The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-21

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David, Solomon and others represent
ed Jehovah in the Kingdom of Israel
and "sat upon the throne of the King
dom of the Lord" Later the King
dom was taken from Xedekiah the
last of the line of David to sit upon
the throne of Gods typical Kingdom.
When the dominion was taken from
him the Gentle governments were rec
ognized, but not in the same manner
as was Israel. None of them was dcs-
ignated the Kingdom of God. None
of them was given perpetuity of rule.
But Gentle governments were prom.
iscd lease of power during the pc
Rod when Israel would be cast Off
from Gods favor. Then ut the end
of the appointed time the Gentle lease
of earthly power in turn, and Gods
original provision for Israel to repre-
sent his Kingdom in the world, would
return. These are the set times re-
ferred to by the Psalmist. Gods
promise to David-"rhe sure mercies
of David"-were that OF the fruit OF
his loins one should sit on the throne
of the Lord forever. The real purpOrt
of this promise was that Messiah. the
Compromised King of Israel, would
be the root and off-shoot of the David
ic line and blessed of the Lord; his
Kingdom should be an everlasting one
and fully competent to fulfill all of the
Divine promises made to Abraham
''In thy Seed shall all the families Of
the earth be blessed"
Zsdekiah Rejected - Nebuch dnezzar
Acknowledged.
SO long as God acknowledged the ma
ton Of Israel as his Kingdom their
kings were his representatives; but
when Zedekiah was rejected it was not
Inconsistent on the Lords part to rec
oguiZe the Gentle governments, as
above suggested. OF King Zedekiah
we read. 20 thou profane and wicked
Prince. whose time has come that in
EQUITY should have an end. Remove
the diadem. Take off the crown. This
shall not be the same. l will overturn,
overturn. overturn 1t until he come
whose right it is (Messiah), and l will
give it unto him. ezekiel xxi, 20. 20.
1t was at this very time that God gave
the lease of earthly power to Nebu-
chadnezzar and his successors, as is re-
lated in Daniels prophecy. Nebuchad-
nezzar dreamed, but aforementioned
his vision. Daniel the Prophet, made
prisoner at an earlier date, was, by
Divine providence, introduced to the
king as the one person in all the world
able to rehearse the Kings dream and
to give its Interpretation, and his pow
er so to do is declared to have been
of the Lord.
Nebuehadnezzar's Vision of Gentle
Dominion.
The vision was of q stupendOus i'm
age. Its head of gold represented Ne
buchadneZZar's Empire-Babylon. Its
breast and arms of silver represented
the Medo- Persian Empire. Its belly and
thighs of brass represented the Grecian
Empire. It's strong legs Of iron repre-
scented the Roman Empire, East and
West. It's feet of iron and clay repre-
scented Papal Rome. The iron contin-
ues to represent civil governments, and
the miry clay, making them appear
like stone, represented ecclesiasticism
as it is now mixed up with the poll
tics Of the ten kingdoms Of Europe.
The whole period of time in which
these various Gentle governments
would dominate the world would last
until Messiah's promised Kingdom.
And this period is symbolically stated
to have been "seven tines; that Is,
seven years-evidently not literal
years, but symbolical.
At their end the lease of earthly
power of Gentle governments will ter
inmate in the great time of trouble
foretold by Daniel xii, u. Then Mes
siah shall stand up In the sense of as
Stunning control of earth's affairs and
Gentle governments will cease, for all
nations shall serve and obey Messiah.
And then Gods Chosen People, Is
rael. will come TO the front in the
worlds affairs, because they will be-
come the representatives and lnstru'
ments amongst men of Messiah's King
dom, which will be spiritual and in
visible, as is that of the Prince of this
world, the Prince of darkness, whom
Messiah will bind or restrain during
the thousand years of his reign of
righteousness and destroy at the con
clusion, when he shall deliver over
the Kingdom OF earth to the Father.
Mankind will then be perfect, because
! all wilful sinners will be destroyed in
the Second Death. Meantime, Mes
siah's reign will not only bless and
uplift Israel, but through Israel the
blessing will extend to every nation,
people, kindred and tongue in full ac-
cord with the Divine promise and oath
made to Abraham more than thirty
centuries ago.
All this is briefly and beautifully rep
resented in NebuchadnezZar' dream,
as explained by Daniel. He saw
stone taken from the mountain with