The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-11
THE PROPHECY OF
THE TWO STICKS
Road E7ckiel S7th Chapter

Ten Lost Tribes OF Israel that we
have already made together, l think
tina. you will agree with ME that we
have established three great facts IN
car minds. The first great fact was
that the Ten Tribes of Israel, forming
the northern kingdom. after the sepa-
ration made their way through the
land Of the Modes, across the CONT
ncnt of Europe, finally settled on the
ives ern shores OF Europe, crossed the
Channel and found final home in
the British Isles. Consequently, the
British people, or more strictly the
Saxon race, The SaXons. Isaac sons,
are the lineal descendants of the Ten
Lost Tribes.
Taking up then the second step in
the study. the covenant with Jacob,
we nQtod how he had taken the stone
at Bethel which he used for a pillow,
ard converted it into a Pillar of Wit
ness between him and God; how.twen-
~ years later, he had put up another
pillar in in its place and had carried
that particular stone pillar with him
in all his future life. Then, at his
deathbcd he turned il over to the Sc
cred care of Joseph and from him it
descened through the centuries until
nnally it was brought back to Jerusa-
lem. al the kings of Israel crowned
standing upon it. From there. at the
dissolution of the land. it was carried
irst TO Spain and then to Ireland by
the Princess Tephi, the daughter OF
King Zedekiah, the last king of Israe!,
who became the bride and the queen
Ci King Eochdid, the 4nd. OF Ire.anG
and from that time on all the kings
of Ireland were crowned sitting on
that stone
From there we saw how i: was car
ried into Scot and and the same MIS-
tory was repeated there. From there
10 LCndon, and We saw how for six
hundred years the stone that Jacob
set up al Bethel has been a part ca
the Coronation chair in England and
is today the treasured jewel Of the
British Empire and can be seen by
anybody who goes into Westminster
Abbey
Then we saw how God not only
kept Ills covenant with Abraham, as
shown in the frs study. not only
that God kept His covenant with ia
cob, as shown in the second study,
but also we took up nc covenant with
David that he should never lack d
man to sit upon his throne and W,
studied the line of descent and saw
bow now frCm Judah. he son Of Is
racl, there comes complete, direct.
unquestionabIc line of descent down
through the centuries through the
kings of Israel and through the kings
OF ireland. through the kIngs or Scot
land, through the kings Of England
down to the present day, and that the
present King Of England. George The
Fifth. is d direct lineal blood descend
ant from David, King of Israel, and
how his son, who will succeed him
on the throne of England is also
named David.
Now. with these three facts eStab-
lishcd in our minds,a as proving the
positive certainty that our God fulflls
His promises and His prophecies to
he very minutest detail, l say with
these facts in our minds, let us now
take the fourth study and see the fu-
ture Of all the Tribes of Israel. !
do not claim to be Il prophet nor the
son OF prophet, but do claim to be
careful, conscientious. spirited
student of he Word of God, and upon
that sole authority ! speak to you to-
day. | would not peer with curious
morrow. but feeling that we are on
eyes into the dim uncertainty Of to-
holy ground and because GCd has told
me to- do il. dare today to pull back
the curtain Of the future for just a
moment and ask you to feast your
souls with me in contemplating the
marvellous mDVings Of the great good
God as He will in the future work out
( His great eternal plans and purposes
among tho children of men
! He c2me to the Prophet Ezekiel and
said. Take two sticks in thine hand
Just two. plain, common, rough
; icks like these and in the sight Of
all the people (as ! do now with
these two sticks put those two sticks
, together and they shall become one in
tome hand" las these two sticks be-
come one in mine), and for the eX-
! PLANTATION of that curious thing He
said The stick Of Israel and the
stick of Judah shall become one in
Mine hand said the Lord God AL
mighty, and the two nations are to
i, brought together and become one
in the land Of their frefathers." But
when? When? How accurate is the
great good God? Do His trains run
on schedule time? Does He fulfill His
/ promises accurately? Let us stop and
think for moment
! Repeatedly the promise was made
lh@t ecause Of their sin Jerusalem
shCuld be devastated and should be
fcCddon down OF the Gentiles. For
how long? Only until the times of
the Gentiles were fulfilled. Beginning
with Northumberland and running
through the prophetic period of 1920
years, as ! have repeatedly shown
you inlthe past by ten different meth
DDS OF computing prophetic time, the
times of the Gentiles' must end
somewhere within period of forty
years between 1880 and 1920. 1t is a
simple matter Of history that in 1879,
he year bf fore the beginning of this
41-year period, England, the descend
ants o! The sons of Isaac, the descend
;rnts of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.