Chapter Twenty-Two/The First Woe-Locusts - The 20th Century Plague - Conclusion

 As John observes, the release of the locusts is accompanied by much smoke, like "the smoke of a great furnace." That is how it proved to be in 1919. The situation darkened for Christendom and for the world in general. (Compare Joel 2:30, 31) The release of those locusts, the John class, was actually a defeat for Christendom's clergy, who had schemed and plotted to kill the Kingdom work for good and who now rejects God's Kingdom. Evidence of a smokelike pall started to spread over apostate Christendom as that locusts band was given divine authority and began to exercise it in proclaiming powerful judgment messages. Christendom's "sun"-her appearance of enlightenment suffered an eclipse, and "the air "became thick with declaration of divine judgments as "the ruler of authority of the air" of this world was shown to be Christendom's god. -EPHESIANS 2:2; JOHN 12:31; 1 JOHN 5:19. 

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