The End of All False Religions and of Their Devotees.

We have seen that the final conflict between the pure church of God and all other religions of the world will end in the "great day of God Almighty." This will be ushered in by the coming of Christ in flaming fire from heaven, at which time all the wicked will be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power. "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever." Rev. 20:10. "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition." Rev. 17: 8. "I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame." Dan. 7:11.

In Rev. 19:11-16 is a grand picture of the second coming of Christ. When he comes, he finds the beast and the allied armies gathered together to war against him and his army (verse 19). When all false religions of earth gather in opposition against the church of God, they are

fighting Christ and all heaven, for his church is one in heaven and on earth. Christ's second coming will clearly reveal this fact. He will appoint them all to the great slaughter (verses 17, 18).

"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone." Rev. 19:20. "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone. . . . And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever." Rev. 14: 9-11. "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants

at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever." Rev. 19: 1-3. "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." Psa. 9: 17.

The foregoing texts clearly teach the eternal destiny of all beast worshipers and false religionists. The nations that forget God-mentioned in the last text-are the pagans who have not retained God in their knowledge. The beast in some of these texts refers to the entire apostate church, with all its adherents. In other texts the beast and false prophet are both referred to, for these cover every form of apostate and corrupt religion. All these, in the great day of judgment, will be cast into "perdition," "the burning flame," "the lake of fire and brimstone"; and in that awful place of punishment they will be "tormented forever and ever." This final destiny is termed "hell." So positively teaches the seven clear texts of Scripture at the head of this chapter, and the Word of God can not be broken,

Christianity, like an angel, a dove of purity, came from heaven, and is divine. Being from heaven, the church of God shall return there in the last day. But all other religions, whether

Pagan, Mohammedan, or apostate Christian, including all Catholic and Protestant sects and creeds, "ascended out of the bottomless pit" (Rev. 11:7; 17:8); that is, are of hellish origin. Therefore in the last day all these will go back to the place from which they emanated. In the day of judgment all beast worshipers and false religionists, the entire host of apostates, and all wicked men and devils will be cast into the lake of fire.*

*For a thorough work on the eternal destiny of the wicked see my book, "Man, His Present and Future," price 50c; or "Hell and Everlasting Punishment,'' price 10c. Both are sold by the publishers of this book.