Signposts on the W orlds Crossroads How the Prophecies are Being Fulfilled Before Our Eyes
in the Present Day B? REV. WM. H. PIKE
ESUS said much about blin’d and deaf people: “Having eyes see ye not? , And having ears hear ye n o t?”
prayed and hoped. This cold world has felt the w in ter’s chill of sin for centur ies, bu't a Utopian summer is coming, when Jesus will usher in th e Kingdom age; The gathering of the Jews back to th e ir land to become again a nation among the nations, is a sign th a t the new age of righteousness is near. Again, the Ecclesiastical Sign- is before us, the condition of church life and wor ship. In Rev. 3:14-22 we read th a t the last condition of th e church was to be a luke-warm condition and when th is prevails, th e Lord will spue it out of His mouth like nauseating water. No one will doubt th e apostasy of th e church in general who reads 2 Tim. 3:1-7, for this description is fulfilled in our day and even secular papers are commenting on it. , Such a perfect po rtray al of our re ligious cults and occults is given in 1 Tim. 4:1-3, th a t only th e w ilfully blind do not see it. Jesus said th a t false Christs and false prophets would arise, and they are over-running every land. “F o r th ere shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; in so much th a t if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” Matt. 24:24. And again Jud e says, (17, 18), “But beloved, re member ye th e words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: How th a t they told you th ere should be mockers in the last time, who should walk afte r th e ir own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spir it.” Who can miss seeing th e se signs in the church to -d ay ?' There are th e Physical Signs, th e fre- a.uency of wars, fam ines, pestilences, and earthquakes. “For nation shall rise
There are people going through the world who never see the m arks of pro gress or decay in it. They do not lo cate themselves on th e dial of time, be cause they are blind to the signs of the times. It has never occurred to them th a t th ere is a trend of events th a t speaks- loudly of th e future. The sacred Scriptures give some de finite signs of the coming end of the age, b u t th ere are many customs, events, and conditions of every-day life th a t point toward a coming change. There is th e sign of th e Gentile do minion. This period began in 606 B.C. w hen God gave the first Gentile King, Nebuchadnezzar, (Jer. 27), supremacy over th e nations. This king received a revelation from God in th e form of a g reat image, (Dan. 2 ), which represent ed the Times of Gentile Supremacy. Each p a rt of th a t image has been liter ally fulfilled, from th e head of gold in Nebuchadnezzar to the feet, as it was given. Only the ten toes aw ait th eir fulfillment. We are living in the feet of the iron of monarchy mixed w ith the clay of democracy. Another is th a t sure sign of The F ig Tree, which is th e symbol of the Jew ish nation. Jesus said, “Now learn a Sparable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, .and p u tte th forth leaves, ye know th a t summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall- see all these things, know th a t it is near, even a t the doors.” Matt. 24:32, 33. The summer mentioned is th e kingdom of . righteousness, for which saints have
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