that was required . . . and that would be required.”
“Would be . . . as in what was still to come?”
“Yes. The seventh Jubilee would mark the end of one era and the beginning of another, the first Jubilee of restoration, the Jubilee of seeds, of sowing, of planting, and of the setting in motion of ancient purposes. The seeds of the seventh Jubilee would begin germinating and would come to their fruition in their appointed times. Some would be revealed sooner, and some later. But in time the entire world would see it.”
Chapter 15
FRUITION
THAT WOULD BE the last of the mysteries of the first door, the last of the first stream of visions. It was then that the Oracle began speaking as if to seal up what had been revealed up to that point and to tell me more . . . what would happen next.”
“The Jubilee,” said the Oracle, “represents the setting in motion of God’s purposes. It sets the stage. It inaugurates the course. It sets in motion the train of events that must take place in the coming period.”
“The coming period . . . ”
“The time until the next Jubilee.”
“So then what took place in the Jubilee of 1867 would set in motion a train of events.”
“A train of prophetic purposes that, with the passage of time, would become increasingly manifest . . . the fruition of the seeds.”
“How so?”
“Let’s start with the stranger. The ancient prophecy foretold the very words he would speak. He had to bear witness. So Mark Twain’s destiny was to bear witness through his words. And so he did. And the words of his witness had to go forth to the world. And so they did. While still journeying, he would send his reports of the land back home, where they would appear in newspapers throughout America. But the witness of the stranger would go beyond that. Shortly after he returned from his journey, he was approached by a publisher to convert the reports of his journey into a book. The book would be released in 1869. It would be called The Innocents Abroad. The book was the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy.”
“How was it received?”
“It would become a best seller. And because of it, the witness of the stranger would go forth not only to the nation and to the world and to his generation but to the generations that would follow. It would continue to bear witness long after his death. And of all the books he would go on to write, it was The Innocents Abroad that would, in his lifetime, outsell the rest. It was this book that would establish him as an author and catapult him to international fame. So his career as an author would begin and always be interwoven with an ancient mystery, the fulfillment of a prophecy given by Moses.”
“You said that he is considered the father of American literature. So then could it be said that American literature came into existence because of the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy?”
“It could be said.”
“What about the man with the measuring line, Charles Warren?”
“His life would also follow the course set forth by the ancient mystery. He would be called the pioneer of Jerusalem archaeology. He would lay the foundation for the uncovering of ancient Jerusalem. And with each uncovering, the connection between the Jewish people and the land would be revived, restored, and renewed.
“His measuring and mapping out of Jerusalem would prove so successful that it would open the door for a greater mission. The next decade would thus see the mapping out of the entire land. The survey would cover the area from Dan to Beersheba, the same borders given in the Bible to identify the land of Israel. And as they measured and mapped out the land, they discovered long-lost places, sites, and cities of Bible times. And with every discovery the connection between the Jewish people and the land was further restored and strengthened. All this would in turn be part of the building of momentum for a greater restoration that would take place in the following century.
“When you told me your vision of the angel with the measuring line, I told you that the prophet Zechariah saw the same thing and that in his vision the angel wasn’t there just to measure Jerusalem but to give a prophetic word. The word would concern the restoration of Jerusalem, a call to the exiles of Israel to return to the land