flying', cannot be explained away.  The Second Coming of Christ is often

associated with 'clouds', so much so that the Rabbins gave the Messiah the

title, 'The Cloud Comer'.  Taking all these things into consideration the

conclusion seems irresistible that we are living in days when the last weapon

is being perfected, the weapon which will be used by Satan and his agents in

their final bid for world power.

It may well be that the great dictator at the time of the end will have

such control over those lands rich in oil and the materials necessary for

nuclear fission that the rest of the world will be obliged to say, 'Who is

able to make war with him?'  Suez is already changing hands, Cyprus is in

dispute, Malta recognizes its vulnerability, the prophetic earth is reshaping

for the prophetic climax.  (Note for students.  The above was written in

Hosea (1:9) reveals that at sometime yet future to his day, Israel

would become 'Lo -ammi', not God's people, and that God would cease

temporarily to be their God.  In chapter 3, this sequestration is revealed as

lasting for 'many days', only to be terminated by Israel's return to the

In other pages we have set forth our belief that Israel entered into a

long period of 'Lo -ammi' condition at Acts 28:28.  This was soon followed by

the destruction of their city and temple, and their dispersion which has

lasted for at least nineteen hundred years.

We believe this condition was blessedly foreknown and provided for, and

this provision forms the basis and character of the dispensation of the

Mystery, revealed and entrusted to Paul as the prisoner of Jesus Christ for

us Gentiles.  The accompanying diagram may help the beginner to visualize the

place occupied by this most wonderful evidence of Divine sovereignty and