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731 B.C. Sickncss unto denthof FIezcki:lh, theJewish church-stnteruler, from a boil.721 B.C. End of ten yearsnfter Hezekf ah'ssickness ; the dateis a chronologicalmi~rker characterizedby no event,but designed topoint to the parallel.716 B.C. End of the15 yen1-s'ndded life ;death ofHwekial~, the Jewishreligio-politicalruler.606 B.C. The end of the first"seven times," or2,520 yenlxO~ertl~row of thekingdom of non~itiulIlcshly Israel.Beginning of theperiod of gcnliledoluiniou.l78SA.D.Sichness untodeathWATCH TOWERwill shew thee . . . the great whore . . . with whomof prance and Qf the kings of thc carth havi cornmittcd fornication. . . .I' m'She saith in her heart, I sit a queen." (Revelation 17 : I,church-state rulingfrom the 2; 18: 7) This iniquitous sham was also pictured inl~rencl~ revolution the misalliance of the abandoned pagan, Qucen Jezebel,social eruption. with Ahab the king of Israel (1 Kings 116: 26-33), andlTg9 A*D. End Of ten yen* doubtless in the divinely condenlned union of thc princessnfter tlre beginningof the French &vo- of Egypt with Solomon, the king of the Lord's holylution, and beg-in- people.-l Kings 11 : 14 ; E-uocius 34 : 141G.niug of the Time of This ascertainment of the 2520-year parallelism ofthe End of the pres- the Isaac-Rebecca type, and the ~&an-km~ire-~a~alcrit evil order of caricature of the approaching nuptials of Christ andthings.his bride, is a notabIe verification of the heavenly source1804 A.D. Eud of 15 gears'added duration to of present-truth chronology.the nncient religiopoliticalolder inFnluce. marlred bytlrb cstablishn~entof the N:~poleonicEmpire and theabolition of themedieval order.1914 A.D. End of the "seventimes more,"or 2,-520 years. Beginningof the overtllrowof lloillinalspi ri tnal Isrild. Beginliir~g of Christ'srcigi~ overearth.theISAAC AND REBECCAIsaac, as the child of pronlise, was often representativeof Jcsus Christ; aliil Rcl~ccca, as Isaac's bride, was a typeof the trnc cliurcl~. Thcir ~reclloclc was a type of thecoming union of Christ and his bride, to talx placebeforc the full innug~ration of all features of the Nillennialreign of thc Lord.Many are the cou~ttcrlcits which have been macle bythe evil one, both of the truth and of the details of theTHE HEZEKIAH PARALLELSIn the two accounts of Hexekiah's reign, in 2 Kings18-20 and Isaiah 36-39, Judzh and Jerusalem had bcenseriously threatened with desolation and captivity atthc hand of thc Assyrians, but had been delivered.Shortly afterward King Hczckiah was sick unto death.'rhe inspired account runs : "And the prophet Isaiah. . .snicl unto him, Set thiac house in order; for thou shaltdie, and not live." (2 Kings 20 : 1) This ~vas in the year731 J3. C. Then in ans\ver to the king's desperate prayer,Jcho~nllsent the word: "I havc heard thy prayer . . .bchold I will hcd thee . . . And I will add unto thydays fiftccn years." (3 Kings 20: 5,6) Thc cleat11 ofHczeklali took placc lifteel1 years latcr, in 716 B. C.TV11cu thc king mas sick God also gave him a signthat he woutld recover ancl have thc prolllrserl fileenpcars of life. This toke11 was litcral for h~m But alsosymbolic for the admonition of the church at thc clidof the world (1 Corinthians 10: 11) : "And I-lczel