in the very middle o f the “ third day” since Nebuchadnezzar took the. crown from off the brow o f Zedekiah, king o f Judah; and, since that day, no son o f Israel has been crowned in Jeru salem, save One, and He was crowned with thorns! But, behold, we who now live are seeing the most signif icant event o f all the ages—-Israel revives— still spiritually dead, yet in his very deadness he stands upon his feet, awaiting the breath o f God! (See Ezek. 36:7-10). For more than fifty years, I have studied the great prophecies o f the Scripture. And if those years of study have taught me anything, it is that to the world o f men, no trust worthy sign has been given and will not be given, unless the Jew is in the picture. Wars may come and wars may g o ; empires may rise and em pires may fall; Napoleons may achieve and Napoleons may crash;
world, and they that dwell therein” (Psa. 24 :1 ). To redeem it, God gave His utmost—His only begotten Son. Therefore, all that goes on, on this earth is o f real concern to God. And, the house o f Israel is God’s chosen vessel through whom He operates to carry out His eternal purposes on this earth. Therefore, we repeat, keep your eye upon the Jew-—yes, upon the hated, despised, “ Outcast . . . whom no man seeketh after” (Jer. 30:17). What happens in Korea, or in any other nation, is o f small concern, beside what happens in the land o f the Jew! The nations may rage and toss, and Gog may win or lose. But it is “ when Gog shall come against the land o f Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face” (Ezek. 38:18). When that “ fury” arises in the face o f the Almighty, then, after first calling up His saints into the mansion-chambers above (Cf. Isa. 26:19-21), there will come to the world o f men who have “ for gotten the God o f [their] salvation” (Isa. 17:10), “ the day o f grief and o f desperate sorrow. Woe to the multitude o f many people, which make a noise like the noise o f the seas; and to the rushing o f nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations shall rush like the rushing o f many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff o f the moun tains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind” (Isa. 17:11-13). And when all the Jcosmos o f man is blown into oblivion (Dan. 2 :35 ), then “ shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom” (Dan. 2: 44), and in Abraham and his seed shall all nations “ obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isa. 35:10). Lord God o f hosts, hasten that day!
A Winter Scene in Jerusalem
it means just what it says — “a thousand years” is “ one day with the Lord.” Now, the light breaks in— light for us in these last days when so many “ scoffers” hurl their sneers, saying, “Where is the promise o f his coming?” Man began his work on this earth in the Garden o f Eden, according to the best Bible chronologists, just about six thousand years ago six thousand-year-days ago. And now, look about you on every side! What a miserable mess man has made o f his work! At this very hour it looks as if man’s chief occupation is to create the instruments for his self-destruc tion! A horrible fear grips the whole world as the sun is about to set at the close o f the sixth day. But, “ Cheer up, Cheer up, ye saints o f God” — the seventh-day dawns! Verily, “ It is time for thee, Lord, to work” ! Though fo r the mo ment, “ Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people” (Isa. 60 :2 ), yet the God who keeps His covenants has promised glorious and everlasting rest to His people Israel (Isa. 60 ); and, when Israel rests, all the Gentiles will ground their arms, beat their swords into plowshares, their spears into pruning hooks, and learn war no more (Isa. 2 :1 -5 ). In that day, all saints “ shall be priests o f God and o f Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” (Rev. 20 : 6 ) . Verily, lasting peace will come to earth, not in Paris, nor in London, nor in Washington, nor at Lake Suc cess. The Lord o f hosts has spoken: “In this place” — even in Jerusalem— “ will I give peace” (Haggai 2 :9 ). Verily, it is written o f a nation long considered to be dead and be yond revival: “ A fter two days will he revive u s; in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight” (Hosea 6:1, 2 ). We are now S E P T E M B E R 1 9 5 0
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View o f Jerusalem; note modern structures
Hitlers may fulminate and Hitlers may evaporate; Stalins may bluster and Stalins may “ bust” ; but, all these things are o f slight significance ex cept as they touch the Jew or the land o f the Jew. So, keep your eye upon the Jew. However towering human events may be, if they have any real prophetic meaning, you will find the Jew lurk ing in the shadows somewhere. Go, read your histories! Read the story o f the rise and fall o f Egypt, of As syria, o f Babylon, of Persia, o f Greece, o f Rome, and o f the tramp o f every nation since, that has played an important part in human drama, and there you will find the Jew. He may be a tragic figure betimes, but he is there— the swirling tides moving in and out about him. Nor do we need to be surprised that this is even so; for, it is written: “ The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the
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