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Where do we stand, TODAY, i n t h e prophesied course o f events?

W i l l t h e r e be another WORLD WAR? and what nations will be i n it?
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way thry ahara. But )VOW tha t i m e for SUPERNATURAL action h a s come! So, a g a i n , where do we stand today? W have j u s t passed t h e Times of the Gene tiles. We s t a n d today i n t h e v e r y f e w short year3 of i n t e r r e g n u m between t h e i r ending 8 4 the S e e o d Corning af Christ!! And It is d u r i n g t h i s i n t e r r e g n u m p e r i o d that the terrible DAY OF THE WRD shall Comc---the t i m e of G o d ' s judgments upon h h world's sins---the time o f s u p e r n a t ural signs 8nd h o r r i b l e plagues---the t h e of &ha f i n a l c o l l a p s e of t h i s paganized eivilioakion in the last WORLD WAR!

WHAT FOLLOWS THE GENTILE TIMES?

And then, what next? What follows tho now soon-coming heavenly signs? Notice R e v e l a t i o n 6: 12-17. VOrre8 12 and 13 describe t h e s e same h r a v e n l y signs. V e t s e l 4 - 1 6 tell of the SIGN of C h r i s t ' s soon coming in t h e hemven6, and t h e f r a n t i o terror it will cause t o all 8XCept t r u e s a i n t s . And Verse 17 anrloUnc o s the event t o fOll6W: "The GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH is come." ?he DAY CF THE LORD'S WRATH is t h a t period c a l l e d THE DAY THE LORD (cornpare Zeph. 1:14-15). Notice, too, w h a t t h e prophet Joel says: "The sun shall be %.CXrnrdi n t o darkn e s s , and t h e moon i n t o blood, BEFORE the great and terrible DAY OF THE LORD comeb'' (Joel 2:31). The DAY CF TKE LORD follawlr t h e heavenly signs!

