Publication date
4/15/18
Volume
39
Number
8
The WatchTower
Israel's double accomplished
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ISRAEL'S 
DOUBLE 
ACCOMPLISHED 
WONDERFUL 
PROPHECY 
FULFILLED-EVENT 
FORETOLD 
OVER 
EIGHTEEN 
CENTURIES 
AGO 
NOW 
TRANSPIRING-ANOTHER 
CRISIS 
IN 
HUMAN 
HISTORY 
Dispatctle~ 
from 
Europe 
stati) 
that 
a 
commission 
of 
promi· 
nen.t 
Jew,; 
left 
London 
.last 
month 
for 
Jerusalem, 
expecting 
to 
arnve 
at 
the 
h()I~' 
city 
on 
March 
27tJl, 
the 
date 
of 
the 
.Jewish 
Passover. 
To 
all 
students 
of 
history 
this 
is 
indeed 
interesting 
news; 
hut 
it 
is 
doubtful 
whether 
many 
are 
aware 
oi 
the 
fact 
that 
this 
e\'ent 
was 
foretold 
by 
three 
of 
the 
great 
prophets 
of 
Israel 
and 
that 
the 
very 
date 
of 
this 
return 
of 
the 
.Jews 
to 
Palestine 
as 
representatives 
of 
a 
nation-the 
clay 
oi 
the 
Passover, 
1[1l8-was 
indicated 
by 
their 
prophecies, 
when 
\'iewed 
with 
the 
sidelight 
of 
secular 
historic 
records. 
~ur~ly 
\\'{' 
are 
living 
in 
momentous 
times; 
yet 
only 
a 
few 
~'ea 
lIze 
tha.t 
today 
the 
Go~ 
of 
Israel 
is 
actually 
taking 
part 
In 
the 
affall'S 
of 
men, 
partIcularly 
with 
reference 
to 
his 
chosen 
people. 
It 
is 
a 
noteworthy 
fact 
that 
the 
.lewish 
prophets 
clearly 
~oretol.d 
many 
of 
the 
experiences 
of 
the 
children 
of 
Israel, 
Includllig 
even 
those 
of 
the 
present 
time 
and 
of 
the 
im­ 
mediate 
future. 
Most 
Bible 
scholars 
have 
recognized 
that 
a 
large 
portion 
of 
the 
Old 
Testament 
was 
written 
par· 
ticularly 
to 
the 
Jews 
and 
for 
the 
.Jews, 
and 
that 
the 
world's 
history 
is 
more 
or 
less 
associated 
with 
this 
peculiar 
people. 
But 
all 
may 
not 
ha.ve 
noticed 
the 
exactness 
with 
which 
the 
Scriptures 
outline 
Jewish 
history. 
ln 
Romans 
II 
:25 
St. 
Paul 
informs 
us 
that 
God 
caused 
blindnl'ss, 
or 
"hardness," 
to 
happen 
to 
the 
ehildrcn 
of 
Israel 
until 
he 
had 
completed 
a 
certain 
work 
among 
the 
Gentiles, 
and 
had 
gathered 
from 
the 
Gentiles 
a 
suflicient 
number 
to 
fill 
of 
a 
pre-ordained 
class; 
and, 
that 
at 
the 
completion 
of 
this 
selection 
from 
the 
nations 
his 
favor 
would 
return 
to 
the 
Jews, 
as 
mentioned 
in 
verses 
26-28. 
Notice, 
particularly, 
the 
following 
Scriptures: 
"For 
thus 
saith 
.Jehovah, 
Like 
as 
I 
have 
brought 
all 
this 
great 
('vil 
upon 
this 
people, 
so 
will 
I 
bring 
upon 
them 
all 
the 
good 
that 
I 
have 
promised 
them." 
(Jeremiah 
32:42) 
"Behold, 
I 
will 
bring 
them 
health 
and 
cure 
and 
I 
\\;1I 
cure 
them 
and 
revl'al 
unto 
them 
the 
abundance 
of 
peace 
and 
truth." 
(Jer. 
