UAZZNG Prophaciar A are Wiw, rUlc f i t l a d before a w very JJ3W3b

S t i l S . mre maas- trig things Boon ~ $ 1 1 wmr in the wor ld !

But how aan we tell what will happen !TEXT?

HOW can we learn tho sxaat OQ?DE:? in whiuh coming events

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compiete synoysis of im* Fwtdlng event^, Flaoing eaah ni.. turn prophaeied w a n t in i t s pro- p*r tirne+ordar, air revclctled bj the atory-flcrdr of' ta Book of R e v - e l a t i a a .

in a ohart oan the many separate events propheslrd be properly 60-

ralated, a8 to time-sequenae.

Only by arranging Cham tsvente

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pie00 of a jig-raw pus- zlu; and i f TJV gat allt

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$411 mcur? Far instanoe, all Bible stu- dents h o w that the 38th and 39th o h q t o r s of rzekiel Xkrtell a g igant ia world W a - 8

yet future , i n whioh Soviet Russia,Csmth- er with aany a l l i e s , will be t h e aggreu- sor. Tcut PvI3?!3 will this world war ocgur?

MQ& Biblo students know, too, t h a t t h e 17th ahppter of Revelation t e l l s u8 the PnoLont Romnn %pire w i l l onco mOre 1x1 revived, tB3 time by a federation of' t@;i nationa-d-and 5.t will bc tho agressor in war. 3ut W ! ! N ? How soon? FeFore, or af-. ter , Rusala p r e o i p i t a t e a war?

qeaoea'' of RavelatTcG 11: acpenr?

8 6 i t ~ f 3 the Sooond Coming 01' Chris t . 9ut YfIEN-abefdre the Ereat T r i b u l R t i o n , to rkgure H i 8 "bridef' aut of' it, or at: the end of It and before tho t e r r i b l e "day 3 1 iA Lord," @r at t h end of t h a t ? Yill Hi8 ccming soour befsre the f i n a l ending of tha " T lmo~ of tb Gentiles," 3r a t t e r Gen- tilt? "Tlmee" have ended?

-- What 5.8 t h e time when the "two wi t -

The Bible, in sc3raa kl' : u x t ~ , prclph-.

Wo chnnot; maaLly understmd them pro- phaofea at allr. unlear

In mefsk propep W w - ardar.

the j ipeacw p w t b that bsaamo suoh 8 fad a p a , ago& eaah tea& oR a giv en sub3ec* 1~ lika a

ylu QiiR arrange i;hm

The Bible it ltb

tho variaw piooes ptoporly joinad *&pth')r, a Soautful pldturo, olear and perfsat, is fkv r c t a u l t . BuC, if Choy' @ro not j o h a d prop- orly together, #0 piatvrc i a a 1 3 h ~ r h d . i le i thar is it ow~plo to if ona OT two of tho t a x t s are Iof% out, We m a t haVQ EVERY piaoe thnt Pits i n t o tho piWure, and cvory 3no in its PROPER plaoe In relat ion t o the othoro

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r e a l ? What is its rubjeat, it;~ theme? Prig t o tho real rcwelation, had in aheptsr 6 narily t h e "DAY OF THl? LCFDll---tho time im we come t o tho very heartr of tha r w e l a c mediately p r i a r tci, and climaxing i n , the t i o n i t e e l f . Second Coming of Chris t .

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Uow notioe how aoaurately it oompares WCh t b i e i n mind, let ua esk, Did Je- w i t h J83118' propheoy OS t he 8ame events i n

sue ever before t a l l us In p l a i n languace what He here t e l l $ in symbcls? Yes! *ken !:is disoiples, cn ILout~t Ollvet, risked H i m , "Tell UE, when s h a l l these t h i n g 3 be? and what s h a l l be the c i g n of thy aoming, and o f t h e end of the world?" (Mat. 24:3), J e w s Rave a startline: pro- phooy, oovering i n general t h e EVETQTS t ha t Jeauo fore to ld i n greater d e t a i l in th4 Bock of Revalatim.

HOW TO READ THIS ARTTCLE

Surely here Is t he post import- And subjeot o f the present hour. But you will nct thoroughly un- dctrstqnd it w i t h a haaty read- i ng . Before prooeeding further, got your Bib la . Take time t o t u rn t o WEXY referenoe, Study every text quoted fro= your own Bible, It w i l l take moreltime, but you will bo rmarded.

A hrllor desaription of this compar- ison dl1 be found i n the February nuxbor of The PLAIN TRVTH. In t he present; a r t i c l e we mrt be brief, giving o n l y the eagen- tial qncpsi lr . Read each text from your Bible. Give it slow and o e r e a l study. Vuah nuw and important understanding may be obtained.

c'euur' Qlivet prophecy i s found i n

Notioe, in Mdqtthew 24, Jems said Hatthow 24, Mark 13, and Lukc 21.

these events would aocur r

lrt, mlse prophets, vebie 5,

2nd, Wars, (verse 6 ) # thru

tin& a t the age- end (verse 71, i n the rooent world mr---the flret ever t o Nt the dosoript ion, na- tion against na- tion, and king- ton a g a i n s t king- aon,

Srd, Paoliner (verse 7):

the Bge, oulmina-

4th, Peat l l -

Matthew 24:

is opened (Rev. 6:1), and a whi ts horse ap-

The first soal

poars---an imitation of J~ZJEUS a t Hie actu- a1 soood ooming, ao deacribed i n oh. 19:Il- 16. This symbolizes fa l se ohrists and pro- phetb, corresponding with the Piraf; w o n t in ?fatthew 24.

In the second seal, a red home appeare, symbolizing WAR, (ver-

The third real i e 808 3,4).

a black horse, symbollting FAMINE ( ~ o r & s - 5,G).

The fourth seal I s a pale horse, qm- bolizing PESTIIAXCE, ( v o r e ~ s 7,8),

The f l f t b seal dapiote one pharro of the TRISULATION, the martyrdom of 1aint8, (versos 9-11)

The a i x t h seal ehuws the sun and moon dark, and the stars falling from heaven, (verses 351,lS). And what then happens, correeponding t3 the Sign of tho Scn o f mail in Matthew 24:30? Notioe vorm 14: "And the honven departed au a uaroll wbon it La r o l l e d togathsr . . and the k$ne;s o f t h e earth . . . and ovary 'bondsmn ( e l a n )

IN MTTHEVD 24: IN ~ L A T I O I I 6t

1, Falee prophets , 1st Seal--False pcoph-

2. Wars, (v. 6,7) 2nd Seal--Wtw (Y, S,4] (varse 5) e t s , (v.1,2).

3. Fanines (v.7)

4. Peetllences,

6. Tribulatfon,

6, Heavenly Signs,

Followed by SIQN o f Son o f man,

b. 7)

(v. 21)

(v.29)

and-every freeman, hid thomaelves i n t h e dtne and in the rocka o f tho moun~ tains; and m i d t o the mountaine and rOPkO8 Fall O n U S , mnd hide UB f i o a the face o f Him that aitteth on Che throne, and from the mwth o f t he Lanb: f o r the OREAT DAY OF HIS HlRllTH IS C3UE," (vor808 14- 17) P

The Sfgn OP the Son o f man, then, is t h e heav- e n ~ dopartine as

enoeu (verse 7 ) . Than Jesus digreesed, t o a sart?ll. ieeoriba the seige of Jerusalem i n 70 A. D., the derr t ruot ion o f t h e Tomple, t h e Sispersion o f t h e J m e . L u p ' B voreion u&es t h i s c l ea r ; Notico, before a11 zhesa thingr , 'I (Luke 21: 1 2 ) - m ke then returts t o the end-time , fo re t c l l i nq ,

