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    "ABOMINATION 
   

OF

    DESOLATION" 
   

337

    cend 
   

out

of

the

    bottomless 
   

    pit, 
   

and

go

    into 
   

    per- 
   

    dition 
   

:

and

    they 
   

    that 
   

    dwell 
   

on

the

    earth 
   

    shall 
   

    wonder, 
   

    whose 
   

    names 
   

    were 
   

not

    written 
   

in

the

    book 
   

of

    life 
   

    from 
   

the

    foundation 
   

of

the

    world, 
   

    when 
   

    they 
   

    behold 
   

the

    beast 
   

    that 
   

    was, 
   

and

is

    not, 
   

and

yet

is

."

    (Revelation 
   

17

:

8)

The

    time 
   

    when 
   

    this 
   

    "peace 
   

and

    security" 
   

    beast 
   

"is

    not" 
   

is

    when 
   

it

has

    descended 
   

    into 
   

the

    "bottomless 
   

    pit" 
   

or

the

    abyss 
   

of

    inaction, 
   

    inoperativeness 
   

and

    frustra- 
   

    tion 
   

of

its

    announced 
   

    purposes 
   

.

In

1928

the

    worldly 
   

    governments, 
   

    including 
   

    America, 
   

en-

    deavored 
   

to

    reinforce 
   

the

    "peace 
   

and

    security" 
   

    armor 
   

of

the

    League 
   

by

    producing 
   

the

    Paris 
   

    Peace 
   

    Pact 
   

    outlawing 
   

war

.

But

    such 
   

    human 
   

de-

    vices 
   

did

not

    prevent 
   

the

    fulfillment 
   

of

    divine 
   

    prophecy 
   

.

    Because 
   

the

    papal 
   

    Vatican 
   

    could 
   

not

get

    astride 
   

    this 
   

    League 
   

    "beast", 
   

    which 
   

was

    dom- 
   

    inated 
   

by

    Protestant 
   

    Britain, 
   

the

    papacy 
   

    pro- 
   

    moted 
   

    totalitarian 
   

    movements 
   

in

    order 
   

to

    forge 
   

a

    so-called 
   

    "sword 
   

of

the

    church" 
   

and

to

    remake 
   

the

    League 
   

and

    alter 
   

its

    form 
   

to

    suit 
   

    papal 
   

de-

    signs 
   

for

    world 
   

    domination 
   

.

In

    harmony 
   

    with 
   

its

    ambitious 
   

    scheme 
   

the

    Vatican 
   

    established 
   

    itself 
   

as

a

    political 
   

    state 
   

in

    1929, 
   

    known 
   

as

    "Vatican 
   

    City" 
   

.

It

    signed 
   

    con- 
   

    cordats 
   

    with 
   

the

    totalitarian 
   

    dictators, 
   

and

it

    welcomed 
   

to

the

    papal 
   

    court 
   

the

    representatives 
   

of

all

    countries, 
   

    including 
   

    Japan, 
   

    that 
   

    turned 
   

to-

    talitarian 
   

    after 
   

the

    Nazi-Fascist 
   

    pattern 
   

.

As

a

    result 
   

    totalitarian 
   

    aggression 
   

    began, 
   

    without 
   

any

    reproof 
   

or

    condemnation 
   

    from 
   

the

    Vatican 
   

.

In

    September, 
   

    1939, 
   

    total 
   

war

    broke 
   

out

.

    Thereafter 
   

    more 
   

    than 
   

    thirty 
   

    members 
   

    (the 
   

“ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION” 337 cend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.” (Revelation 17:8) The time when this “peace and security” beast “is not” is when it has descended into the “bottomless pit” or the abyss of inaction, inoperativeness and frustration of its announced purposes. In 1928 the worldly governments, including America, endeavored to reinforce the “peace and security” armor of the League by producing the Paris Peace Pact outlawing war. But such human devices did not prevent the fulfillment of divine prophecy. Because the papal Vatican could not get astride this League “beast”, which was dominated by Protestant Britain, the papacy promoted totalitarian movements in order to forge a so-called “sword of the church” and to remake the League and alter its form to suit papal designs for world domination. In harmony with its ambitious scheme the Vatican established itself as a political state in 1929, known as “Vatican City”. It signed concordats with the totalitarian dictators, and it welcomed to the papal court the representatives of all countries, including Japan, that turned totalitarian after the Nazi-Fascist pattern. As a result totalitarian aggression began, without any reproof or condemnation from the Vatican. In September, 1939, total war broke out. Thereafter more than thirty members (the