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Revelation 18:12.The merchandise of gold.— Truths respectingthe Divine nature. There was a time when thenominal church had the custody of these truths,but that privilege passed in 1878.And of silver.— Truths respecting the GreatCompany.And precious stones.— Truths respecting theLord's jewels.— Mal. 3:17.And of pearls.— Truths respecting the thingspurchased by the Lord's death.— Matt. 13:45,46.And fine linen.— Truths respecting therighteousness of the Lord's saints.— Rev. 19:8;Rom. 8:4; 2 Pet. 1:9.And purple.— Truths respecting the Church'sexpectation of coming royalty.— Rev. 5:10;20:4; Luke 12:32; 22:29, 30; James 2:5; Mark10:23; 1 Cor. 4:8; Rev. 3:21; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev.2:26, 27; Psa. 2:8-12; 49:14; Rom. 8:19; 16:20.And silk.— Truths respecting the most beautifulof all the fabrics of the loom— grand, beautifulcharacters made so by the wisdom and mercy ofGod out of men and women that to start withwere only poor worms of earth.And scarlet.— Truths respecting the Ransomsacrificeof our Lord. (1 Tim. 2:6; Rom. 14:9;Rom. 5:18, 19; John 1:29; 1 John 2:2.) All thesetruths have passed away from Babylon, but theerrors must go, too.And all thyine wood.— Errors respecting man'sinherent immortality. Thyine wood is a sweetsmellingwood; wood is a symbol or humantraditions. The sweetest of all human theories isthe declaration that when a man dies he is notdead at all. (1 Cor. 3:12.) Very shortly men willbegin to come back from the dead, "the last first"(Matt. 59:30; 20:16); and stories that they havebeen in some fabulous hell or in Heaven will beat a considerable discount.And all manner vessels of ivory.— Stories ofdeath-bed repentance and dreams, used to