66 The Fundamentals David, is trodden down by the Gentiles. All this is more than once predicted in the Word of Prophecy. “I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore has the Lord done thus unto this great city? Then they shall answer, Be cause they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods and served them” (Jer. 22:7-9). “And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land shall say, when they shall see the plagues of that land . even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, what meaneth the heat of this great anger?” (Deut. 29:22-25.) Thus it has come to pass. Their land is being visited by Gentiles from all over the world who behold the desolations. Many other passages could be added to the above—passages which prophesied the very condition of the promised land and the city of Jerusalem which are found there now, and which have existed for nearly two thousand years. The national rejection of Israel and the fulfillment of the threatened curses have come to pass, and the land in its barren condition witnesses to it. Even the duration of all this is indicated in the prophetic Word. There is a striking passage in Hosea. “I will go and return to My place, till they ac knowledge their offence and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me early. Come, let us return unto the Lord ; for He hath torn, and He will heal us ; He hath smitten and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight” (Hos. 5:15—6:2).. According to this prophecy Jehovah is to be in their midst and is to return to His place. It refers to the manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ among His people.
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