Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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building then standing in Jerusalem, and which has since
been thrown down, as he said. But it was only partly
destroyed, and at the present time is occupied as the
Mosque of Omar. Therefore, those words have not been
fulfilled. If he was at least aprophet, they are yet to
be fulfilled, and is it not reasonable for us to ask, When
will they be fulfilled? Can it be far in the future? for as
we look abroad in the land we see a condition of things
which reason tells us can not long continue, and our
wisest statesmen can see no solution of the national problem.
Every sensitive feels that there are some dreadful calamities
about to bevvisited upon us, and the land is full
of prophecies of all kinds concerning destructive agencies
about to spring into existence. Is it not a fulfillment
of Joel ii. 28430,
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it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all
flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old msn shall dream
dreams, your young men shall see visions:
"And
out my Spirit.
also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour
I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and
pillars of smoke."
Truly, these things are now in process of fulfillment in
our midst. Jesus, referring to these last days of the old
world, said these are the beginning of sorrows. We
would not like to undertake to enumerate all the evidences
which are now before the world, and which were
foretold by the Bible prophets, for it would take a large
volume, and those who read the Bible and the newspapers
cannot fail to recognize the times in which we now are.
Neither would we appear before you as
an alarmist.
That is not our calling; ours is to set before the world
methods, which, when faithfully applied, will lead into
a condition that will enable you to receive "The Spirit of
truth, which will lead you into all truth, and shew you