The Washington times., 1922-12-02
CHOSEN PEOPLE
IS SUBJECT Of
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Evangelist Traces Prophesies
of Persecution From
Ancient Times.

IN tne revival In progress NJ tne
Church Of Christ. Fourteenth street
and Meridian place northwest. con.
Quoted by T. B. Larimore, Evidences
Of Christianity and the fulfillment
Of prophecies concerning the He
brew race has been the topic for
several discourses. On that subject
Mr.. Larimore said:
I'm the fulfillment Of Gods prom
ase to Abraham-Genesis 12:13-the
Jews were the specially favored peo-
pie Of God. miracle after miracle
having been wrought for their pres
ervation and protection. When the
waters Of the RED Sea confronted
them in their escape from Egyptian
bondage, the Egyptians pressing
them in the rear and mountains to
the right and left. the waters Of the
Red Sea. were held back by the hand
Of Jehovah and the hosts of Israel
passed over and, standing on free
dom's side Of the sea, they saw the
mighty waves overwhelm their foes
IN the depths.
"They were miraculously fed. pro-
tected, and preserved throughout the
forty years Of wandering in the will
derness, and when the time came for
them to pass over into the land
promised to their great ancestor,
Abraham, the waters of the Jordan
were rolled back and held by the
power of God and the people passed
over dry shod.' Established in the
land OF Canaan. they prospered under
the favor Of God till they became a
great and mighty nation.
They were warned, however
throughout all the years of their
prosperity that II they forsook God,
If they disregarded His law. they
should be distressed, prosecuted, dis
persed. the 28th chapter of Deute.
ronomy giving in detail the afflic-
tions that should come upon these
favored peple Of God IL they should
forsake the commandments He gave
them. That prophecy began to be
fulfilled fifteen hundred years after
It was recorded. at the time of the
destruction Of Jerusalem, and has
been in process of fulfillment ever
since.
Seven hundred years before the
destruction OF Jerusalem, the prophet
Jeremiah recorded the prediction
that the Jews should be preserved
while the material universe should
last, Notwithstanding their disper-
sion among all the nations of the
earth, Jer. 80, 81. The fulfillment
of this prophecy, from a human
point Of view, seemed almost impos-
sible. Scattered, dispersed among
other nations. 1t seems they must
have been absorbed in those nations
and have long since lost their iden-
ttty, as other peoples, 80 situated,
have been lost. Immediately after
the terrible slaughter of the Jews
In the siege and destruction Of Jeru-
salem. many captive Hebrews wefe
sold In the various slave marts of
the world. till, the demand having
been exhausted, no man would buy
The remnant were dispersed from
the rivers to the ends Of the earth
ALI this in fulfillment Of prophecy
then 1,500 years old.
THE prophecies concerning their
preservation also have been full
filled and are in process Of fulfill
1. ment today. Scattered, dispersed
among all the nations of earth q
nation without q country, a family
without q home, they are still here,
q distinct race. The revolutions,
prosecutions and connections of CEN
turies have no more endangered the
existence Of the Jewish family than
the breath of an infant threatens to
blot out the sun; and, when the an.
gel Of the Lord shall proclaim the
end Of time. descendants Of Abra-
ham shall be among the living of
earth and shall hear the judgment
trumpet sound. God has promised
At and 1t shall be 80.
"The Jews have been prosecuted.
distressed. but still preserved; the
nations that have prosecuted them
have been humiliated, brought low
and, in many instances, destroyed;
!. the nations that have favored them
have been blessed-all this 10 literal
fulfillment Of phophecies recorded
in the Bible hupdreds of years be-
fore. they began to be fulfilled. Do
these things count for nothing?
"As thinking people we must
form some conclusion. Either the
men who recorded these predictions
Ruessed them, with minutest accu-
racy, or they were what they
claimed to be--prophets inspired
from on high. The former 10 I'm
possible; hencS the inevitable con-
clusion is that the latter Is true