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when ye see these things come to pass, know ye th a t th e kingdom of God is nigh a t hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation ( “ genea,” race of men fej-i. e., th e Jews) shall not pass away till all be fulfilled” (Luke 21:29-32). . During th e la st fifteen years of th e nine teenth century, more Jews went back to P alestine th an had gone back in the previous fifteen hund red years! And still, increasingly, they go. 12. Missionary evangelism. ^ “This Gospel of th e kingdom shall be preached in all th e world, fo r a w itness unto all nations, and then shall the end come” (Matthew 2 4 :1 4 ). Our Saviour proph esied th e rise of false prophets, the lukewarmness of the Church, and the evangelization of th e nations as taking place ju st before His second coming (Matthew 24 :11 -14 ); and, incongruous as these things seem to be, yet all these th ree things are occurring a t th e present hour as never before in this dispensation. “This, I say, breth ren— the tim e is sho rt.”— G. D. W. in “Morning S tar.” Significant T h o u g h ts by D. TREHARNE th e corrupt false church, th e other the centralized co rrup t commercial world system. Their intim ate relations may not be so easily seen as in th e case of the beasts, bu t one is as really Babylon as the other. ' The corrupt religious system has not yet taken into itself all the systems th a t it will ultim ately include, bu t we recog nise it by th e name of th e city, Rome (Revelation 17 :18 ). The other Baby lon, on the Euphrates, has not y et been rebuilt, but the advantage of the study of prophecy is, th a t it forewarns long before full development is reached.
is foretold of the visible Church is on faith ; a denial of th e power of God in Holy Ghost experience . . . a denial of the sup ernatu ral working of God; in regeneration, sanctification, Divine heal ing, and in definite answers to prayer. 9. F alse Christs.—n“Many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many” (Matthew 2 4 :5 ). In the past th irty years th ere has been almost an epidemic of false Christs and false prophets. . . . The Scriptures de clare th a t .Jesus Christ will descend from heaven, and yet, in spite of th a t, thousands of deluded religionists are looking fo r Christ to arise in different parts of the earth. 10. Slum missions.—-“Go ye. . . . into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to th e m arriage” (Mat thew 2 2 :9 ). . . . The Lord Jesus will have to complete the number of His saints from the slum missions. 11. The resto ration of Israel.— “ Be hold th e fig trees an d all th e trees: when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves th a t summer is now nigh a t hand. So likewise ye,
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this title, Mr. D. Tre- i, an English prophetic nt, gives some very sig- n t thoughts:
We find two beasts described in Rev elation 13:1 and 2. We learn in this chapter th a t, although quite distinct, they are intim ately associated, and work harmoniously to one purpose: a com bine of th e imperial and the religious heads: of the m aterial and spiritual. We have also in th e Revelation two Babylons. One is described in Revela tion 17, and th e other in 18. Most ex positors are agreed th a t one represents
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