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our e arth ; an d if it w i ll pro v e a st e p pi n g sto n e
to gr e at e r k n o w l e dg e a k e y to w alth or a
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ch aract e r b uildi n g
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C H A P T ER I TH E P ROBLE M S OF LIF E
u e s tio n s p e rtai n i n g
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to t h e D e ity t h e d e v i l h e a v e n h e ll t h e
Tri n ity an d D i v i n e Lo v e ( a p o e m )
C H AP T ER II T H E I R S OLU T ION
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life i l lu s trati n g n at ure s i m pe rat i ve d e ma n d
f or implicit o b e di e n c e
III
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ART S E C OND
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C HAP T ER IV THE DE V I LS W OR K
In w hic h w e t e ll of S ata n s dia b ol ical sch e m e s
an d gi v e a glimp s e of his f utur e a b od e
56
DE V I LS TRE AS ON
In w h ich i s told h ow t h e d e v il r e b e l s an d
s e iz e s a syst e m of W orlds
63
C HAP TE R V
THE
W A R IN THE H E AVEN S
In w h ic h w e t e l l what t h e sun moo n our
w or l d an d t h e c o m e ts w e r e b e for e t h e be
gi n n i n g of tim e ; an d h ow b e cau s e of t h e
d e v i l s r e b e l l i o n t h e y w e r e tra n s f o rm e d
i n to t h e ir p r e s e n t re lati v e positio n s an d
co n ditio n s
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S A T A N AND THE F LOO D

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discu ss t h e j e w s futur e p o l itica l
s o v e r e ig n t y an d t h e th e o l ogica l q
u e sti o n s
r e l ati n g to t h e J e w s t h e C h ri s tia n s an d t h e
h e at h e n an d d n e th e ir r e lati v e p o s itio n s
i n Go d s futur e h e a v e n l y ki n gdom
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W S
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hich w e t e l l h ow for c e l e s tial b e i n g s

d i s ta n c is a n n ih i l at e d an d d i s cu ss t h e
fa l laci e s o f C h ri s tia n S ci e n c e gi v e a v i v id
d e s cri p tio n of h e ll t e l l w h e r e an d w h at it is
b ou n d a n g e ls are con
n ow ( i n w hic h t h e
n e d ) w h at an d w h e r e h e l l w ill e v e n tually
be an d w h e n C h ri s t w ill com e agai n an d
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W hat is t h e u n pa r d o n a b l e si n
61
W ill t h e e arth be t h e D e v il s h e ll
64
Th e D e v il mak e s a syst e m of w o rlds
Th e rst oath utt e r e d t h e rst l i e
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Bou n d a n g e l s assig n e d th e ir e stat e s

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Th e e arth mad e of b ur n i n g w orld
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Origi n of t h e sun an d moo n
Re b e llious pri n c e s mad e to guid e t h e c om e t s 1 00
A n imals b r e e d i n di s crimi n at e l y
10
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1 12
N o rai n b o w b e for e t h e
ood
Co n c e r n i n g t h e ag e of our e arth
1 15
Our e arth t h e n ur s e r y of t h e u n i v e rs e
1 21
Christ suppla n ts S a t a n
1 28
M ill e n n ial pol itical la w s
1 47
Th e gr e at e st miracl e (t h e
14
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Th e r e aso n for t h e C h rist t h e r e aso n for m an 1 7 0
D id G od mak e a mistak e
Vi b ratio n G od s w ir e l e ss t e l e graph y
1 82
F al l aci e s of Christia n S c i e n c e
1 88
W h e r e is
Our e arth is h ol lo w
97 203
Th e b ou n d a n g e ls
r e c e ptio n of Sata n
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W h e n w ill Christ com e agai n ?
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u e stio n ;
T e ll m e of t h i n g s th at s e e m e th g r e at ;
G i v e m e a v isio n b e for e tim e w as
Of w orlds i n th e ir chaotic stat e
Be hold t h e moo n i n y ou azur e sky ;
Th e sun th at gi v e s us ligh t b y day ;
Ha v e you s e e n t h e b l azi n g c o m e t w orlds
That com e an d go o e r h e a v e n s b ro ad w ay ?
C an you t e ll m e w h e n all th e s e w e r e b or n ?
W hat co n v ul s io n s r e n t h e a v e n s dom e
That m ade t h e com e ts w a n d e ri n g s tars

Through out e t e r n ity to roam ?
W ilt t e ll of t h e co n glom e rat e mass e s ;
In t h e di sta n t past w h e n our w orld
Mis shap e n w ithout form an d v oid ?

W as it from out of chaos h url e d
An d th e n for ag e s upo n ag e s
Tim e s u n r e l e n ti n g foot h ad trod
U n til a n atural s p h e r e w as form e d
Cr e at e d r s t b y n atur e s G od ?
S e e st th ou a l l th e s e rugg e d mou n tai n s
R e sti n g on t h e b r e a s t of moth e r e arth ;
Ca n st r e aliz e t h e a w ful gra n d e ur
Of h e r tra v ail w h e n th e y had b irth ?
,
Th e D e v il s R e b e llio n
M AN S C OND I T I ON AN D D E S TI NAT I ON
T e ll m e if th e r e w as an y su n sh i n e
W h e n th is old w orld of ours w as mad e
W h y t h e ar ch it e ct of all t h e w orld s
P ut i n to ours so much of sh ad e ?
Com e an s w e r at t h e b ar of r e aso n
F or I w ou l d k n o w t h e r e aso n w h y
If w e are mad e i n G od s ow n imag e

Ca n st t e l l m e w h y w e all mu s t di e ?
T e ll m e a b out t h e h e ath e n n atio n s
W h o do n ot k n o w t h e li v i n g G od ;
Th e y w h o n e v e r h e ard o f J e sus Christ
?
M u s t th e y all sap s b e n e ath t h e rod
If G od is lo v e an d full of m e rc y
W h at th i n k e st th ou or can you t e ll
W ill it s e r v e t h e e n d s of ju s tic e b e s t
T o l e a ve t h e h e ath e n all i n h e ll ?
Or is th e r e pro v i s io n i n G od s gr e at pla n
F or t h e just h e ath e n m an to be
W h e n t h e d e ad of e v e ry c l im e are rai se d
A part of Hi s gr e at com p a n y ?
T h e n if th is be tru e w h y did G od s e n d
His S on to di e upo n t h e tr e e ?
Or if th e r e are d e gr e e s i n h e a v e n
W h at w ill th e ir cro w n s of glor y be ?
An d t h e R e aso n W
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D E ST RU C T I ON
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W ilt t e ll m e of Chri s t s s e co n d comi n g ?
D o st k no w a b out w h at y e ar of grac e ?
Pr e dict t h e e n di n g of th i s our w orld
Wh e n it w ill be mo v e d out of plac e
Ca n s t t e ll of G od s e t e r n al pur p os e
W h e r e i n t h e Bi b l e w e h a v e l e ar n e d
That w h e n our tim e on e arth i s n ish e d
A ll th at r e mai n s w i ll th e n be b ur n e d :
An d w h e n lik e t h e b lazi ng com e t w orlds
an d th e n
e e a way
Th e e arth w ill
R e e l t o an d fro lik e a dru n k e n m an
Sh all fall an d w ill n ot ris e agai n ?

If t h e e l e m e n ts sh all m e lt w ith h e at ;
Th e e arth b e com e a b ur i n g h e ll
W i l l it be t h e d e vil s last a b od e
W h e r e h e an d all h i s imp s w i ll d w e ll ?
W hy th e n do e s Sata n try to l e ad u s
A w ay from G od w h e r e w e w ill be
I n h a b ita n ts o f that b ur n i n g w orld
An d k e e p t h e d e v il com p a n y ?
Is it tru e th at th e r e i s a d e v il
That w ork e th e v il i n th i s l if e ?
C an you t e ll m e w h y if G od is good
He allo w s so much si n an d strif e ?
Th e D e v il
1 2
R eb e llion
Sa y e st th ou tis Sat an w h o do e s th is w ro n g
M ak e s ha v oc of G od s ha n d i w ork
Mak e s trou b l e b e t w e e n fri e n d s an d b roth e rs
T u r n s b right e st su n shi n e i n to dark ?
C an you t e ll m e w h o t h e d e v il w as
An d w h at h e d id to m e rit h e ll ;
Bra v e d t h e a n g e r of his Cr e at or
A s light n i n g from t h e h e a v e n s f e l l ?
P LANA T I ON
Now list e n ; I h a v e s ol v e d t h e s e pro b l e m s
T h e ir w hys an d w h e r e for e s plai n ly se e ;
An d I w ill l e ad you to th is k n o w l e dg e
If you w ill o n l y follo w m e
Be t w e e n t h e co v e rs of th is small b oo k
Y ou ll n d th e r e is r e v e al e d to m an
How through t h e d e v il s gr e at r e b e lli o n
Cam e i n t e rf e r e n c e w ith G od s pla n ;
ugh trou b l e s an d e v e n d e ath
U n til thr o
Th e s ouls of m e n are glori e d ;
Th e n w i l l th e y h e lp G od rul e t h e w orlds ;
F or t w as fo r th is t h e Sa v iour di e d
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An d t h e R e ason W
hy
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As is i ndi cat d b y th e fore g oi ng lin s

e
author of TH E D E VIL S R EB EL
LION AND TH E RE A SON W HY
li k e Lieutenant Peary wh o i n the mat ;
r e search went far
t e r of geological
beyond the known i nto what h as h ith er
to been th e great mysterious u nknown
so we h ave l e ft t h e ord inary b e aten
track of literary e ffort and starti n g from
wh at i s k n own h av e gon e back b e yond
h ave r e asoned
t h e begi n n ing of ti m e
from effect back to cause and h ave fu l ly
analyz e d th e wh y and wh e r e fore of all
thi ngs physica 1 and spiri tual dis
ce rn i bl e and i nvisibl e
W e tell of t h e
devil s origi n w h o h e was ; of h is
tem pt ation ; h is rst si n ; of the rst

oath uttered and the rst gi ganti c can
cerous lie that ever rang t h e ch an ges
amid the celestial worlds
W e locate h e ll and e stablish the new
heaven and t h e n e w earth th at i s to

be i n th e account of wh ose construction
the
and uti liz ation is vividly portrayed t h e

r e lentl e ss i rony of fat e for t h e d e vil and
h is ang e ls ; and b e for e and aft e r and
all t hrough th e wo n derful all e gorica 1
rev e lation i n our story i s fully sh ow n
th e reason why and wh er e everyth ing
does and forever will tou ch th e li fe
and personality of mort als
Nothi ng i n h u m an experi e nce so
th rills t h e h e art as to see a villai n
caugh t i n th e m esh es of a snare h e h as
se t for ot h e rsz i t r e presents th e acm e
of j ust pu nish m e nt sum m aril y m eted
ou t to the guilty d e si gn e r I n h is e n
de avor to cause Job to lose h is i n tegri ty
t h e d evil brou ght re

an d curse God
down upon Job s sh e e p and servants and
destroyed t h e m ; r so we are not sur
prised th at at th e
battle of Arm a
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this book w e c l aim i t re quires no

stretch of i magi nation to b el ieve th at
Satan was t h e origi nator ( n ot cre ator )
of t h e h e ll i n wh ich h e must spend
e ternity
Th e d e vil is not gi fted with fore
sight
is not a proph e t ; th erefore can
not t ruth fully p r e dict w hat the future
h olds i n store ; b ein g a notorious li ar
h ims e lf he discre dits ev e n what God
has said ; so h e p e rsist e n tly co n ti n ues
his h e llish work probably h opi n g to at
least e ffect a compromise wit h God and
t hus be abl e to se t up a ki ngdo m
so m e w h e r e i n t h e d e pths of u nlimited
spac e ; away fro m God wh ere h e wil l
not be i nterfe red with for t h e re i s
nothi ng t h e devil wants so much as to
be l e t al on e i gnored
Altho not wri tte n wit h t h e sp e ci c
i ntention of refuti ng the doctri n e s of
Christian Sci e nce

t his book i s a
co m pl e te r e futation of the idea that
re
m at eri al m att e r has no part i n the fut u
,
Th e D e v il
1 5
R e b e llion
li fe either of heave n or hell

It is also
diametrically opposed to th e no d e vil

theory of Ch risti an Scienc e i n th at i t
gives ful l credence to t h e existence of a
pe rsonal devil and clearly d e nes th e
necessity for Satan i n the dev e lopment
of God s plans
W hen begi nni ng this work we sub
m i t t e d a portion of i t to ou r Pat e r Famil
as for h is i nspection and criticis m
hi s co m ments were : Only D ante and

M ilton have written with any degre e o f
success u pon the devi l s endeavor to
th wart t he wil l of God

If j udged from a literary poi nt of View
both these wri ters w e re a success The y
d id i ndee d re heavy cartridges i nto th e
air but were they not blank and , li ke
bri ll i ant m eteors furnish only a ash of
temporary i llu minat i on th e n go out i n
d arkness leavin g th e minds of mortal s
more beclouded t h an before th ei r advent
leaving but a vague impression of an

a wful someth ing but loca t ed nowhere
.
R aso
nd t h e
devoid of satisfying
W hy
1 7
l asting results ?
In other words neither wri ter seemed

to h ave h ad a specic obj e ct i n View
and so fail e d to accomplish any denite
pu rpose
D id th ey leave the world a ny
wiser better or richer ? They wrote
u pon a subj ect i nformation abou t which
comes from but one s ource ; and th en
di d not both com mit the fol ly of faili ng
to utilize that source to veri fy thei r
i ghts of fancy ? Im aginative geniu s
soared to lofty heights but found n o
rest for weary win g s ; noble vessels
sai led waters of u nfath omable depth bu t
fou n d n o pl ace f or anchorage ; God s
domai n was i nvaded without so m uch as
a by your leav e ; but li ttle written b y
them was backed by a

th us saith th e
Lord
In th is volu me will be fo und not only
h ow th e sun moon com ets a nd our
earth were formed born i n due s e ason
for a spe cic purpose and ushered out of
t h e nebular state but th e reason why i s
,
( 2)
Th e D e v i l
1 8
R e b e ll ion
clearly demonstrated and thei r rel ation

to m an past prese nt and future is
m ade pl ai n ; m an th e cent ral gure of
creation and God s greatest h and i work
W e show th at s i n was not an un f ore
seen acc i dental i nterference w i t h God s
pl ans but al t h o vol un t ari l y i ntroduced
by Satan th at i t is a sh arpened tool by
th e use of wh i ch his work is be i ng pro
m oted
an d th at both Satan and his
h ideous offspri ng sin i f ri ghtly utilized
are but steppi ng stones upon wh i ch
m ortals m ay cli mb to greate r h ei ghts
and degrees of power h onor glory and
use ful ness i n th e econom y of God s
government bey ond th e grave after
ti m e sh al l cease to be ; h ence th e reason
for th e d evil s rebellion so graph i call y
described h ere i n :
,
'
If y ou r e ad this b ook an d follo w us

W e w il l tak e y ou i n to t h e air ;
But b e li e v e us fri e n d w e promis e y ou
W e sur e l y w ill n ot l e a v e y ou th e r e
,
An d t h e R e aso n
I
NT RODU CT ORY
In w
hich is s ho w n
ch aract e r bui l di n g
~
th
W hy
RE MA RKS
ffe ct of oppositio n
on
dee m i t qu ite essenti al th at th e

pref ace of a book be read rst it i s th e
book s credentials
H avin g read th e
pr e face one can j udge wh e th er or not
they care to b e come acquai n ted ith the
author of th e book
In t h i s book th e i ntroductory r e marks
are its fou n d ation ston e s ; part rst its
sills ; part second , i ts wal ls ; an d part
thi rd is th e roof so th at with out any
on e of these t h e b uildi ng is i n complete
but tak e n as a whol e w e h ave a
sym m e trical
substanti al and usefu l
stru cture
Th e r e is a c e rtai n organization of pro
fessing Ch risti ans who though th e y
dogmatically ass e rt th at mat e rial thi n gs
are not
as dogm atically affi rm th at
though ts are thi ng s2

W ith th e
e
20
Th e D e v il s R e b e llion
al m i ghty omn i pot e nt R uler th e l atter
assertion i s true : Th e worlds were

framed by th e word of God so th at
thi ngs wh i ch are seen were not made of
th ings wh i c h do appear
and
God
said let there be li gh t and there was
li gh t
It is admitted by al l th at none
but God with whom is i ncluded Ch rist
and th e Holy Spirit can create ; but i f
t hough ts are thi ngs th e s cope of crea
tive power is enlarged so as to embrace
every i ntell i gent creature i n heaven and
on earth
Let u s an alyz e h um an th ought a nd
see wh at can be m ade of i t W e wil l
take the boy or girl who is reared i n
the co untry away from the world s
hu rry and worry and contact one w i th
anoth er away from t h e m ad scramble
for wealth and power Every day w i th
th e country boy or girl th ere is ti m e
for ights of fancy

Dow n i n th e
bi g woods pasture th e squirrels sw i ng
i n l azy indolence i n the topmost bough s
,
of
the
hy
21
trees or sitti ng on th e hal f de
tru n k of so me fallen monarch of
th e w oods
crack their nuts unmi nd
ful of the boy lying at full length at th e
foot of some stately walnu t tree ; wh ile
the ore ol e and l innet are alike i n di ff e r
ent to his presence Here we h ave con
di t i on s ideal for m editation and i n ci p
untram meled though t migh t be
ie nt
expected to prod uce momentous results ;
but does i t ? W hile i t is i n a measure
true t h at u ninterrupted med itation an d
concentration of thought are essenti al
to the solution of intricate probl e ms it
i s also a xed l aw of natu re th at the
oati ng chu nk u nobstru cted will not
make a rippl e on the su rf ace of the
most placi d w aters ; t herefore we a frm
that though t u nopposed lies dormant
There may b e the latent power and
sl u mbering genius of a Na poleon i n that
boy but withou t a counter resistin g
force a strike of int o n ste e l no
i llu m i nati ng spark will be emitted
cay e d
Th e D e v il s R e b e ll io n
22
Brilli ant ideas li ke bri gh t ch ildren are

not bor n of single parentage The car
m i n e and gold h ues th at pai nt t he
gauzy w i ngs of the buttery are ob
t ai n e d only by th e pressure of th e orice
of th e C h rysal is when th e i nsect
,
S p u r n s its sh e ll so d e ad an d dry
An d w i n gs its
ight to w ard t h e sky
,
As
a furth er proof of our posi tion

let us illustrate : Achi ld reared i n th e
home of Christi an parents ; to a certa i n
degree i mbibes his r e ligiou s ideas giv
i ng but little t hou gh t to the u nd e rlyi ng
princ i ples of wh at h e believes and i f h e
be conti nual ly sur rou nd e d b y i nu en ces
of th e same t rend of though t by p
eo
pl e of t h e same reli gious persuasion or
creed whether i t be Christian or M o
h am m e dan or any of t h e hu ndreds of
existi ng r e ligions h e will drift throu gh
life believi ng and doi ng as his fath ers
did before h i m ; si ngi ng th e same tu ne
whether it be a h armony or a rasping
d i s cord
B ut once let th is same boy be
,
An d t h e R e as on
W hy
23
.
associated with some one whos e ag

r
i
e
s
s
religious
i
deas
are
diametrical
e
v
g
l y oppos e d to his and th e crucial test
of adverse criticism will awaken his
latent en e rgy and start a h ealth ier trai n
of thought and research t hat will lead
to on e of th ree t h i n g sz He wi l l e ither
become more thoroughly grou nded i n
h is beli e f or reject it and espouse t hat
of his opponent or h e will repudiate all
r e li gious id e as and either drift i n to
utter i n diff e re nc e or become an t ag on i s
i c to organ i z e d r e li gious e ffort
E!
r
i
n
e
e
c
e
h
as
taught
that
th
e
latt
e
r
p
cou rs e is usually t h e result
It m ay be
right proper and safe for hi m to take
e ither th e rst or t h e s e cond course
If
his youth ful religious i n struction h as
b e e n accord i n g to the Scriptures

we
tak e the position that he should and i n
ni n e cas e s out of ten will become more
conrmed i n h is bel i ef no matter wh at
the opposin g forces m ay be ; while i f
h is early traini ng h as been erroneous
,
24
Th e D e v i l s R e b e llio n
and his opponent is a c onsecrated Chris

tian then i t is ri gh t th at he should
espouse th at opponent s id e as
forget
an d
ti ng th e th ings th at are beh i nd
press toward t he m ark for th e prize o f

th e h igh callin g of God i n Jesus
,
Christ
There is yet anoth er a very i mport
ant side to thi s question the one to
wh i ch th is book is ch i ey devot ed
Th e rel igious trai ning of th e boy or
gi rl may h ave been correct as far as i t
goes but p arents and eve n teachers
are often unable to answer m any of th e
perplexi ng qu e stions th e devil s agents
t ake deli gh t i n propou nd ing ; questio n s
n ot essenti al t o th e savin g of ah u man
soul but nevertheless of s ufci e nt i n
t e re st to arouse an earnest desi re o n th e
part of th e thou ghtfu l stu dent to want
to k no w the i r solution
In the foregoing we h av e give n a
gli mpse of a part of o ur own youth and
W h i le we were rea
y oung m anhood
.
W hy
son abl
25
satised
with
li
fe
we
were
o
f
y
an enqui rin g turn of mind u nwilli ng
to accept as truth dogm ati c statements
th at were u nsupported by positive
proofs or that appeared to be contrary
to reason ; therefore t he questions pro
pou nded i n ou r prefac e poem m ade a
deep impression on ou r mi nd becau se
of our i nabi lity to comprehend th eir re
latio n to ou r preparatio n for t subj ect s
of God s ki ngdom
For a ti me they
obsc
ure d b ur vision of th e glorious op
n
i
o
r
to
gai
n
wealth
and
glory
t
u
t
y
p
and h onor and p ower th at is placed

with i n our reach i f instead of allowin g
th e obstacles put i n ou r way by Sata n
to obstruct our progress we u tilize them
as stepping ston e s upon wh ich to cli mb
to the e xalted position made possible by
th is sam e d e vil s work After lon g
y e ars of though tful study and res e arch
we are able to u nderstand much of t h e
scop e and gra nde ur of t h e Creator s
plans
,
26
Man is so closely rel ated to h is M aker

that i t is perfectly n atu r al for hi m to
w ant to sh ar e with h is fellow men an y
g ood th i ng that m ay come i nto his pos
session ; t he refore whe n we h ad solved
these problems
could pl ai nly see th ei r
whys and wherefores ,we determi ned to
wri te th em i n a bo ok and th us pl ace i n
the h ands of t h e co mi ng generat i o n a
sh arpened sword of knowledge with
which to que nch th e ery darts of th e
adversary
and give them a compre
h e n si ve a better and a bi gge r i dea 0
God s eternal pu rpose
W e offer no apology for i ntroduci ng
th e devi l as a subj e ct to be d iscussed
W e deem i t mu ch wiser and far better
to be thorou gh ly conversant wit h Satan
for a ti me h ere and learn to u nderstand
h is di abol i cal and pe rsiste nt efforts to do
us an i n j ury t h an to be led blindly by
h is treach erous cu nnin g i nto a close
h i m th at will last
n sh i p wi th
re l at i d
throu gh al l eterni ty
-
hy
27
The general who can anticipate h is

opponent s moveme n ts h as the battl e
i rm th at i f on t h e
h al f won ; so w e a
morni n g of th e battl e of W aterloo
Napol e on had u nderstood W ellington s
designs as well as we u nderstand th e
wiles of the devil th e isle of Sai n t
Helena wou l d not h ave been th e priso n
unti l t he death of France s greatest
military g e m us
Th e man who undertakes to whip th e
devi l wil l nd hi m i ncased i n a coat
of mail fully pre pared to engag e i n
o ffensive and defensive warfare ; but h e
who would serve his Satani c M aj esty
will nd h i m a n u n reasoni ng autocrat
wit h an empty purse
If y ou would l e ar n why and how Satan

desc e nd e d i n t he scale from t he anoi nted
l
to the position of false
C h e rub
t e acher e nemy and pers e cutor of our
race ; an enemy whose ensi g n is black
Eze k
Th e D e v il s R e b ell io n
28
and whose battl e cry is

No quarter
asked or given ; an enemy wit h who m

war i s equ ivalent to extermi nation a
war wh ere victory for us m e ans li fe
de f e at m e an s d eath
r ead
stu dy and
u nderstand this book
W e wi ll also tell y ou whe n how of
wh at , and why this world was m ade
why you and the bill i on of oth er mortals
h ave and wil l y e t i n h abi t i t
If I sh ou ld com e to you with a legal
document i n my h and cal l you by name
and tel l you a weal thy rel ative of yours
h ad died an d h ad m entioned you as
h ei r to a m ill io n dollars ful l proof of
wh ich was contai ned i n t h e docu men t
wh i ch I assure you is h is last will and
testament
you would be al l attention
at once
An d wh en you saw you r
n am e writte n there as a beneci ary

al l oth er m atters wh ether of busi ness
or pleasu re woul d be forgotten u ntil
you h ad mastered every detail no matter
how i ntricate of the cond i t i ons w i th
-
'
A d t h R a so
n
29
W hy
wh i ch you h ad to comply to come into

possession of t h e million dollars I say
you would do thi s r e gardl e ss of you r
physical or mental condition ( if you
retained your reasonin g faculti es ) re
r
l
a
d
e
of
your
environm
e
nt
or
rel
a
s
s
g
tion to any and al l other hu man beings
or to t l i e devil ; because it w ould be a
m atter of business
a n opportu nity to
e njoy li fe
u ntram meled by poverty s
galli ng bonds
On th e oth er h and th ough I am abl e
to fur n ish proof positive th at you m ay
not only inherit untold wealth but m ay
be crown e d a king wi th greater glory
and h onor and power

th an h as t h e
soverei gn of England i f my proposition
i s one of r e ligion i f t he devil is your
mast e r you will lose all i nterest i n t h e

matt e r and will not read th e document
R i gh t n ow gentl e reader i f you are
losi n g interest in and are tempt e d to
cast this book aside it is b e cause you
are j ust so much a slav e of his Sata n ic
.
30
K now ye not th at to whom

M aj esty
ye yield yourselves to obey h is serva n ts
ye are ? Are you a f re e m an or

woman and wil l you conquer th e devi l ?
Then read of th e reason wh y you exist
and of th e rebel lion ; becau se of wh i ch
Satan fell and became ou r tempter and
th e absolute m aster of so m any of ou r
race wh o are m ade i n th e i mage and
li keness of God
and may becom e
h eirs and j oi nt h eirs with Jesus Christ
into whose h a n ds are g i ven al l th ings

i n heaven and i n
If you are
i nterested i t is because the
ash li gh t
of God s D ivi ne Spi rit h as c rossed th e
path way of you r i ntellect To d ay you
are m aster of you r ow n d e sti ny
.
Agai n I say are you a sl ave or are

,
you free ? If th e Son t herefore sh al l
m ake you free , ye sh al l be free i ndeed T
An d ye sh al l k now th e truth and t h e
truth sh all m ake you free i

.
Matt
h
n
o
J
IJ oh n
An d t h Re aso n
W hy
31
.
RS T
T FI
P AR
.
THE P ROBLEM S OF LIF E
CHAPTE R I
hich are disc u ss e d q

u e s tio n s p e rtai n i n g to
De ity t h e d e vi l h e a v e n h e ll t h e Tri n ity
Di vi n e Lo ve ? (a po e m )
In w
th
an d,
Probably there is n o m an wom a n or

child who h as arrived at an age of ac
cou n tability and who has sou n d reason
i n g faculties that h as not po n dered over
an d bee n puzzled by the problems of
hu man existence M a n y t heological
questions are discussed questio n s as t o
W hether or not th ere is a perso n al al l
powerful being i n bodily form we cal l
God an d a literal personal D evil ; or
merely a mysterious mythical n one n tity
n
called
by
some
First
a
d
(
but an i n describable Evi l I n ue n ce

No particular objectio n is raised to an
idealisti c sp iri tu al or a literal heaven
,
Reb e ll io n
Th e De vil s
32
th at i s or is to be tho opi nions differ

as to w h e re i t is to be ( wh ether th is
earth or some oth er sphere is to be
G od s central seat of govern me n t )
B ut strenuous obj ectio n s are raised and
determi ned opposi tio n i s offered to a
re and bri msto n e hell
literal
as a
fu
ture h abitation for t he devil h i s
an g e ls and u nrede emed m ort al s T
In our you th one of th e most perpl ex
i n g questions we were confronted wi th
was to h armonize the very real troubles
of pai n and s i ckness si n a nd death
wit h j ustice to m an wh o tho u ndis
u
d
t
e
master
and
governor
of
all
earth
ly
p
th i n gs is as helpless as a molecul e i n
th e h ands of the Creator of th e u ni
verse ;t
Th e stu dent may wade th rou gh
vol u mes of books c
ontaini n g th e m o st
lear n ed th ou ght of th e age ndi n g a
ge m of thou ght h ere a brigh t idea
,
Re v
Lu k e
24
.
Isa
I
A d t h R aso n
n
W hy
33
.
there ; but u nless h e h as some deni te

motive some thought h e is determined to
demo n strate magnify and e n large upo n
littl e or n othi n g wil l b e accompl ished ;
for o n ly by faith ful and determi ned
pursuit of k n owledge along specic lines
m ay one rise to a posit i on of competent
i nstructor With this i dea paramou nt
t he author has search ed for th e reasons
for man s e xistence th e cause o f his
troubles and their rel ation to his future
operatio ns i n th e eco n omy of u n iversal
gover n ment beyond th e grave
Li fe s experiences h ave tau gh t u s
th at we appreciate the good more by
h avi n g rst experienced or by h avi ng
been brough t i n co n tact with evil
Pleasures are doubled by being pre
ceded by trouble an d pai n ; m i nd an d
muscles are stre n gthened by exercise
Washi n gton passed through Vall ey Forge
to the highest pi n n acle o f fame Joseph
was not a miscrea n t that h e should h ave
been punished by be i n g sold i n to sl avery
-
'
( 3)
34
Th e D e vil s
Re b e lli on
wh ere h is virtue w as rewarded by th ree

years of i mprison m e n t ; but who will
deny th at h e was a stro n ger wiser an d
more contented ruler because of his
adverse experiences
H is life was a type of th e Ch rist ;
Joseph sold i nto slave r y ( Christ i n t h e
esh ); Joseph was c ondem ned i m
prisoned a nd forgotte n ( Ch rist was con
de m n e d by false accusations and was
cruci ed ); Jos eph was t hree years i n
prison ( Christ was t h r ee d ays i n th e
to mb ); Joseph was released and made
governo r of al l Egypt ( Christ broke the
bars of death arose glori ed and is
crow n ed pri nce of heaven

