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34334. Men Seek Relief in MakeshiftOrganizations, Clubs, InstitutionsRev . 6 :15-17 "And the kings ofthe earth and the top-rankingones and the military commandersand the rich and the strongones and every slave and freeperson hid themselves in the densand in the rock-masses of themountains . And they keep sayingto the mountains and to therock-masses : `Fall over us andhide us from the face of the oneseated on the throne and fromthe wrath of the Lamb, becausethe great day of their wrath hascome, and who is able to stand?' "35. Organized Clergy of Christendomand Evil Slave Manifestedin Open Disobedience2 Thess . 2 :3, 4 "Let no one seduceyou in any manner, becauseit will not come unless the fallingaway comes first and theman of lawlessness gets revealed,the son of destruction . He is setin opposition and lifts himself upover everyone who is called `god'or an object of reverence, so thathe sits down in the temple ofThe God, publicly showing himselfto be a god."2 Tim . 3 :1, 2, 4, 5 "But knowthis, that in the last days criticaltimes hard to deal with will behere . For men will be . . .loversof pleasures rather than loversof God, having a form of godlydevotion but proving false to itspower ; and from these turnaway."36 . Improper Restrictions Placedon Marriage and Eating of Food1 Tim . 4:1-3 "in later periodsof tune some will fall away fromthe faith, paying attention to misleadinginspired utterances andteachings of demons, by the hypocrisyof men who speak lies,forbidding to marry, commandingto abstain from foodswhich God created to be partakenof with thanksgiving bythose who have faith and accuratelyknow the truth ."Sign of Last Days37. Work of Jehovah's WitnessesStopped in 1918Rev . 11 :3, 7 "'And I will causemy two witnesses to prophesy athousand two hundred and sixtydays dressed in sackcloth .' Andwhen they have finished theirwitnessing, the wild beast thatascends out of the abyss willmake war with them and conquerthem and kill them."Public reproach during inactivityRev . 11 :8-10 "And their corpseswill be on the broad way of thegreat city which is in a spiritualsense called Sodom and Egypt .where their Lord was also impaled.And some persons of thepeoples and tribes and tonguesand nations will look at theircorpses for three and a half days,and they do not let their corpsesbe laid in a tomb . And thosedwelling on the earth rejoiceover them and enjoy themselves,and they will send gifts to oneanother, because these twoprophets tormented those dwellingon the earth."Witness work revived 1919 asenemy confusedRev . 11 :11, 12 "And after thethree and a half days spirit oflife from God entered into them,and they stood upon their feet,and great fear fell upon those beholdingthem. And they heard aloud voice out of heaven say tothem : `Come on up here.' Andthey went up into heaven in thecloud, and their enemies beheldthem ."38 . Many Will Ridicule SignThough Evidence Conclusive2 Pet . 3:3, 4 "For you knowthis first, that in the last daysthere will come ridiculers withtheir ridicule, proceeding accordingto their own desires mid saying: 'Where is this promised presenceof his? Why, from the dayour forefathers fell asleep indeath, all things are continuingexactly as from creation's beginning.'"