st and the conflict between these
two forces to become more pronounced as the years go by. While the
Revelation represents the call of God's people out of Babylon as
the movement that again brings into prominence the "bride," the true
church (chap. 19:1-9), it also reveals the fact that there will be
another great movement in opposition to the truth.

"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of
the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth
of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty"
(chap. 16:13, 14). The nature and purpose of this gathering is
described in another place. "Satan ... shall go out to deceive the
nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of
the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and _compassed
the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city_: and fire came
down from God out of heaven, and devoured them" (chap. 20:7-9).

Let this be a solemn warning to all, that God's people may discern
between the false and the true. The movement that brings together
in one the real saints of the Lord is effected by the Spirit of
God, while "unclean spirits" operating in the apostate powers of
the ecclesiastical world will effect a totally different union. The
distinction is clear in the prophecy and must therefore become true in
fact.

The final reformation is on. "Final," I say, because it leaves nothing
to be restored as regards either doctrine, practise, or spirit.
It stands committed to the restoration of the whole truth and
the harmonious unity of all true Christians in one Christ-ruled,
Spirit-filled body. In short, it stands committed to the restoration
of apostolic Christianity in its entirety--its doctrines, its
ordinances, its personal regenerating and sanctifying experiences, its
spiritual life, its holiness, its power, its purity, its gifts of the
Spirit, its unity of believers, and its fruits. This reformation will
continue until it becomes a great mountain and fills the whole earth,
until "the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of
the Most High."

Nor is this picture of events a mere dream of fancifu