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soibctrn.he go through, both treadeth down and s staggering blow inflicted on humanKf Nbreaketh in pieces.” Mieah v. 8.ROWING AGAINST THE TIDEIt is lt;*:is to irlidf* with tin* rippli's Aiiown tlu* strfjon of timr,To How with tin; courst* of tin* rivt-r Lik*.* tin* isiiisof stum* ol.i rhyme :I.-it sill! i» takes eoutatre and patience AiraiiM its currents to ride.And we must have Mrentrth from heaven When rovvimr asrainst the tide.Who are these Jews, who occupy such a prominent position in the latter-day work of God. even as they did in the work of old? The answer is to bepower in Palestine, is but the beginning of a process which is to grind theuniversal fabric of human governmentto pieces. “I will send those that es-Paul's question in impressing on the Corinthian believers the meetness of their settling their own affairs, insteadof having resource to worldly tribunals: Do ye not know that the saints shallticonacape of them unto the nations .... to | judge the world?’' 1. Cor. vi. 2.wctil!eit\Vi* m:iv Moat on tin* riwr's surfmm *Whik* our oars scarce touch the stream And \Uions of earthly jilory On our daz/liiJLT sijjdit may ideam :Wc forget That on before uss. ■T)jt* dashing torrents roar.And while we arc idly dreaming It's waters will carry us o'er.Jim u few—ah. would tkcrc wm* many, Kow up the “Stream of Life,They struggle against its surges And mind neither toil nor strife. Thouuh wearv mui fa ini with labor,v.Singing triumphant they ride,For Christ is the hero's captain When rowing against the tide.read in the words addressed hv Mosesto the children of Israel after theexodus from Egypt: “The Lord thyGod hath chosen thee to be a specialpeople unto himself above all peoplethat arc on the earth. Pout. vii. 0.The Jews arc therefore God s nationon the earth. Ay, but say some, theyarc east off. Put why? Hearken to*the word of God by Amos: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punishIsraelsthe isles afar off that have not heard of my fame, neither have seen my glory, anu they shall declare my glory amongthe Gentiles.” Isa. Ixvi. 19. “I will55you for all your iniquity, cast-off state in punishment of her sins, is therefore evidence that they are the people of divine choice and destiny. Are they to remain cast oil for ever?Fur on through t he liazy di.-tunee Like a mkt on the dNiant shore. They see the walls of a city With its banner tlouting o'er: Seen through the glass o darkly They almost mistake their way, id.t faith grows light on their labor V. hen darkness shut - out the naysend a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles, and they shall know that I am the Lord. Ezek. xxxix. 0. A message goes forth from the Holy Land, “Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment is come.” Lev. xiv. 7. “He wise now, there!ore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth;Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.” Psa. ii. 10—j 2.The prospect opened out in all these testimonies, (which are only a few of very many) is that when the present j political system is abolished by violence in the impending crisis, it will be replaced by the imperial and absolute authority of David’s son and Lord in Jerusalem, and administered in all the earth through his accepted and glorified friends (and who they are may be learnt from John xv. 14). The governing race and nation will be the nation of Israel restored to their land— the first and Favored realm of the em*puT!“Kings shall shut their mouths at him for that which had not been told thempire (Zcch. viii. 23; Isa. lx. 12, 15;Mieah iv. 8; Jer. iii. 17; Ezek. xxxvi. 19-38); but all the nations of mankind will rejoice with them in the glories ofwcfa:nem;wcthonanthm«seLot the same word answer the question. “I will gather her that is driven i shall they see. and that which they had a reign which will diffuse peace, jus-out an.l her that is afflicted, and I will j »‘t heard shall they consider.” Isa.Iii. 15.thAdimake her that halted a preserved peo-T* 1 o. and her that was cast iar oil aThe shutting of their mouths, onO •Mieah iv. ii. I willA Ini will'll shall Wf hr OIK- of ilia! llUIilblT Who mind uu toil or p;;inV Shall wc mourn tit*- loss of earthly joys When wc have a crown to gain?Or shall wc glide on with tin* r:\er.With death at the lt;. ml of our ride.While our brother, with heaven before himstrong nation.bring them again to ph.ee them: b*r 1have merev upon them, and they shall 1 which they receive, and determinationi * t v /tb.e part of the kings is the combined result of consternation at the messagebe as though 1 had not east them off. ; to have no parley with the insolentZeeli. x. G. Put you say, they are a ! successor of Mahomet, as they willbad and disobedient race: never mind: • conceive him to be. With the exeep-U rmvimr ai:aint tin* tabi 'Selection-.-God lias chosen them: and this is a j lion of Britain, they raise armiesI 1 Vsufficient reason for our recognition ofI against him and assemble to attempttiee and enlightenment to the end ofc_-'the earth, and secure that right distribution of earth’s abundance, which all human systems of government havefailed and must ever fail to accomplish.Isa. ii. 3; Zcch. ii. 10-12; Psa. Ixxii.At this time only will be realized in its fulness the promise to Abraham, that in him should all the families ofjthem in their true character. Heiiiem- I his overthrow. Kev. xix. 19. Thei1ct Ihivid’s tn utiiH'iit lt;f an evil Saul, ! war that ensues is the most terribleji:wish fortfafs tm: pkcfmakFEATURE OF Till LATTER DAYS.J it I//* t'tpnynU if t '*!■ ffaet— d(n-tl/e clews and Clod s purpose in op-position—J* wish hlt;lt;: fin (j oj the A rmuyeddou catasfrophc dud thebecause lie was the Lord's anointed.1 Sam. xxvi. 11. Ponder also tinssolemn reproof of a contrary mind: Considerest thou not what this people* *experience of th^era. War might he considered impossible in such a situation of things. That the nations should fight against Christ may seem inerediv.- Cb'le, but so was his crucifixion. It isthe earth be blessed. At this time, also, will the promise of the personal possession of the land be realized, when they shall say “This land thatinW(wi01illtudialditlitltl:P(mwas desolate is become like the gardenhave spoken, saying. The two families which the Lord hath chosen, lie hath : testified they will light against himof Eden (Ezek. xxxvi. 35): and when Jehovah has fulfilled the word he hasf /fe w Is h nation an a divine instrument after It—Who the Jews are, theireven cast them off. Thus they have : and that is enough. They are quali-despised my people, that they should i fied for the part they have to perform.present jtoslflun and cominy restoration—First as a Colony, then as a nnt io n — C1o n ste mat Ion of the 1; In lt;: sbe no more a nation before them. Thus j by the utter misconception that pre-saith the Lord, If my covenant be not with that day and night, and if I havevails concerning his future workaspoken: “Whereas thou (the land of Israel) hast been forsaken and hated so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, the joy of many generations.” Isa. lx. 1 5.—R. Roberts.u.intiwftwblt;rcmisconception due to a false theology not appointed the ordinances of hca- | and ignorance of the Scriptures. Theyat Christ I he n.ar flay uayi j vcn anj earth, then will I cast away j are permitted to fight that scope may. 7 . t r * • . '/’/ 7 ! ' * 1 Z Jayamst Inni—Jits ncfofij—J he sntj-Youths’ Column.aostojittnt ralslny of the fallen tain r-naxh' of Da rid—Rt.lyu of Christ asihe 1m aerial and absolute Lord ofJL *}uunl:lnd—The saints relyn with himthe seed of Jacob.” Jer. xxxiii. 24: j be afforded by those terrible judgments also xxxi 3ff. Anyone desiring further ’ glanced at in an earlier part of the* ' j ^evidence of God's purpose to restore ; pamphlet, which are to teach themIsrael to their land may consult the j righteousness and fit the world for thePalestine tnrnlt;d Into a Paradise,following Scriptures: Isa. xi. 11, 12;xlix. 18 to the end: Ezek. xxxvii. 21 to the end: xxxix. 21 to the end:MnuaIt lias been sufficiently apparent that ,i ~ i -j • j,.. i ou a reauing'of the prophets, the cantne events of “the latter days intone ; ^ i±) -government of the kingdom of God. Christ could overthrow the most formidable league of nations in a moment,owith a word of his mouth: but the ob-peciiriarly the fortunes r4 the Jewish nation. This is so essential a feature of the latter-day situation, that the angel who came to reveal the wholevvcourse of events to Daniel, said to him,/“I am come to make tliec understandest anu attentive reader will find many i ject in view precludes this summarso tli orsuch like declarations, throwing* K.. ilight-upon the expectation of the disciples of Christ, as expressed in theirexercise of power, as in the case of Pharaoh, who was allowed to put forth all his power in a series of acts of iiparting question: “Lord, wilt thou at j sistance, before lie was finally south is time restore again the kingdom to i merged in the perdition of the RedIsrael?” Acts i. G.The Jews in their restoration arc to8ea. The result, though delayed, is not for a moment doubtful. “The I jamb shall overcome them, for he is[,.Vlbwhat shall befall thy people in the latter days.” Dan. x. 14. The politicaloccurrences of former days had to do j ^,e purified fiom the evil in their midst:“lie .shall purify the sons of Lgvi, and ! King ot kings and the Lord of lords,to do with them knew nothin-about it. 1 P«»ge them as gold and silver, thatjand they that are with him are calledthev may offer unto the Lord m offer- ! ami chosen and faithful.” Lev.•/ w jing in righteousness. Then shall the : xvi. 14.with God's nation, when the men havingThus we read in Isa. xliii. 14: “For your sakes, I have sent to Babylon and brought down all their nobles.” Thatii o an sil in“i:caoffering of Judah ami Jerusalem beOthe affairs of men should be divinely manipulated with Jewish objects is a view repugnant to the common run of men: they look upon the Jews as a contemptible and effete race, whose part in history is played. Apart from revelation, no doubt this is a naturalThe power of the Gentile govern-pleasant unto the Lord as in the days j ments vanquished, what follows? “Inof old, and as in former years.” Mai.