228 The Revelation of Jesus Christ the ministry of the 144,000. When He judges the nations at His return, He will say to those peoples, now considered the backward nations, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 25 :34). The reign of Christ on earth will be glory for them. There will be no West Point, no Annapolis, no Dupont Powder Works when our Lord has dominion. In that day. the nations shall beat their swprds into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. They shall learn war no more. There will be.no uneven distribution of wealth. The earth shall be the Lord's and the fullness thereof. He shall parcel out to every man his part, and every man will sit under his own vine and fig tree. 4. It Will Be a Time of Glory for Israel. God's chosen people will be back in their own land. They will be a con verted nation, and will bear the name of the Lord in that day. We could read for hours those passages that speak of the glory which is coming to the nation of Israel. For instance, Zechariah 8: 13, 23: "And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, 0 house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong •.. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying. We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you." In that day the Jewish nation will be the most honored in all the earth. She will no longer be the "tail" of the nations, but the "head." The Jew shall go back to Jerusalem, rebuild his temple, and the nation of Israel shall never, never again be plucked out of the land of Palestine. They shall never again go into backsliding; they shall always know Jehovah. Poor Israeli The people of the bleeding feet, going back now to Palestine thinking it will be home; dreaming that, when they get there, they will be safe from the outrages that have been perpetrated upon them during the last two thou sand years! They are going back, although they do not know it, to the greatest trouble they have ever seen. But, thank God, when His Son returns, and they look upon Him whom
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