September 2027

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 THE SPIRIT MOVED TO CALL FORTH ANOINTED SERVANTS

During this same time period Sir Isaac Newton's prophecy finds fulfillment, "About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will tum their attention to the Prophecies,

and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition."

Vendyl Jones addressed Newton's prophecy: "Sir Isaac Newton's writings, which stressed a literal interpretation of the Bible, brought about an awareness in seventeenth century

Britain and America of the Jew's place and role in prophetic history. In contrast to Newton the traditional church considered the Jews accursed, and all the prophetic literature about Israel was spiritualized and applied to the Christian Church. Hence, when the prophets spoke of the restoration of Israel, it was interpreted as meaning a restoration of the Holy Roman Empire because Rome was considered to be the spiritual Israel. There is no statement or allusion in the Scriptures of any such concept as a Holy Roman Empire. Yet, many evangelical writers today propagate such an imposition."1

ANOINTED SERVANTS OF THE PHILADELPHIA ERA

Some whom the Spirit called to serve nationally and internationally as preachers,

missionaries, evangelists declaring the "Good News":

• Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758, an American revivalist preacher (Great Awakening)
• John Wesley 1703-1791, an English preacher and evangelist (Methodist founder)
• George Whitefield 1714-1770, an English preacher (Methodist founder)

1 Vendyl Jones, Will the Real Jesus Please Stand (Tyler TX: Priority, July 1983) x

• Adoniram Judson 1788-1850, an American missionary to China
• David Livingstone 1813-1873, a Scottish preacher and missionary to Africa
• D.L. Moody 1837-1899, an American evangelist (Moody Bible Institute)
• John Nelson Darby 1800-1882, an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism. He addressed Biblical prophecy from a literal view. He awakened believers to the prominent role of Israel in Scripture. Darby was one of the first to recognize certain passages were given to Israel while others were written to the Ekklesia.
• Joseph Seiss 1823-1904, an American Lutheran minister, known for his position on Israel in Biblical prophecy and Biblical covenants. His book on Revelation continues to be in demand.
• Cyrus Ingerson Scofield 1843-1921, an American dispensational theologian and minister who advocated a literal interpretation of Biblical text, unless otherwise indicated. Biblical

covenants were thus seen as everlasting and viewed through Hebraic eyes. Prophesies of Israel's future restoration and Kingdom Age were in the forefront of his Scofield Bible teaching.

"Slowly, a sprinkling of writers began to do as Newton had predicted. It should not be a

surprise to note that most of these writers were converts from Judaism: Alfred Edersheim, Andrew Jukes, Arno C. Gaebelein, David Baron and the list goes on. It is important to note that it was not the Reformation but the Jewish influence within the church which brought Christian theology out of the Dark Ages. These writers began to show the imperative need for a literal interpretation of a few basics: namely the assertions that Israel was Israel and the Church was the Church." 1