Many have studied Revelation 1-15 and understand most of those prophecies, however, chapters 17 and 18 are regarded as containing information which is still future, they occur after probation closes. However, other things John describes, writing in 96 A.D., do cover the same ground already covered by the earlier chapters but then bring in a number of new aspects. These we want to study.

God is Calling for Watchmen Who Will Proclaim the Time of Night

Christian people everywhere have been waiting and waiting for a sign from the Lord and His coming. The long night has been trying, but the coming is deferred in mercy, because if the Master should come, and many be found not ready, they would not survive His coming without being prepared. God's unwillingness to have His people perish, has been the reason for the long delay. ... But now the coming of that morning to the faithful, and the night of the unfaithful, is right upon us.

To those who have neglected the preparation of purity and holiness, which fits the waiting ones to welcome their Lord, the sun sets in gloom and darkness, and rises not again. But, then I heard a voice saying to those who had been waiting under increasing difficulties, `Come out from among them, and touch not the unclean.' 2.Cor. 6:17. In obedience to this voice, a large number will break the cords that bind them, and leaving the company of those who find no joy in the Lord, join those who had previously taken the Word of God seriously, prepared themselves, and join their voices with those who are readying themselves for the Lord to come.

The world is marching to see Revelation chapters 17 and 18 being fulfilled and we remember the words of Jesus when he said, "... I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe." John 14:29. As we survey the restless nations, the issues which divide the world, we can perceive the march of prophecy proceeding right on schedule.

17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (its a woman, a worldwide church) that sitteth upon many waters (nations):
17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication (false doctrines).
17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns (7 heads = 7 rulers; 10 horns = 10 nations). [200]

To understand what we just read, let us interpret the symbols. The seven vials, what do they contain? We find the answer in Revelation 21:9, they contain the seven last Plagues, Rev. 16. We recall what the plagues start after the close of probation and included:

1. the sores
   
2. the sea turns to blood
   
3. the rivers turn to blood
   
4. the sun scorches
   
5. darkness
   
6. hail
   
7. the voice out of God's Temple, `It is done,' great hail and earthquakes

The `wilderness' occurs more than once in the book of Revelation. Therefore it must have symbolic significance. The symbolic wilderness is the period between 538 and 1798 AD, the 1260 years which is mentioned no less than seven times in the Bible. Twice in Daniel and five times in Revelation. It is very important that John `is carried forward', "come hither", with respect to a point in time. In this vision the Spirit carried him away to the wilderness. He was carried into that period which extended from 538 to 1798. We may conclude that he was `carried' toward the end of that period as we intend to show later on.

Let us imagine that John is standing way down in the year 1798. He has gone right down to the end of the wilderness period.

17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

The fornication refers to the woman - a church and her illicit union between church and state. This woman has been guilty of this illicit union by using the power of the state to enforce her religious dogmas.

17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and abominations of the earth.

In the Greek NT, the word `mystery' etc. is all in lower case. Some translators recognized the fact that the words `mystery' really describes this woman's name. One translator rendered it, "And upon her forehead was a mystical name written." And the name, obviously, is Babylon, Babylon the Great: that is the mysterious name. And she is the `Mother of Harlots.' That means she has daughters, that is, `daughter churches', which, just like their mother represents a church teaching abominations on earth. The word `abominations' occurs 74 times in the KJ Bible, and `abomination', singular, 69 times. That tells us it is a hot topic in the Bible.

John looks at this woman and says,

17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus ...

The saints and the martyrs suffered and died in that period of time between 538 and 1798 all over Europe and whereever emissaries of this woman church traveled to, i.e. with the Spanish conquistadores to

all countries of Europe - France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, England, Germany, etc.
to the Americas - Cortez and Pizzaro
to India -
to the Philipines
to China
to Ethiopia

For John to have seen the woman drunk with the blood of martyrs he must have been standing at the end of that period ... not at the beginning or even half way through. As he looked back he saw some 50 million martyrs slain and he says,

17:6 ... and when he saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Was John admiring [400] this woman that was drunken with the blood of saints? Not at all! For in Greek it simply says: "... and when I saw her I wondered with a great wonder."