!jC.h, Great Tribulatlm (Mat. 24:21). 8th; sun and moon darkenod, and stare

falltng hvrm heaven (verse 2 9 ) , and at t h e sme time, or immediately a f t e r , t h e SIGN cf the Son o t a a n i n heaven. Th i s , f i n a l l y , is follawed % the Seoond Coming o f Christ!

i n Revelation,,

k e ~ r 2 and S Chris+'tr messages t o tho QGV-

en Churohob. Chapters 4 and 5 the prelude

Nvrr oompave wl th t h e symbolic s to ry

Chapfor Z is the introduotion. Chap-

N o w many have suppose4 thaC the text;

But this i s n o t a desortption o f juot quoted describes $he Second Coming o$ C h r i q t . Christ having oomo t o earth, an4 sit t ing 0th His Chroiier Study orrefilly the setting of' t h i s whole aocno, described in Rev. 4:2 and 5:l-7, 'xt 5,s Ood the Father o i t t i n g on the thronc. Jeeus STANDS before Him, and i n t he visl.3n cornos and takea the sealed hook out o f %he r igh t hand a f Che Father. It is t h i c viuion, IN HEAVEN, which the wioked lcck up i n t o tho sky, r o l l a d baok as a s o r o l i , and see--and are unable t o 3co wikhout crying out for the rock8 t o fall on thorn and kill thorn! Thlr i s n o t t h o actual coming o f Christ, but t h e SIGM, in hsaven, OF the naarnesr o f His coming:

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WARS---CulmrLnating in t h World War, (Mat, 26:6 ,7; Rev. 6r4)

FAMINES--TCulmir.atSpg in reoed faw ine in RUSBIR. (?!at. 24:7; Rev. 6:5,6)

PESTILENCES---Culmlnat$ng in Flu spi- domio. (Ma+, 24:'1; Rev. 6:8)

TRIBU??TION---Hat ion8 in dis trers . A time of wald-wide trouble such QS nevtf existed ainoa tho baqinning of the world, (Mat. 2 4 : ? 2 ; Rev. 6x9-11; Dan. 1Z:l; Luke 21:25,26; eta.)

KINGDOM CF QOD Established on earth. (Lulcs 21:31; 1$:28; Dan.2:34-38,M; 7:27)r

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m e r e We Stand Toda i n t h i s Chain ---_I_

of&*-. .- -- Now l e t u s pause t o check up with o-

ther S c r i r t i t r $ s , nn3 eeo whcra we sre to- d a y , ir. tk.3 crrder c f o v 3 r . t ~ .

praphrka t n w thta wb -,lc agc, but r e c m t l y t?v.ir n u iboi. and inflaence has m u l t i f l i e d .

Rge. 7'1x3 Y i t l Y no s i p o f t ho C n d - t i m , for, as MaC+hw 24:7 c q l a i n s , a t thc end time r,at!on would r i s e nna ins t natian, and ki:,gdcm a ~ a i n s t kingdom i n real world war, Tho world wxr of 1914-1318 was the f i r e b thht tt;t.liig fit t h i s d o s c r i p t i o n . So h e r e Y O kegid t o g e t dates f i t t3 t h e prophe- ci(53.

pestilenaea all along. cone muah i n t e n z i f i e d rocent ly . The most colossal famine t h o world over saw 30-

o ~ r r 3 d j u e t recoiitly i n Russia, when tan mlllions o f ~ e ~ p l o stnx-vcd t o deRth: The f l u cpidjcmic, t-it t h e t lw of t h e w x l d v??arl wnz tho worst pcstilonoe in hi.stoYy. It t ook almdst R S :"any 1ivos ae the m r itself , h r d i n a p e r i o d o f 3116 yonr!

i$.nni:g oT%orrows. K N G cf t h e TIME OF TROUBLE londin6 UF .to t h c cming o f Chrirrt! I n t h e mnrgfnnl rcsLdir,g of tho smo oxproecian i n !.lark Is:€', it i a expltxinod that t h e moaning o f tlie o r i g i n a l Grook is "the pains o f a wornar. i n travail ." So t h e wdrld war, t h o flc oyidm.ia, t he RueaiAn famine, were a8 bir th- pat.na---tho salomn warning that t ! i c w i s juet baroly time t J nnke h a s t y y*eparation. Are YOU heedin,: t h i o wurning?

mh3-e h v o bC-).rr f a l s e Christ? and

There have bean ,mrs a l l t h r u t!ie

Thore have been, t o o I famines and But thoy have bo-

fill t h e e , (Mat. 24:8), are t h e ba- That is, tho PEGIN-

The T R I B U L A T I V ~ E -. -L-c

Ncw n o oome t o t h e TRIBULATION. Na- t,Sce t h i s i s 'the ver;). n o d , ovunt i n ardor. Matthew desoribes it a8 "grcett t r i b u l n t i o n suoh as was not s i n c e the beg inn ing o f t h e world t c t h i s time." D a r i i s l bivos a very similar deacription: "and there n h a l l bo a tin; cf t r o u b l e such as novor was s h o o there was R n h t i o n , even t a that s m o time," and cont inuing t o e q l n i n t h a t dur- ing, ;r at tho ond a f t h i s timo, w i l l oc- cur the F e s u r r e o t i o n , simultaneoua w i t h t h e Sooond Coming c f C h r i a t . (Dan. lZ:lJ).

t i o n p a i n t s in a d d i t i o n a l details, and Luke'e aocount o f t h i s 8nmo Tribula-

f b 0 S t h o Trhm, O X a C t l y .

Notioe $,ub 21:24-27. After digress- ing, i n t h o 12th vcrtlc, t n prophesy what was to happan in 70 A . D . , ,108U8 oonaludos t h i s p a r t of tho prophooy i n t h o 24th verse. The Jenvs nt that tima :vor0 t o bo led may oaptivo i n t o ALL na t ions . This HAPPENED. And Jerusalm, Yo said, from t h a t t i m n , would bo t roddon d m n o f t h o Gentilse- --how long? the Gentiles bo P d f i l l o d . "

"UNTIL t ho Timos of

An3 thon what shall take placo as tho Times of t h e Gentil38 finally end? It is i n t h e noxt, o r 25th, verse: "There shall be 3iens i n the sun, and i n the moon, and in tho stars," ----and, whon t h i s occur0, what ~ $ 1 1 bo the Q o n d i t i o n upon tho earth? "and upcn t h o earcth, d i s t r c s ' s o f nation:, with perplexityj tho sea and t h e waves roaring; man' IB- hoses f a i l i n g thorn for

roar , and for looking a f t o r thoao thiwge whioh arc ooming upon t ho sapth." (vdi's08 2 5 , Z S ) .

Tho Proaont D o p y e s i o n ?a, -- scribed . -

Now horo i s an oraot dosor ip t ion of tho prosont world-wido dcprcssion, Ncvor boforo havo a l l t h e n a t i o n s boon In d i s - t m 8 s D with paruloxity. Governmcnta fire overthrown, tho f inancia l structuros o f ovory nation havo ccllapsod, busincas and industry i a Faralyzcd, mon orb out o f om- ploymonk, avcryano f a pcrploxod, and thc atntosmm a d bunincss l o a d e r s do not knm what t o do. It is tnily a t h o of trouble suoh 88 nover waa sinco thcro was a n a t i o n .

It l s v i t a l t o bear i n mind that this t o x t i n Luh oorrcsponde t o Matthm 24:21, whoro t h o T r i b u l a t i o n i s dosoribod, rht thow and Luke a r c both roportlng the aamo pro- FhCOy u t t o r c d by Josue. So this E t h o TRIBULATION, '70 have boon I N t h o Tribula- t i o n einoo 1929 i n tho Unitod States, and ainao 1928 i n Europo.

Thoro arc hvo or throo pointa whloh, at this junuture, it i s v i t a l that w10) no- tico.