.1:1: 
6) 
"Behold, 
the 
days 
come, 
saith 
the 
Lord, 
that 
I 
will 
perform 
that 
good 
thing 
which 
I 
have 
promised 
unto 
the 
house 
of 
Israel 
and 
to 
the 
house 
of 
Judah."-Jer. 
33: 
14. 
From 
Amos 
3: 
2 
we 
learn 
that 
God's 
dealings 
with 
earthly 
nations 
have 
been 
principally 
confined 
to 
the 
children 
of 
Israel, 
saying.' 
"You 
only 
have 
I 
knowTl< 
[recognized 
as 
my 
prople] 
of 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth; 
therefore 
I 
will 
punish 
you 
for 
all 
your 
iniquities." 
In 
Exodus 
19:5 
and 
Deuteronomy 
14:2 
we 
read 
that 
God 
chose 
this 
nation 
"to 
he 
a 
peculiar 
people 
unto 
himself 
above 
all 
the 
nations 
that 
are 
upon 
the 
earth." 
From 
Deuteronomy 
28: 
1,,·29 
we 
are 
informed 
that 
God 
told 
the 
Isral'lites 
that 
if 
they 
would 
not 
obeY 
his 
laws 
he 
would 
east 
them 
out 
of 
his 
favor. 
Jewish 
history 
of 
the 
last 
tw!'nty 
centuries 
attests 
to 
God's 
faith­ 
fulness 
in 
carrying 
out 
his 
purpose. 
By 
comparison 
of 
the 
statements 
of 
three 
of 
the 
most 
prominent 
of 
the 
Old 
Testament 
prophecies, 
we 
learn 
that 
the 
Passover 
of 
this 
vHy 
year, 
I 
\H8, 
is 
clearly 
indicated 
as 
a 
time 
for 
some 
special 
favor 
to 
be 
sho"{Jl 
to 
the 
Jews. 
God 
advises 
that 
he 
is 
carrying 
out 
a 
plan 
of 
his 
own 
(Ephesians 
I: 
11) 
and 
that 
this 
plan 
was 
purposed 
from 
the 
beginning. 
(Ephesians 
3: 
11; 
Acts 
15: 
18) 
In 
Isaiah 
46: 
10, 
11 
we' 
read: 
"Declaring 
the 
end 
from 
the 
beginning, 
and 
fmm 
ancient 
times 
the 
things 
that 
are 
not 
yet 
accomplished, 
saying, 
l\fy 
plan 
shall 
stand. 
and 
I 
will 
do 
all 
my 
good 
pleasure; 
.... 
I 
have 
spoken 
it, 
I 
will 
also 
bring 
it 
to 
pass; 
I 
have 
purposed 
it, 
I 
will 
also 
do 
it." 
ISRAEL'S 
PERIODS 
OF 
FAVOR 
AND 
DISFAVOR 
EQUAL 
Jenmiah 
llJ: 
1 
:~- 
Hi 
rl'ads: 
"Therefore 
1 
will 
cast 
you 
out 
of 
this 
lan,l 
r 
Palestine] 
into 
a 
land 
that 
ye 
know 
not, 
neither 
ye 
nor 
your 
fathers; 
and 
there 
ye 
shall 
senoe 
other 
gods 
[mighty 
ones, 
rul!'rs] 
lL1Y 
and 
night; 
where 
I 
will 
not 
;how 
you 
favor. 
Therefon~. 
behold. 
the 
days 
come, 
saith 
Ole 
L,ord, 
that 
it 
shaH 
no 
more 
he 
said, 
The 
Lord 
liveth, 
that 
In'ought 
up 
the 
childrl'n 
of 
Israel 
out 
of 
the 
land 
of 
Egypt; 
hut, 
The 
Lorel 
liVl,th 
that 
brought 
up 
the 
children 
of 
Israel 
from 
the 
land 
of 
the 
north 
(the 
lands 
north 
of 
Palestinl']. 
and 
from 
all 
the 
lands 
whither 
he 
had 
driven 
them; 
and 
1 
will 
bring 
them 
again 
into 
their 
land. 
that 
I 
gave 
unto 
their 
fathcrs." 
