Bui: there is more to be said than this about Jewish restoration. A reading of European History will show that the emancipation and recovery of the Jewish nation from its unparalleled sufferings began at a period of 2520 years after its initial loss of political freedom.
What has been said above refers only to che kingdom of Judah. But 130 years before that kingdom, fell the sister kingdom of Israel came to an end. The date of the siege of Samaria by the Assyrians, which was the end of the Israelite monarchy, is 724-722 B.C.; and 2520 calendar years from that date is A.D, 1795- 1797. It is precisely from this last period that the beginning of the emancipation of the Jews in Europe dates, a movement which has steadily progressed through 130 years up to the culmination which is maturing before us now.
Of course there are natural causes which have contributed to these results, just as there were state reasons which made Augusius put out his decree when Jesus was born. But we now recognize that the importance of tha: decree in history lay in the fact thai it brought about the fulfilment of the prophecy that Christ must be born in Bethlehem. Otherwise it would have been forgotten long ago.
Many things which have been carried out by men without any reference to a Divine Plan have been foretold in the Scriptures, and, when they have come about, they are recognized as a sign that God is present and advancing His plan in the world.
Such a sign is before us now in the happenings in Palestine, as well as in those things to which Bishop Molony has called attention.
OF course if men think that they have hitherto controlled and will continue to control their own destiny, and are competent. judges of what is right and fitting in the treatment of themselves, here and hereafter, there is nothing more to be said to them, except that if such a conception gains ground in the world it invites a catastrophe in the cause of all truth and soberness. But men in all ages have thought otherwise, and have held that God is the Author of all existences, and therefore "he final Judge of their true position; and Christians believe that God has a law Whd a gospel and a plan for men which He has made known to
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