The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-01
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PEDphesy.
The writer, in common with thousands
I of others, believes that we are At Inc
/ threshold of the most stupendous and aw-
ful event of the worlds history-the
closing of the gospel age by the descent
/ OF Christ into our air and the ushering IN
of the dreadful Judgment period on the
/ nations for their sins. This judgmen
I period will last forty years. after which
the earth will be melted by FIRE and made
new and beautiful again ready for the
thousand years reign Of Christ and his
saints.
This stupendous change is to be proceed
ed by great signs and wonders, so that
all may be faithfully warned.
One Of these signs is n great crisis to
come upon Egypt at the close OF the
gospel age. This is referred to in many
places in the Bible. In The nineteenth
chapter of Isaiah we will hnd descrip-
ton OF this crisis. Whether or not the
present crisis will lead into the one out
| lined in the prophesies remains to be
seen Events are fulfilling rapidly, and
" g shall soon know. When we read the
crisis outlined in the Scriptures il GER
tainly ought to be a powerful stimulus for
every one TO repent and believe. In this
lchapter we are made acquainted with the
important fact that the second advent OF
Christ takes place in connection with a
great crisis in Egypt.
The chapter above referred to says;
Behold, the Lord rideth upon swift
cloud aud it shall come into Egypt, and
the idols Of Egypt shall be moved at His
presence, and the heart Of Egypt shoil
meltin the midst OF il. And / will set
the Egyptians against the Egyptians,
and they shall fight every one against
his brother, and every one against his
neighbor; city against city and kingdom
against kingdom. And the spirit OF
Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof, and
they shall seek TO the idols aud to the
charms and to them that have familiar
spirits aud to the wizards. And the
Egyptian will give over into the hands
OF cruel lord. aud fierce king shall
rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord
Of hosts. In that day shall
Egypt be like unto women, and il shall be
afraid and fear because of the shaking of
the hand Of the Lord of hosts, which he
shaketh over it. And the land Of judah
shall be terror unto Egypt, every one
that maketh mention thereof shall be
afraid in himself, because of the counsel
Of the Lord of hosts, which he has deter
mined against it"
This ''cruel lord and fierce king" is the
imam Of sin" or anti Christ, who must be
revealed before the Lord comes. Thisl
imam Of sin" comes when the fourth sea
of Rev. vi. is opened, and will erect an
altar upon which Christians wsii be offer
ed up In sacrifice by the thousands.
From Eek, xix, S-12, we learn that
Egypt, from the border of Ethiopia TO
near the northern coast OF the Red sea, is
TO be desolsted for forty years. The
sword is TO come and cut Off man and
beast, and those that escape will be scat,
Al
through the countries. The twenty nrst
verse Of this chapter says: ''In that day
will cause the horn of the house OF Isrs
ell to bud forth" The latter prophecy we
believe will be speedily fulfilled. The
Egyptian crisis will probably bring Pales-
tine to the front again. According TO lisa,
xiii 8, Egypt is to be given for Palestine.
Time alone can certainly show how this
will be done. Perhaps one result Of the
present complications will be that Pales
tine will be given to the KhediYe IN ex-
change for Egypt and thrown open for
the Jews.
In the year 1877 the writer wrote and
published work on the Bible prophesies
entitled. "The End OF the World Near,
in which it was shown that great war
would break out between the Moslem
world and the European nations, al the
cad OF the gospel age, and would be wsg<
ell during q greater part OF the forty
years OF trouble that are coming on earth.
A few of these books are still left, which
can be had by addressing the writer At
g. West Third street, Cincinnati, Ohio,
and enc osing the price-Sl for cloth
bound and & fly cents for paper cover.
There is almost an absolute certainty
that the present Khedive will be the next
Sultan of Turkey, whose career Is sketch
\ ed at great length in the above mention-
| ed book, and, If so, then be will also be
/ The 'ifalse prophet" to whom will be Civ
en- the dreadful power to destroy, as ont
/ lined in Rev. xiii, Hill, and who will be
cast alive into the lake of ire when we
Gene to the time referred to in Rev. xix,
20
! Here is an infalliable sign of the Lord s
coming to close the gospel age and usher
in the judgement period of forty years
Prince Hassan, the brother of the present
Khediye, " Ill be sent by the Sultan of Tur-
/ key as an ambassador to the court of
| Rome to make an agree ment with the
Italian Government. He will be seized
and held as q prisoner or hostage; then
| his father and the present Sultan will
1 likewise be captured, aud then the pres
emit Khedive will be made Sultan, and
then the great Mohammedsn war will be
waged, with frighhtful slaughter en- both
sides.
Christ comes At the beginning OF this
forty years period and translates all Who
are pure in heart and holy in life. Those
! who are living on lower Christian
| plane will be left behind and will have to
20 through "the great tribulation." They
Win be taken into the new earth as sub
jects Of Christ's kingdom, which viii be
| set up at the close OF the judgement Pc
Rod, after every thikg is made new. From
| present indications il looks like the time
is very near when Jerusalem is to be re-
stored to the Jews, which event will, OF
! course, bring the church age TO an end
according TO Christ's own words.
1t behoeves all who would escape "ihe
! great tribuiation" to gets ready TO meet
/ Christ in the air when be comes in the
clouds Of heaven to close the present dis
/ pensation.
JANss NJ. SwoRAsrEDT.