,,satan    ,by    ,,lewis ,,sperry      
,,chafer    #aiji                       
,contents      ,foreword1 by ,dr4 ,c4   
,i4 ,scofield    ,author's ,introduction
       ,i4 ,the ,career of ,satan       
,,ii4 ,the ,ages   ,,iii4 ,the ,course  
of ,this ,age    ,,iv4 ,this ,age and   
the ,satanic ,system     ,v4 ,the       
,satanic ,host    ,,vi4 ,satan's ,motive
   ,,vii4 ,satan's ,methods  ,,viii4    
,the ,man of ,sin    ,,ix4 ,the ,fatal  
,omission     ,x4 ,modern ,devices      
,,xi4 ,the ,believer's ,present         
,position   ,,xii4 ,the ,believer's     
,present ,victory          ,foreword4   
,if any word of mine shall add to the   
number of the readers of this book  ,i  
shall be glad to have written it2 and ,i
 sincerely wish that all  believers1 and
 especially all ministers and ,christian
 workers1 might in  some way be led to  
read it4    ,the subject is vital to any
 right understanding of the age in which
 we  live1 and of the personal conflict 
which we wage2 for the existence1       

personality1 and power of ,satan are    
awful facts and of immense present      
significance4    ,we walk in the midst  
of his snares1 hear on every hand his   
doctrines  proclaimed by men of         
blameless lives transformed as the      
ministers of  righteousness1 and are    
allured by the pleasure1 place and power
 of his  perfectly organized            
world-system4    ,i know of no other    
book on ,satan in which the             
dispensational aspects of  the subject  
are so clearly stated1 nor any other so 
severely ,biblical4    ,c4 ,i4          
,scofield4          ,introduction4      
,the world has been willing to comply   
with the wishes and projects of  ,satan 
to the extent of ceasing to believe that
 he really exists2 this  unbelief being 
most advantageous to his present        
undertakings4 ,yet the  opinions of men 
have never changed the facts of         
revelation1 and1  according to          
,scripture1 ,satan exists2 still        
possessed with great power  and         

influence over the affairs of men--a    
power and influence to be  increasingly 
dreaded as this present age advances4   
,the teachings of ,scripture on this    
important subject are but little        
understood by ,christians and seem to be
 entirely outside the thought of  the   
world4 ,it is1 therefore1 to be expected
 that any attempt to present  this truth
 will seem1 to many1 mere folly and     
fiction4    ,the name ,satan has by no  
means been lost4 ,it has1 however1 been 
associated with a most unscriptural     
fancy4 ,without reference to            
revelation1 the world has imagined a    
grotesque being1 fitted with  strange   
trappings1 who has been made the central
 character in theatrical  performances2 
and by this relation to the unreality of
 the theatre1 the  real character of    
,satan has come to be only one of the   
myths of a bygone  age4    ,scripture   
reveals a detailed description of the   
person and career of  ,satan2 beginning 
with his creation2 his original         

condition2 his fall1  and on to his     
kingdom with all its developments1 and  
his final defeat  and banishment4 ,it   
presents a personage so mighty and so   
prominent in  the world to-day that the 
,christian heart would fail1 were it not
 for  faith in the ,one who has         
triumphed over all principalities and   
powers4    ,this attempt to outline the 
,scripture teaching on this character   
will be  undertaken under certain       
general conditions3    ,first--,the     
authority of the ,scriptures of both the
 ,old and the ,new  ,testaments will be 
accepted without question4              
,second--,evidence will be drawn from   
the ,word of ,god alone1 since no  final
 light can be found on this subject     
other than it has pleased ,god  to      
reveal in the ,bible4    ,third--,there 
will be no discussion as to the actual  
existence of ,satan2  this being both   
assumed and taught from ,genesis to     
,revelation4    ,these pages are        
prepared especially for believers2      

knowing that this  body of truth will be
 wholly unnoticed or rejected by the    
,satan-blinded  world 7#b ,cor4 #d3d74  
,there has also been a deep sense of the
 seriousness of the undertaking3  both  
because ,satan1 by his present direct   
power1 would1 if possible1  hinder any  
larger understanding of his projects and
 purposes2 and  because so great a      
warning has fallen from the lips of     
,christ against  the sin of ascribing to
 ,satan the things which are really of  
,god 7,matt4  #ab3bb-cb74 ,the work has1
 therefore1 been undertaken with some   
degree of  reliance upon the keeping and
 guiding power of the ,spirit of ,god1  
and is  presented with the prayer that  
believers may have a clearer            
understanding of this important body of 
truth and be able to say with  ,paul1   
,we are not ignorant of his devices4 ,it
 is also desired that  some clearer     
vision of this mighty foe may be had    
which will cause the  child of ,god to  
realize the overwhelming power of his   

adversary and be  constrained to be     
strong in the ,lord and in the power of 
his might2  that greater victory may be 
had in the realization of the whole will
 of  ,god4          ,chapter ,i4    ,the
 ,career of ,satan      ,this chapter is
 a brief outline of the past1 present   
and future of  ,satan1 which is taken up
 at this point both that the following  
chapters  may be more easily studied and
 because of the fact that those passages
  which deal most directly with his     
earliest condition are closely          
interwoven with predictions of his      
future and final defeat4    ,revelation 
in regard to ,satan begins with that    
dateless period between  the perfect    
creation of the heavens and the earth   
7,gen4 #a3a7 and the  desolating        
judgment which ended that period1 when  
the earth became waste  and empty 7,gen4
 #a3b2 ,isa4 #bd3a2 ,jer4 #d3bc-bf74    
,one passage1 ,ezek4  #bh3aa-ai1 deals  
at length with ,satan and his relation  
to that age4 ,in  this ,scripture ,satan

 is evidently described under the title 
of ,the ,king  of ,tyrus4 ,like the     
,messianic ,psalms1--wherein the        
,psalmist is  apparently referring to   
himself1 though statements are made and 
conditions described that could only be 
connected with the ,messiah1 the  ,son  
of ,god1--so1 here1 that which is       
addressed to ,the ,king of ,tyrus  is1  
by its character1 seen to be a direct   
reference to the person of  ,satan2 for 
no similar person to whom this          
description could apply is  revealed in 
,scripture4 ,in the previous as well as 
the following chapters  the final       
judgment of ,jehovah is pronounced upon 
the enemies of ,his  chosen people4     
,satan is distinctly numbered among     
these enemies in ,i  ,chron4 #ba3a2 and 
his record and judgment naturally appear
 in this list4    ,every sentence of    
this extended passage is a distinct     
revelation and is  worthy of long and   
careful study4 ,only a passing reference
 can be made  to it here4 ,the passage  

is as follows3    ,moreover the word of 
the ,lord came unto me1 saying1 ,son of 
man1 take up  a lamentation upon the    
,king of ,tyrus1 and say unto him1 ,thus
 saith the  ,lord ,god2 ,thou sealest up
 the sum1 full of wisdom1 and perfect in
  beauty4 ,thou hast been in ,eden the  
garden of ,god2 every precious stone    
was thy covering1 the sardius1 topaz1   
and the diamond1 the beryl1 the  onyx1  
and the jasper1 the sapphire1 the       
emerald1 and the carbuncle and  gold3   
the workmanship of thy tabrets and of   
thy pipes was prepared in  thee in the  
day that thou wast created4 ,thou art   
the anointed cherub  that covereth2 and 
,i have set thee so3 thou wast upon the 
holy mountain  of ,god2 thou hast walked
 up and down in the midst of the stones 
of fire4  ,thou wast perfect in thy ways
 from the day thou wast created1 till   
iniquity was found in thee4 ,by the     
multitude of thy merchandise they  have 
filled the midst of thee with violence1 
and thou hast sinned3  therefore ,i will

 cast thee as profane out of the        
mountain of ,god3 and ,i  will destroy  
thee1 ,o covering cherub1 from the midst
 of the stones of  fire4 ,thine heart   
was lifted up because of thy beauty1    
thou hast  corrupted thy wisdom by      
reason of thy brightness3 ,i will cast  
thee to  the ground1 ,i will lay thee   
before ,kings1 that they may behold     
thee4  ,thou hast defiled thy           
sanctuaries by the multitude of thy     
iniquities1  by the iniquity of thy     
traffic2 therefore will ,i bring forth a
 fire from  the midst of thee1 it shall 
devour thee1 and ,i will bring thee to  
ashes  upon the earth in the sight of   
all them that behold thee4 ,all they    
that  know thee among the people shall  
be astonished at thee3 thou shalt be a  
terror1 and never shalt thou be any     
more4    ,this passage describes much of
 the early and latter career of ,satan4 
,twice is his creation referred to4 ,in 
verse fifteen it is stated that he  was 
created perfect1 and in verse thirteen  

that perfection is set forth  in detail 
by the suggestive symbols of precious   
gems4 ,he was also full  of wisdom1     
perfect in beauty1 filling up the sum of
 perfection4 ,in  verse fourteen he is  
called the anointed cherub that         
covereth4 ,by this  the purpose of the  
,creator is revealed4 ,the general      
interpretation of  this verse is that   
,satan was created as a guard or        
protector to the  throne of the ,most   
,high4 ,this is reasonable4 ,like the   
golden cherubim1  covering the visible  
mercy seat in the ,holy of ,holies of   
the earthly  tabernacle1 he was created 
a guard and covering cherub to the      
heavenly  center of ,glory4 ,it is      
expressly stated that he was located by 
the ,most  ,high upon the holy mountain 
of ,god1 the mountain of ,god being a   
symbol  of the center of ,god's power1  
government1 and eternal throne 7,ps4    
#dh3a2  #fh3ae2 ,isa4 #b3b74 ,over this 
exalted throne ,satan was set as a      
covering  cherub4 ,he is also said to   

have been in ,eden1 the garden of ,god1 
which  is evidently another ,eden than  
that in which ,satan appeared as a      
serpent4 ,it is probably a reference to 
the primitive creation1 and the  whole  
passage suggests a position of great    
authority for which he was  created and 
anointed2 a position from which he fell1
 drawing with him a  host of beings over
 whom he had governing influence and    
power4    ,again1 it is stated that     
,satan was perfect in all his ways from 
the day  he was created4 ,it is         
important to notice both that he was    
created1 and  that he was created       
perfect4 ,since he was created1 he is   
not  self-existent1 and never can be    
free from his dependence upon the       
,creator4 ,he may vainly propose to     
become independent1 and even be         
permitted for a time to act under that  
delusion2 but that would only  delay the
 inevitable judgment that awaits him4   
,he was created perfect1  or was a      
perfect fulfilment of the ,creator's    

intention4 ,satan was a free  moral     
agent2 capable of choosing evil1 but not
 obliged to do so4 ,that he  chose evil 
must ever be his own condemnation2 for  
the ,creator had  surrounded him with   
sufficient motives to choose the good4  
,the crime of ,satan is partly revealed 
in verse sixteen and this is  followed  
by an exact description of his final    
judgment as it is  predicted in the book
 of ,revelation4    ,the important      
teaching of this passage is of ,satan's 
first position and  power--a power and  
wisdom sufficient to guard the throne of
 ,god from  every possible enemy1 and a 
glory and beauty that would become the  
highest officer in the ,court of        
,heaven4 ,by this revelation his present
  position and power may be estimated4  
,the revelation next in importance is   
that of his crime2 this is clearly  set 
forth in ,isa4 #ad3ab-bj4 ,before       
reading this passage it should be       
noticed that the prophet's vision of    
,satan1 here recorded1 is from the  time

 of his final judgment1 and the prophet 
is looking backward over  ,satan's whole
 career4 ,much that is still future is1 
therefore1 referred  to as though it    
were past4 ,the passage is as follows3  
,how art thou fallen from heaven1 ,o    
,lucifer1 son of the morning6 ,how art  
thou cut down to the ground1 which didst
 weaken the nations6 ,for thou  hast    
said in thine heart1 ,i will ascend into
 heaven1 ,i will exalt my  throne above 
the stars of ,god3 ,i will sit also upon
 the mount of the  congregation1 in the 
sides of the north3 ,i will ascend above
 the heights  of the clouds2 ,i will be 
like the ,most ,high4 ,yet thou shalt be
 brought  down to hell1 to the sides of 
the pit4 ,they that see thee shall      
narrowly  look upon thee1 and consider  
thee1 saying1 ,is this the man that made
 the  earth to tremble1 that did shake  
kingdoms2 that made the world as a      
wilderness1 and destroyed the cities    
thereof2 that opened not the house  of  
his prisoners8 ,all the kings of the    

nations1 even all of them1 lie in       
glory1 every one in his own house4 ,but 
thou art cast out of thy grave  like an 
abominable branch1 and as the raiment of
 those that are slain1  thrust through  
with a sword1 that go down to the stones
 of the pit2 as a  carcass trodden under
 feet4    ,here ,satan appears under a  
different title4 ,when he is seen in the
  primal glory1 as described in ,ezekiel
 #bh3aa-ai1 he bears the earthly  title 
of ,the ,king of ,tyrus and when fallen 
from that sphere1 he bears  the heavenly
 title of ,lucifer1 ,son of the         
,morning4 ,it is as though1  being out  
of harmony with the ,creator by his sin1
 he is out of harmony  with every sphere
 in which he may appear4 ,this glorious 
heavenly title1  ,lucifer1 ,son of the  
,morning1 speaks of his first place in  
the  celestial sphere1 when the morning 
stars sang together and all the sons  of
 ,god shouted for joy 7,job #ch3g74 ,it 
would indicate a position near to  the  
unsurpassed glory of ,the ,bright and   

,morning ,star1 ,the ,sun of            
,righteousness who shall yet arise with 
healing in ,his wings4    ,satan is here
 again said to be fallen from heaven4   
,of this fall ,jesus  speaks in ,luke   
#aj3ah1 ,i beheld ,satan as lightning   
fall from heaven4    ,the reference in  
both of these passages is not to        
,satan's moral  degeneration but rather 
to a great event when he was1 because of
 his  sin1 driven from his place in     
glory and made to inhabit the earth and 
air 7,eph4 #b3b2 #f3ab2 ,i ,pet4 #e3h74 
,yet he was granted the privilege of    
access to the presence of ,god 7,job    
#a3f2 ,rev4 #ab3aj74    ,referring to   
these texts3 ,in the first two chapters 
of the book of ,job1  ,satan is seen    
appearing in the midst of other heavenly
 beings1 before  the presence of        
,jehovah2 and there seems to be nothing 
unusual in the  presence of ,satan in   
this celestial company4 ,to the question
 of ,jehovah1  ,whence cometh thou8 he  
replies1 from going to and fro in the   

earth  and from walking up and down in  
it4 ,from this revelation the important 
information is given that ,satan1 while 
inhabiting the earth and air1 is  free  
to appear in the presence of ,god4 ,his 
occupation of the earth and  air is also
 taught in ,eph4 #f3aa1 #ab4 ,here      
believers are addressed as  follows3    
,put on the whole armor of ,god1 that ye
 may be able to stand  against the wiles
 of the devil4 ,for our wrestling is not
 against flesh  and blood1 but against  
the principalities1 against the powers1 
against  the world rulers of this       
darkness1 against the spiritual host of 
wickedness in the heavenlies 7,r4,v474  
,another injunction to believers is     
contained in ,i ,pet4 #e3h1 #i3 ,be     
sober1 be watchful3 your adversary the  
devil1 as a roaring lion1 walketh about1
 seeking whom he may devour3  whom      
withstand steadfast in your faith4      
,these two latter passages1 taken       
together1 restate with greater emphasis 
the revelation in regard to the present 

abode of ,satan4 ,that the earth  and   
the air are his present abode must be   
accepted on the testimony of            
,scripture3 in spite of the almost      
universal impression that he is now in  
hell4    ,in addition to this statement 
in regard to ,satan's fall1 the passage 
in  ,isaiah1 which is under             
consideration1 reveals two aspects of   
his present  activity4 ,he is first seen
 seeking to establish a throne for      
himself1  and then as the promoter of   
confusion and terror in the ,divine     
purpose  in the world4 ,this is followed
 with another statement of the certainty
  of his final judgment and banishment4 
,the crime of ,satan is concisely stated
 in the fourteenth verse as being  a    
purpose in his heart to become like the 
,most ,high4 ,his heart was  lifted up  
because of his beauty2 he who was       
created and placed as the  ,covering    
,cherub1 with the high honor of guarding
 the throne of ,god1  has corrupted his 
wisdom by reason of his brightness2 he  

has struck at  the throne he was set to 
protect4 ,it was a purpose in his heart 
which  would require the time of the    
ages to wholly destroy4 ,there could be 
but one ,most ,high1 and the purpose of 
,satan to become like him could1        
naturally1 be nothing less than an      
attempt to dethrone the ,almighty4      
,the secret purpose in his heart reveals
 his method to be1 not a violent  attack
 upon the throne3 but1 like ,absalom's1 
to steal the hearts of the  unfaithful  
in the kingdom1 and1 through subtlety1  
to gain a government4  ,he would thus   
become an object of worship1 and attract
 attention from  other beings to        
himself4 ,to accomplish this1 a         
hindering attitude must  be assumed     
toward the purpose and projects of the  
,most ,high4 ,no adequate  appreciation 
can be formed of ,satan's present       
projects and devices1 and  the motive   
that prompts them1 without a clear      
understanding of his  age-abiding       
attitude toward the ,person of ,god4    

,there are two prominent events revealed
 in the history of ,satan1 falling      
within the period of time when he       
proposed in his heart to become like    
the ,most ,high1 and his yet future     
banishment and execution4 ,the first of 
these was his meeting with and triumph  
over the first ,adam2 when he  wrested  
the scepter of authority from man1 by   
securing man's loyal  obedience to his  
own suggestion and counsel4 ,this       
earthly scepter ,satan  held by the full
 right of conquest1 seemingly without   
challenge from  ,jehovah1 until the     
first advent of the ,second ,adam2 this 
meeting of the  ,second ,adam1 ,christ1 
with ,satan being the second great event
 which is  revealed during this period  
in his career4 ,only the unfolding of   
the  coming ages can reveal the         
magnitude of this terrible conflict4 ,a 
glimpse is revealed from time to time of
 the unceasing effort of ,satan  to     
triumph over the ,second ,adam1 as he   
had done over the first4 ,he met  ,him  

in the wilderness1 offering ,him all he 
had gained from the first  ,adam1 even  
the kingdom of this world2 if only he   
might become like the  ,most ,high1 and 
receive the obedient worship and        
adoration of the ,second  ,adam1 the    
,son of ,god4 ,again he is seen voicing 
his attempt to dissuade  the ,christ    
from ,his sacrificial death1 through the
 impetuous ,peter2 and  still again in  
the crushing attack upon the very life  
of ,jesus in the  ,garden1 when1 it     
would seem1 ,satan attempted to take    
that life before it  could be offered   
for the sins of the world4    ,however  
victorious ,satan may have been over the
 first ,adam1 it is  certain that he met
 a complete and final judgment and      
sentence in the  ,second ,adam2 and that
 bruising of the serpent's head was     
realized which  was a part of the       
,adamic covenant4 ,referring to ,his    
,cross1 ,jesus said1  ,now is the       
judgment of this world1 now shall the   
prince of this world  be cast out 7,jno4

 #ab3ca74 ,and again in ,jno4 #af3aa1   
,of judgment because  the prince of this
 world is judged4 ,still another        
,scriptural testimony  to this great    
defeat of ,satan is recorded in ,col4   
#b3ac-ae3 ,having  forgiven you all     
trespasses2 blotting out the handwriting
 of ordinances  that was against us1    
which was contrary to us1 and took it   
out of the  way1 nailing it to the      
cross2 and having spoiled principalities
 and  powers1 he made a show of them    
openly1 triumphing over them in it4 ,it 
is1 therefore1 clear that1 though ,satan
 may have triumphed over the  first     
,adam and thereby become the god and    
prince of this world2 he  himself was   
perfectly and finally triumphed over and
 judged by the  second ,adam in the     
,cross4    ,it is quite possible1       
however1 that a sentence may be         
pronounced and  made known some time    
before that sentence is actually        
executed4 ,during  such an interval a   
criminal is said to be under sentence   

awaiting his  execution1 which some     
higher authority has decreed4 ,this     
period of  sentence is that in which    
,satan appears in the present age2 which
 age  had its beginning with the ,cross4
 ,execution of this sentence would have 
banished him forever4 ,that he is not   
banished is revealed in the fact  that  
he1 even after his judgment in the      
,cross1 is referred to in  ,scripture as
 still being in authority over this     
world4    ,an illustration of ,satan's  
present relation to this world may be   
taken  from the history of ,saul and    
,david4 ,it is natural that ,david1 the 
first  to occupy the ,davidic throne1   
should be a type of ,christ1 the last   
and  most glorious occupant of that     
throne 7,luke #a3ca-cc74 ,as there was a
  period between the anointing of ,david
 and the final banishment of ,saul1  in 
which ,saul reigned as a usurper1 though
 under ,divine sentence and  ,david was 
the ,god-appointed king3 in like manner 
there is now a similar  period in which 

,satan rules as a usurper1 though under 
sentence2 and the  actual occupation of 
the throne by ,christ is still future4  
,in this  period ,satan1 the rejected   
monarch1 still rules2 hunting to the    
death  all those who have allied        
themselves with ,christ1 the            
,god-anointed ,king4    ,why ,satan is  
thus allowed to continue his reign is   
perhaps but partly  revealed4 ,the real 
,church which is the ,bride of ,christ1 
is to sit with  ,him upon ,his throne   
7,rev4 #c3ba2 ,i ,cor4 #f3b1 #c2 ,matt4 
#ai3bh71 and the  present age must      
continue until that glorious heavenly   
people are  gathered out from the world 
by regeneration4 ,again1 it seems the   
course  of ,divine wisdom to make a     
sufficient and final trial of every     
claim of  ,his adversaries2 and when    
this age1 with all its developments1    
shall  have passed by1 every mouth will 
be stopped1 and the whole world and     
,satan will know their own failure and  
sin before ,god4 ,they will stand       

self-condemned2 and nothing could       
accomplish this but the testing1 by     
actual trial1 of all the self-sufficient
 claims of ,satan and man4 ,the  sin of 
man has brought him under sentence too2 
and grace alone withholds  his immediate
 execution 7,jno4 #c3ah2 ,rom4 #e3ah1   
#ai74 ,though the day of  execution is1 
in the purpose of ,god delayed2 it is1  
nevertheless1 sure2  and the time is    
fast approaching when an awful          
destruction of  self-enthroned beings   
will be executed2 and ,he alone shall   
reign1 whose  right it is to reign2 for 
,he must reign until ,he hath put all   
enemies  under ,his feet 7,i ,cor4      
#ae3be74 ,the ,kingly ,son shall yet    
arise and claim  the nations of the     
earth and break them with a rod of iron1
 and dash  them in pieces as a potter's 
vessel 7,ps4 #b3i74    ,it would seem   
that ,satan cherishes the expectation of
 actually  accomplishing his purpose    
until near the end of his career 7though
 the  demon testimony of ,matt4 #h3bi is

 suggestive on this point74 ,preceding  
his banishment to the pit1 he is        
violently cast out of heaven and into   
the earth1 according to ,rev4 #ab3g-ab2 
and his activity1 from that time  on is 
limited to that sphere4 ,he is no longer
 granted access to ,god4 ,the  passage  
is as follows3    ,and there was war in 
heaven3 ,michael and his angels fought  
against the  dragon2 and the dragon     
fought and his angels1 and prevailed    
not2 neither  was there place found any 
more in heaven4 ,and the great dragon   
was cast  out1 that old serpent1 called 
the ,devil1 and ,satan1 which deceiveth 
the  whole world3 he was cast out into  
the earth1 and his angels were cast  out
 with him4 ,and ,i heard a loud voice   
saying in heaven1 ,now is come          
salvation and strength1 and the kingdom 
of our ,god1 and the power of ,his      
,christ3 for the accuser of our brethren
 is cast down1 which accuseth  them     
before ,god day and night4 ,and they    
overcame him by the blood of the  ,lamb1

 and by the word of their testimony2 and
 they loved not their lives  unto the   
death4 ,therefore rejoice1 ye heavens1  
and ye that dwell in  them4 ,woe to the 
inhabitants of the earth and of the sea6
 for the devil  is come down unto you1  
having great wrath1 because he knoweth  
that he  hath but a short time4    ,here
 ,satan is pictured as being in great   
wrath as he is banished from  heaven    
into the earth1 knowing that he has but 
a short time4 ,after  this short time1  
which is a terrible tribulation in the  
earth1 ,satan is  bound and cast into a 
pit2 this being an event in the glorious
 return of  ,christ to the earth1 where 
,he will reign on the throne of ,his    
,father  ,david for a thousand years4   
,satan is confined to the pit during the
 same  period1 at the end of which he is
 released for a little season4 ,he  then
 gathers an army for a last and terrible
 attack upon the government  and people 
of ,god1 which ends in his being        
banished to the lake of fire1  where he 

meets his final and long predicted doom4
 ,these events are  clearly stated in   
their order in the nineteenth and       
twentieth chapters  of ,revelation4     
,satan is thus revealed as having been  
first created perfect in all his  ways1 
mighty in power1 and full of beauty and 
wisdom4 ,while thus  privileged1 he     
proposed a stupendous project in his    
heart--himself to  become like the ,most
 ,high4 ,though cast down and yet having
 access to  ,god1 he is seen wresting   
the world scepter from man2 and ruling  
as the  god of this world1 until the    
judgment of the ,cross2 and after that  
he  still rules as a usurper4 ,at the   
end of the age he is cast out of his    
access to heaven1 into the earth2 from  
thence to the pit2 and1 finally1  is    
banished to the lake of fire forever4   
,this review of the career of ,satan is 
made at this point in order to  call    
attention to the direct and mighty      
influence he exerts upon the  affairs of
 this world according to his varying    

positions and freedom4    ,after ,satan 
rebelled1 humanity1 too1 was thrown into
 an abnormal and  almost universal      
attitude of independence toward ,god2   
and this continues  beyond the ,cross   
with increasing confusion and darkness1 
to the end of  the age4 ,the only       
exception to this rebellion is the      
little company of  believers2 and how   
terribly real is the tendency to the    
self-governed  life of the old nature1  
even among these6 ,when ,satan is cast  
out of  heaven and limited to the earth1
 there is tribulation upon the earth of 
which ,jesus speaks in ,matt4 #bd3ba1   
and which is also referred to in ,dan4  
#ab3a4 ,when ,satan is bound and put in 
the pit1 and the promised ,kingdom  of  
,christ has come1 there is peace        
covering the earth as waters cover  the 
face of the deep4    ,can it be doubted 
that this mighty being is a living      
power1 acting  directly over the affairs
 of men1 even in this self-glorying age8
          ,chapter ,,ii4    ,the ,ages4 

,it is a conspicuous fact that the      
comparatively few errors and            
inconsistencies in translation1 found in
 the ,english ,authorized ,version  of  
the ,new ,testament1 serve to hinder1   
directly or indirectly1 any clear       
understanding of the teachings of       
,scripture in regard to the conditions  
and relationships of the world at the   
present time4 ,even the revision  did   
not greatly relieve this confusion      
beyond the addition of some  helpful    
marginal renderings4 ,it would seem1 if 
it were possible1 that  ,satan1 the     
author of confusion and the only one    
advantaged by it1 had  been able in some
 subtle way to keep in darkness that    
which would  otherwise be light2 thus   
preventing a revelation of his own      
projects4    ,the continuation of these 
misleading translations is most evident 
in the  unqualified use of the ,english 
word world4 ,the word which1 in common  
usage1 has a limited meaning is used1 by
 the translators1 as the one  ,english  

rendering for at least four widely      
differing ideas in the  original4 ,so   
that1 if the truth contained in this    
important body of  ,scripture is to be  
understood1 the student must not only   
know the  various meanings which are    
expressed by the one word1 but also be  
able  to determine the correct use of   
the word in any single instance4 ,this  
necessary effort to understand the real 
meaning of many passages has1           
therefore1 placed the simple truth they 
contain beyond the average  reader of   
the ,bible4    ,the ,english word world 
as used in the ,new ,testament may mean 
a  distinct period of time1 commonly    
known as an age 7as its original is a   
few times translated72 or it may refer  
to the things created3 the earth1  its  
inhabitants1 or their institutions4 ,two
 of these original meanings  are used in
 connection with this present time4     
,first1 as to an age1 or  period of     
time3    ,the ages are often referred to
 in ,scripture1 and the study of the    

exact  conditions and purposes of each  
of them is not fanciful3 but is rather  
the only adequate foundation for any    
true knowledge of the ,bible4 ,not  all 
the ages can be taken up in this        
,chapter1 but only such as may be       
confused with the present one4    ,the  
age of law1 which began with the giving 
of the law at ,mount ,sinai  and ended1 
approximately1 with the death of        
,christ1 is mentioned by  ,zacharias in 
his prophecy at the birth of ,john3 ,as 
he spake by the  mouth of his holy      
prophets which have been since the age  
began 7,lu4  #a3gj74 ,the same period is
 referred to by ,peter in ,acts #c3ba3  
,whom the  heavens must receive until   
the restitution of all things1 which    
,god hath  spoken by the mouth of all   
his prophets since the age began4 ,these
  references1 it will be seen1 are not  
to the creation of the world1 as  the   
,english rendering would indicate2 but  
to the beginning of that  particular    
period in which the prophets spake4     

,the present age of grace1 in which the 
grace of ,god has had its  appearing    
unto salvation1 began where the age of  
law ended1 or with the  death of        
,christ2 and will continue until ,he    
comes again4 ,the duration of  this age 
is suggested by the communion table1    
which1 being peculiar to  this age1 will
 continue to its end4 ,of this sacrament
 it is said3 ,as  oft as ye eat this    
bread1 and drink this cup1 ye do show   
the ,lord's  death till he come 7,i     
,cor4 #aa3bf74    ,as a distinct period 
of time this age is mentioned by the    
word world  no less than forty times in 
the ,new ,testament4 ,a few of these    
passages  follow3 ,and whosoever        
speaketh a word against the son of man1 
it shall  be forgiven him3 but whosoever
 speaketh against the ,holy ,spirit1 it 
shall not be forgiven him1 neither in   
this world 7age71 neither in the  world 
7age7 to come 7,matt4 #ab3cb74 ,and as  
he sat upon the ,mount of  ,olives1 the 
disciples came to him privately1 saying1

