1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

a6gureofthekingsoftheeart.h. Tbebeastisaeedto
represent Papacy.. The false prophet evidently repreeenta
Mahometamem. These have all the spirit of
devils. The devil pretends to claim power over all the .
kingdoms of the world, (see Rev. xii. 9, there called the
devil. Papacy is said, in Rev. xiii. 4 to receive iD
wer 6wn the dragon, and to come out of the bottom-
/& pk, d S hd @3 kt0 plditioll; of CO- IDU* b
long to Satan's kmgdom. The false prophet, too, ia to
be cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstoncn
All these powers have pretended to work minclea,
to establish their authority over the bodiea and
souls of men. But what are the princi lea which each
of these teach their political followen! The dragon
and his political party, in whatever nation they may
appear, (as all three of these political principlee mwt
pervade the whole earth,) will support tyranny, slaveq,
and aggrandizement of the few at the e me of many.
The beast and h political party will bexown only bj
their hypocrisy, bigotry, and superstition. Their pnnclpal
object wil be to operate on the hop- and hm of
men, and so an ascendency over the rninda of the
indkduale wrma be so unfortunate u to be fiid in
their mh. The b prophet will 6LI his
notions of infidelity, lust, and conquest. An CP the virit
of all these parties, workin at one and the eame tune.
r all natiom, and among afi people, wi~
produce .n elfect
which only can be known to mortals in experiencing
the conflict. Behold, I come as a thieE B l d ia be
that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk
naked, and they see his shame." This verse
notice of the near a p p d of him rho hth %FgwZ
in heaven and earth. For when they say, Peace md
safety, then sudden destruction corneth upon them, md
the shall not esca But ye, brethren, are mt in
darf&se, that that gi &all overtake yon u a thictn
Watch, therefore, for if ye have put on the Lord Jemm
Christ, keep your garment, and let none trike yom
crown, that you may be found of him without apot and
blameleea And he gathered them together into a
phEe uUed, in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon ;" tb.t