And what 2 t h i s m y s t e r i o u s "DAY OF THE LORD?" It i5 n o t peace, but d i s t r e s s . The t i m e when n a t i o n s a r e i n distress, The time o f world war. The time when God, s h a l l send PLAGUES upon a11 s i n n e r s . And t'lien what? Joel says: " A l a s f o r the day! for I1 And there shall be s i g n s i n t h e sun, t h e DAY OF THE LORD i s a t hand, and as a and i n t h e moon, and i n t h e s t a r s ; and up- d e s t r u c t i o n FROM THE ALMIGHTY s h a l l it on earth distress of nations, w i t h percome." ( J o e l 3:15.) God w i l l send it. So plexity; the s e a and waves roaring; men's it will involve s p p e r n a t u r a l occurrences. A t i m e o f DESTRUCTION---not peace. h e a r t s f a i l i n g them f o r FEAR e * . b ' I And t h e n what next? Joel c o n t i n u e s : "Blow ye t h e TRUMPET "And t h e n shall t h e y see t h e Son of i n Zion, and sound AN ALARM for t h e man c o r i n g i n a c l o u d with POWER and great DAY OF THE LORD C O M E T H I " ( J o e l 2 : l ) ond he continues t o describe WAR, glory, That prophecy i s a b s o l u t e l y CERTAIN. Notice Zephaniah's d e s c r i p t i o n : "The It i s not difficult t o u n d e r s t a n d , b u t g r e a t DAY OF THE LORD is n e a r the SO simple a l i t t l e child can s e e i t , In mighty man s h a l l c r y there b i t t e r l y . That 70 A.D. the Jews w e r e d r i v e n i n t o every day i s a DAY OF WRATH, e day o f trouble and nation, J e r u s a l e m was t r o d d e n down of t h e DISTRESS, a day o f wastcness and dssolaG e n t i l e s UNTIL---yes, UNTIL t h e v e r y day t i o n , a day o f d a r k n e s s and gloominess the Times o f t h e Gentiles BEGAN t o end* a day of t h e FRUMPET and alarm a g a i n s t t h 8 fenced c i t i e s (WAR a g a i n s t fortified The Jews a r e p o u r i n s back, The T i m e 6 of the G e n t i l e s came fully t o their end i n c i t i e s ) , "And I (God) will bping d i s t r e o r 1936. upen men, because they have sinned And NhV WHAT? What i s now next t o against t h e Lord." (Zeph. 1:14-17). occur? World war? No---not q u i t e y e t . I n R e v e l a t i o n 15:1, we f i n d t h a t the Another e v e n t must oome FIRST---the SIGNS SEVEN LAST PLAGUES consmate, and complete, IN THE SUN AND THE MOON AND STARS! t h e DAY OF COD'S WRATH. These h o r r i b l e We d i g r e s s just briefly hers t o explagues are described in t h e 16th chapter. p l a i n t h a t t h e "dark day" o f k y 19, 1780,And t h e f i n a l battle ofthe world war---& and the l o c a l New England meteor shower of ARMAGEDD()N---is fought a t t h e time of t h e Nov, lS, 1833, d i d n o t f i t t h e d s s o r i p t i o n seventh and last of t h e s e last p l 8 g U r S b o f these p r o p h e c i e s , nor t?lfilthem---tho And---at t h i s same time, shall occur they undoubtedly were a p r e l i m i n a r y fore- T J E SECOND C N I N G OF CHRIST! runner o f the f a r g r e a t e r world-wide signs now due, and we should heed t h e warning. DOES ?HE BIBLE FaRETELL A COMING WORLD These prophesied heavenly s i g n s were not to occur until AFTER the Times of the Gentiles had ended, i n 1936. And a t the TIME There i s the p i c t u r e o f events, from of t h e s o signsJ w i l l come also t h e SIGN this monent on, IN GENERAL, Now let us fill in a part o f t h e picture. of t h e coming of C h r i s t (Mat, 24:29-30) Does the Bible f a r a t e l l the p a r t i c u l a r s which is e x p l a i n e d in Rev. 6:14-16---and t h i s tremendous s u p e r n a t u r a l eccurrance of the WORLD WAR we a l l see soon ooming? hss not yet taken p l a c e , Still again, Listen: a t the time of there m i r a c u l o u s s i g n s t h e %hold t h e DAY OF THE LORD oometh, nations were t o be i n DISTRESS---all naa n d t h y spoil'' (God is speaking t o the c i t y tionr---men's h a a r t s f a i l i n g for f e a r o f a t Jerusalem) " s h a l l be d i v i d e d i n the t h 8 future. And t h a t has n e v e r happened midst of t h e e . For I will g a t h e r ALL NATIONS until just recently, It is t h e world con- a g a i n s t J e r u s a l e m t o battle..." World war? d i t i o n TODAY! So the TIME IS HERE!! ALL NATIONS surely means world w a r , That of

