El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-03
Prophecies In Bible Plainly
Forecast All EUents In War
From Beginning To The End

did not give the date OF Christs sec
ond coming This date was and IS IN
known What the remaining dates evil
Gently indicated were forthcoming
events IN Europe and the world a.
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Dates Given In Bible.
From 1912 A D. what dates are Civ
en- in the Bible2 I set myself 10 find
out, and discovered the following:
April, 1914: October, 1915. October to
December, 1917; June, 1915: October 8
to 18th. 1918; April. 1913; September
and October, 1919; 1885, 1923; 1884 AZ
ter the last date inspired biblical
prophecy will have served its purpose.
But I shall show IN moment that the
year 1917 was really the ne plus ultra
OF the great science. Yet, to be exact,
The prophetic figures run to 1884 A. D.
Ny next task was to decide what
would happen on these dates I will
take them seriatim. Il April. 1914.
In conjunction with Harold Norris. Of
Bath. "a man Of profound insight into
biblical prophecy, ! concluded that
the Great war. as It IS defined in
Revelation chapter xvi. verses 13 TO
p, would commence on this date.
II Began in April
The date arrived No war. The lead
ers OF the churches were arranging
for the centenary celebrations OF
peacel Not a soul in the world seemed
to be thinking OF war
We, Mr.. Norris and I, were lonely
In the modern world We said moth
ing. Suddenly in July the war broke
out Our friends said we had evidently
miscalculated the figures by three
months Had WEI About IS months
after the war started. Sir Edward
Grey quietly remarked IN one OF his
speeches. I'VE knew IN April, 1914 we
were at war with Germany.
The prophetic figures are not so
simple. They are, to use Daniels term,
sealed under intricate Jewish. MOham-
medan, solar, and lunar calculations.
Several calculations have to be made.
Astronomical cycles have to be mas
understood Thus the prophecies are
sealed for the wise" and never under
stood by the wicked Daniel xii. 8
and 10 to end)- When the starting
date Of each prophecy is fixed to the
month, day. and hour, II IS compare
lively easy TO fix the month, day, and
hour OF its fulfnlment. I claim TO
have done this. The man who laughs
at biblical prophecy is a fool Christ
said so.
by this date the preparations OF the
great war would be completed Lord
Derby. as events showed. justified the
prediction From this point the fig
ures take leap TO October-December
1917. and this date Is the most prom
ienuy marked Of all
Last Year Of Turkey.
October. 1917. This date in Daniel
xii. u stands as the ne plus ultra OF
biblical prophecy. The verse reads:
Blessed is he that waiteth. and COM
eth to the thousand three hundred and
five and thirty days" 1885 Ca day in
prophecy is a year, was the final year
OF the Mohammedan calendar
Last year. In Constantinople. the
Mohammedan newspapers we're dated
1895. equaling our solar year, 1917.
their year 1885 being lunar, dating
from the flight Of MOhammed 10
Mecca in 623 A D. It is wonderful
think. that the Turkish government
decided last year-in It's l335th year
TO alter its time to the solar reckon
ing. They have no 1336th yeari They
are gone, and their time has gone into
oblivion. They now date their news
papers as we do. after the year Of our
Lord What a silent comment OF the
Almighty on the abomination that
made desolatei 1885 was their last
year. A solemn fact. sure. for any Sc
rious mind to reflect Or
The FAN Of Jerusalem.
Upon its completion, 10 the minute,
Gen. Allenby prepared TO move Tor
ward. The Turk vas routed The fail
OF Jerusalem followed The German
dream Of world domination was shat
tered Germany lost this war from the
moment Jerusalem passed into
Britain's hands. No wonder Daniel
makes 1917 the ne plus ultra OF his
prophecy.
But the great seven times proph-
ecy carries Us further. "A time" IN
Hebrew prophecy is $50 years. Seven
times measured from the commence
ment OF. and subsequent events in, the
Babylonian empire. OF which Daniel
was prime minister, bring US exactly