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"The Battle of Armageddon, to which the war is leading, will be a great contest between right and wrong, and will signify the complete and everlasting overthrow of the wrong, and the permanent establishment of Messiah's righteous kingdom for the blessing of the world." Charles Taze Russell
THE BATTLE OF
ARMAGEDDON
Our thought is that the war (1914) will so weaken the nations that
following it there will be an attempt to bring in Socialistic
ideas, and that this will be met by the governments – the
wealthy and all classes interested in the present order of things,
"the world which now is," the present "heavens," or ecclesiastical
system, and the "earth," the social order. The present order will
be supported by the rich, by financiers, politicians, princes of
industry, and the kings upon the thrones. All these will do their
best to maintain present conditions, and will summon the clergy to
their support. Then will come a general uprising everywhere; on
one side those who are beneficiaries of the present institutions
will be against any change. Against them, on the other side, will
be the masses, who are striving to better their condition; for in
God's Plan, the time has come for a change.
Shall the Lord's people
have any part in the struggle? Nay! Let us ever keep in mind that
we are peacemakers. Not only are we peaceable ourselves and
seeking to live peaceably with all men, but we are to be
peace-promoters, and to help others to see things straight and
right. That course would be tending toward putting away anarchy
and strife; but anarchy will surely come, despite all endeavors to
the contrary.
Nevertheless, the Lord
shows us through His Word that there is to be a victory on the
part of the New Order of things, now coming in. The Socialists do
not want anarchy; but they are not far from it. Anarchy is the
worst thing that could be – a lack of some form of government
being the worst thing the world could experience. The warring
element will fight out this battle; and this will be the way in
which God will promote the change, which is represented in the
Bible as a great "fire," which will consume the present "heavens,"
or ecclesiastical ruling powers, and the "earth," or social
institutions." Z1914NOV" from R5563 "MAKING READY FOR THE REIGN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS "
Does this sound familiar? It's on TV right now. I'm not suggesting a President Trump's policies will bring about the Kingdom...
I'm saying that Armageddon has already been going on for many decades just as expected and yet unnoticed, even by the Bible Truth groups.
Therefore, THE Anarchy is next, also already begun in my view, to be followed directly by Messiah's Kingdom, exactly as our Pastor did teach us. RcB
I'm saying that Armageddon has already been going on for many decades just as expected and yet unnoticed, even by the Bible Truth groups.
Therefore, THE Anarchy is next, also already begun in my view, to be followed directly by Messiah's Kingdom, exactly as our Pastor did teach us. RcB
"The Lord long ago pointed out this great Time of Trouble, which has already begun and which will culminate in an awful period of anarchy, the Armageddon of the Scriptures."
Yours in Truth,
Regan
1 comment:
Hi Regan,
We do see the rise of anarchy around the world as the flames grow higher in the breakdown of governing bodies of nations. They are being dashed to pieces by our returned and present Lord Yeshua Messiah. We do know also from the Bible this bit of Scripture: Zephaniah 3:8-9 Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 “Therefore, wait for me”—a declaration of Yahweh—
“for the day of my rising as a witness.
For my decision is to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out my wrath upon them, all my burning anger.
For by the fire of my anger all the land shall be consumed.
9 Because then I will make the speech of the nations pure;
that all of them might call on the name of Yahweh,
to serve him in unison."
God bless you for your devotion to Him in Christ!
Arthur Parker Jr.
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