I spoke of their _dispersion_ amongst the Gentiles. Now what did Moses
say of it? “Thou shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.”
(_v._ 25.) “And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the
one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve
other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and
stone.” (_v._ 64.)
I spoke of their _distinctness_. Now what did Balaam say of it? “The
people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned amongst the nations.”
(Num. xxiii 9.) And though these words were spoken no less than three
thousand three hundred years ago, do they not predict exactly that which
you may see this very day in London, Liverpool and in every other great
city of Europe?
I spoke of _reproach and persecution_. And returning to Deut. xxviii.,
what do we there find? In verse 33 you find the prediction of
persecution and spoliation. “The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours,
shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only
oppressed and crushed alway.” And in verse 37 the reproach in foretold:
“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byeword, among
all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.”
The last fact of which I spoke was the _preservation_, the long
preservation, through those eighteen centuries of unequalled trial; and
again we turn to Moses, and find him saying, “And yet for all that, when
they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither
will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with
them: for I am the Lord their God.” (Lev. xxvi. 44.)
Now all these passages are taken from the Pentateuch, the earliest book
of the Scriptures; and I have referred especially to them because some
people appear to speak with disrespect of the Pentateuch. But here we
see the Pentateuch prophecies fulfilled in this nineteenth century in so
remarkable a manner that no observant man can deny it.
But if people prefer prophecies of a later date they shall have them; for
time makes no difference to truth, and the inspiration of the Scriptures
extends through its whole length.
We find that they have been driven from their country, and can no longer
inhabit the land which is their own. Now what did the prophet Isaiah
say? “Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be
utterly desolate, and the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a
great forsaking in the midst of the land.” (Chap. vi. 11, 12.)
We found that they are scattered amongst all the nations of the world.
Now what did God predict by the mouth of Ezekiel? “The whole remnant of
thee will I scatter into all the winds.” (Chap. v. 10.)
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