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����� THE KEY TO PROPHESY ‑By Bertrand L. Comparet
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������ THE KEY TO PROPHESY
�������������� By Bertrand L. Comparet
��� Today we easily see how each of the great events of the Old
Testament days was prophesied long in
��� advance. Yet, the people were strangely blind to it when the
events were coming upon them. Today it is
��� the same; the prophecies concerning the end of the age are
being fulfilled; yet the people in most churches
��� cannot make head or tail of it. They wait expectantly for the
smallest things to happen, meanwhile being
��� blind to what is actually happening to them. This is because they
don't know to whom the prophecies
��� apply, so they look to the wrong people, in the wrong place, for
their fulfillment.
��� Yahweh did not prophecy indiscriminately about everything and
everybody. The great empires of China,
��� India, the Inca, Maya and Aztec nations of South and Central
America, were never noticed in the Bible,
��� for they had nothing to do with Yahweh's people nor His religion.
To understand prophecy, you must
��� know to whom the prophecy is addressed. Bible prophecies are
grouped into certain main lines, each
��� with its own subject.
��� (1) Messianic prophecies concerning Yahshua. They foretold His
virgin birth, the place where He
��� would be born, many details of His ministry, healing the sick,
giving sight to the blind. All the details of
��� His betrayal and crucifixion were given, and His resurrection on
the third day, etc. Obviously, only
� ��Yahshua could fulfill these, if you waited for someone else, you
could reach only doubt and confusion. All
��� the other main lines of prophesy are also directed specifically to
some one subject and cannot be fulfilled
��� by anyone but the people concerning whom they were written.
��� (2) Prophecies concerning the 12 tribes of Israel. As we know,
Israel split into two nations upon the
��� death of Solomon in 975 B.C. and the two nations then had their
separate histories and different destinies
���to fulfill. Either one alone of the two nations it became and of
course, not by any Gentile people cannot
��� fulfill prophecies relating to the whole house of Jacob.
��� (3) The two tribed nation of Judah. Judah and Benjamin
remained when the ten tribed Israel split
��� away from it. These prophecies deal with the short‑lived nation
foretelling its captivity in Babylon for 70
��� years. Then it tells about the return of a remnant to build the 70
weeks nation foretold by Daniel, which
��� would fulfill and outlive its purposes in 490 years. It was to
provide the sanctuary for Yahshua's first
��� coming and His sacrifice for us on the cross. After that it served
no further purpose and within one
��� generation it disappeared from history. Just as it is obvious that
China, Rome or Argentina could not fulfill
��� any of these prophecies, neither could the house of Judah fulfill
prophecies that do not concern her.
��� (4) The house of Israel. Beginning as the ten tribed nation, which
broke away from Judah, they had a
��� separate destiny. It was to be Yahweh's dominion. It must
become a great nation and a company of
��� nations. It must be Yahweh's battle‑axe and weapons of war,
with which He broke up the evil, pagan
��� nations of the earth. It must become a great seafaring people,
from the Norse Vikings of the several
��� centuries following the decay of the Roman Empire, down
through the mighty navies of Great Britain and
��� the United States. Its people must multiply like the stars of
heaven in number and they must receive the
��� new covenant and become Christians. They must possess and
develop the lands, which other people had
��� allowed to remain desolate. They must take Yahweh's religion
and civilization to many lands, to show
�� �forth His praise in the earth. All these prophecies concern the
house of Israel only and nobody but the
��� Anglo Saxon, Scandinavian and Germanic nations have fulfilled
them. These we know to be the living
��� generations of Yahweh's people Israel.
��� If you watch for fulfillment of these prophecies by Egypt, the
Congo, Russia, China, India or South
��� America, you not only waste your time in vain, while watching
the empty ring, you overlook the
��� performance going on in the active ring.
���� (5) The Jews. Here, willful blindness of most churches has
utterly confused their religion. They persist in
��� applying Yahweh's prophecies about Israel to the Jews. Since
the Jews never did and never could fulfill
��� any of these, such churches have to make excuses for the
apparent failure of prophecy and their faith is
��� badly weakened. They must pretend the time has not yet come
for fulfillment of any of these prophecies,
��� so the Jews can do these things in some indefinite future. This
blinds them to the fact these prophecies
��� have already been fulfilled by the real Israel. These have been
fulfilled so far that nothing is left to watch
��� for but the Russian and Chinese communist attack on the
unwalled cities of Israel, then the second
��� coming of Yahshua, for which they are not prepared.
��� In Isaiah 65:15 Yahweh said to the Jews, "Ye shall leave your
name as a curse to My chosen, for
��� Yahweh shall slay thee and call His servants by another name."
Yahweh said in Jeremiah 24:9 the
��� Jews would become "a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a
curse, in all places whither I shall drive
��� them". Yahweh prophesied that they would be recognized by
their faces. Isaiah 3:9 describes the Jews
��� thus, "The show of their countenance doth witness against them
and they declare their sin as Sodom, they
��� hide it not". They would be scattered, as wanderers and their
conduct would keep them under attack.
��� Ezekiel 5:11‑12 describes what will happen to the Jews. "A third
part shall fall by the sword around
��� about thee; and I will scatter a third part unto all the winds and I
will draw out a sword after them".� All
��� these things have happened, but this has been overlooked by
those who were watching only for that
��� which the Jews couldn't do because Yahweh had foretold that
only Israel could do it.
��� (6) The throne of David. In these prophecies Yahweh promised
the throne of David would always rule
��� over at least a part of His people. That the house of David will
never lack a descendant to sit upon that
��� throne. Finally, Yahshua, who is born of the house of David, will
return to rule the entire world from that
��� throne. We know that the royal families of Britain and the
Scandinavian countries are descended from
��� David. In all these centuries, these prophecies have never failed
for even one day; the final fulfillment of
��� Yahshua's return is drawing near.
��� (7) The Babylonian succession of empires. This is told
principally in Daniel and Revelation. Their rise
��� to power, their brutal character, their satanic but futile opposition
to the nations of Israel and their fall, all
��� occurred as prophesied. The final stages of these prophecies
are happening before our eyes today when
��� you know who is who.
��� (8) The kingdom of Yahweh. This is not something to begin in
the vague future. Daniel's continued
��� prophecy, after foretelling the Babylonian succession of
empires, beginning with King Nebuchadnezzar to
��� whom he spoke, is recorded in Daniel 2:44. "In the days of these
kings shall the God of heaven set
��� up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom
shall not be left to other people, but it
��� shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it
shall stand forever." The kingdom of Yahweh
��� was set up on earth centuries ago, in the days of the kings of the
Babylonian succession of empires. It is
��� still here and most of you who hear my voice are living in it.
��� (9) The church. This is not a nation; it has no armies or navies. It
rules no territories, it conducts no
��� commerce, it is not as numerous as the stars, but it is a little
flock. It is the spiritual center of the nations of
��� Israel, but it fulfills only its own prophecies and none of the
prophecies of Israel are transferred to it.
��� These nine main lines of prophecy are like as many different
trains, coming from different places with
��� different passengers and arriving at the depot on different
tracks. You will miss your train if you wait at
��� the wrong platform. Never in all eternity will a Gentile train arrive
on an Israel platform, nor will an Israel
��� train arrive at a Jewish platform, nor a kingdom of Yahweh train
at a church platform. The only key to
��� the understanding of prophecy is to watch for each train of
prophecy at its own platform.