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17, 18. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud<br />
voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and<br />
gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may<br />
eat the flesh 9/kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty<br />
men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of<br />
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.<br />
By this highly figurative language, we are to understand that, when Christ<br />
goes forth to war in battling for the truth, and his true followers come after<br />
him, their victory will be certain, and the slain of the Lord will be many.<br />
We look not for carnage and bloodshed to establish the kingdom of Christ<br />
in the earth; but this revelation gives us a picture of the utter overthrow<br />
and destruction of all forms of error through the power of the everlasting<br />
gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen, so let it be! Would God that the King of<br />
kings would mount his white horse at once, and that all his people would<br />
follow him! He will do so at the right time, and then the victory shall be<br />
unto God, and to the truth, and to love, and to peace and holiness, for<br />
evermore.