CYCLES OF TRANSPORTATION
The coming mode of transportation will be by airplane and I feel sure
they will be used in the great war to come. The Bible tells us that
Enoch, who was the seventh from Adam--a number generally referred to
as divine--was translated to heaven for his faith at the age of 365
years. This event took place about 3017 B.C. I believe that at
that time they had all modern inventions and that Enoch went up in an
airplane. The writer of the book, probably not having seen an airplane
before and seeing Enoch go into the sky, thought that he had gone to
heaven. We are now in the 5000-year cycle, from the time that Enoch was
transferred to heaven, and this indicates the progress of the airplane
at this time. Elijah was also translated to heaven in a cloud of fire,
in 896 B.C. I believe this, too, was an airplane. Since the
chariot was seen blazing with some kind of fire or gas, the recorder
thought it was just something to take Elijah to heaven.
Man first traveled by land, then conquered the water and last, the
greatest feat of all, is conquering the air, which was plainly foretold
in the Bible.
In 1602 there was a railway built in New Castle, England, operated
by horsepower. In 1776, the first iron rails were laid, the first
important step leading to railways. In July, 1801, there was a
completed tram road from Croyden to Wandsworth, England. In 1802,
the first high-pressure locomotive was invented. In 1813, William
Hedley built a locomotive. In 1824, the first locomotive, by George
Stephenson, traveled six miles per hour. In 1829, the Rocket made a
speed of fifteen miles per hour. In 1834, the Firefly Locomotive made a
speed of twenty miles an hour, and in 1839, the North Star made a speed
of thirty-seven miles per hour.
Man used the air as power for sailing vessels long years before he ever
dreamed that it could be used to travel thru by airplane. The first
idea of steam navigation was patented by Jonathan in 1713, and later
in 1783, a steamboat by Fitch. In 1793, the first real steamboat by
Fulton. On August 9, 1803, Fulton's steamboat, "The Claremont," made
its first trip up the Hudson. In 1807, Fulton started a steamboat
line on the Hudson. On July 15, 1819, the first steamship made a trip
from New York to Liverpool in twenty-six days. In October, 1829, a
locomotive by steam carriages started in Liverpool. In June, 1838, the
"Great Western" made a trip from Bristol, arrived in New York, making
the voyage in eighteen days. The next record for ocean travel was made
in 1851 when the "Pacific" crossed the Atlantic in 9 days, 19 hours and
25 minutes. In 1917, a German submarine boat made a successful trip
from Germany to Baltimore.
The advent of automobiles, or gas engines, began in 1877, when the
first gas engine was invented by Otto. In 1879, a gasoline motor was
invented by Selden. In 1892, the first automobile was operated by C.A.
Duryea. Note that this was repeating the 500-year cycle, and 100 years
before the first attempt was made to start an iron railway, and in
1783, the first time a balloon went up which carried a passenger.
In our modern times the first attempt by man to conquer the air by
means of plane or balloon was in June, 1783, when Joseph and Stephen
Montgolfier built the first balloon, but it carried no passengers. In
November, 1783, for the first time man went up in a balloon that sailed
over Paris. In 1859, John Wise sailed in a balloon from St. Louis to
Henderson, N.Y., in twenty hours; the greatest distance accomplished
up to that time. In 1900, Count Zeppelin flew the first dirigible. In
November, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made their first flight in an
airplane which rose under its own power. Note that this was 100 years
after Fulton's first steamboat went up the Hudson, again repeating
the 100-year cycle. In July, 1908, Glenn H. Curtiss flew his first
airplane. In July, 1909, Charles K. Hamilton flew from New York to
Philadelphia--seventy-four miles. Note 100 years before this, in 1807,
Fulton started the first steamship line up the Hudson.
From 1914 to 1918, airplanes were used in the great World War; 100
years before steamers began crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the
first time. In June, 1919, first non-stop flight from St. John's,
Newfoundland, to Ireland. In July, 1919, the R-34 made a successful
flight from Scotland to Mineola, Long Island. The R-34 made the trip in
64 hours and 13 minutes. One hundred years previous to this the first
fast steamship crossed the Atlantic.
In May, 1923, Lieut. Macready and Kelly made a non-stop flight from New
York to San Diego, California. In July, 1923, sunrise to sunset flight
from New York to San Francisco. The flight was made by Russell L.
Maughan. March 17th to September 28, 1924, L.H. Smith and Lee Wade flew
around the world the first time. May, 1926, Richard E. Byrd circled the
North Pole with the dirigible. May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh made
the first successful flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris.
Note how the airplane followed 100 years later after the fast steamer
across the Atlantic. As railroad and ocean transportation made rapid
progress from 1807 to 1838, so is airplane transportation making rapid
progress and I predict that in 1938, airplanes will be traveling at
the rate of 1000 miles an hour to all parts of the earth, carrying
passengers and freight. My interpretation of the cycles to repeat in
future indicates that from 1928 to 1932, one of the greatest battles
of all history will be fought in the air. In the next few years
airplanes will be making successful trips around the world and carrying
passengers.
Man has succeeded in traveling on the earth by steam, gas and
electricity. The automobile solved the problem of motor transportation
without rail. The water was first conquered in a crude canoe, next
with a sailing vessel, then the fast steamers and later the submarine
by which man can travel secretly under the water. The next and last
great conquest was the air, and as nations have fought battles on
the land, on the water and used the submarine for successful warfare
under the water, the next and last great step in transportation will
be in the air. It is but natural to expect that the greatest battle
of all will take place in the air when all modern inventions will be
used to destroy human life. As stated in the Bible, unless the time be
shortened, no human being will be left on this earth, but the Good Book
has promised that the time will be shortened. Nations will try this new
mode to conquer each other before the United Kingdom, spoken of in the
Bible, can be realized.