4153 - One Hour by M. H. R.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 19, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 32.

4153 — One Hour

By M. H. R.

What is meant by "one hour" in Rev. 17:12—"one hour with the beast"? M. H. R.

If we understand it aright, it means just this: that sometime in the near future beast worship will be restored in a fuller sense than ever before; that the last great confederation of the Old World will unite in restoring the beast power; that this complete restoration will continue for one twelfth of a prophetic day, or thirty literal days. John 11:9. During this time, apostasy will seem to triumph, and will say, "I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." Rev. 18:7. Five times in the Word is this one hour seemingly brought to view,—in the 17th chapter as the time of beast triumph; in chapter 18:10, 17, 19, marking the termination of that period when all the power and wealth and glory in this aggregate conspiracy shall have come to naught; and in chapter 3:10, as marking a time when the people of God will be passing through one of the greatest trials the world has ever known, but out of which God promises to save them. This period will come in connection with the close of probation.