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ARMAGEDDON OF
THE SCRIPTURES
Startling Presentation of Com
ing Events.
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PASTOR RUSSELL’S VIEWS.
Churches of All Denominations and the
Civil Powers of Earth Are About to
Unite In Common Cause—Powerful
Influence Preparing For the Battle
of Armageddon—A Reign of Anarohy
Will Be the Result of the Warfare
Until The Messiah Takes Control.
Brooklyn. N. Y.,
Nov. H. - The
Brooklyn Academy
of Music wns
crowded to the lim
it today to heur
Pastor Russell's
discourse on tbo
•‘Battle of Arma
geddon." His test
was: “He gathered
them together unto
a place called In
the Hebrew tongue
Armageddon."
(Revelation xvL id.) "The’speaker said:
Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies
the “Hill of Megtddo," or Mount of De
struction. It was famous as a battle
field In Old Testament times.
The Lord has seen fit to associate the
name Armageddon, with the great con
troversy between Truth and Error,
right and wrong, God and Mammon,
■with which this age will close, perish,
and the New Age of Messiah’s glory
be ushered In. He hns purposely used
highly symbolical llgures of speech lu
the last book of the Bible, evidently
with a view to biding certain Impor
tant truths until the due time for their
revenlment But even in the due time,
the Bible assures us, “None of the
wicked shall understand" (Daniel xll.
tt, 10)—none who are out of heart har
mony with God—but only the wise of
His people—the “wise virgin” class of
the Master’s pnrnble.
1 have long nvolded presentation Of
my understanding of our text uud Its
context l take It up now by request
and because 1 believe It Is due time to
be understood. 1 disclaim any special
inspiration. In some particulars my
views agree with those of other Bible
students, and In other respects they
disagree. Each bearer must use bis
own Judgment do his own Bible study,
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that 1 am not re
sponsible for the figures of speech used
by the Lord. My Interpretations do lu-
deed constitute a terrible arraignment
of Institutions which we have all rever
enced and which embrace good people,
of good words and good works. God's
jointly people in these various lnstltu
tions. being comparatively few, are
Ignored when systems as a whole are
dealt with In prophecy.
The pragon, Beaat, False Prophet.
Our context tells ns that three Im
pure spirits (teachings) will go forth
from the mouths of the Dragon, the
Beast and ( the False Prophet, and these
three will’be In accord, and symbolical
ly the doctrines are represented by
"frogs." These three doctrines are to
have a mighty Influence throughout the
civilized earth. They are to gather
the kings and their armies to the grent
Battle of Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes,
and their retluues of clergy nnd fpjfh
ful adherents, will be gathered In solid
phalanx—Protestant aud Catholic. The
lyings nnd captains of Industry, nnd as
many as can be Influenced by them,
will be gathered to the same side. The
political kings and princes, with all
their henchmen and retainers, will fol
low in line on the same side. The
financial kings nnd merchant princes,
and all whom they can influence by the
most gigantic power ever yet exercis
ed In • the world, will join the same
side, according to this prophecy.
These "doctrines of demons." repre
sented by the "frogs." will lend many
noble people In this great army to as
sume an attitude quite contrary to
their preference. For a time the
■wheels of liberty and progress will be
turned backward and medieval re
straints will be considered necessary
for self-preservation—for the mainte
nance of the present order of things.
In giving this Interpretation, It is
necessary for us to Indicate whnt is
symbolized by the Dragon, the Beast,
and the False Prophet Bible students
of nearly all denominations agree with
ns that the “Dragon" of Revelation
represents the purely Civil Power.
Protestant Interpreters generally agree
4hnt the “Beast like a leopard” (Reve
lation xiil, 2) represents the Papacy.
But fewer still, we fear, will be ready
to support our view; that Protestantism
Is the “Image of the Beast".(Revelation
sill, 15) In our context given another
name, "the False Prophet.” We urge
no one to accept our interpretation,
nor shall \\v think hard of any who
refusef*t. We will neither shinder nor
otherwise injure them now, nor threat-
en them with eternal torture. They
bnve the snme right to their views that
I have, nnd the sume right to make
them known to others. And 1. for
one, will be very glad to consider any
thing which opponents may set forth
ns their Interpretations of our text
“Unclean Spirits Like Frogs."
The symbolisms of Scripture, right
ly understood, are always forceful.
When the Holy Spirit used a "frog'’
to symbolically represent certain
doctrines or teachings, we may be
sure the true application will fit well.
A frog has a sage look, a wise look
It swells Itself up In an apparent en
deavor to Impress the beholder. Its
great mouth well represents Its chief
power, used to croitlt.
Applying these symbols, wo lenrn
that an evil spirit. Influence, teaching,
will come from the Protestant churches
federated, from the Church of Rome,
aud from the Civil authorities, nil In
full agreement The spirit of nil will
be boastful; an air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will be proudly assum
ed—all will croak In harmony. All will
tell of dire results thut would follow.
