The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10

never desires to bc Investigated
Light always courts thorough
and complete iuvostigatiuu lirht
ana truth are Synonymous. They
ar" progressive. and "fho path
that shinoth moro and more unto
thD perfect day GpIoycrbs i.lsJ
in" IsalnpH' plainly tells us: Thy
word Is amp unto nay feet aud q
liEht unto my path. Psalm ii9:
l05.
Gentle Times
Tho term Gcntilc times as used In
, The Scriptures dcsiguatcs a period
J Df tim" during which the Goutilos
were 20 govern tn" peoples Of earth
At the death ~ Jacob God organ
i7"d Israel into u nation ord d,alt
with that nation, to the oNclusiuu
OF All other nations of earth. for a
specific timc. Time and again they
departed from their covenant With
Jehovah and he punished them.
Time and again hc warned them
against a punishmgut of greater du-
ration unless they Irotitrd by pre-
Nous -Npcricuycs They had many
kiugs--somc good. some wicked
Hodokiah was the last king. and he
/ became 80 very wicked that cod is
sued this decree against him. say
. q
God Hccnusc yc have made your
| iniquity to be remembered. in that
your transgr"psious are discovered
so that In all your duings your sins
! do appear, because, | say, that yc
are come to remembrance, yc shall
be taken with the hand. And thou,
/ profanc wicked prince of Israel.
whose day Is come. whcr iniQuity
shall have an end, thus saith the
Lord God: Remove the diadcm. and
take Off the crown: this shall not be
the same; cNalt him that is low.
md abasc him that Is high viii
hv"rturn, oN<. turn, ovcrturn Il: and
" shall be no more, dntn n- CON,
Nhosc right 1t Is; and I will give
II him. Ezekiel 2l:2+-27.
II is n well-kuown historical ract
that Hcdekiah at the time here men
toned was taken prisoner by King
Ncbuchadnezzar and carried away
to Babylon. Aftcrward the Israel.
ties were permitted 10 maintain a ma
tional existence by other nations
exercising a supervisory control over
them, and this condition continued
until the year A. -. "a. what hap
pcned at the time of the dcthrOnc-
ment OF X"dckiah was that the
crown, or dominion. or ruling au-
thority over the peoples or earth
was taken away from the Jews and
permitted 10 hc assumed by the Gem
tiles. The first universal empire
was that of Babylon, followed by
Medo-Persia. then by Greece, and
later 10y Rome; and out Of the Ro-
man empire have grown all the
Gentle nations of Christcndom. AS
to how long this punishment Shout
A. infltRfG1 Ia. 81.
therefore how long God would per
init the Gentilcs to have the domin-
ion. Is fixed by the Scriptures as Sow
on symbolic times. tSoe Leviticus 90;
lS) a time IN the Scriptures is used
TO represent n symbolic year. AC-
cording to the Jewish method of cni-
Culation n year IL $50 days \ day
for a year, then, would make each
time 900 years In duration. The
seven times would be "A period OF
2.520 years. during which the Gen.
tiles should have the lease or pow
or, and at the end OF which their
lease Of power would legally cease
to exist.
The date OF Zedekiah's overthrow
and the establishment OF NebuCh-
adncZZar's Gentle dominion, which
was the first Gentle world govern
ment IL definitely fixed both by
secular history and the Scriptures
as II. g. SOC. In the year a.
ID. 1. SOC years of the whole
period had expired. Adding 1914
years to the 6O6 would make
n total OF 2,520 years. therefore
bringing the period OF the Gcntiles'
lease OF power or dominion TO an
end in the year 1914. THIS dare
corresponds with the Circumstantiai
evidence proving conclusivcly when
the world would begin to end. T. O..
when the old order would begin 20
pass away, and fixes the time for
the manifestation OF Messianic pow
er and the bringing In OF the new
order Of things.
by way OF illustration. II n man
purchases a piece of property on
which * situated a dcCaycd building
and upon which lot he expects
shortly to erect new structure. the
first work in which tn. new owner
engages IL tQ clear the lot OF the de-
Caycd building. preparatory to erect
Ing the new. by analogy, then. II the
old order began to pass away In
1914 and Messiah began to exercise
his power. preparatory 10 setting up
the kingdom OF righteousness. then
we should expect that his first work
would be the destruction of the old
systems OF unrighteousness.
We here introduce the testimony
OF "A witness whose competency can
not be questioned and whose tcsti-
mony must be accepted as absolute
ly true. This witness is Jesus Of
Nazareth To orthodox jews he was
a great teacher amongst the Jews.
To Christians he was not only
great teacher, but by them Is ac-
coptcd and recognized as the Son of
God. the Redccmor of mankind. the
Savior OF the World. the King Of
glory. lie testified that the Jews
should be troddcn down Of the Cen
tiles until the times OF the Grntilcs
he fulfilled (Luke 2l:2D. He gave to
John the Rcvclator instruction az to
what would take place when that
time should arrive and when he,
the Messiah, should begin to eyer-
else his klngly power lie pictures
the prophets, the mouthpieccs OF Jc-
hovah, az saying concerning him
self, the Messiah: we give thanks.
O Lord God Almighty, which art.
and vast, and art TO come; because
thou hast takeW TO thee thy great
power, and hast rcigncd tcXorciscd
regal authority. And the nations
were angry, and thy wrath is come"
.n..t -. I l.