will not give him allegiance, but will turn to God and His Messiah, and those are the nations that will be de livered by the personal, visible, bodi ly return of the Lord Jesus Christ. So the Word of God tells us that the angel said to Daniel, ‘Thy people shall be delivered.’ ” What does verse 2 mean? I am not certain. Bible teachers are not agreed as to the interpretation. Is rael, all through the Word of God, is likened to one that has been bur ied. In Ezekiel 37, God says, “I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.” The nation Israel is buried. Its na tional cemetery is the Gentile nations of the earth. But God says He is going to open the graves and bring the children of Israel out of their graves. This, it seems to me, is the interpretation of these verses—that God intends to re-gather them from among the nations where they have been scattered, and restore them to their land and again make them a nation, and not allow them to be plucked out of His hand again. “Some to shame and everlasting con tempt”—I conclude from this, that some of the Jews who return will accept the claims of antichrist and will meet the demands he makes up on them, while others will accept the Lord Jesus Christ and give alle giance to Him. So the result of that re-gathering will be that some shall awake “. . . to everlasting life” and “some to shame and everlasting con tempt.” “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to right eousness as the stars for ever and ever” (v. 3). These words refer to the 144,000 Jews who are 'going to be the preachers during the kingdom age. In the seventh chapter of the book of Revelation, we read that God calls and seals 12,000 from each tribe, all Jews, for this very purpose. God will take the veil of blindness 3 1
Biola Stewardship Representatives meet for a time of briefing and inspiration on the Campus. Seatedis Mr. John M. Isaac, director, Mr. Larry Cruzen (right), his assistant; and Mr. Jack Find lay, who as ists in the area of probating and property management. Ail of the men,dedicated to the service of Jesus Christ, are earnest soul- winners as well as being trained counselors in the field of Christian stewardship.
fury and vent his wrath upon that nation that gave birth to the Lord Jesus Christ, who came into this world to redeem men from the pen alty which their own sin had brought upon them. The angel said to Dan iel, “There shall be a time of trou ble . . . and at that time thy people shall be delivered . . “Thy people” refers to Israel, but only those . that shall be found written in the book” shall be delivered. Sanday states: “Just as there is apostasy in Christendom today, so it will be in that last day among the Jewish people. Many are going to line up under antichrist and will con tinue their allegiance to him. Evi dently those Jews are going to be destroyed with the Gentile nations at the time when the Son of God re turns in glory. But there will be a faithful group who will not acquiesce to the demands of antichrist, and
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