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its application. the kiDg Of the north IL
| Turkey. According to this, what have
we to look for In the career Of Turkey H
after the revolution that occurred in
France a little more than 100 years |
ago Her disintegration and fall.
The history Of Turkey shows that she
began to lose her power. prestige. and
possessions about the time Of the French
revolution. AS early as 1882 Russia
took from Turkey the Crimea and all |
the country eastward to the Caspian 4
Sea. In 1857 Turkey took UP arms
against Russia to recover this terri
tory but failed Speaking Of this \
event. the Standard Encyclopedias
says:
1.-THE eastern question, as far as con-
Germs Turkey. was now fairly begun.
i From that time on to the present Tur- !
key has been steadily losing her pos
sessions. Greece was lost by the estab- |
lishment OF their independence in 1928.
Algeria, with her 100000 people. was
taken by France in 1880. Egypt. with
100000 became independent in 1867. |
In the same year Servia and Bosnia,
with a population of 100000. were
lost. In 1878 the treaty Of Berlin rec
ognized the independence Of Bulgaria |
mania, with 5000, 900; Montenegro, with |
100000; and only one year ago Tripoli, |
with 100000, was taken by Italy.
i And now the reports come to US that
Albania and Macedonia, with a popula-
tion of about 100000. have been
; wrested from Turkey in the fearful
struggle that is still going on.
| Thus during the last century Turkey
has lost all her possessions in Africa
, and Europe, save Constantinople, the
!, capital. This has reduced both terri
, tory and population to only one-third
of what they were when Turkey came
J into the prophecy of Daniel as the king
of the north. The prophecy foretold
her decline and fall. The century has
fulfilled much Of the prophecy.
r And now what next? HE shall plant
the tabernaces of his palace between
: the seas In the glorious holy noun
f tain" This we understand means the
transfer of the capital Of the empire.
: And what else could be looked for?
, The capital is in Europe. But all her
f former territory and subjects in Eu-
, rope. save the capital, are gone. All In
+ Africa Is gone. What remains Is In
y Asia The natural thing to do would
be to transfer the capital to safer and
f more suitable place within the empire.
n This we understand the prophecy de-
e clares will be done, and 1t points to the
O place to which it will eventually be
h Observation-Disclosures the seas in the
f glorious holy mountain. That we un-
d derstand Is Mount Zion, where Jerusa-
q lem, the city of David, was built. PAL
It estine belongs to Turkey. 1t Is not at
all Incredible that under the conditions
# in which Turkey now finds herself she
: should make Jerusalem her headquar-
10 ters. If we rightly understand the
:" prophecy, this will be done. How soon
this step may be taken no one can tell.
n 1t looks. as If that must be the next
move.
4 But "he shall come to his end, and
none shall help him. The prophet saw
not only the disintegration that has
taken place, but the extinction of the
empire. HE shall come to his end"
This will be fulfilled as surely as every
line of the prophecy up to this hours has
been fulfilled.
One of the reasons given by the
prophet why he shall come to his end
is because none shall help him." All
kingdoms that have risen have had
more or less support from others. This
has been true of Turkey. During the
century that she has been going down
she has been receiving help all along
from the different powers of Europe.
At different times England, France,
Austria, and Russia have stood by her.
Had 1t not been for this, she would
have come to her end long ago. But the
time will come when this help will be
withdrawn. None shall help him"
Then he will come to his end.
In the fierce struggle now going on,
no help has thus far been given Turkey
to stand against her victorious foes.
She has appealed to the European
powers for help, but up to the present
none has been given.
But the most important feature OF
the prophecy relating to the fall of the
kingdom of the north is that great event
which is to take place in close connec-
ton with it. Daiael says:
And he shall plant the tabernacles
of his palace between the seas in the
glorious holy mountain; yet he shall
come to his end, and none shall help
him. 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
trouble, such as never was since there
was a nation even to that same time
and at that time thy people shall bt
delivered. every one that shall be found
written in the book. And many Of then
that sleep In the dust Of the eartf
shall awake. some to everlasting life
and some to shame and everlasting
contempt. And they that be wise shall
shine as the brightness of the firma'
ment; and they that turn many t.
righteousness as the stars forever ant
ever" Daniel 1l:4; 1918.
Here the standing up of Michael, tn
time of trouble, the resurrection o
the dead, and the rewarding Of thu
righteous are all closely connected will
the coming to his end of the king O