FEBRUARY, 1939

VERYBODY KNOWS ,
today, tht world war i s o e r t a i l t o corn
8OOn

HITLER, or IkJSSOLINI, who

will plunge t h e world i n t o

war?
Where i s the prime threat today t o world peace i.n Germany, or i n the Mediterranean?

But it i s i n the 17th chapter of Revelation, coupled w i t h t h e 13th

chepter, and t h e 7 t h and 2nd chapters o f the Book of Daniel, t h a t we f i n d this "6EAST" idcnti f l e d . The symbol of "BEAST" is plainly explained to represent a KINGDOM, or t h e K'ING who rules it. And this

I wil particular I ' B E A S T ~ is gather ALL NATIOS ajust as clearly $dentigainst Jerusalem o kogether with an authorif i e d as THE ROMAN EMPIRE b a t t l e : and the cty t a t i v e presentation of once more to be revived shall be taken .,, the actual FACTS of conby the process o f ten and h a l f of the cty d i t i o n s as they exist i n dictators in Europe s h a l l go f o r t h i n t Europe today! giving a l l the power r f captivity Thn t h e i r governments, and shall t h e Lord go af thei r armies, t o t h e forth, and fight E ruler a t ROME! It apEainst those natior And H i s feet !all s t a n d 9 t h a t & J pears certain, P r o m t h e s e prophecies, t h a t BENlPO MUSSOLINI is the damon-inspired man upon the Mount of 0:ves .If (Verses 2-4). o f t h e s e prophecies---the "BEAST" o f Rev. WHO WILL C f l " J . , JERUSALEM? 19:19-20 who shall come t o so horrible an end by the supernatural power o f ood! Ha, By way of brief :viw of previous t h e n , is the one who shall capture half t h e city of Jerusalem! a r t i c l e s , and radio mBsagb6, n o t i c e , f i r s t , t h a t t h i s w a r 111 involve ALL naMUSSOLINI TO CAPTURE EGYPT AS tions. It will be the i r s : r e a l world war. WELL AS JERUSALEM Secondly, it wil1:entcr around Jerusalem. The war of 19:.(1918 d i d not. And And then again, we f i n d these same thirdly, this war W i l l VD with & k Secondd powers and events prophesied in the 11th gomine CMRIST! Half of the city OJerusalern w i l l be chapter of the Book of Daniel. Usre is t h e longest and most d e t a i l e d prophecy i n taken. Who will capturet? a l l t h o Bible. I n t h e 19th chapter-f Revelation it ' t be i n s w i t h t h e reign of Alexander Z is revealed. I - I Q ~ ~ fi: a d e t a i l e d deWe soriptian of t h e coming C Christ in vdrathe Great f;arsa 31, t r a c i n g t h e details c s 11 t o 18, A n d v e r s e s 1-20 describe of events conoerning t h a conquests and the end o f t h e world war*Nera ere pic*possession of Palestine, up to the present. Verse 40 t e l l s af Mussalini's invasion o f u+ed ths k i n g s a C the eart,,d t h e i r a r mxcs, under direction of a,uler described Ethiopia---the START of t h o 8nadern chain by t h e symbolic term, "THEEAST," of events l e a d i n g ta tha caming of Christ. Then, beginning verse 41, Mussolini Again in Revelation 163-16, is a
God says:

The a x i s t n g cond i t i o n s as sure it. The Bible ropheoiss make it c r t a i n . In the 14t chapter of t h o Booklf Zechariah ,IIAlmigty

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Hers i s an amazing a r t i c l e , t e l l i n g how, and where, the coming world w a r w i l l break out---based on t h e BIBLE PROPHECIES,

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influence the world ruler3, f i r r i n g up t h i s war. This passage, t o pictures "the @ e a s t " and shows the 1.1 as o f t h e world g a t h e r e d for t h e f i n a l a t t i c of t h e way at. a place c a l l e d , i n Hebw, ''BRMAT h i s is 70 miles ! t h - w s t ~f GEDOON!" Serusalern,

s h a l l enter alra into PALESTINE, overthrowing many countries. Shis indicates t h a t the world war w i l l ba on a t *ha time.
Verse 42 says he w i l l also taka Egypt. Verse 43 says the Libyans and t h e B t h i o p I a n S "shall be. a t h i s staps"---end t h e y ARE! Buk--.-versa 44---nws from t h e e a s t and from the n o r t h (Russia, China, an4

