Second Advent Of Jesus Christ

SECOND ADVENT OF JESUS CHRIST

Signs of The Times Are Pointing That Way

TALK BY AN EX-RABBI

He Said The Prophecies of The Old Testament Are Being Fulfilled:

Ben'oliel, an ex-Rabbi of the Jewish chnrch, addressed the Business Men's Class at the Congregational church yesterday upon "What effect would the repossessing of Palestine by the Jews have on Christianity and Mankind?"

Mr. Ben'oliel is now a Christian minister, having been ordained in London in 1852 by 12 ministers representing flve denominations, and said he, happily: "It was very heavy when those 12 ministers laid their hand upon my head."

The speaker said that the repossessing of Palestine by the Jews would have a marvelous effect on the Christian world, as it would convince the world of the inspiration of the Bible, which prophesied that this would come to pass and that the second coming of Jesus Christ would happen when the Jews from all parts of the earth would come together and again form a nation.

As the second coming of Christ, according to the Bible, would not occur until then, the speaker said that must depend on the Jews, and said he: "I cannot exonerate the Christian nations in persecuting Jews and driving them from nation to nation. Spain, once the grandest of all nations, has been falling steadily since her expulsion of the Jews."

Mr. Ben'oliel then went on to show the present indications point to the fact that the Jews are getting ready to re-inhabit Palestine.

In 1840 there were only 8,000 Jews there.

In 1890 there were 80,000.

They were coming in at the rate of 10,000 or 12,000 a year when the Turkish government prohibited them except on a guarantee of a visit of a month's duration.

Now there are 120,000 Jews in Palestine and one-half of them are in and about Jerusalem.

The Zionese movement to pave the way to the acquisition of a part if not the whole of Palestine, is taking a deep root.

All the signs of the times point to the second advent of Jesus Christ. Only recently learned Jews from all over the world met in southern Russia, and decided that Christ had not been justly condemned. His sentence was not legal, not according to law.

The speaker then recounted history to show that the Jews had ever been ready to follow the misfortunes of false Messiahs. A total of 300 of these presented themselves and were readily taken up. But the true one they rejected, and in doing so they only gave proof that he was the true Messiah, as just that very thing was predicted in the Old Testament.