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Egypt.” Thus the Name | AM was a guarantee of the divine
authority that gave the law. Thus the claims of the two
powers is seen to stand one opposite to the other. One
claims he is God and his laws are superior and demands
obedience. The other is the laws and authority of the Great
“I AM That I AM.” Thus to have the name of God in our
minds.
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
Thus far we feel clear in the interpretations given of
the seals, there is one more point to consider that is the
number of the beast. Number signifies so many of anything
or it could signify a definite one bearing such a number
as one in class. The scripture speaking of this is found in
Revelations 13:17, 18 and fourteenth chapters. One state-
ment is: The number of the beast is the number of a man,
and his number is 666. Another says the number of his
his name. That could be the number under his control or
his definite number.
The Apostle says “The name of the beast is the man
of sin. The son of perdition.”” The decree that is passed says
that no man might buy nor sell that has not the mark of the
beast or the number of his name or the name of the beast.
This indicates to me they must in some way belong to
the system of which the beast is the representative or stands
for. It also indicates there were divisions of the beast’s
representatives but really, but one family of the whole.
Remember there are but two ¢ sses, one who worship
(obeys) God, the other worships (obeys) the beast and its
image. It is also clear that whatever the beast and its image
stands for, they all come under the mark. Name, and num-
ber of the beast, it would naturally follow that in order to
find the sum total of those who are represented by the beast
and its mark (Character) would be the number as a whole
that would constitute the number of the beast. The beast
stands for Babylon and her daughters both in the Greek,
Roman and Protestant divisions at the time of fulfillment of
Christendom. It takes them all to make up the beast of
Christendom at the time this decree is passed. Question: ls
there that number of organizations in these three divisions.
I reply while this is the logical interpretation of the text |
am not prepared at this writing to say. Some have given the
argument that the number 666 could be found on the crown
of the Pope by adding the Latin numerals in the title worn
on the crown. That is plausible, but not to my mind abso-
lute truth. Those numerals are found in other names of in-
dividuals. But that would not prove much. The number be-
longs to the beast and all it stands for and could not apply
to any single individual man The number could stand the
same as the 144,000. | feel sure that number is expressive
of a collection of the whole who are sealed more than to
the definite number. It is taken from God’s rule of number-
ing Israel as applying to the males of a certain age. So the
number of 666 for the purpose of designating the whole
number of organizations who worship the beast in character
and divisions, more than it does to a specific number. | offer
these comments as suggestive on this point, personally at
this writing | feel they will stand criticism when they are
carefully considered.
REC/,PITULATION
First, the two names, one of the beast, the other of
God. The name of the beast is the man of sin, the son of
perdition, who exalts himself above all that is called God
and places himself in the temple of God, showing himself
to be God.
A PLEASANT WALK
In the small numbers of the hours of the night in my
mind, | took a pleasant walk in the Kingdom and govern-
ment of God, my first view was to visit the camp of Israel
whose banners were floating in the balmy breeze of the
Kingdom. | noticed with interest each tribe as they were
camped on the east of Judah, on the north by the camp of
Dan, on the south by the standard of Rubin and on the
west by the house of Joseph with Ephraim as the head. In
the center was the tribe of Levi, Moses, Aaron and his
Priests on the east with the beautiful ark which contained
the laws of the kingdom, and over it the two cherubims and
in between them there was a most beautiful Throne with
Christ sitting on it. On the south, west and north were the
different divisions of the tribe of Levi who had the charge
of the tabernacle. In the center of it all I beheld the taber-
nacle covered with ram's skins died red and the colors of
the Rainbow in the curtains with woven cherubims woven
in them, covering the inside Everything was perfect in or-
der and everything moved and worked like a wheel in a
wheel. As | saw the camp move forward following the cloud
by day and the pillar of fire by night, with Judah and his
band leading them with Moses, and Aaron and the priests
with the ark and the priests blowing their trumpets. The
noise sounded to me like the wings of a flying army of birds
like the eagle. Not a jar, not a contention, no sick in the
camp, no worn out clothes, no crying, hungry women and
children, all with their eyes full of light watching the cloud
and the pillar of fire. | said this scene is too great for me,
it is too wonderful to comprehend. Then | said this is God
and His organization, | want to belong to it. It is so far
ahead of anything | ever witnessed that was done by man.
I then decided I should accept the genuine and give up all
imitations of man made patterns.
But that was not all I saw, | saw the tweny-four Elders
with tt r crowns on, | saw the priests with their crowns. 1
said truly we will be and are now a kingdom of Priests ard
Kings with Christ and we shall reign on the earth with the
Prince of the Kings of the earth.” | followed the cloud and
the camp a little further and behold amidst, beautiful
scenery appeared. It was a glorious country all prepared
for those who love Him. The camp moved forward. Nat a
break in the order was made. The land was clothed with
every kind of herbs and trees that was like fruit that was
good for food. It looked lik a vast Garden of Fruits and
Flowers. In the midst of the Garden was the tree of life.
We all ate of its fruit first. It gave us a new life of both
body and mind. Our camp pitched near it for there is where
the cloud stopped. The camp then enlarged its borders
sufficient to take in the whole of the land. In this experience
we there met those of whom we had read in the Bible of
all the Children of God, who had lived before us. One of the
beautful scenes that interested me as I walked through the
land was to see all the varieties of animals there that were
first created on the earth. It was a pleasure to handle them
and talk to them. All fear from us both were gone. Then the
air was filled with beautiful birds and the streams with all
kinds of clean fish. The air was clearer than any | had ever
witnessed. The moon shone with the brightness of the sun.
The sun seven fold to what | ever experienced, yet no
oppressive heat from its effects. | began to see and realize
that | was now in the new World where all things had been
made new. The curse was all gone. | saw the Father's face.
I heard no one say I am sick, neither wearied. I said for
once, | was satisfied. | had returned to my inheritance prom-
ised to all His saints. The family was again made up never
to be separated again. Such was the pleasant journey | took
during the silent hours of the night while | meditated in my
mind of Gods perfect organization. Then | realized I was
now translated into His Kingdom. I was now a member of
the true organization of God, I now belonged to one of the
twelve tribes of Israel, and was now sealed by the Holy
Spirit of promise which was the earnest of my redemption.