Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-11
THE SECOND COMING.
Speculation 40 to che Meaning Of Ger
tain Familiar PROPHECIES. g

Editor of the Yorkville Enquirer:
In last Fridays issue there IL an ar
ticle on the regaining Of Palestine by
the Jews. The Zionist movement IL q
fulfllment Of prophecy.
And judah also shall fight at Jer-
usalem, and the wealth Of all the heath
en- round about shall be gathered to-
gether, gold and silver and apparel In
great abundance. ."-Zechariah xiv, IA.
This prophecy does not apply TO the
destruction Of Jerusalem by the Ro-
mans In A D., 80, as "the heather ma
tions round about" did not gather
much gold and silver, and apparel at
that time In Jerusalem. Hence II re-
fers to the last days, just before our
LORDS second coming. when the Jews
will fight at Jerusalem against the
Turks, for we are told In Daniel xt IS:
"And he shall plant the tabernacles
of his palaces between the seas In
the glorious holy mountain; yet he
shall come to his end, and none shall
help him."
The sultan of Turkey is the high
priest of the Mohammedan church, and
is the zone" meant In the above text
He is also the king Of the North mem:
toned In the above chapter. When the
Turks are driven from Constantine
pie, they will move their seat OF gov
ernment to Jerusalem, and this viii be
done some time in the near future.
Russia has had her eyes on Constan-
tinople since the days Of Peter the
Great, who died In 1726, and his sue
cessors have steadfastly held to the
troll of the Mediterranean, and thus
secure the balance Of power In Europe.
When tine Turks are driven out OF Eu-
rope, their end as a nation speedily fol-
lows, for we are told in Daniel XII, i:
"And at that time shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children Of thy peo-
pie: and there shall be time Of trou-
BILE, such as never was since there waS
a nation even to that same time; and
at that time, thy people shall be De.
livered, every one that shall be found
written in the book"
Michael is Christ. See jude, 1, ,.
and John v, 25-2s. Stand up as used
here. means to ascend the throne, to
reign. See Daniel xi, "a,
Thus the downfall Of Turkey, whicn
every Intelligent man will admit now
seems Inevitable, In the near future,
becomes the signal for the beginning
of the reign Of Christ his advent In the
clouds of heaven, the time OF trouble,
the resurrection Of the dead, and the
end Of all things.
The Jews are expecting their nation
to be restored as II was before the cap
tiyity by the Babylonians, and glor.
ious kingdom to be set up with Christ
as their king. They believe that He ts
vet to come for the first time. But
they will be disappointed for Jeremiah
says in chapter 10: Thus saith the
Lord, go, and get a potter's earthen
hottie. and take Of the anctent5 or the
people, and Of the ancients OF the
priests" and verses 10, IL: And
then shalt tnou break the bottle IN
sight of the men that go with thee, and
shall say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord of Hosts, even 80 will break THIS
people, and this city, as one breaketn
a potter's vessel, that cannot be mace
whole again"
It is vain for the Jews to expect tnat
they and Jerusalem viii be restored as
It was before the first captivity. 30 long
"a the bottle of jeremiah broken In
pieces $500 years ago remains proKen
or is not restored. This the LORD puts
down as an impossibility. II they were
restored according to the predictions as
interpreted by them, these words OF
the lord by jeremiah would not De
true. These words are true and con-
seouently Jerusalem and the jewish
people cannot be made whole again.
EYIbert February 8.