Second advent library

H52ucrun: xvn.with tire sevenyears; so that they shall take no woodout of the field, nor cut down any out of the forests ; forthey shall bum the weapons with fire; and they shallspoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbedthem, saith the Lord God." Ezekiel here usgives tounderstand that, by means of the people of God beingdriven out of their cities, and by the word of God, theywould be enabled to destroy or be destroying their enemies,and to spoil those who had been spoiling them,and rob those who had robbed them; and this, too, wouldtake seven years, or 2520 days; and, Ezekiel beingcommanded to reckon each day tbr a year, iv. 4-6, thenit would be 2520 years.The proper question would now be,"When did thoseyears begin?" I answer, They must have begun withthe first captivity of the tribe of Judah, the inhabitantsof Jemsalem, in Babylon; for all thein this thing, Eophets agesthat Babylon would be the 'ngdom w 'chwould carry the Jews into captivity. See Jeremiah xv.4. "And I will cause them to be removed into all thekingdoms ofthe earth, because of Munasseh, the son ofHezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem."Also let those who wish to read more onthis subject, read Jeremiah, chapter 21st to the 29th, inclusive;and the prophecy of' Ezekiel, from the beginningof t.he lst chapter to the end of the 39th chapter; alsothe chapter in which is our text;-andwe cannot foramoment doubt but that Babylon is the nation whichwas to make desolate Judah and Jerusalem.Then, if Babylon was the nation which was to scatterthe people of God, and this, too, in the days of Manasseh,l ask, When was this captivity? I answer, In the year677 before Christ; see 2 Chron. xxxiii. 9-13; see alsothe Bible chronology ot' that event; this being the firstcaptivity of Judah in Babylon. Then take 677 years,which were before Christ, from 2520 years, which includesthe whole "seven times," or "sevenyears,"prophetic, and the remainder will be 1843 after Christ;showing that the people of God will be gathered fromamong all nations, and the kingdom and-thegreatness ofkingdom will be given to the saints of the Most