and rebuild Jerusalem upon her own heaps; while at the same time
the destruction destroyer of the Gentiles will be on his way; and
while God was turning the captivity of Israel, he would put all
their curses and afflictions upon the heads of the gentiles their enemies,
who had not sought to recover but to destroy them, and had trodden
them under foot from generation to generation. At the same time
the standard should be lifted up, that the honest in heart, the meek
of the earth among the gentiles should seek unto it; and that Zion
should be redeemed, and be built up a Holy City, that the glory
and power of God should rest upon her, and be seen upon her; that
the watchman upon Mount Ephraim might cry, "arise ye and
let us go up unto the Zion, the City of the Lord our God"; [Jeremiah 31:6] that the
gentiles might come to her light, and kings to the brightness of
her rising; that the saints of God may have a place to flee to
and stand in holy places while judgment works in the earth; that
when the sword of God that is bathed in heaven falls upon Idumea
or the world [Isaiah 34:5]—when the Lord pleads with all flesh by sword and
by fire, and the slain of the Lord are many—the saints may
escape these calamities by fleeing to the places of refuge like
Lot and Noah.

Isaiah in his 24 ch. gives something of an account of the calamityies
and judgments which shall come upon the heads of the gentile nations, and
this because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances, and
broken the everlasting covenant. The Apostle Paul says to his Roman
brethren that if the gentiles do not continue in the goodness of God,
they like the House of Israel should be cut off. [Romans 11:21-22] Though Babylon
says, "I sit as a queen and ha am no widow, and shall see no
sorrow," the Revelator says, "therefore shall her plagues come in one
day; death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly
burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." [Revelation 18:7-8] Jesus
communicated the parable of the fig tree which in putting forth its
leaves betokens the approach of summer; and so likewise when we
see the signs in the sun, moon and stars, and in the heavens and the
earth of which he spoke, we might know that his coming is near—
that the generation in which those signs appeared should not pass ^away^ [Luke 21:25-32]

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and rebuild Jerusalem upon her own heaps; while at the same time the destroyer of the Gentiles will be on his way; and while God was turning the captivity of Israel, he would put all their curses and afflictions upon the heads of the gentiles their enemies, who had not sought to recover but to destroy them, and had trodden them under foot from generation to generation. At the same time the standard should be lifted up, that the honest in heart, the meek of the earth among the gentiles should seek unto it; and that Zion should be redeemed, and be built up a Holy City, that the glory and power of God should rest upon her, and be seen upon her; that the watchman upon Mount Ephraim might cry, "arise ye and let us go up unto Zion, the City of the Lord our God"; that the gentiles might come to her light, and kings to the brightness of her rising; that the saints of God may have a place to flee to and stand in holy places while judgment works in the earth; that when the sword of God that is bathed in heaven falls upon Idumea or the world—when the Lord pleads with all flesh by sword and by fire, and the slain of the Lord are many—the saints may escape these calamities by fleeing to the places of refuge like Lot and Noah.

Isaiah in his 24 ch. gives something of an account of the calamities and judments which shall come upon the heads of the gentile nations, and this because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances, and broken the everlasting covenant. The Apostle Paul says to his Roman brethren that if the gentiles do not continue in the goodness of God, they like the House of Israel should be cut off. Though Babylon says, "I sit as a queen and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow", the Revelator says, "therefore shall her plagues come in one day; death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her". Jesus communicated the parable of the fig tree which in putting forth its leaves betokens the approach of summer; and so likewise when we see the signs in the sun, moon and stars, and in the heavens and the earth of which he spoke, we might know that his coming is near— that the generation in which those signs appeared should not pass away