Japan) s h a l l t h e n trouble, anger, end arouse him. Infuriated, he shall intensify h i s campaign of wanton destruction, And then, ( v e r s e 45), Muasolini shall

in this d i r e a t k o n will n o t provoke W a f . His victories into t h a South-east of h r ope have been already conceded by Chambrfl a i n and D a l a d i e r . But Great B r i t a i n oannot, and will n o t j a c r i f i c e the very liPa of her own Empire! That i s q u i t s a n o t h e r matter! The very LIFE-LINE of t h e B r i t i a h Empire, t h e largest Empire t h e wbrld ever know, runs t h r u t h e Mediterranean. Great B r i t a i n now c o n t r o l s t h e four V f t 8 l GATES t a t h i r great sea---which mans she con-

remove his headquarters t o JERUSALEM---building t h e r e a great p a l a c e , Since t h e pope w i l l be there with h i m (Rev. 19:19-ZQ) t h e new pope now about t o be elected no doubt will decide t o move the h e a d q u a r t e r s of the Roman C a t h o l i c Church t o Jerusalem! What a momentous p i e c e o f news t h a t will be! There, both men come t o t h e i r END!
HOW, end WHERE, t h e War Will S t a r t

t h e M t d i t t r a n e a n , Sea, and c a r e f u l l y study, t h e fullpage map on page 3 o f t h i s issue, In order t o revivethis Empire, as Bible propheoies show h e w i l l do, W r s o l i n i absolutely bl71ST wrestcontrol of t h e Madi t e r r a n e a n from G r e a t B r i t a i n s WAR absolutaly This situation @ inevitable, and a t let approximately IMMI)&"T: A head-oncollision cannot be averted. It is only& m a t t e r Of W N ! The MEDITERRANEAN SEA i s yet, i n s p i t e d a l l t h e war-scares, t h e KEY SPOT we think it very p$bablt t h a t t h e war w i l l n o t commence &'il 1940 or 1941--t h o we s e t no defi$e d a t e , and it might Consider now some vital f a c t s Great B r i t a i n could a f f o r d t o l e a v e even come t h i s vcryyYear* No one khowo better than Mussolini Central and Eastern Europe to Hitler. But t h a t h i s vision o f m I R E depends upan she c a n n o t y i e l d ONE I N C f r o f t h s v i t a l h i s a b i l i t y t o wr$$ the Mediterranean Mediterranean t e r r i t o r r y t o hlussolini! We f e a r many do not r e a l i z e t h i s vifrom the B r i t i s h , And from t h e vary first t a 1 d i ffe rence betwe en the C z ec hoe 1o v a k i an of his power i n o m i c e , he has p l o t t e d o r i s i s of l a s t September, and the Mediterand planned t o t!$S objective, ranean s i t u a t i o n , now growing in gravity, The prophec last noted aboVa---the 11th chapter o f i n i d , which foretells In Czechoslovakia, Eng1and' tj personFrom 0 1 interests were not: threatened. t h e t a k i n g of E$t and P a l e s t i n e , shows t h e B r i t i s h s t a n d p o i n t n o t h i n g was a t stake a l s o t h a t Mussolini was first t o taka except the altruistic p r i n c i p l e of Democra- E t h i o p i a . cy, and the f'uture of ANOTHER people. The His E t h i a a n conquest was t h e firsf English are t o o practical t o 60 to W a f jtroka in Mu&ni's carefully-planned s t r a t e g y to gwbthe Mediterranean. over mere a l t r u i s t i c p r i n o i p l e s . They were WHy didM)solini want Ethiopia? more w i l l i n g t o s a c r i f i c e t h e future of AUOTHER n a t i o n t h e n t o saarifice t h e lives us wHy M@OLINI TOOK ETHIOPIA of t h e i r Own sons i n such a w a r . hnd i n so doing, B r i t o n and Franoe have d e l i b e r ately permitted Hitler t o be i n position The &$ chess or checker player t o dominate t h e entire Balkan region. See moves "men"ih various p a r t s of the beard the small close-up map showing how Hitler i n t o s t r a t + positions. uo will l e a v e undoubtedly w i l l inoreass h i s influence each man, i f p o s s i b l e unnaticed by h i s opponant, i n t h i s strategic position, unand domination ovor t h i s region. That is a foregone c o n c l u s i o n . &t Hitle r' s gains til all h@n are maneuvered where he

Now let us g e t our bearings. HW w i l l the world war s t a r t ? WHERE w i l l it begin? The p r o p h e c i e s show t h a t t h e nations af the e a r t h will be d i v i d e d inte three general groups---the Roman Empire group, or t h e F a s c i s t s ; t h e group a l l i e d w i t h Soviet Russia, o r the Communists; and the group c o n s i s t i n g of the descendants o f the House of Israel---the s o - c a l l e d "Lost Ten Tribes"---the white, English-speaking nat i o n s t o g e t h e r w i t h France, t h e Soandinav i a n s , etc.,---or t h e Democracies. Both t h e prophecy summarized above, from t h e 11th c h a p t e r of Daniel, and also the time-sequence of t h e Book of Revelat i o n , show t h a t Russia w i l l not enter t h e war until AFTER the Roman n a t i o n s have been fighting. And s i n c e t h e r e remains only the t h i r d group---the Democracies--for them t o f i g h t against, it n a t u r a l l y follows t h a t t h e war will START between the Fascists and the Demacracies. The war, a l l p r o p h e c i e s i n d i c a t e , w i l l commence i n t h e MEDITERRANEAN EREA! M u s s a l i n i T actions in r e s t o r i n g the Roman Empire will cause it. The p r o p h e c i e s i n d i c a t e that Hitler will n o t b e g i n t o f a d e f r o m t h e p i n n a c l e of number one man i n Europe. Mussolini onoe more will becoms world's peace enemy number one.