Captai n of
ou r sal vatio n
and u nder G od r ule r o f
th e u nive rse ) So G od s chosen peopl e
th e Jews were subj ected to bondage i n
Eg y pt n ot because of si ns th ey h ad
co m m i tted but th at they might m ore
And
fully enj o y t he l and of Cana an
.
'
"
t h is is a t y pe :
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
35
First of ou r earth ly pilgri m age and

h eave n ly home
Seco n d the two hundred an d fty
Jewish pri nces that rebel led and were
swallo w ed u p by th e earth i n the wi lder
ness are a type of a certai n cl ass of
a n gels who rebelled and are now i n hell
Thi rd the earth th at swallowed th em
up represents h e l l ; Tan d I
Fourth al l th e old J ew i sh stock
which typies our bodies died i n th e
wilder n ess except Caleb and Joshua
wh o typi fy E n och and Elij ah who did
not die but were translated

So we
n d reasons for mortal life and e xp
e ri
ence
Then too we learn fro m th e Hol y
Writ with out rst h avi n g practical ex
r
i
e
e
n
n
c
e
i
n
combati
n
g
evil
d
over
a
p
comi ng temptatio n the respo n sibili ty
placed upo n certai n angels of whom no
,
N u m b e rs
1 Re v
3 an d 32
.
TNot e
se e
p ag e
1 74
.
Th e D e vi l
36
Reb e llio n
doubt th e dev i l was leader w as so great
th at th ey fell ( voluntari ly of course )
from thei r rst estate

an d some of
the m are b ou n d over to

And i n th e rebel lion and fal l of Satan
and t hese angels th ere was an in fal lible
demonstration of th e fact th at implici t
obedience under great temptation i s
i mpossible without love ; for love as we
now h ave it did not exist except i n t he
God head before Christ becam e

esh
an d dwelt among us
Th i s last 1 5 t h e
best of al l reasons ; for w h ile love does
not ex i st between m an and an in ani m ate
m ach i ne tho h e be i nventor and make r
wh
i
ch
illust
r
ates
th
e
rel
ation
between
(
G od an d th e angels w hom h e created
fullgrown serva nts to do h is
love
d oes exist between parent and ch ild
betwee n brothers or friends men or
w omen wh ose lives a r e so e n t e rt w i n e d
by th e equal sh a ri n g of j o y s and sor rows
,
J u de
An d t h e Re a so n
W hy
37
that this new law of love between
ne w
mortals th is
comm andmen t
give n us by the Christ an d through h i m
established between us and ou r heave nl y
i ci e n t reaso n for
F at h e r T is an all su
our existe nce th rou gh a probatio n ary
period on this te rrestrial sphere
In
the ch ro n ological histor y of ou r race
th is truth h as bee n fully demonstrated
for duri n g th e patriarchal age an d
al l th rough th e Jewish dispe n satio n
all the eleme n ts of control were e m
bodied i n a
thou sh alt an d thou
shalt not
What a wo n derful privilege
is therefore give n us of th is dispe n satio n
the Christi a n era to p rot by thei r ex
n quer
i
nc
to
co
the
powers
of
r
e
e
e
p
dark n ess and appropriate to our use

h e re on earth an d throughout al l eter n ity
th e law of divi n e love
God i s the great lovi n g perso n al
Father
,
"
Joh n
'
Ga l
Th e D e vi l
38
Reb e llio n
Christ i s ou r mediator our elder
brother
Th e Hol y Spirit i s th e u n iversal
omniprese nt i n visibl e source of Vibrat
i n g love
wh i ch
like th e wi reless
m essage co n n ects w 1 t h G od all w hose
hearts are i n tune wi th th e i n n ite

God is everywh ere because h is spirit
of love so penetrates and permeates
every i n nitesi mal part of space an d
ato m of m atter th at like a pebbl e cast
i nto pl acid waters even a si nfu l t hou gh t
so j ars an d disturbs th e eve n tenor of th e
Hol y Spi rit s peace and love th at God s
tremulous receiver i n stantly records
th e i n te n ts of th e
li ke th e
roentge n rays God s A ll seein g eye

The Holy Spi rit pe n etrates t h e d arkes t
recess of our very soul s; Tso al so as t he
phonograp h records th e least sou nd
vibratio n is each deed a nd though t of
,
He b
R
om
r
13
G od sh all j u dg e
th
s cr e ts of
e
A d t h R aso n
n
W hy
39
lovi n g ki ndness recorded i n God s book
of remembra n ce
and these thoughts
words and actio n s will be reproduced
an d by their evidence will we be j udged
on that great and memorable day when
we shal l stand before th e great white
t h r one
On which side of th e ledger will be
the preponderance of evidence for you
gentl e r eader ?
DIVIN E
L OVE
Is yo u r h e art att u n e d to m u sic ?
H ow e xa l t e d is yo u r goa l ?
C an yo u h e ar t h e th r illi n g a n th e ms
E ma n ati n g from t h e so ul ?
Th e y w h o fail to r e ad t h e m u sic
In lo ve s vi b ra n t m e l l ow strai n
C a n n ot k n ow tru e joy an d glad n e ss ;
F e e l m or e k e e n ly a l l t h e pai n
.
Love go e s dow n i n to t h e du n g e o n
Cl a s pi n g th e r e i n fo n d e m b rac e
Th e wa n d e ri n g b oy w h o dr u n k e n fal l e n
Is co n n e d i n d ir e d i s gr a c e
Lo ve wil l cross t h e b roth e l s porta l
S e e k t h e daught e r l o s t i n si n ;
W atch t h e w a yward f e e t th e r e a ft e r
Th at th e y may n ot stray agai n
,
40
Th e
D e vi l
Re b e llio n
Lo ve it is th at c r ow n s t h e mortal
W ith a pow e r almost di vi n e ;
G i ve s a glimps e of h e a ve n s po r ta l
An d e xpa n ds t h e h uma n mi n d
Lo n g an d st e e p may be lif e s j o u r n e y
Lo u dl y may t h e b illows roa r ;
Lo ve wil l smooth t h e pilgrim s path way
An d will b ri dg e t h e wat e rs o e r
C HORU S :
It was lo ve th at s e n t t h e S a vio u r
F rom o u r G od s e t e r n al th r o n e ;
Love will b e ar u s on to h e a ve n
W h e n th is t f ul lif e is do n e
THEIR S OLU TION
CH A PTE R II
which is discuss e d ma n s origi n h i s tr a i n

h is co n sci e n c e an d his ultimat e d e s ti n atio n
In
i ng ,
A s we , the
domi nating or ruli n g

a n i mal of th e earth look about us th e
solutions of many of th e problems of ou r
existe n ce naturally suggest themselves
to our reasoni n g m inds without appare n t
effort and stand as u ndeniab l e facts
Other problems of equ al i mportance
are more di fcult of solut i on and require
scientic i n vestigatio n th rough years of
study assisted by t he use of compli cated
mechanical devices and even then appa r
e n tly ad mit of more th an on e co n clusion ;
wh ile there are still other problems wh ich
must n ecessarily depe n d i n part at l e ast
upo n revelatio n em a n ati n g from a power
or a mi n d or a being far beyond th e com
prehe n sio n of nite mortal These i n
,
42
Th e D e vil s
Rebellio n
order m ay be designated as follows :

First th at man th o ush ered i nto this
world by t h e identi cal physi cal process
with wh ich other a n im als m ake thei r
i s de f aao e n dowed with a
superior degree of i ntel li gence i s capa
bl e of acquiring an education not pos
sible with an y othe r earthly creatu re
And tho he be compel led to gai n h is
knowledg e h andicapped i n a way to
equal th e r enowned myth i cal Romul us
an
d Remus m an soon establish es his
r/
mg
1 t to
rule by his reasoning powers
t th at he i s
an d thus establish es th e f ac
of a hi gher order of bei n gs th a n all other
earth ly l if e T H ere reason af rms
withou t fear of successful contradiction
th at m an i s i n som e w ay related to th at
power or m i nd or bei ng who m ust be
eter n al ; an d th i s i n turn suggests yes
de m an ds i n j ustice to t h e gover n i n g
,
Jo b
though m an
would be wis e
be b or n l i k e a w i l d ass s colt
n
e
n
h
G
od
b
r
e
ath
d
i
to
his
ostri
ls
e
t
e
n
G
1
b r e ath of lif e an d h e b e cam e a l i vi n g sou l
F or vai n
m an
An d t h e R aso n
e
W hy
43
.
i n sti n ct impl anted i n the hu man heart

or bei ng of
by th at power or m i n d
wh om h e must be the o ffspri n g th at
ma n s existe n ce sh al l n ot e n d at t h e
grave but th at he sh all be re embodied
an d e n th roned a celestial bei n g over
whom death wi ll have n odomi n io n
Sec ond M e n by the use of the tele
scope exami n e the heave n l y bodies
cal culati n g with accu racy th eir orbits
the distances betwee n them an d from
our earth an d ascertai n that their gravity
and revolutions are so equally bal a n ced
i n their creatio n an d co n struction that
th rough e n dless ages each one keeps its
appoi n ted course
Here agai n reaso n
t e st i e s that an all powerful mi n d or
bei n g personally an d through age n cies
creates regulates and domi n ates th e
e n tire u n iverse
Thi rd From time i mmemorial a prob
lem at o n ce so mysterious an d so st u
pendons i n its e n ti rety presents itself
,
Luk e
N e ith e r
can
th ey
di e an y
mor e
44
Re bellio n
Th e D e vil s
th at m an with al l his boasted wi sdom and

superior i ntel li ge n ce w i thou t th e aid of
d i vi ne revelatio n fails utterly to give an
acceptable answer to these most n atural
i
u
e
o
w
k
s
t
s
z
were
al
l
these
worlds
n
q
y
an d systems of worlds made ? and wh e r e
do an d wh e n wi ll they ever touch th e
life and perso n ali ty of hu m a
n bei n gs ?
We th ink th ey are so i n te n ded ; an d can
h e wh o but partially understa n ds th e
predomi n a n t ch aracteristi c and n atura l
desi re of m an for gover n i n g power
doubt th at the spi r i tual part of h i m shal l
be el evate d to a degree of mi gh t th a t
wil l enable h i m t o domi n ate these
h e re s Tan d th ei r i n h abi t an t s?;t
sp
Straws sh ow wh i ch way th e wi n d
blows ; so i t is a si g n icant fact that i n

t his l ife our pri n cipal games for ple asu re
are played wi th balls or sph eres ; Th us
u n witti n gly we moul d our characters
an d form our h abits preparatory to an d
,
Ge n
1
i
C or
TRe v
Re v
also He b
nd
the
Re aso n
W hy
45
typi fy that hi gher l ife of useful ness be

yond th e grave In co n n ectio n with
t his th ou ght we call to mi n d th at from
not one of th ese
m arbles to fo ot bal l
games is regarded or commonly i n
dul g e d i n as gambl i n g games wh ile th e
usual gami n g cards on wh ich are printed
i mages
are by most Christians re
garded as
old Ni c
k s
particul ar
.
We hold and we do n ot believe that

any reasoni n g person will doubt th at
our positio n IS the o n ly j ust conclusion
n amely th at as in the affairs of men so
also i n this moment ous questio n of celes
tial soverei g n ty with out traini n g and
experience the Supreme Creator will n ot
surrender to m an or endow h i m with such
power as would be required to govern
an i nsi g n icant prov i n cial part of on e
of th e least of h is pla n ets he must be
subjected to an educati n g re n i n g an d
s
trengtheni n g process th at will forever
,
Ex
43
Th e D e vil
Rebellio n
place hi m abo ve and beyond th e possi

bi l i t y of rebellio n
.
Speakin g to consecrated Ch risti a n s

Paul says
K now
ye not that we sh al l
j udge angels ? Why ? Because Chri s
ti ans are to be
heirs an d joi nt h e i rs
w ith Jesus Christ

who said
Al l
power is given unto me i n heaven and
i n ea r th
A n h e i r i s an owner a nd
an ow n er
a rule r Therefore j ust as
a m an th at would raise up his son to
th e st r ength of mind and ch aracte r
necessary for hono r able m anh ood a n d
woul d make h is m ate r ial body su pple
and st r o n g prescr ibes for h is educatio n
a th orou gh cou r se i n those branch es of
learning th at are m astered only by con
stant and diligent application of h is
and fo r the d evelop
m ental facult i es
m e n t of h i s body i nsists upo n th e most
strenuous and prolonged phys i cal cul
tu re so we m ay not only co n clude bu t
i rm
can a
as an abstract p ropositi on ,
th at the g r eat c r eat i ng p ow e r , th e
-
An d t h e Re aso n W
hy
47
om n ipo t e n t God is eve n now educati n g
stre n gthe n i n g an d prepar i n g man for

a positio n commensurate with Christ s
declaration
For wh at i s a man
proted if he sh all gai n the whole
world and lose h is own soul ? By

this declaration we are given to u n der
stand th at accordi ng to G od s pl an the
Christi an s i nheritance will be wo rth
emi n ently more and be greater than if
h e owned th e entire earth with all it
contai n s
Here we m ake an assertion for p roof
of wh ich we cite holy writ history an d
appeal to reaso n
e
that the devil
his angels and thei r agents constitute
th e resisting force or obstacle to be con
uered and overcome i n th e reni n g
educati ng an d stre n gth eni n g process of
m an T It necessarily follows therefore
th at there being a power for evil both
n atural
an d super n atural
to thwart
m an s endeavo r to attai n to th e position
,
C or
also Jam e s
TJ am e s
48
Th e D e vil
Re b e llio n
of a celesti al ruler n ot al l sh al l succeed ;

bu t th ere will be failures both partial
and absolute
Paul says :
For on e
star di ffereth from anoth er star i n
glory So also is t he resurrection of th e
,
S i nce we a re t r eati n g a subj ect th at

h as to do with th e spiritual as wel l as
wit h t he m aterial part of our existence
i n whi ch subj ect so muc h depe n ds up on
t h e w i ll and power of G od m ay we not
i nstead of a specic and l iteral compl i
ance w i th th e terms of the pl an o f
salvatio n as promulgated by th e Christ
as
an
elder
broth
er
would
desi
gn
ate
(
terms of i nh er i tance i n h is will or testa
m e n t ) Tl ay aside orga n ized e ffort and
follow th e dictates o f our conscience ?
We u nh es i tati ngl y answer no for th e
followi n g reason : We m ust establish
a bet t er stand a r d of j udg m en t t h an th at
deducted by each i nd i v i du al f rom h i s or
h er own personal e xpe ri ence , fo r h ow
,
1 C or
.
j He b
17
A d t h R aso
n
W hy
49
.
ever co n siste n t my j udgment m ay be

as measured by my life s experie n ces
guided o n ly by my co n scie n ce there
can be n o ce rtai n ty of i nfallible right or
t ruth ; for i n every insta n ce conscie n ce
is u nde n iably a m atter of educatio n
A fou n tai n ca n n ot rise above its source ;
th erefore a conscie nce u ntouch ed by
divi n e revelatio n m ay lack al l th e
eleme n ts of j usti ce an d m ay prom pt
actio n s e n tirely f ore l g n to th e golde n
rule For i n stance th e Hi n du woman
is conscientiously performi n g her re
l i g i ous duty whe n she bows dow n to
Buddh a or th rows her babe to th e
crocodile i n the Ga n ges The A m erican
I n dian had n o qualms of co n scie n ce
whe n he tortured and scalped his
vi cti ms ; I myself have see n h i m i n all
th e glory of h is war pai n t exh ibit with
pride th e scal ps of fair haired ch ildre n
A n other view of the horrible couse
nc
n scie n ce
e
e
of
m
isguided
co
m
ay
s
u
q
be h ad if w e call to mi n d t h at eve n i n
,
( 4)
50
Reb e llio n
Th e D e vi l s
th e seventeenth centu ry Ne w Engl a n d s

i n n ocent girls were bu r ned for witches
by zealous bi gots who thou ght they
were do i n g G od s se rvi ce If we lo o
k
fo r t he cause of e rror i n th ese m isguided
mortals we h ave bu t to read th e tra
di t i on al
and supersti tious doctri ne
wh i ch the p ri nce of the power of th e
air
th
e
devil
th
rough
h
is
age
nts
(
)
i
gnorant
and
evi
l
men
and
(
h ave so persiste n tl y tau gh t fro m ti m e
i m mem or i al
Then j ust as th e a i r not only cleaves
about our bodies closer th an th e tigh t
est tti ng garment bu t m any ti mes
each m oment i nates th e i nnermost
part of our bei ng so also th e evi l i n
tents and purposes of our h earts are
p r ompte d by th at designing and m al i
cions monster th e de vi l T And , s i nce
E ph
tim e pa s t y e wa l k e d
ac c ordi n g to
t h e pri n c e of t h e pow e r
of t h e air t h e spirit th a t n ow wo r k e th i n t h e
childr e n of diso b e di e n c e
uk e
f L
h e re in
in
A d t h R as o
n
W hy
51
.
weakness follows acquiescence an d

stre n gth is gai n ed by resista n ce morta l
bei n gs are either reduced to loathsom e
thi n gs t only for association with th e
d evil and h is i mps i n hell or gai n
th rou gh resistance strength and k nowl
edge th at t them to be celesti al rulers
wh ich God th rough Christ h as m ade i t
possible for th em to become In Joh n
e
s
o
u
u
t
e
s
th
e
Father
as
say
s
J
q
i ng to m en
Ye are gods
H aving established t he fact th at
without doubt conscie n ce is a creature
of circu msta n ces a m atter of ed ucation
gai n ed altogether throu gh contact wi th
and cast i rrevocably i n th e mold s of
environment we are ready to state the
central virtue of the moral u n iverse :
Obedience to God s word
,
'
Th e D e vil
52
Re b e llion
CHAPTE R III
which 1 8 an i n t e r e sti n g th r illi n g sto ry of

life ill u st r ati n g n at u r e s imp e rati ve dema n d for
implicit o b e di e n c e
In
Let u s i llustrate natu re s i mpe r ative

demand for i mplic i t obed i ence
A moth er t akes h e r l ittle chi l d fo r a
wal k i n th e garden upon a su m mer day
ow e r bordered pathway th ey
D own th e
wander and l iste n to th e gl adsom e notes
of th e bi rds
For a ti m e th ey l inger
nea r a b rook whose crystal waters
s parkl e and leap wi th abou ndi n g j oy
h aste ni ng down th e rap i ds th en with a
bou nd leap t h e falls and pl u
nge i nto a
pool wh ere m embers of th e n n y tribe
d isport th emselves i n shelte r ed nooks
o r l eap to i ntercept th e careless buttery
th at hovers too near th e surface
In
c h ildish glee th e little one claps its
h ands but
don t go too near ! is th e
the
nd
R aso n
e
W hy
53
.
mother s qui ck comma n d as 1 t starts

for w ard to get a n earer vi e w The
ch ild d raws back an d t h i s we cal l
obed ie n ce
Th ey now pass on i nto the depths of
the woods ; taller grow th e owers h ere

an d
d e n ser
Sweet Wi lli ams au n t
th eir ti nts of b l ue beside th e yellow

Jessam i n e
The path is narrow
n ow ,
grasses l ap across
A cardinal
i t s across their path and
grossbeak
from an overh angi n g li mb pours fort h
his thrilli n g n otes of melody The
mother pauses for a momen t e n ch anted
by the sweet so n g of th e bird wh ile
baby gai n s some steps i n adva n ce be

fore she moves ou agai n The n ever
watchful for h er d arling s safety with
eager look she sca n s th e path ahead and
j ust beyond beneath a lilac bush
already c
oiled to strike lies Eve s
rst tempter
S T OP!
It is th e
mother s warni n g voice ath rill with
sudden terror But through a spiri t of
an d
54
Th e D e vil s
Rebellio n
mischief pro mpted by an i n h erent de

sire to disobey an d with a gu rgl i n g
laugh upon his lips th ree short steps
are taken forward ; t hen with a cry of
anguish th e ch ild recoils for th e ser
pent s deadly fangs are buri ed i n i ts
An d t l zis is di sobedience
tender esh
G od s laws are as i m mutably xed as
are th e laws of nature
It m ust be so
for G od is th e author of nature
So far
as mortal i s concerned nature s laws
h ave to do with but a brief space of
ti me wh i le th e e ffect of disobeyi n g
G od s moral l aw swil l reach th rou gh al l
ete r n i ty
Then how i mporta nt i t i s
th at we should co n form even i n the
m i nutest detail to th e freely give n
blood bought sch eme of rede mptio n
th at we m ay l ive forever
,
But w k y l ay so much stress upon

obed i ence ? Because di sobe di e n ce con
unpa rdonable si n fo r two

st i t ut e s t h e
r easons :
Fi r st to r
efuse t o bel i eve i n and obey
,
An d t h e R aso n W
e
hy
55
Christ is to rej ect th e o n ly friend

we have before the courts of high heave n
And
Second
The D evil s Rebellion
emphasizes th e j ustice of G od s demand
for strict and u n equivocal obedience
robat i on ary state ;
while we are i n t h i s p
obedience is th e speci c t e st by wh ich
we prove wh ether or not we may be
t rusted to e n te r the preci ncts of G od s
holy domai n ei ther as a ruler or as a
l esser subject
T
In order th at th is incontrove rtible and
u n assailable positi on dogmati c tho i t
m ay seem m ay be fully u nderstood and
God s just i abl e n e ss thorough ly estab
l i sh e d I will n ow prese n t the matter
from G od s po i nt of vie w
Joh n
1 5
1 Ge n
'
1 7
Th e D e vi l s
56
Re b e llio n
ART S ECOND
.
THE DE VIL S W ORK
CH A PTE R IV
wh ich w e are tol d of S ata n s d ia b olical

sch e m e s an d w e are gi ve n a glimps e of his f u t u r e
a b od e
In
If I should hold u p for you r i n sp

ec
tio n th e h al f of a n apple thou gh you
h ad not seen th e other h al f would you
n ot be j usti ed i n goi n g i n to an y cou r t
i n t he l a n d an d t aki ng a n oath that
wh at I h ad show n you was but h al f of
wh at had or i g i n al ly grown upo n th e
tree ? It is by j ust su ch forcible cer
tai n and u nerri n g l ogic I n ow i ntend to
take you mentall y i nto th e real ms of
God s d omains and prove to you r rea
so n able t hough nite m i n d wh at G od
h as done and wil l do fo r the hu man
,
r ace
Paul sa y s
E y e hat h not see n nor
ea r hea r d ne i the r h ath it e ntered i n t o
,
A d t h e R aso n W
e
hy
57
.
the heart of m an the thi n gs which

G od h ath prepared for th em t hat love
h im B ut G od hath revealed the m u nto
us by h is sp irit : For the spirit search
eth all t hi n gs yea th e deep thi n gs of
It is therefore by the author
ity of th e apostle Pau l that we proceed
to search th e deep th ings of God ; an d
i n appl icatio n of th e illustration of the
apple we h ave but to lear n wh at pri n
l e s govern life and death now the n
ci p
will w e know wh at h as bee n from th e
begi n n i n g an d what shal l be to the end
of time
So also if we u n dersta n d
wh at the devil the author of disobe di
ence is doi n g n ow we m ay rightly
j udge by w hat act of si n Satan rst
displeased G od and from bei n g H i s
greatest a n gel Pri nce desce n ded i n t h e
scale to the i n stigator of al l i n iquity
It h as been truly sai d th at we are al l
creatures of habit that is what on e
does most by natural i n clination h e is
,
1 C on
Rebellio n
Th e D e vi l s
58
likely to continu e to do u nti l a xed

h abit is fo r med
Therefore by what
on e does frequentl y
we may r i gh tly
j udge what he h as form erly done ; so
si nce all of Satan s superhu man and a l l
but creative power i s bent to get pos
session of the earth and pervert th e
mi nds of men from serv i ng God and
t hus gai n th eir allegiance to hi msel f w e
can compreh e n d th e devil s bold at
te mpt to usurp a part of God s celesti al
dre w after
w orlds and also h o w h e
h i m th e t hird part of the stars ( angels )
In this connectio n we
of heave n
m ay also cal l t o m i n d Satan s assum p
t ive own e rsh ip of th e eart h an d i ts
ki ngdoms whe n h e off ered t o give th e m
al l to Christ i f he would but transfer h is
allegiance fro m the Father to h i msel f T
It is th erefore evident that reasonin g
from effect back to cause we j ustly ar
rive at a pretty de n ite conclusion th at
ou r allegorical account of the devil s re
.
Re v
e
L
u
k
T
hy
59
bellion is not altogethe r a myth but a

propositio n supported by man y proofs
Si n ce l ack of n u mbers was one cause
of the devil s rst defeat perhaps h e
honestly believes ( i f he can be sai d to
be honest i n anythi n g ) th at i f h e can
capture enough of the sons and daug h
ters of me n to outnu mber G od s heaven
l y host i n the nal wind up of th is
earth at th e end of ou r probationary
career h e will then be able to accom
n al purpose
e
his
origi
i
to
seize
l
i
h
s
p
a system of worlds and set up an oppo
s itiou ki n gdom somewhere i n th e vast
real ms of space A t t he rate deluded
mortals are now joi n i n g Satan s army
we may reasonably co n clude th at i f the
devil was allowed h is liberty al l of the
allotted ti me of m an s mortal existence
on earth wh ich we have e ve ry re ason
for believing is to be seve n thousand
years h e would really h ave the greater
n umber at the end of ti me
when the
battle of A rmageddon
will be
,
'
60
Re b e llio n
Th e D e vil s
fough t
The al l powerful G od how
ever h as a de n ite purpose a pl a n
wh ich must ultim ately work ou t the
exaltatio n of worthy members of our
r ace and al l wil l be for His eter n al
glo r y
I n spite of h i msel f as we propose to
show th e dev i l i s m ade to promote
G od s glorication
This th e Lord
th rough Christ accomplish es with and
by reaso n of the hu man family Whe n
we fully realize th at th e re i s a ti me se t
for th e accomplish me n t of God s pur
pose and th at the devi l knoweth th at
h e h ath but a short t i m e

Twe can bet
ter u ndersta n d Sata n s wrath feverish
anxiety and determi n ed bold n ess ; why
h e r esorts to extre me and di aboli c
al
met hods i n th ese latter d ays to decei ve
us tha
t h e may se t his seal u pon us
and cl ai m us for his ow n
The d ay will come w hen th ere sh al l
be tim e no longer i for ti me like the

*
Re v
1 Re v
'
R
1 ev
A d t h R a so
n
61
W hy
earth was created for ma n s use an d

*
conve n ie n ce
except th at after ti me
shal l cease to be the earth will be th e
devil s hell with all th em th at serve
h i m ; for th e devil is now strivi n g
mighti ly to conquer th e earth and lead
captive the i n h abita n ts th ereof An d
si n ce i t is a xed law both n atu r al and
d ivi n e th at we obtai n th at for wh ich
we work G od will give th e eart h to th e
devil and h is a n gels an d to si n ners wh o
love th e earth an d th e th i n gs of th e
earth more th an t hey love their God r
In other words t hose who serve t h e
devil will God ba n ish to sh are with
hi m h is i n h erita n ce ; bu t h e will rst
I
By geological i nvesti g atio n , we learn
SET
THE W ORLD ON F IRE
th at not more th a n thirty miles beneat h

t h e surface of the earth is a seethi n g
m ass of m olte n l ava

real literal re
We all know th at at
an d bri m sto n e
P sal m s
t h e chi l dr e n of
T2 Tim
.
en.
Th
e e
arth h a th
1 2 Pe te r
gi ve n t o
Th e D e vil s
52
Rebe llion
th e e rupt i on of a vol cano sulph e r gases

su ff ocate those far be yond th e reach of
t he actual re th at i ssues fo rth
D oes
not th e earth r evolve ? God h as but to
r emove it ou t of its pl ace

stop i ts
rotary motion and th e d ense r heav i er
su rface d rawn by th e fo r ce of gravi ty
w i l l si nk i n to th e i nner core
th at
bu rns w i th re and b ri mst one

and
t h e el ements sh all m elt with fervent

heat
,
Psa l ms
He utt ered h i s voic e t h e
e ar th m e lt e d
23
Th e e a rth i s
Isaiah
# 2 Pe te r
u tt erl y b ro k e n d own
i s cl e an d isso l ve d
i s mo ved e xce ed i n g l y
it sh al l fal l
an d n ot ris e a g ai n
hy
63
.
IL 5 TREAS ON
THE DE L
CHAPTE R V
which is told how
s e iz e s a syst e m of wor l d s
In
th
d e vil r e b e l s
an d
Let us go back beyond ti me

Place z In th e eternal h eave n s
an d th e
P e rson sz God , the
Word
Ho l y Spirit ( th ree or one as G od h ath
n eed
of
whom
t
h
e
a
n d the a n gels
)
devil was th e pri n cipal one of th ree
ch iefs generals , or captai n s ; M i ch ael
and Gabriel the oth e r two
Occupa
t ion :
Fi rst
by the Word
G od created
matter
In the begi n ni ng w as th e
Word and th e Word was wit h God
The sam e
an d th e Word was G od
was i n t h e begin n i n g with God
All
th i n gs were made by hi m ; an d withou t
Dan
20;
Dan
64
Th e D e vil s
Re b e ll io n
h i m was not anythi n g made th at was

Occupation :
Second out of t h e m atter wh ich God
created ( by th e Word ) th e angels con
st r u cted wo rlds hu rled an d guided them
on th ei r courses
Wh y not ? In th i s world m an t akes
m atter an d sh apes material thi n gs of
power m a n u factures ponderous engi n es
even generates electricity
an inde
scribabl e G od like force by wh i ch wire
less telegraph y becomes possible ; Elec
h al f brother to th e Hol y
t ri ci t y
Spirit
,
In som e remote part of G od s u n iverse

t h ere was stil l room for ach ievement
Let u s m ake a n other

an d God said
syste m of
Th e devil was delegated to fo r m th e
s y ste m With a th i rd part of th e a ngels
of h eaven th i s great captai n repai red to
th e re mote station perh aps a bill i o n
miles from G od s central seat of govern
Joh n
An d t h Re aso n W
e
hy
55
.
wh e re trillio n s of tons of ery

matter were separated i nto m any m on
strous fragments Th en by their Go
d
given mi ght th e devil and h is angels
made each one revolve ; thus spheres
were quickly formed and hurled i n
ci rcles th rou gh th e ethe r eal blue aroun d
a remna n t ery ball a sun u nti l a
crust h ad formed an d cooled upon thei r
outer surfaces
A nd now th e real work began God s
foreknowled ge h ad left not h i n g want
i ng Oxyge n hydroge n carbon an d
al l thi n gs el se of which th ere was an y
need these wo r kmen fou nd all r eady to
their h and
By faith they made the mountai ns
rise Tand level valleys too they made
and hills and pleasant vales an d mon
ster trees were made sym metrical An d
owers bloomed and h erbs of various
.
Psa
thro n e
1 M
in t h
ar k
( 5)
Th e
h e a ve n s
Lord h ath pr e par e d h is
Th e D e vil s
66
Re b e llio n
k i n d grew everywh ere A nd over al l

the lower l ands deep seas were formed
An d that th e mountai ns m i gh t be
rm great crags of rocks were pl aced
therei n ; and th ey were full of
And far above u pon t he h i gh est peaks
eternal s nows glistened i n th e su n s
brigh t r ays ; and i n thei r gran deu r
seemed beacon li ghts for th e angels
wil ling worke r s o n th ese n e w m ade
worlds
And down th e mou ntai n s r ock r i bbed
sides , and th rough th e valleys g orgeous
with a million b ri ll i ant owers , clear
b r ooklets ran ; and cau gh t by i ntercept
i n g ri dges wh i ch reached f r om h ill t o
h ill deep c ry stal l akes were fo r med ;
reectin g back i n minu te detai l i n
co mp ou nd beauty each m ou ntai n tree
and ower
While w i nte r s hoary m antle w r apped
i n th e
e ak s
th e top most m ounta i n p
val leys pe r petual su mme r r e i gned su
.
'
'
'
E ze k
nd
the
Re ason
W hy
67
prem e And the r oyal pal m was there

and ferns an d oleande rs and owers of
a thousand ki nds bedecked th e land
scape far an d
all abou t with
harps of gold and brillia n t lyres bri gh t
a n gel forms h overed i n g r oups and
*
loud t heir anthems ra n g i n h armony
with G od s great pl an t heir faces al l
aglow with reected glory T
And this was th e burden of th ei r
song :
G lory to our everlasting God ; by

h im are all th i n gs m ade for hi m ou r
l abors of love we do h alleluj ah to ou r
king !
,
But th e ir captai n stoo d apa r t ;
An d as t h e a n th e m sw e ll e d i n vol u m e
Lik e a mighty wa ve
J e alo u sy rag e d w ith i n h is h e a rt
Be caus e al l ho n or an d might an d prais e
To G od alo n e th e y ga ve
An d as t h e gr e e n e y e d mo n st e r gr e w
F i e rc e a n g e r rage d withi n
G ai n st G od to wh om a ll h o n o r due
Th u s did S ata n c on c e i ve si n
,
Job
TE !
Th e D e vil
68
Re b e llio n
Then do w n amidst the th ron g th eir

C hi eftai n
gl ided wit h graci ous tho
com mandin g mien
A wi n ni n g smile
played rou nd h is mou th as with ex
e
c
n
n
t
a
t
ai
r
h
e
waited
for
th
e
l
ast
refrai
p
to cease And t he n wi th his proud
h ead t hrow n back h e waved a beckon
i ng h and at which sign al l t he angel
hosts were gath ered t here before h i m ;
fo r wit h al l th e celesti al bei n gs
obed i ence
was their watch word ;
so with abated breat h th ey waited
expecti ng to hea r some n e w command
Al l ea rs were st r ai ned to catch t h eir
leader s vo i ce and t bi s is wh at the y
h eard :
Who m arsh aled you for th i s great
work and who did guide you h ere ?

