The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-15
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ecclesiastical organization Of men.
Almost all observe that an unseen
evil power influences the an,airs Of
men, causing selfishness, lying, fraud,
deceit, cheating, stealing, all kinds Of
immortality, murder, wars, famine,
pestilence, revolution, etc. 1t is inn
portant for their own protection that
all understand the cause.
All dominion rightfully belongs to
jehovah. He created man perfect and
gave him dominion over the earth.
God created Lucifer, q spirit being,
perfect. Lucifer became ambitious
and said: II will be like the Most
High (God)n isaiah 14:14)--I will
have an empire of my own, This
wicked ambition led him to cause the
downfall of Adam and Eve, the first
man and woman. He deceived them
by telling the first lie: "There is no
DEATH He is the father Of lies.
(John 8:44). For mans disobedience
God sentenced him to death and drove
him from Eden. Thereafter all Of
the human race, descending from
Adam, were born; hence they were
borni imperfect and sinners.
Jehovah changed the name Of Luz
cifer, giving him four names, to-wit:
Satan, which means opposer; dragon,
which devourer; serpant, which
means deceiver; and devil, which
means slanderer. This evil one in
duced large number of the angels
OF heaven to follow him into wicked
ness. These, together with Satan,
oppressed the people and filled the
earth with violence. God then de-
stroyed that world, that order of
things, by the great food e Peter 3:
6), saving out of that destruction on
ly Noah and his family. At the same
time He restrained these evil angels
in darkness until the Judgment day
at the end of the world then begun
2 Peter "a: Jude 6.
With the descendants of Abraham
God formed a nation and made COW
enant with them and named them the
nation of Israel With this nation he
established the true religion. Satan
with the nations aside from Israel es-
tablished the false religion, causing
them to worship devils. God warned
the Israelites to avoid intercourse
with the nations under Satan's do
minion. Because Israel disregarded
Gods warning, he enforced His de-
cree against that nation; and in tbs
year COG b. G. the nation was over
thrown and gentle nation p-rsnit-
ted to establish universal rule in the
earth. Satan there became the god
of the whole world or order of things.
From that time forward his earthly
organization is syrlbolically desig-
mated in the Scriptures under the til
tie of "wild beast"
Satan's invisible organization con-
sists of a host of evil spirits. These
also deceive by misrepresentating
the dead ard inducing the living to
believe that their dead friends are
alive and can communicate with them.
Thus Satans original lie-"There is
no DEATHS the foundation for all
of their fraudulent, deceptive actions.
God, through His prophets, indi-
Gated that the period of universal
gentle dominion would be 2520 years;
and beginning in 606 B. c., this period
would necessarily end in 1914 A. D.
That would mark the date of Gods
vengeance upon Satan's empire, when
he would begin to overthrow it in his
chosen way.
God promised to redeem man from
death and to restore him to his orig |
inal dominion. To accomplish this
He sent His beloved Son, Jesus, to the |
earth. Jesus, by his death upon. the
cross and resurrection, provided and
presented the great ransom price for
the purchase Of man. Jesus ascended
to heaven and at Pentecost began the
gathering to Himself of his church. |
This selection of His church must |
continue until He returns for them, as |
He promised John 14:1-4). Those |
who are faithful unto death have the |
promise of being with Him, spirit be-
ings, in the new heavens.
From Pentecost forward Christians
have been looking for the second COM
ing of the Lord, for the overthrow of |
Satan's empire and for the establish
ment of the kingdom Of Righteousness.
st. Peter, discussing these worlds, |
says: 1--WE, according to his promise,
look for new heavens and a new earth, |
wherein dwelleth righteousness" (2 |
Peter 3:13). The new heavens here |
described are the kingdom of Christ |
the Messiah, invisible; the new earth |
IS His kingdom visible, amongst men.
We have always been taught to pray
for the coming of this kingdom, when
Gods win shall be done on earth as
in heaven.
Jesus disciples asked Him how they
might tell when the end of the world |
should come and when He would be
present, and He answered the aues-
ton. Satan's empire legally ended in
1914 and there Christ, then present,
began to GUST Satan. Jesus said:
The way you will know of this is.
that the trouble will begin with a
world war, followed by famine, pesti-
lence and revolution in various plac-
es.' The gentle times ended August
l, 1914, ard exactly on time the
World War started. This World War,
the great famine that has come since.
the pestilence of the Spanish in1ueri-
"a that swept the earth, the revola-
tions that are now on and have been
on for some time in various parts of1
the earth--all mark the activities Of
The Lord in overthrowing Satan.s en-
nire. To offset the Messianic king
tom Satan has attempted to organize |
The nations into great league; and
hence he has drawn the commercial
power, known as big business, and the