THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

152 The Hope of Israel: What Is It?
witnessed. And this brings to mind the last words
spoken by Moses to that people, in which, after warning
them of what would befall them in the latter days
because of their manifold sins and persistent disobedience,
he said that nevertheless, if they would call
to mind his words among all the nations whither the
Lord their God should have driven them, and would
"return unto the Lord" and "obey His voice," then He
would turn their captivity and have compassion on
them (Deut. 30:1-3).
To the writer's mind the foregoing is a far more
glorious and worthy fulfilment of the promises of
blessing to Israel, and a far more satisfactory interpretation
of the prophecies, than what are obtained by
the imagining of a millennium of earthly bliss with a
reconstituted Jewish nation at the head of God-fearing
Gentiles, all satiated with material prosperity and
going up year by year to keep the feast of tabernacles
at Jerusalem.
In concluding our remarks upon this part of our
subject, we would point out that, conditions being what
they are, the work of converting a multitude of Jews
to Christ might be only a matter of days. For the
millions of Jews now living, though scattered through
all the nations of the world, are nevertheless in touch
with one another through various organizations and
societies, and are bound together by ties that have
marvellously resisted the tooth of time and all the destructive
influences of the world. Moreover, they are
all located at, or are in easy reach of, one or another
of the centers of Christian civilization,' which means
that they all have ready access to the word of the gos-
And finally, the facilities for swift communication
pel.