THE DAY OF WRATH HASTETH.
Rev. xvi, 13–15. ‑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. Behold I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.‑ The manifestation of the unclean spirits named in the text is just before Christ comes ‑as a thief,‑ and preparatory to the battle of the great day of God Almighty; therefore they are a sign of the swift approach of that dreadful day. We do not understand by the phrase, ‑three unclean spirits,‑ that they are only three in number, as some have argued; but they were to be manifested from these three divisions: the dragon, beast and false prophet. The unclean spirit that Christ cast out of the man from among the tombs, [Mark v, 1–13,] said, ‑My name is legion; for we are many.‑ The spirits named in the text have power to work miracles. This we have shown is now being fulfilled in the history of Spirit Manifestations. They ‑go forth unto the kings [or kingdoms] of the earth, and of the whole world.‑ How true in the history of Spiritualism! The unclean spirits are now entering the three great bodies named in the text; but under the sixth vial, and just prior to Christ's coming as a thief, they will be seen going ‑out of the mouth‑ of these three leading powers. See J. H. Waggoner's late work on Modern Spiritualism, pp. 61, 62.