Notice 
particularly 
the 
18th 
vcrsI', 
which 
says: 
"And 
first 
[hefore 
1 
do 
this] 
I 
will 
recompense 
[requite 
them 
for] 
their 
iniquity 
and 
their 
sin 
double 
[a 
repetition 
or 
counterpart 
in 
time]; 
bl'cauile 
they 
have 
d€filed 
mine 
in­ 
heritance 
[my 
la.nd]." 
This 
prophecy 
implies 
very 
strongly 
that 
God 
would 
grant 
Israel 
his 
special 
favor 
for 
a 
certain 
length 
of 
time 
.• 
and 
that 
if 
they 
were 
not 
faithful 
hI' 
would 
then 
turn 
his 
face 
against 
them 
for 
an 
equal 
lengtll 
of 
time, 
for 
"a 
double," 
or 
corresponding 
period. 
Zechariah 
9: 
9 
reads: 
"Rejoice 
greatly, 
0 
daughter 
of 
Zion; 
Mout, 
0 
daughtl'r 
of 
Jerusalem; 
behold, 
thy 
King 
cometh 
unto 
thee: 
he 
is 
just, 
llnd 
having: 
salvation; 
lowly. 
and 
riding 
upon 
an 
ass, 
and 
upon 
a 
colt 
the 
foal 
of 
an 
ass." 
In 
Yerse 
12 
we 
read: 
"Turn 
you 
to 
the 
stronghold. 
ye 
prisonl'rs 
of 
hope; 
even 
today 
do 
I 
declare 
that 
I 
will 
render 
[literally, 
turn 
hack] 
a 
double 
unto 
you." 
A 
ORISIS 
IN 
JEWISH 
HISTORY 
Matthew 
21 
:4, 
5 
identifies 
the 
incident 
mentionl'd 
in 
Zechariah 
9:9; 
and 
our 
Lord's 
words 
in 
Matthew 
23 
:37 
-39 
identify 
Zechariah 
9: 
12. 
Evidently, 
then, 
this 
is 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
repetition 
count 
or 
double, 
the 
beginning 
of 
Israel's 
disfavor. 
Is 
it 
possible 
to 
locate 
the 
time 
when 
Israel's 
fa\"or 
began? 
It 
is! 
The 
children 
of 
Israel 
wcre 
first 
recog­ 
nized 
as 
the 
nRtion 
of 
Israel 
at 
the 
death 
of 
their 
father 
Jacob, 
as 
recorded 
in 
Genesis 
49 
:28. 
The 
children 
of 
Israel 
were 
in 
favor 
with 
God 
from 
that 
el'ent 
down 
to 
the 
time 
when 
they 
were 
cast 
off 
by 
Christ. 
Referring 
to 
Exodus 
12:40, 
41 
we 
have 
the 
statement 
that 
the 
sojourning 
of 
the 
children 
of 
Israel 
was 
430 
years. 
In 
Galatians 
3: 
16, 
17 
the 
same 
period 
is 
mentioned 
as 
the 
time 
intervening 
betw~n 
the 
covenant 
given 
to 
Abraham 
when 
he 
was 
seventy·five 
years 
old 
(Genesis 
12:3, 
4. 
7) 
and 
the 
time 
when 
the 
covenant 
was 
made 
with 
the 
children 
of 
Israel 
at 
Mount 
Sinai. 
Therefore, 
From 
the 
Abralmmic 
to 
the 
Law 
Cove- 
nant 
.430 
years 
Abraham 
was 
75 
years 
old 
when 
the 
covenant 
was 
made 
with 
him, 
and 
his 
son 
Isaac 
was 
born 
25 
years 
later. 
(Gen. 
17: 
17) 
25 
years 
Isaac's 
son 
Jacob 
was 
born 
60 
years 
later. 
(Gen. 
25:26) 
60 
" 
Jacob 
lived 
147 
years. 
(Genesis 
47 
:2R) 
.. 
