The Chosen People,The Land and die Book
N o te s Concerning th e JevOs and Prophecp
cross currents of racial animosity, but from his Guide Book he sees th a t in the • final woes of this age judgment not only .falls upon the Christ-rejecting Gentile nations, but in the convulsion of the peoples th e Jew is made to drink a final draught from the cup of bitterness, when two-thirds of the nation will be wiped out in th a t time of Jacob’s trouble. This chastisement of the Jew is the result of his own sins and national self ishness, as surely as the final judgment of the Gentiles is well merited by their godless career. And if judgment is first to begin at the house of God, th e Christian Church may well begin to judge herself for her heartless indifference to the need of Jew and Gentile alike for th e Gospel of Christ of which she is the steward.” The Jewish Tribune states th a t the Jewish Sanhedrin will soon be re-estab lished in Palestine. Rabbi Mendel Kohen of Cairo has purchased land for a build ing for the Sanhedrin. The Jewish court recently established in Jerusalem is said to be a forerunner of the Sanhe- dr n- Is» life RESURRECTION BEL IEF ESSENTIAL “Confess w ith your mouth th a t Jesus is Lord; believe in your h ea rt th a t God raised Him from the dead', and you will be saved.” This is Prof. Moffatt’s strik ing tran slation of Roman 10:9, and it shows th a t th e apostolic minimum form ula for seekers of salvation was faith in th e Deity of Christ and belief in His re a l physical resurrection. How can we th ink it is less -than this? If Jesus Christ be n o t God of very God, He is making false claims. As beijig a m ere man who can believe in Him and w hat is such faith worth ?^--E. Metho dist.
Jerusalem now has jitneys. A motor bus company is operating between Jeru salem railway station and the Mount of Olives. The first town in Palestine to have electric lights in the streets is Tel Aviv, called the Garden City of Palestine. It is a suburb of Jaffa. Arabs and Jews are getting o n 'b e tte r terms. • The anti-Zionist Arabs are now said to be in disfavor in Palestine. The American Hebrew, a New York Jewish magazine, hopes th a t some good may come out of Henry Ford’s anti- Semitic campaign, in awakening the sp irit of Christ among Christians. An exchange rem arks th a t Mr. Ford will find th a t “gas goes b etter in flivvers than in journalism.” The doctrines of Zionism involve the setting up in P alestine of th e ancient sacrificial system. A Jewish catechism recently printed in London, says, “Why are the sacrificial laws not now observ ed? Because we have had no temple, th e only place where we are perm itted to sacrifice. Whenever we retu rn to our land and again constitute a state, they will have full force.” Mr. Chalmers says: We may add to the above th a t the Scriptures themselves teach clearly th at the returned Jews, in th eir wilful unbe lief, will have a new temple and re-es tablish the old sacrifices. See Daniel 9:27, where the maker of the covenant is the Antichrist,, who perm its the Jews to open up a temple with sacrifices. This is implied by his causing “th e sacrifice and the oblation to cease.” Speaking of th e recent anti-Jewish propaganda, the Evangelical W itness says: “The Christian is not swayed by these
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