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THE K I N G ’ S B US I NE S S tion will be very near, for “ swift de struction” will suddenly overwhelm them. “Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their dam nation slumbereth not.” 2 Pet. 2:1-3. All this lawlessness in the world to day, is heading straight for the Anti christ. The Bible calls the Antichrist, “ the lawless one.” He will be another great Nimrod, a mighty rebel against the Lord. He will be the very incar nation of the devil, and like Satan, He will rebel against all that is called God. Daniel says the Antichrist will "think to change laws.” (Dan. 7:25). He will be the great anarchist of the ages. In 2 Thess. 2:3, the Antichrist is called “ that man of sin.” But the literal translation of this passage is “ the lawless one,” and it is so given dn the margin of the revised version. All these great lawless movements, that are spreading like wild fire over the whole earth, point us to the very near ap proach of three overwhelming events, the coming of the Antichrist, the swift destruction of the Great Tribulation and the coming of the Lord with “ ten thousand of His saints.” Already the monster shadow of the great storm is rising over the horizon of the world. Already' the red fire is kindled. Already men’s hearts are fail ing them for fear of the things that are coming on the earth. ¿ae. ¿at a» a» “ I’M DONE GIVING” A charity was solicited of a prosperous merchant; but he said, “ I shall not give you a dollar. I am done giving.” Soon after, his great warehouse, the product of years of labor, was burned down. This was followed by news of the loss of his only ship at sea, and this by the breaking of the bank, by which all his means were swept away, and his family was beg gared. Then he learned that he was but a steward of God, and never again said that he was “ done giving.”
supporters of the bourgeois political system, and hate and oppress the proletariat! And we are the pro letariat, who are the unskilled workers massed in the basic industries of the world. As far as we workers are con cerned, the National Security League of Capitalism, their press, church and gov ernment, together with their holy ‘con stitution’ can all go straight to hell! Down with all constitutions, govern ments, capitalism, churches and syna gogues! Long live freedom, equality, brotherhood and happiness! Long live Anarchism!” (From Our Hope.) Such language comes from the very heart of Satan. He is the great rebel, who first rebelled against the authority of a holy and just God, and now for six thousand years, he has inflamed the hearts of men to rise up in rebellion against the justice of a God of law and order. “ Rulers are ordained of God.” “ He is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.” “ Whosoever there fore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.” (Rom. 13). The prophet Habakkuk: looks down to the end of the age, and tells of the rising up of a “ terrible and dreadful” people, who “ shall scoff at kings and princes shall be a sccSrn unto them.” (Hab. 1). Peter and Jude in their epistles warn us of men who will come in the last days, who will “ despise gov ernment” and who “ are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.” In the re vised version, 2 Pet. 2:12 calls these men “ animals” and “ creatures without reason.” Jude says when these lawless men rise up, who despise government, that will be the time when “ the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His saints.” Jude 14). And Peter warns us that when these men appear, the Great Tribula-
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