The Princeton union., 1922-12-14
BARBER SPEAKS
in WYANETT
Delivers Bible Lecture to Interested
Audience in M. B. A. Hall on
Friday Evening.

in Wyanett. Mr.. Barber is speaking
under the auspices of the International
Bible Student association organized by
the late Pastor Russell. The subject
Of his discourse was "Satan's Empire
Falling" Mr.. Barber stated that
many people oppose the message be-
cause they are not aware that the bible
teaches it and refuse to investigate
it. The lecture was as follows.
st. Paul states that Satan is the god
of this world. World here means the
commercial, political, social and &C.
clesiastical organization of men. AL
most all observe that an unseen evil
power influences the affairs of men,
causing selfshness, lying, fraud, de-
ceit, cheating, stealing, all kinds of
immortality. murder, wars, famine,
pestilence, revolution, etc. It is i'm
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, spirit being,
perfect. Lucifer became ambitious
and said: II will be like the Most
High (God)" Qsaiah 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 8:14). 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 born i'm
perfect and sinners.
Jehovah changed the name of Luci-
fer, giving him four names, towit:
Satan, which means opposer; dragon,
which means devourer; serpent, 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, op-
pressed the people and filled the earth
with violence. God then destroyed the
world, that order of things, by the
great flood e Peter 1867. saving out
of that destruction only Noah and his
family. At the same time he re-
strained these evil angels Of darkness
until the Judgment day at the end of
the world then begun Peter "a;
Jude 6.
| With the descendants of Abraham
| God formed a nation and made cove
nant 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 dominion.
Because Israel disregarded Gods
warning, he enforced his decree
against that nation; and in the year
COG B. G. the nation was overthrown
and a gentle nation permitted to es
tablish universal rule in the earth.
Satan there became the god of the
whole world or order of things. From
that time forward his earthly orga-
nization is symbolically designated in
the scriptures under the title of "wild
beast"
Satan's invisible organization con-
sists of a host CT evil spirits. These
also deceive by misrepresenting the
dead and inducing the living to be-
lieve that their dead friends ere olive
and can communicate with them. Thus
Satan's original -"There is no
death'-is the foundation for all of
their fraudulent, deceptive actions. :,
God through his prophets indicated
that the period Of universal gentle
dominion would be $3.50 years; and be-
ginning in COG B. c., this period would
necessarily end in 1914 A. D. That
would mark the date Of Gods ven
geance 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 original
dominion. To accomplish this he sent
his beloved son Jesus to earth. Jesus
by his death upon the cross and resur-
rection 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 IA: 1-4). Those who are faith
full unto death have the promise of be-
ing with him, spirit beings, in the new
heavens.
From Pentecost forward Christians
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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: eve, according to his promise,
| look for new heavens and new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness" e
! 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. wher
Gods will 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 question.
Satan's empire legally ended in 1914
and there Christ, the present, began to
oust Satan Jesus said: "The way
you will know Of this is, that the
trouble will begin with world war.
followed by famine, pestilence and
revolution in various places" The
gentle times ended August 1, 1914,
and exactly on time the world war
started. This world war, the great
famine that has come since, the pes
thence of the Spanish influenza that
swept the earth, the revolutions that
are now on and have been on for some
time in various parts of the earth-all
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