Jesus t o l d us p l a i n l y w h a t shall now I n His amazing p r o p h e c y recorded i n Luke 21:24-25,27, He said: "And they"---the J c u s - - - " s h a l l fall by the edge of t h e sword, and shall be led away captive into all n a t i o n s : and J t r u ralem s h a l l be t r o d d e n down o f t h e Gentiles UNTIL t h e Times o f t h e Gentiles be fulf i l l e d . " This has o c c u r r a d .
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apostate r e l 19]4-1918 d i d not i n v o l v e ALL n a t i o n s . It greatFALSE PROPHm.i fiiaus leader, c a l l a d "THE was not fought AGAINST JERUSALEM. The arWho is "THE BEAST?" mies d i d not come i n the a i r 0s a 8torrn, This "BEAST" is pioturad again i n like a CLOUD t o COVER t h e land, a8 they Rev. 13, and Revelation 17. But the B i b l e w i l l i n this coming world war (Ezek. 38: i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of ths rymbol "BEAST" is 9,16). They d i d not f i g h t a g a i n s t Christ found in t h e 7 t h choptrr of Daniel, where AT HIS COMING---as they w i l l t h i s time, it is declared in p l a i n language that a No, thrt was n o t t h e WORLD WAR prophesied "BEAST" i s a KING (verso 17), or the KINi n the Bible. Y e t , i n a sense, it was DOM which he rules (Verses 23,24, 27). t h e baginning o f i t - - - f o r t h a t war never I n Revelation 17, t h i s "BEAST" is r e a l l y ended. "ARMISTICE" means recess, associated also w i t h a g r e a t fallen church. o r temporary cessation, i n d i c g s t i n g it i s to be resumed. And indeed, i n this sense, The f a l s e church i s called by the foul t h e coming world war w i l l merely refume it, name "whore." (Verse 1). She is a GREAT church, not a small one. She rules MANY Let us continue t h e above prophecy: "..,and t h e city s h a l l bo taken, and NATIONS, speaking d i f f e r e n t languages, the housas r i f l e d , and the women ravished; (Verses 1,15) She is o a l l e d by the numo and h a l f o f t h o c i t y (Jerusalem) shall go o f a great c i t y (verse 18), having seven mountains (verse 9) , She has had a kingf o r t h i n t o otiptivity, and t h e residue o f dom OVER the c i v i l kings o f t h e e a r t h , the people shall net be c u t o f f from t h e (verses lS,2) The ONLY great church What nation, o r power, will capcity," which has dominated many nations, ruled t u r e HALF o f t h e c i t y o f Jerusalem? We t h e s t a t e governments, c a l l e d by t h o name shall 5ee, from o t h e r prophectbr. But of a great city having aevon hills o r THEN what will t a k e place? "THEN"and n o t unt i1 then---l's ha11 mountains, --is R W ! The Roman Catholic Church! TKE LORD go forth, and fight against The "BEAST" which she "rode" is e r those nations, as when He fought i n the day of b a t t l e , And His f e e t s h a l l stand p e c i a l l y described in verses 8, 11-14: "The BEAST which thou sawert was, i n that day upon t h e mount o f Olives.. .It and i s not;"---the ROMAN EMPSRE surely (Zech. 14:1-4). Notice, t h i s WORLD WAR, w i t h ALL NA- was, and is not today. But,---"ond r h r l l TIONS involved, a t t a c k i n g Jerusalem, half ascend o u t o f t h o bottomless p i t ~ 1 ' - - - 6 h a l l COME TO LIFE ONCE AGAIN! Since%e came t o of the c i t y baing captured, climaxes i n THE SECOND COMING O CHRIST. Notice t h a t power, the one s o h purpaso of ldus8olini F i n THE VERY DAY Ha comes, He comes all has been t o revive t h e old ROMAN WIRE t o the way t o EARTH---to t h e Mount of Olives, i t s ancient POWER and glory! That is t h r ---coming AS He went, from t h e very s p o t sole F a s c i s t aim! t o which He s h a l l return. Compare A c t s Murrolini' s saon-appearing re-born 1:11-12 ROMAN EMPIRE is t h e ''BEAST" power, and MUSSOLXNI UNDOUBTEDLY IS THE "BEAST"! ! So here again we f i n d the same t i m e All students of prophecy are AGREED order. Fkst, the DAY OF THE LORD. Secthat t h i s "BEAST" is t h e ROMAN EMPIRE. ond, during this period, the WORLD WAR, Even t h e Roman Catholios admit it! Look climaxing with A X n a t i o n s i n P a l e s t i n e , a t the footnote, bottom o f the p a p o f and third, the second coming of Christ, Revelation, o r Apocalypse, 17, i n their a t the war's end. o f f i c i a l "Douay" t r a n s l a t i o n of the Bible, and t h e r e you will find it explained and WHICH NATION, OR POWER, SHALL CAPTURE JERUSALEM? admitted.

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mean the death of the B r i t i s h Commonwealth! Britain will never sacrifice one v i t a l inch i n the Mediterranean, o r i t s r t r a t a g i o seag a t e s , without WAR. And Mussolini, alone, 'bnd I sew THE BEAST, a n d t h e k i n g s could never whip Britain---with France u o f t h e earth, and t h e i r grmies, gathered on a l l y , and t h e U.S. certain t o be brought together t o make war a g a i n s t h i m Chat s a t in! on t h e h o r s e ' ' - - ( C h r i s t ) - 'I. .and THE NO, Mussolini, lone, will be unable BEAST w a s taken, and w i t h him THE FALSE t a b r i n g rbbut h i s dream, But Muroolini PROPHET. These both were cast a l i v e is shrewd, c l e v e r , fat-seeing. He i n t o a lake o f f i r e burning w i t h brimston:' FIND A WAY---and this 17th choptar will of RevSa here, i n Palestine, a t t h e head e l a t i o n foretells j u s t what that way must of t h e k i n g s of t h e e a r t h . and t h e i r a r be! mias, is one c a l l e d by t h e s y m b o l , "THE Surely nothing could be more t h r i l l BEAST,'' Also anaooiatad with him 1 s a i n g ! Notice how it f i n a l l y w i l l be aceomp-

