[THY
WRATH IS COME,
CONT.]
[the fifth
vial]
Now you will
notice, says
the Lord, that the fifth angel pours his vial on the seat of
the beast. As shown you in a previous prophecy, the
fifth trumpet brought about the release of numerous
hosts of Satan from the pit. A part of the activity of
these spirits is to take captive the minds of certain
men in high places who will be used to precipitate the
world into titanic conflict. These men are primarily
those who are behind the communist conspiracy to enslave
the world under atheistic dictatorship. Thus the fifth
vial brings retribution to the beast and his kingdom.
(16:10). Especially shall those who have held out in
stubborn support of the beast of communism and its image
of world socialist government be the object of wrath
from on high. The Lord your God shall
providentially cause certain events to turn against the
communist purveyors of anti-God society just when they
think that they are going to succeed in their quest for
world domination. For my Spirit will be working
mightily, especially in the Christian nations of
the west, and mighty miracles will be performed, which
will cause consternation to enter the hearts of the
world government forces. In the process of time a split
will develop between the east and the west which will
lead to inevitable conflict. All-out war will be the
result. Men's minds will have been so completely taken
captive by Satan that they will not turn back from a war
in which there can be no decisive winner. But I will
cause the tide of battle to be turned against the beast
nations and they shall be caught in a web of their own
making. Then shall the full fury of atomic destruction
fall on them,
as I cause those nations of the west who have extricated
themselves from the beast system, to use secret
maneuvers that are made known to them through my special
messengers. For truly I say to you, this
turning back of the beast empire to complete
destruction shall begin shortly before my saints are
taken to me. Then shall it
consummate in full fury as the vials of wrath
are poured out following the lifting of my
saints out of the world. Thus is it written that
the kingdom of the beast 'was full of darkness;
and they gnawed their tongues for pain.'
(16:10). The darkness will be both literal and
symbolic. Total power failures will bring much
literal darkness, and the symbolic darkness
will be the total despair coupled with anguish
and intense suffering. Because of the bitter
hatred and resentment which will arise in the
hearts of those who had been completely sold out
to their depraved ways, it is said that they
'blasphemed the God of heaven because of their
pains and their sores, and repented not of their
deeds. (16:11).