Mediterranean cont r o l !

trols the Sea itself. Briton's v e r y LIFE d e p 3 n d s upon m a i n t a i n i n g t h i s control! Tho slighteat a v e r t a c t b Mussolini y in this s e c t o r will mean i n s t a n t WAR! For this Great B r i t a i n is now prearad---and she w i l l FIGHT, at a rnoment'snotica, if any v i t a l point in t h e M e d i t w a n e a n is attaokcd in any way, The LIFE-LINE af the Frnch Empire also cresses t h e M s d i t s r r a n e n . Both France and Great B r i t o n w i l l f i g h t t o keep t h e i r p r e s e n t contra1 of t h * s Sea, But this same h i s t o r i c s e a happen8 also t o be the potential L,'I!E-LINE of h s s o l i n i ' s dreamed-of new Rofln b p i r b , It i s j u s t as v i t a l t o his ho$s of r e s t o r i n g the Roman Empire t o gain c n t r o l of the Mediterranean, as it i s t o t h e preservat i o n o f t h e B r i t i s h Empireto m a i n t a i n

OLD ROMAN EMPIRE $*RELY

SUR-

ROUNDED THE MED"ERRANEAH

& surrounded

The o l d o r i g i n a l R q n Empire, which Mussolini i s d c t e r m i n s d b r e v i v e , entire-

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DO".

Colored a r e a

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the ANCIENT Roman Empire. To revive it, Murrolina must' c o n t r o l the M e d i t e r ranean. Circles shew the f o u r strategic GATES he m s taKc from B r i t a i n . ut

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w a n t s them.