Mat, 24:29 eays tho b u n and m3n w i l l , nat bo dark and tho s t a r s fall, u n t i l -- AFTEX tho Tribr;lati~n---Fmmodiatoly aftcr. I n o t h o r w w d s , thoso hoavonly sig;n)la oomo nt t h o v o r y END o f thq Tribulnt ion--- that l q , t h o y END it. mkos plain, at tho timo o f t h o hdsrvonly *igna, tho oarth i s i n tho grip D f t h o Ti-ibulat ian. Therefore, t h e present world- w i d e Orouble vd.11 amtinue until the time

t e l l s u8 tha t w i l l bo at the f i n a l ending ~f the Times o f t h e (2ent;iles.

tiles end? disouased and explained i n the March numr ber of The PLATIS TRU"H. merely t h e i'ollmdng br ie f aumary:

God warned the ohildran a$' Israel that if they disabeyed Him they would go i n t o rmtionaf. puniahment for a duration ca l l ed "seven t5.me8," (Lev, 26:18,21,24, 28) "Seven tima" is actually 2520 years, Nrst Israel sinned so persistently they rnrr driven into Aasyrian bondage. t a k e r J u d R h , t o o , war^ %&on captive t o Babylon, When they were driven Jut of t h e i r own land, Gad gave i t overerrand the wcrld dominahoe %ha* He had promised Tbroel, bad they obeyed H;trn---to the Gentiles. Thus the Times of the Gentile8 oorrespolld with t h e 'Pimas of cTudah'a national punlahrzent,

and they are tc?perln(: out the 8 m c way. They began tc taper in vhen King W~?nio!rad- nnezar of Babylon m d e h i s f irat e b g a c m Jonisnlem, 601 S,C. A t the t h e o f t k i a first aieg3 tllfs Gontfle king d l d not d r j VJ out t h o tTmn. Consequent ly when, 2620 years later, o r 1917 h.D,, Gentile T i m z s began t o tnper out , .Jemsa1en, was cnpturcd. end t h e Cows havo einae bean re- turni! ig , b s t the l ienti lon wore not dri-J- en v:t. Ftrt 19 y e w s eft;cr t h e first eiego, or 595 B.C., Nsbtxehartnezzsr made his f'kA8.l s i e g e , d i v a c ~ ; t n7.l tho Jrjwa, tcok eon- p l e ~ F 3 S S d 8 8 b t 1 J f the land, and the Tlrea of t h e Gentileti oame fu'Lly in, And 8520

Sa, as Luko's v o r a i c n

o f t h e heavenly 816n8~ and Luke' S k&

But when Will the Times of the Oezw This eubjecrt wa8 thoroughly

we give here

Thare "Timer" Caperod in grndmlly,

p n r a later, or 1936 A,D,, the Times of Q.Q G o n t i l e z will ha7e oon!~'.attti:; EY!ED. .b neaiqzy B Y we can oa1oii:trce frm :he dates of anoient history, t h e }.ear 1336 will eee t h e 3ND of t h e Tir.103 o f the Gun- t i le6 , Those "Tinwa" hatre no t been ocm- p l e t e l y f h l f i l l e d u n t i l t h t t t year .

The Ter r ib le "DAY OF THE Jflc7nD''

bo turmd i n t o darlcneasc and the mon into b lc Jd, BE-FPE t h e great' and terrible day o f +:lo Lord comIr ' (Joel 2:31),

1.cd for Groat PyrRmld atuden-bs, a point i n t h j e aonneotion will be of infer- e a t . The presmt depression, or tribtlation, ia t!ierg s -pbol i tod as oeoupy'Lng the en- tire low gucoage oontiniiing from May 29, 1929, whon the kribdat lon struck E!t\ropo, until. Septmbcr, 19%, This uymbolism I s

These propheoiels above oonsidered, nslt the b m e nu that which imopbsentad Ithe than, indloatc t h a t we may expeot );he prea- WAR t r au la t ion of 191*i-l918* And slrzm en* worldw3.de depresblon, time of crquble no part of %hie laat f ina i pateage s-pn?)+ and f e w o f war t:, COKTTNUY timil the p a r l i z o s War, but; oontirrioa t h e aama q~, loo- 1936! Thie i n s p i t e cf t l r o NRA or any man- lXm a8 at t h e boginning, it would indioate davlsed remedies fo r t h e pre5;er-t t!*orJbleL a omt inua t ion o f this prosent worLd oon-

ditian until Cbe fall OF 1936! we m y expeot to aee t h e henvsnly eigna of the sun ~ n d moon bocodng dark, *he of ovonte: 1, falao prophets, 2, war stare fallf.ng---and t h e hetivenr: r o l l i n g oulminating in tho wor'ld-vyar of 1914-W.8, tack aa a ec ru l l , showing t h e S I G N o f t he 3, fmine9 oulmlnating i n t he hicsian coming of t h e Son o f man IN HEAWN. fornine, 4, p e a t i l e n o e s culminating i n tho

f l u epldemio, 5, tho presont world-chlaa have oocurred. Brrt; the signe po in ted t o Tribulation, t o be followod, by o r quiok- ooourred only i n one smal l N e w England ly after, 1936, by t h o heavenly aigns, neighborhood, ''%en t h i p Fropheoy is NC whiohnshali bo follawed by t h e "Day of $ho f i l l e d , It will bo GEh%;RiiL, and th'e whole Lord. earth will know: Moi-eovcr, thoea a i p a FOUOY! t h e depraasim, o r TribclatlJn, which FQILVUED world war and the greateart ;f hminae nnd p e s t i l e n a e s , So we knmv Ts tho thw-rnquonooe f i x a d by thane those terrible fiigns a r e i n t h e vary im- nediata future, THE3 ARE IIOV THT;: NJiX'i' grous oxaotly, P3OPHESTED WENT TO I = O E ! Tho Trjbulatlon i e e p b a l i r o d t y tho

And---TIEN YHAT? 5th 3czt1. Thon rcllowe the haavenly nigns l lot ioe the proolamation that goes UF u n b r tho 6 t h Sonl. and at that time it

aqnounoing t 4 a next event, asr the nations, is announcad *het tho Day o f tho Lord i s am-akrunk, shrieking, soeking death, be- C c m e (Rev, 6:17), hold the haavenly glory of t h e SIGN o f tho Tho ardsr i s ths same, f r i k l a t i o n , Son of man--"the GRh3AT DAY OF His Sn?ATH h0Wmd.y S l g W a b y o f t h o h r d ~ IS COME"' (Rev. 6 : 1 7 ) . W bofora *ha pJaguos and $adgncnta

3f the Day O f t h e h r d bsel.n, mothor avs& t he Lard, --&he time of God's itltorvsn- muat WSOklY Q O c w - we Oome W I in o u r t i o n , and divlne judgnlcnta, o r PWLGUX'S to ?cvalnticrn 3t0v-f lcrW, to t;ho Irt;h okaptor, br ing t h e nations t o a knowledge of the C~nd t h o firat 3 V0;rrcfl shat flrcat tho t'irftt t m e God. This "Day of t h e Lord'' i S t h o PlagUoe undor t h s Day of tho b r d " aro primary theme of t h e e n t i r e BPok o f Pev- hold baok until *he aOal% of the 144,000- e1atf.cn (oh, l:lO)* V h are tho 1M,OOO? Vmao 4 t o l l s

US thay a1-0 Of tb 1 2 literal bribe3 Of ''D.4Y Qp Tm mur' and t h e T r i b u l a t i o n are ' I 6 Z Y i C l . ThOy W noalod bl trh0ir fWobOttd60 cne a d t h e ~ m d thing. ~ut- they are no t . The Holy Spfri'k do08 fllo soalj.ng, btrt: trh& ?he praaent T r i h u l a t i o n i s t h o r e s u l t is t h o seal? mln's 3wn folly. Ho hati brought t h i s trdu- uro again mn%ionod, t h i a tima soalod, b l e upon 'himself, t h r u lndepondonao of Tho 8 0 8 ~ 1 wrikten In thoir forahoatla is "fla Gcd, and g O h a oontrary to God's l a w a r FATFEII'S NAME,'' Thc Chtroh should ham boctn