The above prophecy shows world war s h a l l come DURING t h e DAY OF THE LORD. It Show8 t h a t i n that war HALF o f t h e city of Jerusalem shall be captured. WHO w i l l capture it? Turn now t o another prophecy p i c t u r ing, in detail, the Second Coming o f Christ---Ravelation 19. Verses 11-18 describe the coming o f C h r i s t , a s King of k i n g s , and Lord o f l o r d s , t o RULE THE NATIONS and restore peace and happineas. Then, as He comas, this f i n a l b a t t l e is described, i n v e r s e s 19-20:

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But Mussolini w i l l not be able, alone, t o oonquer all t h e t e r r i t o r r y o f t h e ancient Roman Empire. I t completely surrounded the Mediterranean, and t o r e v i v e t h e Emp i r e , Mussolini must wrest the Meditmrrrnean from Great Britain. But it is the very LIFE-LINE of t h e British Empire, and would

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l i rhad, Tha "ten horns" on t h i s "BEAST"--which are a PART o f t h e "beast" Itself--give the answer, found i n verse 12:

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Hebrew t o n y e ARMAGEDDON. The Hebrew word a c t u a l l y is "Har"And t h e t e n horns which thou sowest Megiddo." The "HI1 is not sounded, i n t h e are'' .* these ten horns a r e WHAT? The in- Hebrew, i n pronouncing. The prefix "Har" means "fortified.I' Magfddo i s A PUCE--t r r p r i t i t i o n i o i n p l a i n language ern. 'ITEN 6ee Soripture quoted above. KINGS, which have received no kingdom as It is 70 miles north-west of Jarusalem, in t h e Valyet; but racaive power a6 kings one hour with the b e a s t .I1 l e y of J e z r e e l . f t r p o r t i r Haiffa. A f r w TEN DICTATORS! And what will t h e r e yeers ago, Britain f o r t i f f e d Haiffa a t 4 0 1 t o f many m i l l i o n s af d o l l a r s , ten European D i c t a t o r s be inducad t o do? MEGZDDO I S W O W FORTIFIED--therefore "These have one mind, and s h a l l ivo it f i n a l l y has becomo HAR-MEGIDDO, o r Annatheir ewar and s t r e n g t h unto the b e a s t . geddon! The stage l s set, and ready! Soon G e k What is C h e i n H i f ' a n d the "kings of t h e e p t h , and t h e i r ormiem" "$?RENGTH?n I t i s t h e i r ARMIES, t h e i r w i l l be gathered t h e r e i n t h r final b a t t l r NAVIES, t h e i r A I R FORCES! The armed f o r ces of TEN EUROPEAN DICTATOR NATIONS S W L of world war! But, some ask, 3.6 t h i s . battle a t AnnaBE GIVEN OVER TO THE ROMAN RULER! So, when Mussolini sees, as he a l r e a d y geddon t o be fought before, or af'tcr t h o must aee, t h a t he cannot conquer t h e Medi- thousand year-reign with C h r i s t ? Noticr terranean Sea, w i t h i t s surrounding t e r r i - t h e the-setting. X t is between the 6ixth torry, t h a reviving t h e Roman Empire, ALONE and seventh o f t h e seven last plagues, f t --he will so manipulate p o l i t i c a l a f f a i r s i s a t t h e v e r y TIME of t h e Second Coming, t h a t LL union w i l l be made w i t h t e n othor f o r t h e s e kings and t h e i r armies fight; d i a t a t o r nations! The will be welded t o - AGAINST CHRIST, Most certainly it i s BEFORE gether! Remember t h e Tt e n horns" are all the millennium, AT THE SECOND COMING: ' PART of t h e "BEAST" which is t h e revived MUSSOLINI WILL TAKE EGYPT! Roman Empire! They become PART o f t h e Empire! All t h e i r v a s t armies, navies, and a i r f o r c e s welded t o g e t h e r in ONE---all This same modern Roman kingdom i r dcunder OHE HEAD---all given t o t h e r u l e r a t s c r i b e d i n t h e 11th chapter of Daniol. The "king of the north" t h r u the early portion ROME! o f t h i s longest prophecy in the Bible is Many have thought H i t l a r is proving t o be t h e ntunber one man i n Europe. We f e a r always t h e king