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ter the Lord, and all the Gentiles up
ON whom my name is called, saith the
Lord who doeth all these things. The
tabernacle of David referred to is the
Jewish nationality and its establish
ment on the great and precious prom
ises in Christ. St Stephen says that
when this fallen tabernacle is rebuilt
then the residue of men and all the
/ Gentiles-all not JeWs-may seek af-
ter the Lord Yes, thank God, the
residue, the very scum of humanity
trodden down is to have a chance to
know God and serve him acceptably.
lisa. 2:2-4; Mic. Ala shows both
phases of the future kingdom. All ma
Tions are represented as saying,
Come ye, let us go up to the noun
tain of the Lord to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us
of his ways and we will walk in his
paths; for out of Zion (the spiritual
phase) shall go forth the law, and the
word of the Lord from Jerusalem, the
earthly phase. "At that time they
shall call Jerusalem the home of the
Lord and all nations shall be gather
ed unto it" They shall beat their
swords into plow shares. and their
spears into pruning hooks; and every
man shall sit under his own vine and
fig tree, have bis own home and none
shall molest nor make afraid. Thus
seen Jerusalem will be the worlds
capital and center of spiritual intlu
ence and control. Truly as Jesus said
"SalvatiOn is of the Jews.
The preponderance of proof is that
Gods Kingdom will include the
world of mankind and the blessings
be far beyond our conceptions. But,
first every jot and little of His word
must be fulfilled, because He says it
shall prosper and not retuln to him
void. The close of Gentle times,
the completion of the Chu1ch, the re-
building of the Tabernacle of David,
and the new covenant with Israel put
in force must be realized before bless
ings can come to the world. Until
then the world must groan and wait.
But let none be deluded and think
these great epochal and social changes
will come peacefully, by ballot. Oh,
no ! There will be strenuous times
first. Present systems will die hard.
The angry nations, the war prepara-
tions, the struggle between labor and
capital, social evils, etc. all indicate
it. The Bible declares it. Daniel
(12'D forseeing it, places the great
cataclysm at our Lold's Second Advent
calls it time of trouble such as was
never before known. The awful war
called "Armageddon" is described
under many symbols. Earth quake,
fire and tempest are used to liken the
coming storm. Gods purpose is de-
clared thus "Come near ye nations
to hear and hearken ye people; let
the earth hear, and all that is therein:
for the indignation of the Lord is up
on all armies to deliver them to the
slaughter " my determination is to
gather the nations that l may assem-
BILE the Kingdoms to pour upon them
mine indignation even all my fierce
anger; for all the earth (social order)
shall be devoured with the fire of my
jealousy. lisa. 34:l,2; Zeph. 3:8.
This will, indeed be the Day of Ven
geance so repeatedly referred to by
Jesus and the prophets. 1t will be the
day of equation, the day when national
and ecclesiastical sins will be remem-
bered. Rev. 1875, 1t will be the
time when ich men and their allies
will weep and howl for their miser
cries, when their gold will rust and
their fraudulent gains i1athe demo-