The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

? G ntfles," the Jewish nation has been trodden under by'b , as the prophetic mouthpiece zf the Lord, said tothe Gentile kingdoms. This was foretold by Ezekiel,ahZedekiah the last king of Judah: And thou, profanewicked Prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquityshall have an end, thus saith the Lord God; Remove thediadgm, and take off the crown: this shall not be thesamb; exalt him that is low [the Gentiles], and abase himthat js high [Israel]. I will overturn, overturn, overturn,it [the kingdom of Israel] ; and it shall be no more, untilhe come whose right it is; and I will give it him9'-Ezekiel XXI, 25-27. The kingdom of Israel was the kingdomof God; its kings were always spoken of as sittingupon the throne of the Lord. Consequently when thecrown was removed from the king of Judah, God's kingdomupon earth ceased.In this prophecy the Lord declared that His kingdomwould be no more until one came whose right it is. Inthe interim of waiting, the Gentiles, who were "aliensfrom the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from thecovenant of promise, having no hope and without God in, the world" (Ephesians 11, 12), were exalted to hold the% dominion of the world; but when the "times of the Gentiles"have expired (Luke XXI, 24), He whose right it iswill take to Himself His great power and reign. Who isthis ? Undoubtedly it is our Lord Jesus Christ, the greaterSon of David. How did He acquire the right to God'skingdom upon earth3 He gained it by His voluntarydeath on the cross. "Ye are not your own, for ye arebought with a price." "For to this end Christ both died,and rose, and revived, that he might be the Lord both ofthe dead and livingH-r Corinthians VI, 1g,20; RomansXIV. 0.~hgsarne great truth is taught in Daniel I1,31-45, whereit shows how the successive Gentile nations, which haveheld universal sway since the overthrow of the kingdomof Israel, were symbolised by a great image seen by19