part of a prophecy beginning
with chapter twelve, and ending with verse 5 of chapter fourteen. It is
not the place here to introduce an exposition of this prophecy. It is only
necessary to state that the position taken is that the lamblike symbol
represents our own government, the United States of America.(4) And the
great wonders that he does, apply to the marvelous manifestations of
Spiritualism. It is a significant fact that Spiritualism arose in this
country, thus fitting itself exactly to the prophecy. The climax of the
wonders brought to view in the text, making "fire come down from heaven on
the earth in the sight of men," has not yet been reached. More is
therefore to be developed. Yea, this wonder-working power is to go forward
till that which, in the time of Elijah, was the test between the false god
Baal and the Lord Jehovah, is brought to pass, and fire is made to come
down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And the sad feature of
this case will be that the multitudes, not perceiving the change of issue,
will take the act down here to be a test of truth, as it was in the days
of Elijah.

Taken in connection with other portions of the book of Revelation, this
prophecy reveals clearly what the agency that works the miracles is. The
dragon, representing paganism (Rev. 12:3, 4); the beast, representing the
papacy (Rev. 13:1-10); and the lamblike symbol, representing
Protestantism, or more specifically, Protestant America (Rev. 13:11-17),
constitute the symbols of this prophecy. For convenience, let us designate
them as _A_, _B_, and _C_; respectively. _C_ works his miracles in sight
of _B_; _B_ and _C_ are again brought to view in Rev. 19:20, and there _C_
is called "the false prophet." We know the false prophet here is the same
as _C_, because he works miracles before _B_, the same as _C_ does in
chapter 13:14. All together, _A_, _B_, and _C_ are brought to view in Rev.
16:13, and unclean spirits like frogs are said to come out of their
mouths; and then verse 14 tells what they are: "For they are spirits of
devils, working miracles." This, then, not the spirits of dead men, is the
agency that works the miracles of chapter 13:13, 14. We follow the subject
so far, at this point, merely to identify the agency that works the
miracles, and shall have more to say upon it. But before passing, we would
remind the reader that here also the subject is connected with the second
coming of Christ; for the prophec