To put it into common language, John was amazed at what he saw. Here was a woman claiming to be the bride of Christ drunken with the blood of the saints and the blood of martyrs! This woman represents the apostate church. That great apostate church which ruled for centuries supreme throughout Europe and the world. The church which had dominated the minds and conscience of men and women for over a thousand years. That religious organization which styles herself, "the Mother Church."

The Mother of Churches

In the city of Rome there is a church called the Church of St. John Lateran. Right outside the door, the main entrance carved in the stone is the inscription, "The Church of St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of All the World."

We can understand now that this self styled `Mother Church' fulfills the first part of the prophecy ... with all her purple, scarlet and gold and precious stones, and pearls ... and drunken with the blood of saints and martyrs!

John saw that woman, a religious organization, sitting upon a scarlet colored beast, having seven heads and ten horns.

In Bible prophecy a woman represents a religious power and a beast represents a political power (i.e. the lion, bear, leopard). The seven heads and ten horns identifies the beast with Satan's program to destroy Christ and His Church.

At first we meet this symbolism in Revelation chapter 12, verse 3,

"And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads." Rev. 12:3.

"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." Rev. 13:1.

We should notice that on the first beast the crowns were on the heads. That means to say that Satan's attempts to destroy the Church of God right down and across the centuries. But when we consider the 13th chapter, we see that the crowns are now on the ten horns.

This is another symbol of the Papal power during the middle ages, from 538 to 1798, ... of the church of that period, and we noticed that the crowns are on the horns.

Let us go again to Rev. 17:3 where we see the beast with seven heads and ten horns. But where are the crowns this time? There are no crowns mentioned. Therefore, the Red Beast of Rev. 17 is not the composite beast of Rev. 13. For while the composite beast came up out of the sea, the red beast is of Satanic origin and comes up out of the bottomless pit.

17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit. ...

Can we learn about this beast before, in earlier verses?

Yes!

Let us turn to Rev. 11:7,

11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

What is this prophecy talking about? This prophecy is talking about God's two witnesses who `finished their testimony', did prophecy for 1260 day/years clothed in sack cloth. These two witnesses represent the Old and New Testament. The Bible refers to these and describes in symbolic language what was to happen to them. How symbolically they were to be slain, etc. and then to be raised again. It makes reference, of course, to the campaigns to destroy Bibles, the French Revolution, the impact of humanism, materialism, evolution, etc.

What then is this beast rising from the bottomless pit?

In the past it has been interpreted as militant atheism or communism.

While atheism is certainly strong today, the Iron Block communism, while still in people's heart, seems to have taken on a different form. Today, atheists and secularists do all they can to thwart the Christian religion. Not only is it Rome mostly anymore that fights Bible religion, but it is now also Islam (which appears to be the old Pharisaic Judaism with a face lift) and other, non Christian religions, which fight the faith taught in the Bible.

We read,

"It had been Rome's policy, under a profession of reverence for the Bible, to keep it locked up in an unknown tongue, and hidden away from the people. Under her rule the witnesses prophesied, `clothed in sackcloth.' But another power--the beast from the bottomless pit--was to arise to make open, avowed war upon the Word of God." {GC88 269.1}

This war we still see being fought on several fronts:

1. Jesus Christ won already against Satan but Satan has a little more time to reveal his sin nature more fully to the on-looking universe. The battle rages along these lines among others
   
2. Creationism vs Evolution
   
3. Bible History vs Archaeology
   
4. Ignorance of the difference between repeatable, lab testable science and unrepeatable historical and origins science of the past

These conflicts have raged especially ever since the French Revolution but they rage especially today.

Plainly then, this beast out of the bottomless pit is none other than aggressive atheism, the idea that nature is all there is and there is no Creator God.

Seven of Them

Not long ago, the scarlet woman of Rome has put her weight behind the idea that life evolved. This theory of origins is now even taught in our own schools of supposedly higher learning, which Revelation says comes out of the `bottomless pit' - one can hardly get lower than that.