T h e

P L A I N

T Q U T H

February-march, Is39

W e n , by a s e r i e s of rapid Saud, Arabian l e a d e r , under Mutsoolini's jumps o r moves, ha w i n s t h e game, i n f l u e n o s and with h i s backing, will deThe Mediterranean is t h e p l a y i n g olar a himself king of a UNITED ARABIA, 8nd board. It c o n t a i n s f o u r v i t a l GATES and w i l l c l a i m PALES!PIh@ and JERUSALEM, and passes. Notice them, on t h e maps on page attempt t o take it, pouring both Arabian 3 and tap af page 5 . and I t a l i a n soldiers i n t o t h e Holy land. The first i s tha s t r a i t of Gibealter, With t h e Arabs as allies, Mussolini plans the g a t e of e n t r a n c e t o t h e Mediterranean t o c l o s e i n an Aden from Arabia, and a l s o on the w e s t . on D j i b o u t i from Ethiopia. If he oan do The second, a t the center o f t h e t h i s , and c o n t r o l t h i s gate at Djibouti, he ldcd.itcrraneon, is the narrow pass between w i l l o u t off t h e B r i t i s h LIFE-LINE, and Italian S i c i l y and Frenoh TUNISIA, a t g a i n control of t h e Mediterranean. A t the same t i m e , t h r u t h e Arabs, whom he is which p a i n t the Mediterranean narrows to a width of less t h a n 100 miles. now arming and s t i r r i n g up a g a i n s t the Jews Gate number 3, at t h e e a s t e r n entrance, Mussolini e x p e c t s t a take the SUEZ CANAL, That i s t h e r e a l cause o f all this s t r i f o is the SUEZ CANAL. The fourth p a i n t , or s o u t h e r n gate, we have been r e a d i n g of i n P a l e s t i n e beis DJIBOUTI, e n t r a n c e from t h e I n d i a n tween t h e Jews and Arabs. Mussolini' s Ocean i n t o t h e Red Sea. a g i t a t o r s have s t i r r e d it up t h r u the htussolini must c a p t u r e these e a t e s Arabs. If he c a n provoke them t o war agoinst t h e Jews i n P a l e s t i n e , ho can use them a8 before h i s goal can be r e a l i z e d : Whoever possesrcs t h e s e s t r a t e g i o g a t e s , a o n t r o l s h i s tools i n c a p t u r i n g Suez and Djibouti! t h e Mediterranean! And o f t h e s e f o u r v i t a l p o i n t s , the WHY MUSSOLINI BACKED FRANC0 f a r t h e s t away i s D j i b o u t i , least likely A f t e r c a p t u r i n g E t h i o p i a , and s e t t i n g t o a t t r a c t t o o much a t t e n t i o n . Mussolini' s t h e stage at t h i t p o i n t , Mussolini next FIRST move w a s here! Notice this p o i n t c a r e f u l l y , b o t h on centered his efforts on SPAIN and PALEST I N . The paragraph above, and the a r t i o l t the f u l l page map on page 3 , and also o n t h e two maps, "BEFORE", and "AFTER", t o p i n t h e December number, explains why ha of page 6. has stkred up strife among Arabs. Djibouki i s t h e c a p i t a l of French But as soon as t h e c i v i l war broke Somaliland, t h e p o r t at t h i s s o u t h e r n o u t in S p a i n , t h e world began to l e a r n gate of e n t r a n c e t o the Mediterranean. that Italian soldiers by t h e thousands It is d i r e c t l y opposite Aden, t h e British were pouring i n t o Spain, e n l i s t i n g under fortification. the r e b e l General Franco. Notic e that B r i t i s h Somaliland adWHY has Mussolini boen determined j o i n s French Somaliland on t h e South, T h u s , t h a t Franco s h o u l d win i n Spain? w i t h t h e B r i t i s h f o r t i f i c a t i o n across at The mightiest n a t u r a l f o r t r e s s in t h e Aden, t h e B r i t i s h and Fre nc h CONTROL this world i a GIBRALTAR! It is said that n o t even modern a i r c r a f t a e r i o u s l y oould very i m p a r t ant gate It is a BRITISH mRTRESS, Observe t h a t British and French Somal- t h r e a t e n it iland a r e v e r y small in a r e a , To the n o r t h , b u t i t is 2 the COAST OF SPAIN! adjoining French Somaliland, i s Eritrea, B r i t i s h o c c u p a t i o n of this fortrss8 which belongs t o ITALY: Also a d j o i n i n g guarding and c o n t r o l i n g t h e WESTERN g a t e B r i t i s h Somaliland, on t h e south, Is anto the Mediterranean depends largely on other strip o f Italian land, I t a l i a n Sothe t o l e r a t i o n of Spain, and of the pwrr maliland b controlling Spanish M or occo acroa s the Study e s p e c i a l l y t h e f i r s t small map, s t r a i t , t o p of page 6 , marked "BEFORE." The ItYou may b e s u r e Mussolini never s e n t a l i a n possessiops, E r i t r e a and I t a l i a n h i s thousands of Italian soldiers t o f i g h t Somaliland, are both shewn in dark shading. and die f o r Gen. Franoo, WITHOUT AVERY The British and French t e r r i t o r r y , conDEFINITE DEAL WITH FRANCO, placing Fronco t r o l i n g t h i s vital GATE a t Djibouti, i s a c t u a l l y i n Mussolini'm powor as soon a1 i n white. A s matters t h e n stood, Mussov i c t o r y was a c h i e v e d , mads possible only l i n i ' s t w o strips of t o r r i t o r r y i n t h i s by Mussolini's soldiers, In other words, region were d i v i d e d by t h e British-Frenoh Mussolini mads sure t h a t ho would be IN possessions i n t h e center, and a t t h e P M R , both in S p a i n and Spanish Morocco very p o i n t o f the narrow p a s s , or gate. ( s e e map page S ) , once Franco had won, a# As it was, Oreat B r i t a i n w a s in c o n t r o l , he has just done a s this i s written! and Mussalini was helpless, unable to And t h u s General f ranoo become8 t h e c l o s e i n on them, even i n war, FIRST of the TEN DICTATORS who, as t h e But now observe on t h e map t o t h a Bible p r o p h e s i e s , (Rev. 17:12-13), ,are t o right, t o p of page 6 , l a b e l e d "APTER." GIVE THEIR PWER OVER TO WSSOLlN3. After capturing E t h i o p i a , which joins up Thus Musaolini plans t o wrart Gibralt o bath Eritrea and I t a l i a n Somaliland, t e r , and c o n t r o l of t h e Western gate of and combining t h e s e t h r o e I t a l i a n s t a t e s the Mediterranean, from Great Britain! i n t o ITALIAN EAST AFRICA, observe t h a t V i t a l l y important, t o o , i s TANGIER, Musaelini now h E t h e British and French a 143 square-mile zone across from Gibrrlcol o n i e s ENTIRELY SURROUNDED! t e r , neutralized by t r e a t y , governed supT h a t is WHY Mussolini-tcok Ethiopia! posedly by i n t e r n a t i o n a l commission. But, When the t i m e of war comes, he w i l l close aacording t o r e p o r t s , Mussolini and Ritlcr i n on Djibouti, When t h o war s t a r t s , I b n d u r i n g t h a pest year have boen managing t o (CONTINUED PAGE 7 )

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It rum

HITLER'S A I M S .

This map shows the

Heavy shaded Portion is GERMANY.

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fill explanation)

A F T E R The two maps above show WHY Mussolini taok Ethiopia. He nuw surrounds Djibouti.
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Pace of earth, where f i n a l b a t t l e end

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M U SHaHITNG PROPHESIED GROUPING OF NATIONS FOR WORLD WAR group, Soviet Russia and allies, m o s t l y of This o u t l i n e map of' t h e world shows how t h e nations o f e a r t h w i l l form into Yellow races, according t o prophecies; and three groups: l), Fasoist group forming a), the Dcmocraoies, headed by Great Britrevival of I<or.an Empire; 2 ) , Communist ain, France, and U.S. ALL nations will fight

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allied with Oreat B r i t a i n .

