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FM122And the mighty men.— The labor organizers.And every bondman.— Member of a labororganization.And every free man.— Other worker (if not abond-slave of Christ).Hid themselves in the dens.— See Isa. 2:19-21.And in the rocks of the mountains.— "As thetrouble increases, men will seek, but in vain, forprotection in the great rocks and fortresses ofsociety (Free Masonry, Odd Fellowship, andTrades Unions, Guilds, Trusts, and all societiessecular and ecclesiastical), and in the mountains(governments) of earth."— B139; Jer. 3:23; Hos.10:8.Revelation 6:16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall onus.— "The Greek word epi, here used, isgenerally translated on, but has also thesignificance of over (Rev. 5:10) and about, andis so translated many times in the commonversion. The thought is that of protection, not ofdestruction. The common view of this passage,that it teaches that wicked men will get faithenough to pray for literal mountains to fall, isabsurd. The real fulfillment is already beginning:the great, the rich, and no less the poor, areseeking to the mountains and rocks and caves forshelter from the darkening storm of troublewhich all see is gathering."— B139; Hos. 10:8;Hab. 3:6.And hide us from the face.— Of Justice, nowabout to demand an accounting for ourstewardship.Of Him that sitteth on the Throne.— Jehovah.And from the wrath of the Lamb.— Whosefollowers we have falsely professed to be.Revelation 6:17.For the great day of [His] THEIR wrath iscome.— The wrath of the Father, the Son, and