We read,

"At the same time anarchy is seeking to sweep away all law, not only divine, but human. The centralizing of wealth and power; the vast combinations for the enriching of the few at the expense of the many; the combinations of the poorer classes for the defense of their interests and claims; the spirit of unrest, of riot and bloodshed; the world-wide dissemination of the same teachings that led to the French Revolution--all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convulsed France." {Ed 228.2}

The whole world is riddled with false history, false science, false definitions and demonic methods of argumentations to support what they cannot proof with real science.

17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The seven heads on this beast is a red, atheistic political power. It says that the seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. Apparently an allusion to the seven hills of Rome where the woman resides.

17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

These seven heads are seven kings of this `mystery', harlot woman turned beast. What is intended here is this. While the head of the beast horn power was wounded, it was back on the road to recovery when Mussolini signed a document making the Vatican a state again. The Pope in Rome at that time is the first of these seven kings. He ruled from

The first
1. from 1922-1938, the second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
   
2. from 1939-1958, the third. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
   
3. from 1958-1963, the fourth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . five are fallen
   
4. from 1963-1978, the fifth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ./
   
5. from 1978-1978 for 30 days, the sixth . . . . . . . . . _/
   
6. from 1978-2005, the one who is, the seventh . . . . . . one is, now was
   
7. from 2005-????, he must continue a short space of time

It appears that John was `transported' into the time of the 6th of these kings of Rome, counting from a pivotal point in time after the 1260 day/years came to their end in 1798. History is best served when we make that point in time the year 1929, when Mussolini gave the Papacy its statehood back. It also makes the 6th king, one who is the one who received a deadly wound in 1981 but survived. An alternate interpretation would be this:

1. in 1798 the Papacy has just fallen
   
2. before that Pagan Rome had fallen
   
3. before that Greece had fallen
   
4. before that Medo-Persia had fallen
   
5. before that Babylon had fallen

   Five are fallen!

6. The one who is would be the two-horned lamb like beast (Rev.13:11), the USA. In 1798 this beast power was just 22 years old. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States were born.
   
7. This last one has not yet fully revealed itself but it (the image of the beast) is budding right now. When he has come he must continue for a short space of time. The interesting observation is, that, if the seven kings are those listed earlier than we are living in the time of the seventh right now. That must mean that the ruler of the lamb-like nation who rules that nation during the time of the 7th king may likely be the last.

When this short lived, 7th king rules, the following will occur,

He will

"... cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed." Rev. 13:15.

We learn from this that `the image of the beast' is not the Vatican power, but it will be an organization like it. We want to remember, that the element that marked the papacy was, that it formed a union between Church and State. The forefathers of this country added an ammendment to the Constitution which separated Church and State. They were led by someone wiser than they realized. But there is today much agitation to change the Constitution. This `union' is coming quickly!

But how about the following beast? How are we to understand it?

17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

What does this eighth beast represent? It is a beast that was active at one time, then it was not, and then it became again. Or putting it this way, it was present during the French Revolution, then it was not, then it came again. Why is this beast of the seven? Could it be the Papacy again? Notice it carefully, the red beast is not alone. Someone is riding on the red beast. Who is that?

It is the Woman. The religious power is seen riding on the beast, and the one who rides, usually is the one who controls the beast. Therefore, this prophecy seems to indicate that for at least a short period of time, the spiritual power will dominate the political power. If we can identify the powers correctly, we have Catholicism on the one hand, and atheism, may be it was communism for a while, on the other.

Communism and Catholicism were and are allies. The Cardinals and Bishops of Rome were avowed Marxists and Evolutionists, who believe that the days of Democracy are numbered. Are they right? Yes!

Like Communism, so too Catholicism, are undermining the very foundations of the institutions of our society. Do you remember what Pope John Paul II said in one of his speeches when he visited America? It was then that the whole country seemed to go wild on him. People's perceptions are dull since they pay no attention to history and the Bible. The New York Post reported about the Pope, "There were curious echoes of Karl Marx's arraignment of 19th century Capitalism. The Pope went far beyond criticizing the materialism that permeates American life. He aligned himself instead with the developing nations for restructuring the world economic order. Marxism deals with a redistribution of the world economic order. Marxism deals with a redistribution of wealth. Private enterprise is out. `Let big brother take care of everything for you!' ... and our liberties go out the window."

