The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05
SAYS TURKS SOON
REGAIN PALESTINE
BIBLE PROPHECIES JEWISH RE-
CINE TO BE BRIEF, ASSERTS
ADVENTIST ELDER.

The Jews may for a while reinhab-
it Jerusalem and the Holy Land, but
they will ultimately be unsuccessful
in their attempts to re-establish a
kingdom there, recently declared Ell
der w. A. McKibben, of the Seventh
Day Adventist church, in a sermon
on the subject, "Will the Jew Return
to Jerusalem, or Will the Turk Plant
His Capital There?"
Mr.. McKibben in his sermon as
serted that the Biblical prophecy
which is understood to mean the es-
tabhshment of a kingdom for Israel
does not mean a worldly kingdom,
but rather spiritual kingdom for the
true Israel, the Christian nation, with
Christ in power and ruling over it.
SIS the Bible prophecy which is
understood by many to promise re
turn of the Jews to the land of their
ancient glory about to be fulfilled?
queried Mr.. McKibben. ''The recent
capture of Jerusalem by the British,
together with the formal statement
by Arthur Balfour, the British for
eign minister, that the British gov
eminent looks with favor upon the
establishment in Palestine of a ma
tional home for the Jews, makes it
seem probable that the world may
soon see an attempted restoration of
Israel.
To Reign Over Spiritual Kingdom.
But it cannot long succeed. The
true restored kingdom of Israel is one
in which Christ himself shall reign,
and not over Israel after the flesh,
but over the true Israel the spiritual
seed of Abraham, even as the apostle
Paul has said, Know We, therefore,
that they which are of faith, the
same are the children of Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the prom
ise.' A literal restoration may be at
tempted; and for a time it may. seem
to be a success.
But the rightful rulership of the
Israel of God belongs to Christ, and
the divine promise is, 4 will give it
unto him
Mr.. McKibben pointed out the
prophecy to Zedekiah, the last king
of Judah, by Gods prophet, that the
kingdom was to be overturned three
times and that it then should be Civ
en- to him
The crown was taken from the
head of Zedekiah, and he became a
captive of the king of Babylon said
Mr.. McKibben. Babylon then was
ruler over the Jews. Babylon was
overturned by Medo-Persia, Medo-
Persia was overturned by Grecia and
Grecia was overturned by Rome.
Here were the three overturnings of
the crown of kingship of Judah spok-
en- of by the prophet. Rome was not
overturned by another kingdom, but
was broken up into divisions, and
there has been no universal kingdom
since the days of that empire.
Thus the kingship has been mo
more since that time, and the pro-
phecy declares 1T shall be no more
until ne comes whose right it is, and
l will give it him.
1T would be idle speculation to
o@tlNAAapt W give III uCCelll SNSlJS WHICH
may yet take place in Jerusalem, but
whether the result be obtained by
diplomacy or by force of arms we
know on the authority of the holy
scriptures that king of the north
turkey shall plant the tabernacles
of his palace Establish his captial)
between the seas in the glorious holy
mountain (Jerusalem) yet he shall
come to his end and none shall help
him. And at that time shall Michael
Christ stand up Ito reign), the
great prince which standeth for the
children of thy people; and there
shall be a time of trouble such as
never was since there was a nation
even to that same time; and at that
time thy people shall be delivered, ev-
cry one that shall be found written
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