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THE BIBLE, PROPHECY AND THE WAR
By REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D. D.
MY theme is, "The Bible, Prophecy and the War."
First, the Bible, what is it? It is remarkable how much
misunderstanding there is, even among Christian people, as
to what the Bible really is. And because of it there is necessarily a
great deal of mental confusion, and error and heretical teaching in
the church and in the world. The Bible is just one thing; namely,
the history of the redemption of the human race on this earth. It is
not a history of the world, nor of any nation in the world, although
it dwells so much upon the history of one nation, as you know. It is
not a work of philosophy, nor of science. It is not a book of morals,
though its morals are the highest as its science is the truest and its
philosophy the deepest known to man. The Bible is something no
other book can possibly be when we call it the history of the redemp-
tion of the human race on this earth.
Think of that last phrase—On this earth. There are many who
think that the Bible is dealing chiefly with heaven—but it says very
little about heaven. It is dealing chiefly with the affairs of men on
the earth. God loves this earth, and the people that are upon it, not-
withstanding the awful carnage of the present time, which would seem
to contradict that statement. It does not contradict it. God knows
all about this carnage. He is ruling, and He is executing His purpose
through it all, so that His word shall yet be fulfilled where it is writ-
ten that His glory shall fill the earth, and "the knowledge of the Lord
shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea."
Israel an Instrument of God
But a second point to be clear about is, that in God’s purpose of
redeeming the human race on this earth. He is using two instruments,
or two servants, as the Prophet Isaiah speaks of them, and not only
one. We commonly think of only one, which is His only begotten and
well beloved Son. He is, of course, the first, the primary instrument
that God is using for He, "His own self, bare our sins in His own
body on the tree." There could be no redemption of the race, if sin
were not put away; and sin could only be put away through the aton-
ing death of the Son of God.
But God is using as a secondary instrument, or servant, the nation
of Israel. God’s purpose concerning Israel comes into view two thou-
sand years, more or less, after sin came into the world, in connec-
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