,
Then from a mill i o n celesti al t h roats
came i n low sweet tones , Captain i t
was you
ous
W h o outl i ned the plans of wond r
m agn i tude , by wh i ch these w o r lds were
m ade ?
,
hy
69
Agai n t hey answered

It was you
our noble cap

t arn
Who cleft asu n d er th e e r y mass ;

h urled i nto space the ponderous globes ;
and i n each minute detail directed all
t he work by wh ich this glorious real m
was made n ow movi n g with su ch
precisio n by laws so r m ly xed
t hat en dless a
ges will not disturb i ts
equ i libriu m
Again with one accord t hey gave
answer so s w eet to t heir ch ieftai n s
willi n g ears :
No o ne but you our valiant chief

You conquered all the force moulded
al l these worlds an d stamped them
with your perso n ality
Just so they heard h i m say ; an d

by the eter n al God t w as I who cre at e d
al l th e matter out of which th ese
worlds were made ; an d u n to e ach of
you I ll give a world i f you will but
give m e al l the glory

T w as a master stroke ; the rst oath
,
'
70
Th e D e vil
Re b e llio n
u ttered and the rst g i ga n ti c cancerous
l ie th at eve r rang th e ch anges a m idst

the celestial worlds
And fro m i ts
very st r angeness and audac ious force
t he angel hosts recoiled and waited for
t hey k n e w not wh at ; for as y e t G od s
wrat h h ad nev e r been re v
ealed
And so they stood expectant till
Sata n s co un te nance c h a n ged to livid
h ue then by a th u n derous vo i ce th at
shook th e very rm am e n t s h e hurled
h i s mighty po w er agai nst t he largest
of the worlds tur n ed it fro m i ts course
and guidi ng i t th r ough t he outer l i nes
he plu nged i t bodily i n t o the ce ntral
sun
I ll m ake a monstrous h ell

s aid
he
and i n 1 t I ll i mpriso n t he so u
l
t hat dares to disobey m e

B ut
w ith
a winni ng s m ile an d outstretched arms
as i f to clasp i n fond e mbrace th e e n tire
angel th rong
each on e that rallies to
my standard s hal l be the r uler of a n
enti re wo r ld
,
hy
71
Who will presume to t ell of th e

doubtful struggle th at surged through
the mi n ds of all that asto n ished a n gel
band or which weigh ed the more fear
or promise ? This much we know :
i n tellige n ce as by wireless messag e
was ashed t o the th rone of G od

One
th ird of heave n s angels are i n rebel
l ion and Satan is th eir leade r

When th e worlds h ad been completed
acco r di n g to G od s ordai ned decree
Satan had set apart ch ief princes of the
heavenly host and h ad gi ven t he m
ch arge of the new m ade worlds except
i n g one whi ch h e reserved for h is own
domain
fo r each world a governor w as
appointed and u nder h i m lieutena n ts to
be subservient to his will who wer
e to
guard the encircli n g worlds for by
their me n tal powers divi n ely give n
they wou l d guide them on their cou rses
u n ti l not a doubt remai n ed of thei r
equipoise of gravity ; and even the n
still holdi ng them i n mi n d no sto n e
'
Th e D e vil s
72
Re b e llio n
thereon could be removed nor leaf of

t r ee o r o w er could rise or fal l wit hout
*
the notice of these a n ge ls
It was t h us th at plenary powers were
given to these migh ty ones ; an d bei ng
removed apart fro m Satan s i m med i ate
sway they could exercise a greater de
gree of freedo m whether or no t hey
would j oi n i n his rebellion
So i m
mediately th e devi l selected angels of
renown and givi ng the m ext r aordi nary
powers sen t i n h aste to treat w i th t hese
super i or gove r n i ng p r inces to h ave
t h em organize thei r forces so th at i f
occas i o n required w i th a wel l disc i
r
c
rps
fr
o
m
ank
o
rear
t
hey
i
n
l
o
e
d
,
p
coul d stri ke wit h force wel l ni gh i rre
,
si st i bl e
We can well i magi ne with wh at

ch agr i n and consternat io n th ese p ri nces
beheld th e sudde n deectio n of thei r
l argest world when from i ts course i t
veered t hen l ike a meteor shot wit h
,
M att
nd t h e
Re aso n
W hy
73
madde n i n g speed strai ght i n to the ce n

tral mass ou t of which i t h ad bu t re
wh en all th e
ce n t l y b e e n carved
migh ty po w er o f its gover n or together
wi t h the sympat hetic force of all th e
other pri n cely rulers would not su fce
to hold i t i n its appoi n ted way So
whe n Sata n s ambassadors arrived th ey
fou n d t hese chiefs already asse mbled i n
solemn co n clave an d i n each face was
depicted awe struck wond e r an d af
fright because of th is rst appare n t
failure of an y part of th e great Crea
tor s plans
The wisdo m of Satan s course i n thi s
was n ow made ma n i fest for thi s de m
on st rat i on of their h elpless n ess to cope
with the devil s will weigh e d m uch i n
the matter of choic e as to wh e th e r they
would serve th eir God or elect to serve
the de vil The n too aside from threats
to suppla n t them i n th e i r
the devi l m ade promis e s to i ncreas e
,
Jud e
6
.
74
Th e D e vil s
Re b e llio n
their governing powers to endow them

w i th godlike force t o alm ost equal
Satan s own And so i t was t h at th ey
who h ad never k no w n a lie took Lu ci
fer s base counterfeits for genui ne ; and
yieldi ng to h is w i les agreed t o organ
i ze their subj ects accordi ng to the co de
se nt th e m by th e devil
B ut wh en messengers were sent by
the ruli ng pri nces to su m mon those
a n gels who h ad been left i n te mporary
ch arg e of the m i g h t y m ovi n g sph eres
they found their mi nds h arassed w ith
fearsome t h ough ts of what to th em
appeared to be an i mpending doom
The cou r i ers sent by the governi n g
pri nces were not possessed with Sat an s
cunning and persuasive powers to in fuse
thei r mi n ds wit h ful l faith and con
dence e nou gh to acquiesce i n his rebel
l ious sche me ; so these loyal gu ardi an
angels with scorn rej ected th e over
tures of Sata n and precipitately ed to
ga i n th e sh elter of G od s h a n d ; and so
'
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
75
the devil s returni ng e nvoys could not

report success complete of th ei r i mpor
tant mission Therefo r e when th e devi l
learned that not al l th at he brough t
with hi m were enlisted i n h is cause
but th at some h ad gon e i n h aste to tell
of his h eave n drvrdi n g sche me he mar
sh aled all his forces to organize h is
army
Selecti n g an all but boundless plai n
upon a sphere ap art a thousand ti mes
large r th an ou r world , it be i ng the one
he h ad reserved Satan g at hered al l his
cla n s to prepare for active warfa r e
Near th e border of this plai n a lofty
mou n tai n reared its crest and upon its
peak where the crystal and di amond
"
stu dded crags reached forth and formed
an alcove seat
th e devi l took his
n d to right an d left and back
l
e
a
c
a
T
p
of h is i mperial th rone faithful couriers
E ze k
Is a iah
t h e mou n t
wi ll be l i k e
1
I ( t h e d e vil ) w ill s it also u po n

i n t h e s id e s of t h e n o rth
I
t h e most high
Th e D e vil s
76
Re b e llio n
took positions their zealous hearts

athrill with a n xious though ts of wond e r
at thei r new relatio n sh ip to th is rebel
l ious ki n g
Te n thousand ti mes an
h und red millio n a n gels l led th e broad
e xpanse below
to a t housand leagues
beyond t he reach of mortal Visio n ; and
as they gath ered th ere they bor e no
lo n ger tu neful lyres or h arps of gold
but i n their stead w ere i mplements of
w arz l ances li ke burnished steel an d
er y d arts and sh ields and coats of
m ail th at covered from head to foot
their forms th at as ve t , portrayed the
i mage of thei r M aker
Whe n they were al l assembled th e
devi l raised his h a n d a signal for at
te ntio n and sile n ce fel l o n all t h e
m ighty th ro n g
B y a si gn the devil
bro
ugh t hi s couriers to his side , and
th us d id h e add ress th em :
Go ye my vali a n t loyal gu ards

co m ma n d you r comrades yonder ; divid e
them i n to squads an h undred i n a band
,
hy
77
and by electio n over th ese place lead

ers of renown ; th e n group th ese bands
ten ba n ds togeth er a thousand angels
i n a pl ace and over them from amo n g
th e rst elected leaders select and place
captains t to rule ; th en agai n tho u
sh alt for m divisions of a n hundred t h ou
sand souls and by complicated stren
uous drill t h e i r c h iefs shal l be selected
and established ; ten of t hese d ivisions
sh all constitute an army corps and the
generals who take com ma n d of these I
will appoi n t
When you r work h as
been completed march them al l before
m e here an d I will give th e m their com
missions and th ey sh all know my coun
,
e rsi
n
g
To ea c
h willi n g aid th e devil then
gave a j ewel ed speaki n g trumpet whi ch
from his crafty h ands with due obe i s
ance they received and h aste n ed to
t h eir appoi n ted tasks
No sluggard band were they and ere
t l on g he mingling hosts i n pe r fect mi l
-
Th e D evil
73
Reb e llio n
i t an t
form and rhyth m i c moti on moved

i n battl e array befo r e the dev i l s th rone
It was a gra n d and mi gh ty army ; a
sigh t to t h rill th e soul of any monarch
be h e demigod or demon ; and so th e
soul of Satan m agnied itsel f and wi ll
i ng to demonstrate h i s god like power
h e gave h is energy full play and by a
wave of h and h e re moved hi s e ntire
army with h i msel f beyond th e lim its
of al l th e enci r cling worlds
There
for a ti me h e drilled the m i n th e m an
u al of a r ms ; they were trai ned to ch arge
an d cou nte r ch arge and ove r ride an
i m ag i nary foe
A nd t he n h e formed
th em i nto positions f or obse r vation and
faced them al l ab ou t so that each one
h ad an u nobstructed view of th e w h o l e
w orld system wh i ch th ey h ad bu t re
Then stepping
ce n t l y c onstructed
ou t before them , th e devil re doubl e d h i s
e ne r gy gave h i s power full vent an d
t h ey beh el d th is awe i n s
pi r i ng scene :
Ea ch i nd i v i dual w orld tu r ned b ack
,
nd t
he
R aso n
e
W hy
79
.
upon its cou rse and revolved th e other

way ; then right about the h al f of
th em were tu rned again and passing
th ei r fell ow worlds volcanic caverns
were burst asunder i n thei r si des and
sulphurous gases freighted with ames
of liquid re burst forth and sh ot from
n d deafening tones of
world to world ; a
reverberati ng thu nder m ade tremble al l
th e domes of h eaven so that i n each
angel hea r t there was a th r ill of m i ngled
fear and w onde r But th e devil laughed
with boisterous glee and exercised h im
self ; and then except one large world
h e tu rned them back aga i n and sent
the m rolli ng on their courses as t hey
had bee n at rst
It was now th at S atan congregated
all the ames th at h ad es caped from out
th e several worlds and wrapped the m
rou nd about th is straggli n g world u n ti 1
1 n bursting burning fury i t exceeded i n
*
Isaiah
S o t h e sun r e tur n e d t e n de
gr e e s b y which de gr e e it was go n e dow n
Jos
*
80
Th e D evil
Reb e lli on
awful m agnitude and grandeur augh t

else th at they h ad ever yet beh eld An d
o nce agai n did Satan gather all hi s
mi gh ty fo r ce and power and h url with
triple li gh t n i n g speed th is m onstrous
bal l of bu rning sulph urous fury strai ght
toward G od Almi gh ty s th rone Then
tu rn i ng rou nd about w ith curses o n h i s
lips h e ba de h is army bend th e knee
and swear allegiance to h is banner ; an d
h e took an oat h from one and all th at
th ey woul d serve h i m th rough th e end
less ages
Thu s di d Satan bi d de ance to h is
G od ; and wit h a derisive shout of
l au gh te r , th at fou nd an echo i n each
rebel s hea r t h e gave comm and to
settl e on th e l argest of t he worlds
where h e h ad organized his army It
was h e r e the devi l thou gh t to h ave h is
th r one from wh i ch cent r al seat of
power , h e would gove r n the n e w w or l d
system which now appeared t o be so
,
rml y wi th i n his g r asp
nd t h e
AR IN
Raso
e
W hy
THE HE AVEN S
CH A PTE R VI
wh ich
81
t e l l w h at t h e sun moo n our

world an d t h e com e ts w e r e b e for e t h e b e gi n n i n g
of tim e ; an d h ow b e c au s e of t h e d e vi l s r e b e l
l io n th e y w e r e tra n s form e d i n to th e ir pr e s e n
r e lati ve po s itio n s an d co n ditio n s
In
we
A rou n d
abou t h is
great whit e
th ro n e
God s remai n i n g loyal subj ects
gathered an d i n a n xi ous silenc e waited
An aw e i n spi ri n g jarri n g h urti n g
though t p e rm e at e d every heart ll e d all
of i n n it e space an d a darkli n g sh adow
r e st e d on th e brow of A lmi gh ty God
Each a n g e l tho h e w e r e dista n t
m il lio n s
of miles ei ther on pl e asur e
b e n t or performi n g some labor of lo v e
f e l t p e rc e ptibly t h e j ar of d iscord ; an d
h alti n g i n his i gh t an i n sta n t paus e d
the n from toward God s thro n e th e re
cam e an i mperative sum mo n s w hi ch
i n sta n tly al l o b e y e d u rged to wo n drous
( 6)
Th e D evi l
32
Reb e ll io n
speed by a n e w i mpellin g force Thus

from every side di d h eaven s millions
gath er and being directed by Gabriel s
cl arion trumpet notes took positions
to righ t and l eft where with m i n ds
d istu rbed and pal pitati n g h earts th ey
awaited G od s com m a n d
Now i t was as i n expectant atti tude
th ey sto od a stra n ge n e w thin g ap
r
e
a
e
d
z
from
ou
t
th
e
depth
s
of
space
a
p
mo n ster world a
am e with burnin g
m adde n i n g fury bore do w n upon t h em i n
apparent i rresistible force and gra n deu r
Encircli n g rou n d th e th ro n e of G od
were stars of m i n or m agni tu de on wh ich
were elysi a n e l ds o f edeni c beau ty
owery dells and h ills an d dal es and
castled rocks babbli ng brooks and crys
tal lakes
On these t h e celestial beings
oft e n gath ered 1 n joyous abandoned
pl eas ure for God h ad set apart th ese
sm aller worlds for pl aces of recreation
.
Ez
.
garde n of G od
Th o u has b e e n
i n E d en , t h
A d t h R aso
n
W hy
83
.
Near e r and yet n e a

r e r dr e w th e blazi n g
world an d as th e hosts of h e av e n gazed

i n h al f affrigh ted aw e an d wo n der there
appeared pursui n g th e eve n t e n or of
its cours e on e of these mi n or worlds
di rectly athwart the path of th e ou
comi n g mo n st e r d e mo n wh ich n ow
leap e d for w ard with i n cre asi n g sp e e d
u n ti l with d e af e n ing cras h ful l force
th e s maller world was struck an d sw al
lowed upi n t h e m ass of b ur n i n g matte r
An d n ow as i f t h e co m b i n e d e n e rgy of
h e a ve n h ad b e e n c e n te red at th at poi n t
a mi ghty e xplosion burst asu n d e r th e
mo n ster s for w ard part and checke d its
o n ward igh t An h u ndre d th ousa n d
mil e s i n every way t h e am e s shot forth
an d burst an d bu rst agai n an d sc at
t e re d sul ph u rous b ur n i n g fragme n ts far
an d wide
The n God gav e quick comma n d to
nd
Gabri e l
So u
the c h arge
An d
l e d by Mich ael
th e h osts of h eave n
w h e e l e d i n to li n e an d be i n g stre n gth
,
'
84
Reb e ll io n
Th e De vil s
n e d by thei r God s resistless power

h urled the monster back a millio n m iles
or more an d l eavi n g i t at rest reported
back to G od for further orders
An d the fragme n ts th at becaus e o f
t he expl osion were thrown beyo nd th e
world s attractive power wa n dered off
i n n u merable meteors to rem ain for ages
i n t h e depth s of space or to visit oth er
worlds ; an d so even now th o th ousa n ds
of years h ave i nterve n ed th ey com e
th e s
e si l e n t messengers to bear mute
t h o forceful wit n ess how th e devi l would
h ave destroyed God s ce n tral seat of
*
powe r
Whi le M ich ael and h is army w
e re
reassembli n g roun d th e th ro n e th e
loyal g uardia n a n gels wh o r e fus e d to
serve th e devil arri ved an d tol d of
Sata n s treaso n Th e n u n der M i ch ael s
royal ba n n er two thi rds of G od s re
m ai n i n g subj ects were formed i n battl e
array an d a h im dre d thousand an g e ls
P sal m
1 5
.
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
85
stro n g an d t ru e were d e l e gat e d to
Gabriel s special ch arge to guard th e

a n k and r e ar of Michael s a rmy
What ne e d t hat w e sh ould try to
plac e before th e mi n ds of mortals th e
t houghts of doubt an d co n ster n atio n
t hat co n t e n d e d for ad missio n to t h e
mi n d an d h e art of every a n gel there
For countl e ss ag e s for time was
recko n ed n ot sw e e t peace an d u n iversal
h armo n y had rei g n ed supre m e
Each
succ e ssive created world u n til n ow
h ad k e pt i ts appoi n t e d plac e an d th e
mi n ds of all of h ea ve n s c e lestial bei n gs
h ad moved as i n a g roove What t h e n
could be the cause of spheres an d a n g e ls
goi n g cou n ter to God s will ? Each
n e w cr e a t io n had n e cessitated
n e t rat
e
p
i n g farth e r an d yet farth e r i n to t h e
depths of spac e wi th a corre spo n di n g
i n cre as e of power to creatu re s an d
greater trust of th e ir cr e ator
This much th e i r pe n e trati n g mi n ds
,
Dan ie l
21
36
Th e D e vil s
Re b e ll io n
could grasp b ut how could G od spar e

th e l ives of rebel ang e ls with j ustice to
h is rem ai n i n g loyal subj e cts ? Or i f
percha n ce he should destroy th e n h ow
e scap e t he c
e n su re of h avi n g created
th e m i n vai n ? The n i n to t h e m i n d
a nd heart of each on e came as i f twere
wh isp e red em a n ati n g fro m a though t
d iscer n i ng God k n o w l ed ge th at i n
t he comi n g gh t th e S pi rit s al m i ghty
ow
by
e r would be m ade ma n ifest ; and
p
som e process not yet to t he m u n folded
a n e w j oy was h e l d i n store of victories
ai
n e d and s t r e n gth i n creased by oppo
g
si tiou
So M ich ael wi th th ese n ew
t hou gh ts bor n w ithi n h is soul h ast e n e d
with h is army to i n t e rc e pt an d thwart
th e d e vi l s p l a n s to e n gag e i n battl e
for th ei r God
They fou n d the devi l fully prepared
an d n o m e an a n tago n ist was h e ; for
with th e k n owledge an d power th at God
h ad give n h im an d wi th an army of
a n g e ls th at n ow b e gan t o r e alize the
,
A d t h e R aso n
n
W hy
37
awful si g i ca ce of t hei r fol ly that

th e issue migh t m e an li fe or death he
met wi th fren zied fury the onsl augh t of
God s o n com i n g legio n s
B ut Mi chael h ad the greate r number
and b y sh eer prepo n derous stre n gth h e
drove the devi l and his m i nio n s to w
ard
n
t h e ce n tral sun ; and b e i n g h ard pressed

n
here
th
ey
hesitated
o
to
h
url
with
t
t
telli n g force great balls of liquid re
carv e d ou t of th e burni n g mass
It was n ow b y t he devil s orders
pre arra n g e d th e volu n teer gover n ing
pri n ces rallied al l their forces and wit h
th e stre n gt h of desperatio n ch arged
Mich ael s
army i n the rear ; bu t
Gabriel b e in g forewar n ed and acti n g
u nder sp e cial orders from his God d i d
strik e th e m al l wi th bl i n dn e ss Tan d
thus i n ch ai n s of dark n ess as prison

ers of war back to th eir Creator s
throne they were conveyed
,
"
Dan
T2 K i n g s
Th e D e vil s Re b e ll io n
88
A nd so t he ba
ttl e e rcely wag e d t ill
none of th e i n n er globe remai n ed ; an d

bei ng freed fro m i ts mag n etic att racti ve
force th e ou ter world s swu n g off w it h
fast i n creasi n g speed ceased t h eir ro
tary motio n t h ei r oute r crusts col
l apsed an d th eir i nter n al res burst
forth as ai ml essl y th ey wand e red i n to
it
was th us th e comets h ad
ace z
sp
t hei r bi rth
B ut wh at was thi s n e w t hi n g th at
settled li ke a pall a creepi n g murky
d arkness th at cam e from every side ?
For n ow th at th ei r m aterial su n h ad b e e n
exti n guish ed i n th e gh t t he devil an d
his ang e ls rst lear n e d the di re cal a mi ty
brou gh t on by disob e di e nc e ; t h e for
f e i t ure of God s reected l i g h t T
,
"
Th e n with an ago n izi n g s h ri e k

Th e d e vil ga ve comma n d ;
An d i n to d e n s e an d compact form
He gath e r e d a l l h i s c la n s
,
But now agai n did Gabriel sou n d

Jud e
TE x
the
An d t h R aso
e
W hy
89
charge an d wi th crash on crash of

deafe n i n g thu n d e r Mich ael an d hi s
warriors assail e d the hosts of n ight
With al m ost equal force t h e devi l and
h is mi nions met th ei r volts ; an d with
curs e s on thei r mak e r stood back to
back an d fought ; an d pa n demo n iu m
rei g n ed an d fear s e ized each quaki n g
r e bel h eart ; but si n ce death s d e cre e
h ad n ot yet b e e n proclai med thei r ra n ks
were n ot reduc e d
Thus back an d forth th e armies
surg e d with at last di mi n ished stre n gth
wh e n Mich ael with his a n g e ls with
drew an d paus e d to rest an d pla n for
No thought h ad th ey of
furth e r actio n
aba n do n i n g t h e ght for God s com
m a n d to th e m h ad bee n
Disperse t h e
villai n rebel ba n d an d put them all to
igh t
Th e n the d e vil s cla n s dr e w close
togeth e r an d pass e d the word alo n g th at
God s army w as def e at e d An d hellish
glee was depicted i n gach face and
,
'
'
90
Th e D e vi l
Re b e llio n
ch attering s an d curses wer e h eard on

every side
It was now as M ich ael s army stood
and waited as i n the m ello w li gh t of
an after glow th e brilli a n cy of God s
"
own glory approach ed from toward His
th ro n e ; and the Word with all his

S pirit
power came hoveri ng o er th e
thro n g an d i n to e ve ry se ve ral on e i n
fus e d th e stre n gth to equ al an y fou r th e
devil had i n l i n e T The n the Spirit
takin g ful l com m a n d fro m fou r di ffer
e n t sides
God s W ord Ttheir battle
cry th e ch arge w as on agai n an d with
th e b lindi n g ash of the li gh t of eter n al
n or paused
they
onward
pr
e
ss
d
da
e
y
u n ti l i n th e very center of Sata n s hosts
th ey m e t
and s e parat e d i n to f our
sh iveri n g cri n gi n g parts
h is n ow
t horoughly f right e n ed follow e rs
The n
ri ght about they tu rn e d an d smote th e
huddli ng groups u ntil each rebel found
.
He b
'
Luk e
I He b
A d t h R aso
e
W hy
f
o
hims e l f alo n e wh e n with a cry
a n guish h e disapp e ared i n to

outer
,
dark n ess
Th e n rou n d a b out t h e r o yal s ta n d a rd

R a ll i e d all t h e a n g e l thro n g
An d a m ig h ty s h out of triumph r e n t t h e air ;
W hi l e a mid s t t h e s mo k e of b att l e
Bu r n i n g r m n a n t so f t h e rui n e d
o a ti n g e v ry
\Vorl ds w e r e b ur s ti n g an d w e r e
wh e r e
An d l o a voic e most t e n d e r
Brood d o e r t h e a n g e l ho s t
Sa yi n g G ath e r up t h e fr a gm e n t s
That n oth i n g may be
,
The n wh e n everythi n g was r e ady

an d all that y e t remai n ed from th e
de v
il s work of destructio n was care
full y gath ered i n b ack to th e eter n al
th ro n e God s army we n t ; and sta n di n g
either side prese n ted th e i r
t h e r e on
report an d with t l i e m was th e valia n t
Word
the pri n c e of h eave n s doma 1 n ;
an d He i t was that to l d th e story o f
Sata n s p
e rdy :
From the mat t e r
th at thou gav e st th e devil h e con
,
Joh n
Re b e llio n
Th e D e vil s
92
structed worlds of wo n drous b e au ty an d

reserved a ce n tral sun rou n d w hich th e
An d wh e n th ey were
worlds revolved
completed h e proclai m e d h imself cr e a
tor and took Thy n am e i n vai n ; an d th e
angels too th at h e took with h im
re b ell e d agai n st Th y pow e r and took
oath to serve an d worsh i p Sata n th er e
But Mi ch ael with t h e se Thy vali a n t

subj ects fough t an d d rove t h e m toward
th e i n ner glo b e where the r e b e ls i n
th ei r eff orts to wi thsta n d th e o n sl au gh t
of Th i n e hol y o n e s did cl e av e asu n der
an d use th e ce n tral su n of gravi ty for
weapo n s u n ti l i t was all exh austed
An d th e outer world caugh t re an d
d ri fted i n to space an d with bu rsti n g
fury scattered fragme n ts h ere an d th ere
Th e n M i ch ael an d h is army stre n gth
e n ed by Thy S pi rit and Th y bri llia n t
li ght of glory Thou didst se n d wit h
r e doubled fou gh t and routed
e n e rgy
Sata n s minions and drove them i n to th e
,
'
outer dark n e ss
A d t h R aso
n
W hy
9
3
An d w e g a th e r e d a l l t h e fragm e n t s
Of t h e wor l d s th at Sa t a n b ui l t
An d b r o ugh t t h e m h e r e t o Th e e
To d o with as t h ou wi l t
,
A nd th e reb e l pri n ces t h at
vol un
teered to ser ve i n Sata n s war an d wh o

by Gabriel s faith ful band wer e b ound
i n dark n e ss w e h ave also brough t an d
n ow
awai t Thy pl e asure co n cer n i n g
t h er
r
i
Then spak e th e God of heave n an d