“I will take away out of thee.. .in. o.them that rejoice in thy pride; thou shalt no more be haughty because of mine holy mountain. I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted andthat day, I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof, and I will raise up his ruins and build it as in the days of* old.” Amos ix. 11. “Of the in-trithview: but in view of the purpose of Poor people, and they shall trust in thename of the Lord.” Zeph. iii. 11. “IGod as revealed by the prophets, it is one that will be rejected by those who believe what Paul states in Ileb i. 1:“God at sundry times and in divers manners, spake unto the lathers by thewill purge'out from among you thecrease of his (the son of David’s) government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and toencaapsupcanwirebels and them that transgress against establish it with justice and with judg-nie. I will bring them forth out ol meut from henceforth, even for ever.”the countries where they sojourn, andprophets.” The Gentile view of the they shall not enter into the land of David; see context) shall reign and p?(Isa. ix. S, 9. “A king (the son ofcase and the purpose of God are brought into juxtaposition in Mieah iv. 11: “Many nations are gathered against thee (Israel), saying, Let her be defiled: let our eyes look upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand theyIsrael/’ Ezek. xx. 38. In view ofthese testimonies, there is no room forthe objection which many feci to the idea of Israel’s restoration on the scoreof their national insubordination to the ways of God. But even if there wereprosper and execute justice and judgment in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell j p safely.” Jer. xxiii. 5. That this is Jesus, is made certain by its New Testament application. Luke i. 32; Acts ii. 30. That it will be fulfilled onlynot the explanation which there is onhis counsel: for lie shall gather them | ^11S point, the evidence would be con- wJien Christ has returned, is also eer-clusive to such as regard the Bible as(the nations) as the sheaves unto the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughterthe Y/ord of God. that the Jews aretain from his own statements; e. lt;y, “When the Son of Man shall sit on thesiof Zion, for I will make thy horn iron and thy hoofs brass, and thou shalt beat in pieces many people.”One of the very objects of the gathering of the nations to Armageddon, is thus expressed in Joel iii.: “I willdestined to play an important part inthe terrible period that marks thea]gath er all nations and bring themuown into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered amongst the nations and parted my land.” The nations have a responsibility to discharge for their treatment of the Jews, and the discharging of it will involvethrone of his glory, ye also (my twelve j apostles) shall sit with me on twelve transition from the present constitu- j thrones, judging the twelve tribes ofIsrael.” Matt. xix. 28; Luke xxii. 30.lion of things to the “world to come,aor new order of things when “the When does the Son of Man sit on thekingdoms of this world shall have be- throne of his glorjr? He answers,come the kingdoms of our Lord and | “When the Son of Man shall come inhis Christ, and he shall reign for ever | hjs glory and all the holy angels with and ever.” Rev. xi. 15,a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation upon earth. Dan. xii. 1. A feature of this time of trouble will be that the Jews will be made use of to follow up the divine stroke of Armageddon, in the process of subjugating the whole earth to the sceptre of thehim, then shall he sit on the throne of b Previous chapters have shown them I his glory.” Matt. xxv. 31. Hence it [\ planted in a partial restoratzoA, on the is that the appearing and kingdom of | a mountain? ol Israel, as an agricultural Christ are apostolically associated as and commercial colony under British in the following instance: “The Lordwhen the Turkish empire Jesus Christ shall judge the living and shall have passed away. We have the dead at his appearing and his seen Russian armies descend upon the kingdom.” 2 Tim. iv. 1. Not only 11 prospering infant colony, and wrest | the apostles, but all who, with them,believe on Christ and obey his commandments, will share in “the glory toauspicethe country from Briti: b hands. We have seen the assembled armies nmitten with a divine stroke v/niGi drives be revealed. “If we suffer with him, them out of the country, and leaves | we shall reign with him”—no emptybut a sixth part. We have seen I words. 2 Tim. ii. 12. Of the crownking of the Jewrs. Thus it is testified:aThou art my battle-axe and weapons of war; with thee (Israel) will I break in pieces the nations; with thee will I destroy kingdoms” (Jer. Ii. 20); and also, “The remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a youngBritain prostrate by the same power, laid up for Paul to be given “at that and Israel abased in the uttermost day,” Paul says it will be “not to himdepths of national remorse, at the discovery that their deliverer is the Naz-arene whom they have with bitterness rejected in all their generations. What is the next item in the stupendous pro-Has the work to be donegramme:lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if mony with the fitness of things. Theattained at that stage, the point of completion? The answer is in liar-only but unto all them also that love his appearing.” 2 Tim. iv. 8. Hence, where this class is dramatically exhibited in the Apocalypse, in their collective completeness, they sing “Thou hast made us unto our God, kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.” liev. v. 10. This facts11enables us to apprehend the force of1
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