Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-01

prisoned, and even put to death
In Germany consecroted Christians
We're put in front ranks of battles
that they might be killed first. IT
Austria Hungary many We're shol
as traitors. In England and Can
ada they We're imprisoned and
fined by the hundreds In the
United States they have been inn
prisoned, beaten, tarred and feath-
cred, and some have died from the
persecution. These facts are COM
mon knowledge and need no PROV
| ing.
In Matthew 24:21, % Christ
said this would be a time of such
disaster and distress that If he did
not exercise his power Of restraint
the result would be the extinction
Of the human race, but that he
would shorten it and thus permit
some to live on into the kingdom
This permission may include many
here today, and throughout the
world.-millions
Other ProOfs---thc Jews.
"The New Testament is written
to and for christians. The church
of God is the mystery Of God for
dealing with mankind. This church
is distinct and separate from the
rest OF the world in many ways,
and the New Testament is for her
guidance. Her reward will be
heavenly, not earthly. The Jews
are the key to the Old Testament.
1t was written to and for them
Exodus 1875; Amos 3:2.
Goods contract with the children
of Israel included special blessings
IL faithful and special punishments
if unfaithful-the time for each to
be OF equal length. To unlock the
Old Testament, not some OF the
promises recorded in jeremiah
32:4O-44 and Chapter SO, and E2e-
kiel, Chapters SO and 81, These
include n promise to restore them
to their land of Palestine, but only
after God had cast them off from
his favor for exactly as long as he
had shown them special favor. This
double is mentioned by three
prophets Jeremiah 1913 and ~;
Zechariah 9:12, and Isaiah 4O:2
Note marginal reading of the lasD
The turning point from favor tc
| disfavor is foretold i'm Zechaflal
$50, coupled with Matthew 2l'l-t
and 23A37-39. Their special faVoI
began at the death of their father
Jacob Genesis 49;ZS, 55). ant
lasted to A. D. 33, when CHRIST re-
jected them from turthef favor
period OF lSl5 years. Note tho
exact double is returning favor
! Eusebius' Ecclesiastical HISTORY
states that just 40 years later, a
ID. 10, the nation went to pieces
Ewalds History of Israel, volume
IT, and many others corropofat'
! this.
Exactly 1915 Years.
after A. d, SO. namely, 1919
the Jews were granted the frs
| favor in many hundreds oil years
religious and civil liberty IN fai'
estine-reference Berlin Confer
ence.' June 18th to July IL, 1873
/ Compare the International Ency
clopedia on this subject with lech
ariah S:23, as to the number OF ma
tions represented at that confer
ence, and recall that the chalflhal
was Lord Beaconsfield, a fuli
blooded Jew, who wrote the aftl
cles of agreement between RUSS;
and Turkey which contained TN
stipulation for religious liberty To-
Palestine. Note further: just ~
years later, namely, 1918, another
| marked favor came to the jews
The Turk was driven from Jeru
salem in the fall of 1917. In Feb
,-1ary, 1918. King George of Eng
land, with full consent of France
rhe I niteu states, sent a com
mission of notable Jews to Jeru
sa.rm, 10 reach there the first dal
of the Passover March 26), will
authority to rebuild their old home
land-just 40 years rising from
first favor to national recognition
Now thirteen nations have extend
ed recognition to the Jews. Not
! the prominence of tho Zionis
movement in all the papers. Shal
we say that such accurate fulfil
ment Of prophecy is purely acct
dental?
another line of prophecy end,
in 1925. Leviticus 25 states a Law
given to the Jews. and st. Paul say
those laws were pictures or type
of larger things for the whole
world. Il Corinthians 10:1D. Thi!
law was that on entering the lane
of Canaan they should begin t.
count, and every fiftieth yea
should be a Jubilee. when ever,
Jewish slave was to be freed. ant
all land be returned to the origina
owner, or heirs. Every fifty-firs
| wear all Israelites We're to star
| equal again. What picture o
Gods great Jubilee for the Who'll,
world! Recall the first three anC
the last three chapters of the Bible