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~ --.meKTATCH TOWERiquity and of the sufferings of the righteous during the'Yirue, times and the dividing of a time."-Dmiel 7:21; 8: 23-25; 11: 31; 7:25.Tlius the two "seven timed' may be scen to be divisibleinto four periods of 1,260 ycars csl1, in an evermounting tide of wicli~he~s, distress, and misery, untilthe tho~~m~cl-year day of Christ is reached, .with ltsrelease from the tllralldom of evil into the perfect frcedomof the kiugdonl of God. "For thc crcatioll itsell' dsoshall be delivered from the bondage of corn~l~tion intotllc glorious l~berty of the chililren of God."-1Zomans8: 21.111 tl~cse marvelous cliscoveries in cllronology and inthose yet to be described, four things are disclosed:P~rst, that so symmeti.ica1 and exact an arrangc~nentof stu~pendous ages Betokens foreknowledge of a,ll featuresflwm the begi~niing to the cnd;Scconrl, that tbc overruling of these great times andseasons was by none othcr th,m Hinl who alone hasf orel;no\\7lcdge, Almighty Cod ;Third, that a chronological system ~vhich is knit togcthrrin so amazing a lushion has t11c intcr~lnl evide~icethat it is of God and is thc correct chroi~ology; andFourth, that this sy.stem reveals the foundation forthe truc scieilce and ~~hilosoplly of history, ~vl~ich mustultin~;~teIy be taught every\vllere aud to everyone.son]. Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do itfor David thy fathcrJs snkc; but I will mild it out ofthe harid of thy sou. Ho~r-bcit I will not rend away allthe lringrlom; l~ut mill givc one tribe to thy son forDavid my servant's sake, mid for ,I crusalern's sake whicllI have chosen."-1 Kings 11 : 11-13.This was accomplisl~ed in tlx! year of Soloi~ton's death,990 R.C. in the ecver~mce of the Hcl)re~v tribes into twokingdoms, that of the ten tribes in the larger northernrealm of Iel-nel, and that of the two tribes in the smallersouthcm natlon of J~dah, the tribe of Levi being scattcredanloJlg the others.'l'hc I'rotcstni~t llefor~~~xtion, \\lhich split professingCllristiails into tivo hostile parts, was iorctold throughthe ~woplwt J>atricl in thcsc words: "No\v \\?hen they[tsuc Christians of the cln~li ages] slaaU fall, they shr~Ubc holpcu ~ith a. little help: but nlai~y [professedlyProtestant r~ilerj: aiid others] sllaIl clcave to the111 withflatteries. And some of thcnl [Protcstaiit lcadcrs] ofundcrstaiding shall fall, to try them [the true oncs],and to purge them [ol' thc evil ones], ancl to mnlic thcmwhite, even to thc tinre of the cnd [1799]."-Daniel11 : 34,35.Thc regcncratirc \vorl< of Luther was also outlilled hytIlc glorified l~ortl ill his Itevelation : "The first [Reformation]angel rLuthc~*] sounded [his trumpet messageof Irath:), and tlrcrc Sollowecl hail lsharp, cutting, hardTHE 2520-YEAR PARALLELStruth] and firc [destructive judg~nents upou papacy]The far-see~ng prcscicnce of the CI-eator is irnpress- mingled with Ijlood [truth minglcd with death-dealingivcls cal~i1)~tcil by ~~nra.lzllcl datcs w itlliii the two "seven error], silcl tlicy were cast upon the mth: and the thirdtimes." Thesc corrcsl,ondcucies clearly denlonst1.nt.e part of the trccs [pronii~lent men] was burnt up, andJehovnh's forckno\vlcdgc, and ci~usc the truth that this a11 grecn grass[T,uthcr's teaching had the effect of transchr01101ogyis divinely shaped to \)cm forth brishtly. forming nmny of thc order-l0\4ng German people intoThe ascertahlale~~t oi thcse things by Pastor Russell al~d auarc111sts."--rG146-8]-1tcvelntiou 8 : 7.Brother Edp~r is one oi the ililporta~lt disco\rcrics of thc Divine fo~cknorvled~e is displayed ti1 the strjlcing parconcludingdays of the age jnst ended.allelisms, as shown in the follomillg dates in the twoI3y parallel dates are dc~~otcd in this instance dates "seven times": Zach second date follows the first bp es-2,,520 years apart, at the same time in each age, and actly 2,520 ycars. Could this be accidental? Nay, ~crily !of corresponding character.For c~im~~le,-as whilited in the ensuing table, twoTABLE OF 25~0-YEARof thcse aj~poil~tecl times arc 999 13.C. and 1521 A.D.Events in the FirstEvents in theThe first is the cleaving of thc Hebrews into two king-"Swen Ti ~nes""Seven Times More"clams: Israel thc large]. and more corrupt, and J11c1al-1the smaller and less depraved. The seeolld land parallel 3126 B.C. Begiuning of tire GO6B.C. Beginning of thedate js the scpar,ztion of Christians into two religio- first sc\'cn times, or"sc~~en times ntore",2,520 yenlr;.politicn' domilliolls ; the more numerous a'dor 2,5110 Fears.B.C. M;ll.l.i:,rre ,-,f 1 s:l;lc 539 -%.Dm Collfltorfeit fulfillvicious,and l'roteshntisnl the less so.nnd Rebecca, typi- 111el1t in the ulnr-'lhe time betivccn 999 13. C. and 1521 A. D. is 2,520 ;cnl of tile cornillg rl:~gc of the p:lgan60 thcse events took place at the same times in thc two union of Christ sod stiite with tt~oupusages.The occurrences arc momentous and of the same his britle, the truetate clrurcli ofsort ; so these are parallel dates.d~u~cl~.Ilonic, the "wliore."999 B.C. Divisiut~ of thenom- 1521A.D. Dirisior~ o111olnillalBoth events \v\.c:re forelinown; for they ere foretold.inal Elebre\vs illto Christii~rts illto twoThe prophecy of the coming division of the Hebrews was :two re~igio-politial religio-po~iticnl do-"lvherefore thc l~ord sdd uto Solonlon. Eorasmuch liingdo~u~j ; 1sr:iel 1 mir~ions; Itom~111-as this-~k done if thcc, ~d thou hast dot kept my the lurpw nud ~uoreisln the larger ;indcovenant and my statutes: which I have commanded thee,corrupt, and Jtidrih more cor~wpl, :IIIC~the sn~al lerand lcss l'rotestantism theI will surcly rcrlil the 1;ingdom from thec, and will givecorruptsru:lllcr and ~cssit to thy servant [Jerohoam, who was not Solomon'scorrupt.