His voice was h eard th rough all of His
domai n
d e e p as thu n d e r
sw e e t as
,
musi c rol led like ri ppl i n g wav e s of

li gh t :
W e l l don e m y fai t h ful serva n ts

My bl e ssi n g n ow I freely give to y ou
si n c e now y ou u n d e rsta n d th at I m ust
pl ace a l im it to the pow e r I give to
cre at e d cel e stial bei n gs an d
,
Be c a us e
r e s po n si b i l ity
I s al w a ys Very gr a t
I ve co n c e i ve d a p la n of m a g n itud e
I wi ll n ow i n augur a t
th
Ex
94
Th e De vi l s
Reb e l l ion
Bri n g to m e th e fragm e n ts of the

worlds and of th e ce n tral sun of gra vi ty
th at Sata n an d his a n g e ls us e d i n th e i r
rebellious gh t We will m ak e oth er
worlds accordi n g to th e pla n s I g ave
the devil
Two sh al l be of almost equ al
*
size an d on e of t he m we will wond e r
f ully e nl arge u pon
Besides th e i n
a n im ate thi n gs I wil l create an d plac e
u pon t h i s world a n i mals bi rds of th e
ai r and shes i n i ts seas an d mi llio n s
of oth er t hi n gs will l ive thereo n ; an d
eve rythi n g sh al l reprodu ce and bri n g
forth of i ts ki n d
An d a gover n or
t here sh all be for w e will creat e m an
and h e sh al l h av e d omi nio n over all
Ti me also w e w ill n ow create ; s e ve n
e r1 od
ti mes sh all be th e p robat i o n ary p
of m an s mortal existe n ce
An d th e devil s j e alous rage wil l

m a n i fest itsel f an d h e wi ll i n terfere so
th at to ever y mortal s b ody death wi l l
come but h is spi ri t sh al l su rvive An d
_
Not e : Th e e arth
an d Ve n
us
A d t h R a so
n
W hy
95
.
I will provide a Saviou r an d all th e

so n s of m e n who i n thei r e s
h will
co n quer Sata n through that Savi ou r s
n ame
I will resu rrect an d glorify and
th ey sh all be wit h m e to h e lp u s rule
t he u n iverse for they will be th e re
deemed sons of G od
The n
the
mor n i n g stars sa n g togeth er and all the
r joy
sons o f God shouted f o
Tb ecaus e
for m an th ere would be

hope of
eter n al li fe whi ch God that can n ot
li e promised before the world bega n ; i
who verily
an d also of a Saviour K i n g
was foreordai n ed before the foundation
of th e
A gai n G od said :
Thou shalt take
t he mo n ster bur n i n g world with whi ch
S ata n though t to stor m the battleme n ts
of heaven and bid i t pause to n d
eter n al rest wher e Sata n pl ac e d the
ce n tral sun of gravity rou n d w hich t h e
oth er worlds revolved ; an d from i t s
,
Re v
an d
et
He b
Jo b
1;
Tit
Th e D e vil s Re b e ll io n
96
depths o f blazi n g fury extract th e

burned ou t star an d l e t i t be a reecti n g
satell ite e n ci rcli n g th e n e w worl d m ad e
for
and we will g ive i t power to
cause th is worl d s bri n y waters to ebb
and ow An d th i s n e w world wh i ch
h
e
n
t
ame
of
earth
sh
all
h
nce
e
b
e
by
k n ow n sh all with its reecti n g moon
revol vi n g as th ey go encircl e th e m on
st e r sun of h eat an d p ow e r This s u n
b e i n g i n th e positio n of th e m ag n eti c
glob e of re whi ch h eld th e oth e r worlds
in
ch ec k th ese worlds n ow bei n g
wand e ri n g comets at stated p e riod s
sh all visit an d b e i n g cau gh t by th e
su n s m ag n eti c force will wi th e n ergy
au gme n ted be h urled back u pon th e i r
course s to m ak e a n o t h er voyag e th rough
th e depth s of spac e
An d whe n thou h as t formed th e oth er

worlds of the remai n i n g fragme n ts
som e l arg e r an d some sm aller th a n th e
worl d w e m ak e for m an th ey too s h al l
-
'
P s a l ms
Ad t h R aso
n
W hy
97
.
revolve arou nd t his su n and so complete

a system to r e place the o ne destroyed
by th e devi l
Of the ery m atter cast i n to space

when we checked th e monster bur n i n g
world t hou sh a
lt collect enough to form
a little star of wo n drous brill iancy ; an d
whe n th e ti me h as fully come i t shal l
be set to herald the birth and mark th e
pl ace of mortal s Saviour
We wil l re memb e r the awful t hreat

with wh ich Sata n seduced his a n gel s
wh e n i n to the ce n tral su n he hurled
with malicious wantonness a world of
mag n itude and beau ty ; th e n c alled th is
blaz in g fu ry hell and i n to its sulph u r
ous ery depths h e t hough t to plu nge
the soul th at d ared to disobey him
So
from th e rem n a n ts of t his same h ell
shall the earth n ow be co n structed an d
i n its core sh al l be i n te n sied th e heat
"
of the brimsto n e re
with wh ich the
.
re
Job
7
( )
An d u n d e r it
(t h
arth ) i s
98
Re b e llio n
Th e D e vil s
devi l t hough t to co n quer Mi ch ael s

army Wit h i n th e very ce nter of this
re constructed
superheated
h el l
d eep wide a nd d ark sh al l be a hol l ow
space ; and withi n th is p

rison
in
ch ai ns of dark n e ss T thou sh al t put
the co rebellious pr i n ces th e r e to await
th e end of ti me ; but th e devi l and h i s
angels we wi l l tolerate and u tiliz e to
strengthen th e will o f m an u nti l th e
ti m e h as fully come t h at bei n g de
ce i ve d by Satan th e sons of men wi ll
sl ay the ir fel lowme n so th at t hei r blood
wil l ow li ke water i n th e l and ; the n
we will seize an d bi nd a nd cast i nt o
th is prison
th e m al iciou s i nsti
gator of all th eir woes and set a seal
u pon h i m : The n th e devil ndin g
h i msel f i n company with h is form e r
fellow co n spi rato rs, will wit h t h e m
form a pact , an d swea r eternal ven
o
n
th
e
sons
of
men
and
lay
n
e
e
a
c
g
pl ans for th e d estructio n of th e be
'
Jo b
1 2
'
P et e r
R
ev
1
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
99
.
lov e d city of m y e l ect

The se dur
i n g Sata n s i mprisonme n t for a thou
sa n d years will rule th e world i n righ t
for th at le n gth of t im e
e ousn e ss; Tand
ma n s ge n ius sh all h av e full sway w 1 t h
out th e devil s i n ter feren ce An d man
shall cleave th e air an d dive be n eat h
t h e seas ; sh all
by electric power dis
semi n ate th e darkness wherever m an
sh al l d w e ll an d they will tal k from
zon e to zo n e for dista n ce th e n will be
as tho twere not
The n everyth i n g
sh all be at peace an d d e ath sh al l stay
h i s h an d from every m an u n ti l an hu n
dred y e ars h av e run t hei r course Tso
th a t wi s dom will h ave ti me to crow n
the brow of every mortal
But wh e n th e e nd of ti me h as come ,
t h e devil and his cohorts s h al l b e
lo os e d a li ttle seaso n and they wil l
th e mselves ab r oad upo n the
S pr e ad
an d by thei r wiles will br eed
e arth
'
'
'
'
Isa
.
Isa
'
Isa
Isa
00
Th e D e vil
Re b e llion
sed ition i n th e m i n ds of m e n
wi ll
m arshal th em to arms an d l ay siege to
m an s central seat of p
ow e r T
Th e n I wi ll j udg e t h e d e vil
Th o h e shall h a v e t h e e arth
That w e are goi n g to ma k e ;
F or is it n ot t h e fragm e n ts
Of t h e o n c e g l oriou s r e alm
T h at S ata n tri e d to tak e ?
An d t h e so n s of m e n w h o s e r ve
Th e d e vi l i n th at world
W ith S ata n s h a ll be j udg e d
An d i n to re be h url e d
,
For at th e e n d of ti me we wil l burn

th is worl d wit h re and i t sh al l be
called h el l ; an d i n its ery depth s to
i ts bu r nin g bri mstone surface and wi th
1 n i ts att r active force
sh al l th e devi l
and h is an gels and th e n aked soul s
of s i nful mortals be co n n ed forever ;
and we w i ll cast th is h el l away i nto t h e
oute r d arkness
And th e rebell i ous pri nces with th ei r

l i eutenants and attendants sh al l each
t ake ch arge of h i s respective bl azi n g
comet world ; th e one of whi ch h e was
,
Re v
9
.
t Isa
A d t h e Re aso n
W hy
01
appoi n ted gover n o r wh e n these worlds

were rst co n structed an d completed
sh all follo w them an d at their farthest
point of diverge n ce from t h e sun sh al l
tur n th e m back an d hu rl th em o n th e ir
courses
Th us i n stre n uous effort
th rou ghout th e e n dless ag e s of eternity
sh all they be co n sta n tly employed
Th e largest comet world th e one on

w hi ch th e devil organi zed h i s army an d
thought to h ave dom i n ion for seven
ti mes sh al l wa n der bur n i n g i n t h e
d epths of space th at i n cipie n t sin may
Th e n sh all i ts
be pur ged th erefrom
wond rous b e auty be restored an d mor
tal s world bei n g on re of h ell sh all
be displac e d by i t ; Tan d upon t h e ex
n
n s hosts as
i
n
e
pl
ai
where
Sata
a
s
v
p
sembled sh al l be my City Be aut if ul i
wi th streets of gold
an d j eweled
walls of equal l e n gth and breadth and
,
h e i gh t
G
an d
en
there shal l
1 Re v
'
Rv
e
be
my thron e
R
e
v
1
02
Th e D e vil s
Reb e ll io n
w here we will d well fore ver and for

Th e n a ll t h e h os t s w e r e ll e d with aw e
Nor cou l d th e y un de rst an d
But wo n d e r e d at t h e m a g n itud e
Of G od s u n foldi n g p l a n ;
F or h ow could
e s h an d bl ood d e f e at
Th e d e vil an d his c l a n s ?
B ut rmly xed i n al l thei r mi n ds

was thi s : Th at God i s al l i n al l and
H e the only sou rce of all th e power
t h at i s Tand His wil l is l aw i n fallible
to every one
The n th ere arose a mi gh ty wav e of
vibra n t th rilli n g sound of musi c d e e p
toned an d gloriou s :
Hosa n n a to ou r
G od ; our ki n g forevermore
The n sile n ce rei g n ed and agai n
Take h e e d
God s voi ce was h eard :
my loyal subj ects : n o o t her worlds sh al l
be co n stru cted u n ti l th e end of ti me ;
for every act ev e n each th ou gh t of mor
tal m ust be r e cor de d i n a book for I
will appoi n t a day i n whi ch to j ud g e th e
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world the n time sh al l be no lo n ger

Now th erefore h asten al l to your a
p
poi n ted work for the mists of heaven
thou sh alt collect wit h which to cool
the outer surface of th e recon s
tructed
world th at it m ay the soo n er become
m an s h abi t at i on T You mu st also
guide th e comet worlds u n ti l th e e n d of
time for not a single star must be con
sumed by th ese lost wanderers through
the real ms of spac e ): An d when t h e
thou sh al t
e n d of ti me h as fully co me
c ollect the remai ning meteors ; we will
restore thei r former sulphurous heat
and with them we will overwhel m t h e
devil an d h is rebellious cohorts and al l
the sons of m e n th at joi n them when
at th e battle of Armageddo n they try
to capture th e beloved city of M i n e
el ec
The n sh all the earth s crust be
t ll
broken dow n
sh all fal l and th e res
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Th e D e vi l s
Re b e ll io n
of h el l burst forth so that th e earth
an d
t he works th at are therei n sh all be

burned up
An d I decree that this
burning world t h e comets sun an d
m oon sh al l forever be a warni ng to al l
celestial bei ngs
for th ey procl ai m th e
dire effect s of D isobedience Treason
Rebel li on
An d h e s h all be torm n t e d with

re an d b rim s to n e i n t h e pr s e n c e o f t h e h ol y
a n g e l s an d i n t h e pr e s e n c e of t h e L am b
An d th e y s h a l l g o forth an d l oo k
I s aia h
upo n t h e carcas e s of t h e m e n th at h a v e tr a n s
d
n s t m e : for th e ir w orm s h a l l n ot di e
agai
r
s
e
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s
g
u e n ch e d ; an d th e y
n e ith e r s h a l l th e ir re be q
n
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ART THIRD
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ATAN AN D
THE F LOOD
C H A PTE R VII
wh ich w e t e ll of S ata n s s e ve n p e riod s of

e xi s t e n c e t h e r e aso n for an a n t e di l u via n tropi c al
stat e of our e arth an d for t h e
ood
In
Th e devil m ay be sai d to occupy i n

th e past prese n t and future seve n
periods of e xistence i n a co n sta n tly d e
scending scale of power :
First
as God s greatest celestial
prince the Anoi n ted Cherub

a rebellious prin ce at large
Second
i
Third
ti
me
from
A
d
am
to
the
h
(
)
ood
Fourth
from the ood to C h rist
Fi fth
from Christ to the m ille n
n ium
Sixth duri n g the mille n n i al period
,
an d
Not z No n e b ut G od s g reat est ru l e r wou l d

h ave da r e d u n d e rt ak a r e b e l l io n
e
06
Th e D e vi l s
Reb e llio n
Seventh
after
time
i
n
hell
)
(
In th e Bibl e the term

th e Lord s
anoi n ted
i n vari ably refers to a ki ng
a ruler of countries and peoples ; so we
must concl ud e t h at as
the Anoi nted
Cherub
i n his rst state Satan was
G od s greatest pri n ce ruler of all celes
ti al worlds and b e i ngs responsible an d
*
subservi ent only to God
We can
t herefore u n derst an d so meth i n g of wh at
t he devi l lost by his rebellio n and fall
and th o h e was allowe d full co n trol of
h is co rebellious m i nor angels an i n
nu merabl e host u nt i l t he creation of
m an Sata n s power t o do h arm was no
doubt obvi ated by t h e vi gilance of God s
rem ai nin g loyal angels ; and so durin g
h is s e cond state we can co n ceive of
Sata n wander i ng ai mlessly from pl a net
to planet accompa n ied by his fellow
evil co n spirators perh aps holdi n g court
Not e z A l th o E z e ki e l
sp e ak s of t h e
ki n g of Tyrus S ata n i s e vid e n t ly t h e s u bj e ct of
th i s proph e cy for t h e k i n g was n e ve r i n
n or w as h e
E d e n t h e gar de n of G od
cr e at e d
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
07
mo
ck i mitation of his Creator being
repeat edly i n terrupted an d routed by
God s loyal h osts
U pon t h e adve n t of m an and am m al s
h owever th e devil fou n d scope to e xe r
cise his designing vi l l i an i e s In th is
third p e riod of h is e x i ste n ce not con
te n t with h avrn g caused the fall of m an
Satan evidently i n terfe red with th e t e
productiv e powers oi all esh

there
by p
roducm g such a co n glomerate mass
of h ideous mo n strosi ties th at a ood
was n ecessary to destroy them ; an d

with th e exceptio n of t h e pure bloods
two of every ki n d
to keep seed
al iv e upo n t h e fac e of t h e earth

all
M an
an d eve n th e
were drow n ed
so n s of God did not escape the dev

i l s evil machi n atio n s for w e are told
there were gia n ts i n th e earth i n those
days
b e caus e of th e i n t e rmarriag e of
cel e stial with t e rre st i al b e i n gs Thes e
so n s of God w e r e e vide n tly a n g e ls

u n d e r t h e i n ue n ce and supervision of
in
N ot
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Th e D e vi l s
Re b e ll io n
th e devil because God saw th at th e

wickedn e ss of m an w as great i n t he
earth and t h at every i magi n atio n of
the thou gh ts of h is h eart was only e vil
c onti n u ally
Bu t for th e fact th at God breathed

i n to man s nostrils th e breat h of li fe
and h e b e cam e a l iving soul

i n stead
of th e D arwi n i an theory th at man was
evolved fro m a mo n key th e apes an d
mo n keys could easily h a
ve be e n the re
sult of th i s i n discrim i n ate cross breed
i n g of G od s creatures
Si n ce the devil was abl e to appear i n
the form of a serpe n t an d utte r words
i n tell i gibl e to Eve no doubt h e could
and did conti n u e to employ simi lar
m eth ods th rough t his th ird peri o
d to
deceive an d cause m an to wander far
th er and farther from hi s Creator
,
God had comm anded th at the an i
m als should
bri n g fort h after t h ei r
ki n d
but Sata n evide n tly h ad power
,
t o bli n d
the eyes of these creatu res
re
nd
the
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09
gardi n g their a fli a t io n with their ki n d
for God looked upon the earth and

b e hold it was corrupt ; for al l esh h ad
corrupted h i s w ay u pon the earth And
the Lord said I will d e stroy man wh o m
I h ave created fro m t he face of the
earth ; both m an and beast and th e
creepi n g thi n g and t he fowls of th e
air
The
corruptio n
spoke n of
here for wh ich God

destroyed al l
esh
was evide n tly someth i n g more
th a n the destructio n of e ach other for
t his savage nature of ani m al s still con
ti n ne s and i f God h ad allowed the same
corruptio n
after th e
t o co n ti nue
ood for whi ch He destroyed t h em He
woul d h ave b ee n i n consistent and this
we know to be i mpossible
Thus it was th at duri n g th e devi l s
third period of exist e n ce and m a n s
s e co n d period from th e garde n to the
ood Satan exercised such a degree of
pow e r over both m e n and animals that
they were corrupted beyond redemption ;
,
Th e D e vil s
and
Re b e ll io n
God brou gh t about a ood of
waters to destroy al l es h from th e
face of the earth

As a trai n i n g school h owever an
exam ple of si n s to be avoided th is p
e
ri od w as of great i m portance an esse n
ti al factor i n th e developm e nt of future
m an s moral ch aracter
It was du ri ng this period th at t h e
prehistori c ani mals whose bones form
our ph osph ate beds i n h abited our earth
an d that th e i mme n se t r opical forests
which form our coal beds grew a
nd
ou rish ed
Then th e cli m ati c cond i
tions were vastly different fro m wh at
they are now becau se wh il e

al l
th i n gs are possi ble wi th God

yet we
k now th at i n dealin g wi th m an God
opera t es through
existi n g m aterial
age ncies whi ch are susceptible to anal y
ough m a n s reaso ni n g powers
si s th r
Of course we h ave no cond itions i n an y
forty
cl i m e on eart h n ow wh er e by
d ays r a
i n would precipitate enough
50
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hy
1 1 1
water to cover th e mou n tai n tops to
a depth of
ftee n cubits upward
Evide n tly th e waters th at were above

th e
were suddenly p re
i t at e d u pon th at portion of the earth
crp
i n habited by man
Then too t h e
mou ntains were not so hi gh as they are
at th e present ti m e
The warm tropical co n dition of th e
earth at that ti me is easily accounted
for : the earth s crust was evide n tly
v e ry much th i n n er th an i t is n ow ; an d
until it had attai ned to a cert ain degree
of th ick n ess our earth cooled m uch
i dl y t h an it h as since u ntil at
more rap
present th e i n ternal res are apparentl y
holdi n g thei r own and there is n ofp
er
ce p
t i bl e ch a n ge in the temperature
Of
on e thi n g we are certai n : before t h e
o od
ti mes and seaso n s were very
.
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un ce rt ai n
While there might have been n g l a

ci al period for God cou ld h ave r
em oved
,
Ge n
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Th e De vil
112
Reb e llio n
our earth far from ou r su n i n orde r to

cool i t more qu i ckl y th e earth m ust
h ave sh i fted o n i ts axis at th e t i m e of th e
o od ; this would accou nt for m astodo n s
being froze n up i n th e i ce an d for so cal led
gl acial rocks scattered so widely over ou r
count ry supposed to h ave been brou gh t
there by i cebergs but th ey mi gh t h ave
been m eteors from so me other pl a n et
Si nce th ere was no rai nbow before
th e ood , th e co n d itions must h ave
ossi
been su ch th at a rai n bow was i m p
ble ; th e su n shone di mly th rou gh the
waters th at were above t h e rm am e n t

but G od was goi ng to ch a n ge cond i
tions and make them such th at anoth er
ood woul d be i mpossibl e by th e ordi
n ary m et hods of n atu re Th is H e un
doubtedly did and then God establish ed
a
c oven ant
wit h m an and with
eve r y l ivi n g creatu re

th at there
should no more be a ood to destroy
t h e earth
He says
I do s et my
,
bow i n the cloud , and i t sh all be for a
nd
the
Re aso n
W hy
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token of th e covenant
and the
waters s h al l no more become a o od to
destroy al l esh
Because of the superabu ndance of
moisture or water
above th e rm a
t h e n the greater part of th e

ment
earth must h ave b een a tropical cl i mate
which easily accounts for the l uxurious
and giant growth of vegetation and
th e great nu mber and mammoth propor
tio n s of the a n tediluvi an ani mals
Another reason for the abnormal size
of these a n imals migh t be assi gned :
We h ave fou nd th at by th e mati n g of
mortals who were no d oubt of ord i n ary
size with celestial bei n gs

gia n ts
were produced ; so also ani mals of g i
n
i
a
t
c
h
size
migh
t
h
ave
bee
n
e
result
t
g
of th e i r failure to obey God s comma n d
to bri n g forth after their ki n d
In our sister pla n et

Ve n us we h ave
an illustration of what our earth pro b
ably was at that ti me The de n sity of
the clouds hoveri ng i n th e atmospher e
.
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1 1
Th e D e vil s
Re b e llio n
of Venus prevents us fro m observi ng i ts

surface except a gl impse of s mall ar e as
at rare i n tervals i f i n d e ed we eve r see
th e bod y of th e pl an e t at all
Th ere we r e , no doubt long per i od s
of t i me wh en t h e su n failed to give
eve n h e r pal e ligh t over at least a great
portion o f th e earth ; t h erefore more
su nsh i ne and a more rigorous cli mate
w as essenti al to th e develop ment of
m an s i ntellect for his conve nie n ce and

f or t h e growth of food stuffs th at coul d
be pr e served for a lo n ger period of t i me
t h an coul d t hose th at were grow n i n so
warm a cl i m ate ; so we hear G od sayi n g :
Wh ile th e e art h re m am e t h seed ti m e

and h arvest an d cold an d heat an d
su m me r and w i n t e r and day an d n i gh t
n
sh al l not
Itali
cs
m
i
e )
(
Th e longevity of th e h u man race
fro m Ad am to Noah is easily accou n ted
for i f w e take i n to co n sideratio n God s
des i r e to h ave th e earth popul ated by
,
Ge n
hy
1 1 5
.
th e ordi nary process of reprodu ction or

birth of the hu man family th e fact th at
man h ad so r ecentl y come fro m th e
h and o f G od absol utel y pe r fect h is
nomad i c out doo r life and th e absence
of th e i nnu merable d i seases

esh is
hei r to n ow Just a word h ere regard

i n g th e age of ou r earth : The great
craters caused by ea r thquakes , i nto
wh i ch ani m als an d eve n trees h ave
bee n kno w n to fall , t he earth clos i n g
over them at once these could become

petri ed and so remai n i ntact for ages
lost rivers
th rough whose ch a n
nels large bod i es can be i nstantl y co n
ve y e d to vast depths and t hen subse
que n t vol cam c uph eavals and eve n
earthquakes could so dist urb the river s
course th at no trace of i t could be
oun d; th e se facts make u tterl y i m p
os
sible any authenti c or re li able record of
ti me th at may be establish ed by geol
ogy T h erefore the

cycles of ages
required to ll above the a foresa id bod
,
Th e D e vil
1 1 6
R e b e llion
ies and obstacles and prated about by

scie n tists so called are mere dogmati c
state m e n ts o f u nsupported t h eory
There is noth i ng i n geology to contra
dict hol y wr i t ; i n fact I n d i n t h e
Scriptures an i nfallible key to u nlock
an d m ake pl ai n those th ings d iscovered
by geologi c
al research
It is reasonable to suppose th at before
t h e ood a m uch l arger part of t he
earth was covered wi th water th a n is at
present because at t he ti me of m an s
creation wh e n t he crust of th e e arth
was t hi n a depth of waters such as we
h ave i n ou r oceans to day woul d h ave
so even less water
bee n i mpossibl e
woul d h ave covered a greater area ; i t i s
also reasonable to suppose th at at th e
ti me of th e ood large portions of th e
e arth arose bod ily f r om the ocean s bed
th e fou nta i ns of th e deep were

an d
brok e n up; t hus causin g a rush of

waters a tid al wave that would he l p
m aterially 1 n ooding th e mou n tai n

,
An d t h e R ason W h y
e
1 1 7
tops ; though the shifti n g of the earth

on its axis would more easi ly accou n t
for the u nusu al and seemi n gly m irac
Wh ile t h e extreme
ul ous ph enomena
wicked n ess of man and t h e utter corrup
tion of
m er i ted destructio n
to have destroyed the m all w ould h ave
been a complete victory for S ata n ; there
for e i n order that God migh t ultimately
triumph over th e powers of d ark n ess
to keep seed alive

i t w as necessary
upon the face of th e earth an d we can

easi l y u nd e rsta n d how appropr i ate an
ark woul d be by th e use of which God
could and did by th e most n atu ral
caus e s transfer his creatu res to some
spot where co n d itio n s wer e most f avora
roduc
ble for th ei r preser v
atio n and re p
tio n It is evide n t th at at some ti me or
other l arge portio n s of th e de n sely forest
c overed earth sank beneath the waters
to rise agai n at a later period because
fossils and sea shells are found i n coal
beds and other wh eres
'
Th e D e vil
1 1 8
Reb e llio n
There m ay h ave been a nu mber o f

u pheaval s th at brou gh t t o l i gh t ou r
wester n h em isphere so th at th e wate r
l evel woul d not h ave been i ncreased to
any great e xtent at any one ti me ; th o
th e cradle of ou r
at t h i s d i stance fro m
r ace
th e s i nk i n g o r r i s i ng of a wh ole
conti n en t w oul d h ave created scarcely
i cie n t d i sturbance there to h ave been
su
recorded i n Moses accoun t of creat i on

G od i n tende d th at man shoul d know
about t h e tu rn i n g po i nt i n h i s ea r thly
career else we woul d p r obably not h ave
h ad a record even of th e ood
S i nce vol can i c h eat accompanies su ch
a vast u pheaval al l shes and othe r sea
ani mal s were k i lled and th e ir bone s
,
rol led together by th e wash of waters

ve r y n aturally formed ou r ph osph ate
b eds
A nd th e wate r s retu rned from o ff
the earth
because i n all probab i lity
i n th e re adj ustment of ou r ea rt h s
crust ( after it h ad become su fc i ently
hy
1 1
thick ) t he ocean s were m ade m uch

d e e p e r th a n they h ad formerly been
thus maki n g room for the waters th at
covered the i n h abited parts of ou r earth
Such a deepe n i n g of the ocean s bed
must h ave take n pl ace wh en ou r western
hemi s
phere arose out of th e bri ny deep ;
or p e rh aps the fabled m yth i cal At
l a n tis
wit h its surrou n di n g i nhabited
cou n try at a mu ch later per i od th an
t h e ood sa n k and m ad e room for the
waters displ aced by the r i s i ng of th e
n e w conti n e n t
Thus we can see th at by th e most
natural of caus e s G od brough t about a
ood
By n atural phys i cal causes h e
also e n larg e d the land e d surface of our
earth an d chan g e d the climatic cond i
tio n s m aki n g t hem more suitable f or
the h abitatio n an d develop ment of man ;
th erefore we say let the atheist ag
Christia n Scie n tist and the i n
n ostic
de l disprove th at God predict e d and
brough t about a ood of waters by
,
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Th e D e vil
Reb e llio n
natu ral physi cal causes whi ch fact

h is tory an d geologi cal research prove
conclusi vely ; th en we will take more
stock i n th eir vai n e ndeavor to e l i m i n
ate an d annih i late a literal m aterial re
and bri m e st on e h ell which G od h as
predicted a nd by causes j ust as natural
and lite r al will bring about
W h y did G od create and place m an
u po n ou r earth wh ile i t w as so circu m
scribed an d wh ile i t was yet i n such a
t ropi cal or se mi tropical state ? An d
why sh oul d th ere h ave been a t ropical
period of our earth with giganti c
ve getation and m am moth a nim als ?
In t hese there was a t wo fold pu r
pose :
Fi rst our earth i s the n ursery and

t ram m g sch ool of the u n iverse ; and
Second su ch a condition of cli mate
was necessa r y for th e growth of vegeta
t i on and ani mals out of whi ch to form
our coal beds
our phosph ate deposits
ou r o i l and gas n e ces sary for th e use of
,
nd
the
Re aso n
W hy
1 21
i n h is present state of civi lizatio n

n
a
,
whose needs God always has and always
will provide for because

known unto
G od are all h is works from the be
ginni n g
In regard to m an s education and
m ental development
alth o he was
perfect as a physical be m g as an
i n tellectual bei ng God started man
at the very bottom of th e l adder ;
placing h i m i n the G arden of Eden

where cli mati c conditions were perfect
th e veritable nursery of th e h uman
race wh ere absolutely nothing could

h arm h is body u nti l h e could become
thoroughly co n versant with th e growth
of al l fruits and vegetables and with
the h abits of al l a n i mal li fe at least
such as would be of use to hi m du ri n g
h is probationary period on earth
It is not to be supposed however
th at al l the ki nds of ani mals that 1 n
habit our earth n ow and also of those
that h a ve be come exti n ct were i n the
,
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Th e D e vil s
G arden
of
Rebellion
Ede n
As th e re are e n t i rely
differe n t species of a ni mals i n th e di ff er
ent cou n tries o f ou r eart h to d ay no
doubt i t was so i n th e earl y period of
the world s history ; th erefore i t i s n ot
at all l i kely t h at Adam a ri d Eve wh ile
strollin g i n th e G arde n of Ede n found
i t n ecessary to walk arou nd or cli mb
over a sau rian , several h u ndred fe e t i n
l e ngth skeleto n s of wh ich are fou nd i n
ou r wester n h emisph ere
Th e deth ronement and ban i sh me n t
from th e presence of God would
probably have been suf cie n t punish
m ent for th e devi l and h i s angels h ad
they not i n terfered wit h G od s pl an
of produci n g begotte n s on s
of t he
h u man race t o replace th e devi l an d h is
d isobed i ent rebellious a n gels i n th e
.
h eavens
Ad am and Eve were com manded be
fore th e fall to m ultiply and replen i sh
th e earth
and as th ey were give n
power
over al l th i n gs on earth
.
e
hy
1 23
suf cie n t go v e rn i ng powers would have

b e e n developed by them so G od could
have
translated
them as h e did
right e ous
to h is h e av e n l y
,
kingdom and th ey could h a

ve ll e d t h e
p ositions m ade vacant by Sata n s re
bellion In th is case we can reasonably
suppose t hat G od s world buildi n g
could after a br i ef space of t i m e h ave
co n ti n ued u n i n terruptedly and gone on
nd
i n de n itely ; their gover n ors a
in
habita n ts would h ave been provided for
from the translated sons of m e n an d
the earth would h ave conti n ued a ve ri t
a b le nursery of th e u n iv e rs e for ever and
for ever By t h is pla n becaus e of
their m e ntal trai ning during their
m en
ph ysical growth
after b e i ng
tra n sl ated i n to celesti al be ings would
no doubt h ave b e e n superior to created
angels
Real izi n g all this an d that God was
ut i lizi n g for His own glorication the
Ge n
1 24
Th e D e vi l
Reb e llion
conditions brough t about by Satan s

rebellio n h is envious j ealous y no doubt
prompted th e d evi l to agai n i nterfe re
an d try t o t h w art G od s pla n s
In th is
rst pl an fo r ma n s ex i ste nce i n aug u
rated by th e Lord al l me n would h ave
been saved ; bu t by Satan s d iabolical
sch eme to alienate m an from h is God
i t became possible for m a n to conquer
th e devil thereby ga m i n g k n owl edge
and strength glory and honor an d
power far greater th an would ha v
e
been possibl e withou t th e d evi l s i n ter
ference B ut as a j ust pu nish ment for
h i s perni cious meddli n g after G od h as
u t i lized Satan and h is m i n io n s i n the
st r ength eni n g processes of man to t
h i m for th e exalted positio n of an h ei r
and ruler i n th e h e avens God will

m ake this w orld a burni ng h el l i nto
wh ich th e devil his an gels and th e vi l e
acc umulated excre ment of l l t i me will
be cast and all w ill

ee away from
th e fa ce of G od and wande r foreve r i n
A d t h R aso n W h y
n
1 25
outer
Thus di d Sata n lose
t h e liberty h e had before the world was
a
n d by h is own vol itio n made possible
the birth growth , glorication and
rowning of th e Saviour of our race
c
G od s only begotten S on who u nde r

