The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-10-26
-ael, extending that blessing to every

for all her sins. Isaiah xl, |. 2.
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| rael, extending that blessing to every
nation.
One King, but Two Kingdoms.
| 1t has escaped Christcndom in gen
eral until now that the Divine promise
to Abraham is to be fulfilled through
two Seeds-one a heavenly class. the
| other an earthly class, with Messiah
the Head over all. For eighteen cen
turtles God favored the Seed of Abra
| ham, the nation of Israel. Chastse
ments they had. reproofs in righteous
ness; yet in all that time they had also
| Divine favor as represented in their
Law and in the Prophecies and In the
privileges which came to them under
the Law Covenant, in that they had an
annual Atoncment Day, which contin-
ued to them Divine favor. That period
Of favor, explain it how we may, be-
gan to wane about the time of Jesus
death. 1t was completely removed
from them in the desolation of their
land by the Roman army A. d. 10.
Now parallel time has been reached,
as stated in orr text. Hence it is time
for the return of Gods favor as here
in mentioned. The favor already is
returning.
The Jew has not been so comfort
able, nor so favorably fixed as he is
today, in more than eighteen cen
turtles. But his blessing is only begin
ming Shortly Divine favor, in Gods
due time, will accomplish for his
Chosen People all the precious prom
ises of the Law and of the Prophets.
Already the Jew Is awakening to re-
alizatiOn Of this great Truth. Zionism,
which started as political movement,
is about to bud and blossom into a re-
ligious movement and the blessing Of
Divine Providence will so order their
affairs. The words Of the Book. the
words OF Divine promise, so long read
ignorantly and blindly, are about to
become luminous and constitute the
light which Will direct them in the
ways Of the Lord-leadng on to the
rehabilitation Of Jerusalem and to the
attainment Of loftier ideals amongst
the Jewish people. A voice is sound
ing from the Wilderness and the Jews
everywhere are hearkening to it. 1t
does not call them to become Chris
tians. but to remain Jews and to real.
lie, as Jews, the ideals set before
them by the Lord in the Law and by
the Prophets To all those exercised
thereby great blessing is near, which
will more than compensate for the sor-
rows OF the past. Neither by sword.
nor guns, nor dreadnaughts. neither by
flying air ships, nor torpedoes will Is
raels great victory be won. neither by
money power and worshipping Of the
golden calf of finance, nor by trusting
in the arm of flesh. but by looking to
the Lord, from whom will come their
help.
Messah's Spiritual Empire, about to
be established. will bind Satan, re
strain every evil and lift up stand
ard for the people, blessing Israel and
establishing with them the New Gaw)
Covenant instead Of the Old Law Gov
enant-under the better Mediator, still
more capable than the great Moses
under the greater King. still more wise
than SoIon,on and still mara ho,ovod
of God than David. This great Celes-
tial Empire will he established with
great authority in the world by time
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face and in its asuirntionS and preten-
sions. y S0ciulistic artillery of words
and ecclesiastical bonds of similar ma
ture will only aggravate the strife.
Financial weights and levers will have
much TO DO with the great crash of
the forces Of civilization in this near.
approaching cataclysm of trouble. in
which the reign of sin. ineQuity. in
justice, SrlfShnCSS, shall forever fall
to rise No more; and the present re-
ligiCus systems also shall be found
old systems. symbolically the heavens
and earth OF the present time. will be
substituted the New Heavens and the
yond the vail as the Bride of the
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