The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01

UnaU are willing to heed, l claim the
! right to cry aloud in this modern wilder
ness OF knowledge. Prepare We the way
J OF the Lord! Make the paths of His sec
ond advent straight
In the tx. chapter of Daniel, the man
! (Angel) Gabriel gave the prophet meas
| ure OF the time" that should stretch
from certain grand events unto Messiah,
the Amounted One. Let US examine the
matter.
Daniel TX, 24-27, may be divided into
louf sections, which, with their inter
pretations are as follows.
SECTION I.
| "A. Seventy weeks are determined upon
thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish
the transgreSslOn, and to make an end of
SINS and to make reconciliation for iniquity
ana to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, ana
TO anoint the Most Holy.
The seventy weeks Hebrew Shabua)
referred to, are found upon the strict
POst-EXflic Sabbatic scale of time
they date from the 1st Jubilee year
celebrated after the dedication of the
Second Temple. The count was directed
to be made by the Prophet Zacha-
rIah vii. viii. in the 4th year of Darius
Hystaspes, and began with the next
year, l. e. after all the periods of 20
years referred to in Zach vii. and viii
had been fulfilled! This was the year
| 34S7 A. M, which was Sabbatic year
| and counts as l on the scale of so years
! to reach the 50th or first Jubilee, which
was, therefore, 1886 A. NJ. [425O-1 j. P.
Qlymp.-29Ol A. y. c. Varro) ISIS
A. Y. G. (Polybius)-285-6 A U. c.
| (tabius) Hab=464-3 B. CT
Now 20 Sabbatic years required 20 times
( years-490 years, since each Sabbatic
year was the last year of block of
seven years, and after the first Jubilee
year had been reached every 10th year
thereafter was both Sabbatic and
Jubilee, explaining what Josephus meant
by saying the 49th year is the 50th
year" Hence 1886 A. M. and 400 years
fetch US to the acceptable year, (of
Luke iv 19)-4026 A M. T4740-1 j. P
SO4-5 Olymp.-part of 4th year of the
CCI-th Olymp, and of 1st year of the ocu
Olympia. -7S0-1 A U. G. (Varro) TITS
A. U. G. (Polybius) 1855 A. U. c.
(t'abius) 1855 hab.-27-S A. d. This was
in the 18th year of Tiberius Caesar in
which year John the Immerser came
preaching in the wilderness. The year of
Tiberius began on the 10Th of August, and
the Sabbath year began at the new morn
Of the succeeding autumnal equinox, ex-
actly 1866 solar years ago reckoning from
our current new moon Sept. 10-ll 1893 A.
ID. Now in this Xth Sabbath Jubilee year
after the lst one above referred to, the
prophecy of Gabriel was comsummated
by the amounting of Messiah the Prince
dan IX.24) 1st by the water in which he
was baptized, and 2nd by the descent of
the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. He
was recognized by John who testified to
him at once, and was acknowledged by
the voice of God. "ThOu art my Son. the
Beloved, in thee I delighted, :" now Jesus
himself was-when beginning 'about
thirty years of age" having become go
years old' on the oath of the III Civil He
brew month y of the winter Solstice moon
of q A. d. with which this Sabbath Jubi-
lee year began. He was thus of the
Levitical legal age and so ready to enter
in upon his ministry a Lamb without
spot or blemish."
SECTION III.
25. Know therefore and understand that
from the going forth of the commandment to
restore and build Jerusalem, unto the Mes
siah the Prince. shall be seven weeks and
threescOre and two weeks; the street shall be
built again, and the walls even in troublous
times.
The year 1927 A. M. was also Z and g.
SO weeks of years, i. e. 7X69-4S3 lunar
years, to the instant, from the date,
recorded by Nehemiah (VI. 1 81 i e.
from the date at which the Command
ment to build the Walls of Jerusalem
was ''consummated" las Motsa, the He
brew word translated "going forth" i'm
plies y A writ, decree. or commandment
must be legally served" and returned"
before it can be filled. The original decree
of Cyrus was with reference to the Tenn
pie only, and was delayed by hostile ma
chinationS for many years; at last Ezra
accomplished" it in 3543 A NJ, from
whence 69x7-4S3 full solar years fetch
US to the same identical day of the self
same Sabbath jubilee, to wit, Jan. Sth of
the acceptable year 1925 A NJ Never
theless, in its special sense Daniel 1x25, re-
manned to be fulfilled. Therefore, re-
ports coming to the Nehemiah q. 81 ed
him TO make direct request of Arta-
derxes for permission to build the wall,
and city, and restore the gates III 3 O. of
Jerusalem. and obtaining the authority
he accomplished the matter. This
was in the goth year of Artaxer-
xes, to wit, 1857 A M. Thus the very
date from which to reckon, (the 25th of
Elul 1857 A. M. Neh VI 49,, has been be-
fore the equally blind eyes of Jews and
Christians for 2335 years. The matter is
now revealed in Gods due order. The
count is verified upon unbroken lunar
time, 4S3 lunar years at 354 36706l 2 days
each fetching US to the 22nd day of Tebeth |
of 1925 a. m. Thursday the 8th of Janu-
airy 30 B. c. This is the date of the
amounting of the Saviour for his minis
try; it being exactly weeks after his
birthday. Il. $50 years and IA days oldD |
and his immersion took place at about3 D.
m on that day Thus Gabriel's predic-
ton to Daniel, as to the SO Sabbaths (of
lunar years. from the accomplishment
of the commandment to build the walls of
the city, began at the end of the 80 days
mentioned by Nehemiah, and the line of
time was hurled in an unerring traiec- |
tory to the "set time" for ordained by
Him whose words are sure, and none of |
which can, by any possibility, come back |
void. Nehemiahs name, '"The Lord will |
conduct the man." is sufficiently signi6- |
cant to have pointed to him, and to this |
date, 25th of elul, 355 a. m, had not |
the veil been cast upon US for purpose, |
and l chiefly rejoice, now that it is at last |
made known, in the fact that it will help |
our brothers of the Tribe of Judah to per- |
ceive the Truth and realize the fulness of |
Ezekiel xAxvlI, for verify the Star of |
Jacob hovers over the East, and thither |
Israel's eye may turn in confidence.
SECTION III.
26 And after three score and two weeks
shall Messiah be cut on but not for himself.
This prophecy refers solely to the
length of the saviour's ministry, and
was fulfilled to the very hour. This min
istry, contrary to the universal acceptance
of modern Christians, who take it TO have
been three and one half years was exact
lv three score and twon literal "weeks"
long @ 81 times T=44 days long, no