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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
hundred thousand thousand" would mean an army of two hundred million men, closing in upon the revived Roman Em pire, which will be ruled over by the Antichrist. The "four angels" represent the forces which separate the East from the West. At the time which God has appointed, those forces shall be withdrawn; and when they are, an army of almost uncountable hordes will be seen moving from the East. When the time comes, the time God has set, He will re move the barriers that separate the East from the West; and there shall arise a great multitude that shall go toward the kingdom of the Antichrist, a great multitude which will be devil-controlled. On and on these shall march, to meet the opposing armies of the West on the plains of Megiddo; and the Battle of Armageddon will be fought. There Christ will return in glory, and set up His kingdom, "wherein dwelleth righteousness." 2. The Waiting, Watchful East. A few years ago, as I was traveling to Australia, I met a young Japanese on board ship. He was not the polite, approachable man that the aver age Oriental is. We exchanged a few words, and then he asked me abruptly,
"Where do you come from?" "From Australia," I answered. "What is the size of Australia?" "Three million square miles." "How many people do you have?" "About five million."
"You know, my land is only a spot compared with that." he said. "We have 375,000 people to the square mile. How many do you have?" "About one and one-half persons to the square mile," I replied. · · "Will Australia allow Orientals to go in there?" "No," I answered; "they will not." "Who had that land before the whites got in there?" was the next question he shot at me. I answered, "The Australian black."
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