretell