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Show SOON TO BLESS I Prophecies Ind icate That "the H Time is at Hand." God'a Typical Kingdom Overturned 60C B. C Great Line of World-Em-pire "Tho Times of the Gentiles." Israel's "Seven Times" of Chactise-ment Chactise-ment The Two Synchronous About tc Expire Now The Fifth Universal Empire Spiritual, Invisible The "Better Resurrection" at Hand "The Desire of All Peoples" Is Jerusalem and Messiah. ((PgUS5lS) comes whose tight give it Him." Bsekiel 21:26, 27. The raster" pointed out that accord-I accord-I in? to Scripture Messiah was to be of I . KlQS Davids lineage For several cen- turies the royal family of David's line had a precarious course. Klne Zede-kiah. Zede-kiah. ibp lost of the line, lost his crown ;n 606 B C He is the king referred to in our test Since then there has been no kin? of David's Unease Neither the Maccabees nor the Herods were Jews at all. The kingdom is still over-turned, over-turned, the foreordained time for its ree-stabllshment not having coine. "Times of the Gentiles." Then the Pastor explained that al-j though there were Gentile kingdoms j long before Israel became a monarchy, yet God recognized none of them, but entered into covenant relationship with Israel only. After tbe verdict of our text was piven apainst Israel, to hold good until Messiah's Reign, then Di-vine Di-vine providence recognized one great line of world-empires These were glv-en glv-en leasehold privileges covering the pe-riod pe-riod of Israel's overturning until the time for Messiah's Kmcdnm The speaker then pointed out that Moses had prophesied Israel's cbas-tisement, cbas-tisement, and in symbolic numbers foretold that it would last "seven times." The Gentile Times, or years, are likewise seven. Both periods be- i gin to count at the same time, and will end simultaneously. When these end, Messiah's Kingdom will begin Its Reign Israel will be associated with Messiah's Empire as His earthly peo-pie peo-pie Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the Prophets being made princes In all the earth, as promised in Psalm 45 .10. ft ' Next the Pastor declared that God through the Prophet Daniel gave ui two pictures of the "seven times" of Gentile supremacy. One was a vision given King Nebuchadnezzar, who H overthrew King Zedeklah. It gives the worldly view of Gentilo govern-ments. govern-ments. The whole period was repre-sented repre-sented by a plorious Image, whose H head was of gold, etc. H Given the pointer that Babylonia H represented tbe bead of gold, any H school boy could show that Medo-Per- H sia, Greece and Rome were the other H Empires. Tbe feet represented Rome H ecclesiastical, with her daughters dom- H lnating Europe today. Messiah's King- H dom is symbolized by the stone which H struck the image on its feet and de- H znolished It H The other picture was a vision given Hi the Prophet Daniel, in which these HI Gentile kingdoms were pictured as H beastly. In coutrast, Messiah's King- dom was represented a human. H Where Are We Now? H The Pastor then showed that In Scripture a "time" Is a symbolic year, ft L e., each of it days is symbolic of a I year, lunar time 380 days. Hence ! H "6even times" equal 2520 years Reck- H' onlng from the dale of Zedekiah's de- H thronement, we have 1915 A. D. This H indicates that in 1915 Messiah's invlsl- ble Kingdom will be in power, the Gen-tile Gen-tile lease will have expired and Israel's disfavor will have ended. The Prophet Daniel foretold a great Time of Trou-H Trou-H ble at that time. See Daniel 12:1. The Scriptures teach that for cen-turies cen-turies Satan, a spirit being, has exer-1 exer-1 clsed great power amongst men an evil Influence-whlch God has permit-Bj permit-Bj ted. with certain limitations, Satan's reign has been one of sin; Messiah's will be one of righteousness. Both Empires are spiritual, invisible to men: both operate through man. The Pastor then set forth the Scrip H tural proofs that the Jewish "fathers" H are to be "princes In all the earth." This Implies their resurrection at no H distant day. They will be raised ner- H feet, examples of what mankind may H1 attain. The prospect of this "better H resurrection" stimulated them to hero- 1 ic lives of faith and obedience to God H' According to Scripture, said the Pas- tor, there will be no more war after the great trouble of 191G. The princes I or Israel win nave dictatorial powers backed by tbe spiritual Kingdom just what the world needs. The Law Covenant will be in power, but not as before. That will be the regime of the New Law Covenant, j with Messiah as Mediator. Gradually 1 the stony condition of heart common j to humanity will give place to tender-heartedaesa tender-heartedaesa the true human nature, as before Adam fell, will prevail. All who refuse to make progress, after one hundred years' probation, will be counted unworthy of future favors, I and will be utterly destroyed. |