This is what was talked about in the 1830's, the 1970's, the 1980's and today. This is what we are headed into as of right now and Bible prophecy has said that all along. Bible prophecy has been warning the world since the days of the Apostle John, telling us what God is telling us in Revelation 17!

17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

We find these ten horns already in the Book of Daniel. They are the ten powers of western Europe. Daniel says, the "... ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise ..." (Dan. 7:24). But we must remember that in other prophecies, the ten horns are wearing crowns. They are the kingly powers in Europe during the time of papal supremacy and the Pope worked hand in hand with the Kings of Europe. But when we come down to this part of our prophecy they are kings no longer ... "have received no kingdom as yet ..." But they will receive power as kings one hour with the beast. It so happens that the New World Order intends to divide the world into 10 entities, that we must keep in mind today when studying these prophecies - (1) Canada, USA, Mexico - (2) Central America - (3) South America - (4) Western Europe - (5) Eastern countries - (6) Asia - (7) Africa - (8) Islamic countries - (9) Indonesian Islands - (10) South Pacific Islands & Australia ??.

We cannot be sure what this `one hour' represents. Is it prophetic time- two weeks? or not? If it is 15 days, that is a very short time but it is part of chapter 18 of Revelation which deals with the downfall of that great political-religious system.

18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

In One Hour

She falls in one short Hour!!

17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

What does having `one mind' mean? They are going to agree on a common policy. They shall give their power and their strength to the Red Beast. So the nations of this NWO will give their power to Rome.

18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.

For in one hour all her so great riches are come to nought ...

She falls in ONE HOUR

17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

They have one mind, one common policy. It appears to be an economical, political, religious union. The ten entities have one common policy and they are going to give their power and authority to the Red Beast, This `red beast' is not the one of Revelation 13.

This is a tremendous Biblical fact. Babylon will fall suddenly and dramatically.'

17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

This `burning with fire' sounds like a complete end! Complete destruction. Who is going to accomplish it? The nations making up Europe? Or the nations which make up the 10 NWO entities? While we cannot be sure, verse 17 tells us why.

We have the Red Beast with the ten nations suddenly turning around to destroy the power on the seven hills, and in so doing they fulfill this prophecy found in the Bible ever since the Apostle John wrote it. We should note carefully that it is during the one hour while the ten nations are uniting with the Red Beast that Babylon, according to the Bible, comes to a violent end.

Let us read scriptures in chapter 18.

18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

This angel is not an angel of the angelic hosts of heaven. This angel represents people who are proclaiming this message loudly. Please help us in accomplishing to spread this good news to everyone that, in the end, God will be victorious.

18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

This is not a pretty picture to find yourself in an organization which is compared with a cage of unclean and hateful birds. How about swarms of starlings, vultures and such? Or are these type of birds evil angels? Are they great events in public arenas where people speak and sound systems pump out mega watts of amplified, loud music which does not glorify God?

18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

This is a call from God in Heaven to come out of the systems of Babylon. They are religious systems because people were baptized into them before they could reason out if they wanted to belong. Later, seeing their family and friends being part of it, they just assume they are in God's family. They never learned to step back and analyze their situation, compare it to the Word of God. They believe what they were taught, that they are part of God's people.

But events proceed unrelentlessly. Does anything of this describe your church? We read,

18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

This church is part of the living in this world. Her cares are for herself, to be rich and influential, not for God, to be ready for Him to come.

18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.
18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

While throughout our world's history this power has reigned supreme, untouchable, now it is found wanting. All of a sudden, it appears, its members realize they belong to a system which leads them into utter destruction of human rights, freedoms, happiness and all the joys they once knew in life - all that is in jeopardy - they will loose it all. There is a stampede. The people vote with their feet and march on the center of power, the seat of the beast.