Thr s i x maps which accompany t h i s article are intended to make the present European situation and t h e B i b l e prophecies r e s p e a t i n g t h e coming world war so PLAIN that the r e a d e r can SEE and UNDERSTAND what i s taking p l a o e , and what i s going t o h a p p w , Map on page 3 , full page i n t w o colors, shows t h e ancient Roman Empire. Notice, it e n t i r e l y SUHROUNDED THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA! But b e a r i n mind that Mussol i n i docs n o t need to restore these e x a c t same boundaries, Great Britain c e r t a i n l y w i l l NOT be i n t h e r e v i v e d R o m a n Empire of Mussolini, but w i l l f i g h t it i n the coming world w a r . In a l l probability France, w h i c h a l s o w a s p a r t of t h e t e r r i t a r r y of t h e a n c i e n t Empire, will remain

On the other

hand, Mussolini already has A L L of Libya, o n l y part of w h i c h was in the ancient Empire, E t h i o p i a , Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland, none o f which were i n t h a Empire o f old, The boundary lines will n o t b e exeatly t h e same, but it w i l l bo a MEDITERRANEAN Empire. To accomplish this, Mussolini must take the four v i t a l g a t e s and passes indicated by the circles i n Maps on pa e 3 and top of page 5 , This will mean WAR? Hitlar' s aims do not i n volve t h e Mediterranean, but the Balkan and Ukraine t e r r i t o r r i e s e a s t and southeast of Germany. H i s g a i n i n g daminanca e i n this r e g i o n . But this w i l l not provoke w a r . Eventually, these nations Hitl e r i s l i n i n g up w i l l j o i n t h e ROMAN EM,

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w i l l fight!" The reader can now understand WHY Musaolini, this very minute, is filling (Continued from page 4) f r o n t pages of tha newspapers w i t h demands for T u n i s i a , Suez, and Djibouti! Thas6, bulld (;i$anCFo f a r t i f i c a t i o n a a t T a n g i e r , w i t h G i b r a l t a r , are t h e GATES of the Madready t o give battle t o t h e B r i t i s h G i i t e r r a n e a n Sea. MUSSOLINI MUST TAKE THESE braltar when the war s t a r t s , POINTS TO REBUILD THE ROMAN EMPIRE! I f he MU#Solini's v i c t o r y i n Spajn---Por does, it means the DEATH of the B r i t i s h it is, 5n reality, Mussalini's v i c t o r y and Frenah Empires! more t h a n Franco s,---gives France one So what wll happen? Possibly war new u n f o r t i f i e d f r o n t i e r t o worry about--might b r e a k o u t i n a few days or w8eka. the boundary l i n e between France and more probably--Frame Spain. S e e map, page 3 . When w a r s t a r t s , More probably,---far M u s s o l i n i ' s armies can attack France from and B r i t a i n will discuss and negotiate, while Mussolini continues t o t h r e a t e n and the South t h r u Spain! t o b l u s t e r . The Dehocracies may make some The S p a n i a h victory concerns the

WHERE and HOW World War W i l l Start

United S t a t a s , t o o .

An anned Fasoist

WILL NOT, s u r r e n d e r one single inch of actual territorry at any of these v i t a l points! WHY TUNISIA IS SO VITAL As p o i n t e d out above, H i t l e r ' a march to the e a s t and south-east is not h u r t i n g Halfway betwsen Gibraltar and Suez, France and Britain SO much. They would the Mediterranean narrows t o l e s s than l i k e t o stop him, but w i l l n o t f i g h t t o do loo miles, Thru this narrow pass must flow all Mediterranean shipping, The it, But M u s s o l i n i ' s demands are d i f f e r e n t , They involve t h e very LIFE of Britain and British life-line runs thru it---between France. When Mussolini p r e s s e s his dethe I t a l i a n i s l a n d o f Sicily, and the U r i c a n c o a s t of TUNISIA, owned by France. mands THEY WILL FIGHT. Mussolini cannot If, i n a d d i t i o n t o S i c i l y , Mussolini back down---he MUST press h i s demands. aould gain possession of Tunisia, he could War, therefore, is inevitable. And it will o u t off t h e British l i f e - l i n e , and c o n t r o l s t a r t a t some point in t h e Mediterranean. It might s t a r t a t Tunisia, o r a t t h i s narrow passage i n the v e r y oenter o f Djibouti---but it w i l l s t a r t i n t h a t seathe Mediterranean: t i o n where it shall end---between these Mussolini now i s making demands t h a t o t h e r paints---in the Suez sector, adjoinFrance simply cede it over t o him, on t h r e a t of t a k i n g it BY FORCE, i f she does ing PALESTINE, and Egypt. not! ML~SSOLIKI AND KITLER t t ~ ~ ~ ~ How n o t i c e , (map on page 3), that LIBYA, belonging t o Italy, adjoins T u n i s i a Mussolini w i l l take Egypt, and parts on the e a s t , MUSSOLINI IS MASSING SOLDIERS of P a l e s t i n e , as the Bible f o r e t e l l s , ON THE LIBSA-TUNISA BORDER! However, the war p r o b a b l y Will not CONCLUSION: WHAT WILL HAPPEN s t a r t right away. Remember Mussolini and H i t l e r are of the "big bully" type, They Since t h e f i r s t pages of t h i s a r t i c l e brag, boast, and t h r e a t e n , But they never were p r i n t e d , Hitler has taken virtually p i c k on anyone their owh s i z e o r stronger. ALL of Czechoslovakia, beside t h e port o f They w i l l n o t actually fight u n t i l t h e y Meme1 i n L i t h u a n i a . See map, bottom of are certain they are picking on someone s m a l l e r and weaker, page 5 , showing t h e new Germany up to the very minute), Since t h e n Mussolini has A t Munich, Hit lsr was sufficiently d e l i v e r e d h i s world-wide r a d i o address of stronger because of h i s mighty a i r power Sunday, March 26thr and an amazing new secret bomb, t h a t he I n this speech, Mussolini f o r the was able t o force Chamberlain and Dalrdier first t i m e made p u b l i c DEMAND f o r T u n i s i a , t o yield. Since than Britain and Frince They have S h z , ahd D j i b o u t i . have armed at frantio speed tie said: "This i a a grave moment i n learned t h e s e c r e t of Hitler's amazing the l i f e of Europe! In a few hours bomb Todsy Great Britain and France Bra a 1 1 we will take Madrid." As t h i s is w r i t t e n , s t r o n g a s I t a l y and Qermany, Mussolini it h a s been taken, Franco has e n t e r e d , t h e Spanish war is over. Since Britain well knows t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w i l l be ocoupies t h e mighty f o r t r e s s o f Gibraltar forced in on t h e s i d e of t h e Dtmooraoier. BY SPANISH PERMISSIOj, Mussolini f i g u r e s As big b u l l y Mussolini realizes t h i s , h i s o o n t r a l of G i b r a l t a r i s now assured. the actual war no d o u b t will be delayed, Next, in stating h i s demands, which he That is why we say t h e present c r i s i s most terms h i s " r i g h t s , I' Mussolini' s a i d : "These l i k e l y w i l l c a r r y along i n negotiations. problems carry t h e nemas of TUNISIA, SUEZ, Muscolini and Hitler will b l u s t e r , and DJI~OUTI', We a r e ready t o shed our threaten. Francs and England will parry blood f a r Fascism!" t h e i r move&* The o r i d i s w i l l look l i k e I n affect, Mussalini shauted t a t h e immediaha war, and people will ba k e p t i n w o r l d : "We want Gibraltar, Tunisia, Suez, a j i t t e r y c o n d i t i o n of f e a r , Djibouti! The stage is set far us ta t a k e Then Mussalini w i l l be forced t o them! We f i r s t ask p e a c e f u l l y , then we NEW tactias. He w i l l bs forced to use

