The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-13

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y, .a'ciy bring them back into
T....,,no: and the length OF their
,,I...rfnent would be an exact dou.
t, counterpart or duplication
.f me time during which he had
t,...Wud his favor upon them.
"g... I will rccompense their iniqui-
ii their sin double" The word
d,,,hIr hero means duplication or ex-
"', '.untcrpart. II we can get the
nr1p,r location OF these time fea-
,.-... ascertain whore the double
l,.4u. Vc can very easily determine
,...r Gods favor should be due to
,,..rr 10 the Jews and what rela-
,,, that has to the budding OF the
"a t.,,. as above stated.
- Gnl is his own interpreter and
y vtl make plain his plant to those
van study TO understand 1t. Through
the mouth Of another prophet he
.t,,. us the key TO the location of
,b,. very day of the beginning of this
d1l1le The prophet Zcchariah rec
ords concerning Jerusalem these
words. Rejoice greatly, o daugh-
fer u Zion; shout, o daughter of
Jerusalem, behold, thy king cometh
unto thee: he is Just, and having
salvation. lowly, and riding upon an
MSS. and upon IA colt the foal OF an
g.. prisoners of hope: even today do
declare that / will render double
unto thee" (Zechariah 9;9,l2)
This prophetic statement OF the
Lord must have a fulfillmcut at
some time and IL Is quite evident
that its fulfillment would mark the
date from which the double counts.
Prophecy Fulfilled.
on the 10th day of Nisan. A. u,
50. corresponding practically with
our month OF April. Jesus OF Naza
reth rode into Jerusalem upon an
ass and offered himself as king to
the Jews ST. Matthew records the
Incident in the following words;
"And when they drew nigh unto
Jerusalem, and were come to Beth
phagc, unto the mount of Olives
then sont Jesus two disciples, say
ing unto them. Go into the village
over against you. and straightway
yc shall find an ass tied, and n colt
with her: loose them, and brinl
them unto me. And IL any man say
ought unto you, ye shall say, The
- Lord hath need of them auc
. straiEhtway he will send them. Al
this was done that II might be ful
filled which was spoken by tn,
prophet, saying, Tell We the daugh
tI tl EIull iptllOlu, tnS fNllb tOlll
eth unto thee, meek. and sittinl
upon an ass. and colt the foal o
an ass And the disciples went, anC
did as Jesus commanded them. ant
brought the ass. and the colt, aut
put on them their clothes. and they
set him thereon. And a. very grca
multitude spread their garments II
thp way, others cut down branChe
from tho trees, and strawed then
ir the way. And tho multitudes tina
went before, and that followed
cried. saying, liosanna to the Sol
Of David: Blessed is he that comctl
IN the name OF the Lord, IIosann;
IN tho highest. t."---Matthew 21:l-9.
Here, then. is n positive statemen
OF the fulfillment of Zechariah
prophecy and the very day OF II
fixed and so the Lord said, ITO
day declare that l will render til
double unto thee" That very daS
then, marked the middle point i
the history of the Jews. 1t Is exceed
ingly important, then, to find on
how long they had been in God
t,yor The death of Jacob, when h
Ralltd his twelve sons before hii
- and blessed them, is the beginnin
Of the nation OF Israel therefore tn
date II the beginning OF the favo
upon Israel. From the death OF Jaco
until the 10th day of Nisai
A. u. 80. was 1s45 years. Tha
IL 10 say, on the 10th day {
Nisan A. -. 33 the double began (
n count and from that day Palestin
began to disintegrate, the JEWS
nation began to melt away; and @,
sCtly forty years from that dat
Palestine was completely depopt
lated In other words, a period {
( forty years was occupied by Jchova
fiom the time he began to cNccu
the dSIble until Palestine was con
plotcly dcpopulated. AS evidence
ms We cite the following historic
n accounts:
II may be proper to mention all
what things occurred that show Il
bcnlEuty of that all-graCious Pro
heuDc, that had deferred their d
suuc'ion for forty years after the
crimes against Christ" (Eusebiu
Ecclesiastical History "On Il
itth day of Nisan, l. G., of April,
the year 73 a. D., the first day
th' Easter festival. the same day
which, according to tradition,
God NJ Israel had led his people o
n ot Egyptian bondage into frecdol
the last bulwark of Israers llber
had fallen, and Israel was deliver,
INTO oondage." (Cornils History
y thr People OF Israeli "Masada a
EN hln"l sreat importance in the "
rw'th the Romans. with t
laIi or Masada the war came to
eNa' on the 18th OF Nisan, 49," IT
jewish Encyclopedia THE ca
luTe Of Masada, Jewish fortress
th' southwestern shores OF the De-
s'h. put termination to one OF {
.'rD'Nt struggles recorded In h
It.ly ga a. %" (Morrison Je'
Nha'r Roman Rule) "Judea "
n"' entirely subjugatcd; for thr
STons fprtresses were still in arm
h''oLum, Machaerus and MasaC
The heroes agreed to u
proposal Cof their leader Elcasa
''H with enthusiasm, and on {
I.'s' day of the great Feast of t
i"''oN"r "a. u. 73). after slayi
Il mon own wives and children, tn
"l r'riShed on their own sword
o''A. rs History of the Jews, V
E'easar accordingly persuad
a. ms people during that night
An IN"lr wives and children a
H'h themselves. but to burn
II .h.f treasures first. The next d
II wg Romans found only $50 de