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and support it. Thus it seemed to the worshippersof the Beast and his Image that the only way toprevent the loss of all their live stock would be tokeep them securely impounded, allowing themno liberty whatever.Revelation 16:4.And the third [angel] poured out his vial uponthe rivers and fountains of waters.— It seemedto the worshippers of the beast and his imagethat the teachings ofFM240Volume III of the Scripture Studies hadcontaminated the Scriptures, the Waters of Life,at their very source, by extending the call topeople to come out of Babylon while they werebusy trying to get people in.And they became blood.— Seemed repulsive,undesirable, bloody.— Z.'O7-279; Ex. 7:20; Rev.14:20.Another view of how Volume III appears to theworshipers of the beast and his image is shownby the plague or boils described in Ex. 9:8-12."The boil was a scab or pustule, which might ormight not break out into an ulcerous sore (Lev.13:18). With this, in one of its worst forms, Jobwas afflicted (2:7), and by this Hezekiah wasbrought to the verge of the grave. (2 Kings 20:7;Isa. 38:21.) It was an eruption of a very painfulkind accompanied with a burning itch, tending toproduce a permanent state of foul and wastefuldisease. One form of this disease which seizedupon the legs and knees, and was regarded asincurable, was peculiar to Egypt, and was hencecalled ‘the botch of Egypt.' (Deut. 28:27, 35.) Inthe case before us, this eruption had a tendencyto break out into larger swellings and becameprobably the disease called elephantiasis, adisease said to be peculiar to Egypt, or the blackleprosy, a disease which also affects cattle."(McC.)It was "ashes of the furnace," loyalty to thememory of the bullock, the one perfect Sacrificefor all, Christ Jesus, that caused the boils; and it