Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-01-08
JE rs REBUILDING
RALESTINE-THE REASON
Jerusalem And Other Points Beehives
OF Activity

The Jews have been without home
land Tor over twenty hundred
wears. I heir last king, Zedekiah was
dethroned III 90 b. 1, The prophecies
OF the Bible Indicate that seven times
or ESQ years, should pass over their
heads before they would be rehaDlll-
tatcd in the land given TO Abraham ana
his posterity ana receive again thelr
national power. / his returning favor
from God began i'll 1873 when LORD
Bcaconsfield, a Jew, prime munster OF
Great Britain, succeeded IN having a
clause written into the Berlin treaty
OF that year permitting the Jews WIN
equal rights 10 possess land III Hdics-
tine. The World War broke down
other barriers, and sHce 1913 great
strides have been made toward reclaim
ing the Holy Land Tor the ancient
people.
The restoration OF Israel does not
mean that commcrciaAsm IS 10 be en-
throned, nor that higher criticism is
TO be a dominant FACTOR III thc new
government to be established i'll faica-
tine. Not every one who CLAIMS to be
a lew is a Jew. A Jew from Jehovah 5
viewpoint is one who IS the offspring
OF Abraham and has the taith OF ADra
ham. The restoration OF the Jews AT
this time is by divine favor and moth
ing can stop 1t.
God made two promises to hDra-
ham One was that in his seed all inc
families of the earth were to be DlcSS,
ed the other was pertaining TO the laDu
Look from the place where thou art
northward. and southwark and east
ward. and westward; Tor all the land
which thou scest, to thee Will give IL,
and to thy seed for ever" (Gen,l5I4,
49,. The first OF these promises was
ioreshadowed in Abraham son by
Sarah which according to st. PAU is
Christ and His church, selected during
the Gospel dispcnsation. The Messiah
for whom the faithful Jews are look,
ing is the great composite Priest ana
King; and some Jews are beginning
to see this very apparent Scrpturai
teaching. The Messiah IS the Seed.
And it's the Seed which IS to bless all
the families OF the earth.
Because Of Gods dealing with Abra-
ham He gave particular attention to
the Jewish people; to them He gave
the Law, supervising their welfare
thru judges and later through kings
giving them favor when they were
obcdicnt, and Furnishing them when
they were going cstray. he Lord
through the prophet Amos says: You
only have | known Uavorcd) OF all the
families OF the earth" But the time
came when because OF unbciei they
were to be chaStened seven times
Ucv. 2o:18, "a, which allotted time
terminated in 1914.
When Zedekiah was dethroned Jeho-
yah sent him word thru the prophet
Ezekiel (21:25-2): Thou profanc
wicked prince OF Israel, whose day is
come. when iniquitv apparently sane
toned by me- shall have all end; thus
SAITH the Lord God; Remove the dla-
dem, and take off the crown, this shall
not be the same----l will overturn
overturn, overturn it; and 1t (the king
dom) shall be no more, until he come
whose right it is; and | will give it
him" The prophet Daniel clarifies the
matter by saying 0:2); The king
dom and the dominion and the great
ness OF the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the people of
the saints OF the most High, whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and all domnions shall serve and obey
him"-the composite Messiah.
That the kingdom is to be established
under the whole heavens means that
the ruling power will be spiritual,
therefore the seed OF Abraham must
be spiritual This was stated by Jeho-
yah in symbolism, thus; 81 will multi
ply thy seed as the stars OF heaven.
And that the land was to be rehabili-
tated and the kingdom OF Israel res
tored and receive the long deferred
blessing from the exalted star class
Jehovah said: And as the sand which
is upon the sea shore" That the Cen
tile nations are going to seek the favor
OF God thru this agency, Gods COW
enant continues; And thy seed shall
possess the gate of his enemies; and
in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice Genesis 22:l7lS.
Because of these promises Jesus con-
fined His preaching to Israelites; and
His disciples were not permitted to go