6 THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL
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that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.” Zech.
11:6, 7, §, 10, and T71.
The poor of the flock (God's people) will know when probation
closes.
“He that is unjust, let him he unjust still; and he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous
still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” Rev. 22:11.
This decree plainly marks the close of probation.
“They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek
the LORD; but they shall not find Him; he hath withdrawn himself
from them.” Hosea 5:6. : .
“Though they bring up their children, vet will T bereave them,
that there shall not he a man left: yea, woe also to them when I
depart from them.” Hosea 9:12,
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that T will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
hut of hearing the words of the LORD.”
“And they shall wander from sca to sea, and from the north
even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the
Lord, and shall not find it.
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for
thirst.” Amos. 8:11, 12, 13.
Dear Friends: Can vou realize that picture when they shall go
with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they
shall not find Him? When the Lord withdraws His mercy from the
world there will he a great famine for hearing the word of God.
Therefore, while the good Lord is yet pleading with us, “How
can I give thee up, Israel? How shall T deliver thee, Ephraim?
Tet us make our calling and election sure. Jesus Christ is the only
foundation whereby we must he saved.
MARIE GUNNERSON.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL.
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to questions on Bible doctrine.
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We design that this paper shall be educational on Bible themes. We
fully believe there is great light for all who desire to know it. And
that the latter rain is not the outpouring of the spirit of God, but
the doctrines of the Bible, and that rain will enable all to grow who
will avail themselves of the gracious showers now our privilege to
have if we will but ask for them. See Deut. 32:1-2. The old adage
13, the more you rub the truth the brighter it will shine. So send in
vour questions. We will do what we can to help you. We feel that
our long years of study in the Bible ought to enable us to help some
soul into greater light.
Question 1.—J. I*. K. writes: If the drying up of the Turkish
powers is the standing up of Michael— (Dan. 12:1;) if so, then why
have we not known about the other vive plagues which have taken
place, if they are all literal plagues? Tspecially now, when it looks
so near, when the Turk will be driven out?
Answer: First, the standing up of Michael marks the close of
probation and not the dyring up of the Euphrates of Rev, 6:12, Dan.
12:1, also shows that the plagues come after the standing up. By
studying the consecutive order of the events following the close of
probation it will be seen that many vears intervene hetween the
etanding up and the sixth plague. (See “Time, Tradition, and
Truth” on “Chronology and Prophetic Time Periods”)
Second, do not try to interpret prophecy hy present appearances.
The Bible alone is the guide. Third, much of that which has heen
written about the Turk moving his seat of government to Jerusalem
is myth when the story of the Bible is known.
We think our book, “The Yellow Peril,” shows very clearly that
Dan 11: from the thirty-sixth verse forward to the close of the
chapter, is all yet to be fulfilled. We will say this-—before the Turk
is dried up, you will most likely see a great change from the present
situation in the European war. You will see the King of the North
(Turkey) joined with the King of the South (England) against Rus-
sia, the Northern power, over the question of the Dardinelles, the
Suez Canal, and the Turkish territory. In that conflict, Russia comes
out Master and Gomer (Turkey) is joined to Russia, (Fze. 38),
and then the way of the kings of the east is prepared. and not till
then. The present situation in Europe is preparing the way and no
doubt is the opening wedge for what 1s to follow, at such times as
the western nations of Europe hecome weakened for the opportune
time,
Britton is a beautiful little city joining Oklahoma City on the
north and 1s connected with Oklahoma City hy interurban line and
also the Santa Fe railroad,
Is it not strange that men and women who have seen and known
the awful results of sin and had habits ruining its millions, and still
they will choose the course that ruins their once good character and
standing among the hest people, to follow such a course when they
know the end thereof is death and ruin?
THE TWO WOMEN OF THE TWELFTH AND SEVIN-
TEENTH CHAPTERS OF REVELATION.
It is marvelous to realize what we find in reading the
bible different from the common teaching and we feel safe in
saying that there is no greater cause for this than the error that
has crept in, by dividing the scriptures into the Old and New
Testaments, and then placing on theve two divisions a dividing
line as to the point when a new dispensation began and the
old ended. And the new dispensation was a new plan to
save men, and a better one than the old one, that this new
plan embraced new teaching, new laws, and, in short, a new
beginning. And upon this understanding a supposed new
church was formed. New doctrines must be taught, and, in
short, everything became new. Old laws, the old church, and
even the Jews and all connected with them passed and ended
at Christ and His crucifixion.
We will consider the woman of the twelfth chapter first.
She is described thus:
“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon
her head a crown of twelve stars:
“And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered.
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and be-
hold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads.
“And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,
and did cast them to the earth; and the dragon stood lefore
the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour
her child as soon as it was born.
“And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto
Cod. and to His throne.
“And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath
a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred and threescore days.” —Rev. 12:1-6.
We inquire first, “What does this woman represent?” We
reply, “the Church.” As this is so generally accepted, we will
not say more as to that. Second, “Who was the man Child
she gave birth to?” We reply, “Christ.” Third, “Who was
the dragon that stood before the woman to devour her child?”
We reply that it was fulfilled by Herod, a Roman king. Fourth,
“What is the lesson taught hy the man child being caught up
to heaven, to God and His throne?” We reply, “The resur-
rection of Christ and His ascension where He sat down with
His Iather on Tlis throne.” Ve ask next, “Were there two
churchs at this time?” We reply, “No, there never was but
one church of God and never will be.”
We ask, “How old was this woman?’ We reply, “She
was older, to say the least, than the birth of her son. for tiie
mother is always older than her children.” We next ask,
“What name is given her in the scriptures?” We reply,
“Rachel,” for it was Jeremiah that said that it was Rachel
weeping for her children. He speaks thus:
“Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ra-mah, lamen-
tation, and bitter weeping ; Rahel weeping for her children re-
fused to be comforted for her children, because thev were
not.
“Thus saith the lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping,
and thine eves from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded,
saith the lord; and they shall come again from the land of
the enemy." —Jer. 31:15-17.
We ask, "\WWho is Rachel and why is this woman called
Rachel?” We reply, “That Rachel was the wife of Jacob who
lived over two hundred years before Moses.” We now ask
one more question, “Tow long does this same identical woman
continue after the birth of Christ and His resurrection and
ascension?” We reply, “To the end of the world, for it is
the Remnant of her seed that gets the victory over the beast
and his mage, which seed constitute the one hundred and
forty-four thousand who meet the Lord when He comes.”
Read the entire twelfth chapter of Revelation. Having this
point bevond all question pertaining to the history of this