 ,tell us1 when shall  these things be8 
and what shall be the sign of thy       
coming1 and of the  end of the world    
7age78 7,matt4 #bd3c74 ,the field is the
 world 7men72  the good seed are the    
children of the kingdom2 but the tares  
are the  children of the wicked one2 the
 enemy that sowed them is the devil2 the
  harvest is the end of the world 7age72
 and the reapers are the angels  7,matt4
 #ac3ch1 #ci74 ,and1 lo1 ,i am with you 
alway1 even unto the end of  the world  
7age7 7,matt4 #bh3bj74 ,for the children
 of this world 7age7  are in their      
generation wiser than the children of   
light 7,lu4 #af3h74  ,and set him at his
 own right hand in the heavenlies1 far  
above all  principality1 and power1 and 
might1 and dominion1 and every name that
 is  named1 not only in this world      
7age71 but that which is to come 7,eph4 
#a3bj1 #ba74 ,we should live soberly1   
righteously1 and godly in this  present 
world 7age7 7,titus #b3ab74 ,by these   
and many other passages1 it  may be seen

 that the present age is a particular   
limited period of time  in which special
 conditions are to prevail1 and definite
 purposes are to  be realized4          
,judging from the mass of ,christian    
writings and from utterances in  public 
address and prayer1 this age is assumed 
by many1 without  question1 to be the   
,kingdom of ,christ2 though no          
,scripture is found to  warrant that    
conclusion4    ,there is a kingdom of   
,god which embraces the entire universe1
 over which  ,god is enthroned1 and to  
this kingdom every enemy must finally be
  brought back to original subjection   
and adjustment1 or be banished  forever4
 ,this final victory is described in ,i 
,cor4 #ae3bd1 #be3 ,then  cometh the    
end1 when ,he 7,christ7 shall have      
delivered up the kingdom to  ,god1 even 
the ,father2 when ,he shall have put    
down all rule and all  authority and    
power4 ,for he must reign1 till he hath 
put all enemies  under ,his feet4       
,there is a still more extensive body of

 ,scripture which anticipates a  literal
 kingdom of righteousness and peace upon
 the earth2 this theme  being the burden
 of the ,old ,testament prophets1 and   
was announced by  ,john ,baptist1 by    
,christ and ,his disciples4 ,this       
announcement was simple  and plain3 ,the
 kingdom is at hand4 ,the expression at 
hand here used  is significant2         
indicating not necessarily the immediate
 future1 though  the kingdom was        
definitely offered to that generation2  
but that the  earthly kingdom was the   
next event which had been clearly       
announced by  the prophets4 ,when the   
,messiah had been positively rejected by
 the ,jews1  ,he began1 alone1 without  
even the sympathy of ,his disciples1 to 
unfold  this forthcoming mystery-age1   
which had been kept secret in the       
councils  of ,god1 and which was more   
perfectly revealed to ,paul1 the first  
messenger to the ,gentiles4 ,of this    
revelation of a hitherto unknown age1   
,paul writes in ,eph4 #c3a-aa3 ,for this

 cause ,i ,paul1 the prisoner of  ,jesus
 ,christ for you ,gentiles1 if ye have  
heard of the dispensation of  the grace 
of ,god which is given to me to         
you-ward3 how that by  revelation he    
made known unto me the mystery2 7as ,i  
wrote afore in few  words1 whereby1 when
 ye read1 ye may understand my knowledge
 in the  mystery of ,christ7 which in   
other ages was not made known unto the  
sons  of men1 as it is now revealed unto
 ,his holy apostles and prophets by the 
,spirit2 that the ,gentiles should be   
fellow-heirs1 and of the same body1  and
 partakers of ,his promise in ,christ by
 the gospel3 whereof ,i was made  a     
minister1 according to the gift of the  
grace of ,god given unto me by  the     
effectual working of ,his power4 ,unto  
me1 who am less than the least  of all  
saints1 is this grace given1 that ,i    
should preach among the  ,gentiles the  
unsearchable riches of ,christ2 and to  
make all men see what  is the fellowship
 of the mystery1 which from the         

beginning of the world  hath been hid in
 ,god1 who created all things by ,jesus 
,christ3 to the  intent that now unto   
the principalities and powers in        
heavenly places  might be known by the  
church the manifold wisdom of ,god1     
according to  the eternal purpose which 
he purposed in ,christ ,jesus our ,lord4
    ,the same truth is emphasized in    
,rom4 #af3be3 ,now to him that is of    
power  to stablish you according to my  
gospel1 and the preaching of ,jesus     
,christ1 according to the revelation of 
the mystery1 which was kept  secret     
since the world began4    ,this new age 
of the ,gentiles was also to have its   
hope centered in ,jesus  ,christ1 but in
 ,his sacrificial death rather than ,his
 kingly reign4 ,it  was to be an age in 
which the ,gentiles were to be visited  
and a people  called out from them for  
,his own ,person 7,acts #ae3ad72 and    
these people1  who are the real ,church1
 were to be built together upon a rock  
7,matt4  #af3ah72 their glorious        

salvation and final heavenly perfection 
were to  rest only on ,his perfect and  
finished work for them4 ,by this ,divine
  transformation1 ,he would secure1 out 
of all nations1 both ,gentiles and      
,jews1 a heavenly people2 wholly fitted 
in quality to be ,his own body1  ,his   
heavenly bride1 and a kingdom of priests
 unto ,god4    ,all this1 though not    
revealed in past ages1 was known in the 
councils of  ,god 7,acts #ae3ah7 and is 
parenthetical in the history of the     
,jew4 ,it is a  delay of their earthly  
kingdom and in no way its fulfillment or
  substitute4    ,want of knowledge of  
the right divisions of truth is also    
evident in the  general impression that 
,god has cast off ,his people1 the      
,jews1 and that  the ,gentiles are their
 rightful successors and the recipients 
of the  blessings of their unfulfilled  
prophecies4 ,this confusion is due to a 
failure to distinguish between this and 
the following age4    ,two distinct     
lines of seed were promised to ,abraham4

 ,one1 an earthly  seed1 to be like the 
dust of the earth1 without number 7,gen4
 #ac3af71  centered wholly in the earth 
by a relationship of physical           
generation3  the other seed were likened
 to the stars of heaven1 without number 
7,gen4 #ae3e71 centered wholly in the   
heavenlies by a relationship of  ,spirit
 regeneration1 which is the present     
answer of ,god to all true  ,abrahamic  
faith 7,rom4 #d3a-e74 ,the earthly      
people found their origin in  the       
physical fatherhood of ,abraham3 while  
the heavenly people find  theirs in the 
shed blood of ,christ4 ,one had an      
earthly history from  ,abraham to their 
dispersion among the ,gentiles--a       
history which will yet  be resumed and  
the everlasting covenants fulfilled in  
the faithfulness  of ,god3 the other has
 a transient earthly pilgrimage from the
 ,cross to  their completion2 when they 
will be caught up to meet and marry     
their  ,bridegroom1 and be forever with 
the ,lord 7,i ,thes4 #d3ac-ag74    ,to  

one1 ,christ is the coming glorious     
,messiah1 who will actually sit  upon   
the throne of ,his father1 ,david 7,lu4 
#a3ca-cc71 in a literal earthly  kingdom
 7else all ,scripture language fails73  
to the other1 ,he is the  glorious ,head
 of the ,body1 and coming ,bridegroom4  
,one of these lines of  seed are the    
favored subjects in the earthly kingdom3
 while the other is  to be in ,his bosom
 as a bride1 and be associated with ,him
 in ,his reign  7,i ,cor4 #f3b2 ,rev4   
#c3ba74    ,as these two lines of seed  
are everywhere distinct1 there must be  
at  least two separate ages for the     
accomplishment of these ends4 ,what1    
then1 are these ages8    ,if it is      
believed that an earthly kingdom1 with  
,messiah as ,king1 is  promised the     
,jew1 it must also be admitted that the 
,jew is not now  enjoying that kingdom2 
nor has he had any semblance of a       
kingdom in all  the centuries since his 
dispersion among the ,gentiles4 ,this   
age cannot1  therefore1 be the predicted

 earthly kingdom of ,christ4 ,turning to
 ,acts  #ae3ac-ah1 a description of the 
present age and that which will follow  
is  found4 ,the passage is here given3  
,and after they had held their peace1   
,james answered1 saying1 ,men and       
brethren1 hearken unto me3 ,simeon hath 
declared how ,god at the first did visit
 the ,gentiles1 to take out of  them a  
people for his name4 ,and to this agree 
the words of the prophets2  as it is    
written1 after this ,i will return1 and 
will build again the  tabernacle of     
,david1 which is fallen down2 and ,i    
will build again the  ruins thereof1 and
 ,i will set it up2 that the residue of 
men might seek  after the ,lord1 and all
 the ,gentiles1 upon whom my name is    
called1 saith  the ,lord1 who doeth all 
these things4 ,known unto ,god are all  
,his works  from the beginning of the   
world4    ,it is recorded that1 after   
,his resurrection1 ,jesus was seen for  
forty  days by ,his apostles whom ,he   
had chosen2 and during this time ,he was

  speaking to them concerning the       
,kingdom4 ,it was natural1 therefore1   
for them to inquire1 at the end of those
 days1 ,lord1 wilt ,thou at this  time  
restore again the kingdom unto ,israel8 
7,acts #a3f7 and they had  full warrant 
from the prophets to expect that great  
event when their  ,messiah came4 ,they  
had not1 however1 grasped the meaning of
 the then  dawning age of the gathering 
out of the ,bride1 and in this passage  
they  are seen adjusting themselves to  
the newly revealed ,divine program1 and 
recognizing the ,god-appointed delay in 
the predicted earthly kingdom4    ,in   
,acts #ae3 just referred to1 the purpose
 and order of two distinct  ages is set 
forth4 ,the first age is described as   
the visiting of the  ,gentiles1 that    
from among them a heavenly people may be
 called out1 and  is a description of   
this present age1 which had its         
beginning in the  very generation in    
which this passage was written2 for no  
previous age  could meet these          

conditions4 ,the second age1 here       
described1 is that of  a distinct       
rebuilding of the ,davidic order1 which 
is clearly separated  from the former   
age by the return of ,christ4 ,this same
 order of events  is also carefully     
maintained wherever these events are    
referred to in  ,scripture1 and any     
confusion of the order is a positive    
violence to the  truth4 ,the revealed   
consummation of this ,gentile age is    
always the  return of ,christ1 who comes
 first to receive ,his own2 and then to 
render  judgment upon all the nations   
and to bind the enemy and place him in  
the  pit4 ,the same return of ,christ is
 the necessary preliminary event before 
any kingdom of righteousness and peace  
can be realized upon the earth4  ,no    
amount of enlightened sentiment can     
establish a kingdom without a  king2 and
 no universal blessedness can be        
experienced in this world  until the    
enemy is dethroned and banished4 ,sadly 
has the world failed to  include these  

two necessary ,divine movements1 in its 
vain dream and  godless attempt at a    
perfected universe6    ,the purpose of  
this age is then clearly defined as the 
visiting of the  ,gentiles to call out  
of them a people for ,his name2 the     
called out  people being the true       
,church 7as that word signifies71 which 
is made up  of all the saved ones who   
have been saved since the ,day of       
,pentecost1 at  which time the ,spirit  
came to unite them into one body and to 
indwell  them4 ,they are the heavenly   
people1 regenerate and complete in      
,christ1  their ,bridegroom and living  
,head4    ,when this age is considered  
as the ,kingdom of ,christ it is usually
  thought of as in a state of           
development4 ,this is a necessary       
conclusion  in view of the presence of  
sin and failure in the world4 ,but the  
setting  up of the earthly kingdom is   
never described as the result of a      
process4  ,scripture deals conclusively 
with this question4    ,in ,dan4        

#b3cd-ce1 an image is described1 which  
is defined as being a  symbol of the    
then dawning ,gentile world power 7which
 is still  continuing1 ,lu4 #ba3bd74    
,the image is here made to represent    
both the  development of world rule and 
its terrible and final ending4 ,the     
image  is seen to be gradually          
developing from one world government to 
another  until the form of the image is 
wholly completed4 ,its ending is then   
precipitated by a shattering blow from a
 ,stone1 cut out without hands4  ,by the
 same inspired interpretation1 the      
,stone becomes both a symbol  of        
superhuman power1 being cut out without 
hands2 and a type of  ,christ1 the      
,ancient of ,days1 in ,his coming to the
 earth as a resistless  ,monarch2       
banishing all rule and authority4 ,a    
portion of the whole  passage reads     
thus3 ,thou sawest till that a stone was
 cut out without  hands1 which smote the
 image upon his feet that were of iron  
and clay1  and brake them to pieces4    

,then was the iron1 the clay1 the brass1
 the  silver1 and the gold1 broken to   
pieces together1 and became like the    
chaff of the summer threshing-floor2 and
 the wind carried them away1  that no   
place was found for them3 and the stone 
that smote the image  became a great    
mountain1 and filled the whole earth    
7,dan4 #b3cd-ce74    ,this being a      
,divinely interpreted prophecy as to the
 extent and ending  of the present      
,gentile age1 it should be noted that   
the ,stone 7,christ7  strikes the image 
7the world power7 with one destructive  
blow1 and at  the time when it has      
become fully developed4 ,the blow is    
struck on the  part of the image which  
is last formed4 ,the great image is thus
  instantly and violently broken to     
pieces and is even blown away like  the 
chaff of the summer threshing-floor4 ,in
 like manner1 according to  this        
prophecy1 the whole ,gentile rule will  
suddenly be broken and will  vanish4    
,it should also be noted from these     

symbols that the ,stone does not  become
 a mountain and fill the whole earth    
until the great image has  been         
scattered to dust4 ,from this it is     
certain that there can be no            
development of the ,kingdom of ,christ  
on the earth before the final  breaking 
of the kingdoms of the earth4 ,this same
 order is recognized  throughout all    
prophecy4 ,the king suddenly returns as 
lightning shining  from one part of     
heaven to the other2 ,satan is violently
 seized and cast  into prison2 and a    
nation is born at once4 ,the second     
,psalm connects the  kingly reign of    
,christ--the time when ,he is set upon  
the holy hill of  ,zion--with the time  
when ,he shall claim the nations of the 
earth and  break them with a rod of iron
 and dash them in pieces as a potter's  
vessel4 ,also in ,matt4 #be3ca1 when ,he
 sits on the throne of ,his glory  the  
blessed of the ,father are called to    
enter the kingdom prepared for  them    
from the foundation of the world4 ,and  

in ,rev4 #ab3g-ab1 where ,satan  is cast
 out into the earth and the execution of
 his sentence is begun1  the            
announcement is made by a great voice in
 heaven1 ,now is come  salvation1 and   
strength1 and the kingdom of our ,god1  
and the power of  ,his ,christ4 ,there  
is no evidence of a gradual process     
here2 all is  sudden and decisive4      
,again1 this age is not the coming      
earthly kingdom for nowhere are the     
promised conditions of that kingdom now 
to be found4 ,the ,old ,testament       
prophecies contain long and detailed    
descriptions of that glorious time2     
,god's ancient people shall become the  
chosen nation1 restored to their  own   
land2 the enemy shall be banished2 the  
earth shall be purified1 and  blossom as
 a rose4 ,the wolf also shall dwell with
 the lamb1 and the  leopard shall lie   
down with the kid2 and the calf and the 
young lion and  the fatling together2   
and a little child shall lead them4 ,and
 the cow  and the bear shall feed2 their

 young ones shall lie down together1 and
  the lion shall eat straw like the ox4 
,and the sucking child shall play  on   
the hole of the asp1 and the weaned     
child shall put his hand on the         
cockatrice den4 ,they shall not hurt or 
destroy in all my holy mountain3  for   
the earth shall be full of the knowledge
 of the ,lord1 as the waters  cover the 
sea 7,isa4 #aa3f-i74 ,and in that day   
will ,i make a covenant  for them with  
the beasts of the field1 and with the   
fowls of heaven1 and  with the creeping 
things of the ground3 and ,i will break 
the bow and the  sword and the battle   
out of the earth1 and will make them to 
lie down  safely 7,hos4 #b3ah74 ,and it 
shall come to pass in that day1 that the
  mountains shall drop down new wine1   
and the hills shall flow with milk1  and
 all the rivers of ,judah shall flow    
with waters1 and a fountain  shall come 
forth of the house of the ,lord1 and    
shall water the valley of  ,shittim     
7,joel #c3ah74 ,sing and rejoice1 ,o    

daughter of ,zion3 for1 lo1 ,i  come1   
and ,i will dwell in the midst of thee1 
saith the ,lord4 ,and many  nations     
shall be joined to the ,lord in that    
day1 and shall be my people3  and ,i    
will dwell in the midst of thee1 and    
thou shalt know that the ,lord  of hosts
 hath sent me unto thee 7,zech4 #b3aj1  
#aa74 ,thus saith the ,lord  of hosts2  
in those days it shall come to pass1    
that ten men shall take  hold out of all
 languages of the nations1 even shall   
take hold of the  skirt of him that is a
 ,jew1 saying1 ,we will go with you3 for
 we have  heard that ,god is with you   
7,zech4 #h3bc74 ,for behold1 ,i create  
new  heavens and a new earth3 and the   
former shall not be remembered1 nor     
come into mind4 ,but be ye glad and     
rejoice forever in that which ,i        
create3 for1 behold1 ,i create          
,jerusalem a rejoicing1 and her people a
  joy4 ,and ,i will rejoice in          
,jerusalem1 and joy in my people3 and   
the  voice of weeping shall be no more  

heard in her1 nor the voice of crying4  
,there shall be no more thence an infant
 of days1 nor an old man that  hath not 
filled his days3 for the child shall die
 an hundred years old2  but the sinner  
being an hundred years old shall be     
accursed4 ,and they  shall build houses1
 and inhabit them2 and they shall plant 
vineyards1  and eat the fruit of them   
7,isa4 #fe3ag-ba74 ,then the eyes of the
 blind  shall be opened1 and the ears of
 the deaf shall be unstopped4 ,then     
shall  the lame man leap as an hart1 and
 the tongue of the dumb sing3 for in    
the wilderness shall waters break out1  
and streams in the desert 7,isa4  #ce3e1
 #f74 ,but this shall be the covenant   
that ,i will make with the  house of    
,israel4 ,after those days1 saith the   
,lord1 ,i will put my law in  their     
inward parts1 and write it in their     
hearts2 and will be their ,god  and they
 shall be my people4 ,and they shall    
teach no more every man his  neighbor1  
and every man his brother1 saying1 ,know

 the ,lord3 for they  shall all know me1
 from the least of them unto the        
greatest of them1  saith the ,lord3 for 
,i will forgive their iniquity1 and ,i  
will remember  their sins no more 7,jer4
 #ca3 #cc1 #cd74 ,for unto us a child is
 born1  unto us a son is given3 and the 
government shall be upon ,his shoulder3 
and ,his name shall be called           
,wonderful1 ,counsellor1 ,the mighty    
,god1 ,the  everlasting ,father1 ,the   
,prince of ,peace4 ,of the increase of  
,his  government and peace there shall  
be no end1 upon the throne of ,david1   
and upon the kingdom1 to order it1 and  
to establish it with judgment and  with 
justice from henceforth even forever4   
,the zeal of the ,lord of hosts  will   
perform this 7,isa4 #i3f1 #g74 ,he shall
 be great1 and shall be  called the ,son
 of the ,highest3 and the ,lord ,god    
shall give unto ,him the  throne of ,his
 ,father ,david3 and ,he shall reign    
over the house of ,jacob  forever2 and  
of ,his kingdom there shall be no end   

7,lu4 #a3cb1 #cc74 ,and  ,he shall set  
up an ensign for the nations1 and shall 
assemble the  outcasts of ,israel1 and  
gather together the dispersed of ,judah 
from the  four corners of the earth     
7,isa4 #aa3ab74 ,and ,he shall judge    
among many  people1 and rebuke strong   
nations afar off2 and they shall beat   
their  swords into plowshares1 and their
 spears into pruning hooks3 nation      
shall not lift up a sword against       
nation1 neither shall they learn war    
any more4 ,but they shall sit every man 
under his vine and under his fig  tree2 
and none shall make them afraid3 for the
 mouth of the ,lord of  hosts hath      
spoken it 7,micah #d3c1d74    ,though   
blessings abound in the individual heart
 where ,christ is  enthroned1 yet not   
one trace of this glorious transformed  
earth can be  found in the present      
,gentile age4          ,chapter ,,iii4  
,the ,course of ,this ,age4      ,it is 
necessary to distinguish between rightly
 dividing the word of  truth1 and a     

critical attitude toward that word2 the 
former being an  important duty in the  
believer's life1 according to ,,ii ,tim4
 #b3ae1 while  the latter may easily    
become a wicked and misleading display  
of unbelief  and the wisdom of this     
world 7,i ,cor4 #a3ai74    ,personal    
interest in the ,word of ,god usually   
begins with the first  understanding of 
its real divisions2 and no one is       
prepared to  understand the providence  
of ,god who does not first come to know 
something of the purpose of ,god as     
marked off by these great divisions4    
,especially is this necessary1 as has   
been stated1 for any clear              
understanding of the present age4       
,again1 the power and force of the whole
 body of ,scripture must depend1  in a  
large measure1 upon a belief in         
unfulfilled prophecy4 ,such a belief  is
 not general1 even among ,christians4   
,they believe that ,christ camp in  the 
flesh1 suffered1 died1 and rose again1  
because that is all now a  matter of    

history2 but that belief is not greatly 
influenced by the fact  that this was   
all exactly foretold by the prophets4   
,let those who are  free to condemn the 
pious ,jew for not recognizing the      
fulfillment of  prophecy in the first   
advent of ,christ1 beware lest they fail
 to rightly  interpret the signs of     
these times1 or look with positive      
unbelief upon  the stupendous events    
that1 according to prophecy1 are        
imminent to-day4  ,it seems a sore test 
of faith to believe that which is       
predicted for the  present age1 though  
those predictions are being fulfilled in
 every  particular4 ,this prevailing    
attitude of unbelief usually arises from
 one  of two errors2 either ,satan has  
been so estimated that it seems         
impossible for him to be the promoter of
 anything that is moral or good  7of    
this error more will be said in the     
following chapters73 or the  exact      
meaning and purpose of this age has been
 disbelieved or  misunderstood2 and     

because of these conditions many        
enthusiastic  ,christians are found to  
be1 not only working toward unscriptural
 and  hopeless ends1 but are actually   
contributing to the confusion and       
darkness that is prevalent to-day4      
,the purpose and course of this age are 
not matters of prediction alone4        
,almost two thousand years of history   
may be considered in the light of  these
 predictions2 and while the age is not  
yet complete1 and much that  is reserved
 for the last days is still future1     
enough of prophecy has  now been        
fulfilled to indicate the certain       
fulfillment of all4    ,since there has 
been no universal conversion of men in  
even the most  favored locality1 it is  
evident that1 thus far1 there has been a
  separating and calling out of a few   
from the many2 and the ,divine  purpose1
 as revealed in ,scripture1 which is to 
gather out a people from  the ,gentiles 
for ,his own name1 has been verified4   
,the blessing of ,god  has been upon    

world-wide evangelism3 rather than upon 
any fruitless  attempts at world-wide   
conversion2 for the individual or church
 that  has become self-centered has1 to 
that degree1 sacrificed the power and   
blessing of the presence of ,christ     
which was promised in ,matt4 #bh3bj3    
,go ye therefore1 and disciple all      
nations--,lo1 ,i am with you alway1     
even unto the end of the age4    ,again1
 the formation of the ,kingdom has not  
been discernible in the  present age4   
,the ,jews1 to whom alone the promises  
of an earthly kingdom  belong1 have     
continued a separate people under the   
unseen hand of ,god1  without a country1
 or a vestige of national life4         
,certainly none of the  predicted and   
necessary events accompanying the       
establishment of their  kingdom have    
been experienced1 nor is there any trace
 of its promised  blessings4 ,the fact  
that some ,jews are now organizing and  
looking toward  their native land1      
argues nothing for this age1 more than  

that its end  is very near1 and that the
 way for their coming ,messiah and      
national  glory is being prepared4 ,just
 so1 the conspicuous fact that all the  
marvelous present development of the    
resources of the earth has been  limited
 to about the last eightieth of the     
present history of the age is  evidence 
that the earth's return to her former   
glory is already in  preparation4       
,belief in the revealed course of this  
age is1 therefore1 based upon  history  
as well as the predictions of           
,scripture4    ,the present age is      
different from all others by reason of  
the admixture  of opposing classes of   
people2 there being two distinct        
divisions 7not  including the ,jew as a 
nation7 living and acting together1 who 
are1  nevertheless1 removed from each   
other by a degree that is immeasurable4 
,this fact necessitates many careful    
distinctions and special  injunctions   
which are peculiar to the age4    ,the  
fact that these two widely differing    

classes are present together1  and are  
to continue so to the end of the age1 is
 the teaching of the  seven parables in 
the thirteenth chapter of ,matthew4     
,very much1  therefore1 depends upon the
 correct interpretation of these        
parables4  ,their meaning has been      
somewhat hidden by the use of the word  
world  where reference is made to this  
period of time2 and the fact that the   
conditions described are true of this   
age only1 has not been generally        
realized4    ,these seven parables are  
but a description of the unfolding and  
development of these mixed elements to  
be found in ,christendom  throughout    
this age4 ,the same program is again    
proclaimed by ,christ1  from the ,glory1
 in the messages to the seven churches  
of ,asia 7,rev4 #b  and #c74 ,here are  
seven letters to organized existing     
churches2 yet these  messages also      
reveal an exact outline of the history  
of ,christendom for  this entire age2   
and there is perfect agreement in order 

and detail  between the parables of     
,matthew #ac and the letters of         
,revelation #b and  #c4 ,the first two  
parables are interpreted by ,christ     
,himself1 and the  interpretation of    
these sheds light on all that remains4  
,christ is the sower in both the first  
and second of these parables1 and  the  
sowing is continued by ,his messengers  
throughout this age4 ,the field  is the 
world of men1 which reveals a marked    
change from the  responsibility of the  
,jewish age that was then closing2 and  
the results  of the sowing are most     
definite3 not all the good seed sown    
comes to  fruitage2 and the wheat and   
the tares grow together until the end of
  the age4 ,this interpretation is not  
fanciful1 for it is given by ,christ    
,himself2 and the following parables    
must necessarily agree with these4  ,the
 third and fourth are of the mustard    
seed and the measure of meal4  ,though  
commonly interpreted to mean the        
world-wide development of the  ,church  

and the permeating influence of the     
,gospel1 in the light of the            
interpretation of the previous parables 
they can mean only the mixture  of evil 
with that which began as small as a     
mustard seed and as pure as  meal4 ,the 
fifth parable is of a treasure hid in a 
field1 which pictures  the earthly      
people in the world2 while their real   
relation to ,christ is  covered until   
the accomplishment of that which is     
revealed in the sixth4  ,here the same  
man1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 sells all
 that ,he hath to  purchase the ,church1
 the pearl of great price1 for ,he loved
 the ,church1  and gave ,himself for it 
7,eph4 #e3be72 the pearl1 by its        
formation and  its power to reflect the 
light1 being a wonderful type of the    
,church in  her present formation and   
future place in glory4 ,both the        
treasure and  the pearl are found in the
 world1 but do not include all of the   
world4  ,the last parable but restates  
the truth that the mixture of the good  

and  the evil is to continue to the end 
of the age4    ,the highest ambition of 
the great missionary1 ,paul1 was to be  
all things  to all men that he might    
save some1 not all4 ,he found that his  
preaching was a savor of death unto     
death as well as of life unto  life     
7,,ii ,cor4 #b3ae1 #af71 and he clearly 
states in ,,ii ,tim4 #c3ac1 ,and  evil  
men shall wax worse and worse1 deceiving
 and being deceived4  ,christ also      
predicted that the end of this age      
should be marked by such  sin as        
provoked the judgment of the flood3 ,but
 as the days of ,noe were1  so shall    
also the coming of the ,son of man be4  
,for as in the days that  were before   
the flood they were eating and drinking1
 marrying and giving  in marriage1 until
 the day that ,noe entered into the ark1
 and knew not  until the flood came1 and
 took them all away2 so shall also the  
coming  of the ,son of man be 7,matt4   
#bd3cg-ci74    ,this truth is often     
rejected as being pessimistic and       

disloyal to the  progress of the world3 
yet has not the history of the age      
verified the  teaching8 ,and is not the 
coming glory nearer and more certain    
when  depending upon ,his promised      
return in resistless power and splendor1
  than when depending upon any human    
progress the world has ever known8  ,one
 is the majestic movement of the ,divine
 program in fulfillment of  every       
covenant3 while the other is the vain   
dream of the world in its  ignorance and
 disregard of the testimony of ,god4    
,because of the presence of these two   
classes in the world in this age1  there
 are two very distinct lines of         
,scripture descriptive of them4 ,one    
body of ,scripture directly applies to  
and governs the wheat or  heavenly      
people1 and one applies to the tares1   
the children of the  evil one4 ,the     
marvelous revelation of the believer's  
relation to ,christ  and the heavenlies1
 and his deliverance from any actual    
identification  with this age1 though in

 it1 will be the subject of another     
chapter4  ,only the relation of the     
unregenerate to this world and to ,satan
 will be  continued here4    ,as it has 
pleased ,satan to hide himself and all  
his projects from the  unbelieving      
world1 that which ,god has revealed in  
all faithfulness will  be received only 
by those who have unquestioning         
confidence in ,his ,word4    ,according 
to ,scripture1 the relation of the      
unbelieving to ,satan is far  more vital
 than a mere pleasure-seeking           
allegiance4 ,on two occasions  ,jesus   
spoke of the unsaved as the children of 
,satan 7,matt4 #ac3ch2 ,jno4  #h3dd71   
and ,paul so addressed ,elymas1 the     
sorcerer1 according to ,acts  #ac3aj4   
,the same class is also twice called the
 children of  disobedience 7,eph4 #b3b2 
,col4 #c3f71 and once it is called the  
children  of wrath 7,eph4 #b3c74    ,it 
is evident that these are descriptions  
of the same class of people1  since both
 terms are employed together in ,eph4   

