by Dr. Louis T. Talbot I n looking at world turmoil, we want to fasten" our attention upon the people of Israel and the effect of the revelations brought out in the Eichmann trial. Of course, all the peo ple of Israel have lost relatives at the hands of this man—the papers state that over six million Jews were put to death under his orders. So the Jews are following the trial with deep in terest. Not only Israel, but the whole world is watching it. I question wheth er a greater monster than this man ever lived. The kind of death that he meted out to those millions of people was the most barbaric the world has known. The question comes up continually —will he get a fair trial in Israel? All that I know is that the government of Israel is the only government in the world that continued the search for this man Eichmann, the others had lost interest in it. Therefore, it seems right and proper that the people against whom he sinned should be the ones to try him in their courts. He will cer tainly get a fair trial because it is open to all. He has defending lawyers of great brilliance and keen insight.
Let us look at the present picture of Palestine. The tension between the Arab and Israeli Governments has not lessened at all. Palestine is divided into two parts and barbed wire stretches from North to South. The barbed wire corridor is “No Man’s Land” which is constantly patrolled by both sides. It seems to me that man is unconsciously setting the stage for the last act in this world drama, the rule of the Gentile nations over the earth. We know that Armageddon will be the final wind-up of all hostilities and that the Battle of Armageddon will take place in Palestine. When the Lord returns and sits upon the throne of His father David, the desert will blossom like the rose, but the flowers that appear in Palestine now are not the fulfillment of that prophecy at all. The most signi ficant thing in Palestine today, is the attempt to wipe out the whole Nation of Israel, as exhibited in the attitude of Eichmann and others like him. That is what the anti-Christ is going to at tempt to do when he appears. Jesus re ferred to this in the 24th chapter of Matthew when He gave the signs of His return. Among other things He 12
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