God rules th e u n i verse with greater
honor and glory and powe r th an h ad
Satan th e Anoi nted Cherub whom

Christ supplanted i n t h e econ omy of
G od s u n iversal gover n ment
B ut since
G od neith er does nor says a n yth i ng i n
vai n i t is n ot i n conformity wi th ou r
idea of an al l powe r ful God th at H e
would al low Satan to thwart and foreve r
d e f e at a pl an th at He h ad i n augu rated
The n si nce Venus is practically i n the
same conditio n that our earth was i n
during th e a n tedi luvi an age wh e n m an
was created placed i n th e gard e n of
Ed e n and comm a n ded to mul tiply and
reple n ish th e earth

i t is n ot o n ly pos
sibl e but quite withi n th e li mits of
,
Ge n
al so
M att
Th e D e vil
1 26
Reb e ll io n
reasonable probability an d so we predi ct

th at at the e nd of ti me , when a suf
ci e n t n u mber of th e sons of me n sh al l
ha
ve become priests unto G od
when
our earth sh all h ave

passed away
t h e n w i l l ou r sister pl a n et Venus be
come th e nu rser y of th e u niverse ; w ill
be m ade to serve th e pu rpose for whi ch
ou r earth was rst i ntended
Anoth er
race o f beings m ad e l n th e i mage an d
likeness of G od wi ll be pl aced th ereon

and these , h avi ng no evi l tempter to
e nsnare th e m i n to an act o f dis
obedie nce
wil l
m ul tipl y
un i n t e r
rup
t e dl y and wh e n th ey sh al l h ave
attained to a degre e of knowled ge to be
abl e to ll t he position that God orig
i n al l y i nt e nded t h at th e descenda n ts of
Adam an d Eve shoul d ll i n th e h eavens ,
the y wil l be transl ated and

go up
hi gh er
and so God will eventu all y
triu mph over Satan and will carry out
His ori gin al pl an of peopli n g all f utu r e
creat e d w orlds with begotte n so n s i n
,
A d t h e R aso n W
n
hy
1 27
stead of created servants Thus we see

th at Sata n s attempt to usu rp au thority
an d i nterfere wit h God s purpose h as
e nlarg e d h i s pla n s to a degre e beyond
what G od had apparently origi nall y
i n te n de d An d although G od no dou b t
forek new wh at the resul t woul d be

n
as
an
example
a
practi
cal
demo
e
t
y
st rat i on of his power to m ake even th e
most diabolical i n trigue work for His
ow n e t e r n al glory h e allowed Satan to
i n terfere and for a time revel i n appar
ent victory i n order to render the mor e
eff e ctual and crushi ng Sata n s ulti mate
d e feat
We h ave give n an al l sufcie n t reaso n
for th e a n tediluvi al world and for the
ood ; and j ust as G od by a great con
.
vul si on
of n ature a ood of water blot

"
ted out th e deform i ties an d si n s and
t h e huge animals th at h ad served th eir
purpose and wer e of n o furth e r use so
also wh e n t h e e arth i n its prese n t con
,
Pe t e r
Th e D e vil s
1 28
Reb e ll io n
dit i on
shal l h ave served i ts pu rpose by

another convulsio n of n atu re by vol
can i c res God wi ll destroy i t and i n its
place i n th e u niverse wil l be a n e w

,
h eaven and a
eth
earth wh e r ei n d wel l
new
The fourth period of Satan s ex i st

ence from the o o
d to th e Christ i s
m arked by h is abili ty to take ful l pos
sess i on of men who we re often pos
sessed of th e devil
Bu t either G od curtai led t h e d evi l s
owe r to fu rth er i nterfere w ith ani ma l s
or h avi n g reduced th em to a state of
savagery and a n tagonis m toward th ei r
n
m
n
r
over
or
a
S
a
tan
d
e
e
med
i
t
r
s
e
w
g
t o g i ve m an h is u nd ivided attention
We are i n cli ned to accept th e f oi m e r
for concerni ng Job t h e d evi l
Vi ew
said to God
Thou h ast h ed ged h i m
ab out ;
and not u n ti l G od gave h i m
permiss i on was Satan abl e to bri n g
p
,
Pe t e r
nd
the
Re a so n W
hy
1 29
dow n re fro m heave n an d d e stroy

Job s sh eep and serva n ts
The
legion of devils th at pos
sessed the m an i n the cou n try of t h e
G adarenes
must needs obtai n permis
sio n of Christ before th ey coul d e n ter
into the swi n e

Co n cer n ing the fth period , our pres
e nt dispensatio n , w e do not t hi n k there
i s such a radical cu rtaili n g of Satan s
power over m e n or of his retireme n t i nto
the mists of obscurity as some would
h ave usbelieve Not h avi n g any d i rect
re vel atio n from God or i n spired prophet
to poi n t th e nger of denunciat i o n at
some son of Belial and say thou
art possessed of the devil

we are apt
to forget th at th e devil as a roari n g

lion w alketh about se e king whom h e
may devour
But after the birt h of
Christ Satan an d h is angels were con
n ed to our earth Jesus said

I saw
the devil as light n i n g fall from heaven
Since Christ
was wound e d for our
.
-5
( 9)
1 30
Th e D e vil
t r ansg r essions
i ui t i e s,
Re b e llio n
was bruised fo r our
Satan m ay no
in
appear
m e re
before t he court of hi gh h eaven an d

ac cuse t he sons an d daughters of
D ur i ng th e sixth period wh i ch will
be th e t i me of th e m illennium Satan will
be b ound
and cast
i n to prison
th e n only th e evil effects of h is former
false te a
chi ngs w i ll crop out i n an oc
casi on al
sinner
w h o Isai ah says
wil l be accursed
The seventh and nal period of
Satan s ex i stence wil l be spent i n h ell
after his last and crowni n g act of vil
l ai n y and sedit i ous rebellion at th e end
of ti me wh en h avi n g been loosed
fro m pr i son h e wil l go forth u nto th e

k i ngs of t he earth and the wh ole w orl d t o
gath er t he m together to th e battle of
th at great d ay of G od Al m i g h t y T
'
Thu s we se e that Satan s rst and

l ast overt act of sin was and is to be
Re v
11
TRe v
.
An d t h R a so n W h y
e
1 31
rebellion ; and s i nce di sobe di e n ce i s re

rebellion they who refuse to comply
with God s plan of salvation are rebels
i n th e sigh t of Almi ghty G od co
workers with the pri nce of Beelzebub

,
Th e D e vil
1 3A
Rebe llio n
T H E J E W S E A RT H LY K IN G DOM (y e t t o
com e ): F or t h e Lord w ill ha ve m e rcy on J aco b

an d will y e t c hoos e Isra e l an d w i l l se t th e m i n
th e ir ow n la n d
I saiah
C HA P TE R
VIII
wh ich w e t e ll of ma n s s e ve n p e r iods of
disc u ss t h e J e ws
e xist e n c e
futur e po l itical
so ve r e ig n ty an d th e ologica l q
u e stio n s r e lati n g
to t h e J e ws t h e C hristia n s an d t h e h e ath e n an d
d e n e th e i r r e lati ve positio n s i n G od s f u tur e
h e a ve n ly ki n gdom
While m an s probationary per i od on
In
earth i s d ivided i nto seve n per i ods of

t im e
ch be
of one th ousand years e a
g i nn i ng wit h Adam and endi n g with
th e j ud gme nt day at the end of t i m e

m an is to occupy seven periods of
ex i stence w i th out r egard to tim e be
g i nn i ng w i th h i s creat i on and extendi ng
th rou gh out all eterni ty i n a constantly
i nc r eas i ng scal e of p ower m entally and
sp i r i tu ally
F i rst
i n th e garden of Eden i nno
cent w eak , h elpless u nable to detect
th e rst l i e th e dev i l tells h i m
,
An d t h Re as on
e
W hy
1 33
Second
from his expulsion from the
garden of E den to the ood a prey t o
lust and u n gover n able passion thus
learni n g wisdom i n t he severe school of
adversity and experie n ce without any
writt en law kn owi n g only t he tribal
re latio n
Th i rd
from th e ood to Mount
Sinai testing differe n t form s of govern
ment and becomi n g skilled i n the

*
art sand scie nces
Fourth
from Sinai to Christ under
th e law
a chose n people espec i ally
prepared for the
Fifth p
eriod when th e advent of the
Ch rist and t h e gift of the Holy Spiri t

elevated m an to a high pl ane giving
him power to become the sons of God

Sixth
duri n g the millen n ial period
whe n th e triu mph of mi nd over matter
will be so complete th at m an wi ll
attai n to the h i ghest state possible with
mortals an d
A ct s
1 34
Th e D e vil
Re b e llio n
Seventh
as r esurrect e d sp i r i tual
i ze d glor i ed be i ngs and as

heirs and
jo i nt he i rs w i th Jesus Christ
men will
be governors of celestial w orlds and
angels
A s rega r ds m an s rel i g i ous li fe there
a r e four dispensat i ons namely : th e
r
atr
i
arch
al
th
e
Jewish
th
e
Ch
ist
i
an
,
p
e r a and th e m i lle nni al peri od
ommonly
Of these onl y t w o are c
spoke n of , be i ng d i st i nguish ed as th e
old a nd th e new d i spensat i ons

th e
rst from Ada m to Ch ri st and th e se c
ond fro m th e r esurrection of Chr i st to
th e m i llen n iu m
These d ispensations
cove r th e tim e or ti mes of ou r act i ve
warfare w i th th e devil
I n th e latter th e one i n wh i ch we
l i ve m an is more spec i cally si ngled
ou t as an i ndivi dual and m ust th erefo r e
d ecid e for hi msel f questions of ri gh t and
wro n g m ust determi n e wh at h e must
do i n order t h at h e m a
l
ive
forever
y
a ch ild of the Om n ipote n t Creator and
ruler of al l t hi n gs
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
1 35
order to read th e scriptures i n tel

l i g e n t l y an d u n d e rstand wh at is con
t ai n e d therei n i t is very i mportant th at
w e should remember n ot to confou nd
th e Ol d with th e New dispensation
keeping i n mi nd wh at period of th e
world s history we are readi n g about ,
who is writi ng to whom h e i s writing
and wh at h e is writi n g about ; i n th e
words of t he Apostle
rightly divide
the word of truth

We must n ot for
get th at except the pro mise of th e Me s
si ah up to th e ti me of th e ood th e Ol d
Testament is but a history of creation
an d the fall of m an ; and the n except th e
proph ecies it is on l y th e h i st ory of on e
family the Jews up to th e adv en t of
the Ch rist ; th erefore except so far as
th e prophecies contained th erein refer
to the Messiah n othi n g writte n i n th e
Ol d Testame n t h as a n yth i n g w hatever
to do with y our salvatio n or mi ne ; nor
do the proph e ci e s o n ly so far as they
poi n t for w ard to and i n troduce th e Christ
In
'
Th e D e vi l
1 36
Re b e ll io n
Jesus said I w i l l build my ch u rch ;
wh i ch ch urch i s the ki ngdom of God

on eart h for th e Ch ris t ia n of t h i s di s
n
i
e
s
a
o
n
thou
gh
i
n
modied
form
no
t
p
doubt th is ch urch or ki n gdom

wil l
conti n ue th rou gh th e m illen ni al period ;
th is ki n gdom bei n g set up organized
and establish ed at th e tim e w hen th e
ne w
testam ent was be i ng writte n its
l aws and co n d itions are necessarily con
t ai n e d i n the new testament
Th e proph eti c i ndex nge r of th e old
testame nt poi nts f orward to th e re
deemer ; th e new testament poi nts th e
way to h eave n t h roug h th at redeemer s
n ame
Al l th e ol d patriarch s and proph e ts
m
were
e n subj ect to like passions as
th ere fore you can remai n i n

w e are ;
h el l withou t an y effort i f you w i l l per
sist i n looking at th em an d thei r faults
i ns
tead of followi n g th e Christ
Is i t reaso n abl e i s it j ust to banis h
,
'
Jam e s
nd
the
Re aso n
W hy
1 37
and forget an old a true and tried

fri e n d whose loyalty to you an d to
your best i n terests h as r epeatedly been
prove n because i n th e di scuss ion of
foreig n peoples and countries , of e vents
whi ch happ e ned long before y ou ope ned
your eyes and m i n d to behold the l i t t l e
world within y our circu ms cr i bed mortal
he t ells of th i n gs beyond you r
V1 51 0n
compreh e nsion ? Th e n w hy discredit
or discard the Bible because as h isto ry
there are th ings written i n i t you do not
u nderstan d ; or because you nd i n the
Jew i sh politi cal law th at wh ich does not
har m onize with your id e a of j ust i ce ?
If these th i n gs grate on you r sensitive
nerves the n why n ot be consistent ,
a b andon C hristia n civilization ; go and
l ive a m ong the Hotte n tots , or the A us
tr
al i an Bushme n who h ave no God , and
so run the gau ntlet of killi n g and eati ng
your n e i g h borm g tri besman before be bas
the ch ance to k ill and eat you or steal
your wife and babies i n your absenc e ?
,
'
Th e D e vi l
1 38
Re b e llio n
Where d id you get your highly sensi

tive and rened ideas of equity and j us
tice i f n ot fro m Ch rist s n e w testame n t
l aw of love ; i n t h e wh ich when Jesus
was re m i nded of t he l axness of th e Mo
sai c
al l aw h e replied
because of th e
h ard ness of y ou hearts Moses su f fered
you to do these
Th e stra n ger
w i th in th y gates was there m ore ofte n

as a spy or to poison t h e Jewis h m i n d
wit h false i deas of some die t y Tth a n for
any g ood h e mi gh t do G od s chose n
people ; and so h e was not e n titled to
much c ons i derati on or respect especially
u nder a d ispensatio n of a n eye for a n
eye and a tooth for a t oot h l ;t And thi s

l aw of retali ation was m ade necessary
because of th e h abitu al dishonesty of
th eir h eathen
idolatrous nei ghbors
whose i deas of j ustice were crude be
yond the co n ceptio n of our Christ tau ght
mi n ds These evi l i n ue n ces oft e n
ga i ned such h ead way a mo n g t he Israel
'
M at
E ze
T
IL
e vi t
22
An d t h R a so
e
W hy
1 39
ites th at i dolatrous w orship was set up on
many h ills and i n pleasa nt groves ,

and God fou nd i t necessa ry to bring
them to a realization of their folly by a
visitation of so me great national cal am
i ty
Sel f p r ese r vat i on is the rst l aw
(if n ature ; t h erefore a ny course th at

would weed out a nd eradicate these per
i ous teach i ngs and practices fro m
n ic
among th e Jews was j usti able because
of their e nvironme nt u nder t h at di sp
en
satio n through which G od was t ra1 n 1 n g
and preparing the m for better th ings
d:
K eep th is idea xed i n y ou r m i n
ma
n s probationary exis t e n ce on earth
has al ways bee n i s now and will be
u n til th e end of tim e a trai n i n g school
i n whi ch we may prepare for an eter n al
l ife beyond the gra ve
n ot
Search the scriptu res
as an
abl e j urist would s e arch a legal docu
me n t d raw n by his adversary or as an
austere professor exami n i n g an e ssay
written by one of 11 1 8 way w ard pupils ;
-
0
4
Re b e llio n
Th e D e vil s
i t is th e devi l th at b reeds th is spi rit of
antago n is m i n you heart

Read th e
B ible as you would t he will o f a lovi n g
Fathe r who h as imposed o nly su ch con
di t i on s as are necessary to preve nt t he
devi l a nd his agents f ro m robb i n g you
of y ou r i nh er i t ance ; an i nheri tance of
m or e i nesti mable valu e t h an th e crow n
t h at rests on the brow of any m onarch
anc i e nt or m oder n th at ever h as or eve r
w i ll w i eld a scepte r on ou r earth
Just here we wish to e mph as i ze th e
e dg e d
fact t h at t he f ull
consistent ,
dev i l h ati ng G od lovi n g Christi an of
the present dispe nsatio n i n th e econ o
my of G od s futu r e ki n gdom i n heaven
ac cord i n g to Jewish i nterpretation i s to
be a priest The pr i ests u n de r J ewish
political l aw were t hei r rulers h en c
e
the sign i cance of the title wh en ap
pl ie d to Christians i n Joh n th e re ve l at
or s letter to th e chu rches ; t h e Chris
tia n i s to be a k i n g hence a go ver n or
.
Re v
an d
A d t h Re a so n
n
W hy
of celestial worlds and subject s

It i s
a signicant fact that to n o on e e l se
u n der either the patriarch al or th e J e w
ish disp e n sations ( and I will also i n
cl ude those th at come after the Chr i sti a n
era and th at will i nh abit th e earth dur
i ng the millennial peri od ) is a p
rom i se
of a crown an d ruli n g po wer given , ex
cept that Christ said to his A postles
Ye sh all sit upo n twelve t h ro ne s j udg
i ng th e t w elve tribes of Israel

Now si n ce the Christ i an is to be a
rule r i t necessarily follows th at th e r e
must be subj ects to r ule : who are these
subjects w he n c e will they c ome ? Whi le
Paul has said

K now ye not th at we
shall j udge an g e l s; T i t does not ap

pe ar reaso n able t hat God will divide
up the already existi n g a n gels and
give to each Ch ristia n a suf ci e n t nu m
ber t o co n stitute the entire worki n g
forc e of a celesti al ki ngdom Thi s wi ll
not
be n ecessary , nor do we think
"
'
He b
Re v
42
Th e D e vil
Reb e llio n
th e solution of th is p roblem di fcul t

K eep i n m ind th at only Ch r i sti ans of
the present dispensation

who tur n
m an y to
and th e twelve
apostles are to be crowned ki ngs So
for subj ects we h ave :
First
th e r igh t eous patri archs ;
Second
the righteous Jews ;
Thi rd
uncrowned Ch risti ans and
Fourth
ri ghteous
Gentiles
th e
These Gen t iles who not h avi ng h ad
t he opportu nity k n ow not G od and
h is Christ but som e o f th e m accord i ng
to there ligh t h ave ful ll ed th e l aw of

ki n d ness
thei r th ou gh ts ( conscien ce )
accus i n g orelse excusi ng one an ot h e r; T

th ese will not be j udged by th e Mosaic
l aw nor yet by the l aw of th e new t esta
m ent because wh ere no l aw i s th e r e is
no transgress i on
and w i thout trans
r
i
e
o
n
there
can
be
no
conde
m
nation
s
s
g
th e refore no pu n i sh ment
All these
w ill outnumber i n pr oport i on , perh aps
.
Dan
t Rom
An d t h e Re ason W
hy
43
m illions to one the Ch risti ans who wil l
receive a
who by th eir work
rightly done wi ll merit a crown
As n um e rous as th ese are howev e r
there will be a far greater nu m b er t h at
l ive on th e earth during th e m i llennial
t housand year period because acco rd
i n g to Isaiah
there sh all be n o more
thence an i nfant of days n or a n ol d
m an th at h ath n ot lled his days : for
t h e ch ild sh all die an hun dred years old ;
but t h e si n ner bei n g an hu nd red years
old sh all b e accurse d T It is evide n t

th erefor e that J e sus Christ will not be
ki n g i n bodi l y person o n earth duri ng
the millenni um else there would be no
room for si n and death
Christ will i ndeed come at the begi n
ni n g of th e millennium
wi 1 1 resur
rect re i mbody and establish th e twelve
apostles upon their th rones on ea rth
and sh a
ll gather together his elect
those
th at are to wear crowns and
,
C or
Isa
r
J
.
14
4
Th e D e vi l
Reb e ll io n
h elp govern the celesti al worlds These

latter are to be w i th Jesus Ch rist i n t he
heavens , and bei n g assigned th eir p
o
wil l h ave a t housand y ears
tra i nin g before t h e grea t j udgm ent d ay ,
t he nal r esurrecti on , wh e n th e y , the
c rowned Chr i stians , w il l be gi ven the
subjects for thei r kingdoms
This
second c oming of Christ is th e ti me
of th e
rst resu rrection spoken of by
St Joh n i n Re v
And I
sa w t h rones , an d th e y sat upon th em ,
a nd judgme n t was g iven u nto the m :
an d the y l ived and r ei gned with Ch rist
But th e rest of t he
a t h ousand y ea r s
de ad live ?not agai n u nti l th e thou sand
years were n i shed This i s t h e rst
r esu r recti on
Speaki ng on this sub
l
Job
sa
s
So
m
an
i
eth
e
c
t
y
j
down and raiseth not : t i l l th e heavens
be no m ore t he y sh al l n ot wake no r be
r aise d out of thei r slee p

W e cite
t his quotation h e r e to show the me ces
.
'
Re v
nd t
he
Re aso n W
hy
45
n
of
adh
e
ri
g
to
the
rul
e
th
at
we
y
have laid do w n that w e must rightly
divide the word of truth

Job wrote hu n dreds of years before
Christ
wrote of those who l iv e d u n der
th e patriarchal disp e nsation k n owi n g
nothi n g of th e superior advantages th at
were to come for the Ch risti an of t his
dispe n satio n
Co n cer n i n g th e Jews
Paul savs :
D avid is not asce n ded into
si t
the
How ridiculo us and absu rd it seems to

u s n ow that at on e tim e the d e vi l so
befuddled th e mi n ds of good i n te n tioned
C h ri st ai n s th at th ey divided th e ch urch
over t h e questio n of soul sleepi n g ; as

i f this h as a n yth i n g wh atever to do wi th
our salvatio n
U nr e aso n abl e as i t was
however i t w as n ot an y mor e so th an
th ey of th e mill e n n i al p e riod will con
si de r us of today b e caus e of our de n om i n a
l an of
t i on al differe n ces regardi n g the p
salvatio n
Th e r e is positively no doub t th at
-
( 1 0)
46
Th e D e vil
Re b e llio n
du ring the millen n i u m the C h ristai n
whose work h as n ot b een bu rn e d with
th e angels for serva n ts wi ll reign w i t h
Christ i n h eaven
who with the h el p
of these Christians w i ll prepare t h e
books for t he nal judg m e n t T

On earth a ki n gdom wil l be establish ed
whose ch ief rulers wil l be of th e root
of D avid
the Jews w hom G od h as
for a ti me rej ected
That bli nd ness i n
part is h appened to Israel i u ntil th e full
ness of th e Gentiles be come i n
D id
not th e Lord say th rou gh Isai ah s p ro
h
e
I
n
a
li
ttle
w
rat
h
I
h
ide
my
face
c
p y
fro m thee for a m o m ent

As a wife of
yout h
Israel h as bee n refused
B ut
t he ti me will shortly come ( the m ille n
n iu m
wh
en
the
Lord
will
say
to
)
Israel
thou sh al t not remember th e
reproach of t hy widowhood any more
I wil l lay th y stones with fai r
,
"
C or
angel s
C
or
1
T
world
*
K n ow y e
IRom
Th e
n ot
th at
we
sha l l j udg e
sai n ts shal l j udg e
th
An d t h e Re a so n W
hy
47
colours and lay th y fou ndatio n wit h

sapphi re s A nd I wil l m ak e th y w i n
dows of agates ( glass ) an d thy gates of
carbuncles and al l t hy borders of pleas
ant stones An d all th y ch ildren sh al l
be taugh t of the Lord ; and great sh al l be
th e peace of thy ch ildre n
In righ teous
n ess sh alt thou be
The f orm of governmen t th en will n ot
be an h ereditary monarch y n eith er wil l
i t be a republi c as republics are now
A h ereditary kingdom i s not desirable
b ecause th e son m ay n ot possess th e
governin g powers of his sire and an
election of new m e n to l l responsibl e
posi tions at frequent i n tervals is cer
t ai n l y contrary to al l reason and as we
A mericans h ave learned to ou r cost is
too ofte n productive of disastrous results
to reform movem ents to say noth ing of
th e cost loss of ti me and bitter di sap
i
which
eng
e
nder
stri
fe
and
o
n
n
m
t
e
t
s
p
h atred
Except their ki ngs th e elec
,
Isaiah
17
48
Re b e llio n
Th e D e vil s
i ce rs wi ll be for a l i fe te n ure
tio n of o
with pow e r of recal l for m al adm i n i st ra
tio n for an y cause an d th e i niti ative an d
r e f e rendu m w il l u n doubted ly be th e rul e
for all govern me n ts dur i n g th e mi lle n
n i al perio d wh e n
accordi ng t o Isai ah
al l m e n wil l live to an adva n ced ag e
an d wi sdom wil l h ave ti me t o c r o wn th e
brow of every m ort al T
If I was asked wh at i s th e greatest
m i racl e God ever wrou gh t am on g m e n
I s h oul d u n h esitati ngly a n swer t h e pres
e rvat i on of th e J e ws as a disti n ct
an d
separate people ; a m i racl e begu n n early
fou r thousa n d years ag o con t i n u
i n g and
ye t to conti nu e th roughout al l eter n ity
A m i racle t h at deals with frail h u mani ty ;
th at ru ns counter to every l aw of rea
every n atu ral i n cli n atio n and yet
son
scarcely one i n a m illion violates thi s un
writte n law ; and so sh all th e words of pro
h
be
ful
lled
i
n
t
h
e
seed
of
A
bra
e
c
p y
h am
For as th e ne w h eave n s and
,
"
"
Isaiah
Isaiah
T
An d t h e R aso n
e
W hy
49
earth whi ch I will m ake sh al l

rem a i n before m e saith the Lord so
sh all your seed and yo ur n am e re m ai n
Wh e n sp e aki n g of his seco n d comi n g
and of th e e n d of th e world
Jes us
said Thi s g e neration ( th e Je w s ) sh al l

not pass till all th es e things be ful
the
new
l l e dl
Scattered as he is amo n g all n atio n s

h e i s a Jew sti ll n ot because h e i s i n b u
m an an d can not mix with other peoples
but because God says h e sh al l n ot ;
h e n ce the proof of the truth ful n ess
of God s
Hosea
says :
God will cast th em away b e cause th ey

did not h arke n u n to h i m : and th ey sh al l
Eze
be wa n d e r e rs a m o n g t h e n atio n s
ki e l
says : I will accept you
wi th you r sw e e t sa v o ur w h e n I bri n g
h
n
e
a
d
ou
t
from
peopl
e
gath
er
you
o
t
u
y
out of t h e cou n t ri e s wh e r e i n you h a ve
b e e n sca t t e red ; an d I will be sa n cti ed
i n you b e fore th e heath e n

,
M ark
1 50
Th e D e vil
Re b e llio n
Su rely no one will de n y th at these

prophets were writi ng of the J ews i n th e
present dispe n satio n and at Christ s
second comi n g wh ich ti mes by i n spira
tion th ey could look down through th e
ages and see as clearly as th ey coul d
predict th e risi n g of the mor n i n g su n
With th e devil and h is evi l i n uences
removed and with all th e n ations of
earth ruled over by supernatu ral K i ngs
th e p
eace of ea r th during t he mille n n ial
period wi ll be si mil ar to th at i n the
garden of Eden
I n Isai ah
si l ver and gold are
cal led i dols and we are told th at every
m an will
cast the m away ;
so th at
Bell amy s id e a th at metal money wi l l b e
d iscarded d uri n g th e m ille n n iu m wil l
p robably be
The use of metal mo n ey shows dis
trust and th e lack of condence These
are ch ildren of th e devil
Comm o n
sense an d re ason at least teach th e per
n ic
i ous useless n ess of spendi ng millio n s
of dollars an d te n s of thousa n ds of prec
Is aiah
A d t h e R aso n
n
W hy
1 51
ious li ves di ggi n g for metal to be coi ned

i nto bulky and i n conve n ie n t slugs only
to be worn out i n our pockets Rest as
sured thi s useless waste will n ot be per
m i t t e d durin g th at peaceful de vil free
mille n n i al period
We h av e said t hat th e t welve Apos
tles are to be the ki n gs or gover n ors of
earth du ri n g the mille n n iu m
In Mat thew
we read : The n
answered Peter an d said unto him Be
hold we h ave forsake n al l and followed
thee ; wh at sh al l we h ave th erefore ? An d
Jesus said u n to t hem verily I say u n to
you That ye which h ave followed m e
i n th e regeneratio n when th e S on of m an
sh al l sit i n t h e th rone of h is glory ye
also sh all si t upon twelve th rones jud g
i n g the twelve t ri b e s of Israel

Lives there a true Ch risti an wh o
doubts that this proph ecy wil l b e fu l
l led ? An d lives there an orthodox Jew
w h o does n ot co n ti n ual ly pray for an d
look forward to the tim e wh e n there
.
Th e D e vi l
1 52
Re b e ll io n
will b e establ i sh ed a temporal Jewish

ki n gdom ? Bu t whe n and where are
th ese ki n gdoms to be ?
Evi dently refe rri n g to th e establi sh
m ent of these k i n gdom s Isaia h says :
Th e n sh al l a na tion be bor n a t o n ce
The p
rese nt prevaili n g a n i mosity to
wards th e Jews and th e co n tem pt for
t he m as a class fel t by a great m ajority
of t he people of every nation m ake
Jewish dom i n ation u tterly i mpossible
u nder t h e prese nt dispe n sation
The Jews are accu mul ati ng vast
hoards of the worl d s wealth t hus fore
i n g recog n itio n of t hei r busi n ess sag ac
ity an d t hereby gai n in g for t hemselves
positio n s of power and i nue n ce ; but
t hou gh ou r very n atu res are i n a meas
u re to be ch a n ged at th e begi n n i n g o f
th e m ille n n ial per i od th e i n her e n t h a
so n s of A brah am will n ot
t re d of th e
b e eradi c at e d to su ch an e xtent that
i t wil l b e possibl e for al l n a t io n s to
agre e si m ultaneously to select Jewish
,
"
I s aiah
An d t h Re aso n
e
W hy
1 53
.
ki n gs to rul e over th e m u n l e ss th ose

ki n gs be some t h i n g more th a n ordinary
,
m ort al s
I
E
Reme mberi n g Ch rist s promise aft e r
He arose from th e dead h is apostles ex

h
n
i
m
medi
ate
restoratio
of
ec
e
t
e
d
t
p
Jewish sovereig n ty : Whe n th ey there

for e were come t og e t h e r t h e y asked h im
sayi n g Lord wilt thou at thi s ti me re
store a
gai n the ki n gdom to Israel ? An d
h e said u nto them I t is n ot for you to
k n o w th e times or the se ason s w h i ch th e
Father h ath pu t i n h is ow n pow e r

