King's Business - 1950-09

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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