#e3f3 ,let no man deceive  you3 for     
because of these things cometh the wrath
 of ,god upon the  children of          
disobedience4 ,the exact cause of that  
wrath is stated in  ,rom4 #a3ah         
7,r4,v473 ,for the wrath of ,god is     
revealed from heaven against  all       
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men1 
who hinder the truth in                 
unrighteousness2 the word hinder being  
the same as is used in ,,ii  ,thes4     
#b3g1 where the ,holy ,spirit is said to
 be restraining the working  of         
lawlessness in this age4 ,therefore1 the
 willing neglect and disregard  for the 
testimony of ,god by the world1 has     
allied them with ,satan1 and  placed    
them under the wrath of ,god1 which must
 find its righteous  execution in due   
time if grace is not accepted4          
,again1 ,satan is revealed as directing 
and empowering the children of          
disobedience3 ,and you hath he          
quickened1 who were dead in trespasses  
and sins2 wherein in times past ye      

walked according to the course of  this 
age1 according to the prince of the     
power of the air1 the spirit  that now  
worketh in the children of disobedience 
7,eph4 #b3a1 #b74 ,the  real force of   
this passage1 also1 is dependent upon   
the meaning of one  word2 the word      
worketh being the same as is used in    
,phil4 #b3ac1 where  ,god is said to    
impart ,his wisdom and strength to the  
believer3 ,for it  is ,god that worketh 
in you both to will and to do of his    
good  pleasure4 ,additional light may be
 had as to the reality of this          
relationship from the following passages
 in which the same original word  is    
used3 ,and there are diversities of     
operations1 but it is the same  ,god    
that worketh all in all 7,i ,cor4       
#ab3f72 ,but all these 7gifts7  worketh 
that one and the selfsame ,spirit1      
dividing to every man  severally as he  
will 7,i ,cor4 #ab3aa72 ,and what is the
 exceeding  greatness of ,his power to  
usward who believe1 according to the    

working  of ,his mighty power1 which ,he
 wrought in ,christ when ,he raised ,him
  from the dead1 and set ,him at ,his   
own right hand in the heavenlies  7,eph4
 #a3ai-bj72 ,for ,he that wrought       
effectually in ,peter to the            
apostleship of the circumcision1 the    
same was mighty in me toward the        
,gentiles 7,gal4 #b3h72 ,whereunto ,i   
also labor1 striving according to ,his  
working1 which worketh in me mightily   
7,col4 #a3bi72 ,now unto ,him that  is  
able to do exceeding abundantly above   
all that we ask or think1  according to 
his power that worketh in us 7,eph4     
#c3bj74 ,it is also  said in regard to  
the energizing power of ,satan1 using   
the same original  word3 ,for the       
mystery of iniquity doth already work   
7,,ii ,thes4 #b3g72  ,for when we were  
in the flesh1 the motions of sins1 which
 were by the  law1 did work in our      
members to bring forth fruit unto death 
7,rom4  #g3e74 ,in the last two passages
 quoted1 the meaning is1 like the       

preceding passages1 of an imparted      
energy1 and is1 therefore1 most         
suggestive4    ,it may then be concluded
 from the testimony of ,scripture that  
,satan  imparts his wisdom and strength 
to the unbelieving in the same manner as
  the power of ,god is imparted to the  
believer by the ,holy ,spirit4 ,there   
is1 however1 no revelation as to the    
comparative degree of strength  imparted
 by each4 ,it should be further noted in
 this connection that  this impartation 
of energizing power from ,satan is not  
toward a limited  few who might be said1
 because of some strange conduct1 to be 
possessed  of a demon2 but is the common
 condition of all who are yet unsaved1  
and  are1 therefore1 still in the power 
of darkness4    ,the relation between   
the unregenerate and ,satan is still    
more vital1  according to the original  
from which ,i ,jno4 #e3ai is translated4
 ,the  ,revised ,version renders it1    
with marginal note1 as follows3 ,we know
  that we are of ,god1 and the whole    

world lieth in the evil one4 ,in this   
passage there are two startling         
revelations in regard to this           
relationship4 ,first3 the word in is the
 same as is used everywhere of  the     
believer when he is said to be in       
,christ1 and in the case of the         
believer it signifies an organic union  
to ,christ--as a branch is in  the vine1
 so the believer is in ,christ4 ,though 
the word1 when used of  the             
unregenerate1 probably cannot mean the  
same degree of organic                  
life-relationship as exists between     
,christ and the believer1 yet it  does  
denote a deep relationship2 and ,satan  
is the light1 inspiration1  and power1  
of all those whom he energizes4    ,the 
second revelation in the passage is     
found in the word lieth--,the  whole    
world lieth in the evil one4 ,it might  
as well be translated  lieth asleep2 for
 its condition is not only a fixed      
position in the  evil one1 but is also a
 condition of unconsciousness4 ,the     

saved ones are  said to be in the       
,father's hand where no created thing   
can pluck them  out 7,jno4 #aj3bi71 and 
underneath are the everlasting arms3 so 
the great  mass of unsaved humanity is  
in the arms of ,satan2 and by his       
subtlety  they are all unconscious of   
their position and relation4 ,this is   
not at  all strange4 ,even the believer 
has no present power to discern his     
glorious position and security in the   
,father's hand1 apart from the          
assurance of the written ,word4 ,much   
less1 then1 can the unbeliever come  to 
realize his own position in the arms of 
,satan1 when1 under the  direction of   
,satan1 he gives no heed to the         
testimony of ,god4    ,still another    
passage should be noted in this         
connection4 ,in ,,ii ,cor4  #d3c1 #d1   
,satan is described as the god of this  
world1 blinding the minds  of the       
unbelieving4 ,the whole passage is as   
follows3 ,and if our gospel  is veiled1 
it is veiled in them that perish3 in    

whom the god of this age  hath blinded  
the thoughts of the unbelieving that the
 light of the  gospel of the glory of   
,christ1 who is the image of ,god should
 not dawn  upon them 7,r4,v4 with       
margin74 ,in this passage the           
unconscious condition  is said to be the
 direct result of the power of ,satan1  
and the blindness  of their thoughts1 it
 is stated1 is along one particular     
line4 ,to them  the gospel is veiled2   
and the gospel here referred to is not  
the whole  life story of ,jesus1 nor is 
it the ,gospel of the ,kingdom2 but the 
message of good news or favor2 the exact
 terms of ,salvation by grace  alone4   
,this ,paul here calls our gospel1 for  
to him it was first  unfolded in its    
completeness4    ,the unregenerate are1 
then1 unconscious of their position in  
the arms of  ,satan1 and blind in their 
thoughts toward the gospel of mercy and 
favor1--their only hope for time or     
eternity4 ,satan1 like a fond mother1   
is bending over those in his arms1      

breathing into their minds the  quieting
 balm of a universal fatherhood of ,god 
and a universal  brotherhood of man2    
suggesting their worthiness before ,god 
on the  ground of their own moral       
character and physical generation2      
feeding  their tendency to imitate the  
true faith by great humanitarian        
undertakings and schemes for the        
reformation of individuals and the      
betterment of the social order4 ,god's  
necessary requirements of  regeneration 
are carefully set aside1 and the blinded
 souls go on  without hope1 having the  
understanding darkened1 being alienated 
from  the life of ,god through the      
ignorance that is in there1 because of  
the  blindness of their heart 7,eph4    
#e3ah74 ,how important1 as a preparation
  for salvation1 is the illuminating    
work of the ,spirit in conviction1 by   
which ,he lifts the veil and opens the  
mind to a new vision of the  redemption 
and glory that is in ,christ6 ,without  
this ,god-given vision  there can be no 

understanding of the way of life1 nor   
any intelligent  decision for ,christ4  
,chapter ,,iv4    ,this ,age and the    
,satanic ,system4      ,it may also be  
concluded from the study of the ages    
that ,god has not  been pleased to meet 
the presumptuous claims of ,satan or of 
man by a  simple denial of those claims2
 ,he has chosen1 rather1 to bring       
everything to an experimental test4 ,one
 advantage of this method is  obvious3  
every mouth will be stopped1 and the    
entire universe of beings  will see     
clearly the utter folly of that which   
might have been  arbitrarily denied4    
,man can no longer claim that his       
conscience is  sufficient to guide him  
to his highest destiny2 since the whole 
race1  when standing on that basis      
before ,god1 so utterly failed that     
their  destruction1 by a flood1 was     
necessary3 in like manner1 by the       
history  of a most favored people in the
 age preceding the first advent of      
,christ1 man has demonstrated his own   

inability to do right or to keep  the   
law4 ,in the present age1 man proves his
 separation from his ,creator  by his   
spirit of self-sufficiency and positive 
rejection of ,god4 ,the  present issue  
between ,god and man is one of whether  
man will accept  ,god's estimate of him1
 abandon his hopeless self-struggle1 and
 cast  himself only on ,god who alone is
 sufficient to accomplish his needed    
transformation4 ,all ,divine love1      
wisdom1 and power have wrought to make  
these conditions open to man2 and when  
this last and supreme effort of  ,god   
has been rejected1 the final pleading   
with man must be forever  past1 and the 
long delayed judgment upon sin be       
executed in  righteousness4    ,it has  
already been pointed out that ,satan    
purposed in his heart to  attempt all   
the functions of ,god2 and1 according to
 ,scripture1 that  which he purposed is 
being permitted1 to the extent of his   
ability1  throughout the course of this 
age4 ,though his failure and defeat have

  been predicted from the beginning1 yet
 it has pleased ,god to permit the      
,satanic ambition to come to its own    
destruction1 and to demonstrate its  own
 weakness and wicked folly4 ,no other   
solution is given of the present  power 
of ,satan and the terrible              
manifestations of his increasing        
authority yet to be experienced in the  
closing scenes of this age4    ,his     
present authority is by no means        
complete4 ,in ,,ii ,thes4 #b3g it is    
stated3 ,the mystery of lawlessness doth
 already work3 only there is one  that  
restraineth now1 until he be taken out  
of the way4 ,this is a  description of  
the work of the ,holy ,spirit as ,he    
restrains and hinders  the development  
of the power of evil4 ,nor can ,satan   
direct the affairs  of that part of     
humanity who have been delivered from   
the power of  darkness and are now      
united to ,christ 7unless they yield to 
his wishes72  though they are in the    
world and their earth lives are mingled 

in much  of its history4 ,these saved   
ones are the antiseptic salt1 hindering1
  like the ,spirit who indwells them1   
the untimely dissolution of humanity4   
,again1 ,satan's dominion is limited in 
that there is no power but of  ,god3 and
 the powers that be are ordained of ,god
 7,rom4 #ac3a74 ,in this  ,scripture it 
is revealed that ,satan1 though in      
authority1 is not wholly  free from his 
,creator1 and that any direction of the 
governments of the  world which he      
exercises is by permission from ,god4   
,therefore1 the  efforts of ,satan and  
man are not supreme1 but must come to   
their  predicted end when the eternal   
purpose of ,god has had its realization 
in  the gathering out from the ,gentiles
 of the heavenly people for ,his own    
name4    ,a few tremble in the face of  
the social and industrial problems of   
the  day2 while the vast majority are   
confident that the sagacity of man is   
not only controlling iniquity1 but is   
gradually developing an improved  social

 order4 ,thus1 man1 in his vanity1      
assigns to himself that which is  of    
,god alone1 for all the elements of     
corruption and tribulation are  latent  
in the world to-day1 and the mighty     
effort of ,god is required to  stay its 
bursting into flame until the appointed 
time4 ,tribulation will1  therefore1    
instantly begin when the hand of ,god is
 removed from the  unregenerate and     
,satan-ruled humanity4    ,though under 
the restraining hand of ,god1 ,satan1   
according to ,scripture1  is now in     
authority over the unregenerate world1  
and the unsaved are  unconsciously      
organized and federated under his       
leading4 ,the fact that  there is such a
 federation1 although stated in         
,scripture1 is obscured in  translation4
 ,in at least thirty important passages 
the ,english word  world is again used  
without qualification4 ,in these        
passages reference  is made to a great  
evil system or order over which ,satan  
is in  authority1 the word world        

referring to the world of men1 their    
evil  undertakings1 ideals and          
federation4 ,this federation includes   
all of  the unsaved and fallen humanity2
 it has the co-operation of the fallen  
spirits1 and is but the union of all who
 are living and acting in  independence 
of ,god4 ,this ,satanic system has its  
own ideals and  principles which are in 
sharp contrast to the ideals and        
principles  given the redeemed3 yet     
these two classes must mingle together  
as  closely as the ties of human life   
can come4    ,the whole truth concerning
 this federation is contained in those  
passages wherein the ,satanic system is 
mentioned4    ,first1 ,satan is its     
governing head4 ,three times ,jesus     
referred to ,satan  as the prince of the
 ,satanic system3 ,now is the judgment  
of this world3  ,now shall the prince of
 this world 7,satanic system7 be cast   
out 7,jno4  #ab3ca74 ,hereafter ,i will 
not talk much with you3 for the prince  
of this  world 7,satanic system7 cometh1

 and hath nothing in me 7,jno4 #ad3cj74 
,of judgment1 because the prince of this
 world 7,satanic system7 is  judged     
7,jno4 #af3aa74 ,paul also refers to    
,satan as the prince of the  power of   
the air 7,eph4 #b3b71 and again as the  
god of this age 7,,ii  ,cor4 #d3d74 ,in 
the latter passage1 mention is made of  
the age or period  of time only1 as in  
,eph4 #f3ab3 ,for our wrestling is not  
against flesh  and blood1 but against   
the principalities1 against the powers1 
against  the age rulers of this         
darkness1 against the spiritual hosts of
  wickedness in the heavenlies 7,r4,v474
    ,from these ,scriptures it must be  
conceded that the offer1 which ,satan   
made to ,christ1 of the then inhabited  
earth1 was very real4 ,the  ,scripture  
is as follows3 ,and the devil1 taking   
,him up into an high  mountain1 showed  
,him the kingdoms of the world in a     
moment of time4 ,and  the devil said    
unto ,him1 ,all this power will ,i give 
thee1 and the glory  of them3 for that  

is delivered unto me2 and to whomsoever 
,i will ,i give  it4 ,if ,thou therefore
 wilt worship me1 all shall be ,thine   
7,lu4 #d3e-g74  ,it has sometimes been  
held that the claim of possession of the
 earth was  a lie1 this being asserted  
on the ground that ,satan is exposed in 
,scripture as a liar4 ,such a conclusion
 is impossible for at least two         
reasons4 ,it would have been no         
temptation had he not possessed the     
kingdoms he offered2 and any such false 
claim would have been  immediately      
branded as a lie by the ,son of ,god4   
,he is still further  revealed as the   
recognized head of this world system in 
two additional  passages3 ,because      
greater is he that is in you than he    
that is in the  world 7,satanic system7 
7,i ,jno4 #d3d74 ,and we know that we   
are of ,god1  and the whole world       
7,satanic system7 lieth in the wicked   
one 7,i ,jno4  #e3ai74    ,returning to 
,isaiah #ad3ab-ai1 wherein ,satan is    
described as ,lucifer1  the son of the  

morning1 and where the prophet in vision
 sees the whole  career of ,satan in    
retrospect1 it will be seen that ,satan 
holds a mighty  grip upon the world4    
,here it is said of him that he was the 
one who  didst weaken the nations and   
who made the earth to tremble1 that did 
shake kingdoms1 that made the world as a
 wilderness and destroyed the  cities   
thereof2 that opened not the house of   
his prisoners4 ,every  phrase in this   
remarkable passage is a revelation4     
,undoubtedly there is  reference here   
both to the fall of man and to the      
authority of ,satan in  the earth1 as   
well as to his attitude of resistance   
toward salvation  which is by the grace 
of ,god1 since it is said of ,satan that
 he made  the world as a wilderness2 he 
opened not the house of his1 prisoners4 
,second1 the ,satanic system1 according 
to ,scripture1 is wholly evil4 ,this  is
 a hard saying2 and is usually denied by
 those who do not realize that  all     
,scripture estimates are made from the  

standard of the holiness of  ,god2 and  
that the ,satanic system1 of itself and 
apart from the influence  of ,god and   
,his people1 has never improved their   
own moral condition1 but  that they are 
individually under condemnation before  
,god 7,jno4 #c3ah72  their borrowed     
interest in morality and charity being a
 poor  commendation1 in view of their   
fallen and ,christ-rejecting attitude   
before ,god4 ,they are also incapable of
 comprehending the standards of  ,god1  
whose thoughts and ways are above their 
thoughts and ways as the  heavens are   
higher than the earth 7,isa4 #ee3h1i74  
,the quality and  incapacity of the     
fallen race is accurately described in  
,rom4 #c3aj-ah2  this description of    
them being as they appear before the    
holiness of  ,god1 stripped of all      
externals3 ,as it is written1 ,there is 
none  righteous1 no1 not one3 there is  
none that understandeth1 there is none  
that seeketh after ,god4 ,they are all  
gone out of the way1 they are  together 

become unprofitable2 there is none that 
doeth good1 no1 not  one4 ,their throat 
is an open sepulchre2 with their tongues
 they have  used deceit2 the poison of  
asps is under their lips3 whose mouth is
 full  of cursing and bitterness3 their 
feet are swift to shed blood3           
destruction and misery are in their     
ways3 and the way of peace have they    
not known3 there is no fear of ,god     
before their eyes4 ,so1 fallen          
humanity1 federated under ,satan1 will  
appear and act when the  restraining    
hand of ,god is removed4 ,though the    
unsaved are moral1  educated1 refined1  
or religious1 they are not righteous in 
,god's  sight2 for the charge here      
brought against them is that there is   
none  righteous1 no1 not one2 and all   
have sinned and come short of the  glory
 of ,god4 ,the following ,scriptures    
which directly refer to the  character  
of the ,satanic system are1 therefore1  
the estimate of ,god upon  those        
conditions which the world holds to be  

ideal3 ,whereby are given  unto us      
exceeding great and precious promises3  
that by these ye might be  partakers of 
the divine nature1 having escaped the   
corruption that is in  the world        
7,satanic system7 7,,ii ,pet4 ,i3#d74   
,for if after they have  escaped the    
pollution of the world 7,satanic system7
 through the  knowledge of the ,lord and
 ,saviour ,jesus ,christ1 they are again
 entangled  therein1 and overcome1 the  
latter end is worse with them than the  
beginning 7,,ii ,pet4 #b3bj74 ,pure     
religion and undefiled before ,god and  
the ,father is this1 ,to visit the      
fatherless and widows in their          
affliction1 and to keep himself         
unspotted from the world 7,satanic      
system7 7,jas4 #a3bg74 ,ye adulterers   
and adulteresses1 know ye not that  the 
friendship of the world 7,satanic       
system7 is enmity with ,god8  ,whosoever
 therefore will be a friend of the world
 7,satanic system7 is  the enemy of ,god
 7,jas4 #d3d74 ,for whosoever is born of

 ,god overcometh  the world 7,satanic   
system7 7,i ,jno4 #e3d74 ,hereafter ,i  
will not talk  much with you3 for the   
prince of this world 7,satanic system7  
cometh1  and hath nothing in me 7,jno4  
#ad3cj74 ,and every spirit that         
confesseth  not that ,jesus ,christ is  
come in the flesh is not of ,god3 and   
this is  that spirit of antichrist1     
whereof ye have heard that it should    
come2  and even now already is it in the
 world 7,satanic system7 7,i ,jno4      
#d3c74 ,in like manner the believer is  
said to have been delivered from  the   
present evil age 7,gal4 #aad7 and       
delivered from the power of  darkness   
7,col4 #a3ac7 and is not to be conformed
 to this age 7,rom4  #ab3b74    ,these  
judgments are made from the view-point  
of the purity and holiness  of ,god4 ,in
 ,his sight the highest moral1          
educational1 and religious  ideals that 
the unregenerate world can comprehend   
are but a part of the  confusion and    
darkness of this age when coupled with a

 rejection of ,his  testimony in regard 
to ,his ,son as their atoning ,saviour4 
,thus1 it is presented from the         
,scripture that the present age and its 
great federation is1 in ,god's sight1   
most unholy4    ,third1 ,satan is also  
set forth as having direct control of   
the physical  well-being of his         
subjects1 and at the same time as being 
able1 by  special permission1 to gain   
access to the people of ,god3 ,for as   
much  then as the children are partakers
 of flesh and blood1 ,he 7,christ7 also 
,himself likewise took part of the same2
 that through death ,he might  destroy  
him that had the power of death1 that   
is1 the devil 7,heb4 #b3  #ad74 ,how    
,god anointed ,jesus of ,nazareth with  
the ,holy ,ghost and with  power3 who   
went about doing good1 and healing all  
them that were  oppressed of the devil2 
for ,god was with him 7,acts #aj3ch74   
,and ought  not this woman1 being a     
daughter of ,abraham1 whom ,satan hath  
bound1 lo1  these eighteen years1 be    

loosed from this bond on the ,sabbath   
day8 7,lu4  #ac3 #af74 ,and ,satan      
answered the ,lord1 and said1 ,doth ,job
 fear ,god for  naught8 ,hast not thou  
made an hedge about him1 and about his  
house1 and  about all that he hath on   
every side8 ,thou hast blessed the work 
of his  hands1 and his substance is     
increased in the land4 ,but put forth   
thine  hand now1 and touch all that he  
hath1 and he will curse thee to thy     
face4 ,and the ,lord said unto ,satan1  
,behold1 all that he hath is in thy     
power2 only upon himself put not forth  
thine hand 7,job4 #a3i-ab74  ,simon1    
,simon1 behold1 ,satan asked to have    
you1 that he might sift you  as wheat3  
but ,i have made supplication for thee1 
that thy faith fail  not2 and do thou1  
when once thou hast turned again1       
establish thy  brethren 7,lu4 #bb3ca1   
#cb ,r4,v474 ,and lest ,i should be     
exalted above  measure through the      
abundance of the revelations1 there was 
given to me  a thorn in the flesh1 the  

messenger of ,satan to buffet me1 lest  
,i should  be exalted above measure     
7,,ii ,cor4 #ab3g74    ,by these        
passages1 the emphasis of ,scripture on 
the power and authority  of ,satan in   
this age may be seen4 ,and though the   
exact limits of his  power under the    
restraining hand of ,god are not        
revealed1 it would be  unreasonable to  
deny that he is the god of this age1 the
 head of the  great world system2 and1  
though all unknown to them1 the director
 of the  affairs of unregenerate men4   
,fourth1 ,the works of the ,satanic     
order are clearly outlined in several   
descriptive passages which also present 
that which is highest in ideal1  and    
deepest in motive in the ,satan         
energized mass of humanity4 ,one        
passage1 alone1 contains the entire     
revelation3 ,for all that is in the     
world 7,satanic system71 the lust of the
 flesh1 and the lust of the  eyes1 and  
the pride of life1 is not of the        
,father1 but is of the world  7,satanic 

system7 7,i ,jno4 #b3af74 ,the          
satisfaction of these same cravings  was
 the temptation placed before ,eve in   
the ,garden3 ,and when the woman  saw   
that the tree was good for food1 and    
that it was pleasant to the  eyes1 and a
 tree to be desired to make one wise1   
she took of the fruit  thereof1 and did 
give also unto her husband with her2 and
 he did eat  7,gen4 #c3f74 ,the real    
nature of these cravings is easily      
recognized as  wholly self-centered and 
without thought of ,god or of any true  
character4    ,all wars and fightings   
among men are only a natural result of  
the evil  qualities of this great       
federation4 ,jesus said to ,pilate3 ,my 
kingdom is  not of this world 7,satanic 
system73 if my kingdom were of this     
world  7,satanic system71 then would my 
servants fight1 that ,i should not be   
delivered unto the ,jews3 but now is my 
kingdom not from hence 7,jno4  #ah3cf74 
,it is a noticeable fact that the       
governments of the world depend  upon   

physical power and a display of armament
 to maintain their position  and        
authority1 and the superior law of love 
does not seem to be adapted  to1 or     
understood by1 the elements that make up
 the ,satanic order4    ,fifth1 ,all    
earthly property is of the ,satanic     
order1 which property the  believer may 
use1 but must not abuse3 ,but whoso hath
 this world's good  7,satanic system71  
and seeth his brother have need1 and    
shutteth up his  bowels of compassion   
from him1 how dwelleth the love of ,god 
in him8 7,i  ,jno4 #c3ag74 ,and the     
cares of this age1 and the deceitfulness
 of riches1  and the lust of other      
things entering in1 choke the word1 and 
it  becometh unfruitful 7,mark #d3ai74  
,but this ,i say1 brethren1 the time is 
short3 it remaineth1 that both they that
 have wives be as though they  had none2
 and they that weep1 as though they wept
 not2 and they that  rejoice1 as though 
they rejoiced not2 and those that buy1  
as though they  possessed not2 and they 

that use this world 7,satanic system71  
as not  abusing it 7,i ,cor4 #g3bi-ca74 
,sixth1 ,the same world that crucified  
the ,christ will also hate the saved    
one in whom ,he dwells3 ,marvel not1 my 
brethren1 if the world 7,satanic        
system7 hate you 7,i ,jno4 #c3ac74      
,seventh1 ,the impotency and limitations
 of the world order are most  evident4  
,its leader1 though mighty1 is inferior 
to ,christ3 ,ye are of  ,god1 little    
children1 and have overcome them3       
because greater is he that  is in you1  
than he that is in the world 7,satanic  
system7 7,i ,jno4  #d3d74 ,its knowledge
 and understanding are limited3 ,behold 
what manner  of love the ,father hath   
bestowed upon us1 that we should be     
called  children of ,god2 and such we   
are4 ,for this cause the world 7,satanic
  system7 knoweth us not1 because it    
knew him not 7,i ,jno4 #c3a ,r4,v474    
,now the natural man receiveth not the  
things of the ,spirit of ,god3 for  they
 are foolishness unto him2 and he cannot

 know them1 because they are            
spiritually judged4 ,but he that is     
spiritual judgeth all things1 and ,he   
,himself is judged of no man 7,i ,cor4  
#b3ad1 #ae1 ,r4,v474    ,there is none  
that understandeth1 there is none that  
seeketh after  ,god 7,rom4 #c3aa74 ,and 
even if our gospel is veiled1 it is     
veiled in  them that perish3 in whom the
 god of this age hath blinded the minds 
of  the unbelieving1 that the light of  
the gospel of the glory of ,christ1  who
 is the image of ,god1 should not dawn  
upon them 7,,ii ,cor4 #d3c1 #d1         
,r4,v474 ,they are of this world        
7,satanic system73 therefore speak they 
as of the world1 and the world 7,satanic
 system7 heareth them 7,i ,jno4  #d3e1  
,r4,v474 ,all the sorrow of this order  
is without hope3 ,for godly  sorrow     
worketh repentance unto salvation1 a    
repentance which bringeth no  regret3   
,but the sorrow of the world 7,satanic  
system7 worketh death  7,,ii ,cor4      
#g3aj1 ,r4,v474 ,and1 finally1 the whole

 order is temporal and  passing3 ,but   
the day of the ,lord will come as a     
thief in the night2 in  the which the   
heavens shall pass away with a great    
noise1 and the  elements shall melt with
 fervent heat1 and the earth also and   
the works  that are therein shall be    
burned up 7,,ii ,pet4 #c3aj74 ,and the  
world  7,satanic system7 passeth away   
and the lust thereof3 but he that doeth 
the will of ,god abideth forever 7,i    
,jno4 #b3ag74          ,chapter ,v4     
,the ,satanic ,host4      ,christ       
inferred1 in one of ,his controversies  
with the ,pharisees 7,matt4  #ab3bb-cj71
 that ,satan is a ,king2 and as such is 
in authority over a  kingdom4 ,this     
particular discussion was in regard to  
the fact that  ,christ had healed one   
possessed with a demon1 blind and dumb4 
,the  ,pharisees claimed that the demon 
had been cast out by ,beelzebub the     
prince of demons1 or the one whom       
,jesus1 later in the narrative1 calls   
,satan4 ,the passage is as follows3     

,then was brought unto ,him one         
possessed with a devil1 blind1 and dumb2
 and ,he healed him1 insomuch  that the 
blind and dumb both spake and saw4 ,and 
all the people were  amazed1 and said1  
,is not this the son of ,david8 ,but    
when the ,pharisees  heard it1 they     
said1 ,this fellow doth not cast out    
devils1 but by  ,beelzebub the prince of
 the devils4 ,and ,jesus knew their     
thoughts1 and  said unto them1 ,every   
kingdom divided against itself is       
brought to  desolation2 and every city  
or house divided against itself shall   
not  stand3 and if ,satan cast out      
,satan1 he is divided against himself2  
how  shall then his kingdom stand8 ,and 
if ,i by ,beelzebub cast out devils1 by 
whom do your children cast them out8    
therefore they shall be your  judges4   
,but if ,i cast out devils by the       
,spirit of ,god1 then the kingdom  of   
,god has come unto you4 ,or else how can
 one enter into a strong man's  house1  
and spoil his goods1 except he first    

bind the strong man8 and  then he will  
spoil his house4 ,he that is not with me
 is against me2 and  he that gathereth  
not with me scattereth abroad4    ,by   
this ,scripture it may be seen that the 
kingdom of ,satan is a host of  bodiless
 spirits4 ,although their origin cannot 
be definitely traced1 it  is probable   
that they were created as subjects of   
,satan in the primal  glory1 as he1     
also1 was created as their prince and   
king4 ,satan1 being  in authority over  
these beings1 doubtless drew them after 
him in his  sinful attempt to thrust    
himself into the place of ,god4    ,it  
would seem that ,satan is in authority  
over two distinct orders of  beings--the
 ,satanic order of the earth1 and the   
,satanic host of the air4  ,it is clear 
that he secured the scepter of          
government in the earth from  ,adam1 by 
right of conquest3 while his authority  
over the ,satanic host  is1 undoubtedly1
 that which he has been permitted to    
retain from his  creation4 ,if ,satan   

has thus kept his authority over these  
spirits from  the beginning1 it follows 
that they are in full sympathy with him 
and  render him willing service4 ,the   
following ,scriptures emphasize the     
authority of ,satan over these beings3  
,and if ,satan cast out ,satan1 how     
then shall his kingdom stand8 7,matt4   
#ab3bf74 ,then shall he say also  unto  
them on the left hand1 ,depart from me1 
ye cursed1 into everlasting  fire1      
prepared for the devil and his angels   
7,matt4 #be3da74    ,the reality and    
personality of this host of evil spirits
 is taught in  ,scripture2 and a careful
 study of the numerous passages in which
 they  are mentioned will reveal how    
,god has provided complete instruction  
in  ,his ,word concerning this theme on 
which so much of the believer's  welfare
 depends4    ,these spirits are usually 
referred to in both the ,authorized and 
,revised  ,versions of the ,new         
,testament as devils1 but the word might
 better  have been translated demons4   

,in considering the service these beings
 render to ,satan1 it is important  to  
distinguish between demon possession or 
control1 and demon influence4  ,in the  
one case the body is entered and a      
dominating control is gained3  while in 
the other case a warfare from without is
 carried on by  suggestion1 temptation1 
and influence4    ,investigation of the 
,scriptures in regard to demon          
possession reveals3    ,first3 ,that    
this host is made up of bodiless spirits
 only4 ,the following  ,scripture       
verifies this statement3 ,when the      
unclean spirit is gone out  of a man1 he
 walketh through dry places1 seeking    
rest1 and findeth none4  ,then he saith1
 ,i will return into my house from      
whence ,i came out2 and  when he is     
come1 he findeth it empty1 swept1 and   
garnished4 ,then goeth  he1 and tak'eth 
with himself seven other spirits more   
wicked than  himself1 and they enter in 
and dwell there3 and the last state of  
that  man is worse than the first       