Involving tbe Interests of both the
present and the future life, If tlielr
counsel be not followed. However con
flicting tbe creeds, tbo differences will
be Ignored In tbe general proposition
that nothing ancient must be disturb
ed., or lobked Into, or repudiated.
, The Divine authority of tbe Church,
and tbe Divine right of kings, aside
from the Church, will, not be allowed
to conflict Any persons or teachings
In conflict with these boastful and un-
•crtptural clalms will be branded as
everything vile, at tbe mouths of these
“frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular press, , The nobler senti
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil _ spirit
which spoke through Caiaphas, the
high priest, respecting Jesus. As Cain-
phns declared It expedient to commit
a crime In violation of justice, human
and Divine, to be rid of Jesus nnd His
teachings, so this “frog" spirit will ap
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protection.
The croaking of these “frog" spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial, political, religious
and Industrial into one great urmy.
The spirit of fear, inspired - by the
croaklngs of these "frogs," will scourge
the passions of otherwise good nnd
reasonable men to fury, desperation.
In their blind following of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines, they will be
ready to sacrifice life nnd everything
on the altar of whnt they mistakenly
suppose is justice, truth nnd righteous
ness, under n Divine arrangement.
For a brief time, ns we understand
the Scriptures, these combined forces
of Armageddon will triumph. Free
speech, free mails, nnd other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
of the masses in our dny. will be ruth
lessly shut off under the plea of neces
sity, the glory of God, the commands
of the Church, etc. All will seem to be
serene, until the grent social explosion
in our context described ns the "great
Earthquake.” An “earthquake," In
symbolic language, signifies social
revolution, and the declaration of the
context Is that none like unto It ever
before occurred. (Revelation xvl. 18.
19.) Jesus described It as a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation.—Matthew xxlv, 21.
The Lord Will Gather Thom.
The false, frog-ltke teachings will
gather together into one host the greaL
the rich, the wise, the learned and the
kings of <the earth, to battle. At this
juncture Divine Power will step for
ward. and our text tells us that HE
shall gather the marshaled hosts .to
Armageddon—to the Mountain of De
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, federu
tion, etc., will be the very thing they
will hasten. Other Scriptures tell us
that' God will be represented by the
Great Messiah, and that He will be ou
the side of the masses. Thus we rend
in Daniel xii, 1: “At that time shall
Michael [the Godlike One—Messiah]
stand up”—assume authority. Ho will
take possession of His Kingdom ,In a
manner little looked for by many of
those who erroneously have been
claiming thnt they were His Kingdom,
and authorized by Him to reign in His
name nnd In His stead.
Jesus declnred, “His servants ye are
unto whom ye render service.” Some
may be rendering service to Satan and
to error, who claim to be rendering
service to God and to righteousness;
and some of these may be serving ig
norantly, ns did Saul of Tarsus, who
“verily thought that he did God a serv
ice" in persecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely.
As an earthly king does not hold him
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who fights in his bat
tles. so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who will enlist
and fight on His side of any question.
His servants they are to whom they
itKHll of reason and unreason, wlfiTja
in the forefront of that battle. The
majority of tho poor and tbo middle
class prefer peace at almost any price.
A comparatively small number, God’s
consecrnted people, will at heart be
longing for Messiah's Kingdom. These
will bide the Lord’s time and wait pa
tiently for it; they will be of good
courage, knowing the outcome outlined
In the "more sure word of prophecy,”
to which they have done well to take
heed, "ns unto a light shining In a
\lnrk plnco until the Dny dawn."—II
Peter 1, 19.
The masses will be restless of their
restraints, but will be conscious of
their own weakness as compared to the
kings nnd princes, financial, religious
nnd political, which will then hold
sway. Besides, the masses have no
sympathy with anarchy. They realize
truly that tho worst form of govern
ment Is better than none. The masses
will seek relief through the ballot and
peaceful re-adjustment of earth's af
fairs for. the elimination of evil, for
the placing of monopolies and utllltiei
and tho supplies of nature In the handR
of the people for t lie-public good. The
crisis will be reuched when the hither
to upholders of luw shall become vio
lators of the law and resisters of the
will of the majority as expressed by
the ballot Fear for the future will
lead the well-meaning masses to desper
ation; and anarchy will result when
Socialism fulls.
The Cloud's Silver Lining.
Horrible would bo this outlook for
the future did we not hare the Infalli
ble Word of God assuring ns of a
glorious outcome 1 Divine Wisdom has
withheld until our day the great knowl
edge and skltl which Is at the same
time breeding millionaires and discon
tents. Had God lifted the Yell a thou
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined up for Its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. But thnt
would have been too soon for the Di
vine purpose, because Messlnh’s King
dom Is to be the great Thousnnd-
Year-Subbnth of the world’s history.