But t h e Day of t h e Lord" i a t h e day kup t in thr 17ATif!!q'8 NA.?ufE a l l along (John cf God'a VWTH aga ins t the sins of earth, 17:l.l.) inatofid af' foll.ovfing a babol of man- It i e a time o f Divine judgment, i n t o r - made nmQ6. Tarenoe, plagues---a t h e of t e r r i b l e After tho b 4 4 , W l l toraf , Xaraoli?29s traubLe. See Joel 1:15 and 2:1,2; Paa, wo coaled, a:! "the f i r s t f i u i t s , ' (Rev, 14; 115:6,9-12; Zoph. 1:14-17; Je r , 4Ei:lO, eta, 4) mothor 1wsnora.blo multiCude apparenb

It vauld not Beom rearconnblo that ly WQ aaaI.08, o f a11 na t ions (Rw, 7:9-1,7), trcd wculd inCorfaro w i t h the Gentile Ha- 3ofm-Q Gad o i o i t e judgmants (\lpcn any POOPSO; t i o n e during t h o I ' t Imes ' He ha6 a l l o t t e d 30 aiwctg8 @.708 them warning, that the- mn %lid given over t o thon . Therefcre we should not expeot t h e "Day of the I ~ r d " choptor, t h o 14tI\, vergss 6-12, QU find do- f;C beG3.n until thb Times of t h e Gentiles scribed thrrto warninc mesagoo t o go W i t h oomlotely and, i n 1936, But will. So r ip - n DUD VOICE, wapning people +,hat tho hour t i r e behr out this roasoning? of' Godl8 34dgmen.t;li I s a t band, and how t o

Notioe agtlin h k o 21:24,25, Jen iea lom 8soaPe the Plagues of H i e Wrath, A P p W n t . she11 ba trodden down of Gentiles until ly *his innumerable osmpmy, vrho hnvo boon the $?ID of %hair "timos." T1EI.T nhall i n and oame t l x u t h o Trlbuiat ion, (Xotr, 7 : 6% am md moon be dark and t h e rjCurs 14j, are thove who havo haodad the mrotng. f'all--n.tr or quiokly a f t o r 1936. A r t s r t h i s sesliry=, fallsns quiakly

DU-k .this f a immedintely AFT= the t h o beginning of God'a jSfdgmsntr--)Iia WPath 'ICrl.bu1atban (Mat. 2 4 : 29) . Ar.d it i.8 a l e 0 ---the "DAY OF THE WRD R%T?ti Cha baginning oi' t h e "Day of the Sumo, f d l i n g to notioc tho aont;i~ntoa~

And a t , o r quickly af%er tha.1: t b e , 60 we have, so for, this the-order

Scum sey t h e heavenly s lgns already

- ?he ---- RwolateLon Story-Flow A&r=n-

pmplioaies, tih4 :lavoJ.aflon 8 b v - f l W a-

"ThenDay of 'xi# Tm~m'' t h e ''nay of

blany have oarelesaly aa~umed that the

Nctioo RW. 14:1, there thoy

secapo if t h o y w i l l hsod, In @n ' 'heat c y

brd"-fOr Joel t o l l s US "the s t o ~ - f ~ W Q f time~eoquJn00 Ill tho BOdC @f

Fago 6. T h e ' P L A I N T R U T B ' - Juaecc'uly, 1054

Revelation, and neglec t ing yroper1.y t o Obaervs i n w h i t manner t h e Roman Fin- conneot theae propheoies, tcaoh t h a t the pire i s apolcen of in oming baok tc lire. "Trumpet" plaguea whioh rim follow are i n It i s i n ROV. 17:8. "The boast whioh thou t he pas t . But we be l i eve t h i s study 2f ~ 8 ~ 0 8 0 w89, and is not; "?f. ahall asoend all t h e s e Sor ip tures mdies it se l f -ev ident OUT OF B(JTTOhfUSS PIT. The virtually they a r e i n tho immedinte FUTURE. a s t i n o t , nowexistant o o n d i t i m of that

Notioe Rev. 7:l. I t i a AFTER the hsav- moe great & D i r e i s spokon of n8 "the enly signs, whioh Luke 21!24,2S pltwes a t the end o f t h e T L m s o f t h e Gent i lee , t h a t these plagues nre held back while the 144- OOO are eealed. So t h e i r seal ing, tce, is i n the immediate M u r e .

Notioe n m ohapter 8. In vereo 1 the seventh Seal i a opened

---and what La t he seventh Seal? Versa 2

t u t e , the Seventh Seal. The first fnu r "Trumpbt" plaguae lmrt

the ea r th , the sea, the trees, t h e r ivere . (Verarea 7-12) .

Then follm t h e three WOES, Prtrioh are the last t h r e e "Trumpet" ~ 1 ~ g u e a .

-- f i e Roman b p i r e Revived

The fd,fth "Trumpet" plague is THE FIRST RIf. (Rev. 8:13, and 9:1,12).

Hctiae chapter 9, verees 1 and 2. The "bottomless p i t " i s opened. e r foroe, Prhioh brings the t roub le ctf t h i s woe emerges Yrcnn the "bottomless pi t ."

desoribed in the 1st 11 voreea o f chRpter 9 .

amks o f a great furnaoe whioh 8eem t o beleb forth oat af this "bottomless pit."

#or !khe8e, f>f' ocurse, are aymbole. rtuf the80 8pbOli.U " 3 o ~ u ~ t ~ " represent very REAL THINGS.

have power t o "hurt t h e grass of t h e earth" --that i s , decrtrby vegetntim---but they are prevented from doing so. They a r e per- mitted to hurt only people, and only those who have not the e e a l 3 f I)od i n their forehaads

The power,

What dosa this ' h e r t signif'y? It i e

I n tclrue 5, ' loouatsn acme o u t of t he

Aooording to verse 4, they apparently

b a t t o d o 8 8 pi t ." The revival of the anoient Raman Em-

p i re is M t M d O l i r i i ' 8 whole rim and dream. This he ha8 publicly announoed many t h e . Alroady throe o f these n a t i o n a a t s virtu- ally in his powor, hlid hvo 3thors about t o booow I Q . In t h o paat t h i r t y day8 blusao- 3 h i hag boon firing t h e m n of Ttalty with Fatriatlam and awi!hur~asrn fcr VMR. He ha8 publioly stated that he w i l l "make our air foroo so stron& end m o r o u s t h a t i t s roarin(l;-mofars will drown a l l 3 th3r sound88 fts shadms hide the sun ovor I t a l i a n s d . l . l l (Spoaoh of May 26, 1927). So this prophooy i r boing f u l f 5 l l e d bofhro mr very c p s .

If the f irs t WOE Flaglo i a and t h e loouats aro airplanes, t h o n it asrrr% symbolize tho ro-rival o f t h e Roman Empire "aut of t h o b J t t d o e a p i t , " Qthonrisor t h o time-crder cr' t h i s ooming w a r is no- whore given Ln the ~tbry- f low of Ritvfbiation.

shortly artor tha p a r 19S6!

betweon 1936 and 1940"

h d notho , t h i l ! Flat308 t h i s W8F It8

in v e r ~ e 7 . Their shapo i n l i k e harses p e p w e d & bat t le . On their heads are c m 8 l i k e gold, There tw.mx! t o be men's h o e s i n them, They have breastplatas (v. a), of iron, They have wings, whioh make R sound l i k e many horse-drnwn ohar io t s running ntll speed.