147 
From 
the 
time 
of 
God's 
covenant 
with 
Abraham 
down 
to 
the 
death 
of 
Jacob 
would 
then 
be 
232 
years 
Since 
the 
entire 
time 
of 
the 
sojourning 
was 
430 
veal'S, 
and 
since 
,Jacob 
died 
232 
veal'S 
nfter 
the 
so­ 
Journing 
began, 
the 
time 
when 
th~ 
children 
of 
Israel 
were 
first 
recognized 
as 
a 
nation 
wouJ.l 
be 
198 
yeaTS 
',II 
'II: 
01 
Sl<lqum 
K 
In!,1\ 
\:: 
f:l; 
slaqmn 
X 
8up'1ldmoO 
sluaA 
861 
((;f:(;-Of:l') 
snpox~ 
aql 
"JOlalI 
also 
Kumbers 
13:3 
and 
,Joshua 
14:7-10, 
we 
find 
the 
period 
of 
time 
from 
the 
Exodus 
to 
the 
division 
of 
the 
land 
of 
Canaan 
among 
the 
tribes 
of 
Israel 
was.. 
46 
" 
Acts 
13: 
19, 
20 
gives 
the 
period 
of 
the 
Judges 
as 
4,,0 
years. 
(See 
footnote 
WilRon's 
Emphatic 
Diaglott) 
.450 
r6235] 
Aprit 1, 1918 vertised; and to this end we are furnishing Kixopom News announcing that a free public lecture will be given in the vicinity soon on the above topic, and for the people to watch newspapers for place and date of the meeting. ‘These should be widely distributed, that the people might have the truth concerning the unwarranted action taken with reference to the Seventh Volume and the persecution by the clergy. The Constitution guarantees that no one’s property shall be taken without due process of law. Therefore, when officers demaniu possession of the Seventh Volume, they should produce a Vou. XXXIX. ISRAEL'S DOUBLE ACCOMPLISHED THE WATCH TOWER “BROOKLYN, N. ¥.. APRIL 15, 1918 (98-115) search warrant; otherwise the friends are under no obligation to deliver up the property. We advise the friends everywhere to store their supply of the Seventh Volume and not to distribute them until the question is adjudicated. Be of good courage! Let every one be active and zealous now in arranging for public meetings. The adversary is desperately striving to thwart the Lord’s purpose, but he cannot succeed beyond the Lord’s permission. Let us be faithful and true and loyal to the Lord and to his cause. WONDERFUL PROPHECY FULFILLED—EVENT FORETOLD OVER EIGHTEEN CENTURIES AGO NOW TEANSPIBING—ANOTHER CRISIS IN HUMAN HISTORY Dispatches from Europe state that a commission of prominent Jews left London last month for Jerusalem, expecting to arrive at the holy city on March 27th, the date of the Jewish Vassover. To all students of history this is indeed interesting news; but it is doubtful whether many are aware of the fact that this event was foretold by three of the great prophets of Israel and that the very date of this return of the Jews to Palestine as representatives of a nation—the day of the Passover, 1918—was indicated by their prophecies, when viewed with the sidelight of secular historic records. Surely we are living in momentous times; yet only a few realize-that today the God of Israel is actually taking part in the affairs of men, particularly with reference to his chosen people. It is a noteworthy fact that the Jewish prophets clearly foretold many of the experiences of the children of Israel, including even those of the present time and of the immediate future. Most Bible scholars have recognized that a large portion of the Old Testament was written particularly to the Jews and for the Jews, and that the world’s history is more or less associated with this peculiar people. But all may not have noticed the exactness with which the Seriptures outline Jewish history. Jn Romang 11:25 St. Paul informs us that God caused blindness, or “hardness,” to happen to the children of Israel until he had completed a certain work among the Gentiles, and had gathered from the Gentiles a sufficient number to fill of a pre-ordained class; and, that at the completion of this selection from the nations his favor would return to the Jews, as mentioned in verses 26-28. Notice, particularly, the following Scriptures: “For thus saith Jehovah, Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.” (Jeremiah 32:42) “Behold, I will bring them health and cure and I will cure them and reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.” (Jer. 33:6) “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.”