The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-10-06
THE STORM CENTER
OF THE NEAR EAST
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OF llt ptOBaSNS
present purpose, but passing over the
J ~outline of centuries, must come at
once to the last verses of the chapter,
where 1.-The king of the north APP
Dears again as one of the actors IN
the closing scenes Of history.
The king of the north of the early
norton of the prophecy was the pow
er that ruled in Syria and Asia Mi
nor, from the river Euphrates to the
| shores Of the Dardanelles. The king
of the north, then, in our time, must
be the power ruling in this same ter
ritory. What power holds dominion
in this region today?-the Ottoman
Empire, or Turkey? Turkey has for
centuries held almost the identical
dominion of the ancient king of the
north. Then today Turkey is as
suredly the king of the north"
Of the closing history of the king
of the north, the prophecy says:
"Tiding out of the east and out of
the north shall trouble him; there
fore he shall go forth with great fury
to destroy, and utterly to make away
many.
"And he shall plant the taber-
nacles of his palace evidently his
apital) between the sea in the
glorious holy mountain; yet he shall
ONE 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 a time of
trouble, such as never was since there
was q nation even to that same time;
and at that time thy people shall be
delivered, every one that shall be
found written IL the book.
And many Of them that sleep in
| the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting contempt
Daniel II :44-45; 12:l-2.
The fall Of this power, then, is the
signal for the final time Of trouble
of the nations and the end Of the
world.
Disquietude has all along come to
Turkey chiefly "out Of the north"
and "out of the east" By attacks
from these directions and the pres
sure of the powers, its possessions
have been repeatedly whitfield away.
Again and again Turkey has gone
forth with fury. But usually it has
| found its exhausted, and
| mas seen it's territories yet further
reduced, until little remains to it in
Europe.
The prophecy indicates that in
| some of these struggles 'the king of
| the north" will transfer his capital
"He shall plant the tabernacles of
his palace between the seas in the
glorious holy mountain"
This can mean nothing else than
that this power will, before its end,
make Jerusalem it's capital; for Je-
rusalem is ''the holy mountain"
Zech. S:3.
1t is significant, in view of this
prophecy, that Jerusalem is a point
Of natural strategic Importance, and
above all, is to the Moslem a sacred
city.
According to Moslem teaching, al
so, Jerusalem is to be the gathering
place of Islam in the last days:
"In the last days there will be g
general flight to Jerusalem
Hughes Dictionary of Islam"
1t is also a singular fact that fol-
many years Moslem tradition or con
v%iction has held to the idea that thu
Ottoman power will be driven from
Europe, and come to an end. Year
ago Mr.. Charles McFarlane, a travel
err in Turkey, wrote:
The Turks themselves seem gen
Ci any " ne tOilN lilttu' ludl tItiT IL
nal hour is approaching. The Os
manlies will be driven out of Eu
orpe by the Giaours, and driver
through Asia to the regions from
which they first sprang. 1t is Kis
met. We cannot resist destiny
heard words to this effect from man,
Turks, as well in Asia as in Europe
"Kismet; or the Doom Of Turkey,
p. 400.
Again and again, through tn
years, it has seemed that Turke,
must fall, but always some grea
power or some group OF allies ha
helped il to stand when collaps
seemed imminent. But according t.
the prophecy, He shall come to hi
end, and one shall help him."
Today Turkey is being helped b,
TIE Central Powers"-Germany
Austria, etc. However, one thing i