7,matt4 #ab3dc-de74 ,and all the devils 
besought him1 saying1 ,send us into the 
swine1 that we may enter into  them     
7,mark #e3ab74    ,second3 ,they are1   
however1 not only seeking to enter the  
bodies of  either mortals or beasts 7for
 their power seems to be in some measure
  dependent upon such embodiment72 but  
they are constantly seen to be  thus    
embodied1 according to the ,new         
,testament4 ,a few of these passages    
are given here3 ,when the even was come1
 they brought unto him many that  were  
possessed with devils3 and he cast out  
the spirits with his word1  and healed  
all that were sick 7,matt4 #h3af74 ,as  
they went out1 behold1  they brought to 
him a dumb man possessed with a devil4  
,and when the  devil was cast out1 the  
dumb spake 7,matt4 #i3cb1 #cc74 ,and the
 people  with one accord gave heed unto 
those things which ,philip spake1       
hearing  and seeing the miracles which  
he did4 ,for unclean spirits1 crying    
with  loud voice1 came out of many that 

were possessed with them3 and many      
taken with palsies1 and that were lame1 
were healed 7,acts #h3f1g74 ,and  it    
came to pass1 as we went to prayer1 a   
certain damsel possessed with a  spirit 
of divination met us1 which brought her 
masters much gain by  soothsaying 7,acts
 #af3af74 ,and they came over unto the  
other side of  the sea1 into the country
 of the ,gadarenes4 ,and when he was    
come out of  the ship1 immediately there
 met him out of the tombs1 a man with an
  unclean spirit1 who had his dwelling  
among the tombs2 and no man could  bind 
him1 no1 not with chains3 because that  
he had been often bound with  fetters   
and chains1 and the chains had been     
plucked asunder by him1 and  the fetters
 broken in pieces3 neither could any man
 tame him4 ,and  always1 night and day1 
he was in the mountains1 and in the     
tombs1  crying1 and cutting himself with
 stones4 ,but when he saw ,jesus afar   
off1  he ran and worshipped him1 and    
cried with a loud voice1 and said1 ,what

  have ,i to do with thee1 ,jesus1 thou 
,son of the most high ,god8 ,i adjure   
thee by ,god1 that thou torment me not4 
,for he said unto him1 ,come out  of the
 man1 thou unclean spirit4 ,and he asked
 him1 ,what is thy name8 ,and  he       
answered1 saying1 ,my name is ,legion3  
for we are many4 ,and he besought  him  
much that he would not send them away   
out of the country4 ,now there  was nigh
 unto the mountains a great herd of     
swine feeding4 ,and all the  devils     
besought him1 saying1 send us into the  
swine1 that we may enter  into them4    
,and forthwith ,jesus gave them leave4  
,and the unclean spirits  went out1 and 
entered into the swine3 and the herd ran
 violently down a  steep place into the 
sea1 7they were about two thousand27 and
 were  choked in the sea 7,mark         
#e3a-ac74    ,third3 ,they are wicked1  
unclean1 and vicious4 ,many passages    
might be  quoted in proof of this       
statement3 ,and when he was come to the 
other  side of the country of the       

,gergesenes1 there met him two possessed
 with  devils1 coming out of the tombs1 
exceeding fierce1 so that no man might  
pass by that way 7,matt4 #h3bh74 ,and   
when he had called unto him his  twelve 
disciples1 he gave them power against   
unclean spirits1 to cast  them out1 and 
to heal all manner of sickness and all  
manner of disease  7,matt4 #aj3a74      
,there met him out of the tombs a man   
with an unclean  spirit1 who had his    
dwelling among the tombs2 and no man    
could bind him1  no1 not with chains3   
because that he had been often bound    
with fetters  and chains1 and the chains
 had been plucked asunder by him1 and   
the  fetters broken in pieces3 neither  
could any man tame him4 ,and always1    
night and day1 he was in the mountains1 
and in the tombs1 crying1 and  cutting  
himself with stones 7,mark #e3b-e74 ,and
 they brought him unto  him3 and when he
 saw him1 straightway the spirit tare   
him2 and he fell  on the ground1 and    
wallowed foaming 7,mark #i3bj74    ,it  

might be added that there seem to be    
degrees of wickedness  represented by   
these spirits3 for it is stated in      
,matt4 #ab3dc-de that  the demon1       
returning to his house1 taketh with     
himself seven other  spirits more wicked
 than himself4    ,the question is often
 raised whether demon possession obtains
 at the  present time4 ,although the    
authentic records of such control are   
almost  wholly limited to the three     
years of the public ministry of ,jesus1 
it is  incredible that demon possession 
did not exist before that time1 or has  
not existed since4 ,in this connection  
it should be remembered that these      
beings are not only intelligent         
themselves1 but that they are directly  
governed and ordered by ,satan1 whose   
wisdom and cunning are so clearly  set  
forth in the ,scriptures4 ,it is        
reasonable to conclude that they1  like 
their monarch1 are adapting the manner  
of their activity to the  enlightenment 
of the age and locality4 ,it is evident 

that they are not  now less inclined    
than before to enter and dominate a     
body4 ,demon  possession in the present 
time is probably often unsuspected      
because of  the unrecognized fact that  
demons are capable of inspiring a moral 
and  exemplary life1 as well as of      
appearing as the dominating spirit of a 
spiritist medium1 or through the grosser
 manifestations that are  recorded by   
missionaries from heathen lands4 ,these 
demons1 too1 like  their king1 will     
appear as angels of light as well as    
roaring lions1  when by the former      
impersonation they can more perfectly   
further the  stupendous undertakings of 
,satan in his warfare against the work  
of ,god4    ,demon influence1 like the  
activity of ,satan1 is prompted by two  
motives3  both to hinder the purpose of 
,god for humanity1 and to extend the    
authority of ,satan4 ,they1 therefore1  
at the command of their king1  willingly
 co-operate in all his ,god-dishonoring 
undertakings4 ,their  influence is      

exercised both to mislead the unsaved   
and to wage an  unceasing warfare       
against the believer 7,eph4 #f3ab74     
,their motive is suggested in what is   
revealed by their knowledge of the      
authority and deity of ,christ1 as well 
as by what they know of their  eternal  
doom4 ,the following passages are       
important in this connection3  ,and     
behold1 they cried out1 saying1 ,what   
have we to do with thee1  ,jesus1 thou  
,son of ,god8 art thou come hither to   
torment us before the  time8 7,matt4    
#h3bi74 ,and there was in their         
synagogue a man with an  unclean spirit2
 and he cried out1 saying1 ,let us      
alone2 what have we to  do with thee1   
thou ,jesus of ,nazareth8 ,art thou come
 to destroy us8 ,i  know thee who thou  
art1 the ,holy ,one of ,god4 ,and ,jesus
 rebuked him1  saying1 ,hold thy peace1 
and come out of him 7,mark #a3bc-be74   
,and the  evil spirit answered and said1
 ,jesus ,i know1 and ,paul ,i know2 but 
who  are ye8 7,acts #ai3ae74 ,thou      

believest that there is one ,god2 thou  
doest  well3 the devils also believe1   
and tremble 7,jas4 #b3ai74    ,of the   
methods of demons in the latter days of 
the age1 the ,scriptures  bear special  
testimony4 ,they will cover their lies  
with the empty form  of religion1 and by
 every means make them to appear as the 
truth1 that  they may draw both the     
saved and the unsaved from their hope in
 ,christ3  ,now the ,spirit speaketh    
expressly1 that in the latter times some
 shall  depart from the faith1 giving   
heed to seducing spirits1 and doctrines 
of  devils2 speaking lies in hypocrisy2 
having their conscience seared with  a  
hot iron 7,i ,tim4 #d3 #a1 #b74 ,a      
departure from the true faith is thus   
predicted to be the evidence of the     
influence of demons in the last  days4  
,this is none other than the great      
apostasy that must precede the  ,day of 
the ,lord according to ,,ii ,thes4 #b3b1
 #c4    ,the believer's security in this
 unceasing warfare is treated at length 

in another chapter4 ,it may be noted    
here1 however1 that the  ,god-appointed 
means for this victory are prayer and   
bodily control1  ,howbeit this kind     
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting 
7,matt4  #ag3ba72 and in the            
appropriation of the ,person of ,christ 
as the  believer's sufficiency1 as ,he  
is set forth in ,his saving power by the
  various parts of the whole armour of  
,eph4 #f3ac-ah4    ,satan1 though       
proposing to supersede the ,almighty1 is
 not ,omnipotent3  but his power1 and   
the extent of his activity are          
immeasurably increased  by the          
co-operation of his host of demons4     
,satan is not ,omniscient3 yet  his     
knowledge is greatly extended by the    
combined wisdom and observation  of his 
sympathetic subjects4 ,satan is not     
,omnipresent3 but he is able to  keep up
 an unceasing activity in every locality
 by the loyal obedience  of the ,satanic
 host1 who are so numerous as to be     
called ,legion4          ,chapter ,,vi4 

,satan's ,motive4      ,according to    
,scripture1 the supreme motive of ,satan
 is his purpose to  become like the     
,most ,high and1 though that purpose was
 formed even  before the age of man1 it 
has been his constant actuating motive  
from  that time until now4 ,it is also  
the teaching of ,scripture that this    
present period of time is that in which 
,satan is in especial authority2  he    
being permitted the exercise of his own 
power in order that he1 and  all his    
followers1 may make their own final     
demonstration to the whole  universe of 
the utter folly of their claims and of  
their abject  helplessness when wholly  
independent of their ,creator4 ,this is 
definitely predicted in ,,ii ,tim4 #c3i 
as the final outcome of the  atttitude  
of the world in its independence toward 
,god3 ,they shall  proceed no further3  
for their folly shall be manifest to all
 men4    ,it has also been stated that  
the unsurpassed tribulation only awaits 
the  withdrawal of the restraining hand 

of ,god1 for all the required elements  
for such a condition are latent in the  
unregenerate heart 7,rom4 #c3i-ah74  ,in
 this terrible period of tribulation the
 greatest power of ,satan will  be      
exercised1 and the wickedness of man    
will be revealed in his attempt  to live
 in whole separation from ,god4    ,even
 fallen humanity would not1 at first1   
acknowledge ,satan as its  object of    
worship and federal head2 and such a    
condition of society  wherein ,satan    
will be received as supreme 7as he will 
be in the person  of the first ,beast of
 ,rev4 #ac71 must1 therefore1 be        
developed by  generations of increasing 
irreverence and lawlessness toward ,god4
 ,thus  it has been necessary for ,satan
 to conceal his person and projects from
  the very people over whom he is in    
authority and in whom he is the         
energizing power4 ,for this reason this 
class of humanity believes least  in his
 reality1 and ignorantly rejects its    
real leader as a mystical  person4 ,when

 he is worshipped it is through some    
idol as a medium1 or  through his own   
impersonation of ,jehovah2 and when he  
rules it is by  what seems to be the    
voice of a ,king or the voice of the    
people4  ,however1 the appalling        
irreverence of the world to-day is the  
sure  preparation of the forthcoming    
direct manifestation of ,satan1 as      
predicted in ,dan4 #aa1 ,,ii ,thes4 #b  
and ,rev4 #ac4    ,satan's policy of    
deception is described as extending to  
all the  nations1 and to the whole      
world3 ,even him1 whose coming is after 
the  working of ,satan with all power   
and signs and lying wonders1 and with   
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
 them that perish2 because they  receive
 not the love of the truth1 that they   
might be saved 7,,ii ,thes4  #b3i1 #aj74
 ,and the great dragon was cast out1    
that old serpent1 which is  the ,devil1 
and ,satan1 which deceiveth the whole   
world 7,rev4 #ab3i74 ,and  he laid hold 
on the dragon1 that old serpent1 which  

is the ,devil1 and  ,satan1 and bound   
him a thousand years1 and cast him into 
the bottomless  pit1 and shut him up1   
and set a seal upon him1 that he should 
deceive  the nations no more till the   
thousand years should be fulfilled3 and 
after that he must be loosed a little   
season 7,rev4 #bj3b1 #c74 ,and when  the
 thousand years are expired1 ,satan     
shall be loosed out of his prison1  and 
shall go out to deceive the nations     
which are in the four quarters  of the  
earth 7,rev4 #bj3 #g1 #h74 ,he who was  
the measure of perfection1  full of     
beauty and wisdom2 he who made the earth
 to tremble2 who shook  kingdoms2 has   
been willing to be ridiculed by the     
world as a being  without reality1 that 
he might1 in the end1 realize his own   
deepest  desire4    ,again1 his own     
subjects have strangely neglected the   
plain teachings of  ,scripture on his   
real power and authority4 ,to them he   
has been an  imaginary fiend1 delighting
 only in the torment of unfortunate     

souls2  making his home in hell1 and    
himself the impersonation of all that is
  cruel and vile3 when1 on the contrary1
 he is real1 and is the very  embodiment
 of the highest ideals the unregenerate 
world has received2  for he is the      
inspirer of all those ideals4 ,with his 
own he is not at  enmity1 and he1 like  
the most refined of the world1 is in no 
sympathy  with the grosser forms of     
their sin4 ,he would hinder those       
manifestations of evil if he could4 ,and
 certainly he does not prompt  them2 for
 they are the natural fruit of an       
unrestrained fallen nature1  according  
to ,james #a3ad1 #ae3 ,but every man is 
tempted1 when he is drawn  away of his  
own lust1 and enticed4 ,then when lust  
hath conceived1 it  bringeth forth sin3 
and sin1 when it is finished1 bringeth  
forth death4  ,for from within1 out of  
the heart of men1 proceed evil thoughts1
  adulteries1 fornications1 murders1    
thefts1 covetousness1 wickedness1       
deceit1 lasciviousness1 an evil eye1    

blasphemy1 pride1 foolishness3 all      
these evil things come from within1 and 
defile the man 7,mk4 #g3ba-bc74  ,the   
dying drunkard1 the fallen woman1 and   
the suffering of the innocent  are the  
evidences of ,satan's failure rather    
than the realization of his  purpose4   
,his own terrible sin before ,god would 
not be condemned in the eyes of  the    
world1 for it is that which they most   
idealize and praise4 ,in his  sin he    
aspired to that which is highest1 and   
proposed to realize his  ideal by his   
own self-sufficiency and strength4      
,true1 he has lowered his  ,creator1 in 
his own mind1 to a level where he       
supposes himself to be in  legitimate   
competition with ,him1 both for         
authority over other beings  and for    
their worship4 ,yet this unholy ambition
 and disregard for the  ,creator is a   
most commendable thing according to the 
standards of the  ,satanic order4 ,in   
the language of the world1 ,satan is    
simply self made  and every element of  

his attitude toward his ,creator is1 as 
a principle  of life1 both commended and
 practiced by the world4    ,though     
hiding himself1 ,satan has had the      
satisfaction1 under  limitations1 of    
governing the affairs of men2 and the   
delight1 to a  large extent1 of         
receiving their worship4 ,the greatest  
care was taken in  the law governing    
,god's ancient people that they should  
not offer their  sacrifices unto devils1
 which was the practice of surrounding  
nations  7,lev4 #ag3g2 ,deut4 #cb3ag74  
,in violation of these special laws1    
,rehoboam  instituted special priests   
for the devils 7,,ii ,chron4 #aa3ae71   
while the  worship of devils1 according 
to the ,new ,testament1 is to continue  
throughout the age3 ,but this ,i say1   
that the things which the ,gentiles     
sacrifice1 they sacrifice to devils1 and
 not to ,god3 and ,i would not  that ye 
should have fellowship with devils4 ,ye 
cannot drink the cup of  the ,lord1 and 
the cup of devils3 ye cannot be         

partakers of the ,lord's  table and the 
table of devils 7,i ,cor4 #aj3bj1 #ba74 
,and the rest of the  men that were not 
killed by these plagues yet repented not
 of the works  of their hands1 that they
 should not worship devils1 and idols of
 gold1  and silver1 and brass1 and      
stone1 and of wood3 which neither can   
see1  nor hear1 nor walk 7,rev4 #i3bj74 
,again3 ,satan's ambition is leading him
 to make this age of his special        
opportunity as near perfect as his      
wisdom and power will permit4 ,and in   
this connection it may be noted that    
,satan's ambition was not to become  a  
fiend1 but rather to become like the    
,most ,high4 ,he will1 therefore1       
strive for all that is moral and good3  
yet at the same time do all in  his     
power to draw men from their natural    
reverence of ,god1 that1 in due  time1  
they may acknowledge himself without    
fear4 ,the ,satanic ideal of  this age  
is1 then1 an improved social order1 a   
moral and cultured  people1 who are     

devout worshippers of himself1 though   
for the present  they may imagine they  
are worshipping ,jehovah through their  
empty  religious forms and ceremonies1  
while they are really in a state of     
,god-dishonoring unbelief1 and all their
 thoughts are energized by ,satan       
alone4 ,the ,satanic message for this   
age will be reformation and             
self-development1 while the message of  
,god is regeneration by the power  of   
the ,spirit4    ,satan1 in his imitation
 of the ,most ,high1 is also working    
toward a  universal kingdom of morality 
and peace upon earth1 which will be     
temporarily realized under the reign of 
the ,beast 7,rev4 #ac74 ,the  difference
 between ,satan's ideal and the purpose 
of ,god1 apart from the  utter folly of 
the one and the glorious certainty of   
the other1 is of  both method and time4 
,according to the ,satanic program1 the 
present  order of society1 with himself 
on the throne1 is to be developed into  
an  ideal brotherhood1 in which all men 

will practice that which is moral  and  
good4 ,according to the program of ,god1
 this is an evil age of  darkness and   
pollution1 in which the folly of ,satan 
and man is to be  proven1 and out of    
which ,he is to gather the heavenly     
people for ,his own  name4 ,the kingdom 
of righteousness is then to follow1     
being ushered in  by ,christ-enthroning 
and ,satan-dethroning events4 ,there    
will then be a  perfect humanity and    
social order for all shall know the     
,lord from the  least unto the greatest 
and righteousness and peace shall cover 
the  earth as the waters cover the face 
of the deep4    ,the master passion of  
,satan leads him1 not only to strive for
 the  success of his own projects1 but  
also to wage an unceasing warfare       
against ,jehovah4 ,these two lines of   
activity are inseparable2 for he  cannot
 establish and develop his own kingdom1 
and1 at the same time1  permit his      
subjects to be translated out of his    
kingdom into another1  especially when  

they remain in the midst as a living    
power and testimony  against him4 ,nor  
can he reasonably allow the             
accomplishment of any of  the projects  
of ,god2 for it is predicted that at the
 completion of these  his own doom will 
be at hand4 ,the present time is1       
therefore1 to ,satan1  the struggle for 
his own existence1 as well as the       
realization of all  that has been his   
ambition in the ages past4 ,the warfare 
is no mere  passing amusement for him1  
for he1 in desperation1 is facing a     
terrible  and awful judgment if he      
cannot succeed in his purpose4    ,the  
spectacle now presented to all          
enlightened beings of the universe1  is 
that of a mighty celestial being1 the   
god of the earth1 who is by  creation   
the full measure of perfection1 both in 
wisdom and beauty1  making his last and 
most desperate warfare1 both to realize 
his own  ambition and to thwart every   
movement of the ,most ,high2 knowing    
that in  failure there is no ground for 

mercy1 but only the terrible destruction
  that has been so long predicted4 ,he  
knew when he formed this                
,god-dishonoring purpose that it must   
either wholly succeed or he himself     
fall into terrible judgment4 ,on the    
other side of the conflict there is     
perfect calmness and certainty as to the
 end1 for the judgment and  sentence are
 past2 yet every true believer is       
implored to be instant in  season and   
out of season in the present projects of
 grace1 that the  sufferings and        
separations of earth may be cut short in
 righteousness4    ,well may believers  
study their own motives in service in   
view of these  vastly differing         
programs2 and question whether there is 
in them a  humble willingness to        
co-operate in the present purpose of    
,god in  preparing the ,bride for the   
returning ,king3 or whether they have   
carelessly fallen in with the ,satanic  
ideal1 which rejects the coming         
,kingdom of ,christ by an unholy attempt

 to establish the present kingdom  of   
,satan4    ,the program of ,satan1 which
 the world calls optimistic rests on the
  ,satanic purpose of a reformed        
society3 the program of ,god1 which is  
called pessimistic in that it discredits
 this age1 rests upon the  infinite     
wisdom1 love and power of ,god2 and is  
so certain and near that  the believer  
is taught to watch1 wait1 and be ready  
for the first ,divine  movement toward  
this glorious end4          ,chapter    
,,vii4    ,satan's ,methods4      ,the  
two great activities of ,satan1 already 
mentioned1 are referred to in  ,,ii     
,thes4 #b3d in connection with the ,man 
of sin1 who will be ,satan's last  and  
greatest manifestation4 ,this being is  
spoken of as he who  opposeth and       
exalteth himself above all that is      
called ,god1 or that  is worshipped4    
,these two activities are inseparable in
 that1 while  ,satan is seeking to exalt
 himself above all that is called ,god  
or that  is worshipped1 he can keep his 

subjects or prolong his own existence   
only by an unceasing warfare in which he
 opposes himself against ,god4  ,whether
 ,satan now believes that he may yet    
succeed in spite of the  decree of the  
,cross and the evident superior power of
 ,god1 is not  revealed4    ,it is still
 further revealed that the enmity of    
,satan is not only toward  the person of
 ,god1 from whom he has everything to   
fear1 but also toward  every true child 
of ,god4 ,too much emphasis cannot be   
placed on this  fact4 ,satan has no     
controversy or warfare with his own     
unregenerate  people1 but there is      
abundant ,scripture to prove that he    
makes unceasing  effort to mar the life 
and service of believers4 ,the motive   
for this  effort is all-sufficient3 they
 have partaken of the ,divine nature    
7,,ii  ,pet4 #a3d71 and afford1         
therefore1 a possible opportunity for   
,satan to  thrust his fiery darts at the
 ,divine ,person4 ,thus the believer    
becomes  a medium of connection between 

the ,divine ,person and the ,satanic    
,order2  for ,god literally loves the   
unsaved through the believer 7,rom4     
#e3e73 and  on the other hand1 the      
prince of the ,satanic system1 as well  
as many of  his subjects1 is seeking an 
opportunity for a thrust at the person  
of  ,god4 ,several important passages on
 the latter point may here be noted3    
,these things have ,i spoken unto you1  
that in me ye might have peace4 ,in  the
 world ye shall have tribulation3 but be
 of good cheer2 ,i have  overcome the   
world 7,jno4 #af3cc74 ,yea1 and all that
 will live godly in  ,christ ,jesus     
shall suffer persecution 7,,ii ,tim4    
#c3ab74 ,marvel not1 my  brethren1 if   
the world hate you 7,i ,jno4 #c3ac74    
,casting all your care  upon him2 for he
 careth for you4 ,be sober1 be vigilant2
 because your  adversary the devil1 as a
 roaring lion1 walketh about1 seeking   
whom he  may devour3 whom resist        
steadfast in the faith1 knowing that the
 same  afflictions are accomplished in  

your brethren that are in the world 7,i 
,pet4 #e3g-i74 ,finally1 be strong in   
the ,lord1 and in the power of his      
might4 ,put on the whole armour of ,god1
 that ye may be able to stand  against  
the wiles 7literally1 artifices7 of the 
devil4 ,for our wrestling  is not       
against flesh and blood1 but again the  
principalities1 against  the powers1    
against the world rulers of this        
darkness1 against the  spiritual hosts  
of wickedness in the heavenly places    
7,eph4 #f3aj-ab  ,r4,v474    ,the       
teaching of these passages clearly      
indicates the ,satanic enmity  toward   
the believer1 and the believer's utter  
helplessness apart from  the ,divine    
sufficiency4 ,they also reveal a degree 
of enmity which would  result in the    
believer's life being crushed out1 were 
it not for the  evident answer to the   
prayer of ,jesus3 ,i pray not that thou 
shouldest  take them out of the world1  
but that thou shouldest keep them from  
the  evil one 7,jno4 #ag3ae74 ,certainly

 there is abundant reason for the       
believer to expect the fiercest         
opposition from the ,satanic host in all
  his life and service2 and faith alone 
insures his victory over the  world4    
,the believer is also the object of the 
,satanic attack because of the  great   
fact that unto him is committed the     
great ministry of  reconciliation2 that 
by his testimony both in life and word1 
and by his  prayers1 the facts of       
redemption may be given to the world2   
and if ,satan  can but cripple the      
believer's service1 he accomplishes much
 in  resisting the present purpose of   
,god4 ,no other explanation is adequate 
for the dark ages of ,church history1   
the appalling failure of the ,church  in
 world-wide evangelism1 or her present  
sectarian divisions and selfish         
indifference4    ,this blighting        
,satanic opposition can be detected in  
every effort for  the salvation of the  
lost4 ,it may be seen in the fact that  
no personal  appeal is ever made to the 

vast majority even in this favored land2
 or1  when an appeal is made1 it is     
easily distracted or diverted into the  
discussion of unimportant themes4 ,the  
faithful pastor or evangelist is  most  
sorely assailed1 every device of ,satan 
being used to distort the  one          
all-important message of ,grace into    
something that is not vital4 ,the       
evangelist's call for decisions is often
 cumbered with that which is  misleading
 or is a positive misstatement of the   
terms of ,salvation2 thus  the appeal is
 lost and the whole effort fails4 ,the  
action of ,satan may  also be detected  
in that a humble messenger who is loyal 
to ,christ and  ,his ,salvation by grace
 alone1 will be almost unheeded at the  
present  time3 while the vast throng    
will be found supporting that which is  
religious only in its externals1 but    
which is1 in reality1 a gospel of       
morality and subtle denial of the       
redemption that is in ,christ4          
,again1 the opposing power of ,satan may

 be seen in the matter of  ,christian   
giving4 ,millions are given without     
solicitation for education1  culture1   
and humanity's physical comfort1 but    
real world-wide  evangelization must    
ever drag on with its shameful          
limitations and  debts4 ,this warfare of
 ,satan is even more noticeable in the  
believer's  prayer life2 this being his 
place of greatest usefulness and power1 
is  subject to the greatest conflict4   
,in this connection it may be stated    
safely that there is comparatively no   
prevailing prayer to-day2 yet the  way  
is open and the promises are sure4      
,then1 also1 if the believer  cannot be 
beguiled into indifference or a denial  
of ,christ1 he is  tempted to place an  
undue emphasis upon some minor truth1   
and1 in  partial blindness1 to sacrifice
 his whole influence for good through   
the  apparent unbalance of his          
testimony4    ,satan's warfare against  
the purpose of ,god is still more       
evident in his  direct hindering of the 

unsaved4 ,not only are they constantly  
blinded to  the ,gospel1 but1 when the  
,spirit would draw them1 their minds are
 often  filled with strange fears and   
distorted visions4 ,their inability to  
cast  themselves upon ,christ is a      
mystery to themselves1 and nothing but  
the  direct illuminating power of the   
,spirit in conviction can open their    
eyes and deliver them from their gross  
darkness4    ,satan has always adapted  
his methods to the times and conditions4
 ,if  attention has been gained1 a      
complete denial of the truth has been   
made2  or1 when some recognition of the 
truth is demanded1 it has been granted  
on the condition that that which is     
vital in redemption should be  omitted4 
,this partial recognition of the truth  
is required by the world to-day1  for1  
while the direct result of the          
believer's testimony to the ,satanic    
system has been toward the gathering out
 of the ,bride1 there has been an       
indirect influence of this testimony    

upon the world which has led them  to   
see that all that is good in their own  
ideals has been already stated  in the  
,bible and exemplified in the life of   
,jesus1 and that every  principle of    
humanitarian sympathy or righteous      
government has been  revealed in the    
,scriptures of truth4 ,thus there has   
grown a more or less  popular           
appreciation of the value of these moral
 precepts of ,scripture  and of the     
example of ,christ4 ,this condition has 
prevailed to such a  degree that any new
 system or doctrine which secures a     
hearing to-day  must base its claim upon
 ,scripture1 and include1 to some       
extent1 the  person and teachings of    
,jesus4 ,the fact that the world has    
thus partly  acknowledged the value of  
the ,scriptures is taken by many to be a
  glorious victory for ,god2 while1 on  
the contrary1 it cannot be proven  that 
fallen humanity is any more inclined to 
accept ,god's terms of  salvation than  
in the generations past4    ,it is      

evident that this partial concession of 
the world to the testimony  of ,god has 
opened the way for counterfeit systems  
of truth1 which1  according to prophecy1
 are the last and most to be dreaded    
methods in  the ,satanic warfare4 ,in   
this connection it must be conceded that
 ,satan  has really granted nothing from
 his own position1 even though he be    
forced to acknowledge every principle of
 truth save that upon which  salvation  
depends4 ,rather is he advantaged by    
such a concession2 for the  value and   
delusion of a counterfeit lies in its   
greatest likeness to the  real4 ,by     
advocating much truth1 in the form of a 
counterfeit system of  truth1 ,satan can
 satisfy all the external religious     
cravings of the  world1 and yet         
accomplish his own end by withholding   
that on which man's  only hope depends4 
,it is1 therefore1 no longer safe to    
blindly subscribe  to that which        
promises general good1 simply because it
 is good1 and is  garnished with the    

teachings of ,scripture2 for good has   
ceased to be all  on one side and evil  
all on the other4 ,in fact1 that which  
is evil in  purpose has gradually       
appropriated the good until but one     
issue  distinguishes them4              
,part-truth-ism has come into terrible  
and final  conflict with                
whole-truth-ism1 and woe to the soul    
that does not discern  between them4    
,the first1 though externally religious1
 is of ,satan1 and  leaves its followers
 in the doom of everlasting banishment  
from the  presence of ,god3 while the   
latter is of ,god1 and has promise for  
the  life that now is and that which is 
to come4    ,it is also noticeable that 
the term infidel has1 within a          
generation1  disappeared from common    
usage1 and that manner of open denial of
 the  truth has been almost wholly      
abandoned4 ,yet the real ,church has by 
no  means lost her foes1 for they are   
now even more numerous1 subtle1 and     
terrible than ever before4 ,these       

present enemies1 however1 like the      
unclean birds in the mustard tree1 have 
taken shelter under her  branches1 and1 
like the leaven in the pure meal1 they  
are penetrating  and appropriating her  
most sacred altars and institutions4    
,these  vultures are fed by a multitude1
 both in the ,church and out1 who1 in   
,satanic blindness1 are committed to the
 furtherance of any project or  the     
acceptance of any theory that promises  
good to the world or is  apparently     
based upon ,scripture2 little realizing 
that they are often  really supporting  
the enemy of ,god4    ,a counterfeit is 
,satan's most natural method of         
resisting the purpose of  ,god1 since by
 it he can realize to that extent his   
desire to be like  the ,most ,high4     
,every material is now at hand1 as never
 before1 for the  construction of those 
conditions that are predicted to appear 
only in  the very end of the age4 ,in   
,,ii ,tim4 #c3a-e one of these          
predictions may  be found3 ,this know   

also1 that in the last days perilous    
times shall  come4 ,for men shall be    
lovers of their own selves1 covetous1   
boasters1  proud1 blasphemers1          
disobedient to parents1 unthankful1     
unholy1 without  natural affection1     
truce breakers1 false accusers1         
incontinent1 fierce1  despisers of them 
that are good1 traitors1 heady1 high    
minded1 lovers of  pleasure more than   
lovers of ,god2 having a form of        
godliness1 but  denying the power       
thereof3 from such turn away4    ,every 
word of this prophecy is worthy of most 
careful study in the light  of the      
present tendency of society4 ,the fifth 
verse is especially  important in       
connection with the subject of          
counterfeits to the truth3  ,having a   
form of godliness1 but denying the power
 thereof3 from such  turn away4 ,here it
 is stated that in these last days forms
 of  godliness shall appear which1      
however1 deny the power of ,god2 and    
from  these leaders the believer is     

warned to turn away4 ,the important     
element  in the true faith which is to  
be omitted in these forms is carefully  
defined elsewhere in ,scripture3 ,for ,i
 am not ashamed of the gospel of        
,christ3 for it is the power of ,god    
unto salvation to every one that        
believeth2 to the ,jew first1 and also  
to the ,greek 7,rom4 ,i3#af74 ,but we   
preach ,christ crucified1 unto the ,jews
 a stumbling block1 and unto the        
,greeks foolishness2 but unto them which
 are called1 both ,jews and  ,greeks1   
,christ the power of ,god1 and the      
wisdom of ,god 7,i ,cor4 ,i3#bc1  #bd74 
,therefore1 that which is omitted so    
carefully from these forms is  the      
salvation which is in ,christ4 ,this is 
most suggestive1 for there is  none     
other name under heaven given among men1
 whereby we must be saved1  and it is by
 salvation alone that any deliverance   
can be had from the  power of darkness4 
,without this salvation ,satan can still
 claim all his  own4 ,it is perhaps     

necessary to add that1 judging from all 
his writings1  this salvation1 of which 
,paul confesses he was not ashamed1 was 
no less  an undertaking than            
regeneration by the ,spirit2 and        
whatever other  theories may be         
advanced1 this is the teaching of the   
,spirit through the  ,apostle ,paul4    
,it1 therefore1 follows that one feature
 of the last days will be a form  of    
godliness which carefully denies the    
power of ,god in salvation4    ,again1  
,satan is in the latter times to be the 
promotor of a system of  truth or       
doctrine3 ,now the ,spirit speaketh     
expressly1 that in the  latter times    
some shall depart from the faith1 giving
 heed to seducing  spirits1 and         
doctrines of devils2 speaking lies in   
hypocrisy2 having  their conscience     
seared with a hot iron2 7,i ,tim4 #d3a1 
#b74 ,these  predicted ,satanic systems 
are here carefully described4 ,their    
offers  will be so attractive and       
externally so religious that into them  

will be  drawn some who shall depart    
from the faith2 they being enticed by   
seducing spirits4 ,these attractive     
systems are not only from ,satan1 but   
are themselves lies in hypocrisy1 being 
presented by those whose  conscience has
 been seared with a hot iron4 ,no more  
illuminating terms  could be used than  
these4 ,a lie covered by hypocrisy      
means1 evidently1  that they are still  
attempting to be counted among the      
faithful2 and the  conscience seared    
would indicate that they can distort the
 testimony of  ,god and carelessly point
 other souls to the bottomless pit1     
without  present remorse or regret4     
,the doctrine of devils is again        
referred to in ,rev4 #b3bd as the deep  
things of ,satan and this is ,satan's   
counterfeit of the deep things of  ,god 
which the ,spirit reveals to them that  
love ,him 7,i ,cor4 #b3aj74    ,thus    
there is predicted for the last days of 
this age1 both a form of  godliness     
which denies the power of salvation that

 is in ,christ2 and a  system known as  
the deep things of ,satan or doctrines  
of devils1  which calls some adherents  
from the true faith and speaks lies in  
hypocrisy4 ,can there be any doubt that 
these two ,scriptures describe the  same
 thing1 since they also refer to the    
same time8 ,the lies of one can  be but 
the covered denial of salvation in the  
other4    ,again1 ,satan has his        
assembly or congregational meeting which
 is his  counterfeit of the visible     
,church4 ,this assembly is referred to1 
both  in ,rev4 #b3i and #c3i1 as the    
synagogue of ,satan2 an organized       
assembly  being as important for the    
testimony in the deep things of ,satan  
as it  has been in the things of ,god4  
,in ,matt4 #ac the tares appear among   
the wheat and their appearance is  said 
to be after the sowing of the wheat4    
,so1 also1 the children of the  ,wicked 
one appear and are often included and   
even organized within the  forms of the 
visible ,church4    ,the assembly of    

