There are three mixtures which come to my mind concerning the endtime: (1) Daniels interpretation of the Image—"his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay" (Dan. 2:33). "Forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay . . . they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay" (Dan. 2:41-43). The mixture of iron and clay symbolizes the fickleness, uncertainty, and lack of stability in all earthly government, and particularly its latter form, because of the weakness and lack of genuine wisdom of the men directing it. (2) Jesus interpretation of the Laodicean age. "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth" (Rev. 3:14-16). This verse means that a spirit of lifeless formality pervaded the Laodicean church. They had a form of religion and godliness, but were void of the saving and purifying power of the Gospel. (3) Jesus interpretation of the end of this Age. "The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. . . . Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn" (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43). The parable reveals the mixed condition of the visible church or kingdom of heaven during this age. There will be false pretenders among the true saints until Christ comes. Some of these false "professors" outwardly resemble the true saints so much that it will take the judgment time to make the separation perfectly.

These three contexts reveal mixtures in government, in the spirit of the last church age, and in the local body of individuals professing Christ. Our present age, in all of its departments, has been coming to a time of MIXTURE of Truth and Error!