Thus i n his reply do e s Christ reiterate
his promise ( i mpli ed ) b u t i m mediately
tu r n s th e i r atte n tio n t o t h e m or e i m por
ta n t m att e r of his u n iv e rsal u n iverse
wid e sp
i ri t ual
ki n gdom
H e r e t h e n w e h a v e th e stro n gest pos
si b l e proof that Christ s prophecy will
be lit e rally f ul l l e d
t hat the tw e lve
apostl e s r e surr e cted an d re i rn bodi e d
compos e d of esh an d bo n es as was

,
At t h e r s t r e s urr e ctio n al l
I s ai a h
e arth wi l l be l f t vac a n t
*
th
thro n e s of
1
0
.
1 54
Th e D e vi l
Re b e llio n
"
Ch rist after h is resu rrectio n

will be
crow n ed ki ngs of al l th e natio n s of earth
and so will rule th e world i n ri ghteous
ness continu ally for a thousa n d years

Thus i t W i ll be th at without blood
sh ed by u n a n i mous conse n t th e Jews
will agai n co me i n to po w e r wil l be
gat hered together ou t of al l n atio n s ;

n ot
al l to on e parti cul ar pl a c
e ( tho a t
Jerusal e m a great ce n tral con f erence
city will u ndoubtedly be built ) but t o
th e capital ci ties of earth where they
will hold the princi pal places of power
Not alo n e b e cause th e
an d trust
n atio n s of earth wil l recog n ize thei r ri gh t
to rul e will th e Jews be give n t his
power ; bu t wh e n accord i n g to Ch rist s
prophecy al l th e Ch risti ans sh al l h av e
been take n aw ay rl th e Jews will h av e

n ot onl y t he prepo n dera n ce of wealth but
also of i n telli ge n ce
Therefore i f not
th e m aj ori ty th ey w ill
n u merically i h
asid e from t heir su per n atu ral rulers be
th e most compete n t and so will tak e
,
Lu k e
M at h
T
al s o Re v
6
.
A d t h Re aso n
n
W hy
1 55
.
over the ruli ng pow e rs of e arth

will
b e com e i n very fact th e u n iversal ki n g
dom th at their forefathers though t to
establish with Christ as ki n g n early two
thousand years
Because they r e j e ct e d Ch rist as th e
Messiah upon his rst adv e nt the time of
the establ ish me n t of Jewish soverei g n ty
has b e e n deferred for two thousand y e ars ;
but accordi ng to prophecy and i n th e
time which the Fath er h ath put i n h i s
n til
own power
u
the
times
of
th
e
(
Ge n tiles be f ul l l e d)Tit will b e ush ered
The n the Ge n ti les who h a v e also
in
rej e ct e d Christ will remember how th e
Je w s patie n ce w as r e ward e d thei r
pray e rs answ e re d an d though u ph e l d
b y n o divi n e promises t h ey will for a
thousa n d years l ive i n e xpectatio n of a
d e li v e r e r who wil l re establish G e n til e
authority th roughou t the world Th us
will Sata n n d willi n g dup e s an d will be
able to marshal an i n n umerable host to
'
Joh n
a ls o M att
Luk e
T
Th e D e vil
1 56
gh t
Re b e ll io n
agai n st God s elect

wh e n th e
thousa n d years are expi red

an d Sata n
i s loo sed out of h i s prison an d sh all go
ou t to deceive th e n atio n s
A s furth er proof of ou r stateme n ts re
gardi n g Jewish te mporal ki ngdoms to be
ruled over by th e apostles we cite the
fact th at except Paul th e apostles were
n ot
th at is i n to
bap
t i ze d i n to Ch rist
h is death buri al an d
Therefore t h ey do n ot properly belo n g to
t h i s dispe n satio n but were Jews

mad e
u nd e r the l aw ; and as Christ t he au
t hor an d n isher of ou r faith

is th e
spiritu al h ead of all Christi a n s of al l na
t io n s to n gues and peoples

so t h e
apostles wh o w e r e J e ws h avi n g bee n
especi ally chose n an d taugh t b y th e
Chri st an d appoi n t e d as h is embassadors
are th e legiti mate h e ads of thei r Jewish
breth re n an d are worthy to b e com e t h e i r
sup e r n atural ( th e refore death less ) ki n gs
ov e r th ei r t e mporal ki n g doms
Rom
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
1 57
Beca use of thei r n ot h avi n g been m ade
heirs and joi n t heirs with Ch rist

nu
der th e n e w dispe n satio n so th at as such
they would be e n ti tled to h ave part i n

th e rst
th ese apostles
b y a special providence of God accord
i n g to Ch rist s p
rom i se Tare n e ve rt h e
less to be resurrected re i m bodi e d and

ho n or ed with a temporal ki n gshi p of a

t onsan d years duratio n
Paul wh o h i mself says h e was born out
of du e season ( italics m i n e ) was called
by J e sus Christ af t e r He arose from th e

d e a d and was th erefore the o n ly apostle
wh o was baptized i n to th e deat h of

Ch rist ; was by Christ especi ally pre
pared an d se n t an embassador e xt r
aor
di n ary ;
an apostl e to th e Ge n t iles
Ther e fore Paul b e longs to th e n e w dis
n
e
s
a
i
o
n
and
also
sp
cically
belongs
t
e
p
to and must be classed with th e Ge n
tile Christi a n s with w h om he will be
resurrected an d gloried at Ch ri st s se c
Re v
M at
T
1 58
Re b e llio n
Th e D e vil s
on d
comi n g
cau gh t u p to meet h i m

i n the ai r
and so sh all w e ever be with
th e Lord
as h e says
M atthi as a Je w u n d oubtedly con
verted before Ch rist was cru ci ed and
re g ul arly ch ose n by t h e eleven apos
t les th at h e mi gh t take part of th e mi n

i st ry and apostleshi p from whi ch Juda s
by tra n s g ression fell

is certai nly one
of th e twelve to be i ncl uded i n Christ s
proph eti c promise
A lth ou gh th e Gentile world is i n
cl i n e d to look u pon th e idea of a futu re
temporal Jewish kin gdo m as visionary
th ere are propheci es th at cannot be ful
lled i n an y other way ; and th e prayers
of millio n s of de vout J e w s of al l ages wil l
certai n ly be answered For th is cause t h e
Je ws h ave bee n miraculously preserved as
a separate peopl e ; and th ey h ave bee n
scattered amo n g al l nati ons i n order

t h at t hey mi gh t learn th e peculi ar ch ar
act e ri st i cs and l anguages of all th e peo
pl es of th e earth so th at wh en th e tim e
,
An d t h e Re aso n
W hy
1 59
.
comes they wi ll b e fully prepared to tak e
the r e i ns of governme n t an d rul e ov e r

t h eir
Then th e sucking ch ild sh al l pl ay

on th e hole of the asp and th e weaned
ch ild sh all put his h and oh th e cock a
trice de n Tand all will li ve to be an
hundred years
Th e n will th e
wol f and th e l amb f e ed togeth er an dth e
lio n sh al l eat straw li ke t h e bul lock and
dust shall be the serpe n t s meat They
sh al l n ot h urt nor d estroy i n al l my h oly
mou n tai n saith th e L ord

The 1 4th ch apter of Isai ah establishes
th e tim e for the b egin n i n g of th e Jewish
temporal ki n gdom at t h e begin n i n g of
th e mille n n ial period

the rst resu r
rection
whe n Satan is to be bou n d
and cast i n to the bottomless pit to

remai n for a thousand years
A fter ti me sh al l be n o longer th e
apostles like Enoch an d Elij ah will be
,
I s aiah
Re v
Isa
r
Isa
T
Th e D e vil s
1 60
Re b e llio n
t ra n sl ated or r e moved to other world s

wh er e th ey a nd th e ri gh teous Jews of al l
ages wi ll d well a disti n ct an d separate

,
people th roughout all eternity : For

as th e n e w h eave n s an d the n e w earth
wh i ch I sh all m ake sh all rem ai n befor e
me sai th th e Lord so sh al l you r seed
and you r n ame rem ai n

Through th e rst th ree di sp
e n sat i on sT
m an s governm e n t s
h av e prove n fai lu res
Fro m t he a n cient absolute monarch ies
wh ere mi ght m ad e ri gh t down to the
comparatively free republics of ou r mod
e rn Ch ristian civiliz atio n
where th e god
of gold is worshipped as n ever before th at
bli ghti ng per n icious word failu re h as
al ways been i n termi n ably wove n i n to th e
pol itical fabric of all govern me n ts An d
so even then though their k i n gs be th e
apostles possessi n g sup e rnatural powers ;
and th ei r forms of gover n me n t as perfect
as i t will be possible for th ese superior
,
I s aiah
Th e Patriarcha l
T
*
th
J e wish
an d t h
C hristia n
A d t h R aso
n
W hy
1 61
si n l e ss rul e rs to mak e t h e m with h u man

b e i n gs for su b j e cts b e caus e of the arro
ga n t at t i t ut e an d t h e i mp e n e trabl e wal l
of social dis t i n ction m ai n tai n e d b y th e i r
J e w ish r ulers and neighbors t h e s mol
d e ri n g spark of dissatisfactio n w il l be
k e pt al iv e i n t h e h u ma n h e arts of th e ir
G e ntil e su b j e cts so th at when Satan is
l oos e d for a little seaso n h e will nd

th e m ripe for re b ellion
A nd God will
allo w Satan to deceiv e them i n order to
giv e m an th is last d e monstration t h at
without t h e personal and dir e ct sup e r
visio n of Al mighty God al l governm e nts
are fai lur e s
In t h l s i nsta n c e how e v e r
as i n t h e cas e of al l t h e oth e r s i n s m an
e v e r has com mitt e d or e v e r will commit
i t h as b e e n and wil l be by t h e p ow e r o f
f re e will th at th ey acc e p
t t h e ov e r t u re s
of Sata n
A l l t h e righ t e ous i n h abita n ts of t h e
earth who liv e dur i n g that p e ac e fu l
p e riod i n G od s e v e rl asti n g ki n gdo m
,
(1 1 )
Th e D e v i l
1 62
R e b e llio n
after ti me shal l cease to be will be sub

e
cts
or
servants
to
do
t
he
w
i
l
l
of
ou
r
j
God of Christ and his a postles and of
t he redeemed crow n ed Christ i ans wh o
l ive duri ng th e presen t d ispensation
Alt hough nearly al l who l ive during
t he millenniu m wil l be Christi ans ( for
Jer e mi ah says they sh al l al l k no w t h e

Lord from t he least to th e
they cannot be give n posi tions of re
sponsibility i n God s future heavenl y
k i ngdo m because of t hei r weakness
There i s a specic d e nite prom ise
given to Christians of t his d ispens ati o n
concerning th ese particular peoples th a t
t hey ( th e Christi ans ) sh al l be given
power over th em i
Th e resisti ng force ( t h e devi l ) to be
overcome i n th e strength eni n g process
of man i s to be removed at t h e begi nni ng
of t he mil l e n niu m He will be ch ai ned
cast i nto th e bottomless pi t ( t h e hollo w

s ace i n t h e center of th e e art h ) wh e re
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the a n gels who are bou n d i n dark n ess
undou b t e dly are

and a s e al set upo n
him th at h e sh all d e ceive t h e n ations n o
more till t h e thousand years be ful
m I
l l e d
W e are told th at at th e e n d of
that time t h e n umb e r of i n h abitants will
H e re then
be as t h e sands of t h e se a
G od has provided mill i ons yes billions
upo n billions of subj ects with wh ich to
p e ople t h e m y riads of worlds over wh ich
b
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wi t h Ch rist u nd e r God rule th roughout
t h e e t e r n al ag e s T
H e re t h e question will naturally arise
wh y did God b i nd and i m prison cer
ta i n angels wh ile others with the d e vil
t h e i n sti gator of al l e vil were al low e d
th e i r li b e rty ? I n th is w e can see a two
fold purpos e
First
som e a n gels were bound as
an e xa m pl e to his r e mai ning su b j e cts
a ch e ck upo n an y future re b ellious t e n
de n cie s
W e can reasona b ly su ppos e
,
Re v
M at t
T
Th e De v il s R e b e llion
1 64
t h e se were stro n g
go v e r ni ng
pri n c e s who vol un t e e re d to h e l p Sata n
for w e are told t h ey kept not th ei r rst
e state
e y wer e poss e ss e d
th
of
an
es
(
tat e ) wh ich they abando n e d at th e ti me
of their fal l : th us w e r e l e ft only such
an g e ls or evi l spirits as w e r e u nd e r S a
t an s i m m e di at e control so th at t hou gh
they be vil e enou gh to commi t any
depredation none are abl e to cope w it h
t he devi l ; t herefore eve n i n Sata n s
army al l work i n h armony

devils are
not cast out by t he pri n ce o f de vi l s T
S e cond
powers of d ark n e ss wi th
a lead e r whos e authority is absolute i s
a n e c e ssity i n t h e w orki n g ou t of God s
plan
The sugg e stion of evil h ad been i n
Sugg e stio n as
t roduce d by t h e d e vil
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.
A d t h R aso
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1 65
D uri n g t h e m ille n n i um th rough

sugg e stio n ( now i n i t s e m b ryo e xp
e ri
sul t s
m e n tal stag e ) mi n d will be t h e gr e at e st

factor i n restori n g and re tai n i n g h e alth
ei th e r me n tal or physi cal an d m ay b e
us e d to l ift heavy obstacl e s S ugg e s
tio n an d wh at l e giti mately ows from
it is positiv e l y al l there i s to Christia n
Sci e n ce
S i n h avi n g o n c e ent e red by the devi l s
re b e llion was b y sugg e stion li abl e to
b ecom e i nfectious amo n g th e c e l e sti al
b e in g s for w e must conclud e th at God s
r e mai n i n g l oyal a n g e ls h av e e qual power
of fr e e w ill with thos e who f e ll Th e r e for e
an d i mpriso n m e n t of thos e
t h e bi n di n g
ang e ls who e e l zm l e e re a to j oi n the d e vi l
i n his re b e llio us sch e m e was a n e cessity
as a r e straini n g i n uence an exa m ple of
God s almigh ty po w e r a war n i n g to t h e
other angels as to wh at migh t be e x
e r i n surr e ctio n
i
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case
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On the oth e r h a n d without the d e vil s
opposi n g force man would h av e attai n e d
,
Th e D e v i l
1 66
R e b e llio n
to bu t little great e r d e gree of strength

th an h ave the a n gels who know not t h e
h u rt of si n nor t h e sting of death An d
agai n to even t h e score , i n their futu r e
lost state th e bound angels

pu n ish
m ent wi l l be but a passive e nduranc e
wh ile because of th e ir present attitude
toward God and t heir i nstrumentality i n
d raggin g souls down to h ell Satan and
his i mps will be subj ects for th e vitu pera
tion and b itt e r denu nciation of al l th e
d am ned souls th rough out
Let u s reme mber t h at God s j usti c e
and mercy endu reth forever ; an d l e t

God be tru e t hough ev er y m an ( and e s
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are t hi n gs i n God s W ord th at appear to
you to be mysterious u nint e lli gible or
u nreasonable do not for on e mom e nt
th i nk there i s anyth ing wrong with the
Book ; k now of a su rety th at t h e troubl e
i s with yourself ; th at i t i s because of
you r sm allness you r inabi li ty to grasp
.
I s aiah
rRom
S ee
pag e
20
7
hy
1 67
or u nderstand God s al mi g hty pow e r and
eternal pu rpos e Job says

W h o by
s e arch i n g can nd out
As nit e
mortal s w e may not can n ot understa n d
or grasp even this idea th at God h ad
no beginni ng and th at there shall be
no e n d T W ith us all thi n gs h ave a

beginnin g and a n e n d ; th ere fore w e are
cast i n th at groov e of thou gh t b e yond
and above which we m ay n ot ris e u ntil
death h ath taugh t us mor e th an th e
m e l ancholy worl d doth know

W he n
w e sh all h av e been rais ed an d crowned
h e i rs of e ternal li fe re i m bodi e d and
glori e d
w e shal l kno w a s w e a re
k n ow n
i U n til then l e t us accept t h e
j ust and re asonable con clusi on t h at God

i s and th at h e i s a rewarder of th e m
t h at dili gentl y s e ek
and th at
he i s th e i nnite Creator and Rul e r of
t h e univers e
As t h e heav e ns are h i gh er th an t h e
earth so are my ways hi gh er than your
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Luk e
i 1 C or
He b
1 68
ways
sait h th e Lord
If you would
realiz e t h e vast d i ff e r e n c e b e tw e en t h e
i n t e ll e ct of m an th e cr e atu r e and of God
t he creator r e ad i n th e ni n th ch apter
ns :
verse
of
R
om
a
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b
ut
0
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2
)
(
m an wh o art thou th at repliest agai nst
God ? Sh all t h e th i n g form e d say to
h i m th at form ed it why h ast thou m ade
m e th us ? Hath n ot t h e pott e r pow e r
over t h e cl ay ? W e n e ed n ot h ow e ve r as
so m any are i ncl i n e d to do consid e r th is
u nansw e rable proble m of t h e all m i g h t i
n ess of God an adam an t i n e wal l to bar
al l r e search i n to God s w ays of deal i n g
wi th th e li f e d e ath and i m mortali ty of
t he h uma n family
Th e word of God
is qui ck and pow e rful an d sh arper th an
an y t wo e dged s w ord pi e rci n g e v en to
th e d ividi ng asunder of so ul and spirit
and of t h e j oi nts an d marrow and IS a dis
cerner of th e th oughts an d i n tents of t h e
and th rou gh i t i f we accept it
we m ay h ave th e Spirit whi ch s e arch

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Isaiah
t He b
A d t h e R aso
e
W hy
1 69
al l thi n gs yea t h e deep t hi n gs of

God ; who h as made know n unto us t h e
myst e ry of his
Th e r e fore i f we
be wis e w e will appropriate wh at God
th rough h is word has mad e i t possible
If w e can u n d e rstand
f orus to o b t ai n
God s pla n s w e will be thoroughly sat
et
with li f e and can b e li e ve that all

things work tog e ther for good to th e m
th at lov e God i An d w e can u nder
sta n d wh y Christ b e cam e e s h and
dw e lt among us an d w h y he was cruci

e d for an d i n whi ch there was a two
fold pu rpos e
i n ord e r t hat He m igh t be
Fi rst
an d th is
t h e captai n of our salvati on
i n its e n ti r e ty e mbrac e s God s plan of
t h e ag e s ; an d
Seco n d
Christ b y becomi n g obe
di e n t u n to d e ath e v e n the d e at h of t h e
e mph asiz e d t h e a b solut e n e c

cross
es
He l e ar n e d
si t y of i mplici t o b edi e nc e
i se d
Juo
h
Ep
T
.
1 Rom
1 70
Th e D e v i l s R e b e l l io n
b e d ience by th e t hings he
and by obedience h e gai ned

pow e r
ov e r D eath
who m h e will ev e ntu all y
de st roy
God th e ki ng t h e o m nipote nt rul er

th rough th e d e vi l s r e bellion lost S a
t an h is most powerful pri n ce

Th e
anoi nted
wh o is also cal led
t he Son of t h e
This fur
nish es an obj ect lesson proof positive
th at a stronger and superior being a
Captai n General was a necessity i n
governi ng th e u niverse ; l h e nce t h e
reaso n for t h e Ch rist
The devil and h is angels also thos e
who kept not th eir rst e st at e l l who

f e ll with Satan cr e ated a vacuu m amidst
the c e l estial world s i nh a b i ta n ts ; hence
th e reaso n for m an
Here we would cal l attention to t h e
Saviou r s words :
Th en sh all t h e ki n g
say u nto the m on his right h and Come
,
He b
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.
A d t h R e aso n
n
W hy
bless e d of my Fath e r i n herit
e
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1 71
th
ki n gdo m
pre pare d for you f rom l l ze
n
a
a
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o
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h
w
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r
Ital
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Thus i s the ti m e wh e n God d e cr e e d
th at m an should i n herit a ki n gdom
de n it e ly xed i m m e diat e ly aft e r t h e
d e vi l s r e b e llion at t h e ti m e of and co
exista n t with the l ayi n g of t h e f oun da
tions of t h e
wh e n t h e morn
i n g stars sa n g togeth e r an d al l th e sons
of God shou ted for j oy

W h y did t h e y
sh out for joy ? Evidently i t was 7201!
b e caus e a n e w world was to be m ad e
wh ich was sur e ly a very com mo n t hi n g
fo r God to do ; th e re fore we m ust con
cl ude t hat si n c e God s gr e at e st princ e
had brave d t h e po w e r of t h e Deity an d
h ad separat e d from t h e l ove of Go

d T
on e th ird of h is h oly ang e ls
th e r e was
undoubt e dly a f e e li ng of u n e asin e ss
withi n t h e minds an d h e arts of t h e i n
h a b ita n ts of t h e morni n g stars l e st a

si mil ar fat e migh t ov e rtak e th e m ; an d
J ob
'
Rom
T
1 72
so God s promis e of rul e rs of superior

stre n gth and wisdom and a su pre m e
L
r
i
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c
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e
n
whose
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p
j ust b e en demo n strat e d would natu rally
cause a spontan e ous out b urst of j oy
God s promise to h i m th at overco m e th
is
I will give h i m the morni n g
U pto th e ti me of th e devil s r e bellion
worlds w e re cr e ated by th e Lord and
w e re no doubt formed assi g n ed th ei r
posi tio n s and r e gulated by th e ang e ls
But u n til th e n al i mprisonm e n t and
pu nish ment of t h e devi l an d h is a n gels
t h e extreme dang e r of a noth er reb e llio n
and l ack of b e i n gs capable of governing
t h e m has i n all proba b ility prevented
Thus
t h e cr e ation of oth e r Worlds
God s pla n s are i n t e rfered w ith u nti l t h e
so n s of men spi rit ualiz e d re i m bodi e d
and m ade strong e r and mor e competent
"
Titus
Ho p e of e t e r n al lif e w h ich G od
promis e d b e for e t h e w orld b e ga n
I Pe t e r
T
Wh o v e rily w as for e ordai n e d b e for e t h e

fou n dati o n of t h e w orld
1
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An d t h R e aso n W
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hy
1 73
th an the a n g e ls ( b e caus e of h avi n g re

sist e d t h e t e mptatio n s of si n an d ov e r
co m i n g S at an t h roug h Christ ) sh al l h av e
b e e n gat h e re d from t h e four
and shall stand b efore t h e gre at W hite
th ron e to r e c e iv e from their God t h e
ki n gdom pre par e d for th e m

The n
will God s world b uild ing go on u nde r
the
sup e rvision of th e re i m bodi e d
glori e d Rede e mer an d h is co operat
i ng
b r e th re n t h e r e surre ct e d spi ri t
ual i ze d and re i m bodi e d sons and daug h
ters of e arth
Do n ot for on e mom e nt thi n k th at
God ever made a mistak e or th at h e
was or is e xp e ri me nti n g ; for k n ow n

u n to God are all his works from th e be
i
n
n
n
i
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ti
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for
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a
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;
g
mor e e fci e n t d e p e n da b l e subj e cts and
for a more pow e rful an d stro n g e r Cap
tai n g e n e ral i who be l n g mad e perfe ct

th rough
an d havi n g gai n e d
,
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Act s
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Re v
IP h i l
2:9
.
Th e De v il
1 74
s R e b e llion
str e ngt h by r e sisti n g tem p

tatio n a nd de
fe ati n g t h e d e vil would for e v e r be
b e yo n d t h e d a n ger of r e bel li n g agai n st
God t h e ki ng a n eed for ch i l dre n i n
stead of se n /an t s
Though h e be t h e f at h e r of lies th e
d evil was n ot utt e ri ng a falsehood wh en
he said to Christ
I will giv e you t h e
world an d t h e ki ngdoms th ere of i f you
will fal l do w n and worsh ip me

The y
I
were h is to g i ve
Ch rist was ( is ) a cre ati n g po w er wh o
coul d ( can ) creat e worlds for i n h i m

d w e ll s t h e ful ln e ss of th e God h ead
Th e d e vi l w as tryi n g to t hwart
b odily
God s pl a n s ; and i f h e could h av e se
cu r e d t h e co op e ration o f J e sus Chri st
h e w ould h ave b e e n a b le to e ffect ually
di v id e God s ki n gdom an d doubtless
could have ful l l e d th e promise h e h ad
m ad e to sed uc e his followers to m ake
e ach one th e ruler of an e nti re worl d

An d si n c e with ou t acrucie d an d rise n r
,
J oh n
I Jo h n
#1
Cor
An d t h e R e a so n W
hy
1 75
.
r e d e e mer m an woul d h av e b e e n e t e r
n ally
lost Satan could h av e p e opl e d
thes e worlds with th e s pirits of un re
dee med mo rtals
Bu t J e sus Christ i n whom was t h e
spi rit of God e v e n though h e was n ow
m ad e i n t h e l ik e ness of men an d
d wel t i n t he e sh
was stro n g e r th a n
t h e d e vi l ; so be co n quered Satan
burst
t h e bars of death
and t hus d e stroy e d
a
t h e works of th e devil
So also w e
th rough Christ m ay br e ak t h e b ars of
de at h r b e come th e sons of God
and
u n d e r pri nce E m a n u e l s lead e rship h e lp
to rule t h e worlds ; be gi ven t h e positio n
for whi ch t h e angels u nd e r t h e pri nc e
of darkn e ss r e b ell e d and tri e d to s e i z e
W hi l e th e
W ord was i n the b e g i n
n i n g with God
and although
w ith
out hi m was not anythi n g m ad e that
was mad e
and h e i n a s e n s e i n e xp
li
ca b l e an d un de n abl e to mortals was
,
le
P e o p l e w e r e l it e ra l ly pos s e s s e d of
t h e d e v il
b e fore Chri s t aros e from t h e d e ad
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NoTE z
Th e
1 76
D e v il s R e b e llion
with God ; h e was n ot i n t h e dis

ce rn i bl e b odi ly form wh ich God and t h e
an g e l s h av e ; r so i n ord e r to be t h e
Captai n of ou r sal vatio n ou r b e ad i i t

was n e c e ssary th at h e shoul d be lik e us ;
an d as God is h i s Fath e r an d because of
h i m God is ou r Fath er th ere was bu t
one way to ll every requi reme n t accord
i ng to God s pl an
First i n or der th at h e mi ght be ou r
elder broth er ! h e was m ade i n t h e
esh : and
on e
"
Second i n order th at h e mi gh t save

us from si n and t h e de vil and h av e us
for his pu rch ased pos se ssio n ;

he
tast e d d eath for ev e ry
Th ere
n d God
fore h e i s
a
h
as
w ort h y
l
raised h i m and crowned h i m an d h as
gi ve n i nto h is h ands al l pow e r i n
h eav e n and earth ; and h e i s n ow at t h e
ri ght h and of God superi n t e n di n g th e

,
J oh n
h
n
o
I
e
R
v
t
He b
r
M
l l att
Ge n
h
IE p
l He b
A d t h R e aso n
n
W hy
1 77
re d e mptio n of t h e huma n
throu gh t h e Hol y Spi rit who is e v e r
r
e n t Twith thos e who do n ot
r
e j e ct
e
s
p
h i m b y r e fusi n g to do God s will
If thus it w as th at b y d iso b e di e n c e
God lost Satan his pri n c e of gre atest
pow e r
t h e a n oi n t e d C h e rub
I on e
thi rd of his holy a n g e ls an d asy st e m o f
worlds thi n k you g e n tl e r e ad e r th at h e
will trust save re w ard or e v e n tol e rat e
w i thi n h e av e n s holy precincts th e re
be l l i ous mortal wh o r e fus e s to o b e y to
t h e l e tt e r h i s So n s t h e Christ e xpr e ss
comma n d to b e liev e r e p e nt and be
baptized for t h e r e missio n of si n s i n
ord e r that w e may rec e i v e the gi ft of
th e Holy Spirit an d b ecom e t h e so n s
of God ?
,
Rom
M
a
T tt
IE ze k
( 1 2)
15
.
Th e D e v i l s R e b e l l io n
1 78
C ONCL
US I
ON
CH A PTE R
I!
h ich w e t e l l h ow f o r c e l e s tial b e i n gs dis

ta n c e i s a n n i h ilat e d an d di s cus s t h e fal l aci e s o f
Christia n S ci e n c e gi v e a v i v id d e scri p t i o n o f
h e ll t e l l w h e r e an d w hat it i s n ow ( i n w hi c h t h e
b ou n d a n g e ls are co n n e d ) w hat an d w h e r e
h e ll w il l e v e n t ua l l y be an d w h e n Christ W l l
c om e agai n ; an d Prop h e c y ( a po e m )
I
In w
Realiz ing th at som e of th e state ments

i n t hi s bo ok are radi cal far re achi n g i n
th ei r rel ation to l i fe a nd i m mortal ity and ,
perhaps b y som e h ard to be u n derstood
for th e ben e t of th e student the earn
est s e e ker after truth w e append h e re
-
a su mming u p of evidenc e
It h as been and i n these concluding
pages wil l conti nue to be ou r ai m to
appl y th e key furnish ed b y sci e ntic
research modern i nvention and recen t
h istorical events to unlock wh at to our
forefathers appeared to be u nfatho mable
mysteries ; problems wh ose solution de
.
Ad t h Raso
n
W hy
79
pended upon th e l apse of ti m e and

t h e d e v e lopme n t of m a n s i n tel l e ct
W e adhere strictly to t he bi b lical re c
ord of mat e rial b odi e s hu ma n and divi n e
and to m at e rial t hi n gs t e rrestrial and
c e lesti al i n t h e past pr e s e nt an d future
Th e qu e stio n of wh e th e r or n ot c el e stial
b e ings h av e m aterial bodi e s i f vi e wed
from our short sight e d hu ma n sta n d
poi nt is r e n d e r e d more complicated by
t h e i mm e n sit y of distance from on e
planet to anoth er
Th e millions upon millions of m iles
from ou r e arth to any sphere or world
th at would be l ikel y to be God s ce n tral
seat of power His
h av e no
dou b t led some to e ven di s
b e li e v e that
Christ took with Hi m to h e ave n the
material e sh an d b on e s b ody with

which He at e sh To n two diff e rent occa
sions af t e r He arose from t h e d e ad
The d e nsity of ou r atmosphere and the
.
'
Luk e
1 Luk e
'
Psalms
4
.
1 80
Th e D e v il s R e b e llion
r sistanc e i t offers to s w i ft moving oh

e
c
t
s
h
is
no
doubt
e
caus
of
th
is
skep
t
e
j
t i cism
r e gardi ng t h e move m e nts of
cel e stial b e i n gs ; bu t t he v e locity w i th
wh ich so m e of t he h e ave n l y bodi e s t h e
plan e ts are kno w n to move th rou gh
spac e should fore v e r set at r e st a ny
dou b t r e gard i n g the pow e r of m at e ri al
c e lesti al b e i n gs to travel millions o f
m il e s i n an i nnit e ly short spac e of ti m e
Our e arth s surfac e h as a v e loci ty of
over a t housand mi les a n hour 1 n i ts
rotary motion a nd th e eart h i n i ts o rbi t
arou nd t he sun t ravels more t h an si x
thousand mil e s per hour yet our atmos
with
i
t
with
no
appare
nt
r
h
e moves
e
p
friction wi th t h e upper ether Thus w e
se e there i s absolu t e l y n o resistance to
t he move m ent of m aterial obj ects or
bodi e s outside t he atmosphere of th e
e
worlds or pl anets
Halley s comet travels at th e rate of
a m illio n mi les per day th o Halley s
co m et i s an i m m e nse m at e ri al s u b
.
W hy
1 81
.
sta n c e i mp e ll e d b y n atural forc e s