,satan1 calling itself a part of the    
visible ,church1 is  to have its        
ministers and teachers4 ,this is stated 
in ,,ii ,cor4 ,,ii3#ac-ae3  ,for such   
are false apostles1 deceitful workers1  
transforming themselves  into the       
apostles of ,christ4 ,and no marvel2 for
 ,satan himself is  transformed into an 
angel of light4 ,therefore it is no     
great thing if  his ministers also be   
transformed as the ministers of         
righteousness2  whose end shall be      
according to their works4 ,here is a    
remarkable  revelation of the possible  
extent of the ,satanic counterfeit3     
,false  apostles1 deceitful workers1    
transforming themselves into apostles of
  ,christ and ministers of              
righteousness2 yet these are shown to be
 only  agents of the great deceiver1    
,satan1 who is himself transformed into 
an  angel of light4 ,it is evident that 
the method of this deception is to      
imitate the real ministers of ,christ4  
,certainly these false apostles  cannot 

so appear unless they gather into their 
message every available  form of        
godliness and cover their lies with the 
most subtle hypocrisy4  ,evil will not  
appear on the outside of these systems2 
but they will be  announced as another  
gospel or as a larger understanding of  
the  previously accepted truth1 and will
 be all the more attractive and         
delusive since they are heralded by     
those who claim to be ministers of      
,christ1 who reflect the beauty of an   
angel of light1 and whose lives  are    
undoubtedly free from great temptation4 
,it should be noted1 however1  that     
these false ministers do not necessarily
 know the mission they  have4 ,being    
unregenerate persons of the ,satanic    
system1 and1 so1 blinded  to the real   
,gospel1 they are sincere2 preaching and
 teaching the best  things their        
energizing power1 the angel of light1 is
 pleased to reveal  unto them4 ,their   
gospel is one of human reason1 and      
appeals to human  resources4 ,there can 

be no appreciation of ,divine revelation
 in them1  for they have not come to    
really know ,god or ,his ,son1 ,jesus   
,christ4 ,as  all this is true1 how     
perilous is the attitude of many who    
follow  attractive ministers and        
religious guides only because they claim
 to be  such1 and are sincere1 and who  
are not awake to the one final test of  
doctrine by which alone the whole       
covered system of ,satanic lies can be  
distinguished from the truth of ,god4   
,in this connection ,john writes the    
following warning3 ,if there come any   
unto you1 and bring not this  doctrine1 
receive him not into your house1 neither
 bid him ,god speed  7,,ii ,jno4 #aj74  
,there yet remains one mighty element in
 the program of ,satan's  counterfeits  
in addition to his outward forms1 deep  
doctrines1 church  and ministers1--that 
is1 the ,man of ,sin1 the blasphemous   
counterfeit of  the blessed ,christ2 who
 is yet to appear2 who will be the very 
incarnation of ,satan2 and whose coming 

is after the working of ,satan  with all
 power and signs and lying wonders and  
all deceivableness of  unrighteousness  
in them that perish 7,,ii ,thes4 #b3i1  
#aj74 ,as the whole  purpose of ,god in 
the ages has its consummation in the yet
 future coming  of ,christ1 so ,satan1  
in imitation of the program of ,god1 has
 appointed a  coming one 7,,ii ,thes4   
#b3i71 who will be his greatest         
manifestation1 and  upon whom he will   
bestow his greatest wisdom1 power and   
attractiveness4  ,the study of this     
mighty and imposing character can only  
be suggested in  the following pages4   
,the titles of ,satan would indicate    
that he is attempting1 also1 in his  own
 person1 to counterfeit the ,persons of 
the blessed ,trinity4 ,he  appears as   
the god of this world in imitation of   
,god the ,father2 he  appears as the    
prince of the world in imitation of ,god
 the ,son2 and  the spirit that now     
energizeth in the children of           
disobedience is his  imitation of ,god  

the ,spirit1 who dwells in and energizes
 the true  believers4 ,thus his desire  
to be like the ,most ,high has led him  
to a  blasphemous attempt to imitate all
 the separate manifestations of the     
three ,persons of the ,godhead4 ,but1   
since redemption1 which he proposes  to 
hinder1 is the work of the second       
,person1 ,god the ,son1 ,satan more     
often appears as a counterfeit of       
,christ1 both in title and undertaking2 
and this is the character in which he   
makes his last and most desperate       
effort before he is banished to the pit 
and his final judgment is begun4        
,chapter ,,viii4    ,the ,man of ,sin4  
,reference has already been made to a   
period of tribulation yet to come  upon 
the earth4 ,that period is referred to  
in ,scripture by various  figures3 ,the 
great tribulation1 the time of ,jacob's 
trouble1 and a  day of darkness and     
gloominess1 a day of clouds and thick   
darkness4 ,it  is also described as the 
culmination of the great apostasy which 

is  predicted for the end of this age   
and which is emphasized in the later    
,epistles of the ,new ,testament4 ,these
 ,epistles not only recognize a         
complete apostasy yet to come in this   
age1 but teach that the beginning  of   
that apostasy was apparent even then at 
the time when they were  written4 ,this 
teaching of the apostles finds its      
natural culmination in  the last book of
 the ,bible wherein the exact           
development of the apostasy  and the    
conditions to prevail in the tribulation
 are recorded at length4  ,all other    
references1 both in the ,old and the    
,new ,testaments1 perfectly  agree with 
this extended description4    ,in       
reference to the time of the tribulation
 which is thus predicted1  ,paul states 
in ,,ii ,thes4 #b3c ,let no man deceive 
you by any means3 for  that day 7'the   
day of the ,lord'7 shall not come1      
except there come a  falling away first1
 and that man of ,sin be revealed1 the  
son of  perdition1 thus showing that the

 tribulation precedes the day of the    
,lord2 and in ,rev4 #ai that day is seen
 to be the termination of the           
tribulation1 which is previously        
described in that book4 ,this period of 
tribulation is1 therefore1 to come      
before the ,kingdom ,age1 and to be     
ended by the glorious appearing of      
,christ1 the ,king4    ,again1 the      
tribulation is to come after the true   
,church has been  removed2 for it should
 be remembered that the true believers  
are to be  saved out of the hour of     
trial which shall come upon the earth to
 try  those that dwell therein 7,rev4   
#c3aj71 7the believer1 being a citizen  
of  the heavenlies is1 therefore1 not   
included among those who dwell in the   
earth74 ,this aspect of the ,lord's     
return is often misunderstood4 ,he      
comes first1 not to the earth1 but into 
the air to meet ,his ,bride and  gather 
her to ,himself2 both those that are    
sleeping and those that are  awake3 ,for
 the ,lord ,himself shall descend from  

heaven with a shout1  with the voice of 
the archangel1 and with the trump of    
,god3 and the dead  in ,christ shall    
rise first3 then we which are alive and 
remain shall be  caught up together with
 them in the clouds1 to meet the ,lord  
in the air3  and so shall we ever be    
with the ,lord 7,i ,thes4 #d3af1 #ag74  
,this phase of  his coming is1 and has  
been1 imminent since the promises of his
 return  were given2 and it is for this 
particular preliminary event that the   
,church is taught to hope and pray1 for 
it will be the time of her  rapture and 
blessedness4 ,as has been before stated1
 the utter  dissolution of humanity is  
latent in the unregenerated heart 7,rom4
  #c3aj-ah71 and its own tribulation    
only awaits this removal of all ,divine 
restraint4 ,it is1 therefore1 both      
,scriptural and reasonable to conclude  
that tribulation will instantly begin   
upon the earth after the first  aspect  
of the return of ,christ when ,he comes 
for ,his ,church4    ,thus it may be    

seen that this period of unsurpassed    
trial upon the  earth1 when the         
blasphemous claims of ,satan and man are
 to be proven and  ,god's testimony is  
to be vindicated1 is bounded by the two 
events in the  ,second ,coming of       
,christ3 when ,he comes for ,his saints 
7,i ,thes4 #d3af1  #ag71 to gather to   
,himself ,his heavenly people1 and when 
,he comes with  ,his saints 7,rev4      
#ai3aa-ba7 to be the complete           
fulfillment of all the  covenants of    
,god with ,his earthly people4    ,the  
actual duration of this period is marked
 off in ,daniel #i3bd-bg3  ,seventy     
weeks are determined upon thy people and
 upon thy holy city1 to  finish the     
transgression1 and to make an end of    
sins1 and to make  reconciliation for   
iniquity1 and to bring in everlasting   
righteousness1  and to seal up the      
vision and prophecy1 and to anoint the  
most ,holy4  ,know therefore and        
understand1 that from the going forth of
 the  commandment to restore and to     

build ,jerusalem unto the ,messiah the  
,prince shall be seven weeks1 and three 
score and two weeks3 the street  shall  
be built again1 and the wall1 even in   
troublous times4 ,and after  the three  
score and two weeks shall ,messiah be   
cut off1 but not for  himself3 and the  
people of the prince that shall come    
shall destroy the  city and the         
sanctuary2 and the end thereof shall be 
with a flood1 and  unto the end of the  
war desolations are determined4 ,and he 
shall confirm  the covenant with many   
for one week3 and in the midst of the   
week he  shall cause the sacrifice and  
the oblation to cease1 and for the      
overspreading of abominations he shall  
make it desolate1 even until the        
consummation1 and that determined shall 
be poured upon the desolate4    ,there  
are three distinct periods of time here 
indicated4 ,first3 ,seventy  weeks      
between the time of the vision1 and the 
age of everlasting  righteousness and   
anointing of the most ,holy2 or1 from   

the time of the  vision1 to the earthly 
kingdom of ,christ1 which is yet future4
 ,second3  ,sixty-nine weeks2 beginning 
to reckon from the same time1 or from   
the  command of the ,king of ,babylon to
 restore ,jerusalem1 and continuing unto
  the death of ,christ1 which is        
referred to as the cutting off of the   
,messiah4 ,and lastly3 ,one week1 for   
the overspreading of abomination and    
that which is determined to be poured   
upon the desolate4    ,history          
fortunately interprets the time here    
indicated3 for1 from the  command of the
 ,king to rebuild ,jerusalem1 to the    
death of ,christ was #dhc  years1 or    
sixty-nine weeks of seven years each4   
,this leaves but the one  additional    
week of the seventy before the bringing 
in of the everlasting  righteousness4   
,that one week is here described as the 
time of most  terrible desolation and   
overspreading of abomination1 when the  
people  are under a covenant with       
another prince4 ,this present age is as 

a  parenthesis in ,jewish history and1  
as no account is made of it in these    
reckonings1 the last unfulfilled week   
7seven years7 of the seventy1  before   
the kingdom is established upon the     
earth1 must be the time  between the    
gathering out of the ,church--an event  
which completes the  purpose of this    
parenthetical age--and the final        
bringing in of the  kingdom4    ,the    
last period of seven years of desolation
 is1 however1 to be  shortened1         
according to the words of ,christ3 ,for 
then shall be great  tribulation1 such  
as was not since the beginning of the   
world to this  time1 no1 nor ever shall 
be4 ,and except those days should be    
shortened1  there should no flesh be    
saved3 but for the elect's sake those   
days  shall be shortened 7,matt4 #bd3ba1
 #bb74 ,it should be noticed that this  
period cannot be confused easily with   
any other1 for it is referred to  as the
 time more terrible than any other that 
has ever been1 or ever  will be 7,dan4  

#ab3a2 ,joel #b3b2 ,matt4 #bd3ba1 #bb74 
,reference has been made at length to   
the tribulation period in order to  make
 clear the exact conditions in which the
 ,man of ,sin is to appear2  for this   
mighty world-ruler makes his advent in  
those days of earth's  darkness and     
gloom when all the light of ,god has    
been withdrawn1 and the  world is left  
in its own helpless confusion4 ,he      
appears in the  tribulation as the agent
 of ,satan after that mighty head of the
 ,satanic  system has been cast out of  
heaven into the earth 7,rev4 #ab3g-ab74 
,the  time of the destruction of the    
,man of ,sin is also revealed in that it
 is  mentioned as one of the events in  
the glorious coming of ,christ 7,dan4   
#b3dd2 #g3aa-ad2 ,,ii ,thes4 #b3h2 ,rev4
 #ai3bj74 ,he1 therefore1 appears as the
  culmination of the ,satanic effort1   
and a careful study of his person and   
character will reveal the fact that he  
is the most stupendous work of  ,satan  
in his enmity against ,god4    ,in      

connection with the time of the ,man of 
,sin1 it is also to be noted  that the  
believer is not directly warned against 
his person1 but is1  rather1 warned     
against the conditions that are to      
prevail as a  preparation for his       
coming4 ,this is due to the fact that   
the true  believers are to be gathered  
to their ,lord before that ,wicked one  
appears1 and they are1 therefore1 only  
in danger of being influenced by  that  
which precedes and prepares for his     
coming4 ,his description is set  forth  
at length only in such passages as deal 
with the whole and final  development of
 the age4    ,it should also be         
remembered that the description of this 
person1 like  that of the person and    
work of ,satan1 is from the standpoint  
of the  holiness of ,god2 and that which
 the world will hail as its glorious    
ideal of perfection is1 in ,god's sight1
 the personification of  rebelliousness1
 blasphemy1 and treason4    ,the order  
of the governments and rulers of the    

world in this ,gentile age  is revealed 
to ,daniel in visions which are recorded
 and interpreted in  the book of        
,daniel4 ,in these visions the ,man of  
,sin appears as the  little horn of     
,dan4 #g and is the last and most       
,god-dishonoring  world-ruler4 ,he also 
later appears as the desolator of ,dan4 
#i3bg2 the  willful ,king of ,dan4      
#aa3cf2 the abomination of desolation of
 ,matt4  #bd3ae2 the ,man of ,sin of    
,,ii ,thes4 #b3d-h2 the rider on the    
white horse  of ,rev4 #f3b2 and the     
first ,beast of ,rev4 #ac4 ,his identity
 is certain1  even though he appears    
under various figures and titles2 for   
he1 like  ,satan1 is so unique in his   
character1 time1 and undertakings1 that 
he  cannot be confused easily with any  
other4    ,in ,daniel #b the order of   
the kingdoms is set forth by the figure 
of the  great image which1 at the last1 
is suddenly and violently shattered by  
the stone cut from the mountain without 
hands3 which ,stone is ,christ1  the    

,corner ,stone2 and the ,stone which the
 builders rejected4 ,the feet  and toes 
of this image are said to be the last   
manifestation of human  government1 and 
it is this part of the image that is    
violently shattered  by the ,stone4 ,of 
this termination of earthly rule it is  
recorded in ,dan4  #b3dd1 #de3 ,and in  
the days of these kings shall the ,god  
of heaven set up  a kingdom1 which shall
 never be destroyed3 and the kingdom    
shall not be  left to other people1 but 
it shall break in pieces and consume all
 these  kingdoms1 and it shall stand    
forever4 ,for as much as thou sawest    
that  the stone was cut out of the      
mountain without hands1 and that it     
brake  in pieces the iron1 the brass1   
the clay1 the silver1 and the gold2 the 
great ,god hath made known to the ,king 
what shall come to pass hereafter2  and 
the dream is certain1 and the           
interpretation thereof sure4    ,from   
this chapter it may be seen that the    
setting up of the ,messianic  ,kingdom  

is to be both sudden and destructive to 
all human governments1  and that it is  
in no way the result of an age of       
development and  progressive            
improvement4    ,in ,dan4 #g the ,man of
 ,sin appears1 as has been stated1 as   
the little  horn among ten horns2 which1
 like the ten toes of the great image1  
indicate the extreme end of human       
authority and power4 ,in this vision    
the latter end of the kingdoms of the   
earth is seen to culminate in the  one  
most daring ruler1 the little horn1 who 
has a mouth speaking  great things and  
whose look is more imposing than all    
others2 and he it  is who makes war with
 the saints and prevails over them until
 the coming  of the ,ancient of days4   
,the inspired interpretation of the     
vision is  given in ,dan4 #g3bc-bg3     
,thus he said1 the fourth beast shall be
 the  fourth kingdom upon earth1 which  
shall be diverse from all kingdoms1 and 
shall devour the whole earth1 and shall 
tread it down1 and break it in  pieces4 

,and the ten horns out of this kingdom  
are ten kings that shall  arise3 and    
another shall arise after them2 and he  
shall be diverse from  the first1 and he
 shall subdue three kings4 ,and he shall
 speak great  words against the most    
,high1 and shall wear out the saints of 
the most  ,high1 and think to change    
times and laws3 and they shall be given 
into  ,his hand until a time and times  
and the dividing of time4 ,but the      
judgment shall sit1 and they shall take 
away his dominion1 to consume  and      
destroy it unto the end4 ,and the       
kingdom and dominion1 and the  greatness
 of the kingdom under the whole heaven1 
shall be given to the  people of the    
saints of the most ,high1 whose kingdom 
is an everlasting  kingdom1 and all     
dominion shall serve and obey ,him4     
,in ,dan4 #aa the reign of the ,man of  
,sin1 the willful king1 is prophesied   
in detail2 and the fact is stated that  
the reign and the blasphemous  attitude 
of this last great ruler are both in the

 purpose of ,god4 ,a  portion of this   
remarkable passage is here given3 ,and  
the king shall do  according to his     
will2 and he shall exalt himself1 and   
magnify himself  above every ,god1 and  
shall speak marvellous things against   
the ,god of  gods1 and shall prosper    
until the indignation be accomplished3  
for that  that is determined shall be   
done4 ,neither shall he regard the ,god 
of his  fathers1 nor the desire of      
women1 nor regard any god3 for he shall 
magnify himself above all4 ,but in his  
estate shall he honor the ,god of       
forces3 and a god whom his fathers knew 
not shall he honor with gold1  and      
silver1 and with precious stones1 and   
pleasant things4 ,thus shall he  do in  
the most strong holds with a strange    
god1 whom he shall  acknowledge and     
increase with glory3 and he shall cause 
them to rule  over many1 and shall      
divide the land for gain4 ,this last    
verse is more  clearly translated and he
 will practice in the strongholds of    

fortresses with a strange god2 whoso    
acknowledgeth him will be increased     
with glory2 and he shall cause them to  
rule over the many1 and shall  divide   
the land to them for a reward 7,dan4    
#aa3cf-ci74    ,beside the collossal    
disregard for ,god1 this passage        
presents several  important revelations4
 ,first3 ,the expression the ,god of his
 fathers  would seem to indicate that   
the ,man of ,sin would come from a      
lineage of  ,christians4 ,second3 ,his  
disregard for the desire of women is    
evidence of  his hatred of the true     
,messiah2 for this reference is probably
 to the  desire of every ,jewish woman  
to be the mother of ,messiah4 ,third3   
,those  who acknowledge the strange god1
 7,satan71 whom he honors1 will be      
prospered1 and the land will be divided 
unto them and he will give them         
authority and glory4    ,in the ,new    
,testament the ,man of ,sin is described
 as the one who comes  in his own name1 
whom men will receive 7,jno4 #e3dc72    

that man of sin1  the son of perdition  
7,,ii ,thes4 #b3c72 that ,wicked one    
7,,ii ,thes4  #b3h72 and the beast      
7,rev4 #ac3a71 and to him ,satan gives  
all the power  and glory he offered to  
,christ 7,lu4 #d3e1 #f74 ,of the many   
references to  him1 two passages deal   
with him at length4 ,in the first 7,,ii 
,thes4  #b3a-aj71 his coming is         
mentioned as directly following the     
removal of  ,god's present restraint    
from the earth2 and in the second 7,rev4
 #ac3a-h71  as has been shown1 his      
coming is said to directly follow the   
casting of  ,satan from heaven into the 
earth 7,rev4 #ab3g-ab71 and continues   
until the  glorious appearing of        
,christ1 which is described in ,rev4 #ai
 and #bj4    ,the former passage 7,,ii  
,thes4 #b3a-aj7 is as follows3 ,now1 we 
beseech  you1 brethren1 by the coming of
 our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and by our   
gathering together unto ,him1 that ye be
 not soon shaken in mind1 or be         
troubled1 neither by spirit1 nor by     

word1 nor by letter as from us1 as  that
 the day of ,christ is at hand4 ,let no 
man deceive you by any means3  for that 
day shall not come1 except there come a 
falling away first1 and  that man of sin
 be revealed1 the son of perdition2 who 
opposeth and  exalteth himself above all
 that is called ,god1 or that is        
worshipped2 so  that he as ,god sitteth 
in the temple of ,god1 shewing himself  
that he is  ,god4 ,remember ye not1     
that1 when ,i was yet with you1 ,i told 
you these  things8 ,and1 now1 ye know   
what withholdeth that he might be       
revealed in  his time4 ,for the mystery 
of iniquity doth already work3 only he  
who now  letteth 7restrains7 will let1  
until he be taken out of the way4 ,and  
then  shall that ,wicked 7one7 be       
revealed1 whom the ,lord shall consume  
with  the spirit of his mouth1 and shall
 destroy with the brightness of his     
coming2 even him1 whose coming is after 
the working of ,satan with all  power   
and signs and lying wonders1 and with   

all deceivableness of  unrighteousness  
in them that perish2 because they       
receive not the love  of the truth1 that
 they might be saved4    ,in this       
passage it is predicted of this mighty  
person that he will  assume to be very  
,god1 sitting in the temple as ,god1 and
 winning the  worship of the multitude  
by his miraculous power1 signs1 and     
lying  wonders2 deceiving all who       
perish1 and who would not receive the   
love of  the truth that they might be   
saved4    ,still another and more       
striking description of this person is  
given in  the second passage just       
mentioned 7,rev4 #ac3a-h73 ,and ,i stood
 upon the  sand of the sea1 and saw a   
beast rise up out of the sea1 having    
seven  heads and ten horns1 and upon his
 horns ten crowns1 and upon his heads   
the name of blasphemy4 ,and the beast   
which ,i saw was like unto a  leopard1  
and his feet were as the feet of a bear1
 and his mouth as the  mouth of a lion3 
and the dragon 7,satan7 gave him his    

power1 and his  seat1 and his great     
authority4 ,and ,i saw one of his heads 
as it were  wounded to death2 and his   
deadly wound was healed3 and all the    
world  wondered after the beast4 ,and   
they worshipped the dragon 7,satan7     
which  gave power unto the beast2 and   
they worshipped the beast1 saying1 ,who 
is  like unto the beast8 ,who is able to
 make war with him8 ,and there was      
given unto him a mouth speaking great   
things and blasphemies2 and power  was  
given unto him to continue forty and two
 months4 ,and he opened his  mouth in   
blasphemy against ,god1 to blaspheme    
,his name1 and his  tabernacle1 and them
 that dwell in heaven4 ,and it was given
 unto him to  make war with the saints1 
and to overcome them3 and power was     
given him  over all kindreds1 and       
tongues1 and nations4 ,and all that     
dwell upon the  earth shall worship him1
 whose names are not written in the book
 of life  of the ,lamb slain from the   
foundation of the world4    ,the first1 

and1 it would seem1 most important thing
 that is stated of  this being in this  
,scripture is that one of his heads was1
 as it were1  wounded to death1 and his 
deadly wound was healed4 ,some have     
claimed  this to be a reference to a    
previous political defeat followed by   
reinstatement to power4 ,the expression 
is1 however1 most suggestive and        
significant as an attempt on the part of
 ,satan to imitate1 in the ,man of      
,sin1 that which was the supreme miracle
 of the ,christ--,his death and         
resurrection4 ,the effort is plainly    
effective2 more so than a mere  shifting
 of political fortune could possibly be2
 for the statement  follows3 ,all the   
world wondered after the beast who had  
received the  deadly wound and yet      
lived4 ,after they wondered1 they       
worshipped4 ,first  they worshipped     
,satan1 who performed the mighty        
miracle2 and then they  worshipped the  
beast1 saying1 ,who is like unto the    
beast8 who is able  to make war with    

him8 ,the terrible blasphemy of the ,man
 of ,sin has been  emphasized in all    
,scripture references to him1 and is    
here still more  vividly pictured4      
,the time he is to continue is said to  
be forty and two months1 which  would be
 one-half the tribulation period2 and   
this statement is probably  not at all  
figurative4 ,by his overwhelming        
supernatural power and wisdom  he gains 
authority over every living thing in the
 ,satanic system1  excepting those      
recorded in the ,lamb's book of life4   
,these are not  brought under his       
governing power4    ,the latter part of 
the chapter presents still another      
mighty person1 who  is also called a    
beast1 but later appears as the false   
prophet 7,rev4  #ai3bj72 and who        
exercises all the power of the first    
beast1 and  receives his power from the 
dragon1 ,satan4 ,much is said of this   
second  beast1 but his mission is in no 
way to attract attention to himself4    
,he co-operates in gaining world-wide   

worship and authority for the first     
beast1 whose deadly wound was healed4   
,the second beast seems to deal         
directly with the people and by his     
mighty signs and miracles1 as well  as  
by his authority1 he compels loyalty to 
the first beast4 ,fire is  called down  
from heaven2 and a dumb idol is made to 
speak and live4 ,he  is able to         
establish a union of all people in      
trade1 imposing a death  penalty upon   
them4 ,and by all these means he        
furthers the interests of  the first    
beast4 ,the ,scripture here referred to 
is as follows3 ,and ,i  beheld another  
beast coming up out of the earth2 and he
 had two horns  like a lamb1 and he     
spake as a dragon 7,satan74 ,and he     
exerciseth all the  power of the first  
beast before him1 and causeth the earth 
and them  which dwell therein to worship
 the first beast1 whose deadly wound was
  healed4 ,and he doeth great wonders1  
so that he maketh fire come down  from  
heaven on the earth in the sight of men1

 and deceiveth them that  dwell on the  
earth1 by the means of those miracles   
which he had power to  do in the sight  
of the beast2 saying to them that dwell 
on the earth1  that they should make an 
image to the beast1 which had the wound 
by a  sword1 and did live4 ,and he had  
power to give life unto the image of the
  beast1 that the image of the beast    
should both speak1 and cause that as    
many as would not worship the image of  
the beast should be killed4 ,and  he    
causeth all1 both small and great1 rich 
and poor1 free and bond1 to  receive a  
mark in their right hand1 or in their   
foreheads3 and that no  man might buy or
 sell1 save he that had the mark1 or the
 name of the  beast1 or the number of   
his name4 ,here is wisdom4 ,let him that
 hath  understanding count the number of
 the beast3 for it is the number of a   
man2 and his number is ,six hundred     
three score and six 7,rev4 #ac3aa-ah74  
,there is a deep suggestion1 in the     
person of this second beast1 of a       

counterfeit of the ,holy ,spirit of     
,god4 ,he who came not to speak of      
,himself1 but to glorify ,christ and to 
unite all believers2 leading them  in   
worship and praise4 ,this second beast  
is probably identical with              
,anti-christ1 who appears under that    
title only in the writings of  ,john1   
and who is there seen as the            
consummation of a long succession of    
false religious teachers who have denied
 the ,christ and ,his sacrificial  work4
    ,when the testimony of all          
,scripture upon the ,man of ,sin is     
considered1  he is seen to be a person  
whose superhuman power is plainly       
ascribed to  ,satan4 ,he appears upon   
the scene1 after the removal of the     
heavenly  people and during the great   
tribulation1 as the climax of all       
,satanic  exaltation and opposition to  
,god4 ,he is the last and greatest of   
earthly  rulers1 and1 from his position 
of unsurpassed influence1 speaks great  
words and manifests great wisdom4 ,he is

 externally religious1 and the  promoter
 of great righteous projects and        
principles which in ,god's sight  are   
only hypocrisy and blasphemy because of 
the subtle ,christ-denying  motive which
 prompts it all4 ,his hold upon the     
public mind is by a  process which is   
natural4 ,great miracles are performed  
by himself and by  his prophet1--fire is
 called down from heaven2 a dumb idol is
 made to  speak and live2 and he himself
 has been wounded to death and yet      
lives4  ,by such supernatural works his 
assumption to be very ,god is accepted1 
and he becomes the world's ideal of all 
that is supreme4 ,the people are  said  
to first marvel and wonder2 then to     
worship at his feet2 and at  last1 in   
mad devotion1 they challenge the        
universe to produce his  equal--,who is 
like the beast8 they cry4 ,he has been  
wounded to death  and yet lives2 he     
performs as great miracles as the world 
has ever seen2  his teachings are based 
upon ,scripture2 and he must1 therefore1

