The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-23

upon them all the good that l have
promised them.
"And fields shall be brought in this
land whereof We say it is desolate
without man or beast, it is given into
the hand Of the Chaldeans Tor Il
Turks.)
"Men shall buy fields for money, II
and subscribe evidences and seal them
and take witnesses in the land of
Benjamin, and in the places about Je-
rusalem, and In the cities of Juda,
and in the cities of the mountains
and in the cities of the valley, and 4
in the cities of the south, for / will i
cause their captivity TO return saith 4
the Lord" i
In the days of Moses after he had
led the children of Israel out of Egypt /
he told them that God would place
them in that land that he had promis- |
/ ed to their fathers, and he told them |
/ that if they obeyed their God that
! they should be blessed, but if they de-
parted from serving their living God, !
/ that they should be scattered among
all nations.
How convincing when we consider
/ the words of Moses; that the Bible is
wholly inspired, and that the Jewish
people are living witnesses today that
what God has promised he will surely
bring it to pass.
Go into any country, among any ma
ton, from the north to the south.
from the east to west, as far as man
is found, and there you will find the
Jew.
In the year 1906 the Zionist move
ment was organized, the object being
to appropriate money to buy Palestine
and make themselves a nation once
more in their own land.
But Turkey would not sell the land
to them for that purpose, and there
are two reasons why she would not
sell it. In the first place the Lord
Jesus, in speaking to his disciples as
recorded in Luke 21:24, told them that
Jerusalem should be trodden down by
the Gentiles until the time of the Gen
tile be fulfilled.
Evidently then they cannot estab-
lish a kingdom for themselves under
such circumstances, as Turkeys time
. is not quite fulfilled.
And for another reason which we
/ find recorded in Ezekiel 21:25 to 27
verses speaking to the last king who
sat on David's throne whose name was
Zedekiah: "And thou profane wicked
prince of Israel, whose day is come
when iniquity shall have an end.
;; ''Thus saith the Lord God, take off
the diadem, and take off the crown; (;
: this shall not be the same, exalt him
that is low, and abase him that is
high.
E'I will overturn, overturn, over
I, turn it, and it shall be no more until
he comes whose right it is; and / will
! give it to him.
l So then there will be one come that
has right to that kingdom before it
I will be established again. A very
good reason why the Jews were not
I allowed to become a nation again.
Jerusalem has been overturned
three times; first by Nebuchadnezzar,
then by the Greeks and then by the
Romans, and it is to remain under
Turkish rule until he comes whose
2 right it is and it will be given him.
But the interesting part of it is.
: how will God bring this about that
. his word shall come to pass, and who
q will be the king of the Jews.
;, Well, we will look at Ezekiel
38th chapter, when Russia and al
y. of those countries with her comes
7 like a cloud to cover the land, in the
1 10th, verse it says that an evil thought
s shall come into the mind of Russia
l. And she shall say, 81 will go up tC
u the land of unwalled villages, / vii
go to them that are at rest, ths
T dwell safely, all of them dwelling
, without bars or gates.
e "To take a spoil, to take a prey; tt
'e turn thine land upon the desolatt
q places that are now inhabited, anc
IS upon the people that are gathered
II out of the nations, which have gottel
: cattle and goods, that dwell IN tht
midst of the land"
le Now at this time Russia and Eng
| land are the two great kingdoms il
a the old country and all small power
"a have been annexed to them as we fins
in the 18th verse that Sheba and De
g dan are with Tarshish, of England
U, and all the young lions thereof, mean
aI ing England's small countries, th
: lion also being the emblem of Eng
= land, and the other countries wit
her, at the time Russia invades tn
holy land, England will be protect
or of the Jew, and will ask Russia
she has come to take a spoil?. Has
thou gathered thy company to TAX
a prey, to carry away silver and gold
to take away cattle and goods, t
take a great spoil
Therefore son of man prophesy an
say unto Cog, thus saith the Lor
God, in that day when my peopl
Israel dwell safely shalt thou no
know it?
And thou shalt come from thy plac
out of the north parts, thou, and man
people with thee, all of them ridin
upon horses, great company and
- mighty army.
And thou shalt come up against m
people of Israel as a cloud TO cove
: the land; it shall be in the latte
: days.-Ezekiel 38:10-16.
: ITO be Continued)