Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-07

will may see it. 1t is an admitted
fact that the church of God has al
ways had landed estate either by
positive promise or by actual posses
the promise Of landed estate several
centuries before their descendants en-
tered the promised land. Then they
continued in possession for many cen
turtles. until their cup of jniquity was
filled at the great crucfixion. Since
then they have been scattered to
the ends of the earth. In the mean
while Jehovah raised up sever
al prophets who spoke about the Fifth
stored, which was to be on much
larger and grandcr scale than ever be-
fore Near GOO B. c. when Israel's
title to his ancient landed estate was
slipping away because of their sins.
The ten tribes had been carried away
captive, never to return. Judah was
about to be imprisoned in Assyria for
seventy years. In that gloomy period
Jehovah sent Ezekiel to survey the
cheer to his people. The surveyor did
his work with wonderful exactness
All his field notes are fully recorded
in the fortv-seventh and fortv-eigbth
chapters of Ezekiel He gave the
boundaries on the north. south. east
and west. He said there would be
thirteen states in Israel Restored.
"Joseph should have two parts. And
We shall inherit it. one as we'll as ans
other BY this 7 understand there
will be no tribal ivisions-lmitine
and circnmscrihine their habitations |
but all shall inherit the land cone
rs we'll as another This promised
was to lie between two
seas-Fzekiel 47:1S-20 "From the
herder unto the east sea. And this
is tho cast side The west side also
shall he the great sea. This is the
west side" These fold notes when
read in Hebrew Give the exact boun
darics Of the T-nited States of Amer
ica. This divine survey fits no other !.
country on earth II certainly can
moi snit old Palestine. for there is no
sea on the east of if. but tha United
States fits the pattern eyactlv Tt has
the Atlantic ocean on the east. the
Pacific on the west. and Meribah or
the Stormy Gulf. on the south, and
the north boundary is equally mar
velons as given by Ezekiel. Many 9th
er marks are given by which the land
may be identified. Israel was to be
restored in land that had "always
been waste" Eek. 3S:S This de-
scription excludes old Palestine, for
it was cultivated as the garden Of tho
Lord, thousands of years ago. Again,
its inha abitants were also to be "gath-
cred out of many peoples Also this
description can not suit old Palestine
The prophet Isaiah in the sixtieth
chapter, must have seen our country
as il now is, with immigrants coming
like clouds from all the nations of the
earth. This whole chapter is a nho-
graph of orr country: it is sublime
~ Grand, because its fulfillment has
been the demonstration of truth.
oix
Isaiah. Ezekiel and Daniel and others
showing that this cHuntrv-the Unit
ed States of America--is the land of
Israel Restored, for this land fits
the DIVE description as the shadow
fits the substance. Rnt enough testi-
mOnV has been given fer oUr present
purpose We think the setting up OF
the Stone kingdom or the government
of Israel Restored, or the setting up
Of the fifth world poWer-see Dariel
=: &:d4-45-is fulfilled ia the Unit d
States of America and mars the
crsat epoch in the worlds history
from whence IS conntcd the 120 years
Of great noto1iCty. that must nrecede
the first resurrection. We have come
to this conclusion. because all he di-
vine prerocat YES have b"Pn met and
Wonderfully fulfilled. Then let MS read
the text as explai7ad. Pit Just as
were the DAYS Of Noah'-'2o wears.
SO also there shall be 100 years #
'the time of on4" fram the setting ur
# the government of lsra.l Restored
unte the first resurrection or TO the
coming of the Son Of Man From
the day that he f''s, president Of the
United States cf America was inaueN-
rated in l7S9-there has been 10
break in the enac9 ssion Of presidents
also our government has been MAX
inc eieantic strides towards lis pro
phetic Wolld Power In the mean
while the hnman mind has been de
vel ping marVolously according to