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Because of the danger of the work of this Society, the reporter issued a warning in the fifth issue of this paper. Thank the Lord that many have awakened to the work of this Society. All the works of this Society are for the improvement of society. They do not preach the redemptive gospel of the Lord Jesus. Many officers among them are famous modernists in this country. I do not understand why Bible-believing orthodox churches would support such works that oppose God and would yield to their soft-spoken control. Sometimes they conduct retreats also. But every time I read the report of their retreats, I could not help but sigh. Why did they have to call it a retreat? Why did they not call it a discussion meeting? They use this term with only one intention: to entice average spiritual Christians and to turn them to become their co-workers. What Christianity lacks today is not organizations that are greater and expanded, or discussions that are more refined and more detailed. We have too many of these things already! May the ever-blessed God lead His children to work in a solid way and let the others organize and discuss as much as they please. Before February the editor of the Morning Light Paper wrote me a letter and told me that the church in Chefoo has never joined the Society. When I heard this, on the one hand, I thanked the Lord, and on the other hand, I congratulated the church in Chefoo. Recently I received a letter from a friend in Nanking saying that the China Inland Missions throughout China are also withdrawing from the Society. I also heard that a certain co-worker said that the China Inland Mission is now withdrawing from the Society. Thank the Lord that He has opened the eyes of His children to see that the believing ones and the unbelieving ones have nothing to do with one another. May the Lord lead His faithful servants to leave this Babylonian organization and to serve Him without the camp.
The chief figures of this Society are ______ and ______ plus other famous modernists in China. Strictly speaking, the aim of this Society is to overthrow our faith. The fundamental doctrines that we hold as Christians are completely denied by these people. They really belong to another religion; they do not belong to Christianity. We cannot recognize those who do not believe in the inspiration of the Bible or other fundamental doctrines as Christians. This group is now translating the book The Bible for Today by Dr. ______, a noted modernist. I have read this book, and I know that this translation, like all the other books by the same author and published by the Youth Association, will cause untold damage to the faith of many young people. I exhort God's children not to buy books by this publisher nor any magazine by the modernists in the Youth Association. I would further advise others to beware of publications by these organizations. Apostasy is growing day by day, and we should do our best to fight for God's truth. The Lord Jesus is coming soon!
The population in Palestine, according to a recent survey, has reached one hundred fifty thousand. This is the highest number since the Jews were chastised by God. This proves that the return of the unbelieving Jews to their homeland has become a reality. Their return is a preparation for the end of this age.
Within the national library of the Jewish state, in the newly built Hebrew University in Jerusalem, there is a gradual increase of valuable books. In Cincinnati a Mr. ______ has donated six thousand volumes of his books. Mr. ______ has also donated five hundred volumes. There are also many valuable ancient manuscripts.
Jewish women occupy an important place in Palestine, in contrast to the ancient Jewish custom. The recent issue of the women's journal in Jerusalem was printed in Hebrew. This paper is called Ha-Isha, which means The Woman. It is a kind of paper to promote women's suffrage.
There will be great developments in Jewish industries, commerce, and farming. The Jews have gathered large sums of money for the promotion of these projects.
General Pangalos has taken hold of the reins of government in Greece, while Romania and Bulgaria are fast following...France and Germany are rumored to be turning toward nominated government. Even England is inclining toward this age of iron mixed with clay, a difficult match. It is hard to predict the outcome of the present world situation. But when the time comes, He who will come will surely come and will not delay.
According to a recent report of the Zionists, there are now about one hundred fifty thousand people living in Palestine. Among them twenty-five thousand are farmers, and twenty thousand are laborers. They have introduced commerce and industry, which has been something unknown to this region for more than a few hundred years.
By their own labor they have built a busy city which has thirty-two thousand inhabitants.
At present they are developing the commercial port of Haifa and are making it prosperous. They are opening up the ______ Bay, and their farmers are turning the ______ plain into a fertile field. The Jews have also adopted electricity, and places like ______ and ______ have enough electricity to supply light manufacturing work already.
All these are fulfillments of the Scripture. How we rejoice at seeing God working behind everything for the fulfillment of His purpose.
Egypt is the center of unrest in the present world. Egypt and England develop conflicts between one another all the time. At the present time, Egypt is still under the control of England. Those who pay attention to the prophecies should pay much attention to the things happening in Egypt. If Daniel 11 is not yet fulfilled, then before the appearing of Antichrist, extraordinary events must take place in Egypt. It will be revived, and it will gather its army to free itself of the British rule, and it will become a strong nation. If this is the case, the present turmoil in Egypt is but a harbinger of the coming events of the last days, and it will hasten the appearance of the coming events. We should pay constant attention to Egypt and Syria.
According to the prophecy in the Bible, the fourth kingdom in the age of the Gentiles will eventually become ten kingdoms and will be ruled by one king. When Rome is revived and is ruled by the last Gentile king, all these prophecies will be fulfilled. This last king will be Antichrist. But how will the ten nations be united together? In the future the northeastern nations of Europe will be united together. Germany, however, will not join this union but will be friendly with the other nations. Russia will at the same time be revived through its turmoils and will become an imperial power. Germany and Russia will be joined together to counteract the allied countries. Their power will reach the East, and they will seize the raw material in the East for their manufacturing industry. China and Japan will join hands with Russia and Germany to counteract the allied countries in an attempt to block them from gaining political and commercial victory in Asia. Hence, the revival of the Roman Empire becomes an indispensable strategy for Europe. The prophecy in Daniel concerning the fourth kingdom will be fulfilled. At present Russia wishes very much to influence the other nations within the boundary of the Roman Empire through its socialistic movements.
The Jews are developing their finances in Palestine. They have collected thirty million dollars as capital in Jerusalem. The commercial ships travelling between America and Palestine are also collaborating with this work. They will use the mineral wealth of the Dead Sea, estimated to be worth forty billion dollars, for the development of agriculture and the real estate business. The wealth of these people far exceeds the expectation of the economists or the students of prophecy. The Jews in Palestine will become the great bankers of the Middle East. Later, when Palestine is besieged during the Russo-teutonic siege, the accumulated wealth of the Jews will be partly lost (Ezek. 38:10-13).
