The result of the joining together of the Christian groups will be Babylon the Great. We think the gigantic Christian organization of the future will be located at the site of ancient Babylon, near the Euphrates River in present-day Iraq.

We believe that Israel will refuse to join the worldwide Babylon. Christ Himself will reveal His redemption to His own people and not permit them to be corrupted by the influence of Western Christendom.

Eventually Antichrist, in his rage, will go up against Israel and sit between the wings of the Cherubim of Glory in the rebuilt Temple.

The godly remnant, including the elect of the Gentiles and the elect of the Jews, will become one stick in Christ's hand. They will be forced into the wilderness, there to await the return of Christ.

Anyone who goes out to them can be delivered from the guilt and bondage of sin, although many will join them who are not sincere. The Glory of God will protect the remnant from Antichrist.

There will be salvation in the remnant. Apart from them there will be no way of receiving the salvation of Christ. The evil of Antichrist will reach into the heavens and bring down some of the host of the Lord. We do not understand this in detail but are persuaded that people no longer will be able to reach God in prayer. Antichrist will have the power to prevent prayer. From this point forward, men will be able to reach God only through the members of the Bride of the Lamb.

The darkness is coming in which no man can work.

And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. (Daniel 8:10)

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. (Daniel 9:27)

And a man [the King and His princes] shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isaiah 32:2)

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. (Joel 2:32)

"Peace and safety" will be the cry throughout the civilized nations. The one rebel will be Israel, and the nations of the earth will gather their forces in an attempt to put an end to this obstacle to world brotherhood.

When the spiritual darkness has reached its greatest intensity the Holy Spirit of God will clothe the remnant. Then the heavens will open and the Lamb of God will be visible.

To be continued.