The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-07

e3sa'a. q prophecy OF
.DR q q WILKENsoN thirst equally
end of all things is. right upon
US?
'sThe first section Of this
prophecy is Matt, 24:1.14. It Is
general i'm its nature and finishes
with this prediction. This gospel
Of the kingdom shall be preached
unto all the world as q witness
unto all nations and then shall
\ the end come summon you
to answer IL this has been full
filled. Although Jesus spoke
those words standing In the
midst of q heathenism every
where triumphant, and his own
nation bitterly hostile, yet today
\ there. are 565, 900, 600 prOfessed
4 Christians in all lands.
lin this same section he also
said, 'Ye shall hear Of wars and
runlOrs of wars. There shall be
efamines, pesfiIences and earth
4 quaIxes I'm divers places. All
these are the beginning Of s0r-
rows If those were only the
beginning of sOFrOws, would not
terrible wars, terrible faInines,
/ and terrible earthquakes be the
/ climax Of sOFrOWs! The worlds
war Of 1914 was eartI1's greatest
war. With CONSUMPTION in prac'
ficalIy every nation OF Europe
\ and America preparing Tor u,
i the great battle OF ArmageddOn
Il Just ahead.
On the second section Of
Christ's prediction, Matt, 24:15-2S.
+ the Saviour goes more into de-
tail upon those three great
4 prophecies of the book Of Daniel,
\ namely; one, the destruction OF
Jerusalem; two, the long cen.
turtles OF persecution during the
dark ages. and three, the final
delusiOn that Christ's return win
not be majestic and visible.
Elm this section he commands
us to read and understand Daniel
the Prophet (verse 15), for fuller
light. That Is why I'm these lee
lures cover the great prOpll-
ecies Of Daniel and Revelation.
\ nc Is the message for today.
after detailed instruction on
JeEusalem's destruction, Jesus
. says, Then shall be great tribu-
4 latiOn' mote verse FL. What
/ great tribuIatiOn did Jesus mean:
Seven times In prophecy this
\ period Of the great tribulatiOn
known as Those days is given.
4 God does not state il once and
then drop his burden. He came
back to il repeatedly. Those
I 1860 days or 1860 years began
A. - a N
and ended 1898 A. ID. Does not
the date 1898 bring us nearer to
the end?
1.-THE third section Matt. 24:29.
SD begins where the second
leaves off, about 1898. Tmme-
diafeIy after the tribuIatiOn OF
those days 1t begins, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light. and
the stars shall fall from heaven
These are the signs which herald
His coming. ~ Following them
come the signs which accompany
His coming. Is IL not plain that
between the heralding and ac-
cOmpanying signs lies the last
generation?
"In those days after that
tribulatiOn,' the heralding signs
were to appear in the heavens.
Christ said, according to Mark
1924. The mysterious and un-
accountable Dark Day of May
70, 1880, according to Webster'S
international Dictionary and other
reliable authorities, a signal act
Of God fell between 1913, the
time when persecution ceased,
and 1898, the end Of the 1860
year period, that is, lin those
days after that tribuIatiOn.' The
4 next night the moon did not
give her light.
1.-THE famous meteOric shower
Of November -, 1888, Is no less
prominent as a mysterious sign
OF ChriStS soon coming. 1t
meets all the specifications Of
/ the prophecy. This generation.
said Christ-He spike not Of the
/ people before Him, for Christ's
generation was to receive no
sign except the sign of Jonah
the. Pr0phet-'SE1all not pass
away till all these things be
fulfilled May 10, 1880, was the
first; November IL, 1888, was the
last Of the heralding/ signs. A
generation, according to the
Bible, being as long as the long
est life which started when the
generation began, the generation
Of 1888 is still with US, but very
near its end"
Tonight, same place, Doctor
b. q. Wilkinson will lecture or
the subject 1.-TWO Men Went "a
Heaven and Back" and will
show where Heaven is and
what Il is. Friday night he will
lecture on 'The Last World De
f6siOn Here"
Health lecture Thursday night
by Doctor q. X. Abbott, superin
tendent of Washington SanitaF
ium, ON "WhipS and Spurs"
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