The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-03-09
Revealed Theology
The Coming Forty Years. War be-
tween the Jews and Gentiles.
CONTINUED


1t will be remembered that our last
article concluded with the declaration
Of the prophet Isaiah,' that, "by fire
and by his sword will the Lord plead
with all flesh y and We have seen that
the programme is to be begun by a
great battle between The little tribe Of
Judah and the combined armies Of
many of the nations Of Europe, in the
vicinity Of Jerusalem, in which conflict
of arms the little tribe aforesaid gains
q signal victory. Only one third of
their number, however, escapes destruc-
ton and theil deliverance is due 10
the in~terposition of Christ, who sud-
denly re appears in their midst and WIS.,
its great plaques upon their enemies.
Under these circumstances, who can
doubt that, when Jesus reveals himself,
they will heartily exclaim, Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord" Indeed. i. is related in the
Scriptures that they will joyfully accept
him as their King, and all the families
in Jerusalem will mourn on account of
the indisnities heaped upon him by
their ancestors.
So much by way Of recapitulation.
Let US now proceed to consider some
of the wonderful events which trans.
pire upon tho occupancy by Christ Of
"the throne of his father David"
Intelligence Of the great victory
gained by the ~Israelites, and the rumor
of the temperance of Christ and bis
recognition as king of the Jews" will
doubtless fly upon The wings of the
telegraph to all parts of the civilized
world. The public mind will be
startled to a greater degree than it
ever was before. And well may. the
rulers of the nations tremble, for God
declares that che hath made the House
Of Judah his goodly horse in the bat.
tle," and that
"in that day the Governors of Judah shall
be like an hearth Of fire in the wood, and
like a torch of fire In a sheaf; and they
shall devOur all the people round about, or
the right hand, and on the left"
The nations will fight manfully fol
independence, but they are just as Ger.
tain to be subjugated as a torch of fire
in q sheaf of wheat is to destroy it.
For
"the House of Judah shall be as mighty
men which tread down their enemies in
the mire of the streets in the battle: and
they shall fight because the Lord is with
them" And he that is feeble among
them at that day shall be as David; ant
the house of David shall be as God, as the
angel of the Lord before them"
When We remember that the ange.
of the Lord destroyed 1876 900 Assyr
ians in one night, and that it is stated
in the quotation just made, that "tht
House of David shall be as God, as the
angel of the Lord before the Israel
%ites," who can doubt the issue of the
great conflict which is soon to begin :!
When the angel of the Lord fights fol
Israel what folly it is for the gentle
nations to resist!
The first enterprise that Christ en-
cages in, after driving all enemies Out
Of Judea aud c%onquering "the people
round about" is to make war upon
Greece.
in the meantime ambassadors will
be sent to the Blouse of Israeli" 9th.
erwisc known ns Ephraim," or the
" ten tribes" who are scattered over
the earth, with an invitation TO come
out from among the nations, make com.
mon cause with Judah, and return to
their own land; as it IS written, VI will
hiss for them, and gather them" And
further
~ will bring You out from among the
people, and will gather you out Of the
countries wherein ye are scattered, with q
mighty hand, and with u stretched-ou
arm, and with fury poured out. And
will bring you into the wilderness of the
people, and there will I plead with you
face to face.
Like as l pleaded with your fathers in
the wilderness of the land Of Egypt, so will
l plead with you, saith the Lord Cod"
The "ten tribes" respond to this
invitation, and with Judah as his
"bow" and Ephraim as his "arrow,"
the Lord God shall blow the trumpet
and shall 60 with the whirlwiuds OF
the South" against thy sons, o
Greece" "And the Lord shall be
seen over them, and his arrow shall 90
forth as lightning. The Lord Of hosts
shall defend them; and they shall de-
YOUR and subdue." (Zech. tx: 1850
The other nations will share the fate
of Greece; for God has declared to
Israel that
"ThOu art my battle-ax and weapons of
war;: for with thee will l break in pieces
the nations. and with thee will I destroy
kingdoms, and with thee will l break In
pieces captains and rulers"