| − | mieWAICIHI10WIER AND HERAJLD Of PIRIE§EN(CE ~ CHRITST}§ VIiI,. LV NO'E~[BER No. 21 I, 19:J! FEAST OF CONSPIRATORS tl Par they cat tlte orClld of tdcl.:cdncss, (tnd drink tlte /L'ill!! 0/ l·io!clire. "-Prot:. ,1: 11'. l'ARl' 1 g IIOVAII has forewal'ncc1 the remnant that the •seed of the :-leI'pent' would form a conspiracy and cany it out to the limit of his ability, the l)Ul'POS(~ of whi/·h cOllsph'acy is to destroy Jehovah's lllloinh·d. '}'o tlll~ ','itne:.;~:('s of J(·hovah now on rarth is committed the tcxtimony of Jesus Christ, and he- cuu"e they try to fulfil their commission they nrc hatt~d by tht: nt~vil and all of hi:-; offspring. (Rev, 1:!:17; Ps. 83:~-fi) 'fho<.;e in the conspiracy are attempting to cut off JdlOvah's anointed fl'om Iwing a nation; aw] this wickcu ('rowd of conspirators is composed of no~ IlllU a IllJsl of wi(·ked spirit Cl'catul'l's who joiueu Satan in hi:-; relle]] ion at Eden aIH] who c(,ntilllle to fight llg'ainst the anointed; aJl(] of th0se on earth, the rdigiou:-;, poJit ieul 11IU commercial ele- IlIents that ol)(~rate, pt'rforJllin~ theil' l'rspceti"e Ihll'ts, nIl or whieh is lIlH.l('l' the dirrc:tion of Satan the Devil; }1t'II('C all of these conspirators are the 'sced of the Serpent', Satan is Ill'oud, hau~hty, arrogant utld austerc, All of hi'l ofrsprin~ arc likewise disposed. It is the di'ine rule t hat pride goes beforc de"t ruc- tion, and a haughty spit'it bt·fore a full. (Prov. 16: ]8) In kecping with this rule Belshazzar the kin~ of Bahylon held a great feast, at whi('h he and his as- sembled f,{U('st:-; became very drunk. 'rhe feast was IAn oceasiou for lUuch swa~g-ering' and boasting and great hilal'ity and carousal. '1'hc proverhial fall of the king of Bab,yloll and his followers quickly came thereafter. hines; the gol(kn vessels used at the feast, out of whi/~h the wine was drunk, pi(:tured tho remnant, .JdlOvah's witncsses, who arc wholly devotcd to him, whit'h Sa- tan.'s crowd expect to completely discredit and thcn to destroy; the fill;!ers of the hand that wrote upon the wall pictured Christ ,Jesus, to whom Jehovah has com- mitted tho testimon,Y whieh must be ddivel'l'd before the fall of Satan's onwnizatioll; Cyrus, the invatliug- killg, pictured Christ .J ('Sl1S, the vi<'toriolls Y alTlor who will clean out :-:in tan 's organization, 'rile fulfil- ment of this prophetic picture })('gins a ShOl't time before Armagtddoll ancI is conelud(~d at Al'Ilwgt·ddoll. 'l'he fulfilment has now begun, and hencc it lIpIH'al'S to be the will of God tha t his anointed rt'l1Inant :;hould have an understanding of the prophecy, J EI'ITOME Let tho anointed remnant now on. earth take com· £Ol't in this fact: that the divine record of Belshazzar's feast was k(1)t and preserved until this day for their learning and that, the fulfilment of this prophetic picture having now begun, the und(~r:standing thel'l~of ~ivcs strength to their hope of ultimate triumph tlll'ol1gh Christ Jesus, who leads the army of Jehovah . t tI Ie enemy. I nilS tl' prop I lIe t' Ie 1)1(' . t ure l~ )e- I ngum:> shazzar represented the earthly offspring of the Devil, that is to say, the yisihle part of the 'seed of the Serpent', and he and his llllies arc in the conspiracy under the leadership of Gog; the "lords" picture all 'who arc in the IJeague of Nations or like com- 2 BELSHAZZAR AND illS }'EAST 8 Belshazzar was a son (or grandson) of XclJ11chacl- nezzar the king of Babylon. (Dan, 5:2,18) :-latan's on~anization is named "Babylon"; hcnec Kehllehad- nezzar the kill~ of Bah~'lon would pictUl'o Satan hilll- self, while Belshazzar, bring' his SOli, would 1'cI)1'esent the earthly sced of Satan, particularly the rlllen; of "Christendom", which are made up of the religious, political and commercial elemcnts, tho lutter beillg' the principal ones of tho religious flock. "Bdshazzur" means "prince of Bel" 01' "whom Bel favors", and hence pictures "Christendom ", which is now drunk on Babylon's wine, and under the leadership of (l0r.r, the invi:-;ihle field marshal of Satan who is a:-;signed to lead the army of Satan at Arrnagctldon. "Bd" was the chief god of Babylon, and henc~l means Ra- tan himself. "And I will punish Bel in Babylon, aud I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow togptlwr any more Ullto him; yea, the wall of Ibhyloll 511all fal1." (JCl'. 51:44) In the fir!',t yell l' of Belshazzar's reign Daniel had a dream in vhich dream or yj~ion he beheld four beasts, pit'tming the earthly ruling pow· ers of Satun. (Dun. 7: 1-3; see The li'atc!lto1t'cJ", ]9;)3, page 180) In the third year of Belshazzar's rCi~(ll Daniel had a vision of the defiling of God ':; sal(:tual'y 323
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