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(1 Cor. 4:5) The Lord has come and is at the temple
separating and judging the nations, and he sends forth
his singers to proclaim the truth and to expose the
hidden thines before he strikes the devastating blew
against the enemy, Clearly that these things might
be emphasized in the mind of those who love and serve
God, he also says by the mouth of another prophet,
to wit: ‘If grapegatherers coine to thee, would they
not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night,
they will destroy till they have cnough [(margin)
their sufficiency]. But I have made Lsan bare, I have
uncovered his seeret places, and he shall not be able
to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren,
and his neighbours, and he is not.’’? (Jer. 49:9, 10)
Thus Jehovah declares himeelf concerning the Toman
Catholic Iherarchy and their alhed clergy, the de-
fameis of his name. The hidden treasures of modern
Edom, in addition to wealth, such as houses and money,
refer also to the political power of those religious or-
ganizations which they have and exercise among the
commercial trafiickers and pohtieians that rule. Ameng
the hidden thines that mu t be exposed, and which are
now being exposed, are the rehgious mysteries and
doctrines, and rites, so-enlled “last rites’’, by which
the clergy have deceived and defrauded the common
people and taken away the fruits of their labor, and
still continue to deceive them, and this cause the ecom-
mon people ereat want and suffering both mentally
and materially.
78 The public press reports that the Nazis, by reason
of perseeution, are compcliing the Jews to sell their
property at a vreat sacrifice in Germany and that the
Catholics are buying up that property. A criminal
always leaves some loophole by which he exposes him-
self. This is another evidence that the Lierarchy is
back of the Nazi organization, which is robbing a
thrifty cle s of people in Germany, persecuting all
others that do not bow to the dictates of the Lherarehy
and the Nazis, and estending favors only to those who
support the arbitrary and dictatorial rule of that land.
In due time the Micrarchy’s hand will be completely
exposed in Germany and her nefarious work and her
ill-got gains will be scarehcd out and come to an un-
timely end.
29 When the Lord enthroned David as king of Israel
the ancient Edomites were the mortal cnemics of
David, and of the people over which he ruled, God's
chosen people. The Edomites then kept a part of the
territory which Jehovah had assigned to .braham’s
seed, and David was moved to act according to the will
of God when he fought the Edomites. Now the great
antitypical David, Christ Jesus, is on his throne and
is commanded by Jchovah to rule amidst his enemics.
(Ps. 110:2) The modern Edomites, the religionists,
are the mortal enemies of the antitypical David, in-
eluding, to he sure, the remnant. Wrongfully the
modern Edomites, the clergy, assume the place as-
sigued to the true seed of Abraham, and the antitypical
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David sends forth the members of his body, the faith-
ful remnant, to expose the position of the enemy be-
fore he destroys them. The remnant are therefore now
acting under the command of the Lord when they
publish to the world the truth of and concerning thos.
hypocritical religionists who blaspheme the name of
God and his kingdom and who oppose all who are im
favor of his kingdom. This war is in progress ae-
cording to the will of God. What appears in the Serip-
tures is not the word of man, and the citation of the
facts with that of the Scriptures concerning the mod-
ern Edomites is not an accusation of man, but is set
forth according to the vill of the Lerd that the refure
of lies may be stripped bare in this day. The remnant
are not gathering the great inultitude, becauce that
is the Lord's work. The remnant are proclaiming the
truth that it mieht be known that dchovah is the only
true God, and that those who hear that message and
who are of good will toward God and put themselves
on his side and obey his commandments may join the
great multitude. It is unreasonable and unseriptural,
and therefore foolish, for anyone to now say: {The
work we are now doing is small potatoes compared with
what we will do after Armageddon, in gathering the
ercat multitude’? The facet that Jehovah is revealing
to his people now the meaning of his prophecies, such
as Jehu, cities of refuse, Samson, conecrning the
Philistines, and other prophecies, is conclusive proof
that it is his will that the remnant should now knew
these thines, which were written aforetime for their
comfort and hope, and that they might tse thes
truths aceording to the will of God in declarius them
to others. What will strenethen the hope of the ren.
nant more than to know that they are now envaged in
a work according to the will of God, and in which he
commands them to serve notice upen others, that these
who are of good wil toward him may learn the way
to Zion, take their place with God’s organization, and
form the great multitude that will forever praise Jeo-
hovah'’s name? Any attempt to make the remnant
think that their chicf work concerming the ereat mul-
titude is some twenty years future only tends fo couse
Jehovah’s witnesses to become lax in their efforts, in-
different and negligent of their duties and privileges.
The remnant, who are really devoted to Jehovah and
his hingdom, and who for the past few years have
earefully studied the Lord’s prophecies as the Lord
has unfolded them, will nut now be induced to shack
the hand. They sce the war is on and that they must
fight, and ficht eontinuowly, and that their part of the
fizht is to proclaim the praise of Jchovah and to con-
tinuously offer before the Lord an offering in right-
cousness. The remnant are now hated by the ruling
powers of all nations, even as Jesus was hated when
he was on earth. The faithful remnant now debehi
to bear the reproaches that reproached our Lord end
Head. The inspired Word now applies to the remuatt,
which says: ‘‘Let us go forth therefore unto him with-