o f Syria, one of t h e four many will be s u r p r i s e d , when t h e more red i v i s i o n s o f Alexander's Greecirn Empire, souroeful and a s t u t e p o l i t i c i a n , Musaolini, The "king of t h e south'' was Egypt. But i n emerges f i n a l l y as number one man over all: tho ancient day6 Ethiopia was a PART of Egypt, and the ONLY p a r t t h a t remained independent u n t i l our time. MllsSOLINI WIU FIGHT CHRIST! The prophecy covers i n d e t a i l the 8r But i s Mussolini t h e "BEAST" whe, w i t h vents o f t h e s e rival kingdoms which altar= the "kings of t h e e a r t h , and t h e i r armies," nately possessed P a l e s t i n e , u n t i l Yerre 31, which took place i n 168 B,C.--4ntioahus (Rev. 19:19), war against C h r i s t a t His Seoond Coming, as described i n R e y e l a t i o n Epiphanas being t h e n t h e "Icing of the 19? Notice t h e next v e r s e , i n Rev, 17: north. I' From t h a t time t h e prophecy oarrier on "These s h a l l make war w i t h t h e Lamb, ehru t h e f i r s t coming of Christ---varse 33 and t h e Lamb shall overcome them: f o r He is Lord o f l o r d s and King o f kings." (Verse ---the "king of the north" now being the 14). Compare w i t h Rev. 19:16, Compare power which ruled S y r i a and P a l a s t i n e , or His overcoming them, w i t h t h e i r fate i n ROME, which conquered and t o o k over t h i r Rev. 19:20! C e r t a i n l y there t m t s describe .t;errj,torryrn It also took over t h e northern the same power. Undoubtedly, then, t h e part of Egypt-wall but Ethiopia---and so "BEAST" who will capture h a l f t h e c i t y of E t h i o p i a becomes a l l t h a t i s l e f t of "the Jerusalem, fighting a t Armageddon a g a i n s t king of t h e south," Christ a t His Second Corning, is MUSSOLINI, Verae 40 comes t o "the time of t h e cnd"--=our bay. King Menelek of E t h i o p i a with t e n Burapeon D i c t a t o r s , and t h e i r pushad a t I t a l y i n Eretrsa i n 1896, shu(;ht* rrmlra! I0 k8 aoming i n THIS GENERATION!! o r i n g t h e Italian forces. Then, in 1936, It i s HEAR-=-even a t the very doors! For f u r t h e r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , 1cC us as we f o r e t a l d t o our r a d i o audience belook now a t t h e only passage in a l l the forehand, Mussolini, now king of t h e north, Bible where t h e word 'ARMAGEDDON" is man- w e n t against E t h i o p i a l i k e a whirlwind--tioned. It i s Rev. 16:13-16: i n t h e a i r , averflowed t h a t land, PASSING " A d I 6aw three unclesn r p i r i t r like OVER! frags come out of t h a mouth o f the dragon, Now what shall Murrolini do naxt? (the Devil---Rev, 12:9, and 20:2) and out N o t i a e verse 41: "He s h a l l e n t e r also of the mouth of the BEAST (Mussolini), and i n t o t h e GLORIOUS LAND" (PALESTINE), "and o u t o f t h e mouth of the FALSE PROPHET ( t h e many countries shall bo overthrown: pope). For they are t h e spirits of devils, and THE LAND OF EGYPT SHALL NOT ESCAPP." working miraeles, "(look out for these ( v e r s e 42) Great Britain now ha s Egypt. 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But t o c o n t i n u e t h e prophecy i n the 1 1 t h c h a p t e r o f Daniel. The 43rd verse W a r e NO N-DENOMI NATIONAL- --ut t e r1 e y says t h e Libyans and E t h i o p i a n s s h a l l be INDEPENDENT o f men o r r e l i g i o u s o r g a n i z a - a t h i s steps---and they a r e a l r e a d y , provtions, s e c t s , o r denominations---wholly ing again that Mussolini i s today the DEPENDENT upon our Father i n heaven for "king of t h e north." guidance, and f o r every d o l l a r t o c a r r y Verse 44 show6 t h a t , a f ' t c r taking on t h i s g r e a t work o f FAITH. Only thus Egypt and a t l e a s t p a r t o f P a l e s t i n e , c l o r could we be f r e e t o SERVE GOD, and