1914 Photo Drama Newspaper - Watchtower Documents

fJU OSWJfiOO OAJLLX JfAULiAOIIJM, 8ATUKDA.*, JANUARY 3t-l»Af God! ll«
that ccursetb Isruel shall be cursed of
God! Let us all encourage God's an*
tlent people to go up and possess their
bind, as Cyrus did In a figure long ago!
It is not our thought to encourage all
•lews to return to Palestine. Many of
them are. better off where they are at
pretieht wnly those who have faith in
the preci^re promises do we encourage
to go now. Gradually their numbers
will Increase, as faith In the promises
of God returns to tbe Jewish heart
But there is a work in which every
Jew should have a share. If favorably
situated, and unready to go personally,
they should go by proxy—they should
put plenty of money into the hands of
tbe Zionist Manager at Jerusalem. He
jBhould be enabled .to_jssist every
worthy son of Abraham fleeing from
Russian persecution. He should be
prepared to advance money to every
settler to.purchase every foot of land
in Palestine that is offered for sale. He
should be enabled to supply all with
tools, etc. He should have a free band
to do exploits In tbe name of God and
of His Chosen People.
Zionism will prow per, whether or not
Kingdom. Indeed, in portraying these
kingdoms and their lenses of power, It
is particularly shown that their domln-
Messlabs Kingdom will beset up. But
who will have the honor of having
manifested his faith by bis works and
that of Messiah will begin.
Furthermore, Moses prophesied the
chastisement of tsraelrnndirrsymbolic
numbers told that it would last Seven
Times. (Leviticus 20:18, 21, 24. 28.)
The lease of Gentile Times, or years,
is likewise Seven Times. Both began
to count at the same date. Hence both
will terminate simultaneously. When
the lease of Gentile domination ends,
Messiah's Kingdom will by right begin
its Reign: and Israel. "Jacob." will be
associated with' Messiah's Empire as
His earthly people—Abraham. Isaac,
Jacob and th? Prophets being made
princes In nil the earth as promised-
The Prophet Daniel's Foreviefr.
God through the Prophet Daniel sup-
a root of all evil amongst all people.
( and the Jew has not escaped it Both
.Jews and Christians need the exhor-
tation not to worship the Golden Calf.
but the true God. 1 can thus reprove
and exhort Jew. Gentile and Christian
tbe more freely because it Is well
known that 1 never solicit money for
myself or tbe Work entrusted to me
by the Lord—not even Church collec-
tions—not even insinuations that mon-
ey is scarce, and desirable. 1 do. how-
ever, exhort Jews in prosperous cir-
cumstances to bless their own hearts
by helping their own countrymen to
fulfil the holy prophecies.
God's Great Kingdom at Hand.
has
The fault, of Christendom has been
piles us two pictures of the Seven the rejection at She Divine Plan and
Times of Gentile domination of the the acceptance instead of a human
world. One of these pictures was glv- plan of salvation. The^Churcb. It was
en by vision to King Nebucbadnermr, asserted, was to convert the
g_.jfisua_ajid present
.ertarsw
to the overthrow of Israel's typical
kingdom and the foretold re-establish-
ment of it at the end (now due) ot the
"seven (symbolic) times" of chaitise^
ment at tho hands of Him whose right
Itis.
His text and discourse follow:
"Bemove tbe diadem, and take off
the crown: this shall not be the> same.
• • • I will overturn, ovsrtum, over-
turn It—until He come wboso right it
is; and I will give it unto Him." He said:
God established the Jewish nation as
-His representative nation, or kingdom,
in the world, with the understanding
that in some manner and at some time
that nation would be the channel of
Divine blessing.to all the families of
tbe earth, in harmony with the orig-
inal Oath-bound Promise made to
Abraham. After a precarious existence
or nearly mx centuries tbe star of Jew-
ish Empire set and has not risen
afnee. • .
Tbe particular date at which the typ-
ical Kingdom passed away is clearly
kd b i
y
marked In tbe Scriptures. Tbe solidity
of the Empire in the bands of King
David, and bis son. King Solomon, was
lose in Its division In the days of King
-Jfolomon's successor. Nevertheless.- to
. tbe royal line continued In tbe tribe of
Judah; as it Is written. "The sceptre
shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-
giver front between bis feet until Shi-
lob come. w -f the Caesars as a were In lllustratlo* of something con-
nomieacript. great and terrible beast neeted wits the mngdom or with the
ferocious and destructive, as tbe pages class being called out of the world to
of history corroborate. ' I Inherit the spiritual Kingdom as Joint-
Is eostnst with these Gentile gor-'heirs jvitb Messiah. Ail nocfa'know.
emments, tho coming Kingdom of . too. that the Great Teacher proclaimed
Messiah was represented as »«*•««» that Kingdom, and taught His follow-
ers to prajTfdint. "T*y Kingdom come;
Tby will be 4oae oe earth, as it IM done
•'One like unto the Son of Man" took
dominion under the whole heavens, 4a
tto name of God and as His Kingdom.
The beastly forms of government dis-
appeared, but that of tbe Son of Man
endured—accomplishing to the full the
EHvlae purposes.—Dinlat 73*44.—
In Heaven." •
Bible students all knotv that the
l:>O8tles referred to that Kingdom and
Mnted the
ion* for thf
Wh«r« Ar« W« Wowf _^
As before .suggesleu. the key to our
problem lies hi tbe Seven Times—the
period of Israel's chastisement and that
of Oentlle lease of puuer. The nieas-
urement in both coses begins at the
time of King Zedekiah'a dethronement,
000 B. C.—A Time is our year; hence
the Seven Times are seven yearn-yet
not literal years, but symbolic; and, as
God declared through the Prophet, aud
fulfilled, each day is symbolic of n
year. (Esckiel 4.-6.) The year Is lunar
—300 days: hence each of the'Seveu
Times Is 300 years; and the Seven
Times equal 2520 years. Now note
that these Seven Times are almost ex-
pired: and hence Zionism Is the watch-
word of all Jews who are trusting still
in the Divine promisee. _
Reckoning from the date of the de-
thronement of King Zedeklah. wa have
the date 1915 A. D. This indicates that
1015 Messiah's luvisible. •piritpal
CburClL to
reaTfruMon Us establish-
the time when tDe M.irriaue of the
fjimb will tnte* pine* the time when