Spain, under Mussalini' 8 i n f l u e n c e or c o n t r o l , w i l l i n f l u e n c e SOUTH AMERSCA, competing with u s in t r a d e and commerce.

concessions allowing t h e Italians better s h i p p i n g p r i v i l a g s s t h r u these gates, UNDER THEIR CONTROL, but they cannot, and

d i p l o m a t i c t r i c k e r y t o bring OTHER NATIONS I n some manner, t h e t a n other d i c t a t o r s will be induced t o j a i n in the union which shall fully r e v i v e t h e great ROMAN EMPIRE t o full power---thsse f e n dictators t u r n i n g t h e i r power and t h e s t r e n g t h of t h e i r armed forces over t o one Roman r u l e r . Thus t h e B i b l e p r o p h e c i e s will be fulfilled. J u s t WHICH ten n a t i o n s will j o i n this union, we oannot now know. But i f it f i n ally i n c l u d e s such n a t i o n s as Germany, I t a l y , S p a i n , Hungary, Rumania, possibly Poland, Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, and Ibn Saud's new Arabia, y e t unborn, Mussolini w i l l t h e n head a v a s t Empire and an armed might t h a t w i l l stagger the world--w i t h around 35 millions of t r a i n e d d o l d i s r s ready f o r war! THEN Mussolini w i l l FIGHT! ---when he i s s u r e he i s bigger and s t r o n g e d t h a n his enemies:
under h i s power.

ces, into Palestine i n an effort t o conquer BOTH t h e F a s c i s t s and ths Demooraoirm. F i n a l l y ALL NATIONS, ths United State.

WHAT ABOUT HITLER?

And now what about Hitler? What does t h e f u t u r e hold f o r him? How w i l l he e v e r knuckle under t o Mussolini? Hitler h a s no dream of r e s t o r i n g t h e Roman Empire. M u s s o l i n i i s doing t h a t . Yet H i t l e r , having q u i t e d i f f e r e n t ambit i o n s and purposes, a c t u a l l y i s l i n i n g up t h e n a t i o n s which e v e n t u a l l y must give

