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The Hebrew scriptures contain more than According to undisputable history and
300 prophecies telling when and where the Israel's own prophets, it is 1,900 years too late
King of the Jews would be born, all about to expect the first coming of the Messiah. Is-
Him, including His rejection, crucifixion, and rael's only hope is His second coming. Tragi-
resurrection. All were fulfilled to the letter in cally, it will take Armageddon for Israel to
Jesus Christ. If He is not the Messiah, there is recognize her Messiah. When Jahweh person-
no Messiah. On the very day the angel Gabriel ally appears to rescue Israel from destruction,
foretold to Daniel (Dan. 9:25), Jesus rode into every Jew alive will see that He is the man
Jerusalem, was hailed as the Messiah as who was pierced to the death for their sins and
Zechariah had prophesied (Zech. 9:9), then resurrected, the very Messiah promised by
was crucified for our sins and resurrected as their prophets, whom they have rejected. Then
Israel's prophets had foretold. On the tree all Israel still alive will believe. And the King
above His head, Pilate placed this accusation: of the Jews at last "shall reign for ever and
"THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS" ever"! Right now He offers forgiveness, peace,
(Mat. 27:37). eternal life and a benevolent reign on the
throne of every heart that will open to Him.

The British Served Under Another has departed from us. Hold fast to what is right, for
Queen who knows how soon God will raise David in our
Elizabeth and pour out a blessing that she wage politi-
cal warfare in her parliaments and move their stony
hearts that she may lead her people to that freedom
The vision we once had seems to have departed from
our people. In its place is a spiritual apathy, a political which cannot be bought for the goods that perish.
and economic malaise, and death that stalks in the
street in the wake of terrorism and disease. People be- Before leading her people against the Romans who had
gin to rebel against the injustices inflicted upon them. killed her husband, outraged her daughters, and plun-
The unemployed languish at home or at street corners, dered her kingdom, Boadicea addressed her army of
their talent and skills and strengths confused from lack 120,000 in words that could well be spoken today:
of direction. We look in wonder at our kingdom and
see it plundered and raped, and no one comes to help. "I rule not like Nitocris, over beasts of burden, as are
Is this our heritage? the effeminate nations of the East, nor like Semiramis,
over tradesmen and traffickers, nor like the man-
Boadicea woman, Nero, over slaves and eunichs, such is the pre-
cious knowledge these foreigners introduce amongst
us; but I rule over Britons, little versed indeed in craft
The Roman historian, Dion Cassius, wrote of the 'Bri- and diplomacy, but born and trained to the game of
tannic' Boadicea, or Boudicca: war; men who in the cause of liberty stake down their
lives, the lives of their wives and children, their lands,
"Her stature exceeded the ordinary height of woman; and property. Queen of such a race, I implore your aid
her aspect was calm and collected, but her voice had for freedom, for victory over enemies infamous for
become deep and pitiless. Her hair, falling in long the wantonness of the wrongs they inflict, for their
tresses as low as her hips, was collected round her perversion of justice, for their insatiable greed; a peo-
forehead by a golden coronet; she wore a tartan dress ple that revel in unmanly pleasures, whose affections
fitting closely round her bosom, but below the waist are more to be dreaded and abhorred than their enmity.
expanding in loose folds as a gown; over it she wore a Never let a foreigner bear rule over me or over my
military cloak. In her hand she bore a spear." 1
countrymen; never let slavery reign in this land." 2
Thus she appeared. Is this the vision we have of our
Queen? Do not look upon her stature; David was not 1 Tacitus Annals 12, p37; 2 Xiphilinus Excerpta,
tall, but he was a warrior. Say not that our loyalty also p176.

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