 be ,god  manifest in the flesh4 ,his   
wisdom1 beauty and majesty are a seeming
  warrant for every element of          
adoration4    ,thus the ,man of ,sin    
will appear as the culmination of all   
the  counterfeit methods of ,satan2     
which method had its beginnings in the  
last days of the age1 even before the   
calling away of the true ,church1  the  
,body of ,christ4 ,the subtle doctrines 
of devils will be adopted as  creeds in 
assemblies and so called churches1 and  
these deep things1 with  the ,satanic   
ambition for moral improvement1 will be 
voiced by ordained  ministers who appear
 as apostles of ,christ and ministers of
  righteousness4 ,yet in ,god's sight it
 is all a deep lie and hypocrisy1  for  
they are distorting ,his truth and      
subtly denying ,his redemption4    ,all 
this1 as has been stated1 is but the    
,satanic preparation of humanity  that  
they may wholly acknowledge him as their
 god1 and that he may  himself become   
like the ,most ,high4 ,this program is  

permitted in the  purpose of ,god1 for  
that that is determined shall be done   
7,dan4  ,,ii3#cf74 ,it will be only for 
a moment2 for the resistless coming of  
the  ,ancient of ,days will unveil all  
this deception1 banish the enemies1  and
 bring in ,his own long-predicted and   
glorious reign of everlasting           
blessedness upon the earth4             
,chapter ,,ix4    ,the ,fatal ,omission4
      ,to some extent it has been       
necessary to anticipate the subject of  
this  chapter in dealing with those     
counterfeits which are predicted for the
  last days1 when there will be found a 
form of godliness1 denying the  power   
thereof1 and also the deep doctrines of 
devils which are lies  in hypocrisy4    
,this chapter deals with that which is  
so vital in the  true faith1 and which  
is to be so carefully omitted in the    
false2 that  which makes the true so    
potent1 and without which the false     
becomes an  immeasurable deception4     
,everything depends upon this one point 

of  distinction2 for1 according to      
prophecy1 it is the only difference that
  is finally to exist between the false 
and the true4 ,the issue is1  therefore1
 as important as life itself4    ,it has
 already been seen that the method of   
counterfeiting1 if  successful1 will    
require ,satan to appropriate and       
incorporate in his  false systems every 
available principle of the true2 for the
 deception  of the counterfeit depends  
wholly upon its likeness to the real4   
,herein  is revealed the reason for     
calling that a lie or deception which is
  externally so like the truth4         
,certainly there could be no greater    
pitfall for souls than a system which   
seems to be the truth of ,god1 and  yet 
robs its followers of any basis for a   
true hope1 and it will be  found that   
the most terrible condemnation of       
,scripture is uttered  against such     
systems and their promoters4    ,in     
seeking to discover the actual point of 
difference between the false  and the   

true1 it will be well1 first1 to        
consider the present perverted  relation
 which exists between the ,creator and  
the fallen human creature2  for herein  
is revealed the necessity of that which 
,god proposes to  accomplish by         
redemption4    ,two important points in 
,satan's doctrine were announced by him 
in the  ,garden of ,eden when he first  
approached the woman1 and these two     
declarations kave been an important part
 of the world's creeds  throughout the  
history of man4 ,the first was a bold   
denial of a positive  statement of ,god1
 when ,satan said3 ,ye shall not surely 
die4 ,whether  ,satan intended here     
simply to deny the truth of ,god's      
statement1 or  whether he overestimated 
his own resources and proposed to shield
 them  from their ,god-appointed doom1  
is not clear4 ,certainly the latter view
  is in keeping with ,satan's original  
purpose1 as well as with his evident    
sincerity4 ,it is quite reasonable to   
conclude that1 if he could be so        

misguided as to attempt to be like the  
,most ,high1 he would willingly  have   
undertaken to protect man from judgment 
which followed as a result  of loyalty  
to himself4 ,satan is striving1 at any  
rate1 to direct the  lives of those who 
are under his power into a degree of    
self development  that will be a        
substitute for the revealed purpose of  
,god for men4    ,the second            
announcement of ,satan assured the woman
 that they would1 by  this independent  
action1 be as ,god2 and this1 so far    
from promising  death1 seemed to them   
the immediate realization of the highest
 human  ideal4 ,it was undoubtedly the  
original purpose of ,god in creation    
that  humanity should eventually become 
like ,himself4 ,by what process of      
development this was to have been       
accomplished1 had not sin entered1 has  
not been revealed4 ,it is enough to know
 that even after man had fallen  from   
his high estate through sin1 this       
,divine purpose was not abandoned1      

though the problems involved were       
immeasurably increased3 and now1        
through the unsearchable riches of ,his 
grace1 the realization of that  which   
surpasses all human dreams has been made
 possible1 even to fallen  and polluted 
man4    ,the consummation of the        
transforming work of ,god is thus       
described3 ,for  whom ,he did foreknow1 
,he did also predestinate to be         
conformed to the  image of ,his ,son    
7,rom4 #h3bi74 ,beloved1 now are we the 
sons of ,god1 and  it doth not yet      
appear what we shall be3 but we know    
that1 when ,he shall  appear1 we shall  
be like ,him2 for we shall see ,him as  
,he is 7,i ,jno4  #c3b74 ,when ,christ1 
who is our life1 shall appear1 then     
shall ye also  appear with ,him in glory
 7,col4 #c3d74 ,now unto him that is    
able to keep  you from falling1 and to  
present you faultless before the        
presence of  ,his glory with exceeding  
joy 7,jude #bd74 ,for our citizenship is
 in  heaven2 whence also we wait for a  

,saviour1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 who 
shall fashion anew the body of our      
humiliation1 that it may be conformed   
to the body of his glory1 according to  
the working whereby ,he is able  even to
 subject all things unto ,himself       
7,phil4 #c3bj1 #ba ,r4,v474    ,it is   
natural that ,satan should suggest to   
humanity that which had been  the object
 of his own unholy ambition2 and        
especially is it natural1  since by such
 a separation of humanity from its ,god1
 he could claim that  authority over    
them1 and secure that worship from them1
 which he so much  craved4    ,there    
are1 then1 at least two distinct methods
 proposed for the  uplifting of         
humanity1 and these are brought into    
sharp contrast2 for  one is of ,satan1  
and the other is of ,god4 ,since both   
these methods claim  to aim at the same 
end--though one ideal is not worthy to  
be compared  with the other--the method1
 alone1 forms the first point for       
discussion4    ,under the ,satanic      

control1 man has always been strangely  
influenced in  the matter of his        
relation to his ,creator4 ,he1 too1 has 
been willing to  assume a hopeless      
position of independence toward ,god2   
and1 under that  abnormal relation1 he  
has gone out alone to grope his way2    
blindly  seeking to build his own       
character1 and by education and         
cultivation to  improve his natural     
heart1 which ,god has pronounced humanly
 incurable4  ,he has also bent his      
inventive skill to the development of   
means by  which ,god-imposed labor may  
be avoided2 and much of his selfish     
greed  springs from a desire to purchase
 a substitute who shall bear for him    
the discomfort of a sweating brow4 ,god 
is not in all his thoughts2 nor  has he 
any disposition to claim the help of    
,god upon the terms upon  which it is   
offered4 ,the ,satanic method for life  
prompts him to become a  god by a       
process of self-help and development of 
the finite resources4    ,it is very    

possible and natural to introduce much  
of religious form into  the world system
 of self-help2 for there is a great     
field for religious  exercise for the   
one who is attempting to make himself   
,godlike1 and  there is endless material
 for supplication and prayer that all   
available  assistance may be secured to 
aid one in that humanly impossible task4
 ,a  devout spirit is1 therefore1 a     
natural part of the ,satanic doctrine1  
and  the predicted forms of godliness   
will naturally appear4    ,there is a   
vast difference between an individual   
supplicating ,god to  save him3 and one 
supplicating ,god to help him save      
himself4 ,the latter  is a natural part 
of the ,satanic plan and has no promise 
of ,divine favor  upon it4 ,all such    
religious exercise1 though full of      
outward forms and  deep sincerity1      
leaves its moral aspirants doomed1 alike
 with the most  degraded1 to as         
everlasting separation and banishment   
from the presence  of ,god3 which things

 have indeed a show of wisdom in will   
worship1 and  humility1 and severity to 
the body2 but are not of any value      
against the  indulgence of the flesh    
7,col4 #b3bc ,r4,v474 ,such prayer and  
religious  practice do not really place 
the saving work in the hands of ,god1   
but  mockingly ask ,him to give ,his    
sanction and assistance to that which   
wholly dishonors and really disregards  
,him1 and which is also both            
unreasonable and impossible4    ,though 
the process by which unfallen man would 
have reached a higher  development has  
not been revealed1 it is certain that he
 would have been  then1 as now1 wholly  
dependent upon the ,creator4 ,man's     
present  independence toward ,god is the
 blindest delusion of the fallen nature2
  for complete independence cannot even 
be assumed in the least of all  temporal
 things3 how much less is it possible in
 that which is  spiritual6    ,again1   
the self-saving principle is utter      
folly1 since ,god must demand  a quality

 which no human can present4 ,god's     
requirement is not  unreasonable1       
however1 for ,he also proposes to       
bestow1 in grace1 all ,he  ever demands4
 ,the absolute holiness of ,god demands 
no less than holiness  in all who are   
acceptable to ,him2 yet ,he has never   
mocked man by asking  him to make       
himself acceptable1 or even to attempt  
to do it by ,divine  help4 ,true        
salvation is wholly a work of ,god4 ,it 
is said to be both a  finished work and 
a gift1 and1 therefore1 it lays no      
obligation upon the  saved one to       
complete it himself1 or to make after   
payments of service  for it2 though the 
saved one is called upon to serve from  
another and  more glorious motive4      
,the ,divine terms of obtainment into   
,godlikeness are clearly stated in  the 
,scriptures2 but the hopeless estimate  
,god has placed upon human  nature at   
its best1 and the logical necessity that
 man shall receive1 as  a gift1 all that
 he has1 and be forever a debtor to the 

,divine  giver1--these things have      
always been rejected by self-sufficient 
and  ,satan-inspired humanity4 ,these   
terms are the only possible or          
reasonable  relations that could        
rightfully exist between fallen humanity
 and its  ,creator4 ,here ,satan has    
blinded the minds of the lost lest they 
should  believe1 and he has made that   
which is reasonable and natural seem to 
be  unreasonable and unnatural4 ,they   
are unable to abandon their             
,satan-inspired sense of                
self-sufficiency and independence of    
,god and  receive from ,him1 as a gift1 
every possession commendable in ,his    
sight4    ,the controversy between      
,satan-ruled man and ,god is one of     
method2  whether it shall be one of     
self-righteousness and character        
building3  or one of bestowed           
righteousness and character by the fruit
 of the  ,spirit4 ,will man try to save 
himself3 or humbly submit to being saved
 by  ,another8 ,will he try to conform  

himself to what little he knows to be   
good and true3 or will he be transformed
 by the power of ,god into that  which  
is no less than the image of ,christ8   
,will he present the sacrifice  of a    
sincere effort to be moral and          
religious3 or accept the  ,god-provided 
sacrifice for all sin1 in the shed blood
 of ,christ8 ,will he  try to establish 
himself before ,god on the ground of his
 own works3 or  rest in the finished    
work of ,christ for him8 ,will he try to
 improve his  fallen nature3 or partake 
of the ,divine nature and become a ,son 
of ,god  by the power of ,god1 through  
faith in ,christ ,jesus8    ,one method1
 it may be seen1 depends wholly upon    
self for its  realization2 promises     
glory to man alone2 and has its origin  
at that  unknown time when ,satan       
proposed in his heart to become like the
 ,most  ,high4 ,the other method is     
dependent upon ,god alone1 and1         
therefore1  demands an attitude of faith
 toward him for its realization4 ,it    

issues  in glory to the ,creator1 ,who  
alone is worthy to be praised4 ,the     
latter1  in contrast with ,satan's      
method1 had its origin in the purpose of
 ,god1  which ,he purposed before the   
foundation of the world4 ,therein1      
transcendent blessings are offered2     
stores of grace are unfolded2 and  the  
omnipotent power of ,god is seen working
 for the transformation of  ,his human  
creatures4 ,these two methods are       
confused only because they  seem to aim 
at the same general result4 ,in reality 
their results1 like  their methods1 are 
not only incomparable1 but they are as  
far removed  from each other as ,god's  
ways are higher than man's ways4    ,the
 revelation of ,god in regard to        
salvation might have been limited to    
the fact that ,he1 rather than man1 was 
to accomplish the work2 and while  much 
that is involved in the mighty          
undertaking of redemption has not  been1
 and probably cannot be1 reduced to the 
level of human  understanding1 ,he saw  

fit to reveal much that was necessary1  
on both the  ,godward and the manward   
side1 in providing this way of          
salvation4 ,no  human conception of the 
atonement is complete1 yet1 as the      
all-sufficient sacrificial death of     
,christ is clearly stated in            
,scripture1 its value1 though           
unanalyzed1 may be appropriated2 for man
 is  not saved by what he comprehends or
 understands1 but his salvation is  made
 possible by his attitude of willingness
 and expectation toward the             
transforming power of ,god4    ,in      
determining the exact point of the truth
 that is to be omitted from  the        
,satanic counterfeit1 it is important to
 distinguish between the  ,person and   
work of ,christ4 ,in the one is included
 ,his teachings and  example1 both in   
,his life and death3 in the other is    
included ,his  substitutionary1         
sacrificial1 and atoning death for the  
sin of the  world4 ,there is no         
controversy as to the value of the      

teachings and  example of ,jesus2 but   
the wisdom of this world is displayed in
  ever-increasing antagonism against the
 blood of the ,cross4 ,this enmity  has 
never been founded on the ,word of ,god1
 for ,scripture does not deny  itself4  
,the opposition appeals to pride and    
human reason1 and dares to  challenge   
the plain statements of ,scripture on   
this particular point4  ,very much is   
thus omitted2 for all the meaning of    
sacrifice in the ,old  ,testament and   
all the promises of redemption in the   
,new ,testament1 are  inseparably       
related to the blood of the ,cross4 ,it 
may be to the ,jew a  stumbling block1  
and to the ,greek foolishness2 yet to   
those who are  called1 both ,jews and   
,greeks1 it is the power of ,god and the
 wisdom of  ,god4    ,in ,ephesians1 the
 eternal purpose of ,god is said to be  
the complete  perfection of souls3      
,according as ,he hath chosen us in ,him
 before the  foundation of the world1   
that we should be holy and without blame

 before  ,him in love 7#a3d74 ,and that 
transformation is also said to be by the
  blood of ,christ3 ,in whom we have    
redemption through his blood1 the       
forgiveness of sins1 according to the   
riches of ,his grace 7#a3g74 ,in  like  
manner the object of this transformation
 is said to be that the  ,church may be 
the present and eternal manifestation of
 the wisdom1 love  and power of ,god3   
,to the intent that now unto the        
principalities and  powers in heavenly  
places might be known by the church the 
manifold  wisdom of ,god 7#c3aj74 ,that 
in the ages to come ,he might show the  
exceeding riches of ,his grace in ,his  
kindness toward us through ,christ      
,jesus 7#b3g74 ,and what is the         
exceeding greatness of his power to     
usward who believe1 according to the    
working of ,his mighty power1 which  ,he
 wrought in ,christ1 when ,he raised    
,him from the dead1 and set ,him at     
,his own right hand in the heavenlies   
7#a3ai1 #bj74    ,there is also a strong

 contrast of figures used in the ,old   
,testament  which accurately emphasizes 
the mighty power of the ,creator in the 
regeneration of a soul4 ,in ,psalm #h3c 
the creation of the solar system  is    
mentioned as the work of the fingers of 
,god3 ,when ,i consider ,thy  heavens1  
the work of ,thy fingers1 the moon and  
the stars1 which thou  hast ordained1   
but in ,isa4 #ec3a1 where the           
substitutionary sacrifice of  ,christ is
 referred to1 it is spoken of as the    
effort of the ,creator's  arm3 ,who hath
 believed our report8 and to whom is the
 arm of the  ,lord revealed8 ,the       
suggestion here given1 that the creation
 of a  universe is the work of ,his     
fingers1 and the regeneration of souls  
is  the work of ,his mighty arm1 is not 
overdrawn2 for the price of  redemption 
cannot be measured by corruptible       
things1 such as gold and  silver3 but is
 purchased at the price of the precious 
blood of ,christ1  as of a lamb without 
blemish and without spot 7,i ,pet4      

#a3ai74    ,the ,scriptures abound in   
statements that regeneration1 and the   
whole  transforming work of redemption1 
are accomplished on the ground of the   
sacrificial blood of the ,cross2 and if 
these statements of ,scripture are      
rejected1 the discussion never can be   
one of interpretation of  ,scripture1   
but becomes a question of the authority 
of the testimony of  the ,bible4 ,a few 
of these passages are here given3       
,surely ,he hath borne  our griefs1 and 
carried our sorrows3 yet we did esteem  
him stricken1  smitten of ,god1 and     
afflicted4 ,but ,he was wounded for our 
transgressions1 ,he was bruised for our 
iniquities3 the chastisement of  our    
peace was upon ,him2 and with ,his      
stripes we are healed4 ,all we like     
sheep have gone astray2 we have turned  
every one to his own way2 and the       
,,lord hath laid on ,him the iniquity of
 us all 7,isa4 #ec3d-f74 ,even as  the  
,son of man came not to be ministered   
unto1 but to minister1 and to  give ,his

 life a ransom for many 7,matt4 #bj3bh74
 ,behold the ,lamb of ,god1  which      
taketh away the sin of the world 7,jno4 
#aabi74 ,whom ,god hath set  forth to be
 a propitiation through faith in ,his   
blood 7,rom4 #c3be74 ,but  ,god         
commendeth ,his love toward us1 in that1
 while we were yet sinners1  ,christ    
died for us4 ,much more then1 being now 
justified by ,his blood1 we  shall be   
saved from wrath through ,him 7,rom4    
#e3h1 #i74 ,for ,he hath made  ,him to  
be sin for us1 who knew no sin2 that we 
might be made the  righteousness of ,god
 in ,him 7,,ii ,cor4 #e3ba74 ,who gave  
himself for our  sins1 that ,he might   
deliver us from this present evil world1
 according  to the will of ,god and our 
,father 7,gal4 #a3d74 ,and every priest 
standeth daily ministering and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices1  which  
can never take away sins3 but this man1 
after ,he had offered one  sacrifice for
 sins forever1 sat down on the right    
hand of ,god2 from  henceforth expecting

 till ,his enemies be made ,his         
footstool4 ,for by one  offering ,he    
hath perfected forever them that are    
sanctified 7,heb4  #aj3aa-ad74 ,who ,his
 own self bare our sins in ,his own body
 on the tree1  that we1 being dead to   
sins1 should live unto righteousness3 by
 whose  stripes ye were healed 7,i ,pet4
 #b3bd74 ,for ,christ also hath once    
suffered for sins1 the just for the     
unjust1 that ,he might bring us to      
,god1 being put to death in the flesh1  
but quickened by the ,spirit 7,i  ,pet4 
#c3ah74 ,and ,he is the propitiation for
 our sins3 and not for ours  only1 but  
also for the sins of the whole world 7,i
 ,jno4 #b3b74    ,from the foregoing    
passages it may be seen that1 according 
to the  ,scriptures1 the stupendous     
transformation of regeneration is not   
only  the greatest ,divine undertaking1 
but is directly accomplished by the     
sacrificial death and shed blood of     
,christ1 and is sealed in security by   
the ,holy ,spirit of promise4    ,the   

sacrificial death of ,christ presents   
the only gateway for fallen man  from   
the power and final doom of ,satan to   
the glory and transcendent  light of    
,god2 and there is nothing strange in   
the ,satan-inspired  offence of the     
,cross which is often garnished with    
culture1 worldly  wisdom1 and religious 
forms4 ,even in ,paul's time there were 
those who  were enemies of the ,cross of
 ,christ3 ,for many walk1 of whom ,i    
have told  you often1 and now tell you  
even weeping1 that they are the enemies 
of  the cross of ,christ 7,phil4 #c3ah74
 ,these were evidently recognized       
leaders in the ,christian fellowship1   
who were undoubtedly ardent  admirers of
 the ,person of ,jesus1 as revealed in  
,his earthly life and  example3 yet     
,paul does not hesitate to mention his  
own tears at the  fatal omission in     
their preaching2 for they were enemies  
of the ,cross  of ,christ4    ,again1 it
 is predicted in ,,ii ,pet4 #b3a1 #b    
that a fierce enmity against  the ,cross

 should appear3 ,but there were false   
prophets also among the  people1 even as
 there shall be false teachers among    
you1 who privily  shall bring in        
damnable heresies1 even denying the     
,lord that bought  them1 and bring upon 
themselves swift destruction4 ,and many 
shall follow  their pernicious ways2 by 
reason of whom the way of truth shall be
 evil  spoken of4 ,here again the denial
 is against the purchase or redeeming   
work of ,christ rather than ,his ,person
 or character4 ,they are offended  at   
the ,lord who bought them1 though they  
may be devoted to the ,lord  who taught 
them4 ,these ,satanic agents are here1  
as before1 described  as those who seem 
to be teachers in the true faith1 yet   
they bring in  damnable heresies1 in all
 covered subtlety1 which crystallizes in
 a  denial of the redemption that is in 
,christ4 ,being only blinded            
unregenerate men1 they may suppose      
themselves to be ministers of           
righteousness and apostles of ,christ2  

their humanitarian dreams may  inspire  
tireless effort and zeal2 their doctrine
 may become world-wide  in its          
influence2 and they may drive their     
mighty ecclesiastical  machinery by the 
injunctions of ,scripture3 yet if the   
curtain could be  lifted1 their angel of
 light would be found to be ,satan2     
working  through them to resist the     
purpose of ,god2 and themselves the     
ministers  of ,satan2 speaking lies in  
hypocrisy2 having their conscience      
seared as  with a hot iron1 daring in   
their exalted position to devitalize the
  ,gospel of its power unto salvation1  
and dragging immortal souls after  them 
into hell4    ,it is not strange that   
there is resentment against the mystery 
of the  ,cross which does not exist     
against any other inexplicable fact in  
the  world4 ,it is not strange that the 
ministers of ,satan1 appearing as the   
apostles of ,christ and ministers of    
righteousness1 should fortify their     
lies and hypocrisies by contending for  

every phase of revealed truth2          
grounding their authority so positively 
in the ,scriptures of truth3 yet  subtly
 omitting1 or violently denying1 the one
 and only point upon which  the         
interests of ,god and ,satan divide4 ,it
 is not strange that there is a  wide   
call for a restatement of the truth1    
which usually proposes to  omit the new 
birth and substitute self-effort to be  
good1 and character  building1 in its   
place4 ,it is not strange that the wise 
and cultured of  this world feel their  
aesthetic natures shocked by the blood  
of the  ,cross1 yet entertain no sense  
of their own abhorrent pollution in the 
sight of the infinitely holy ,one4 ,it  
is not strange that the world  assumes  
to have advanced beyond that which is   
repeatedly said to be the  manifestation
 of the wisdom of ,god2 branding as     
bigots1 insincere1 or  ignorant1 all who
 still hold to the whole testimony of   
,god4 ,it is not  strange that the      
atonement by blood is omitted1 for it is

 ,satan's hour  and the power of        
darkness1 and the true child of ,god    
must patiently bear  the ever-increasing
 reproaches of his crucified ,lord1     
until the glory  dawns and the shadows  
flee away4          ,chapter ,x         
,modern ,devices4      ,it has been the 
privilege and duty of the ,church       
throughout her history  to be looking   
for the return of the ,one to whom she  
has been espoused4  ,had her eyes never 
wandered from that expectant gaze1 she  
would have  been saved much sorrow and  
shame at ,his coming1 for she has lost  
her  ,scriptural character and much of  
her witnessing power whenever she has   
said ,my ,lord delayeth his coming4 ,it 
is then that she has fallen to  beating 
the manservants and the maidservants1   
and has become drunken  with the wine of
 this world4    ,true devotion to       
,christ must naturally issue in a deep  
desire to be with  ,him and to see ,him 
face to face2 and though it is quite    
possible to have  been misled or        

untaught in regard to the conditions of 
,his coming1 the  contemplation of such 
a promise from ,him can but kindle a    
glowing hope  in a truly devoted heart4 
,it is a direct contradiction to claim  
supreme  affection for ,him1 and yet be 
careless of ,his promised return1 or    
wholly  contented while separated from  
,him4 ,the world1 that cannot comprehend
  such devotion to ,christ1 will easily 
chide the believer1 and denounce  him   
for what they now call his other        
worldness when his affections are  set  
on things above1 where ,christ sitteth  
at the right hand of ,god1  and when his
 heart rejoices in the certain hope that
 when ,christ1 who  is our life1 shall  
appear1 then shall ye also appear with  
,him in  glory4    ,it was necessary for
 ,satan to rob the ,church1 to a great  
extent1 of her  blessed hope of         
,christ's return1 before he could       
attract attention to  his own attempts  
at world improvement1 and establish his 
own authority  as ruler over this age4  

,expectation along the ,god-appointed   
lines must  be abandoned1 for the most  
part1 before humanity can be federated1 
and  religious institutions be made to  
co-operate in the ,satanic program4     
,this vital key-truth of the imminent   
return of ,christ was1 therefore1  first
 discredited1 and then followed by an   
attack upon the deity of the  ,son of   
,god and ,his sacrificial death2 which  
attack is ever increasing1  and must    
increase to the very end4 ,the body of  
truth concerning the  ,lord's return is 
so extensive that there have always been
 some humble  and devout souls who have 
dared to believe ,his promises1 and thus
 the  real ,church1 to some extent1 her 
watch has been keeping4    ,the mighty  
tool in ,satan's hands for the          
destroying of the hope of  ,christ's    
coming has been a simple one3 zealous   
souls have been found  who1 ignoring the
 statements of ,scripture1 would attempt
 to fix the day  of ,his coming4 ,then1 
as their prophecy failed1 the world and 

many in the  ,church have laughed them  
to scorn4 ,unfortunately they came to   
laugh also  at the very promise of ,god1
 saying1 ,where is the promise of his   
coming8 and in so doing they have       
fulfilled some of the very things  that 
are predicted for the end of the age3   
,knowing this first1 that  there shall  
come in the last days scoffers1 walking 
after their own  lusts 7desires71 and   
saying1 ,where is the promise of ,his   
coming8 for  since the fathers fell     
asleep1 all things continue as they were
 from the  beginning of creation 7,,ii  
,pet4 #c3c1 #d74 ,thus ,satan's         
authority is being  established4    ,the
 exact time of ,christ's return has not 
been revealed2 nor will it be  announced
 by a prophet4 ,nevertheless1 the       
children of light and the  children of  
the day are not in darkness that that   
day should overtake  them as a thief 7,i
 ,thes4 #e3d1e74 ,it is their privilege 
to rejoice in  every promise of ,his    
coming1 and to recognize every new      

indication of  ,his nearness1 as eagerly
 as the betrothed awaits her beloved4   
,the true  believer's glory1 as well as 
his union with loved ones in ,christ1 is
  imminent1 and by faith he can look    
beyond the days of the earth's  greatest
 anguish1 and1 seeing the triumph of all
 blessedness1 he can  rejoice in the    
hope of ,his ,lord's coming1 and be     
praying1 ,even so1  come1 ,lord ,jesus4 
,it is1 therefore1 impossible to know   
how much of time yet remains for  the   
gathering out of the ,bride and the     
development of ,satan's rule2 yet  it is
 evident that within the last generation
 the exact fulfillment of  those things 
which are predicted for the last days   
has begun1 and is  even now developing  
faster than the mind can comprehend4    
,not all the signs of the times have a  
place in these pages1 but only  such as 
are directly connected with the working 
of ,satan4    ,since the blood          
redemption of the ,cross is the central 
truth and value  of the true faith1 it  

being the power of ,god unto salvation  
7,rom4  #a3af2 ,i ,cor4 #a3bc1 #bd71 any
 counterfeit system of doctrine which   
would  omit this essential1 must force  
some secondary truth into the place of  
prominence4 ,any of the great           
,scriptural subjects which are of       
universal  interest to humanity1 such as
 physical health1 immortality1 morality1
 or  religious forms1 may be substituted
 in the false systems1 for that which   
is vital4 ,and while those subjects are 
all found in their proper  relations and
 importance in the true faith1 the fact 
that people are  universally inclined to
 give attention to them furnishes an    
opportunity  for ,satan to make a strong
 appeal to humanity through them2 using 
these  subjects as central truths in his
 false and counterfeit systems4 ,many   
are easily led to fix their attention   
upon the secondary things1 and to       
neglect wholly the one primary thing2   
especially is this true since the       
secondary things are tangible and seen3 

while the one essential thing is        
spiritual and unseen2 and ,satan has    
blinded their eyes toward that which  is
 of eternal value4    ,a system of      
doctrine may1 then1 be formed which     
includes every truth of  ,scripture save
 one2 exalting the ,person of ,christ1  
but not ,his atoning  work1 and         
emphasizing some secondary truth as its 
central value4 ,this  system will be    
readily accepted by blinded humanity1   
though the real  power of ,god unto     
salvation has been carefully withdrawn4 
,naturally it would be supposed that    
such ,satan-inspired systems would  have
 no value or power1 since there could be
 no ,divine favor upon them4  ,such a   
supposition would be possible only      
because of the prevailing               
misunderstanding as to the real power of
 ,satan4 ,if the description given  of  
him in ,scripture is accepted1 he will  
be seen to be possessed with  miraculous
 power2 able to perform such marvels    
that the whole world is  led to wonder  

and then to worship4 ,he is free also to
 bestow this  miraculous power upon     
others 7,rev4 #ac3b74 ,so it is no      
marvel if his  ministers1 who appear as 
the ministers of righteousness1 are able
 to  exert superhuman power when it is  
directly in the interest of the         
,satanic projects4    ,the great power  
of ,satan has doubtless been active     
along these lines  during all the ages  
past2 for it is impossible that humanity
 should have  worshipped other gods     
blindly without some recompense1 and it 
is ,satan  himself who has been thus    
worshipped 7,lev4 #ag3g2 ,,ii ,chron4   
#aa3ae2 ,rev4  #i3bj74    ,it is not    
final evidence1 therefore1 that a system
 of doctrine is of ,god  simply because 
there are accompanying manifestations of
 superhuman  power2 nor is it final     
evidence that the ,almighty has         
responded1 simply  because any form of  
supplication has been answered4 ,the    
,divine movements  are1 of necessity1   
limited by the laws of ,his own         

