Turkey in Prophecy by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 19, 1912

Turkey in Prophecy

By Editor

In this number more than the usual space for one article is devoted to the question of “Turkey in Prophecy.” The events of the last few weeks in Europe have furnished striking fulfilment of prophetic predictions with regard to the disintegration of the Ottoman empire. Remarkable indeed was the prophetic insight which two thousand five hundred years ago enabled the great Jewish prime minister of the Medo-Persian empire to look down through the long range of years and with unerring accuracy delineate the rise and fall of mighty empires. How accurately this was done in the eleventh chapter of this prophecy! Last week we considered how completely France fulfilled the specifications of verses 40-45. The article this week describes the manner in which the king of the south and the king of the north came against France. The striking fulfilment of this prophecy, as clearly indicated by the pages of history, shows that the application which we have made of this scripture for years is not an unfounded one, and that as in the past fulfilling events have exactly met the specifications of the Inspired Word, so the unfolding of the events in the future will come in the exact manner and time predicted. The dismemberment of Turkey, the king of the north, was clearly foretold. His expulsion from Europe and the establishment of his capital in Asia are the remaining features of the prophecy to be fulfilled. This will bring us to the end of all earthly governments, and to the time of the standing up of Michael to reign. By what is now taking place before our very eyes we are to be admonished of the things that are soon coming upon the earth. Of these later phases of the prophecy we shall speak more fully next week.