f e a r ing o r o o n t r o l i n g t h e Suez Canal, NEWS F m lessly and boldly t o preach the WMLE t h e EAST AND THE NOR?H shall trouble him. e TRUTH of t h e B i b l e . W a s k every b e l i e v T h i s r e f e r s t o R u s s i a # Japan and China. e r t o PRAY EARNESTLY w i t h us t h a t the The events it i n v o l v e s a r e described in Lord will send f o r t h more l a b o r e r s i n t o t h e 38th c h a p t e r of' E z e k i e l . There RurHis v i n e y a r d , h e l p i n g with t i t h e s and s i a , under t h e name of "Cog"---a godle8s offerings t h a t the t r u e Gospel message may atheist nation--is d e p i c t e d coming against continue going t o m u l t i p l i e d thousands, Palestine with t h e most v a s t manpower ever and souls may c o n t i n u e b e i n g s saved! assembled on t h e armed b a t t l e f i e l d s o f a11 ***+***** history. There Russia i s shown a l l i e d w i t h EDITOR'S NOTE: We had i n t e n d e d i n c l u d i n g MANY a l l i o s , i n c l u d i n g t h e descendants o f two more articles i n t h i s issue--one J a p a t h , f a t h e r o f t h e YELLOW races---China showing t h e aims of H i t l e r and M u s s o l i n i and Japan today. in more d e t a i l , w i t h a MAP i l l u s t r a t i n g Today J a p a n is Fascist, a l l i e d with WNYhlussolini went i n t o E t h i o p i a , the I t a l y and Germany. Japan is winning in Spanish w a r , t h e Arab uprising---why he China, y e t almost a t the END o f h e r l i m i t i s i n t e r e s t e d i n Tunisia and Suez. Due ed resources. It takes FOOD t o f e e d an t o t h e f a c t t h a t , s i n c e page 1 was p r i n t army, money t o produce armaments and ammued, more r e q u e s t s hove come i n t h a n we nition. J a p a n i s economically weak, and orn supply---most o f them r e q u e s t i n g t h i s t h o winning, it i s a q u e s t i o n o f how muah map---and also duo t o t h e f a c t we have longer she c a n hold out. Russia knows t h i r . Russia has ONE MILLION SOVIET TROOPS, at bean delayed until this January number t h i s very minute, on t h e Manchukuan bormust be completed and moiled o u t i n February--=we are s h o r t e n i n g t h i s issue, and d e r . Communist propaganda h a s a l r e a d y holding out this other v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g turned m i l l i o n s of Chinesa t o Communism. A t t h e r i g h t moment, R u r s i o wi3.1 r t r i k r , material, w i t h t h e map, u n t i l t h o nrxt; Irrur, 8e ell aan have i f . YOU WILL REwhen Japan is t o o weak t o re8ist. Ohen CEIVE THIS IN THE NEXT NUMBER. e i t h e r she w i l l conquer Japan, o r a l l y ********* w i t h her, and tako over t h e ~ a s manpower t of China! No wonder t h i s news will twwI 1 ble Mussolini. Then Russia and her yellow Whatis P R O P H E S I E D hordes, balirving the Fascist Dictatotfor 1 9 3 g ! shipu and the Dcmocraaies a l r e a d y have (Continued from page 4) i exhausted themselves i n war, will come i n t o the fray, and ALL NATIONS will b r i n it! DER TO CONTROL THE MEDITERRANEAN, And ?he final b a t t l a w i l l be at ARMAdEDt h i s is absolutely necessary i n order to DON! Mussolini w i l l have 35 million men i n t h a f i e l d . But R u s s i a will vastly oufre-establish t h e Roman Empire! Not Ica how shrewdly Mussolini has number him! And W will f i n d ourselves E planned for ysars. There a r e t h r e e VITAL facing a n n i h i l i a t i o n ! In de spar r tion, rn gates, and a f o u r t h rtratagiaal p o i n t , in W i l l f i n a l l y d r o p t o our k n e e s, and a5 a t h e Mcditcrranaan. The vital gates arb, NATIOII appeal t o God (Joel 2). A n d THEN l r t , G i b r a l t a r , the antrance a t t h e W e s t . and t h e n ONLY a h a l l we be saved!

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