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"And
except
those days should
be shortened,
there should
no flesh be saved;
but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened."
Matthew 24:22 |
Christ
will be
the General
of Jehovah.
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God
has
established
certain laws
in harmony
with which
He operates.
The "time
of trouble" will be
the natural consequence of unrighteousness.
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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.
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How
did the
change from Godlike love
to selfishness
come about?
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Sustenance
became the principal aim
and interest of life.
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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.
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Hospitals
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Libraries
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There
has been
a growing
opposition between
the wealthy
and labor.
Capital
vs. Labor
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The
increase of
knowledge and
liberty brings
discontent.
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Egypt = World
To receive plagues |
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Babylon = Nominal Church
To be overthrown and destroyed
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Israel = Justified World
To receive blessings of reconciliation with God
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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 |
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1930 Bread Line NYC
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1931 4 Million Jobless
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1933 Soup Line
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"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 |
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Destruction of
Jerusalem - 70 A.D.
A picture of trouble
upon Christendom
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The
trouble involves
all classes.
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March 1917
Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates
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November 1917
Bolshevik
Revolution
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November 10, 1989
Berlin Wall,
symbol of Communist
oppression,
comes down
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December 25, 1989
Communist Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu executed
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"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 |
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The fire
of God’s zeal
is symbolic,
not a literal fire.
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Other
symbols
in Scripture. |
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Mountains = Kingdoms
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Heavens
=
Spiritual Powers |
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Earth
= Society |
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Seas
= Restless
Masses of People |
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Fire
= Destruction
Brimstone = Deadly Destruction
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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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Haughtiness
and oppression
will be entirely consumed.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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Artisan
and
the laborer
All
should be
useful
to others.
Both
labor
and capital
have benefited
from increased
knowledge and
inventions.
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The
organization
of labor.
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One
invention has followed another very rapidly.
Supply
outruns
demand.
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Machinery
enables one man to accomplish
as much as many did formerly |
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Over-production
and
unemployment
"Boom"
and
inflation --
Reaction
and
recession
Labor
demands
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
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Society
weakens with each new spasm of trouble.
Labor
pangs
in the birth
of a new era |
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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. |
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"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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Dissatisfaction
is widespread.
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Provide
things decent
and needful,
with
contentment.
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 |
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Heralds
of the Kingdom -- Ambassadors
of Peace
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The
Kingdom
at hand
is the only
remedy
and hope.
The
eminent Kingdom... |
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