—Jer. 33:14, From Amos 3:2 we learn that God’s dealings with earthly nations have been principally confined to the children of Israel, saying. “You only have I known, [recognized as my people] of all the families of the earth; therefore T will punish you for all your iniquities.” In Exodus 19:5 and Deuteronomy 14:2 we read that God chose this nation “to be a peculiar people unto himself above all the nations that are upon the earth.” From Deuteronomy 28:15-29 we are informed that God told the Israelites that if they would not obey his laws he would cast them out of his favor. Jewish history of the last twenty centuries attests to God’s faithfulness in carrying out his purpose, By comparison of the statements of three of the most prominent of the Old Testament prophecies, we learn that the Passover of this very year, 1918, is clearly indicated as a time for some special favor to be shown to the Jews. God advises that he is carrying out a plan of his own (Ephesians 1:11) and that this plan was purposed from the beginning. (Ephesians 3:11; Acts 15:18) In Isaiah 46:10, ll we’ read: ‘Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet accomplished, saying, My plan shall stand, and I will do all my good pleasure; . ... I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.” ISRAEL’S PERIODS OF FAVOR AND DISFAVOR EQUAL Jeremiah 16:13-15 reads: ‘Therefore 1 will cast you out of this land [Palestine] into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there ye shall serve other gods [mighty ones, rulers] day and night; where I will not show you favor. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shail no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north [the lands north of Palestine]. and from all the lands whither he had driven them; and I will bring them again into their Iand that I gave unto their fathers.” Notice particularly the 18th verse, which says: “And first [before ] do this] I will recompense [requite them for] their iniquity and their sin double [a repetition or counterpart in time]; because they have defiled mine inheritance [my land].” This prophecy implies very strongly that God would grant Israel his special favor for a certain length of time. and that if they were not faithful he would then turn his face against them for an equal length of time, for “a double,” or corresponding period. Zechariah 9:9 reads: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” In verse 12 we read: “Turn you to the stronzhold, ye prisoners of hope; even today do I declare that I will render [literally, turn back] a double unto you.” A CRISIS IN JEWISH HISTORY Matthew 21:4, 5 identifies the incident mentioned in Zechariah 9:9; and our Lord’s words in Matthew 23:37-39 identify Zechariah 9:12. Evidently, then, this is the beginning of the repetition count or double, the beginning of Israel’s disfavor. Is it possible to locate the time when Israel’s favor began? It is! The children of Israel were first recognized as the nation of Israel at the death of their father Jacob, as recorded in Genesis 49:28. The children of Israel were in favor with God from that event down to the time when they were cast off by Christ. Referring to Exodus 12:40, 41 we have the statement that the sojourning of the children of Israel was 430 years, In Galatians 3:16, 17 the same period is mentioned as the time intervening between the covenant given to Abraham when he was seventy-five years old (Genesis 12:3, 4, 7) and the time when the covenant was made with the children of Israel at Mount Sinai. Therefore, From the Abrahamic to the Law CoveNANG oo cece cere ence etter 430 years Abraham was 75 years old when the covenant was made with him, and his son Isaac was born 25 years later, (Gen. 17:17) 25 years Isaae’s son Jacob was born 60 years later. (Gen. 26:26) ........0...... 00000. 80 Jacob lived 147 years. (Genesis 47:28)..147 “ From the time of God’s covenant with Abraham down to the death of Jacob would then be 232 years Since the entire time of the sojourning was 430 years, and since Jacob died 232 years after the sojourning began, the time when the children of Israel were first recognized as a nation woukd be 198 years BI ‘ITO Stoquiny YW gree SIaquiNN Barredaog sivak g see ee eee ee eee eee (zez—oe snpexy 9 aio also Nembers 13:3 and Joshua deg-le we find the period of time from the Exodus to the division of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel was.. 46 “ Acts 13:19, 20 gives the period of the Judges aa 450 years. (See footnote Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott).450 “ [6235]

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