holiness1 and access  into ,his presence
 is by the blood of ,jesus alone2 by a  
new and living  ,way which was          
consecrated for us through ,his flesh   
7,heb4 #aj3ai1 #bj74  ,assuming to come 
before ,god in prayer1 but ignoring this
 truth1 is but  to insult1 with         
pollution1 ,him who is infinitely ,holy 
and pure4 ,satan1  who is aspiring to   
the place of the ,almighty1 may answer  
the prayer of  his own subjects1 even   
though that prayer is blindly addressed 
to the  ,supreme ,being4 ,surely the    
,satan-ruled world does not come before 
,god by  the blood of ,jesus4    ,though
 false systems of doctrine have always  
existed1 counterfeits in  hypocrisy are 
a distinct characteristic of the last   
days of the present  age4 ,and it is a  
most significant fact that within the   
last generation  such systems have      
appeared and are rapidly multiplying3   
systems that  borrow every phase of the 
true faith1 but one1 and are conspicuous
 in  that they emphasize some secondary 

truth with what seems1 at times1 to  be 
miraculous power4 ,multitudes are being 
won to these creeds1 both  because of   
their apparent religious aspect1 and by 
the actual results  they accomplish4    
,there is probably no subject of more   
universal interest than that of         
physical health2 and but recently       
,christian ,science has appeared1  which
 chiefly emphasizes physical health4    
,while it gathers into itself  some     
elements that are foreign both to       
,christianity and to ,science1 and      
appropriates much from the field of     
psychology1 it assumes to be an         
infallible interpretation of ,scripture1
 and makes ,jesus its highest  exponent 
and teacher4 ,yet it positively denies  
even the reality of sin  and the need of
 ,christ's atoning sacrifice4 ,its      
followers are won and  held by these    
religious claims1 and by the actual     
physical and mental  transformations    
that are secured4 ,nothing but ignorance
 will attempt to  deny that1 to some    

extent1 its claims are real4 ,that it   
has assemblies1  ministers1 and         
mysteries deep and profound1 and that it
 is able to  demonstrate its claims of  
physical transformation1 does not lift  
it  above the level of ,satan's power4  
,that it denies even the need of the    
blood of the ,cross1 separates it1 in   
spite of its claims1 from the ,god  of  
the ,scriptures1 and brands it with     
every characteristic of ,satan's        
counterfeit4    ,another subject1       
already mentioned1 which is of common   
interest to  humanity1 is immortality4  
,how persistently man has sought to see 
beyond  the veil6 ,and yet how little of
 fact has been discovered1 beyond that  
which it has pleased ,god to reveal in  
,his ,word6 ,how strong is the desire   
of the heart to follow the departed into
 the great unseen6 ,and how  subtle is  
,spiritism in its election of a phase of
 the immortality  question as its bait  
to beguile sorrow-crushed souls into a  
disregard of  their only hope in the    

blood of ,christ4    ,this system has   
existed from the earliest ages and has  
the unqualified  condemnation of        
,scripture2 yet in the last half-century
 it has taken new  interest and dignity 
to itself under the modern title of     
,psychical  ,research4 ,with boldest    
assumption it claims to be the only safe
  exponent of truth1 and to be working  
in the interests of science2  changing  
science being accepted as more          
trustworthy than revelation4 ,it  offers
 as final evidence for its assumptions1 
what are represented to be  the         
statements of deceased people4    ,less 
is made of the ,scriptures in this      
system3 yet here1 as might be  expected1
 there is violent opposition to the     
doctrine of ,regeneration4    ,it cannot
 possibly be denied that there is an    
intelligent response to  the human      
appeal from the ,unseen2 and messages   
are being received and  mysterious acts 
are being performed with increasing     
frequency4 ,it  cannot1 however1 be     

proven that this response is from the   
spirit of the  person named1 for a lying
 spirit could easily know enough of any 
person's life to represent him in every 
detail4 ,that the whole system  could be
 of ,satan is evident1 and since it     
denies man's only hope of  redemption1  
it is no part of the real truth of ,god4
 ,it1 too1 bears all  the marks of the  
workings of ,satan4    ,another system  
of thought called ,new1 but which is as 
old as human  philosophy1 appropriates  
every phase of metaphysical belief4 ,the
 central  idea of the ,new ,thought is  
the complete development of man1--body1 
soul1 and spirit4 ,every possible human 
power is utilized2 there is  recognition
 of the ,creator2 the ,word of ,god is  
appropriated in  convenient texts2 and  
,christ is claimed by its followers to  
be the  complete example and embodiment 
of all their ideals4 ,newly stated      
theories of psychology are included in  
this system1 and the whole  teaching    
stands as the embodiment of all the     

ideals of the one who first  suggested  
to humanity that they1 by their own     
efforts1 become as ,god4  ,the system   
wholly denies ,scriptural regeneration1 
both as to its  necessity and as a fact2
 and is a veritable worship of self1 as 
predicted for the last days 7,,ii ,tim4 
#c3b74 ,it substitutes the  development 
of the will as a power for victory in   
the life1 in place of  the ,god-provided
 victory over sin by the ,spirit4 ,its  
followers seem to  be utterly blind to  
the plainest truths of the ,scriptures1 
and are  marvelling at what they suppose
 to be a discovery2 when1 perchance1    
they  are able to comprehend some       
secondary truth of the ,word of ,god4   
,this  system1 like ,christian ,science1
 numbers its followers by the hundreds  
of thousands4 ,they support many        
periodicals1 and their teachings are    
read and accepted throughout the world4 
,in all these doctrines there is        
included much of the precious truth of  
,god1 but this is employed only as a    

bait to cover the relentless hook of    
,satan1 by which he seeks to draw human 
souls away from ,god and into           
perdition4 ,not one positive word is    
said of the future state of man1 or  of 
his fitness to meet his ,god1 and any   
belief in immortality is  borrowed from 
the revelation of ,god2 for the systems 
themselves are  given over to           
distracting and diverting man from the  
thought of his need  of a ,divinely     
wrought preparation for eternity4 ,it is
 commonly stated by  the followers of   
these systems that it is of little      
importance what one  believes1 for it is
 the life that counts4 ,thus the great  
and necessary  fact that any true       
character as well as any eternal        
blessedness depends  upon what one      
believes1 rather than on the life1 is   
discredited4    ,these systems are      
mentioned only as examples of the almost
 innumerable  doctrines that are        
sweeping the world to-day4 ,they often  
reappear under  new and misleading      

titles4 ,the truth they acknowledge1 and
 many forces  they employ1 are ,god's   
gracious provision for ,his saints2 yet 
when these  truths and forces are used  
alone1 where the real purpose of ,god is
  skillfully omitted1 they become only  
the hypocrisy that covers and  garnishes
 a lie4    ,again1 many are deluded by  
the emphasis upon the mere outward forms
 of  the visible ,church4 ,when these   
forms are analyzed1 they appear to      
represent a church ministered to by a   
recognized ordained minister who        
depends upon his own personality for his
 power2 and who preaches ethics  and    
morality drawn from ,scripture texts and
 other ethical writings4  ,prayers are  
offered1 imploring the ,almighty to aid 
humanity in its  attempts to commend    
itself to ,him by a more or less        
faithful practice of  religion4 ,the    
pleasures of music as an art are        
provided at fabulous  cost1 in place of 
the praise that is inspired by the      
,spirit of ,god4  ,social gatherings are

 held1 to take the place of the unity of
 the ,spirit  and the love of the       
brethren4 ,humanitarian appeals for the 
betterment of  the world are made1 in   
place of the evangelical regeneration by
 the  ,cross2 and not one reference to  
the real ,gospel is made from one year  
to  the next1 unless it be in a covered 
denial4 ,the sleeping congregations  are
 seemingly satisfied with a mockery of  
the truth1 and are content  with a      
doctrine that proposes to educate souls 
into hell1 and which  encourages them to
 make a few efforts toward              
self-development while on  their certain
 road to perdition4 ,it is no longer    
good form in society to  be without some
 church relations1 yet the one and only 
true basis for  salvation may never have
 been comprehended or accepted by a     
multitude of  these members4 ,truly the 
god of this world is accomplishing his  
end1 and  his blinded followers are     
coming to be numbered with the faithful4
 ,the  evil birds are flocking to the   

mustard tree1 and the corrupting leaven 
is permeating the measures of meal4     
,the last development of the earth      
history of the visible ,church is       
predicted to be a condition in which the
 ,church is saying1 ,i am rich1  and    
increased in goods1 and have need of    
nothing4 ,the passage  continues1 and   
knowest not that thou art wretched1 and 
miserable1 and  poor1 and blind1 and    
naked4 ,i counsel thee to buy of me gold
 tried in  the fire1 that thou mayest be
 rich2 and white raiment1 that thou     
mayest  be clothed1 and that the shame  
of thy nakedness do not appear2 and     
anoint thy eyes with eye salve1 that    
thou mayest see4 ,as many as ,i love1   
,i rebuke and chasten3 be zealous       
therefore1 and repent4 ,behold1 ,i stand
  at the door and knock3 if any man hear
 my voice1 and open the door1 ,i  will  
come in to him1 and will sup with him1  
and he with me 7,rev4  #c3ag-bj74 ,if   
,scripture language and figure mean     
anything1 this is a  description of an  

unregenerate ,church over which the     
,lord is pleading4  ,it is from this    
,church that ,he has withdrawn2 and is  
seen outside1  standing and knocking4   
,his hope is not centered upon reforming
 the whole  mass of professing members2 
for his offer is to the individual any  
man  with whom ,he will then have       
personal communion and fellowship4      
,sad is the spectacle of these churches2
 meeting week after week to be  beguiled
 by the philosophy of men1 and raising  
no voice in protest  against the denial 
of their only foundation as a church1   
and of their  only hope for time and    
eternity6 ,far more honorable were the  
infidels of  the past generation than   
these ministers4 ,they were wholly      
outside the  ,church4 ,but now1 behold  
the inconsistency6 ,men who are covered 
by the  vesture of the ,church1         
ministering its sacraments1 and         
supported by its  benevolence1 are      
making an open attack upon that wisdom  
of ,god which  made ,christ ,jesus the  

only ground for all righteousness1      
sanctification1  and redemption4 ,the   
predictions for the last days are thus  
not only  being fulfilled by false      
systems and doctrines1 but they are     
found in  the visible ,church itself4   
,for the time will come when they will  
not  endure sound doctrine2 but after   
their own lusts shall they heap to      
themselves teachers1 having itching     
ears2 and they shall turn away their    
ears from the truth1 and shall be turned
 unto fables 7,,ii ,tim4 #d3c1 #d74     
,great religious activities are possible
 without coming into  complications with
 saving faith4 ,it is possible to be    
more concerned  over the untimely death 
of one hundred thousand drunkards than  
with the  ,christ-less death of twenty  
million human beings2 or to be wholly   
concerned with the educational and      
physical needs of the heathen1 and to   
neglect their greatest need in          
regeneration4 ,thus ,satan may gain his 
own  ends1 even through some so-called  

missionary undertakings1 for in this    
manner he can beguile untaught saints to
 limit their work to the lines  of his  
highest ideals4 ,it is possible to fight
 against sin and not  present the       
,saviour2 or to urge the highest        
,scriptural ideals and yet  offer no    
reasonable way of attainment4    ,there 
is a strange fascination about these    
undertakings which are  humanitarian1   
and are religious only in form and      
title4 ,and there is a  strange         
attraction in the leader who announces  
that he is not concerned  with the      
doctrines of ,scripture1 because the    
helping of humanity is his  one passion 
and care3 yet all his passion is lost   
and his care is to no  real end unless  
coupled with a very positive message of 
a particular way  of ,salvation1 the    
true understanding of which demands a   
series of most  careful distinctions4   
,recently the word pragmatism has been  
brought into popular use to  denote the 
test by which the pragmatists measure   

all systems1 theories  and doctrines4   
,the pragmatic inquiry when applied to  
any system1 theory1  or doctrine may be 
understood to mean1 does it meet its    
claims in  practice8 ,although much is  
being made of this phase of pragmatism1 
the  test is as old as the race1 and    
verified by ,scripture1 for ,jesus said1
  ,by their fruits ye shall know them4  
,however1 the burden of testing  claims 
has never before been so great1 for the 
world was never so filled  with new and 
strange theories as now4 ,and these     
modern systems that deny  true salvation
 in ,christ are growing mightily under  
this test4 ,they  offer comparatively   
little and are usually able to meet     
their claims4  ,christian ,science does1
 to some extent1 change the condition of
 mind  and body4 ,spiritism offers a    
demonstration from the invisible1 and   
the  demonstrations appear4 ,new        
,thought proposes a development of the  
whole  natural man1 and thrives by the  
practical test of pragmatism4 ,the same 

is true of all other similar systems and
 doctrines1 and will be true of  those  
that may yet appear1 since it is the    
very program of ,satan as it  is        
revealed in his last blasphemous        
counterfeit of the ,son of ,god2 for  it
 is written in ,rev4 #ac3c1 #d that they
 first wondered at the miracles  of the 
,man of ,sin1 and then worshipped4 ,woe 
to the untaught soul who  stands        
wondering to-day at the marvels of this 
evil age1 if he be  without a sense of  
the importance and value of the         
priceless blood of  the ,cross6 ,the    
step is not far1 for such an one1 to the
 place where he  falls in worship3      
worship of a being who is supposed to   
have forgotten  abhorrence of sin and   
abandoned all eternal covenants of mercy
 by blood  alone2 a being who is        
supposed to be glad that the world has  
outgrown  the old unbearable estimates  
of sin and redemption1 and into whose   
presence the worshipper is supposed to  
be free to come on the ground of  his   

fallen human nature1 or the universal   
fatherhood of ,god and the  brotherhood 
of man4    ,who can be the god of these 
systems8 the energizing power in these  
people8 and the answerer of their       
prayers8 ,surely not the ,god of the    
,scriptures1 who cannot deny himself1   
and whose word cannot be made to  pass  
away6 ,revelation sets forth but one    
other being who is capable of  these    
undertakings2 and it not2 only assigns  
to this being a great and  sufficient   
motive for all such activity1 but       
clearly predicts that he  will thus     
oppose and exalt himself in this very   
day and age4    ,much of the secondary  
truth is the present inheritance of the 
child of  ,god3 yet1 if there is a      
choice to be made1 the deepest wisdom   
will  perceive that all the combined    
secondary values that ,satan can offer  
are  but for a fleeting time2 and are   
not worthy to be compared with the      
eternal riches of grace in ,christ      
,jesus4          ,chapter ,,xi4    ,the 

,believer's ,present ,position4         
,since the ,bible contains ,god's       
message to the people of the ages1 it   
must be rightly divided if the body of  
truth concerning any particular  age or 
people is to be clearly understood4     
,there are1 undoubtedly1 many  things in
 common in the various ages1 and1       
because of that fact1 the  superficial  
use of the ,scriptures has been to treat
 the entire book as a  direct message to
 all people of all time4 ,this method1  
as has been  stated1 has resulted in    
great confusion as to the ,divine       
program4    ,when that portion of       
,scripture which directly applies to the
 present age  has been discovered1 that1
 too1 must be divided2 for the present  
time is  a period of mixture among the  
people of the earth--the saints of ,god 
tenting among the citizens of the       
,satanic system1 and having nothing in  
common with them beyond the ordinary    
things of this earth life4    ,again1   
that particular body of truth which     

applies to the child of ,god  in this   
age may be divided1 and a portion be    
called ,positional ,truth  in that it   
unfolds the believer's present relation 
to the ,godhead1 the  heavenlies1 and   
the present world2 while another may be 
known as ,life  ,truth in that it is a  
particular statement of his present     
responsibility in conduct and service1  
and also includes the provisions  of    
,god whereby he may fully accomplish the
 whole will of ,god4 ,a partial  study  
of ,life ,truth is reserved for the next
 and last chapter2 while  this chapter  
is to be devoted to the believer's      
present position and  separation from   
the world4    ,the importance of        
,positional ,truth is suggested by the  
fact that1 in the  context of           
,scripture1 it precedes the statement of
 ,life ,truth2 forming  the basis of its
 appeal4 ,as an illustration of this it 
may be seen that  the order of the      
doctrinal ,epistles is first1 to state a
 great  ,positional ,truth1 which is    

then followed by an appeal for a life   
consistent with the truth revealed4 ,the
 first great section of the book  of    
,romans 7,chapters #a-h71 sets forth the
 fact of a great and full  salvation2   
this is followed 7omitting the          
dispensational parenthesis of  ,chapters
 #i-aa7 by the closing section          
7,chapters #ab-af71 which is a  detailed
 description of the life a saved person 
should live1 and which  opens with this 
appeal3 ,i beseech you therefore1       
brethren1 by the  mercies of ,god1 that 
ye present your bodies a living         
sacrifice1 holy1  acceptable unto ,god1 
which is your reasonable service4 ,and  
be not  conformed to this world3 but be 
ye transformed by the renewing of your  
minds1 that ye may prove what is that   
good1 and acceptable1 and perfect1  will
 of ,god4 ,so1 in the first section of  
the letter to the ,ephesians  7,chapters
 #a-c71 the believer's position is      
unfolded1 and this is  followed by a    
section 7,chapters #d-f71 which is a    

series of injunctions  for a heavenly   
walk2 this section opens as follows3 ,i 
therefore1 the  prisoner of the ,lord1  
beseech you that ye walk worthy of the  
vocation  wherewith ye are called1 with 
all lowliness and meekness1 with long   
suffering1 forbearing one another in    
love2 endeavoring to keep the unity  of 
the ,spirit in the bond of peace4 ,no   
appeal for faithfulness in the          
,christian life will be found to be     
adequate or effective that does not     
follow this same order1 or that is not  
based upon some great revealed  fact of 
the new life in ,christ4 ,it is probable
 that the present neglect  and disregard
 for ,positional ,truth has1 in spite of
 moral exhortation1  borne its          
legitimate fruit in a time-serving      
worldly ,church4    ,it is a beautiful  
example of the harmony of the           
,scriptures that1 while  the evil of the
 present age is so-clearly described1   
the true child of  ,god is most         
carefully separated from its            

relationships1 and is seen to  be in a  
position so independent of all the      
authority of the world1 that  he can    
walk with the ,lord in unbroken         
communion and fellowship1 even  while   
surrounded by this spiritual darkness4  
,and1 though the ,scriptural  statements
 as to the ever increasing darkness of  
this age be rejected1  no meaning can be
 given to these passages that separate  
the believer  from this world1 without  
the recognition of the black background 
of the  failure and sinfulness of this  
age4 ,it is noticeable that the modern  
systems take no notice of the difference
 between the saved and the  unsaved1 as 
they also make little of the future     
state4 ,this is in  accordance with the 
fact that both of these truths are      
wholly dependent  upon regeneration2 and
 that is the one truth these systems are
  originated by ,satan to resist4       
,the believer's position is set forth in
 at least seven positive  revelations1  
three of which concern his change from  

the darkness of  ,satan to the light of 
,god2 two concern his relationship to   
the heavenly  sphere2 and two concern   
his relationship to the ,satanic order4 
,a careful  study of these important    
passages will reveal the great reality  
of  ,redemption4    ,the first ,divine  
movement for the salvation of an        
individual1 after the  prayer of        
intercession by the ,spirit1 is         
illumination by the ,spirit4  ,this same
 work is also mentioned as the          
convicting or convincing of  the        
,spirit4 ,in this part of the ,divine   
undertaking1 the blinding by  ,satan is 
temporarily removed and the soul        
beholds1 by ,divine vision1 the  ,lord  
of glory and the way into eternal life  
through ,him3 but woe to the  soul thus 
favored1 who repeatedly turns from that 
vision in rejection6  ,of such it is    
written3 ,for it is impossible for those
 who were once  enlightened1 and have   
tasted of the heavenly gift1 and were   
made  partakers of the ,holy ,ghost1 and

 have tasted the good word of ,god1 and 
the powers of the world to come1 if they
 shall fall away1 to renew them  again  
unto repentance2 seeing they crucify to 
themselves the ,son of ,god  afresh1 and
 put him to an open shame4 ,for the     
earth which drinketh in  the rain that  
cometh oft upon it1 and bringeth forth  
herbs meet for them  by whom it is      
dressed1 receiveth blessings from ,god3 
but that which  beareth thorns and      
briars is rejected1 and is nigh unto    
cursing2 whose  end is to be burned4    
,but1 beloved1 we are persuaded better  
things of  you1 and things that         
accompany salvation1 though we thus     
speak 7,heb4  #f3d-i74 ,here there is   
pronounced a permanent return to the    
awful  blindness of ,satan for the one  
who rejects the illumination of the     
,spirit2 but there is also offered an   
ever-widening of vision and glory  to   
the one who accepts the ,lord as ,he is 
revealed by the ,spirit1 for he  then   
comes into possession of the things that

 accompany salvation4    ,this          
illuminating work of the ,spirit is     
mentioned by ,paul in his words  to     
,king ,agrippa1 wherein he describes his
 own commission to service4 ,he  claimed
 to have been appointed by the ,lord who
 spoke to him from the  ,glory4 ,he     
relates that by this commission he was  
sent to open their  eyes1 and to turn   
them from darkness to light1 and from   
the power of  ,satan unto ,god1 that    
they may receive forgiveness of sins1   
and  inheritance among them which are   
sanctified by faith that is in me       
7,acts #bf3ah74 ,this is the exact order
 of the ,divine movements in            
redemption2 the illumination of the     
,spirit is placed before everything     
else4 ,there is probably no more        
neglected truth in modern evangelism    
than this preliminary work of the       
,spirit3 yet it is the ,divine          
preparation for the intelligent action  
of the human will2 and if the  right    
choice is made1 it unveils the eyes for 

all the coming ages4    ,this important 
illuminating work of the ,spirit is     
completely described  in ,jno4 #af3h-aa 
as being a revelation of the judgment1  
by the ,cross1 of  all sin and          
condemnation2 the vision of the glorious
 righteous ,christ1  now in heaven2 and 
the realization of the sin of rejecting 
,him4 ,the  passage is here given3      
,nevertheless ,i tell you the truth2 it 
is  expedient for you that ,i go away3  
for if ,i go not away1 the ,comforter   
will not come unto you2 but if ,i       
depart1 ,i will send him unto you4 ,and 
when he is come1 he will convince the   
world of sin1 and of  righteousness1 and
 of judgment3 of sin1 because they      
believe not on me2  of righteousness1   
because ,i go to my ,father1 and ye see 
me no more2 of  judgment1 because the   
prince of this world is judged4 ,the    
true child of  ,god is1 then1 one in    
whom the ,spirit has wrought in lifting 
the blinding  by ,satan and revealing to
 some extent1 even now1 the surpassing  

glory of  ,christ4 ,sin1 too1 has become
 a terrible reality1 and the ,cross and 
the  precious blood have become the     
basis of his confidence toward his ,god4
    ,another revelation of the present  
position of the believer is that he  has
 partaken of the ,divine nature through 
regeneration by the ,spirit4  ,this     
truth is stated in many passages1 a few 
of which are here given3  ,but as many  
as received him1 to them gave he power  
to become the sons  of ,god1 even to    
them that believe on his name3 which    
were born1 not of  blood1 nor of the    
will of the flesh1 nor of the will of   
man1 but of ,god  7,jno4 ,i3#ab1 #ac74  
,jesus answered1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say
 unto thee1  except a man be born of    
water and of the ,spirit1 he cannot     
enter into  the kingdom of ,god4 ,that  
which is born of the flesh is flesh2 and
 that  which is born of the ,spirit is  
spirit4 ,marvel not that ,i said unto   
thee1  ,ye must be born again4 ,the wind
 bloweth where it listeth1 and thou     

hearest the sound thereof1 but canst not
 tell whence it cometh1 and  whither it 
goeth3 so is every one that is born of  
the ,spirit 7,jno4  #c3e-h74 ,i am come 
that they might have life1 and that they
 might have  it more abundantly 7,jno4  
#aj3aj74 ,for in ,christ ,jesus neither 
circumcision availeth anything1 nor     
uncircumcision1 but a new creature      
7,gal4 #f3ae74 ,not by works of         
righteousness which we have done1 but   
according to his mercy ,he saved us1 by 
the washing of regeneration1 and        
renewing of the ,holy ,ghost 7,titus    
#c3e74 ,therefore if any man be in      
,christ1 he is a new creature3 old      
things have passed away2 behold1 all    
things have become new 7,,ii ,cor4      
#e3ag74 ,whereby are given unto us      
exceeding great and precious promises3  
that by these ye might be  partakers of 
the ,divine nature1 having escaped the  
corruption that is in  the world through
 lust 7,,ii ,pet4 #a3d74    ,the reality
 of this mighty transformation is in no 

way evident in  present visible things1 
but must be accepted by faith4 ,it is no
 less  than a translation from the      
kingdom of ,satan into the kingdom of   
,christ1  who hath delivered us from the
 power of darkness1 and translated us   
into the kingdom of his dear ,son 7,col4
 #a3ac74 ,and by it one is said to  be  
delivered from this present evil age3   
,who gave himself for our sins1  that   
,he might deliver us from this present  
evil age1 according to the  will of ,god
 and our ,father 7,gal4 #a3d71 and1     
also1 according to the  above passage1  
to have escaped the corruption that is  
in the world  7,satanic system74    ,the
 new life that is thus imparted is none 
other than the very life of  ,christ3   
,now if any man have not the ,spirit of 
,christ1 he is none of  his 7,rom4      
#h3i74 ,to whom ,god would make known   
what is the riches of the  glory of this
 mystery among the ,gentiles2 which is  
,christ in you1 the  hope of glory      
7,col4 #a3bg74 ,i live2 yet not ,i1 but 

,christ liveth in me  7,gal4 #b3bj74    
,examine yourselves1 whether ye be in   
the faith2 prove your  own selves4 ,know
 ye not your own selves1 how that ,jesus
 ,christ is in  you1 except ye be       
reprobates8 7,,ii ,cor4 #ac3e74    ,the 
third great fact of the believer's      
present position in separation  from    
this world is that the ,holy ,spirit is 
given unto him1 at the moment  of his   
regeneration1 to indwell him1 in place  
of the energizing power of  ,satan who  
worketh with energy in the children of  
disobedience3 ,the  love of ,god is shed
 abroad in our hearts by the ,holy      
,spirit that is  given unto us 7,rom4   
#e3e74 ,now we have received not the    
spirit of the  world1 but the ,spirit   
which is of ,god2 that we might know the
 things  that are freely given to us of 
,god 7,i ,cor4 #b3ab74 ,what8 know ye   
not  that your body is the temple of the
 ,holy ,ghost which is in you1 which ye 
have of ,god1 and ye are not your own8  
7,i ,cor4 #f3ai74    ,another phase of  

the believer's position is revealed in  
the fact that he  is said to be a       
citizen of heaven2 his home center or   
citizenship having  been moved there    
from the earth4 ,his name would1        
therefore1 appear only  among the       
celestial beings1 in any true census of 
the universe4 ,the  reality of this     
unseen relationship is brought out in   
several passages3  ,for our citizenship 
is in heaven2 from whence also we wait  
for a  ,saviour1 the ,lord ,jesus       
,christ3 ,who shall fashion anew the    
body of our  humiliation1 that it may be
 conformed to the body of ,his glory1   
according to the working whereby ,he is 
able even to subject all things  unto   
,himself 7,phil4 #c3bj ,r4,v474 ,for ye 
know that if our earthly house  of this 
tabernacle were dissolved1 we have a    
building of ,god1 an house  not made    
with hands1 eternal in the heavens4 ,for
 in this we groan1  earnestly desiring  
to be clothed upon with our house which 
is from  heaven3 if so be that being    

clothed we shall not be found naked4    
,for we  that are in this tabernacle do 
groan1 being burdened3 not for that we  
would be unclothed1 but clothed upon1   
that mortality might be swallowed  up of
 life4 ,now ,he that hath wrought us for
 the self-same thing is ,god1  ,who also
 hath given unto us the earnest of the  
,spirit4 ,therefore we are  always      
confident1 knowing that1 whilst we are  
at home in the body1 we  are absent from
 the ,lord3 7,for we walk by faith1 not 
by sight37 we are  confident1 ,i say1   
and willing rather to be absent from the
 body1 and to  be present with the ,lord
 7,,ii ,cor4 #e3a-h74    ,again1 as to  
the believer's position in that which is
 termed in  ,ephesians the heavenly     
places1--though the supplying of the    
word  places is very misleading4 ,the   
meaning of the word heavenly here is    
not so much of locality as of           
experience3 as is indicated by the use  
of  the same word in other passages     
where the believer is said to be        

heavenly in standing and relationship   
7,heb4 #c3a2 ,eph4 #b3f4 ,see also      
,matt4 #ah3ce2 ,jno4 #c3ab2 ,i ,cor4    
#ae3dh74    ,dr4 ,c4 ,i4 ,scofield makes
 the following statement on this        
important phase  of the believer's      
position3    ,the ,christian is         
'heavenly' by calling 7,heb4 #c3a71 by  
citizenship  7,phil4 #c3bj71 by         
inheritance 7,i ,pet4 #a3d7 and by      
resurrection life 7,eph4  #b3f71 as a   
member of that body of which the ,head  
is actually in heaven4  ,the heavenly   
7or 'in heavenly places1'7 therefore1 is
 the sphere of  the believer's present  
association with ,christ4 ,this is shown
 by the  constant context1 'in ,christ  
,jesus4' ,the believer is now associated
  with ,christ in life 7,col4 #c3d2 ,i  
,jno4 #e3aa1 #ab71 position 7,eph4      
#b3f71  suffering 7,rom4 #h3ah2 ,,ii    
,tim4 #b3aa1 #ab2 ,col4 #a3bd2 ,phil4   
#a3bi72 service1  7,jno4 #ag3ah2 ,matt4 
#bh3ah-bj71 and betrothal 7,,ii ,cor4   
#aa3a-c74    ,the believer is to be     

associated with ,christ in ,glory 7,jno4
 #ag3bb2 ,rom4  #h3ah2 ,col4 #c3d71     
inheritance 7,rom4 #h3ag71 authority    
7,matt4 #ai3bh2 ,rev4  #c3ba71 and      
marriage 7,eph4 #e3bb1 #cc2 ,rev4       
#ai3a-i74    ,the believer's 'spiritual 
blessings' 7,eph4 #a3c71 therefore1 are 
to be  possessed or experienced only as 
he lives in the sphere of his joint     
life1 joint position1 joint suffering1  
joint service and joint marriage  pledge
 with ,christ4 ,in so far as he lives as
 a natural man whose  interests are     
earthly1 and avoids the path of         
co-service and 7if need  be7            
co-suffering1 he will know nothing      
experimentally of the exalted  blessings
 of ,ephesians4 ',it is sufficient that 
the servant be as his  ,master4' ,christ
 took account of ,himself as a heavenly 
,being come down to  earth to do ,his   
,father's will4 7,scofield ,bible       
,correspondence ,course1  ,book #b2 page
 #bhh47    ,thus it may be seen that the
 believer is not only a citizen of      

