Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For Oct. Fl. Israel in the Midst of the Nations.
BY DR.. MARION MICH. HULL
lust for gold instead of God; and her
witnessing is not for God.
The Worlds CanitOI

witnessing is not for God.
The Worlds Capitol
But Gods word is still sure. Israel
shall yet possess her possessions. In
Isaiah 2 we have a description of
a period yet future-we hope it will
not be long delayed-when the cap
itol of the world shall be located at
Jerusalem. The inspired writer says
it will be 'in the last days" He
describes the glories that. shall be
in those days. and the blessings that
shall flow out from that world capt.
toll. Not London, not Washington,
not Rome nor Constantinople, but
Jerusalem. 1t is when He-the
Christ then returned-shall judge
among the nations that universal
peace shall be realized, when He sits
on the throne of His father David
at Jerusalem. That land, now desc
lutte, shall become as the garden of
the Lord. The ploughman shall
overtake the reaper and the treader
Of grapes him that soweth the seed.
Already we see the beginnings of
the fulfillment Of this promise.
Every month scores of Jews are mi
grating to Palestine. More than forty
colonies have already been estab-
lished, and wherever the Jew has
settled the fields have become most
fertile, under the hand of Jews who
have been merchants--not farmers
for generations! Banks, co-opera-
tive associations, development COM
panies, schools have been formed. A
miracle without parallel in the his
tory of the world has happened-a
1000 years and more has been re-
vived. The Hebrew language-not
Yiddish-has become the official
language of the schools-of the He
brew university!
Alas, there are some rough times
ahead, for this work of rehabilitation
and repatriation has been done in
unbelief; and it is only when Gods
plan and Gods way are followed
that peace and power can come
Having rejected the servant of Je-
hovah, the curses that were fore.
told have come upon them. They
have turned from the One whom
God sent, and prophecies-their
own prophets-tell us that they will
turn to one who is NOT the true
Messiah; after a time he will break
the covenant he has made with
them and prosecute them unmerci-
fully. 1t is in the time of their dis
tress, the time of Jacobs trouble"
that they will turn to the One they
once rejected. They shall look upon
Me whom they have pireced and
shall mourn for Him as for an only
son." Zachariah said this. He uses
word for "me" that is composed
of the first and last letters of the
alphabet-alef-tav. In Rev. III, g.,
Jesus, the assembled Messiah, speaks
n CT ~
hold He cometh with clouds, and
every eye shall see Him; and they
also which pierced Him; and all the
kindreds of the earth shall wall
because of Him. Even so. Amen. I
am Alpha and Omega" I am the
alef-tav, the first and the last; I am
the me" Of whom the Jewish
prophet spoke.
1t is then that Jerusalem shall
become the worlds capital-when He
shall sit upon the throne, when the
government shall be upon His
shoulder whose name is the Won.
derful, the Counsellor, the Mighty
God, the Everlasting Father, the
Prince of Peace. OF the increase
of His government and peace there
shall be no end. upon the throne
of David.
Yes, God gave His chosen people
the strategic point of the world; He
gave them a land that was in the
midst of the nations that they might
be His witnesses to all the nations.
Because they failed Him and were
scattered among the nations is no
evidence that His plan will not
succeed-it has been delayed only;
for when He brings them back into
the land that He gave to Abraham
and to His seed forever mote the
word, and their hearts are turned
to Him whom they once rejected,
Gods promises to Abraham will be
completely fulfilled; Gods purpose in
choosing Israel will be completely
realized, and Gods plan in placing
them in the very center Of the
world will have been appreciated,
through Jesus the Christ, His Son
our Savior, the King of Kings and
Lord of Lords.