Napoleon I foresaw what many are waking up to in our day, and gave expression to his thoughts, while a captive at St. Helena, in the following terms:
"In the course of a few years Russia will have Constantinople, part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I hold to be as certain as if it had already taken place; all the cajolery and flattery that Alexander practiced upon me was to gain my consent to effect that object. I would not give it, foreseeing that the equilibrium of Europe would be destroyed. In the natural course of things Turkey must fall to Russia; the Powers it would injure, and who would oppose it, are England, France, Austria and Prussia. Now, as to Austria, it would be very easy to secure her assistance by giving her Servia and other provinces bordering on the Austrian dominions, reaching near to Constantinople. The only hypothesis that France and England will ever be allied with anything like sincerity will be to prevent this; but even this alliance will not avail. France, England and Prussia united cannot prevent it. Russia and Austria can at any time effect it; once mistress of Constantinople, Russia gets all the commerce of the Mediterranean, becomes a great naval power, and God knows what may happen. The object of my invasion of Russia was to prevent this, by the interposition between her and Turkey of a new State which I meant to call into existence as a barrier to her eastern encroachments."
We attach no undue importance to the opinions of men, however great they may be. There is One "who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will."
Reader, it is CHRIST, not Russia, that is to have "Universal Sovereignty" upon the earth. God has declared that to JESUS "every knee shall bow," both in heaven and upon earth. (Phil. 2:1010That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; (Philippians 2:10).) Christ has been glorified in heaven, and He shall be glorified upon earth. The World Empires spoken of by Daniel the prophet have risen and fallen; when the fourth Empire rises again, for a very brief period, the Stone—now made "Head of the Corner" in God's heavenly building—shall fall upon that great human Image which magnifies itself upon earth, and break it in pieces, and IT shall "fill the whole earth." (Dan. 2:34, 3534Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:34‑35).)
In vain do men look for peace and a golden age without Christ. THE KING, God's King, must come, according to Psa. 72:17-19: "His name shall endure forever.. and men shall be blessed in Him... and the whole earth shall be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen." O Christian, let thy lamp of testimony to Christ be burning bright. O mere professor of Christianity, awake! awake! Christ is knocking at the door of thy heart, and says "If any man hear My voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with Me." (Rev. 3:2020Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20)) —Ed.
"EVEN SO; COME, LORD JESUS!"