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1918
THE
WATCH
TOWER
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vertised;
and
to
this
end
we
are
furnishing
KI~GDO~I
NEWS
announcing
that
a
free
public
lecture
will
be
given
in
tile
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soon
on
the
above
topic,
ancl
for
the
people
to
watdl
newspapers
for
place
and
date
of
the
meeting.
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distributed,
that
the
people
might
ha\'e
the
truth
'·onC'prnin;.:
the
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aetion
tnken
wHh
reference
to
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Seventh
Volume
and
the
persecution
by
the
clergy.
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tllat
no
one's
property
shall
he
taken
without
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process
of
hLW.
Therefort'",
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arranging
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The
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i"
despel':1tely
striving
to
thwart
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Lord's
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hut
he
cannot
succeed
beyond
the
Lord's
permission.
Let
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iu]
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XXXIX
BIWOKLY:\,
X.
Y
..
Al'HIL
].1.
19JR
Xo.
s
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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