18:18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

In Unmistakable Language

The Bible lets us know in unmistakable language that Babylon comes to a violent end. Prophecy makes that very clear. With the "spiritual" fall of Babylon - it thinks to enforce its own laws on all mankind - there comes a great financial crisis in the world - we seem to be in one of those crisis right now. But it can get worse in the time ahead. People still make money and purchase, just not all the people any more. Money will become worthless and so will be precious metals. All commercial activities come to a stop. The factories close.

It says,

" And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more." Rev. 18:11.

Why?

Because they will have no further commercial value. Babylon IS FALLEN!

They know it is all kaputt. Thus, as the wicked, in frustration and anger turn their wrath against God's faithful people, bent upon their destruction, then the LAMB appears. Not this time as a bleeding sacrifice, but in glory and majesty and power as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." Rev. 19:11.

Christ is introduced in this verse as coming on a white horse heading the armies of heaven (we are not alone in the universe), coming to `invade' planet earth. The white horse represents VICTORY in symbolic prophecy. Every time a Roman general was victorious in battle he came back to the city riding a white horse at the head of the legions. That language is what people understood for all those long ages.

Of course we know Christ will not really appear in the clouds of heaven riding upon a white horse, but the white horse symbolizes VICTORY, and that is what John is talking about.

"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful." Rev. 17:14.

The `these' are the Beast - the ten kingdoms of Western Europe or the NWO which intend at this point in time, and we quote from chapter 17 now, to make war with the Lamb. Another Bible translation says,

"They will wage war upon the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them, for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings. His VICTORY WILL BE SHARED by His followers."

Can we say `Amen' to that? We are going to share in the victory. Oh, what a day that will be. All the fear, struggles and pain is forgotten. When its seems as though we have come to the end of our existence ... when the death decree has gone forth against the people of God: just then, in the nick of time, the heavens part asunder, and Jesus comes forth a mighty Conqueror to deliver His people.

The translator Weymuth puts it this way,

"They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings. And they who accompany Him .. called of God, and chosen, and faithful shall share in the victory."

Do we not all want to share in that victory? Will that not be a tremendous day?

Think about Bible prophecy, how unerringly it points to our time as just the time when this can be understood to come about. This world would perish unless God intervenes. All the chemicals and poisons in food, medicines, spraying the crops, the gases and noise pollution, the wars and crimes, all this lets us know their is no other hope for mankind. They are bend to decimate the world's population and only they themselves want to survive. So look up and read your Bible for the hope that you find in it. Surely the time has come to CRY ALOUD, STAND UP, AND LIFT UP OUR VOICES LIKE A TRUMPET, AND SHOW GOD'S PEOPLE THEIR TRANSGRESSION, AND THE HOUSE OF JACOB THEIR SINS. Where are those people? Why do we not hear from them? Have they no message? Most of God's people are right now in Babylon! But Babylon is going to fall! ... SOON!! But before she falls, God has commissioned His people to take a message to Babylon [500]:

GOD is NOW warning every inhabitant of earth to wake up and to pay attention to what He is saying. Now is the end of the world!! Now, He is saying, look at the signs of the times. Cannot you see before your very eyes the fulfillment of prophecy? Cannot you see that "I am a true and faithful witness, and that I cannot lie?"

Listen to this warning and flee to before God on your knees FOR YOUR VERY LIFE!

"Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand:
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb." Rev. 14:7-10.

And then we hear the invitation coming from God ...

"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Rev. 18:4.

In view of these tremendous prophecies we can be thrilled to realize that we are standing on the VERGE OF ETERNITY and what we do we had better do QUICKLY because the King is waiting for His church to get ready. And He is waiting for His church to finish the work, that He has commissioned it to do. We must rededicate our lives NOW to the finishing of the work, that when Jesus comes, we all, the last generation, might share in the victory.

Postscript: I could look around for a painted picture of Christ's Second Coming to illustrate faintly what that day might be like, but I shall not. Everything we could find would be so inadequate. We are to trust and believe the written words, not some artists conception. Be readers of His Word. When God comes, His people must be pure.

[200] The beasts:

[500] Parallels between the 3rd reich & our ctry:
There was a very articulate RC leader that was well understood by all to be the puppet of the Vatican many years ago that did the exact same things we see happening today.