Apparently t h e m "looust8" symbolieo AIRPLANES, -0- a vast army o f war planes. AirPlaneR n m have breas tp l a t a s of i ron . Their heads appear t o have crowns like gcld . h n ' a faaee are in then. And a squad- rcn of a i rp l anes f l y i n g i n fcrmation mako 4 noise eraotly like m m y nnoiont-typo oheriots Nmbling over t h c grmnd!

knd t h e i r "sting" is i n t h e i r t a i l s . The bclcbs and gassea a r e drcppod nnd aprayod frcm the " t a l l a " of t h e planes.

So thie "wOE" appears t o eymbolico a ocming WAR---but whioh war? Wo know t h a t 31wwhero, Sufipture praphesioa two groa t ;:tili+,ary pmera Co ariae i n the last days - - -me the rmLva1 of t h e Koman "piro by u federation of h r ) natione i n t he terri- S o r q of the w%ehtj Raman Empire; t ho ;ther "3og", QP Rwraia, with her a l l i e s ,

? lo the verse 10. tho^ have t a i l s ,

-

Notioe t h e d e s o r i ~ t i 5 n a f t h e R I ~ o u b t s ' t f i r o . Thoir pnmr is in t'wir " m U t h " and i n t h c i r "tails," (VOI 19) The bomb8 and gassos issue from t h e i r "tails,"

phasled is t h a t of !?ussin and a l l i o s against Israolr This i a dosoribod in Erokiol 38 and 39.

i s a na t ion of h r m s n . This is true, Russia ha8 m o m horsoa than any other IU- t i on . Hor my has tha mrld's graatost oavalry. Now 'Gog'a" aZlios are Pars.S;a, E t h b p i a w h i o h i a Abygsinis, L t b p .JmQoh is Tripol i , Gomor lrhieh I s Oarman;)r, md many 7 tha r s probably LmlUdhg Twksy, porsibly China or japan, Tho land of t b a o all ioa o i ro loa a r m d t ho r i V 0 Y krphratos. )lotbO vorsoa 14 and 25 of Revc 9 . Thie 'W(LI? La finally "loo80dtt from t h o torritorrj of tha Rivcr Euphratoa!

$0 this socond WOE appoarr CO bo u.1~ brought ozi by Ruasia and alliee. Otholwire no provision 5.8 mado for thls mr in tho t h o - o r d o r of aoonts rovaalod in E o v ~ l s ~ b ? t ~

Comparo, al60, with Jool 221=11r The "Day of tho Lord" is Doming, vets0 1. A dry (vorso 21, of t roub lo Md darbro8sr whan t h o groatost armios .bho world ww t=*l$

Tho only athor gr3at ooming WAR pro-

N o t h o BtOk. 58:15. "cog", Or RUI I I iR ,

plunge the world i n t a war. A ' ' f ire dmoup pre ta t ion of 0th baf-a them" ( v . 3 ) . This is tho "fii-e, ing" tho more logical in Chia oase. smoke, and brimstone,'' vhioh issued "out o f t h e i r mouths, I' (Rev. 9 : 17) Study both or "1260 daya", it i a "tho BEAST THAT t ex t s . Compare crzrefully. This airplane A S C E ~ ~ E D OUT OF TI3 BOTTOMLESS PIT" whioh army oomea uFon a Froeperous land, and kills thorn, Sinaa %his 3.0 tho re-establish- leaves it a desolate wilderness. The I'ap mont, p t future, o f tho Roman mire, pearanae of them l a 8 8 the appearanoe of whioh doos not take platce until tho t l m o horeee.'' (v.4). Compare with Rev. 9:16,17, p i t he f l r p TOE, it appoars that thoao Then notice verse 5. "Like tho naiaa o f lwitnossos aro t w o l i t o r a l me!%# net tha ohariats p_n_ the toy? _sf c n n t a i n s sh411 Old and t h o MOW Tostamonts o f tho Bible, they=. Again the pic ture i a airplanee, a8 aomo bol2ove. agreeing perfeotly with the deeoription of the soosnd WCE 5n Revelation. aad thuy'ham been killod and rmurrbctod,

Joel appapently i s desariblng t h i g it #a 8 i n 0er80 14 "the ssaond m e Is 8ame WAR---Gog and alli.es, or Ruesia, R= pmt? So tho t h of t h o ENDING of their gainsti Orsat Britain and t h e United States. 12m days" prophoaying 5,s tho ti- of But where does J c e l aet the T1.W of Chi8 t h e seoond woo, or the war I n whiah Rad war? Iw t h e "DPY OF THE LORD." (Joel 2: Ruesia ell bo tho aggre8sor. 1,2). It i a AFTER tho heanenly signs ( Joe l marofom it aooma that the R S O ~ log- 2:31). Therefore it is AM'XR the Tribula- ioa l Idon-bifiaation of t he Two Witnossos tion, or present world-depression (Slat is tho ono ganorally mcQpted---kaeo and 24:29), And Chis agrves perfec t ly d t h t h e Elijah. Thay do tho work8 of k n e e and time-seqwnoe o f the Revelation &ory-flow, Elijah. Malaohi s a p ((4:s) E l i j f f h shall

corn BEFURE tho 'Day of the Lord,

yeara f o r thoir "prophap

Znd, at the END of thoir teetimny,

3rd, aftor thair testimony i a ended,

and Notioe these iden t i aa l points of sim- i larity in Jcel 2, Ezekiel 38, and Rev. 9 ---the horsoman, t h e airplanee, $he larg- t a t army i n history. i a now t h e largest t he world ever knew i n peaoe timtt. I n the coming wRr every For- son W i l l be B. par t io ipant i n one way o r another---and t h e population of' Rusein and the al l ies mentioned i n Eeek, 38 is ap- proximately 200 8 OOO 8 000 . Chat t he war t o be prec ip i t a t ed by Ruaeia w i l l not Q O W unt i l a f t e r 1956, arad fo l - lowing the revival of Che Roman %pire, It is wholly poeaible, hmever, that in the meantime t h i s WBT might be prebared fo r by a war between Huesia and Japan.

BOTH these wars---tho one brought on by Rome, and the OM by Russin---apparantly w i l l CONTINUE from t ' le t h e they begin un- til the SECOND C O I I N G OF CTIRIST, aa thoy CLIMAX i n the Battle of Armageddon, whioh w i l l be a t tho axaat time of His ooming!

The Ruasian Red Army

30 them Soriptures indicate, then,

And it ahauld be caroPully noted tha t

%a next event i n order i n the main ate-thread o f !?evelation is t h e miasion of the " two nitneseos" o f the ll+h chapter.

Who are, or wLll be, these witnesses?

Choy probably will BEXIIN t h e i r aainlrtry boforo the "Day o t the Lord" o c m m ~ 1 0 8 . It waa %8as and E l i j a h who appeared w%th Christ i n the Tranrfiguration on tho Mount. (laat. 17: 1 - 8 ) In a aonse, John %ha Bap- t i e t wx+a Elljah f u l f i l l i n g t h e prophoey o f Mal, 4:s. John IAfj Bapti8t wab NOT Ell- 3ah# a8 ha plainly mid, yo% ho oamd in tbo povpsr and a p f r i t of Elijsh, 8nd in that son80 he wau Elijah. Comparo John 1: 22, Mat. llt14, snd tho oxpl2lamtion h Luko 1:17* So it is lfkolg fhs tm witnoel- ou will bo tm mcm who will oom in tha

Enoah. p m r and. 6 p i f i t of ElIjah and b 8 ( r 6 p OF

TJhz INSET Chapters

wO%b follm throe ahaptors *f6h h8Oe no boaring on thu o&imws storycflou of t he Book of' Revolatisn,

Chaptor 12, describing tho tno h n - dors" i n howon, ohaptar 13 derorib$ngtho t w o "boaeta", and ohaatot. 14, again piat- w i n g t h e 144,000 and dbsoribing tho three anrning mocssagcs t o the world, a m X#SETS, ir,:ootod i n t a tho main story-flow for fha purposo of making neoorsary, oxplanationa of things not d i r o o t l y ooncornod wi+h tho fimo- ordor af oponta.

