` ... Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall?' (Ezek. 26:15).

There is a day of `shaking' to come, as Haggai 2:6,21 and Hebrews 12:26-28 testify, and the movements among the

nations, and the upheavals that usher in the time of the end, will be used by the Lord to gather the dry dead bones of

Israel to the land of promise. Israel do not yet `live', the Spirit has not yet breathed upon the slain, but the movement

in Jewry and in Palestine is most certainly the movement indicated in Ezekiel 37:7. To change the figure and revert

to the parables of Matthew 24 and Luke 21, there is a most definite sign of movement manifesting itself in the Fig

Tree and all the trees. The stage is being set.

We conclude this article with an extract from The Morning Star, Editor John A. Verleur, Rt. 1, Allendale, New

Jersey. This extract so coincides with what we have already written for this series, that we felt the reader would

value the testimony of another witness:

`"His blood be upon us, and on our children".

`Such was the awful cry of frenzied Jewry in sending the Messiah to the Cross (Matt. 27:25). Now long before

Sinai, God's unwritten law read, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed" (Gen. 9:6). But

there is a difference between shedding blood and shedding blood! The difference is made plain in Deuteronomy

`"As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the

axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he

shall flee unto one of those cities, and live".

`Why? The nearest kin to the man must act at once as the blood avenger and kill him. The law of Genesis 9:6

has never been repealed. Now the slayer acted unintentionally. That did not prevent the losing of his home and

property, he had to flee to the nearest city of refuge (Num. 35:15; Exod. 21:12,13; Deut. 19:1-13 - please consult

your Bible!) until the death of the High Priest.

`Who is the manslayer? The Jew ignorantly slew the Lord Jesus. In proof whereof we quote the familiar

passage, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). Also Acts 3:17, "And now, brethren,

I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers". And 1 Corinthians 2:8, "Which none of the princes

of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory". And 1 Timothy 1:13,

"Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in

unbelief". Paul, clearly a type of Israel in his conversion, looks back at his former life and under inspiration records

that his persecuting was done unintentionally and in ignorance. The Bible (?) teacher and or teachers (?) who

"make" Paul the chief of sinners should be honest in their research. Israel is the manslayer. Under law, life for life,

eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth was required. Significantly, the manslayer could employ only three implements to

receive the needed clemency: wood, stone or iron. Are not the cross, its cruel nails, its heavy beam of wood and

Stephen's stoning remarkable fulfilments?

`The Jew an Alien. But the manslayer lost his home. So Israel have been living in borrowed homes and have

been made temporary citizens of the world.

`Matthew 24:16, Israel's flight from Anti-Christ. When ye see, our Lord says, the abomination of desolation,

spoken of by Daniel the prophet, then do two things: start running and start counting. Daniel's 1290 days will then

be counted as we count our "days before Christmas". The pious Israelite will count, 1289, 1288, 1287 ... 653, 652 ...

40, 39, 38 ... 15, 14 ... 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ... Oh, God, only one more day, "Give us this day our daily bread ... deliver us

from the evil one ... for Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory FOREVER. AMEN". Then, friends, the

so-called Lord's Prayer will be the prayer'.