And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates, and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. —Rev. 16:12 1384 An Old Dividing Line The Euphrates River is about 1,800 miles long, one thousand feet to one mile at some … Continue reading “EUPHRATES RIVER”
ETHIOPIA
See: Arab-African Bloc.
EQUAL RIGHTS
See: Women’s Lib .
ENERGY SHORTAGES
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. —Rev. 6:6 1358 Fuel Shortage Happenings London (UPI)—British police did their bit Wednesday to ease the oil … Continue reading “ENERGY SHORTAGES”
ENDURANCE
See: Faithfulness ; Patience ; Perseverance.
ELOQUENCE
See: Talking.
EGYPT
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt … and the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea … and the river shall be wasted and dried up. —Dan. 11:43; Isa. 11:15; 19:5 1352 Egypt’s Importance Egypt is located … Continue reading “EGYPT”
EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. —Proverbs 22:6 1344 Christian Schools Enrollments Enrollments in full-time Protestant schools rose 20% from 2,992,000 to 3,000,000 in 1976. Full-time Catholic schools went down 38% from 5.6 million in 1966 to 3.5 million in … Continue reading “EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS”
ECUMENICITY-AND POLITICS
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. —Rev. 17:2 1323 New Army Hymn The U. S. Army now has a hymn—and its composer, Sergeant Ralph Lee Bowerman, is $7,500 richer. His three-stanza hymn, “Mighty Is Our … Continue reading “ECUMENICITY-AND POLITICS”
ECUMENICITY
THERE WILL BE UNPRECEDENTED MERGERS OF VARIOUS RELIGIONS INTO A SUPER WORLD CHURCH AT THE TRIBULATION—STARTING WITH THE MERGER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES. 1301 Alleged Necessity For Mergers Protestant are now divided into over 200 denominations, and most of these denominations are further divided into many factions. For instance, there are some … Continue reading “ECUMENICITY”