Several points about them may be brief-

Ist, they "prophosy" or preaah a final

Tho continuous ohain of e v ~ n t e Is ly noted,

warnlng t o tho world during "1260 days," (Verse s). ~ o e s thie mean R literal 3260 days, o r yeara, or doer eaoh day cyme bol ice a year, meaning aotually 1260 years? tho 11th chaptor to idQnt%fy W b 7th !h"WP The key t o t h e question is t h i s : A day i n prophecy representa a yoer ins f'ulf%llmon-t DURTNG the 'times" of Iaraol's punishment. WgOl 8OUndOde I ' h K t 18 thi@ nr>ey 1% 5.S W t The "day Par a yoar" i n t e rp re t a t ion i a ta - ken i r o n Ezok. 4:4-6, and N m , 14:34. st;u- dy thorn, In eaoh oaao tho "dajr for a yoar" involves f t ~ a e i ' I PuNIsmrm only, After the 2520 pars of punishment has e y e d , when wu o m t o the thousnnd years re ign with Christ we all aooapt it as a literal thousand yoars. We do not multiply it by 380. Nm theso two "witnesses" END the$; "1260 days" prophosying AFTER tho "tinme of Israol's and Judah's punishment htlvo ended. Therefore we t h ink a l i t c r t i l intor- plaguorr; for

piokod up again in tho 15th ohsptor.

mat I s ZhJ ,Third Woe?

Warr far- tho mmont 10% u@ ga back t o

Notioo verso 14, cud IS. Tha atwairbh

tho great vaioo8 in hoavon announail'lg at9 tiatu ha8 oomo fo r Christ tO mlo. That La good nW8, * WQO Or P l a W ,

B u t wo find it in vBreo 18. "Tha M;; t i an8 WOl?O angry, and 'sffymm k This is tho only thing mantionod th*t could dosoribs t h e W08. 1% i 8 GOD'S WRhTH.

ohaptora, wo find GOD'S VRATR dasodbeb &n Rove 16:l THXS 28 tho 7Ch '?-&" ee 3rd Woe: " B O Y m arrgsls hrdag tha 8Qpon %rut

of P l k W , or Srd wW3-

An&, s k i p p h g I M ~ the thrce in@&

thwl $I filled Up

June-July, 19% T h o P L A I N T ' R ' 7 J T H -. pw9 8

OF mn. 130 sovonth Trumpct, 3r t h i r d Woe,

then, Is t h o sevon LAST plapcts. J u s t as tho 7th Soal vms sub-dividcd i n t o tho 7 'humpots, so nav t hc 7th Trumpct is sub- divided i n t o 7 pav-ta, o r t h e 7 Lnst 1'1a,yua~

ln detai l , and synbolicnlly, OF oourso, i n tho 16th a h a p t o r 2f' Xrvo3.ation. Qut whi lo aymbols aro usod, rommbor t h o y ropraaant vory real, l i t o r a l th inge t o happen!

theso laat plaguos w i l l bo from auah ax- praseion8 as "rnon vroro scorohod vrith groat hoa.tr,' and 'Ithoy gnavrcd t h o i r t o n p e a for pain, and blaspliamod t h o God of huavon bo- oau~e cf th35.r pains and t h o i r goros, and rcporvtod _NO of thuir d 3 o d ~ ,

Tboso who rof'ueo t3 ropon t NCWYI--to rcapond t o Cfad's loving appoal---or t o heed t h e warning o f thoso who nre fa i th- ml ly aoundlng it--nrc 8 0 hnrdonod that thoy roPJsc to r o p c n t tiion. Tho door of moroy is s t i l l opm to thcm, ovcn during theso last plaguos. Thoro is still t h t c ropcnt--but mon will not! a i r t h u timc t o rcrpcnt and get r i g h t with Go.?.

Thoso t o r r i b l c plngucs aro tloscriSad

Wo ontch a glimpse o f Iiov t c r r i b l o

Apparently, a6 s t a t o d abovo, tho two mr plaguoa avorlap into tho sovcn last plaguos, for at tho ond af t h e s ixth o f thoso last plagucs, tho arnica of thoso nations a m gathord t o g c t h u r into a plaao aalled ARMA[)EDM)N, (Rc-;, 16: 16).

Armagaddon, as t h o arkjclc i n tho May numbor oacp1ahccd, n o m e "Mogiddo f o r t i - f ied." Magiddo i a 7Q milca n o r t h o a s t of Jorusalom. Groat 6r i tc in ha6 913t rcaantly aomplctod f e r t i e i n g it! It has now booonto WGEDWN.

ohaptor. Sotwocn t h v 6 t h and 7th of thoao laet plaguos thc m r n i n g $ a m c c moro soundod, "EEII@LD, I CilMJ3 AS & LHX." Thaae who oxpcat .Toeus t o c3mo SECRETLY and snntoh avmy His ''brido', tho ohurah, and t a k o thoso inoludod o f f t o hoavan so that # h a l l oeoapa t h e Tribulation, Will have A hard t i m : , oxplnfning this rvarnirip --given long aftor tho T r i b u l a t i o n has ended, and w i t h only one moro plaguo in tho %ay of tho Lord t o f a l l m 7 ! A t t h i d l a t o hour, Christ has not YET como "LLB a thicf." Tho msvior 18 t h a t t h o "thicf" i l l u s t r a t i o n is usod to show t h o unoortuir+ ty of the IKlm\, or timo, of I I i s o o d n g , not to pioturo tlia V.AN"'ER of His appear- ing.

d o s of tho Cont i lo nat5orr.3 are gnthorad boforo Jorusnlom for this f i n a l batt..le, tho seventh and l a s t ploguc falls. Ilatioo vor io 17 (Rw. 16). This nppoars t o be at tho prodso t h o o f tho Socond Coming of Christ, 'Phorc is t h e most r"L'@y oarth- quako in all history ( v c r m 18), probably t h e rcsurraatian. Tho plaguo i t s c l f i s daeoribed $.n vorw 21, groat h a i l a t o m s .

the 17th and mh, doaling with Babylon tho Great,

in tho 1 B h ahnptor. mim 02;tmalC o f tho wholo Rwolntion, tho

Tho stago a l r o a d y I s sot! Notiao also vorso IS of t h i s 16th

Sce Luko 12:3940, and Rev. 3:3 . 3uw at t h o procias t h o t h a t tho arl

Then follow two mOro " i n s o t " chaptors,

And we piek up tho a tary- f low again Now wo aomo to tho

SXOND COMING OF CHRISTI (P, 11-16),

The SICCORD COMXNO ...-* - --

A t th ir m m n t tho d o 8 of all M- t i o n s a r o gathorod agaimt Jorusalom t o

i. battle, (Zoch. 14:1,2,), j u s t QE doaoribed botvroon tho 6th and 7th plnguos (Rov. 16: L4,16), And h a r o wo find tho "boast" (Rov. 19:19), who o m up out o f tho tott;amlors pit in tho rirst WOO, and tho othor armioa of uarth, ready to make vrax againat Chrtet Hirnfjoli BB Ho coma!

