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Christ will be
the General
of Jehovah.

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God has
established
certain laws
in harmony
with which
He operates.

The world
has disregarded God’s counsel.

The "voice of avarice"
--Get all you can...

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The selfish, stony heart of man will become
a heart of flesh.

How did the
change from Godlike love
to selfishness
come about?

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Sustenance became the principal aim
and interest of life.

The veil
of ignorance
and superstition
is now
being lifted.

Wealth brings
many evils
and some
blessings.

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As people
take advantage
of educational facilities, they
begin to think
for themselves.

Hospitals

Libraries

There has been
a growing
opposition between
the wealthy
and labor.

Capital vs. Labor

The increase of
knowledge and
liberty brings
discontent.

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"Behold, the hire
of the laborers
who have reaped down your fields,
which is of you
kept back
by fraud,
crieth;

"And
the cries
of them
which
have reaped
are entered
unto the ears
of the Lord
of Sabaoth."
James 5:4

"They
shall cast
their silver
in the streets,
and their gold
shall be
removed;

"Their silver
and their gold
shall not be able
to deliver them
in the day
of the wrath
of the LORD..."
Ezekiel 7:19

Destruction of
Jerusalem - 70 A.D. A picture of trouble upon Christendom

The trouble involves
all classes.

"For then will I turn to the people
a pure language,
that they may
all call upon the name of the LORD,
to serve him with one consent."
Zephaniah 3:9

The fire of God’s zeal is symbolic, not a literal fire.

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Mountains = Kingdoms

Peter’s
symbolic
prophecy

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"World That Was" =
Social Order
before the Flood

Temple of God
=
True Church

Noah's Ark
=
Christ

Present Heavens
and Earth
=
Present Ecclesiastical and Social Order

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The symbolic
heavens
and earth
will pass away
in the great trouble.

"Nevertheless
we,
according
to his promise, look for
new heavens
and
a new earth, wherein
dwelleth
righteousness."
II Peter 3:13

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"...the earth
abideth
for ever."
Ecclesiastes 1:4

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Apostle Peter

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Apostle John

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Apostle Paul

The Prophet Malachi’s symbols

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Symbolic fire
will utterly destroy every error.

Gold, Silver and Precious

Gems symbolize Divine Truths and Corresponding Character

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A storm
symbolizes
the trouble
of the Day
of the Lord.

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A dark night
of trouble
will precede the glorious brightness of the kingdom
of righteousness.

The Psalmist David vividly describes this Day
of Trouble.

"God is our refuge and
strength, a
very present
help in trouble.
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Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
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Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
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Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah."
Psalms 46:1-3

The Book of Revelation is
a symbolical prophecy.

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Two-edged
Sword
out of
His Mouth

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Kings
of Earth
Make War

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Beast cast into
a lake of fire.

The variety of symbols helps us appreciate the various features of the Day of the Lord.

Pride
on the
one side-- Ignorance
and bigotry
on the other

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The two rival parties --
wealth
and poverty

The wealthy
feel a right
to the fruit
of their efforts.

Artisan and
the laborer

All
should be
useful
to others.

Both labor
and capital
have benefited
from increased
knowledge and
inventions.

The organization
of labor.

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One invention has followed another very rapidly.

Supply outruns
demand.

Machinery enables one man to accomplish
as much as many did formerly

Over-production and
unemployment

"Boom" and inflation --
Reaction and recession

The great
railroad
systems

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Management proposes

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Wage Workers organize for reform
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What causes
the great trouble
of the "Day of Jehovah"?

The melting
of society

A government which will enforce the principles
of righteousness

Those who
seek righteousness will suffer less
from fear
and foreboding.

Labor pangs
in the birth
of a new era

Society weakens with each new spasm of trouble.

Emancipation
of the world
at the hands
of one
greater than
Moses.

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The Day of Trouble
is right on time --
God’s due time.

Society is unable
to adjust to new
circumstances.

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"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground." Genesis 3:19
Had the knowledge come sooner, the trouble
would have come sooner.

Dissatisfaction
is widespread.

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Psalms 91:1

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"He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings
shalt thou trust: his truth
shall be thy shield and buckler." Psalms 91:4

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The saints should take
no part in the struggle.

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"Let your conversation
be without covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have..."
Hebrews 13:5

Heralds of the Kingdom -- Ambassadors of Peace

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The Kingdom
at hand
is the only
remedy
and hope.

The eminent Kingdom...