God In . kindness veiled our eyes until
the time when the gathering to Ar
mageddon would Immediately precede
Messlnh’s taking to Himself His grent
power, und begtnnlug His reign.—Reve
lation xi, 17. 18.
“Send Them Strong Delusions.”
St Paul wrote prophetically of our
time, that It would be one of serious
trial nnd testing to many professing to
be Christians: The reason for this he
states—they received not the Truth In
the love of it (II Thessulonlnns li, 10.
11.) They preferred their own errone
ous theories, the Apostle explnlns, nnd
therefore,God.^wJJl B've them over to a-
“strong delusion"" and let them believe
the He which they preferred, und let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will be in the condemned host, "fight
ing against God," because of their lack
of love for the Truth.
It is sud to say that we all ns Chris
tians have been laboring under a thor
ough delusion respecting God’s Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power, and 1
that the Church hns been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength of this delusion. Jews and
heretics have been persecuted to death
as opponents to Christ’s Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtlessly repeated
the Lord’s prayer: "Thy Kingdom
come; Thy will be done on earth, as la
Heaven." We knew that the Redeemer
said that He would come again to
make us His Bride and joint-heirs; but
we Ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically
say. "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. It Is this false doctrine
that will constitute the "frog” spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armageddon.
The Bible presentation is that the
world is a section of the universe In
rebellion ngnlnst Divine authority, un
der the enptutney of Satan nnd his as
sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus hns already "tasted death for
every man." nnd the merit of thnt sac
rifice must. eventually, grant Adam and
his posterity n full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life.
All who thus seek the Divine progrum
and are walking in the light may know
something at least respecting the “times
and seasons.” These brethren "are
not in darkness, that that day [and
that battle of Armageddonl should
overtake” them “as a thief” — un
awares.
Armageddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
forces have been mustering for both
sides of the conflict Strikes, lockouts
and riots, great and small, have been
merely incidental skirmishes os the
belligerent parties crossed each other’s
paths. Court and Army scandals In
Europe, Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals In America, have shaken pub
lic confidence. Dynamite plots, charg
ed by turns on employees and on em
ployers, have further shaken confi
dence and tended to make each dis
trustful of the other. ' Bitter and angry
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be sure of it before you
render service.” whatever the motive feelings on both sides are more and
or object prompting them. j more man i fest T be lines of battle are
The same principles will apply in the daily becoming more distinctly marked,
coming Rattle of Armageddon. God’s Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
side of that battle will be the people’s be fought Other matters intervene,
side, and the very nondescript host, according to prophecy,
the people, will be pitted at tbe begin- Gentile times hate still two years to
riing of tbe battle. Anarchists, Social- run . The “Image of the Beast” of our
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•rue image must be Transformed from
a mere mechanism to a living force.
Protestant Federation realizes that Its
organization will still be futile unless
It receive vitallzntlon—unless Its clergy
directly or Indirectly shall be recog
nized' as possessed of apostolic ordina
tion and authority to teach. This tho
prophecy indicates'will come from the
two horned beast which, we believe,
symbolically represents the Ohurch of
England. High-handed activities of
Protestantism and Catholicism, operat
ing la conjunction for the suppression
of human liberties, await this vivifying
of the Image. This may come soon,
but Armageddon cannot precede It but
must follow—perhaps a yenr after It,
according to our view of the Prophecy.
Still another thing Intervenes: Al
though the Jews are gradually flowing
Into Palestine,, gradually obtaining con
trol of the land of Cannnu, nnd al
though reports say thnt alrendy nine
teen millionaires are there, neverthe
less*' prophecy requires an evidently
larger number of wealthy Hebrews to
be there before tbe Armageddon crisis
be’ reached Indeed we understand
thnt “Jacob’s trouble" In the Holy
Land will come at tho very close of
Armageddon. .Then Met stall’s King-.
'uom will begin "to be manlfesFe.'t.
Thenceforth Israel in the land of prom
ise will gradually rise from the ashes
of the past to the grandeur of proph
ecy. Through Its Divinely appointed
princes Messiah’s Kingdom, nil-power
ful but Invisible, will begin to roH
away the curse and to lift up mankind.
Expansive.
"Why don’t you marry Evelyn 7
Don’t you think yon could support
her?"
“Support her! Why. 1 couldn’t even
pay for her complexion.”—Satire.
Bear the best humbly and the worst
resignedly.—Homer.
A Catty Retort,
"My husband cousldered a very long
time before he proposed to me. He wag
very careful."
"Ah, It’s always those careful people
who get taken In."
He will never accomplish anythin?
who dreams of whnt he will do lusteac
of showing whnt he can do.
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