W e mi gh t add h o w e v e r th at t h e
operatio n s of all n atural forc
e s are b ut
miracl e s r e p e at e d u n ti l th e y b e com e
com mo n or n atu ral l aws Ami racl e

i s a susp e nsio n an i n t e rruptio n a for e
stal li n g or e sta b l i shi n g of natural l aws
which r e q uir e s t h e i n t e rve n t i on of sup e r
pow e r wh i ch e ma n at e s alo n e
n atu ral
from t h e D e ity
The fact that t h e tail of a comet con
t rary to all reaso n do e s n ot f ollow t h e
com e t b ut poi n ts away from the sun no
'
matter whi ch way t h e com e t m ay be

trav e l ing is co n clusi v e proof of ou r con
te n tion th at r e sisti n g atmosph e r e do e s
n ot e xist i n t h e upp e r e t h e r
E v id e n tly Hall e y s com e t i s n ot re
t arde d i n its ight b y su ch r e si sta n c e as
would be off e r e d b y ou r e arth s atmos
,
h
r
e
e
p
H er e th e n w e h av e t h e k e y with w h ich
r e aso n m ay u n lock t h e appar e n t mys
t e ry of t h e t ransm iss i o n of m at e ri al
,
Th e D e v il
1 82
R e b e llio n
celesti al b e i n gs millions of mil e s i n a

f e w mo ments o f ti me ; for giv e n the
pow e r of God as an i mpelli ng forc e th e
ang e ls can go fro m world to world w ith
out pausi ng to r e cko n ti me
Though
t h e distanc e be a bill io n mil e s with an
an g e l bu
t to will transmission th e nce
means the j ou r n e y compl e t e d
It is
however not n e c e ssary for God to s e nd
an angel d i rectly fro m His i mp e rial
t h rone to perfor m His w ill
God s u ni
verse i s so d e licat ely attu ned that
through vi bration with th e Holy Sp 1 r 1 t
as trans m itt e r an d rec e iv e r an angel
i n an y part of His vast r e al m can be
given a m e ssag e and s e n t to p e rform an
i mporta n t mission without f e ar of mis
construi n g ord e rs
Th e r e fore th rou gh
b y t h e co op e ra
t h e Lord J e sus Christ
t l on and with t h e Vi b rati ng transmi t
i ri t Tan d wi t h
ti ng p
ow e r of t h e Hol y S p
cou n tless a n g e ls to do h rs b idd in g God
,
M att
1 J oh n
T
An d t h e R e a so n
W hy
1 83
is i n d e e d ev e r pre se n t to guid e t h e foot

st e ps of h is child re n
Through His
Bi bl e , God
sp e aks to our mi n ds our h e arts our souls
an d spirits and t e lls us h ow w e m ay i n
ne w
h e rit t h e
h e ave n and the new
e arth
i n wh ich as re i m bodie d celestial
b e ings w e are to d w ell
B e sid e s th e bodily form of Jesus

Christ which t h e apostles saw and
ha n dled af t e r h is r e su rre ctio n God

has sure ly given us su fci e n t evide n ce
of t h e mat e ri al substa n c e of t h e bodi e s of
ang e ls two i n sta n c e s of wh ich we call
to m i n d :
First t h e so n s of God married th e

daught e rs of
th e re b y producing
gia n ts ; an d
S e co n d t h e th re e m e n Twho cam e
to t e ll A b raham th at Sodom an d Gomor
rah would be d e stroy e d partook of t h e
fe ast which A b raham pr e par e d for th e m
Th e se latt e r a n g e ls w e re e ith e r p e rform
.
'
Ge n
Ge n
r
J
.
1 84
Th e D e v il s R e b e ll i o n
a commo n f e at t hat of co n sumi n g

food a su b stanc e wh i ch th e ir m at e rial
b odies could and d id assi mil at e or th e y
wer e practici n g a d e c e ptio n wh ich w e
wil l n ot ad mit
It is certai n ly e asi e r to
b e li e ve a nd tak e lit e rally th e s e stat e
m e nts of holy writ t ha n to b e l i e v e th at
God performed a m iracl e and dec e i v e d
man each ti me th at He s e nt an ang e l mes
s e nge r to com mu ni cate with h i m ; a n d
there would be no doubt r e gardin g these
statements were i t not th at Sata n s i mps
are e ver pre s e nt tryi n g to m ak e m yth
i cal and to nulli fy th e word of God
M any y e ars of l if e s e xp e ri e n c e s
measu re d al ways b y i mpli cit f ait h i n
God s word h av e taugh t u s to b e li e ve
th at Pau l spok e truly ; our li gh t al i c

tio n whi ch is b u t for a mome n t work
for u s a fa r mor e e xc e edi n g an d
et h
e ter n al w e i gh t of glor y
Just here w e wish to e mph asiz e ou r
posi tio n ou r rm b e li e f i n m at e r i al
thi n gs an d mater i al bod ie s i n t h e li fe
in g
nd
th
R e aso n
W hy
1 85
An d though
her e aft e r
Jo b says
w orms d e stroy m y b ody yet i n my e sh
hall I se e God : wh om I shall se e for
s
mys e l f and mi n e e y e s sh al l b e h old an d
Th e h e a v e n s are ful l of
n ot a n oth e r
worlds si milar t o our ow n t h e r e fore w e
are su r e Paul actually m e a n t an e t e rnal
a disc e r n i bl e m at e rial
w e igh t of glory
sub sta n c e ; som e thi n g to be se n an d f e lt
e
b y t h e re i m bodi e d spiri tu a l
e sh and
b o n e s b e i n g j ust as our e l de rb roth e r
Christ aft e r his r e surr e ction had a e sh

body wh ich we i n sist h e
an d
took with hi m to h e a v e n wh e re h e sat
dow n on t h e right ha n d of t h e p
e rsoaal
God spok e n of i n t h e thi rd v e rse of t h e
rst chapt e r of H e b r e w s an d also i n t h e
rst chapt e r of Ge n e sis : t h e God whos e
h i n d e r parts Mos e s saw ; from whos e
fac e t h e h e a v e n an d e arth will

e e a w ay
gri e v e d at h is h e art
an d wh o w as
b e caus e of t h e si n s of m e n T t h e God
who walk e d i n t h e garde n of Ed e n
Luk e
en
G
T
1 86
are awar e that there are m any

ev e n professi n g Christi ans wh o will
take issue wi t h us r e garding th e i mag e
and p e rsonality of t h e livi ng God

B ut wh y we woul d ask does a t ruth fu l
reasonin g God endow man wit h reason
i ng faculties an d t e ll h i m th rough h i s
i nspired apostles and b y h is Son Jesus
Ch rist
a bou t m aterial thi n gs i n be av
en
i f such thi n gs do n ot e xist e xcept i n
al l e gory ? Si n c e t h e wo rd of God doe s
speak of m aterial m an as b e in g i n th e
expres s i mage and li ke ness

of h is
M aker th r e atens h i m with a re and
bri mston e h e l l for disob e die n ce an d for
o b ed ie nce promises h i m an h abit a
tion i n
h eav e n i n a city t h e walls and stre e ts of
wh i ch are m i nutely d e scri b e d as con srst
i ng of m at e ri al t h i n g sf i f God is but an
i n visibl e un t an g i bl e rst caus e i f h e ll

IS all a bugaboo and h e aven b ut a fabl e
t hen m a n s i n tellect i s b e i n g i nsult e d
and h e is not fai rl y d e alt with
e
"
Re v
9
.
Ad t h
n
R e a so n
Accordin g to som
W hy
1 87
.
of our modern
advanc e d thi n k e rs
an d
seie n
t h e word all e gory should be

t i st s
sta m p e d i n glari n g red l e tt e rs on al most
ev e ry pag e of holy writ Th e s e ad v e rs e
critics will pro b a b ly com e b ack at m e
with the accusation th at much of this
book 1 s but an allegory ; to whi c h w e
m ake r e ply that it is on e th i n g to i llus
trat e certai n truths r e gardi n g li fe d e at h
an d i m mortali ty b y a p ara b l e or an alle
gory an d quite a n other t hi n g to m ak e
n ull an d void plai n stat e me n ts mad e b y
the Son of God an d his i n spi re d apostl e s
by stampi n g the m as myths
Mortals
h av e n e v e r y e t mad e t h e mistak e of
ascribi n g too much wisdom and po w e r
It i s a fa v orit e
an d re al i t y to God
tri ck of t h e d e vil an d his ag e n ts to de
cl are God a myth mi n i miz e h e ll an d
discre dit b e li e f i n his ow n p e rso n an d
pow e r : an d j ust so far as succ e ss cro w n s
h is e ffo rts can h e b e fuddl e t h e b rai n an d
b ind t h e h ands and fe e t of mortals an d
e
1 88
d rag th e m down to p e rditio n

Th e
modern mov e me nt whose h e ad h as
n am e d her follo w e rs
Christia n S ci e n
t i st s
is on e of t h e most dia b oli cal an d
e ff e ctu al ag e n ci e s l au nch e d b y t h e d e vil
to do th i s parti cul ar ki nd of work This
cult is e vide ntly j oi n e d h e art an d soul
with t h e devil i n an e n d e avor to g e t rid
of h e l l for t h e y m ove h e av e n and earth

to prove th at th ere is n o su ch thi n g as
material m atter
appar e n tly hop i ng
th ereby to leav e n othi n g com b ustibl e fo r
t he ames of h e l l to f e e d u po n
C on
t e ndi n g for th is an d d e n yi n g th at th e re
i s a d e vil places t h e ad vocat e s of Chris
tian Sci e n c e i n a posi tio n wh e r e th e y
must an d do b ra n d as fals e an d r e je ct
i n toto al l scriptur e s wh ich re lat e t ot h e
devil or t h e cre atio n o f m att e r ?

Th e s e are t h e sam e tacti cs e mploy e d
by Sata n fro m ti me i m m e m ori al z to
quot e such passag e s of holy writ as are
.
pag e s 522 525 o f Mr s E ddy s

tur e s
an d He a l t h w it h K y t o t h e Scri p
*
S ee
ci e n c e
nd t h e
R e aso n
W hy
1 89
calculat e d to prov e th e ir poi n t an d re

e
e
n
c
t
wh
at
co
icts
with
th
e
ir
e
t
th
ory
j
p
Sugg e stiv e t h e rap e utics or m e n tal h eal
i ng is r e pr e s e n t e d u n w itti n gly an d pra e
tic e d i n a b u n gli n g way b y t h e C h ris
t ia n Sci e n tist n d the r e s ults o b tai ned
are so n e arly alli e d to miraculous de m
on st rat i on that
to n i t e mortal s t h e
di fferenc e is practically u nd isc e r n i b le ;
b ut b e caus e on e h as b ee n r e liev e d o f
pai n or h as b e e n c ur e d of so m e m al ady
b y the use of id e as gai n e d t h rough read
i n g Mrs Eddy s book is n o r e aso n wh y
one should rej e ct or refus e to o b e y t h e
e xpl ici t co m m ands of C h rist an d h is i n
spired apostl e s r e gardi n g t h e pla n of
salvatio n an d so faili n g to becom e a n
adopt e d heir fail to i n h e rit eter n al
li fe
W h y swallow with b li n d faith
al l the u n reaso n a b l e and a b surd thi n gs
M rs Eddy chos e to writ e ? W as sh e
i n f al l i bl e ? Af e w grai n s of arsenic wi l l
clear t h e compl e xion b ut an overdose
w il l kill t h e stron gest m an or woman
.
90
Th e D e v i l
R e b e l l io n
and j ust so su re will an overdose of

C h risti an Sci e nce ( so call e d ) bring
ri t ual
sp
an d ofte n ph ysi cal death to
i ts adherent
If God m ad e nothin g i n
vai n why di d h e creat e m edi cal h erbs
for t he h eali n g of t h e
For
i f dru gs can h av e no eff e ct o n our bodies
nei ther can anyth ing e ls e we eat or d ri n k
h ave any effect Th e Ch risti an S ci e n
t i st s l ack of true Ch risti an pri nciples
i s evidenced b y h is at d e ni al of th e
teachi ngs of Christ and h is l ack of sci
e nce by h is fai lure to de monstrate a si n
gl e trut h by a ny k nown syllogism ; h is
mod e of operation bei n g ch aract e rized
by u nproven dog m ati c ass e rtio n s
As for th eir healing po w e rs I mysel f
by t he use of suggesti ve t herapeutics
h ave performed as seemi ngl y m iraculou s
cu res eve n i n su rgery as t h e most con
rat e d or radi cal Christia n S cientist
se c
can t rut hf ul l y l ay cl ai m to
Because of
th eir pretensions to a monopoly of Chris
,
Re v
E zk
A d t h R ason W
n
hy
91
ti a n faith the apostl e Paul must h ave

b e en looki n g dow n th rough t he vista of
near two thousand years and with pro
h
e
i
visio
n
b
eh
ld
t
h
i
s
cult
when
he
t
c
e
p
said : Satan hims e l f is tra

nsformed into
an a n g e l of li ght Ther e fore i t is no
gre at thi n g i f his mi n ist e rs also be trans
formed as t h e mi nist e rs of ri ghteous
n ess
A nd agai n Ch r i st i n Mark s
gospel
For false Christs and false
proph e ts sh all rise an d shal l sho w signs
and wond e rs to seduc e i f it were possi
bl e the very elect

By their denial of th e reality and per
son i t y of God and th ei r rej ection of t h e
teach i n gs of Christ th e se peopl e prove
th e i r identity with An tichrist spoken
of i n Ist J oh n
W h o is a liar but
h e that de n i e th that J e sus is the Christ ?
He is antichrist th at d e n i e th t he F ather
and t h e S on
W hil e prof e ssi n g faith
i n Christ s m e ssiahship by r e fusing to
ob e y Hi m these peopl e prov e that t hey
do n ot acc e pt him for Jesus said

If ye
,
92
ove m e y e will k e ep m y comma n d
ments
I me t a m an a short t i m e si n c e w ho
h ad sat at t h e fe e t of M rs M ary Bak e r
G Eddy and was l e arned i n all t h e
doctrin e s of Chris t ia n Sci e n c e
W e eu
gaged i n a d iscussio n co n cer n i n g t h e
Christian r e li gion t h e subj e ct b e in g th e
creation of man and t h e fath e rhood of
God
He said
W e are n ot m ad e i n God s
i mage i n th e esh
Your doctri n e does not agree wi th

th e Mosaic account of th e creation of
man
said I
Perh aps you h ave not noticed

said
he
th at there are t w o creations spoke n
of i n t he Bi bl e z one th e rst i n th e
rst ch apter of Genesis wh ere th e spi ri t
d
of m an w as m ade i n th e im age of Go
and t h e se cond creation i n th e seco nd
chapter of Genesis wh ere God i s sa i d to
h ave m ade a body of cl ay i n whi ch th e
spirit of m an is supposed to dwel l

.
'
A d t h R a so
n
W hy
93
Tur n i n g to the rst ch apt e r and be

gi n n i n g at t h e t w e nty S l xt h v e rse w e
re ad z rst that God cr e ated man i n h is
ow n i mag e aft e r his l ik e n e ss ;

s e cond
th at th is m an was to h av e domi n io n
ov e r th e sh of t h e se a the fowls of t h e
air t h e cattl e of t h e e arth an d ov e r all
t h e e arth and ov er ev e ry cr e epi n g t h ing
th at cre e p e th on the e arth ;

th i rd
m
n was cr e at e d
th
at
mal
e
and
a
v
2
(
7)
f e m al e
an d ( v 28 ) comm and e d to
multiply an d r e p
l e n ish t h e e arth an d
su b du e i t ; an d fourth ( v 28 29) m an
was giv e n t h e
prod ucts of t h e h e rb s
an d tr e e s an d t h e e sh of al l l ivi n g
th i n gs to e at
This
w e r e mark e d
w as c e rtai n ly
r e marka b l e an d e xtr aord i n ary co n duct
for m e r e spirits a th i n g utt e rly i m p
os
1
si b l e t h e r e fore this m an of m a
t e ria
b ody soul an d spi rit was an d w e i n lik e
ma n n e r are i n t h e lik e n e s s t h e e x
pr e ss imag e of t h e livi n g God
Our oppo n e n t also d e n i e d t h e p e rso n
al i t y of t h e d e vil
( 1 3)
94
Th e D e v i l s R e b e llion
How the n do you account for sm ?

we asked
Oh si n crept i n as a n evi l i nuence

h e replied
t in !
Si n crep
we exclai med
How
ray si n c
l on g p
e si n ceased to c
re ep
? We
n d it capabl e of fraud and forgery of
prostitu tin g wom an hood and cursi n g
m anhood ; i nsti tuti n g sedition an d com
m itt ing t heft and e v e n mu rde r This
evil i nuenc e whi ch distorts t h e truth
and m ai ntains damna b le h e resies su ch
as yo u teach ; this d e si g n i n g di abol i cal
h id e ous soul d e stroyi ng mo n ster is ac
cordi n g to your s e nsel e ss idioti c t h e ory
a cre epi ng i n fa n t b orn withou t paren t
or perh aps
ag e a mythi cal n on e ntity
emanatin g from some o b scu re and remote
nebulous molecul e th at was origi n all y a
hollow noth in g with not ev e n a ri m on i t
Say mist e r ! I was born wit h somethin g
n e ar the ordi n ary amoun t of i n t e lli g e nc e
and God whos e personali ty I b eli eve i n
h as endowed m e with reasoning faculti e s ;
nd t
he
R e aso n W
hy
95
th e r e for e u ntil you can give a re ason for

t h e fai th that i s i n
I be g of you
to not i n sult my i nt e ll e ct b y e xp e cti ng
m e to co n sid e r seriously su ch un q
ual i
e d u n supporta b le assertio n s as you
h av e mad e assertio n s di am e trically op
pos e d not only to r e aso n b ut to t h e word
of God as w e ll
It is b e yo n d my com
pre h e n sio n that a m an of sou n d mi n d
should e nt e rtai n such fallacious id e as
Y ou k n o w as w e l l as I do th at t h e i n
an d also J e sus Ch rist
S pired apostl e s
sp e ak o f t his e vil p e rso n as h e h i m
Satan an d t h e d e v il ; your co n t e n tio n
is th e r e for e th at th e s e w it n e ss e s are
f al si e rs; w ill you still co n t e n d for y our
u n support e d dogmati c th e ory ?

If t h e discussion b e t w e e n th is m an
an d mys e lf h ad b e e n alo n g ordi n ary
li n e s of busm e ss or of an y oth e r su b j e ct
p e rtai n i n g to t h i s lif e th e r e could hav e
b e e n n o furth e r d i ff e re n c e of opi n io n be
tw e e n us r e gardi n g t h e matt e r ; b ut i n
Pe te r
96
Re be ll io n
Th e De v il s
'
th is man was ill ustrat e d Pau l s words
t h e god of this w orld hath b l i n ded t h e

mi n ds of t h e m whi ch b e lieve n ot l e st
t h e gosp e l of Christ who is t h e i mag e
of God should shi n e u n to
art i cu
W e wish to r e it e rat e an d l ay p
rop
osi t i on z In
l ar str e ss upo n this p
m att e rs of ordi nary l if e wh e r e our

m om e n t ary pl e asures are e i th e r i n cr e as e d
or di mi n ish e d by our b e l i e fs and actions
or wh e r e i t is a matter of n ancial loss
or gai n w e are susc e ptible to re ason an d
are qui ck to prot by a k n o w l e d g e
gai n e d of b e t te r m e thods ; wh il e i n th is
mo m e n tous qu e stio n of wh e th e r we will
sp e n d e t e r n ity wi t h God an d t h e a n g e ls
i n h e a v e n or with t h e d e vil an d h is
i m ps i n h e l l p e rso n s of mature y e a
rs
who r e j e ct Christ s e e m wedd e d to de
l usions an d b e li e v e a l i e that th ey
may be dam n e d
W h y should it be co n sid e r e d an n u
reaso n a b l e a nd u n b e li e va b l e t hi n g th at
,
Cor
Ad t h
n
R e aso n
W hy
97
1
.
d e vil h is a n g e ls an d u n r e d e e m e d
mo rtals shoul d be cast i n to a lit e ral re
an d b rimsto n e h e ll ? I k n o w t h e th e ory
is adva n c e d that re can h a v e n o e ff e ct
on c e l e stial b e i n gs or on t h e spi rits of
m en
Bu t w e do n ot admi t t h e con t e n
tio n b e caus e rst God i s a b l e to m ak e
t h e hurt r e al without c on sumi n g t h e
su b j e ct an d s e co n d m e n tal a n guish is
a gr e at factor i n m a n s pu n ish m e n t
Bt i f i t w e re t rue th at n o physical
pai n could com e to a lost soul i t do e s
n ot n e c e ssarily follow th at th e r e is to be
n o lit e ral
l ak e th at b ur n s w ith re an d
b ri msto n e r e s e rv e d for t h e wi ck e d
A s w e said be f ore t o d e n y this is to re n
de r n ull an d void an d stamp as mythi cal
an d all e gorical much of God s word ; th is
w e most e mphatically r e fus e to tak e t h e
r e spo n si b ility of doi n g e sp e cially as w e
nd th e se stat e m e n ts rep e at e dly m ad e
an d e mphasiz e d i n S t J oh n s Re v e latio n
i n wh ich h e says
If any man sh all
th
98
Th e
D e v i l s R e b e l l ion
tak e a w ay from t h e words of th e b ook of

th is proph e cy God wi ll take away h is
part out of t h e book of l i fe an d ou t of
An d i f any m an sh al l
t h e hol y city
add u n to thes e thi n gs God shall add
u nto h i m t h e pl agu e s th at are writt e n i n
thi s b ook
Th e r e fore th o w e do not
pr e sum e to be y our j ud g e accordi n g to
t h e scri ptu r e s i f you d e n y t h e s e th i n gs
and sh al l t e ach m e n so
you are i n a
fai r way to t e st t h e reali ties of this same
wh e r e
th e i r
re a n d bri msto n e h e ll
is not
w on m di e rh not an d t h e ir re
,
qu e n ch ed
J e sus Ch rist i n h is story of th e rich
m an and Laz arus gave h is sa n ction to
a l it e ral bur n i n g h e ll w h e n h e said t h e
ric h m an
torm e n t e d in
in h el l
w as
To d e ny a l it e ral h e l l
t h e am e s
therefore i s to accus e Christ of utteri n g
.
a fal s e hood
Y e s, w e
b e li e v e i n a p
e rson al God who
h as a disce rnibl e bodily form becaus e

t h e B i b l e says so ; we also a nd i n l i ke
,
An d t h e R e aso
W hy
99
mann e r beli e v e i n a p e rsonal d e v il ; i n

a l it e ral mat e rial h eav e n an d i n a re
an d bri mston e h e ll for t h e sam e r e ason
D o you ask wh e re is h e ll ? In a for
m e r chapter w e h av e shown th at
ac
cordi n g to g e ological re s earch b en e at h
ou r earth s crust t h e r e i s a seet hi n g
m ass of molten matt e r wh i ch a n swers

the d e scriptio n of an d corroborat e s t h e
stat e m e n ts m ad e i n the Bi b le conc e rn
Al l volca n i c e ruptio n s attest
i n g h e ll
the truth ful n e ss of t h e scriptur e s an d of
g e ological ndi n gs on this qu e stion
For an ord inary b usi n e ss proposition
th is e vid e nc e would be concl usive bu t
as it i s a matt e r of r e li gion t h e devil s
p e r n icious i nterfere n c e wit h man s rea
soni n g pow e rs so warps t h e j udgm e n t of
mortals th at t h e e xist e nc e of a lit e ral
h e l l th at is or is to b e is d e n i e d rid iculed
,
'
or i g n ored
To our mi n d nothi ng else contribute s
evidence to e st ablish the au th enti city
.
J ob
an d P
salms
20
0
Th e D e v i l s R e b e ll io n
an d
i nspiratio n of t h e sc riptu res so

stro n gly as do t h e typ e s an d sh ado w s
l ived an d r e cord e d b y t h e p
art ri arch s
p e opl e s and proph ets of t h e rst and se c
ond disp ensations Thes e typ e s an d shad
ow s su b sequ e n t h istory p
rove s to h av e
bee n proph e ti c n g e r boards poi n ti n g
truth fully to comi n g ev e n ts ; th e re for e
as our rst wi tn e ss to prov e th e pr e s e n t
location of h e l l w e will i n trodu c e th e
symbol of Mos e s A aron t h e rebelliou s
Jewish princ e s a nd t h e pi t
i n wh i c h
t h e pri n c e s w e r e engul f e d t h at typi fy
r e specti vely God t h e Hol y Spi ri t t h e
cel e stial gov e r n in g a n g e ls an d h el l
Mos e s was a m an sl ow of sp e e ch
to whom God g av e Aaro n Mos e s
spok e sm a n u nto t h e
broth er to be
peopl e
thou
an d God said to Mos e s
shalt pu t words i n Aaron s mouth and
h e sh all be to th e e i nstead of a mouth
a nd t h ou sh al t be to h i m i n ste ad o f
God
Thus we h ave bibli cal au
t h ori t y for d esi gnati ng Moses as sy m
,
"
e
hy
1
20
God ; an d i n A aro n as m e diator

b e t w e e n Mos e s an d t h e ch i ldr e n of
Israel w e h ave a p e rfe ct r e pr e s e n tativ e
of t h e Holy Spi rit who b e for e ti me was
God s m e diu m of commu n icatio n with
His a n ge ls
with t he
gov e rni ng
pr i nc e s who co op e rat e d with Sata n i n

his r e b e llio n Th e se pri n c e s gov e rnors
of worlds an d a n g e ls are sym b olized b y
two hu n d re d an d fty pri n c e s of

the
t h e ass e mbly famous i n t h e congr e ga
tion m e n o
f
who r e b e ll e d
agai n st Mos e s
and t h e e arth op e ne d
h er mout h and swallowed th e m up

in
h e l l t h e pla ce wh e r e t h e bou nd a n g e ls
n ow are
i n th e c e n t e r of the earth
Th e i n spi red writers of b oth t h e Old
and t h e Ne w Testam e n ts recogni z e d an d
d e si g n at e d t h e i n t e rior of our e arth as
h ell
D a v id
spak e of t h e r e surr e ction
of Christ th at h is soul was n ot l e ft i n
h el l
n
A
n
d
agai
th e y that e ucom
T
pass my soul to destroy i t sh all go i nto
bol i zi n g
e
um
b
rs
N
*
Act s
r
an d P
salm s
2
20
Th e D e v i l
R e b e l l io n
t h elo w er
parts of t h e e arth
I saw a
star ( ang e l ) fall fro m heav e n u nto t h e
earth : and to h i m was given t h e key t o
th e botto ml e ss pit and h e op e n ed t h e
bot t on l e ss pit ; and th ere aros e a smok e
out of th e pit as t h e smoke of a
great furnace
The angel ca m e down
fro m heaven and op e n e d t h e bottom
l e ss pit
i n to wh ich h e pu t t h e d e v i l
and sealed h i m up W e also read i n
Isaiah
th at h el l hat h e nlarged
h ersel f and opened h er m on t h withou t
measu re ; and i n Re v
the
earth ope n ed h e r mouth an d swallowe d
u p the ood ( e vil spirits ) wh i ch t h e
d ragon ( t h e d e v il ) cast ou t of h is
mouth
S e cond Peter
God
spar e d not t h e an gels th at si n n e d b u t
cast them down to hell and d el iv e r e d
th e m i nto th e ch ai ns of d arkness ;
ang e ls whi ch kept not th e ir
rst e st at e but left th e ir own habitation
He h at h reserved i n ev e rl asti ng ch ains
un ae r aarh n e ss u nto the j ud gm e n t of t h e
.
W hy
3
20
gre a t
T h e s e corroborati n g
p arall e l passag e s with m a n y oth e rs
whi ch sp e ak of hell as b e i n g
und e r
b e n e ath
an d wh e r e t h e
wi cked w ill d e sc e n d i n to i t
l e ad t o
but on e u n answ e ra b l e con cl usi on z our
earth
op e n e d her mouth an d sw al
low e d ;i the e vi l o n e s i n to a gr e at
cavity into a dark h e l l with in h e r a
gre at hol lo w space a v e rita b l e bot t om
l e ss pi t
Th at th e re i s a hollo w spac e a
priso n
with i n our e arth an d th at
th e re are a n ge ls an d sp i r i ts conn e d
th e re i n th e re can be n o dou b t ; for upo n
hypoth e sis can t h e fol lo w i n g
n o oth e r
scriptur e s be e xplai n e d : For C h ri st be

i n g put to d e ath i n t h e e sh b ut qui ck
b y whi ch also h e
e n e d b y t h e Sp i r i t :
w e nt an d pre ach e d u n to t h e spirits i n
priso n ; wh ich som e time w e r e di sobe di
t h e lo n g suff e ri n g of
e
e n t wh e n o n c
,
J ud
N
ot
e
e
,
6
.
S ee
k
Z
e
E
r
pag e
22: 27
07
R
e
I v
20
4
Th e
D e v i l s R e b e llio n
God w ai ted i n t h e d ays of
Now th at He asc e n ded wh at i s i t bu t

th at h e a l so d e sc e n d e d rst i nto t h e low e r
parts of t h e e arth ? He th at d e sc e n de d
i s t h e sam e also th at asc e n d e d up far
abov e al l h e av e n s th at h e mi gh t ll al l
t h in gs
T Th rou ghout e v e ry oth e r part
of t h e e nti re u n i v e rs e al l t h e c e l e sti al
b e i n gs would h a v e b e e n ap p
ris e d of t h e
b irth d e ath and r e su rr e ctio n of t h e
Ch rist by t h e Spi ri t b u t i n to th is i n
n e r priso n
to th e m th at sit i n d ark
ri t ual vibration
n e ss
ev e n God s sp
could not p e n e trat e so i n ord e r to l l
all th i n gs
i e t h at n ot any cre atu r e
of God s u n i v e rs e should be i g n ora n t of
th e ad ve n t of t h e o n l y b e gott e n Son of
God
J e sus
d e sce n d e d i nto h e l l
went and preached to th e spi ri ts i n
prison
told e ven them th e story o f
th e cross
Thi s w asaccord i n g to d i
vi ne j ustic e a part of God s gr e at pl a n
an d was t h erefore necessary because i n
,
1 P et
19
.
h es
TE p
0
.
nd
he
Raso n
W hy
205
th at gr e at day of God Almighty
at t h e n am e of J e sus e v e ry h n e e sh all
bow of thi n gs i n h e av e n an d thi n gs i n
t h e e arth ;
e arth
an d of th i n gs unde r
an d th at e v e ry to n gu e should co n f e ss
th at J e sus i s Lord to th e glory of God
t h e Fath e r
It is a w e ll k n ow n fact th at eart h
qu ak e s mov e i n w ave s a thi n g utt e rly
i mpossi b l e with a soli d w orld b ut e asily
hol low
e xplai n a b l e w h e n t h e e arth i s
A rou n d this hollow spac e i s m e lt e d l a v a
b rimsto n e an d re som e of w hich is
oft e n throw n out b y v olca n ic actio n ;
this liquid molt e n m att e r is b y t h e
world s r e vol v i n g m otio n k e pt forc e d
agai n st t h e out e r h e a v i e r crust or cool e d
su rfac e
No dou b t this v ast priso n
l acki n g e th e r upo n whi ch t h e rays of
t h e sun fall an d gi v e us light is

in
dark n e ss Tan d so t h e d e v il s priso n

spo k e n of i n Re v e latio n
is
n
o
t
7)
N ote :
w h ose
T h re
e
are
h n ee ssh al l
b ei n gs
und r
e
th
Isa
T
art h
-
20
.
Th e De v i l
206
R e b e llio n
a myth
b u t i s real an i mm e ns e
d u n geon i n t h e c e nt e r of our earth i n
whi ch Sata n will be k e pt for a thou
sand years
W ith i n this prison h e ll t h e vol unte e r
gov e rni ng pri nc e s are surely b ound i n

ch ai ns of darkn e ss
u nder darkness
awaitin g th e e nd of ti m e
H ear w h at
th e proph e t Isaiah says concerni n g
th e ir r e c e pti on of t h e d e vi l W h e n t h e
a n gel sh all cast h i m i n t o the bottom

l e ss pit an d shu t hi m up and se t a seal
u po n h im th at h e sh al l d e c e i ve th e n a
tions n o more ti ll a thousa n d y e ars be

h e l l from b e n e ath i s moved
f ul l l e d ;
for th e e to m e e t th e e at thy comi n g ; i t
h
stirreth up the d e ad for t h e e
t
e rst
(
nd
h
r e su rrectio n ) A
l l th e y
e bou
t
(
angels ) shall sp e ak a nd say u n to th e e

art thou also b e com e as weak as w e ? Art
thou b ecome li k e u s ? Thy pomp i s
brou gh t dow n to t h e grav e ( h e l l ) How
art thou fall e n from h e av e n O Luci fer
son of the mor n ing ! How art thou cu t
'
An d t h e R aso n
e
W hy
20
7
dow n to t h e grou n d whi ch didst weaken

