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CHAPTER XX
THE WORLD'S
"TIME OF THE END"
BEGINNING with Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, who was first to destroy Jerusalem,
the Gentile nations of this world were permitted
to rule a long time without opposition or
interference by God's kingdom, either earthly or
heavenly. When Jerusalem was destroyed in
607 B.C., and her domain was completely desolated,
the typical kingdom of God with that city
as its capital was overturned . At that time Satan
the Devil, the invisible power behind King Nebuchadnezzar,
became in the broadest sense of
the expression "the god of this system of things" .
2 Corinthians 4 :4, NW He had now made a big
step toward realizing his selfish ambition : "For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north : I will ascend
above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the
most High." Isaiah 14 :4,13,14 So with the disappearance
of the typical kingdom of God from
the mount of the congregation at Jerusalem the
"appointed times of the nations" began . God's
kingdom was not to interfere with the Gentile
1 . How far did Satan realize his ambition in 607 B .C .?
7111 when?
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