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taken from them- when they are slaves in foreign lands–
when they are cruelly treated, beaten, unmercifully even
ma rtyred and put to death- THEN millions of those who
remain a live WJLLcry out toGod- WJLt repent- WlLLturn
to live Goo's WAY.
That
is when the real ha rvest from this
present WorkofGod will be reaped.
Millions then will remember they
heard
Christ's TRUE
message over
The World Tomorrow-read
it in
The Plain
Truthl
Then they will say: "That
was
the true message sent by
Goo after all!" Many will take it lightly now-just as the
The pitiful tragedy of it! This
realization will come too late to save
the many f rom this repeated
sevenfold punishment! But, for millions,
not too late for their salvation-for
God's gzft of eterna/ life!
lsraelites of old took God's message to them through His
prophets. But when these things really HAPPEN- when
people realize NO ONE ELSE wa rned them- then they will
KNOW just WHO are the real FALSE prophets today!
Then
they will KNOW which is God's truth!
The pitiful, pitiful tragedy of it! This realization will
come TOO LATE to save the
many
from this repeated
sevenfold
punishment! BuT, for millions,
not
too late for
their salvation-for God's GJFT of ETERNAL LJFE!
Millions Flnally Converted
Notice the prophecies of this very thing! Return for a
moment to Jeremiah's prophecy. The 30th chapter, from
which l quoted, ends with these words: " .. . in the
latter
days
ye shall consider it ." The prophecy is for OUR TIME,
now!
Read "right on in chapter 31: "At the same time,
saith the Eterna!, will l be the God of all the families
of Israel, and tbey shall be my people. Thus saith the
Eterna! , The people which were left of the sword
[those still then alive] found grace in the wilderness;
even Israel, when he went .lo find him rest" (marginal
rendering). Or, as in the RSV, " ... when Is rael
sought for
rest, the Eterna! appeared to him from
a fa r.' ' Or, as in the Moffatt
trans~ation:
" ... Those
who survive the sword shall find grace in the dun–
geon." That is, in captivity and in slavery!
Continue, "Again 1 will build thee, and thou shalt be
built , O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with
thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that
make merry.... They shall come with weeping, and with
supplications will l lead them: 1will cause them to walk by
the rivers of waters
in a straight way
[God's law!]. where-
The
PLAIN TRUTH August 1979
in they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and
Ephraim is my firstborn [birthright-holder]. Hear the
word of the Eterna), O ye nations, and declare it in the
isles afar off, and say, He tha t scattered Israel will gather
him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock" (Jer.
31:4, 9-10) .
.
Later Jeremiah was inspired to write: " In those
days, and in that time, saith the Eterna!, the children
of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah
together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek
the Eterna! their God. They shall ask the way to Zion
with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and Jet us
join ourselves to the Eterna) in a perpetua! covenant
[the NEW Covenant] that sha ll not be forgotten. My
people ha th been LOST SHEEP: their shepherds [profes–
sing Christian ministers] have caused them to go as–
tray ... " (Jer. 50:4-6).
La ter in this chapter: " In those days , and in that time,
saith the Eterna), the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for,
and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they
shall not be found: for 1 will pardon them whom 1 reserve
[leave as a remnant] " (verse 20).
Hosea Summarizes lt
This whole matter of Israel's rebellion against RIGHT
WAvs, of God's driving them out, divorcing them, with–
holding the bestowal of the birthright for 2520 years–
and of Israel's final redemption
after
the three additional
sevenfold more
intense
corrective punishments-is sum–
marized by the propbet Hosea.
But Hosea also becomes very concise, direct, and specif–
ic in detailing Britain-America's national ATTITUDE right
now!
To picture this whole course of infidelity, rejection,
withholding of blessing, extreme correction, and final
awakening of Israel , God directed the prophet to marry a
whore- to picture what Israel was to God. She bore him a
son. God instructed Hosea lo name the son
Jezreel,
mean–
ing "God will disperse." Fo r God sai d , " ... 1
will ... cause to cease the kingdom of the
hous~
of Is-
rael. ... 1 will break the bow of Israel in the valley of
Jezreel" (Hos. 1:4-5). The kingdom- the government–
did cease at the Assyrian captivity- 721-718 B.C.
Hosea's harlot wife conceived again, and bore a daugh–
ter. God instructed that she be named
Lo-ruhamah,
meaning " no merey," for, said God, " ... 1 will no more
have merey upon the house of Israel; but l will utterly take
them away" (verse 6).
Later this 1ewd wife had another son. "Call his name,"
said God,
"Lo-ammi
[meaning "not my people" ]: for
ye are not my people, and I will not be your God"
(verse 9).
Yet to Find the True Ri ches
"Yet," continued the Eterna), "the number of the children
of Israel shall be as the sand of
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