,
the
H e ar t h e ir tau n ts refe rri ng back t o
the ti me of his rebellion :

For thou
h ast said i n thi n e heart I will asc e n d
into h e av e n I will sit also upon th e
mou n t of the co n gr e gatio n i n t h e sid e s
of t h e Nort h ; TI will asc e n d a b ov e th e
h e ights of t h e clouds ; I wil l be lik e t h e
most Hi gh
He is tau nt e d with t h e
p e ac e of earth du ri n g h is i mpriso n m e n t :
Al l t h e ki n gs of t h e n atio n s e v e n al l
of them l i e i n glory e v e ry on e i n h is
ow n hou s e
Si n c e it was Satan who
t raii sf orm e d our e art h i n to a grav e for
mortals h ow appropriat e an d sti n g i n g
is th e i r r e b uk e of t h e d e vil i n v e rs e 1 9:
But thou art cast out of thy grav e

lik e an a b omi n a b l e b ra n ch as a carcass
trodd e n u n d e r f e e t i Th e apostl e Paul

e vid e ntly
for e saw Sata n b ou n d and
i mpriso n e d i n t h e c e n ter of ou r e arth
,
p ag e 1 66
Not e : S e e p ag e 7 5
T
*
N ot e : S e e
IRom
20
8
He says :
Th e God of peac e sh al l
bruise Satan u nder your f e e t sh ortly

W hen t h e e n d of ti me com e s and ou r
earth col l ap
utt e rl y b rok e n dow n
se s i s
i s clea n dissolv e d
is mov e d out of

its pl ace
e e t h li k e a chas e d roe
l ik e a s h e e p th at no ma n tak e th up
sh all fall and n ot rise agai n

wh e n
t h e e arth sh all r e e l to an d fro lik e a
d ru n kard
the th i n gs th at are th e r e
i n sh all be bur n t up an d t h e rocks
m e lt with ferv e n t h e at
th e n w ill t h e
eth e r su rrou ndi n g t h e e arth be con
sum e d an d all wi l l go ou t i n to outer
darkness an d th e d e vil h is a n g e ls an d
t h e souls of u n r e d e em e d mortals wh o
try to leave it wil l be h u rled back i n to
t he lak e th at b u r n s with re an d b ri m
sto n e
and th ere will be w e e ping and
gnash i n g of t e eth
W he n Jaco b was e e i n g from th e j ust
wrath of h is b roth e r Esau whom h e h ad
cheat e d ou t of h is b i rth righ t th e lad
.
'
Re v
hy
9
20
der that h e saw i n a vision whil e sleep

i n g at B e thel th at reac h ed from earth
to heav e n upon wh ich

th e an ge ls
were as e n di n g and d e scendi n g , was a

type of th e Christ An d when the great
j udgment day comes the sons and daug h
ters of men are going to need that lad
der to cli mb off this si zz ling burning
re and brimston e world
The same re th at renes th e gold
h ardens the clay ; th erefore ev e ry ti me
you r e ad or even cal l to mi nd a ny part
of God s word ev e ry ti me you hear a
s e rmon are i n vited to attend divi ne
servic e or are i mportu ned i n any way to
b e come a bett e r b oy or girl m an or
woman you either advance toward a
crown of ri gh t e ousn e ss i n h eaven or you
take a st e p down w ard toward a burning
h e ll You are b e co m i ng rened gold to
be treasur e d for you r i n tri n sic valu e
that you may sh i n e a

s t h e sun i n th e
k i ngdom
of God or you are b e i n g
h ard e n e d i nto a common b rick t only to
,
'
1
( 5)
Th e D e v il
21 0
R e b e llio n
be used i n th e devil s furnace

W hen
you are inclined to yi e ld to a good i m
pulse the devi l is ev e r at you r el b ow to
wh isper i n you r ear

Do n t do i t n ow
You h ave
there is plenty of ti m e
power n ow to decide to do eith e r the on e
or th e other Ti m e alone will d e t e r
mine the result of your decision W hi ch
w i ll i t be ?
W e offer a few words h ere i n con r
ou r predictions conc e rning
m ation of
Christ s second coming and t he end
of th e world
Th e se predictions should
h ave th e sanction :
Fi rst of scri ptu ral rev e lation an d
S e cond si nce t h e world in a mann e r
m ust be ready to rec e iv e h i m the actio n s
of m e n must poi nt to Christ s seco n d
coming ; so h istory w ill be an i mpor

t ant factor i n d e termi ni ng t he ti me of
hi s adve n t
If we can get t h e co n cur
ri n g evid e n ce of these two i mporta n t
wit nesses we h ave a pre tty cl e ar cas e
Matt
43
nd
the
R aso n
W hy
21 1
and can submit i t with condenc e to t h e

j ury the r e adi ng publi c Conc e r n i n g
thes e two i mportant ev e nts i n th e y e ar
A D 33 J e sus sa i d : B ut of th at day
and hou r k no w eth no man no n ot ev e n
b ut my Fath e r
t h e a n g e ls of h e aven
only God s pla n s are constantly u n fold

i ng This was spok e n bef ore St Joh n on
t h e isle of Patmos re oe al e a wh at m ust
shortl y come to pass

Subs e qu e n t
of history an d proph e ci e s ful
e v e n ts
lled si n c e th e n e nabl e as of the tw e n
t i e t h century to form a pr e tty d e nit e
conclusion as to wh e n to look for t h e e n d
of this d isp e n sation and for t h e e n d of
the world
J e sus e vid e n tly i nt e n d e d that w e
should know for sp e aki n g of e v e n ts to
tra n spi re j ust prior to his s e co n d com
h e said
i ng
W h e n y e sh all se e al l
th e s e th i n gs k n ow that i t is n e ar e v e n
at t h e
An d th e n shal l ap
p e ar th e sig n of t h e S on of m an i n
.
Matt
Th e D e v i l
21 2
R e be llio n
heaven ( or th e h eavens ) and h e sh al l

send h is angels with a great so und of a
trum pet and they sh all gather togeth e r
h is e l e c t
consecrated Christians
W hat about th e u nbel ievers an d th e n u
converte d Jews ? As th is wil l be at the
begi nning o f th e mille nn i al period they
wi ll si mply be left
n ot destroyed :
I tel l you i n th at nigh t there shall be

two me n i n one bed ; the one shal l be
take n and the other sh al l be left Two
wo m en sh all be gri nd in g together ; the
one sh all be taken and the other left
Two me n sh al l be i n the e ld ; the on e
sh al l b e ta k en and th e oth e r left
Then sh al l a nation be born at onc e

How can th at be ? Because al l th at are
left will k n ow th at Christianit y w as

truth so that al l will at once become be
rst resur
l i e ve rs but too late for the
rectio n
and t h e J e ws wi ll come i nto
,
powe r
Le t u s exami n e t he proofs th at th e
ti me i s near even at th e doors

,
hat
A nd
the
R a
e son W h y
21 3
did Jesus say would take pl ace w h en we
should kno w ?
For there sh all arise
fals e Christs and fal se proph ets and shall
shew great signs and wonders ; i nsomuch
th at if i t were possible , the y shall de
ce i ve the very e l ect

After M oh am in e d wh o with h i s fol
rOp
h
lowers is u ndoubtedly t he f alse p
of R e vel ation and wh o does not

et
come i n th e cat e gory of false p roph ets
refe rred to h ere by Chr ist we pass o ve r
seve r al hundreds of years d uri ng wh ich
ti m e except i n a f e w instances and for
short period sto be an avow e d Christian
was to court death
First from zealous fan ati c al Je ws ;
S e c ond from th e je alous r i valry of th e
pagan worl d and lat e r from bigoted
place lovi n g priests of R om anism ; so
th at the i n centive to b eco m e noted ad
h e re n t s to an d activ e advoc at es of th e
Christi an reli gion was l acking , until th e
ab normal growth of P r ot e st antis m fol
lowing t h e great reformat ion

sug
,
'
21
Th e D e vi l
R e b e l l ion
gested to Satan the feasibi li ty of be com
i ng an ang e l of li ght i n ord e r to t h e
mor e eff e ctually d e ceive th e natio n s

So as samples of t h e false Chri s
ts and
false prophets spoken of by Ch rist i n
these latter d ays we h ave had Josep h
S m ith S w e i n f urt h A lexander Do m e
an d others
legiti mate produ cts of th e
pow e r and weal th asp i r i n g ag e in wh ich
we l i ve ; and n ow com e s t h e gr e at M rs
M ary B aker G Edd y t he discoverer o f
Christi a n Science
Just t hink of i t !
Nearly ni net e e n h u nd r e d years of doubt
and u ncertai nty
Even t h e i nspired
apostles were not u p to t h e standards
set by th is modern
Th e
m artyrs and th e consecrated Christians
of al l these years groped i n d arknes s
and groaned i n travai l awaiti ng i n
breathless suspense and expectancy for
th e advent of th e discoverer of Chris
ti an S cie n ce i
S w e i n f urt h and Dowie are de a d so are
.
Re v
W hy
21 5
thei r pretensions Mormonism is on the
wa n e ; i t h as b e en w e ighed i n t h e bal
anc e an d fou nd wa n ti n g ; th e ir star is

fadi n g i nto obscurity ; but Ch ristian Sci
e n c e is as y e t on t h e asce n d e ncy an d
m ay
prov e a great
w e pr e d ict will
anti christ
To subst an t i at e b ur b elief i n th e id e a
th at sev e n tim e s ( 7 000 years ) wi ll be

ma n s pro b atio n ary p e riod on e arth w e
n ce of on e sev e nth part
cite ou r observ a
of ti me as a day of r e st Al l ordi n ances
given to an d i mpos e d upon t h e Jews
t h e onl y people of whom God took su f
ci e n t notice to give them laws u ntil
Christ came were typical of some e vent
poi n ti n g forward or li k e th e
e ith e r
passover feast referring back to a su b
st a n ce of wh ich th e se ordina n ces wer e
but sh adows
In t he light of subse
quent events we can u nderstand the
s ignicance of these or
d inances and
also of the prophecies concerning th e
Messiah whi ch wh en h e was nailed to

.
Th e D e v i l
21 6
R e b e llio n
t he cross
were fullled every j ot and
tittle
But no event of history eith er
ancient or modern can by any stre tch
of t h e i magi nation be sa i d to be th e sub
stance of wh i ch sabbath observa nce was
and Sunday keeping i s th e sh adow
It
i s evident th erefore th at som e event
sti ll i n th e fu tu re is bei ng typied ; and
si nce sabbat h or Sund ay keep i n g is a
d ivisio n of ti me w e m ust conclud e that
a di vision of t i me is to be t he sub stanc e
j ust as th e shed blood of an i mals was a
type of th e blood of th e Chr i st
W h at more n atu ral th e n th an th at we
should conclude th at our probationary p
e
ri od on earth is to be six thousand years of
work correspondi ng wi th our six d ays of
labor ( a free for al l gh t for th e n e ce s
an d a erce
sari e s and luxuries of l ife
warfare wit h th e de vil ) and on e thou
sand years of rest th e millenni u m fo r e
sh adowed ( typ i ed ) by our day of rest ?

Duri ng t he m illen niu m th e devi l w i l l
,
2P
e er
Ad t h R
n
e as n
W hy
21 7
be cast i nto prison

as stated el se
wh e re Then al l t h e arts sciences and
i nventions wil l be utilized for the bene
t of all m an ki n d
By th e removal of
Satan s ower and i nuence th e d i spo
sitiou of men and even of an i mals wil l
be enti rely ch an g dz the wol f an d the

l amb sh al l feed togeth e r and th e l i on
sh all eat straw l ike t h e bul lock

An d
the sucki ng ch ild sh all play on t h e h ole
of t h e asp and t he wea ned ch ild sh al l
pu t hi s h and on th e cockatr i c e den

They shall not hu rt no r destroy i n al l
my holy mountai n : for th e earth sh a l l be
f ull of the kno w ledg e of th e L
ord as the
W at e r s cove r the sea

ond wit
W e will n ow e xa m i ne our se c
ness profane h istory W i th i n th e last
hu ndred years more has bee n accom
n
l
i
h
a
to
rd
spreadi
g
the
ospel
t
e
d
w
h
n
s
a
g
p
was done during the ei gh t een h un dred
years preceding That the ki n g s bus i
ne ss r equires baste i s ex e mpli ed i n t h e

Christi an s present st re nu ous ef f or t s to
,
Th e D e v i l
21 8
R e b e l l io n
spread th e gospel and wel l may we b e
alert and activ e i f th is gosp e l m ust
be preached amon g al l natio n s so th at
all sh al l k n o w th e Lord wh en h e
comes i f Chri st is t o com e with i n a hu n
dred years and only on e fou rth of t h e
i nh abitants of th e earth h ave h e ard t he
gospel u p to t h e prese nt ti m e
But th e
signs of t h e ti m e s poi nt to th e ful

l l m e n t of this proph ecy
El e ctri cal
powe r wir e less tel egraph y and th e
y
ing m achi ne are s wi ft and e fcient age n
cies for th e disse m i n ation of k n ow l e dg e
and th e h eathe n nations k nowi ng th at
th ey are th e produ ct of Christi an civ
i l i zat i on will be qui ck to i m itate th e n a
tions wh ose God endows th e m w i t h su ch
superior i ntelligence
Th e most si gni cant and positive proofs
th at every creatu re will h ave h eard

of Christ w ith i n a h undre d years are :
Fi rst th at at t h e begin ni n g t hi s ce n
tury this l ast h u ndred years of work
England conquered th e Boers who
,
b arre d
W hy
the
21
way of progress and th us

op e n e d t h e h e art of A frica to civi lization
S e co n d t h e U ni t e d States t ook ov e r
the Phi lippi n e islands o n ly t h e b orders
of which Spai n h ad tou ched with
b ut a crude civilization i n thre e hu n
d red y e ars an d
Th ird th e armi e s of t h e combi ned
Christi a n nations of the world marched
to t h e capital of t h e gr e at e st h e ath e n
n ation
on e arth Chi na with its fou r
hundred millio n s of idol worshipers
thus rend e ri n g furth e r hostil e opposition
to Christi an missio n aries there very i m
proba b l e th o w e must not e xpect much
of the heathe n Chi nee for som e time

to come W e migh t also add th at
Japan s war wi th Russi a wi ll make for
.
Christian civilization So we have most

corro b orativ e e vid e nce from
e mph ati c
rop
h e cy and hi story
our two w i t n e sse s p
th at our propheti c verse is corre ct :
.
220
Th e D e v i l
R e b e llion
th ousa n d y e ars t h e patria r ch al

Ag e h e ld s w ay upo n t h e e arth ;
Tw o thousa n d y e ars t h e J e w i s h n atio n
W ax e d mighty from an h um b l e b irth
Tw o t h ousa n d y e ars of Christia n e ra
W ill b ri n g t h e Sa v iour b ack agai n
W i l l y ou be fou n d amo n g t h e Ch ristia n s
W h e n h e d i v id e s t h e so n s of m e n ?
Tw o
B efore biddin g you adieu , Gentle

R eade r we wish to present a m omentou s
though t for your earnest consideration :
It i s an u ndeni abl e fact th at out side of
th e B ible no possibl e gli mpse i s gi ve n
u s of a future l i fe beyond t he gra ve
U nless you can prove beyond th e sh adow
of a doubt th at th ere is no resu rrect i on of
th e dead ; wh ich you can n ot d o do es i t

not see m th e only sensible cou rse to
pursue to accept the on l y book t h e
ch
Bible as a guide and follo w its te a
ings i n order to atta i n to th e hi gh e r
better i m mortal life i n th e never end in g
,
h ereafter ?
Th e h istory of th e last n i netee n h u n
dred years p
rove s th e truth o r Chr i s
But wh y should you ask
t i an i t y
.
hy
221
or expect t h e Christian to prove h i s

doctrine ? He does not h ave to prove it
He is better off e v e n h e re th a n the n u
b e liever for he h as an e nlarged
th at
spri ngs eternal i n the h u man
breast
The burd e n of proof rests on
t he u nbeliev e r ; who u nl e ss h e can prov e
that Christiani ty is false w hich h e
can n ot do i s i n da n ger of an e te rnal
re and brimstone h e ll
The Bi b l e tells us t h at on ce h aving bee n
b or n i nto the world our spi rits can n ot
di e are as i n destructibl e as t h e God that
gav e th e m li fe ; w e must exist e t e rnally
e ith e r as r
e i m bodi e d glori e d
childre n
and h e i rs of God i n h e av e n or as
n ak e d Tsouls wi th t h e de Vi l and his

i mps i n hel l
Is i t r e asona b l e is i t j ust
that the sel f sacri ci n g Christia n who
do e s all i n his pow e r for t h e good of
h uma n ity sh all r e c e iv e n o gre at e r re
ward tha n an d be comp e ll e d to associat e
with the vil e st th i e v e s an d mu rd e re rs
.
1 P et
t Re v
Th e D e v i l s R e b e ll io n
222
th roughout t h e ag e s of eternity ? A nd
w h e re are you goi n g to draw t h e li n e i f
not where t h e word of God draws i t be
t w e e n thos e who acc e pt Christ and do h i s
w i l l and those who r e j e ct

t h e on l v be
gotte n Son of God ?

Out of t h e e ter n al ag e s w h ich h av e
n e ith e r begi nni n g nor e n d God h as
giv e n you a f e w short y e ars i n wh ich to
mak e ch oic e of good or e vil j ust on e

,
h e n God s e nt h i s Son th e S a
viou r
J e sus Ch rist i n to t h e world to s h o w
you and me t h e way of e t e r n al li fe an d
o ff e r e d h im a sacric e for t h e si ns of t h e
h um a n family h e m e t e v e ry r e asonabl e
requireme n t
If you are n ot on t h e
on t h at gr e at day
ri gh t
wh e n
h e comes to j ud g e t h e world
you wil l
h ave n o words of c e n su re or blam e for
you r God or for h is Christ th at you h av e
not b e e n fairly d e alt wit h
Nay rath e r
you will
call on t h e mountai n s and
W
M att
W hy
223
rocks to fal l on you and h id e you from

t h e face of hi m that sitt e th on t h e thro n e
an d from the wrath of the Lam b

God do e s n ot exp e ct impossibil iti e s of
you ; say i n you r h e art g e t th e e b e hi n d
m e S at an
giv e God s word t h e ben e t
of e v e ry doubt ; try as hard to b e li e v e as
you hav e tried to n ot b e li e v e ; lay hold
of th at which you can u n derstand an d

do thos e thi n gs n e c e ssary to b e come a
child of t h e K i n g with a d e t e rmi na

tio n to k n o w m ore of h is plans an d re
m e m b e r J e sus will h e lp i f you try
Mortal
li fe is but a span
a bri e f
spac e of tim e for on e an d all of t h e sons
sl e e p s
an d daught e rs of m e n ; e re lo n g
h al f b roth e r ; t h e mu ch dr e ad e d m on
st e r D e ath will i n v ad e you r secre t
ch am b e r will f an you r f e v e re d b ro w or
your pal e b la n ch e d ch e e k wit h his chi ll
D e c e m b e r b r e ath ; i n sol e m n aw e
i n spiri n g to n e s wil l h is imp e rativ e m an
d at e for t h e dissolution of your mortal
b ody h e at agai n st t h e t e n der vibrat i n g
,
224
Th e D e v il
R e b e llio n
memb rane of you r ear drums ; th e mys

t i c g h ost l i ke spe c
tre of hi s m agic wan d
will sc i nt i llate before your fast fai li ng
vision an d h i s frost benu mbed nge rs
will cl utch w i t h vise l ike grip th e te n
d ri ls of your pul sati n g h eart and stop th e
i ncessant ow of vou r l i fe blood
Then
will God s b eautiful earth with friends
and foes al ike fade fr
o m your mortal
visio n your m ateri al body loose i ts h ol d
u pon you r i mprisoned soul
God s i m
perial gift to you
The n will you r
never dyi ng spiri t be waft e d u pward a
sh in in g j oyous bei ng to rei gn with
Ch rist i n God s h e av e nly ki ngdom or
as a sh iv e ri ng cringin g
nak e d
pol luted th i ng be thrust down to h e l l
to endure t h e torm e nts of a burni ng
a m e and of an accus i ng conscie nce

-
forever
Do y o
u know of some one who h as
co mmitted a wro n g h as si n ned agai nst
you ? Forget i t
Do you know of some act of ch arity
.
An d t h R aso n
e
W hy
som e l a b or of lov e a fri e n d an ao

qu a
i n ta n c e or ev e n an e n e my has p
er
form e d ? D o n ot fo rg e t i t ; t e ll a b out
it an d l e t t h e on e who did t h e d e e d
of ki n dn e ss h n ow that y ou kno w a bout
i t Scatt e r su n sh i n e al l alo n g li fe s
pathway ; thi n k pl e asa n t though ts
sp e ak pl e asa n t w ords ; for w ith w hat

m e asur e y e m e t e i t shal l be m e as

ure d to you agai n
W h atso ev e r th i n gs
are tru e whatsoe v e r th ings are ho n e st
w hatso e v e r thi n gs are pur e whatso e v e r
things are lo v e ly whatso e v e r thi n gs are
of good r e port ; i f th e re be an y v irtu e
rai se t l i i n k
and i f ther e be any p
on
th e s e
Do n ot forg e t that God i s gi v i n g you
your ch a n c e n ow t oday ; wh at are you
goi n g to do a b out i t ?
d e ar b roth e r si st e r
In co n clusio n
fri e n d w e would ask you to s e arch do w n
d e e p i n your h e art an d a n sw e r us truly
h a v e w e n ot k e pt ou r promis e m ad e i n
Ph il
Th e
226
D e v il s R e b e llio n
ou r pr e fac e po e m
k n o w l e dg e of :
to l e ad you to a
An d o f t h e o th e r v e xi n g q
u e s ti o n s
Ha v e w e n ot t ol d t h e r e a so n s w h y ?
Wh o t h e de v il f o r m r l y w as
An d w h at h e did t o m e rit h e l l ;
How w h e n o ur s pirit s are fr e e d fr o m e arth
T h e y n d a b e tt e r p l ac e t o d w e ll ?
e
Th e r e is b ut on e m o rtal e xi s t e n c e ;
W e ca n n o t com e t h i s w a agai n
y
T h e n l t u s n ot w h e n d at h s hall n d u s
R e gr e t an d s a v W h at might h a v e b e e n
Thi s l if e is
e e ti n g t ra n s itory
Our morta l lif e e n d s at t h e gra v e
S ay w i l l y o u t h e n p r e p ar e for g l ory
Y our n e v e r dyi n g soul t o s a v e ?
.
T w a s G od w h o s e n t t h e l o v i n g Sa v iour
Wh o di e d t h e d e ath upo n t h e cro s s ;
Pr e p ar e d t h e w ay f o r our sal v atio n
Th at s o n s of m e n might n ot b l os t ;
An d Go d i s n ow pr e pari n g ma n s io n s
F or Hi s sai n t s i n h e a v e n a b o v e :
An d th e r e t h roughout t h e e n d l e s s age s
May C h ri s tia n s d w e l l i n p e ac e an d l o v e
J ud e
A d t h R aso n
n
Tw o t h ou s a n d
W hy
227
.
y e ar s t h e p atr arc h a l
Ag h l d s w ay u po n t h e art h ;
Tw o t h o u s a d y e ar s t h J w i sh n ati o n
W ax d m g h ty fr o m an h um bl b irt h ;
ra
Tw o t h o u s a n d y e ar s o f C h ri s tia
W i l l b ri n g t h e S a v i o ur b ack agai n ;
W ll y o u be f o u n d am o n g t h e rig h t e o u s
Wh e n H d i v i d s t h so n s o f m ?
e
n e
en
J s u s t h e Lo rd w i l l c o m e fr o m h e a v n ;
Bri n g h os t s o f s ai n t s an d a n g e l s t oo ;
Wh n h c o m s i n h i s sh i n i n g g l ory j
S ay w i l l t h e S a v i o ur ca l l f o r y ou ?I
e
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cr u cible of life s a dve rse e xpe ri

S A T A N AND THE F LOO D

hich w e t e l l h ow for c e l e s tial b e i n g s

Bou n d a n g e l s assig n e d th e ir e stat e s

Paus e thou v ai n m an for I w ould q

That m ade t h e com e ts w a n d e ri n g s tars

Mis shap e n w ithout form an d v oid ?

If w e are mad e i n G od s ow n imag e

W ilt t e ll m e of Chri s t s s e co n d comi n g ?

R e e l t o an d fro lik e a dru n k e n m an

Sh all fall an d w ill n ot ris e agai n ?

As is i ndi cat d b y th e fore g oi ng lin s

tem pt ation ; h is rst si n ; of the rst

amid the celestial worlds

W e locate h e ll and e stablish the new

heaven and t h e n e w earth th at i s to

and uti liz ation is vividly portrayed t h e

t h e d evil brou ght re

agai nst th e beloved city

this book w e c l aim i t re quires no

Christian Sci e nce

li fe either of heave n or hell

diametrically opposed to th e no d e vil

hi s co m ments were : Only D ante and

th wart t he wil l of God

leaving but a vague impression of an

In other words neither wri ter seemed

a by your leav e ; but li ttle written b y

them was backed by a

clearly demonstrated and thei r rel ation

If y ou r e ad this b ook an d follo w us

dee m i t qu ite essenti al th at th e

though ts are thi ng s2

al m i ghty omn i pot e nt R uler th e l atter

assertion i s true : Th e worlds were

for ights of fancy

trees or sitti ng on th e hal f de

tru n k of so me fallen monarch of

Brilli ant ideas li ke bri gh t ch ildren are

a furth er proof of our posi tion

associated with some one whos e ag

b e e n accord i n g to the Scriptures

and his opponent is a c onsecrated Chris

press toward t he m ark for th e prize o f

and h onor and p ower th at is placed

Man is so closely rel ated to h is M aker

which to que nch th e ery darts of th e

The general who can anticipate h is

If y ou would l e ar n why and how Satan

and whose battl e cry is

asked or given ; an enemy wit h who m

wh i ch I assure you is h is last will and

n am e writte n there as a beneci ary

wh i ch you h ad to comply to come into

be crown e d a king wi th greater glory

and h onor and power

mast e r you will lose all i nterest i n t h e

K now ye not th at to whom

ye are ? Are you a f re e m an or

race wh o are m ade i n th e i mage and

h eirs and j oi nt h eirs with Jesus Christ

into whose h a n ds are g i ven al l th ings