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Ezekiel 37:16, 17.Moreover, thou son of man, take thee onestick, and write upon it, For Judah, and forthe children of Israel his companions: thentake another stick, and write upon it, ForJoseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all thehouse of Israel and his companions: And Jointhem one to another into one stick; and theyshall become one in thine hand.— By thepower of God the two were to be made onenation in the return of the Hebrews fromBabylonia, and again will be made one in theirreturn from Mystic Babylon, Christendom, toPalestine. Likewise the denominational divisionsof Christian people have been obliterated amongthose gathered out of Mystic Babylon intoPresent Truth, as they will yet be in theregathering of the dead of Christendom in theresurrection, and in the unifying influences thatwill work among the survivors of Christendom'strouble. All these are to have as their Princeforever, the Beloved (David, beloved) of God,The Christ in glory.Ezekiel 37:18.And when the children of thy people shallspeak unto thee, saying, Wilt Thou not showwhat Thou meanest by these?— Both Jews andChristians have long inquired what God hassignified by this prophecy.FM557Ezekiel 37:19.Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;Behold I will take tho stick of Joseph, which isin the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes ofIsrael his fellows, and will put them with him,even with the stick of Judah, and make themone stick, and they shall be one in Minehand.— The reuniting of the Hebrews and of thedivisions of Christians will be by the power ofGod, and they shall remain one.Ezekiel 37:20.And the sticks whereon thou writest shall bein thine hand before their eyes .— The uniting