Queen Elizabeth ii has been on her throne for 50 years. Her Golden Jubilee is being celebrated this summer. But in a few short years that throne will be celebrated around the world! You need to understand why.
The Plain Truth magazine sent Herman Hoeh to cover the Queen’s coronation 50 years ago. Here is an excerpt from his article in July 1953: “A queen has been crowned—a queen of the oldest ruling dynasty in the world!
“For weeks London has been filled with festive preparations for the coronation of Elizabeth ii. The whole world waited in nervous expectation as plans were announced to have films of the coronation ceremony flown by jet across the Atlantic in order to be televised to the whole United States.
“To most Englishmen the coronation is the important ceremony of a generation, filled as it is with pomp, color and tradition. Britons proudly boast that in a world seething with revolutionary outbursts they still possess a royal monarch.
“Yet the real significance was not the pomp and ceremony, the ritual of the Church of England to which Englishmen cling to provide consolation from their troubles. The real significance—and the most astounding fact—is that on the English throne is seated a descendant of the oldest ruling dynasty in the world—a dynasty which God established and which He has protected and perpetuated through every generation for almost 3,000 years!
“England’s throne is important in God’s sight! Men can’t abolish it! God said so! …
“The coronation of Elizabeth ii occurred in Westminster Abbey which Dick Armstrong and I visited last summer. Surrounded by royal dignitaries in the Abbey, the Queen was anointed, given the royal robe, the crown jewels and finally crowned in the famous coronation chair which was specially built for the stone of destiny—a rock that has been in recorded history for 3,700 years!
“Do you know the significance of this stone? Of England’s throne? Of this dynasty which God considers so important as to preserve it for almost three millenniums?
“While in Westminster Abbey, Dick Armstrong and I saw this intriguing stone of destiny, steel gray in color, mixed with red veins, 22 inches long, 13 inches broad and 11 inches deep. Attached to both ends are two worn iron rings by which the stone may be carried. This rock is not beautiful, yet it is more important than all the crown jewels!
“Why?
“What is the real reason that Elizabeth ii had to be crowned on this rock? Centuries prior to this, the kings of Scotland—the ancestors of the present British royal family—were crowned upon it. Upon this stone the ancient Irish kings of this same royal family were also crowned, even as far back as five and one-half centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ.
“Why? What is the true significance of this rock? Where did it come from?
“Ancient Irish annals prove the rock—which they called ‘Lia fail,’ meaning stone of destiny—did not originate in Ireland, but came by way of Spain from the East. It was brought by a white-haired old man—a prophet—who also brought a daughter of an Eastern king. Through her marriage to the king of Ireland, she not only continued her father’s throne, but also became the ancestor of a dynasty which has continued to Elizabeth ii, who was crowned Queen on June 2 over the stone of destiny.
“If you were to go to Westminster Abbey, you would see that this stone is labeled Jacob’s pillow stone or Jacob’s pillar stone! Believe it or not, this is the very stone upon which the patriarch Jacob rested his head that evening about 3,700 years ago when fleeing from his father’s house!”
Sadly, the label Jacob’s pillow stone, or Jacob’s pillar stone, has been removed since then, and the stone has been moved to Scotland.
How utterly astounding that most people are ignorant of the throne’s history and prophecy. Jesus Christ is going to sit on that throne when He returns. That throne is the focus of this world’s hope—its dazzling future.
There is much more about that throne that you need to understand, so write for our free booklets The Key of David and The United States and Britain in Prophecy.
There is nothing physical on this Earth that is more inspiring and hopeful than that throne.