A t *his momont Christ aorn~a (Zooh,l4: 9), and His f a a t S t a n d o m o mOro upon tho Mount of' Olivos (Zooh, 14:4; Job 19:26). And tho "Bewt" is takon, ( Rav, 19 : 20) , and with him t h o "falso prophot"---that groat world rol$.g5ous loador who has M allianoo with tho "Roast", o r rotrivod Ro- m a n Ibpiro,---md thcso t r m mcn aro oast alivc i n t o tho lake of fire, This i s tho firm1 h o l l fire, whr? all othor untopent- ant sfnnora shn11 bo oa& a t t h o ond of tho thourrand -a' reign with Christ, (Rw. 20: 14)

s o l d i o r s i n thoso armios gathorod boforo :aruaalom i n thc Battle of Annagaddon, t o f i g h t against Cirrtrt? oon~crmo away whilo thoy stand an thoir feot; t h c i r ayos w i l l oonsumo away in thoir holea) and thoir tonguos will oon- sumo away in thoSr moutha. (Zooh. 14:52),

At tho +inm of this Battlo, the Jew8 m a t havo roturnod t o Joruealom (Zooha 14.t 14) . Idora Jowu h a w a l roady rwturnod thorn khan roturnod t o f W P l l the prophooiar of the robuilding o r tho Tormpla in thd days o r Tzra and WohClmLah, 30 im my again, the stago i a b o w t o t !

And now what, of tho fato of thoso

Thoir f lerh w i l l

Tho Y o x t we aomo t o thc 20th ohaptar of

Rovolation, and tho n o d ovonb i s the "ahaining" of tho D o t r l l for a poriod o f 1 , ~ yoars (vorma LS),

Tho Rosurrootion of tho snvod doad ha8 oouutrod at tho very inrsCant o f Cbrlat'a approaoh t o earth in tho aloud80 (1 T h a ~ 4: 1 6 ~ 7 ) . Tho l i v h g saints are oaught q with them t o moot tho dosoondfng Chrf8f: In tfra air. A l l tho hely ang:ols shall ham O I ~ rrith Him A.om hoavun (Mut, 2b:Sl). Tho80 form t h o a d a a mhiah wuro in h o k e on and follmr H h t o t h o aarth, (Rov. 19: 14). Thon, d t h a l l tho ~cd-nts, both re#- suroatod and fronalatod, who have boon oaugM up-~not; to hcavon, but into tho CcOUnS of %h$6 aarth'o QtItWphbrv3---tO M T Him a8 Ib b m a , Josus doaeands bn dorm to oarth, upon tho mount o f Oliver. A n d thus, ns No dosoonds upon ?)t. C l i t t o C 3noc msro, a l l tho saints taro with BlsJ, (I ma6 3:13; Judo 14).

Verso 6 of ahaphor 20 &cplains that thoso who two roEurrootod in Chib first r o 8 ~ l r ~ O t i U Z l 8hRll t lOt SUf'fOF tho ' 8 0 O Q d

doath"---f;hat is, thoy s h a l l NEVER DIE, for t h a y a m now IWORTAL. But, (v.S), t h o r u s t of the doad---tho uniaved d d - a r o not r e s u r r o o t o d u n t i l tho EI!D of the thousand paEwhioh bogins at t h h t h o a

Thoso ppho havo boon T Q E W r O O t O d o r translatod i n t o immorttal 8 p i r i t bodiar (I: Cor. 15:3544),' shall bo PRIESTS and KI!JoS, and shall reign *Ch Chd& f o r

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t h iu pcriod of one thousand yoar.s---c~.lled the Ydllanniwn. C h r i s t Himself v r l l l ho King af kings. Sane 02 thc s a i n t s i73.11 13," KI3GS---that is. having political offrcc ---rind, w c t h Him, rule t h e nritiona wikh LL rod of i ron . Some will be PRIESTS--that i s , having t h e oi'flce of m i n i d e r s t.0

Leach t h e nations the TRUTH. They reign far n d e f i n i t a period---l,OOO 4:6). Thoy r o i g n ON THE E m l R e v . 5:10). who h a w never heard of Chrlst or had 8

TRUTH as it i s , so si'qysly and plainly, in God's Ward, the Bible!

This give8 us just a g'iimpse i n t o the wonderf'ul redemptive wcrk t h a t s h a l l go un in and thru the KINGDOM OF GCD on t h i d oarth during the millenaiun.

But if mnny shal l be asved t h r u t h i s oomi.r,g thousana yaars' reign with Christ. REUEJEIER IT IS OWL'I THOSE HEATHEN GENTILES ears (Rev,?

If they reign, there must be sonie- cne t o reign cvor. Surely God would not t a l l upon them t o reign, or RULE, ovor imortxl saints liko themselves.

They shall rule the NATlONS---tho nn- t i o n s of t h i s earth--- wi th a rad J f iror?. (?eve 2:26,27; I Car. 6:2; Luke 19:12-19). There w i l l still bo heftthan, S e n t i l e na- tions on earth t h r u t h c thousand yours. If this is uontrary t a vhat you have beliovod,

gree and tbrn away, but study oars f i l l y t he whola 14th chap- ter of Zeohariah, par- t iaular ly vorae8 IS-

leaiah 11, and 6 5 : 17-26. N3tiae t h i a cannot ba BEFJRE the

do not S ~ P ~ Y diBR-

19. study oawhtlly

' -- TFIT STGRY-FIfl?! OF HEYKXIOTION -- -- -.- ..- ----

SG,LS 1, F'alae prcphete 2. '4ar 3, Pnmine 4. Postl lonao 5. Tribulation 6. Heavenly Signs

7 0 =TTz 1.,1 Hurt the earth, ma, t r o e s , and rivors

pF"5r.t WOE 6. Saoond WOE 7. m m

The V i d 8 , OT tho Seven

SECGND COWING OF CHTIIST

ahance, and thus8 Is- r a e l i t w who have bsen BLINDED, and honestly, boirauss Cod blinded them (Rom. 11:7,8:23, 25-25). God will thon give THEN the first real ahanae tAsy uvor had. B u t He suroly w i l l not grra QU or m e ANOTHER chanoe. We are receiving our chanos ham an4 Am!

tor, two hevinr YOUR ohonoc NCW. TODAY is tho day of saivat!on.

Fcr ua, Jcldut' par able of tho Ton Virgins

now, aro tho day8 of

moroy i e now (PEN. It' will bo St?TJT idion Jo- SUB aomzss! fvorss 10).

wived, Gad La Q Bod of rn3CY. He %la0 i s a Gc4 of o'bso>uto JUS- TICE. Jl~b '~lat to tho80

a ahanoo, tliru the won-

Y

YOU, brothor, 814-

(Mot , 2S i 1-13), Thoso , GWLCE* Tho dODF of

tOC IuNI bo do-

Ccming of Christ, It cannct bo AFTFX the and of the thousand y o u r ~ ~ Ccr t b r o a m

who ham mvor had dorful rodomptivo work Ho is no17 oal l ing

Gentiles there, and a180 8innera who die at t h e age af' 100, For these l a t t e r two renscna it a m - nat be i n heaven.

today is o o r m p t , P o l i t i o s fill o f graft . Business founded on dia- hone sty. Sooiettg rotten t o the csre. Churohaa

smooth things,

pnean fnbles, in- Rtoad of tho TRUTH of the Word of God!

there nil1 be a CHANGE. Roeurrec-

The world

teMh sof t ,

dece i ts I liO8,

But 6hodly

C II?ZPTER CIVTIJI J E of the Rook of Rcvolation

IN?'Rr?.XJCT LCN 1 WESSASE TO CMIRCIES 2-5 F H ';:LUCk' 4-6 TEE SEALS 6

THE TRUMPTTS 8-7 1 7 The Tvpo Companioa

11 Tho Two W$tneares 12 The Two Wondore

14 Tho Thraa Mosat~gos

17-18 Babylon the Groftt

13. Tho 'h0 h W b 8

THE LAST PLAGUES 16-i6

SECC%;D COMING 19 TtC: !fILLlC?iNIUM 20 TI!? Y F U YI:tZVLT AND

VF"J EARTH 21-22

tod and trnnalated s a i n t s , now seeking F'XR8T tho Kbgdorn of God, and Hi s RIGHTE- CUSNESS, than made h o r t a l , ~ s l l ko madc i n t o kingtJ & priests, They will tako CJ-

ver the g ~ ~ t administration of a l l nations of tb world. They will thon N i o , under Chrirf, the naticns with a rod of iron: And tha grisste w i l l teach pc!oplQ, whosa a p e %ha rf3f bo ofcnod, tho PLAIN

you ariJ am t o h k pnrt in, during tho thous find p a r s . thoeo who hkoe t ho goldon upprturr ity cnd noelcat it, in that t3oy 6h4li bo JVDGED and a a r t i n t o t;ho 'LAKE OF FIRF

terriblo M Y OF ThT WRD i s upcn us! It will f ~ l l t n v thin IVU t Id-Dopro (111 ?cn. A l l vho havo nbt aglart all th:O way out of %he wrld, and ou t o f babyl lot^," and hor Ealsa pagw tomhings rhioh are f alacly oallod Chrh tianlty, will suffer thosa modlrablo