their power and s t r e n g t h t o t h e Roman r u l er. We cannot i m a g i n e H i t l e r , ruler over a German n a t i o n t w i c e as g r e a t i n populat i o n as I t a l y , t u r n i n g all h i s v a s t power
over t o M u s s o l i n i , and h i m s e l f p l a y i n g "second f i d d l e " to M u s s a l i n i , I n s p i t e of the "Rome-Berlin a x i s , 'I and p u b l i c gestures o f f r i e n d s h i p , t h e r e i s great jealousy end rivalry between H i t l e r and Mussolini Each i s u s i n g t h i s ''axis'' a l l i a n c e as a means of s e r v i n g h i s OWN ends. Y e t B i b l e p r o p h e c i e s show the t e n n a t i o n s , which s u r e l y hlUST i n c l u d s most if not ALL o f t h e n a t i o n s now coming under H i t l e r ' s i n f l u e n c e , f i n a l l y g i v i n g t h e i r armed power over t o t h e Roman leader! How is t h i s posaible? We cannot know. But p o s s i b l y - - - j u s t o u r personal hazzard--possibly H i t l e r will d i e o r be k i l l e d , within the next e i g h t e e n months, That would l e a v e Goering and Coebbels i n cont r o l of Germany. Neit.her i s strong enough t o hold w h a t Hitler has gained, They will then turn t o t h e n a t u r a l leader, the one s t r o n g p e r s o n a l i t y of t h e Rome-Berlin axis---Mussolini, And t h e n a l l t h e o t h e r d i c t a t o r s will f a l l q u i c k l y into l i n e , and t h e R O M A N EMPIRE will suddenly become a world-terrifying reality!

i n c l u d e d , w i l l be drawn i n t o frightf'ul, u n t h i n k a b l e , horrible world war, on tho b a t t l e - f i e l d a of Palestine! I n t h e meantime, God w i l l be sanding t e r r i b l s supernatural PLAGUES upon t h i e sinning world---and especially t h e swan l a 6 t p 1agu cs upon I'BA BYLOW " -those churoh systems that are d e c e i v i n g t h e world, 68yin g "the LAW IS DONE AWAY!"--includinl; t h e Roman C a t h o l i c Church, and her d q h tar Protestant Churches (Rev. 17:6)! God h e l p a l l i n t h i s modern "BABYLON" t o be UNdecaived---to come t o SEE t he truth, and haw they have been deceived---and t o C W E OUT OF BABYLON---= of these dcnomi nat i o n s and organizations---before i i r too t late! And t h e n , a t the LAST plague, w i t h grbat h a i l falling from hraven, 6roh &one v e i g h i n g more t h a n 50 pounde,---it the t i m e of t h e last h o r r i b l e battle of t. h war, a t ARMAGEDDON---Jesus, C h r i s t w i l a p = t u r n , 5 His SECOND COMING to 68rth, 00111.. in(; i n c l o u d s , with all t h e h o l y 8 q 0 1 8 , and WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY! What a c l i m a x t o this 6,000 years of s in f i l c ivi1iza t ionL C h r i s t will END the awful bloody oarnage! I n all t h o s e G e n t i l e armies f i g h t i n g a g a i n s t Jerusalem, t h e f l e s h of th6 s o l d i e r s will consume from off their bones---their eyes s h a l l consume away $n t h e i r h o l e s - - - t h e i r t o n g u e s s h a l l conswno away i n t h e i r mouths! (Zach, 14:12)

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THE FINAL MIGHTY END

The war will b e END~---forever~ Christ w i l l REIGN, and RULE! The preachers who now d e c e i v e the w o r l d s a y i n g God's Ten Commandments are abolished, will be charged with the blood of those t h e y have deceived! Thay s h a l l meet t h e i r j u s t f a t e ! The true s a i n t s which have been called o u t o f i h i s p r e s e n t e v i l world, r e s u r r e c t e d o r changad t o immortality, l i v i n g i n immortal s p i r i t bodies, a t t h e Sacond Coming, will RULE THE NATIONS, under C h r i s t , with i r o n - c l a d rule! F o r one thousand years C h r i a t will r u l e as KING of kings, and LORD of lords. A new-type c i v i l i z a t i o n will be enforced. A c i v i l i z a t i o n built upon t h e principle of LOm---the GI% p r i n c i p l e , h 8 t a a d of t h e c o m p e t i t i v e GET p r i n c i p l e of strife. The w o r l d will be FULL of t h e knowledge of the Lord---a11 w i l l knaw the TRUTH---daception and c o n f u s i o n w i l l b6 ended. Peaoe will r e i g n , War w i l l be no more. ( M i c a h 4:1-7). T h a t i r t h o GOOD NEWS af t h e KINGDOM OF GOD---ths m e and o n l y TRUE Gospel! B u t , before t h i s g l o r i o u s f i n a l sol u t i o n of the world's ills, we s h a l l 60 t h r u the darkest h a u r a of e a r t h ' s h i b k a r y . The prasent c i v i l i z a t i o n , based on s e l f , on the c o m p e t i t i v e "GET" phylorophy, is DOOMED! It has anly brought pavatty, unr e a t , m i s e r y , unhappiness, suffering, f e a r and despair! God's PLAGUES a m 8bout to f a l l : The only escape i s t o saek G a d , now, is real r u r t e n d s r a d sarnrtt!