heaven1  but that he has also been      
brought into a position where many      
privileges  of the heavenly experience  
are open to him4    ,in like manner1 the
 believer's position in relation to this
 world is not  only a separation from   
the world by nature and purpose2 but he 
is also  said to be a stranger and a    
pilgrim among the inhabitants of this   
dark  age4 ,but ye are a chosen         
generation1 a royal priesthood1 an holy 
nation1 a peculiar people2 that ye      
should show forth the praises of him    
who hath called you out of darkness into
 his marvellous light3 which in  times  
past were not a people1 but are now the 
people of ,god3 which had  not obtained 
mercy1 but now have obtained mercy4     
,dearly beloved1 ,i  beseech you as     
strangers and pilgrims1 abstain from    
fleshly lusts1 which  war against the   
soul2 having your conversation honest   
among the  ,gentiles 7,i ,pet4 #b3i-ab74
 ,the same expression of strangers and  
pilgrims is used1 also1 in regard to the

 faith descendants of ,abraham3  these  
all died in faith1 not having received  
the promises1 but having  seen them afar
 off1 and were persuaded of them1 and   
embraced them1 and  confessed that they 
were strangers and pilgrims upon the    
earth 7,heb4  #aa3ac74 ,this same wide  
difference between the people of this   
world and  the people of ,god is also   
stated in passages where the world is   
understood to be the system over which  
,satan now rules3 ,he that loveth  his  
life shall lose it2 and he that hateth  
his life in this world  7,satanic       
system7 shall keep it unto life eternal 
7,jno4 #ab3be74 ,ye  adulterers and     
adulteresses1 know ye not that the      
friendship of the  world is enmity with 
,god8 ,whosoever therefore who will be a
 friend of  the world 7,satanic system7 
is the enemy of ,god 7,jas4 #d3d74 ,love
 not the  world 7,satanic system71      
neither the things that are in the      
world4 ,if any  man love the world1 the 
love of the ,father is not in him4 ,for 

all that  is in the world1 the lust of  
the flesh1 and the lust of the eyes1 and
  the pride of life1 is not of the      
,father1 but is of the world4 ,and the  
world passeth away1 and the lust        
thereof3 but he that doeth the will of  
,god abideth forever 7,i ,jno4          
#b3ae-ag74    ,the word lust1 constantly
 used in description of the ,satanic    
system1  has a much larger meaning in   
the ,scripture than its present popular 
use1  where it refers only to that which
 is sensual4 ,in these passages quoted1 
it refers to the whole ,satan-inspired  
ambition of humanity1 and includes      
their principle of self-help1 and their 
struggle for all that1 to them1  is     
highest and best4 ,it is unlawful1 in   
that it disregards the truth of  ,god2  
and it is related to that which is      
physical1 because it magnifies  the     
finite being and its resources4    ,two 
other striking passages concerning the  
relation of the believer to  the world  
are here given3 ,herein is our love made

 perfect1 that we may  have boldness in 
the day of judgment3 because as he is1  
so are we in  this world 7,satanic      
system7 7,i ,jno4 #d3ag74 ,as thou hast 
sent me into  the world 7,satanic       
system71 even so have ,i also sent them 
into the world  7,satanic system7 7,jno4
 #ag3ah74    ,the last revelation of the
 believer's position to be mentioned    
here1 is  in regard to his service for  
the world4 ,the unbounded love of ,god  
has  called him into fellowship with    
,christ in the great work of this age2  
and in that connection he is under      
commission to evangelize1 by a  process 
of witnessing1 to the uttermost parts of
 the world4 ,in this  undertaking he is 
promised the immediate presence of      
,christ1 to whom all  power1 both in    
heaven and in earth1 has been given     
7,matt4 #bh3ah-bj74 ,the  language of   
the inspired ,book describes such       
witnesses as ,ambassadors  for ,christ3 
,now then we are ambassadors for        
,christ1 as though ,god did  beseech you

 by us3 we pray you in ,christ's stead1 
be ye reconciled to  ,god 7,,ii ,cor4   
#e3bj74 ,and the ambassador's message is
 also given in the  next verse of the   
same passage3 ,for ,he hath made ,him to
 be sin for us1  who knew no sin2 that  
we might be made the righteousness of   
,god in ,him  7we who knew no           
righteousness74    ,nowhere does the    
saint need more direct teaching of the  
,spirit than in  regard to the relatioin
 he sustains to this world4 ,in spite of
 the  similarity of his earth life to   
that of the world's people1 he must     
reckon himself to be dead in ,christ and
 raised to newness of life4  ,expecting 
the world to misunderstand him and even 
to hate him1 he must  wisely walk before
 them who are without4 ,he is called    
upon to use  this world but not to abuse
 it2 and that which is of itself pure   
and  good may become undesirable to him 
at times1 because its use would  further
 the interests of ,satan4    ,some have 
taken the extreme position of assigning 

to ,satan the material  universe and    
everything that is in the world to-day2 
not recognizing the  fact that no       
material or physical thing is evil of   
itself4 ,god created  all things good4  
,satan has created nothing1 and his     
present relation to  the world is only  
as a permitted usurper who appropriates 
and devastates  the things of ,god in   
the interests of his own ambition4 ,he  
is the  file-leader in a great and      
terrible rebellion against the          
government of  ,god3 but the natural    
universe1 like all the powers of the    
human mind and  will1 belongs primarily 
to ,god1 the ,creator2 and by title of  
inheritance1 they belong also1 to the   
child of ,god3 therefore let no  man    
glory in men4 ,for all things are yours2
 whether ,paul1 or ,apollos1 or         
,cephas1 or the world1 or life1 or      
death1 or things present1 or things to  
come2 all are yours2 and ye are         
,christ's2 and ,christ is ,god's 7,i    
,cor4  #c3ba-bc74 ,yet1 since ,satan is 

making use of many good things to cover 
his evil purpose1 the child of ,god     
must1 for the present1 discern the      
hidden evil and1 in loyalty to his      
,lord1 reject everything that may       
further the workings of ,satan4 ,the    
,scripture is very clear on this  point1
 and discusses one issue as an example  
of all similar issues4 ,this  discussion
 in ,scripture is of food which of      
itself is perfectly good1  but may be a 
means of great harm when associated with
 the purposes of  evil4 ,the passages   
are as follows3 ,let us not therefore   
judge one  another any more3 but judge  
this rather1 that no man put a stumbling
  block or an occasion to fall in his   
brother's way4 ,i know1 and am          
persuaded by the ,lord ,jesus1 that     
there is nothing unclean of itself3  but
 to him that esteemeth anything to be   
unclean1 to him it is unclean4  ,but if 
thy brother be grieved with thy meat1   
now walkest thou not  charitably4       
,destroy not him with thy meat1 for whom

 ,christ died4 ,let not  then your good 
be evil spoken of3 for the kingdom of   
,god is not meat and  drink2 but        
righteousness1 and peace1 and joy in the
 ,holy ,ghost4 ,for he  that in these   
things serveth ,christ is acceptable to 
,god1 and approved  of men4 ,let us     
therefore follow after the things which 
make for peace1  and things wherewith   
one may edify another4 ,for meat destroy
 not the  work of ,god4 ,all things     
indeed are pure2 but it is evil for that
 man who  eateth with offence4 ,it is   
good neither to eat flesh1 nor to drink 
wine1  nor anything whereby thy brother 
stumbleth1 or is offended1 or is made   
weak 7,rom4 #ad3 #ac-ba74 ,what say ,i  
then8 that the idol is anything1 or     
that which is offered in sacrifice to   
idols is anything8 ,but ,i say1 that    
the things which the ,gentiles          
sacrifice1 they sacrifice to devils and 
not to ,god3 and ,i would not that ye   
should have fellowship with devils4  ,ye
 cannot drink the cup of the ,lord1 and 

the cup of devils3 ye cannot be         
partakers of the ,lord's table1 and of  
the table of devils4 ,do we provoke  the
 ,lord to jealousy8 are we stronger than
 ,he8 ,all things are lawful for  me1   
but all things are not expedient3 all   
things are lawful for me1 but  all      
things edify not4 ,let no man seek his  
own1 but every man another's  wealth4   
,whatsoever is sold in the shambles1    
that eat1 asking no question  for       
conscience sake3 for the earth is the   
,lord's1 and the fulness  thereof4 ,if  
any of them that believe not bid you to 
a feast1 and ye be  disposed to go2     
whatsover is set before you1 eat1 asking
 no question for  conscience sake4 ,but 
if any man say unto you1 ,this is       
offered in  sacrifice unto idols1 eat   
not for his sake that shewed it1 and for
  conscience sake3 for the earth is the 
,lord's and the fulness thereof3        
conscience1 ,i say1 not thine own1 but  
of the other3 for why is my  liberty    
judged of another man's conscience8 ,for

 if ,i by grace be a  partaker1 why am  
,i evil spoken of for that for which ,i 
give thanks8  ,whether therefore ye eat1
 or drink1 or whatsoever ye do1 do all  
to the  glory of ,god4 ,give none       
offence1 neither to the ,jews1 nor to   
the  ,gentiles1 nor to the church of    
,god3 even as ,i please all men in all  
things1 not seeking mine own profit1 but
 the profit of many1 that they  may be  
saved 7,i ,cor4 #aj3ai-cc74    ,the     
question becomes a practical one1 in    
view of the present progress  in        
discovery1 science1 and psychology4 ,a  
theory must not be rejected  because it 
is new or mysterious2 for the marvelous 
inventions of the age  are often as     
useful in spreading the ,gospel as in   
furthering the  interests of ,satan4    
,the newly acquired knowledge of the    
universe may be  as valuable to the     
progress of good as to the advancement  
of evil4    ,there can be but one final 
test as to what shall be accepted and   
what  shall be rejected1 and that must  

be made by the individual alone before  
,god 7,rom4 #ad3bb74 ,in connection with
 any such question we may ask1 ,is  the 
real work of redemption hindered1 or its
 true basis rejected8 ,is  this a direct
 denial of the truth1 by which souls    
will be hindered1 or  is it a           
counterfeit which may decoy them away   
from their only hope in  the priceless  
blood of the ,cross8 ,beyond this1 a    
child of ,god may  safely be all things 
to all men that he may save some4       
,the ,christian can see more of beauty  
in the world1 make larger use of  its   
learning1 and more fully appreciate its 
good1 than can the children  of this    
age3 yet he must now1 above all things  
else1 be content with his  limited      
commission1 and be jealous of the       
interests of his ,lord and  ,king4 ,much
 of his present perplexity would be     
relieved if he could but  realize that  
he is temporarily tenting where an enemy
 rules1 and where  he is the object of  
that enemy's fiery darts1 yet hedged    

about by the  omnipotence of ,god2      
called to bear the one message of       
redemption by the  ,cross1 in the       
capacity and hidden dignity of an       
ambassador from the  throne of the ,most
 ,high2 even now possessing a glory     
which shall soon  be unveiled in the    
presence of his ,lord2 waiting that     
morning when his  ,lord shall come again
 and receive him unto ,himself4         
,chapter ,,xii4    ,the ,believer's     
,present ,victory4      ,an exalted     
position is usually accompanied with    
great responsibility4  ,this is         
certainly true1 according to ,scripture1
 in the case of the  believer in his    
heavenly position4 ,for when he is seen 
as a citizen of  heaven1 and a partaker 
of those associations1 he is also       
required1 both  by ,scripture and by    
reason1 to walk worthy of the calling   
wherewith he  is called4 ,the statement 
of these heavenly demands upon the child
 of  ,god forms a distinct body of      
truth1 and there are at least three such

  bodies of truth in ,scripture1 each   
appearing as a rule of conduct for  some
 special people in some particular time4
 ,the ,mosaic ,law was given  primarily 
to ,god's ancient people through ,moses2
 but it has a message  still1 as it     
reflects the holiness of ,god and       
prepares for the salvation  which is in 
,christ4 ,so the ,sermon on the ,mount1 
with the injunctions  of ,john ,baptist1
 and the early teachings of ,christ were
 given with the  coming kingdom age in  
view and1 therefore1 form an important  
revelation  in regard to that time when 
all shall know the ,lord from the least 
unto  the greatest4 ,though there are   
some common principles running through  
all these separate teachings1 that      
,scripture which applies directly to    
the people of this parenthetical age of 
the ,church will be found only in       
portions of the ,gospels and in the     
,epistles of the ,new ,testament4    ,no
 appreciation of the provisions of ,god 
for a victorious life can be  had until 

the demands which the believer's        
position imposes are  realized4 ,these  
demands are in no way the standards of  
the world1 for  the believer is not only
 a citizen of heaven in position1 but is
 called  upon even now to fulfil all the
 standards of that sphere4 ,as an       
illustration of this fact1 a very few of
 these heavenly ideals and  injunctions 
are given here3 ,i beseech you          
therefore1 brethren1 by the  mercies of 
,god1 that ye present your bodies a     
living sacrifice1 holy1  acceptable unto
 ,god1 which is your reasonable service 
7,rom4 #ab3a74  ,rejoice evermore4 ,pray
 without ceasing4 ,in everything give   
thanks3 for  this is the will of ,god in
 ,christ ,jesus concerning you4 ,abstain
 from  all appearance of evil 7,i ,thes4
 #e3af-ah1 #bb74 ,but the fruit of the  
,spirit is love1 joy1 peace1 long       
suffering1 gentleness1 goodness1 faith1 
meekness1 temperance3 against such there
 is no law 7,gal4 #e3bb1 #bc74 ,i       
therefore1 the prisoner of the ,lord1   

beseech you that ye walk worthy of  the 
vocation wherewith ye are called1 with  
all lowliness and meekness1  with long  
suffering1 forbearing one another in    
love2 endeavoring to keep  the unity of 
the ,spirit in the bond of peace 7,eph4 
#d3a-c74 ,and grieve  not the ,holy     
,spirit of ,god1 whereby ye are sealed  
unto the day of  redemption 7,eph4      
#d3cj74 ,wherefore be ye not unwise1 but
 understanding  what the will of the    
,lord is4 ,and be not drunk with wine1  
wherein is  excess2 but be filled with  
the ,spirit2 speaking to yourselves in  
psalms  and hymns and spiritual songs1  
singing and making melody in your heart 
to the ,lord2 giving thanks always for  
all things unto ,god and the ,father  in
 the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ   
7,eph4 #e3ag-bj74 ,wherefore take  unto 
you the whole armor of ,god1 that ye may
 be able to withstand in the  evil day1 
and having done all1 to stand 7,eph4    
#f3ac74 ,if ye then be  risen with      
,christ1 seek those things which are    

above1 where ,christ  sitteth on the    
right hand of ,god4 ,set your affections
 on things above1  not on things on the 
earth 7,col4 #c3a1 #b74    ,these       
requirements are evidently heavenly in  
character1 and demand  nothing less than
 that which is becoming to that sphere4 
,they are1  therefore1 beyond human     
strength2 for what human power is able  
to give  thanks always for all things8  
,or to avoid grieving the ,holy ,spirit8
 ,who  can be filled with the ,spirit1  
or rejoice in tribulation8 ,in fact1    
these  demands are often treated as     
impractical ideals1 rather than present 
requirements2 while in reality they are 
binding on every child of ,god4  ,to    
fail in them at any point1 will not     
unsave one 7,ps4 #acj3c2 ,rom4 #d3e72   
but that failure will profane the       
heavenly citizenship1 dishonor ,god in  
whose grace he is standing 7,rom4 #e3b71
 and give the enemy occasion to  accuse 
the brethren before ,god2 for ,satan    
judges the ,christian on the  basis of  

the heavenly ideals rather than the     
standards of earth4 ,no one  can        
contemplate these impossible            
responsibilities without a sense of     
utter helplessness and insufficiency4   
,again1 the believer must not only meet 
the impossible demands of a  heavenly   
position1 but he is called upon to face 
a world-ruling foe1  who1 with all his  
kingdom and power1 is seeking to break  
and mar that  life into which the       
,divine nature has been received4 ,the  
revelation  that ,satan is going about  
as a roaring lion1 seeking whom he may  
devour1  presents a truth that should   
disarm the believer of all              
self-confidence  and cause him to dread1
 above all things else1 the subtle      
devices of  this foe4 ,in this          
connection ,eph4 #f3aj-ab may well be   
restated3  ,finally1 be strong in the   
,lord1 and in the strength of ,his      
might4 ,put  on the whole armor of ,god1
 that ye may be able to stand against   
the  wiles of the devil4 ,for our       

wrestling is not against flesh and      
blood1  but against the principalities1 
against the powers1 against the world   
rulers of this darkness1 against the    
spiritual host of wickedness in the     
heavenlies4 ,in view of this opposition 
of ,satan1 it is still more  evident    
that the requirements of the ,christian 
life are beyond any human  power4       
,so1 also1 there is a fallen human      
nature within the child of ,god1 which  
is prone to dishonor ,god1 and is itself
 beyond the control of the human  will4 
,this important and much misunderstood  
truth is taken up at length  in ,rom4   
#g3ad-be3 ,for we know that the law is  
spiritual3 but ,i am  carnal1 sold under
 sin4 ,for that which ,i do ,i allow    
not3 for what ,i  would1 that do ,i not2
 but what ,i hate1 that do ,i4 ,if then 
,i do that  which ,i would not1 ,i      
consent unto the law that it is good4   
,now then it  is no more ,i that do it1 
but sin that dwelleth in me4 ,for ,i    
know that in  me 7that is1 in my flesh71

 dwelleth no good thing3 for to will is 
present with me2 but how to perform that
 which is good ,i find not4 ,for  the   
good that ,i would ,i do not3 but the   
evil which ,i would not1 that ,i  do4   
,now if ,i do that ,i would not1 it is  
no more ,i that do it1 but sin  that    
dwelleth in me4 ,i find then a law1     
that1 when ,i would do good1  evil is   
present with me4 ,for ,i delight in the 
law of ,god after the  inward man3 but  
,i see another law in my members1       
warring against the law  of my mind1 and
 bringing me into captivity to the law  
of sin which is in  my members4 ,o      
wretched man that ,i am6 who shall      
deliver me from the body  of this death8
 ,i thank ,god through ,jesus ,christ   
our ,lord4 ,so then with  the mind ,i   
myself serve the law of ,god2 but with  
the flesh the law of  sin4    ,this     
battle between the old nature and the   
new is1 then1 never gained  for ,god by 
human power or by religious exercise3   
but through ,christ  alone4    ,thus the

 believer is confronted with a threefold
 impossibility as he  contemplates his  
heavenly responsibility4 ,first3 ,the   
heavenly position  demands a manner of  
life that is beyond any human           
possibility4 ,second3  ,the enemy is    
stronger than he1 and can thwart every  
resolution4 ,third3  ,his own fallen    
nature entices him to do positive evil  
when he would do  good4 ,notwithstanding
 this threefold impossibility1 there is 
a clear  call to a victorious life1     
wherein every thought is brought into   
captivity to the obedience of ,jesus    
,christ 7,,ii ,cor4 #aj3e71 and if he   
fails by one degree1 he will dishonor   
the ,god who has called him4    ,where1 
then1 is the relief from this dilemma8  
,it is found only in the  power of ,god4
 ,he has provided a complete salvation  
from the dominion and  power of evil1   
which is a real victory--the only       
victory for the  believer in this       
present life and conflict4 ,it is a     
second form or tense  of salvation1 for 

it is possible to be saved from the     
condemnation and  penalty of sin1 and   
still for a time to be under its        
dominion and power4  ,salvation from the
 power of the world1 the flesh1 and the 
devil1 may be  secured as freely and    
completely as the salvation from the    
penalty of  sin1 and on the same terms2 
yet its terms and conditions are so     
unlike  the methods of the world that   
often it seems unreal1 even to          
,christians4    ,no instructed person   
expects to be free from condemnation1 or
 justified  before ,god1 by virtue of   
his moral character2 nor can there be   
freedom  from the power of sin by virtue
 of the resolutions of the human will4  
,though the ,christian life is          
impossible to human strength1 it is     
within  the power of ,god2 and ,he      
offers to supply all that ,he requires1 
even to  a completely victorious life4  
,since it is necessarily a ,divine      
undertaking1 the human part can be no   
more than an attitude of  expectation or

 faith toward ,god1--an attitude which  
reckons self to be  helpless1 and ,god  
alone to be sufficient4 ,it is a        
perpetual realization  of the principle 
of faith and1 therefore1 at every point1
 contradicts  ,satan's principle of     
self-help4    ,here1 as in every human  
effort to be ,god-like1 ,satan's ideals 
and  methods are so thrust upon the     
world that the natural dependence of the
  creature upon the ,creator is made to 
seem a weak and unreasonable thing4     
,this worldly mind has found a place in 
the ,church and to a large extent1  in  
spite of the teachings of ,scripture2   
and it is often as difficult to  inspire
 true expectation toward ,god in the    
,christian mind in the matter  of daily 
victory1 as it is to move the           
self-righteous and  self-sufficient     
sinner to believe on ,christ for        
regeneration4    ,true dependence upon  
the sufficiency of ,god is thus born of 
a vision of  the utter inability of the 
natural man to meet the demands of the  

heavenly citizenship4 ,the world citizen
 may wrestle against flesh and  blood to
 realize his moral ideals3 but he has no
 heavenly standards to  fulfill2 no     
mighty foe to face2 and no conflict of  
natures4 ,therefore1  his low ideals may
 often be reached by virtue of his own  
resolution and  will4 ,especially will  
this method be adequate for the         
unregenerate1 as  the energizing power  
of ,satan is working in him to cause him
 both to  will and to do the purpose of 
,satan 7,eph4 #b3b73 but the faith      
principle  is the only possible way to  
victory for the child of ,god2 and it   
must be  faith alone4    ,as the soul   
may be eternally lost1 while calling    
upon ,god to help him  save himself3 so 
the saint who only seeks the assistance 
of ,god in the  exercise of his own     
power toward a correct manner of life1  
may be a  dishonor to ,god constantly4  
,the principles of faith and of works   
can no  more be mixed in the one case   
than in the other4 ,they both present   

human  impossibilities and1 therefore1  
demand the power of ,god4 ,the          
,scriptures  are clear on this point1   
both in precept and example3    ,first3 
,the power of ,god is the believer's    
sufficiency in meeting the  heavenly    
demands3 ,for it is ,god which worketh  
in you both to will and  to do of his   
good pleasure 7,phil4 #b3ac74 ,not that 
we are sufficient of  ourselves to think
 anything as of ourselves3 but our      
sufficiency is of  ,god 7,,ii ,cor4     
#c3e74 ,but by the grace of ,god ,i am  
what ,i am3 and his  grace which was    
bestowed upon me was not in vain2 but ,i
 labored more  abundantly than they all3
 yet not ,i1 but the grace of ,god which
 was  with me 7,i ,cor4 #ae3aj74 ,are ye
 so foolish8 having begun in the        
,spirit1  are ye now made perfect by the
 flesh8 7,gal4 #c3c74 ,finally my       
brethren1  be strong in the ,lord1 and  
in the power of his might 7,eph4 #f3aj74
 ,the  latter passage is but the natural
 culmination of the whole revelation of 

the believer's citizenship and its      
responsibilities4 ,therefore1 the  final
 counsel is to be strong in the ,lord   
and in the power of ,his might4         
,second3 ,the conflict with the enemy   
can be a victory only by the power  of  
,god4 ,a remarkable revelation is given 
in the ,scriptures of the  attitude of  
the angels toward ,satan1 and this      
attitude can well be  considered by     
fallen man4 ,in ,jude #i1 ,michael1 the 
archangel1 is seen in  controversy with 
,satan over the body of ,moses4 ,there  
is no revelation as  to the time or the 
occasion of this controversy4 ,it is    
stated that ,moses  was buried in secret
 and was later seen in his transfigured 
and  glorified body1 so that it is      
possible that the removal of the body of
  ,moses from the domain of ,satan was  
the occasion here referred to4 ,the     
passage is as follows3 ,but ,michael1   
the archangel1 when contending with  the
 devil he disputed about the body of    
,moses1 durst not bring against  him a  

railing accusation1 but said1 ,the ,lord
 rebuke thee4 ,in like  manner in ,,ii  
,pet4 #b3aj1 the false teachers of the  
end of this age are  said to disregard  
the heavenly powers 7evidently evil7    
which angels dare  not do4 ,but chiefly 
them that walk after the flesh in the   
lust of  uncleanness1 and despise       
dominion4 ,presumptuous are they1 self  
willed1  they are not afraid to speak   
evil of dignities4 ,whereas angels1     
which  are greater in power and might1  
bring not railing accusation against    
them before the ,lord4 ,there is        
probably a just regard1 on the part of  
the angelic beings1 for the fact that   
,satan is the anointed of ,god  7,ezek4 
#bh3ad74 ,as ,david would not lift up   
his hand against ,saul because  he was  
the ,lord's anointed 7,i ,sam4 #bd3f74  
,christ is said to be  anointed 7,ps4   
#b3b72 so also is the believer 7,i ,jno4
 #b3bg74 ,but it is  also shown here    
that the superior wisdom and strength of
 even ,michael1  the archangel1 and all 

other celestial beings1 is never lifted 
in  conflict with ,satan4 ,they rely    
only upon the same power that is        
promised  the believer1 and well may the
 believer be instructed by their        
example4    ,there are two passages     
where the child of ,god is directed to  
resist the  devil4 ,the context1        
however1 in both passages warns him that
 it must be  in utter dependence upon   
the power of ,god4 ,he must be wholly   
submitted  to ,god and it must be done  
through a steadfastness of faith4 ,the  
passages are as follows3 ,submit        
yourselves therefore to ,god4 ,resist   
the  devil1 and he will flee from you   
7,jas4 #d3g74 ,be sober1 be vigilant2   
because your adversary the devil1 as a  
roaring lion1 walketh about1  seeking   
whom he may devour3 whom resist         
steadfast in the faith 7,i ,pet4  #e3h1 
#i74 ,and the faith principle is        
mentioned among the believer's armor  in
 ,eph4 #f3af as the shield of faith by  
which all the fiery darts of  the enemy 

are to be quenched4    ,third3 ,true    
character may be realized by the power  
of ,god1 in spite of  the tendency of   
the fallen nature4 ,this character1     
however1 is that  which is directly     
promised by the power of ,god3 ,but the 
fruit of the  ,spirit is love1 joy1     
peace1 long suffering1 gentleness1      
goodness1  faith1 meekness1 self control
 7,gal4 #e3bb1 #bc74 ,for the fruit of  
the  ,spirit is in all goodness and     
righteousness and truth 7,eph4 #e3i74   
,ye  are of ,god1 little children1 and  
have overcome them3 because greater is  
he that is in you1 than he that is in   
the world 7,i ,jno4 #d3d74 ,thus the    
true ,god-honoring character is seen to 
be the result of the power of  ,god1 and
 it is only possible to the one who has 
ceased from his own  labors and has     
entered into rest4 ,this is the victory 
that overcomes  the world1 even our     
faith 7,i ,jno4 #e3d74 ,this victory    
demands a constant  exercise of faith4  
,faith is never finished here1 and any  

true progress  in the ,christian life is
 from faith to faith1 and it is also    
said of  the one whom ,god has          
constituted just1 that he shall live by 
faith4    ,the same objection is often  
raised against the application of the   
faith  principle as a means to the      
consummation of a victorious life1 as is
  raised against the same principle for 
regeneration4 ,in this objection it  is 
inferred that when this method is       
adopted1 there is no adequate  incentive
 or motive left for the individual4     
,such objections arise from  a          
misunderstanding of this truth4    ,it  
is useless to undertake the impossible  
in any case2 and in the matter  of      
salvation from the penalty of sin1 the  
only work which it is possible  for ,god
 to accept as the ground of redemption  
is that which is already  undertaken and
 fully completed by ,christ on the      
,cross4 ,by this finished  work the     
believer is provided with a perfect     
standing before ,god1 and is  raised to 

the exalted position of an ambassador   
for ,christ4 ,that  privilege of service
 does not affect the grounds of his     
salvation1 but  opens to him the        
glorious possibility of rewards 7,i     
,cor4 #c3i-ae74 ,in the  matter of      
salvation from the power of sin1 the    
human will may be  employed as an       
instrument through which the power of   
,god may be  manifested4 ,the following 
passages reveal how directly ,he        
proposes to be  the real power in the   
believer's life3 ,for it is ,god which  
worketh in  you both to will and to do  
of his good pleasure 7,phil4 #b3ac74    
,for  though we walk in the flesh1 we do
 not war after the flesh3 for the       
weapons of our warfare are not carnal1  
but mighty through ,god to the  pulling 
down of strongholds2 casting down       
imaginations1 and every high  thing that
 exalteth itself against the knowledge  
of ,god1 and bringing  into captivity   
every thought to the obedience of       
,christ 7,,ii ,cor4  #aj3c-e74 ,i can do

 all things through ,christ which       
strengthened me  7,phil #d3ac74 ,for    
apart from me ye can do nothing 7,jno4  
#ae3e74    ,it is assumed that the      
believer has recognized the perfectness 
of the  will of ,god and has thrown his 
whole being open to ,his power and      
guidance4 ,as a little child may avail  
himself of the wisdom and  experience of
 his parents through obedience1 so the  
believer has become  willing to do      
whatever the infinite wisdom and love of
 ,god may choose  for him4 ,when thus   
committed to the will of ,god1 and in   
true faith  depending on ,him1 the      
mighty power of the ,spirit will work in
 him and  through him to the glory of   
,god4 ,this ,i say then1 ,walk in the   
,spirit1  and ye shall not fulfill the  
lust of the flesh 7,gal4 #e3af74 ,for   
the  law of the ,spirit of life in      
,christ ,jesus has made me free from the
 law  of sin and death 7,rom4 #h3b74    
,salvation in any form is1 therefore1   
not  of works1 lest any man should      

boast4    ,it remains to be seen1 in    
view of the perilous position of the    
believer  in the enemy's land1 that ,god
 has not only provided every needed     
force  for conquest and victory1 but has
 given positive promises for the        
security of the one ,he has received on 
the ground of the shed blood of         
,christ1 ,hast not thou made an hedge   
about him1 and about his house1 and     
about all that he hath on every side8   
7,job #a3aj74 ,my ,father1 which  gave  
them me1 is greater than all2 and no man
 7nothing71 is able to  pluck them out  
of my ,father's hand 7,jno4 #aj3bi74    
,there hath no  temptation taken you but
 such as is common to man3 but ,god is  
faithful1  who will not suffer you to be
 tempted above that ye are able2 but    
will  with the temptation also make a   
way to escape1 that ye may be able to   
bear it 7,i ,cor4 #aj3ac74 ,who shall   
lay anything to the charge of ,god's    
elect8 ,it is ,god that justifieth4 ,who
 is he that condemneth8 ,it is  ,christ 

that died1 yea1 rather that is risen    
again1 who is even at the  right hand of
 ,god1 who also maketh intercession for 
us4 ,who shall  separate us from the    
love of ,christ8 ,shall tribulation1 or 
distress1 or  persecution1 or famine1 or
 nakedness1 or peril1 or sword8 ,as it  
is  written1 ,for ,thy sake we are      
killed all the day long2 we are         
accounted  as sheep for the slaughter4  
,nay1 in all these things we are more   
than  conquerors through ,him that loved
 us4 ,for ,i am persuaded1 that neither 
death1 nor life1 nor angels1 nor        
principalities1 nor powers1 nor things  
present1 nor things to come1 nor height1
 nor depth1 nor any other  creature1    
shall be able to separate us from the   
love of ,god1 which is in  ,christ      
,jesus our ,lord4