JUUtiOO, ~ O O D t b

Tho gro& and

PLAOUFS. In thGso days m n ellall 'book death, nnd thoy shall not f ind it. Those r/ho t r i l l not ropon* nwr w i l l not thon,

Gcd with humblod, surrondorod apitit. Whoro- ovor shal l a a l l upon tho namo of the Lard shal l bo delivered (Joo) 2:32) . #u plague shal l oomo nigh tholr d m l l l n g ! (Puala-BlS lo), t o our ALL consooratad to Bod?

C brother, d i i t t w p l o t US turn WW b0

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EDITORIAL

The other day the edi tor heard o f a olever "eon" game whioh ha8 made oonsid- erable money fcr oertain swindlers.

It oontains a l e s s m we a l l need. One o f the srrlndlarcr not ioed a yasui-

ble viatixi seated at a writing desk i F ti hotel l3bby on a hot day. He sat down op- yarite and bdgan to writ;e a l c t t a r .

'Sure hot, today, " oasually oolnmanted the sldndler to his potential viotim, mn he mopped h i s brow. " I ' m transpiring some- thing awful. a\l;esa I'll t e l l the folka about it, B the way, how do ycu spell 4 'trwq€neO

'!&magire?" the v i a t h YMI) purtlad. %CQI, traZ;rpire---t* "@h,: smiled the &her, "ycu mean

"No, I mean TRANSpire---to sweat," instated the oonfldenoo m n n .

The other argued thnt 8oea not RI~M

t o mat , but t o ooour, t o happon. An e- vent transpirota, but when R person mmL4t8, he PERspires. The aonfidenco man quickly oarried it i n t o a heated argument. %ye he indigmntly emlaimed, he had used that word all h i s l i f e . and he guessed he knew that; "transpire" mean8 to .meat, or to emit aoisture f rom the skin,

A t t h i s junature the oonfidenoe man's partner s t r o l l e d up, and quiokly gat int:, t h e argwnen-t: on Che a i d o o f t h e viotbn. H6 offered to bet the f i r v t cunfidenae man that "transpire" d i d not m a n ta exit moisture thm the pores of the skin, and his partner, appearing nngry and indig- nant quiokly took his bst. The v lut in IVUB induoed t o bet, aloee and a larger mount .

Then the three mon went t o a diction- ary---and, believe it o r not , the oon man was right, and he took the money.

Go t o R diationary, and look it up fcr yourself. You Will be surprised t o find that you, too , have been mictaksn as t o the meaning o f the word "transpire," mhiah 3,s TWORECTLY uscd by .nc\.ny Feog le t o erpreaa t he moaning o f ' I t 9 hnppen," or to ooour . for granted, and are absolutely suro of WrRolves 4;lmt; we arb right---whon wa are 43ONC! JW we heatedly diJagrou w i t h t he follow who La aatually r i g h t .

PERspire v

Cfienwe hoar th incs , and t n k o them

Soma*,Lmse poop10 will 3ay, or w r i b

in, that they owsly onjoy reading PLAIN TRTJTH, although thoy do nct alvfayu agree with a11 of it,

The point we wish fn make i e that, $.P you already understood and AGRE;I;;D vdtk a l l

would be of no roal value tu ; ~ w - - l C would bring you noth ing that is n m t o you --anrl tho Vmd t o l l s ua to GRCW In KNOW=

Unloaa yau road, in Tho PJAIN TITVTR, a f m t h i n g e that you do not, at flrst agroo with---a favr things that aro differ- ont thun tnltaf you have always bolkewd-- it $a failing Qtturly in f t s minsion.

t i o n i n to m k o PLAXN t ho TRUTH. For it i a the TRUTH that is t c 6 e t us F'REE!

So ff arm of the truth8 it proelaims appear new and, porhaw, even stranee t o you at ftrst, ramombor the Sorjpturos t a l l us, i n a meaaage for t h i s VOW last Cay, t a PISOVE A U THINGS. T h a t includcs 011 .things you already THINK to be the truth, 88 woll au 411 things that appear in thi8 mnraz ino.

6 t h tho rmblarr re arding tile ntsarrhg of tho word "tran~~pira.' Thoso gamblara know haw sure poopla a m that thsy are r l g h b - oven vrhon thgy tare 3P.CINS. plo w i l l b o o m aqry svor kt, and aettrally put up t h e i r good hard-oarnod moaoy t o Saok t h e i r m idoaa of what thoy are 80 suro i a tho t r u t h . AM many hava bsen made to pny dourly for tho* ilr;noranoQ.

Many o f tha things evory ctno o f U1 \ w e L a k a OWP~i105P1.; fcr gwntod .--Chfn& we are ahaolubly CWPAXN in our arm mind8 aro tho truth--otQ only error, ASany of the Chlngs wcfwero brought UF t o boliavs in roligion aw, in fact, only pagsulimt, anii f i n d t h c i r real origin In tho anoiont F* gan philoaophars, and not in tho Bible 8.C all

ing tho plnin tntfha of the G~apoL of' tho Kingdom out of tho Sariptures, the poop10 word ASTONISH€,D at IIis doLtrlno--jt Ira8 so ut tor ly diffiranC from lh t;rodi'bbtral

(Mat,. 22:33).

--dl thing8 :70 alrotrdg b q l i o ~ o , au -11 na sll thing8 brouqht out i n Tho If our proaon.6 opinions are r%gh%, cur hon- est quastitning of thorn ~d11 only POI^^ and prove thorn. I f NO am w m q , Bursly W e

CU find it out and d€spoll ortor. We adk all roadore at all t h s t o

aonsidei. v o r y aaref'ully, very pmynrfdly, v i t h opon mind, and wi-thrut projudloe, yet oautiously, tho things mit t en i n Tho PLAIN TRUTH. If, aftor this Mnd of Oar@- ml, nrayorf'ul Rtuty, thb Holy Spirits leads you to disnqlroo, ~rou ~ 5 l L havo been benbf i t ted by t h o study ncvortho1eao*

that t h i s l i W l o magBZin0 03f.%iXl8, it

I JDGE*(I I Pot . 3:18 and 1;s).

The dsslan of Chla l i t t l o przbliosa

A t least W Ln 100 disagree at orno

Thoy know poo-

Romabot that w?~m Josus o ~ a preaoh-

teachings 3f th> OhuFoh laadW8 ofH%B day*

Lot u a bo wllllng ta PROW A U THIEIOS

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Remombor, God says 3 i a paaple arb do- stroyed for LACK Cc' KjRWLJ3D3Fbr I0 is n ~ % easy f50 UiJlenrn traditional %onahingrr t h d aro in orror. Oneo in our h d a , thara teachings c l i n g with a death-like grip,

in< of tho word "Cranapire," parhapa p a havo bcon wrong alao on som9 of tho d i g - b u s eami o t iona you hevo almp bol;Lomd.

But if you havo boon wrong OR the m8n-