AFTER THE WAR

HAS STARTED

After war f i n a l l y has begun, Ethiopia and Libya w i l l become a l l i e d w i t h R u s s i a . Mussolini will take Egypt, p a r t s o f Pale s t i n e , and t h e Suez Canal, b e s i d e s o t h e r t e r r i t orry Russia w i l l g a i n c o n t r o l in t h e O r i ent. This news will t r o u b l e M u s s a l i n i . The Communist Group w i l l t h a n sand t h e i r mighty hordes, includinr t h e . y e l l o w r a "

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t o strike are JUST AS CERTAIN a8 thcr. prophesied events now ootually shaking t h e wor Id Thoae who are not prepared and ready will be caught l i k e r a t s i n a trap! GOD HAS e WUNED US! H is now pleading, i n all His matchless love and mercy, for us t o corn0 under HIS p r o t e c t i o n . And there IS NO OTHER PROTEC4ION: God says o u r MONEY Will. be worthless, then! But, i f we r e a l l y Qome under His p r o t e c t i o n , I0 PLAGUE SHALL 4

COME NIGH US!

W t r y to make it p l a i n , with God's e help, and in Jesus' name, t h a t this- present c i v i l i z a t i o n is DOOMED! God Himself is going soon t o destroy it---UTTERLY! It i s n o t w o r t h saving, It: has brought o n l y heartaohes, unhappiness, d e s p a i r . The whole t r o u b l e is i t s r o o t foundat i o n p r i n c i p l e s . Every phase of our mode r n life---political, economic, social, religious---as it i s now organized under e x i s t i n g custom^, i s based o n the philosophy of "GET." The SELF p r i n c i p l e . It caters

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desires o f t h e f i v e senses. It i s the antithesis of God's low o f LOVE, as exemplb We a r e NON-DENOMINATIONAL---utterly f i a d by the Ten Commandments---the "ONE" INDEPENDENT of men, r e l i g i a u s arganizaand t h e ''SERVE" p r i n o i p l c . It ia the transt i O n S , s e c t s , denominatians8---whollY DE- g r e g s i o n of God's law, and t h e transgresPENDENT upon our heavenly Father f o r guid- sion of t h e l a w is s 1 N ! ance, and f o r every dollar t o c a r r y o n It i s t h e M N way: God i s about t o OO this great work for H i m e Only thus can w e d e s t r o y it, If we love t h i s w o r l d l y Way of be FREE to serve God, and f e a r l e s s l y and life, we s h a l l , if we oling t o it, be debold1 t o preach the WHOLE TRUTH OF WE gtroyed with it? BIBLE! W PAY AS W GO. We ask every bee E OPten when we explain t h e s e b a s h

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l i e v e r t o PRAY EARNESTLY w i t h u6 that the Lord will send forth more l a b o r e r s i n t o His vineyard, helping with tithes and off e r i n g s , t h a t t h e t r u e Gospel Message may c o d i n u s going to increasing mU1tiPlied thousands, that t h o s e of t h e world may be WARNED b e f o r e it i s t o o l a t e , and Soul8 m y oontinue bein6 saved!

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very c i v i l i z a t i o n , and God's PLAN f o r dealing with t h e situation, i n t e l l i g e n t men and women---business men, professional men---will say, "That's SOUND, and t h a moat RBSONABLE explanation I'YO heard.'' Yet they seldom ever w i l l desert t h i s false way. They make no effort t o t u r n t o God and s e e k HIM!
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paganized s o c i e t y , t h e victims o f its CUBtoms and ways. And even thinking people It is a great joy, to those Of under- seem the v i c t i m s of so much PRIDE t h a t thay standing, to look ahead i n t o that glorious actually E A R men, and what other people happy h t u r e , AFTER Christ has come! would t h i n k and say, MORE than they f e a r But we are s t i l l l i v i n g , now, i n t h o God: Are t h e y not, in s p i t 6 o f i n t e l l i g e n c e h a t clmactic days Of this present education, a b i l i t y , money, MORAL CMARDS, age* And face t o face with stern and WEAKLINGS? A conversion takas COUYI~O. FACTS! Tho way to God's prokection i s a The quaation is, race the thorough CONERSION. To convert means t o facts, acknowledge them, have the moral CHANGE, courage t o DO SOMETHING about it? There's no use deceiving our~olvei. In the midst Of this unemployW can never r e a l l y FIND God, and come une m n t , injustice, fear, unhappiness and mis- der His p r o t e c t i o n , urttil we are thore r y , the world is arming and s a t a n i a i n oughly c o n v e r t e d - - - ~ R N AGAIN! Pluences a r e sucking t h e world r a p i d l y It means full, complete, unaonditieni n t o t h e v o r t e x of h o r r i f y i n g WAR!

may s e l f - d e s i r e of pride and flesh muat be they 'Orno A S A SNARE---suddenly, CRUSHED, broken, conquered! The s e l f muat when least expected! DIE t h a death. It i s n e i t h e r p l e a s a n t things *" REAL! The prophenor easy. It t a k e s courage. To d o it vo1sied e v e n t s l e a d i n g to t h a t t e r r i b l e dark ,,,,tririly hardm But GOD w1u is ths day are rapidly OCCURRING! You read of is willing! them d a i l y i n your newspaper! And these The a l d na tur a l s p i r i t , and a t t i t u d e their rapidly-occurrin~ in from Which thoughts, a c t i o n s , and w o r d s G o d ' s LAST WARN'NG stark spring, must d i e , GOD'S SPIRIT must coma. SIGN t o US. The more t e r r i b l e events 80011 C h r i s t is t h e WAY. will you accept, NOW?
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