Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-04

thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his
wheat into the garner; but be will burn OPP
the chaff with unquenchable fire. "-Mau.
iii: H. But. when do thisl That this
should be at his second coming, andsnot
his first, is apparent, 10 that the tbrasher's
fin is not a purifier of bad wheat, but ,
separator OF the chaf from The wheat, as
the wheat from the tares, and the good |
fishes from The bad, and the like. His (
floor representing the Jewish kin gdom, by
Moses, and the garner, the kingdom Of
heaven, by Christ
First. 10 respect to The punishment pre-
figured above, / offer for the readers con-
sideration, asfuf6lling it. prophetic dec
laraiion by the Savior of what should
/ befa!I theJewishn nation in that age. For
the days shall come upon thee, that thine
enemies shall cast trench about thee, and
compass thee round and keep thee in on
every side, and shall lay thee even with
the ground, and thy children within thee"
Luke xix: 43. Thy children i. e. thy
worshippers--who some lhirty-ive years
after this, assembled at Jerusalem from the
uuermost parts.of the earth to Worship
werethese taken and destroyed.
| stop here to remark, that whoever
suggests that what in scripture is called
a the looming Of Christ and enl Of the
!; world" was accomplished in, and cotem-
porary with, the destruction Of Jerusalem,
is by most religionists all but laughed to
scorn land for why2 The language
which is there employed by Christ and by
:, his aposles-by no rule of Interpretation
,I-can be made to refer to any other era
or period of time. answer-There are
two insurmountable obstacles 10 giving
counlenance to such suggestion. | first
name the insignifcancy Of the view or
dinarily entertained Of the suffering s--the
unheard of distress Of that day of all
days that are gone. or that shall come,
: which forbids the admission Of such Sug-
eestion. Rut the greater obstacle beyond
. the power Of language TO describe is, the
: tenlarged amount Of punishment above the
true. which is generally believed; known
4 to be thus magnifed when tried by and
> compared with scripture where literally
: expressed. | mean the reward to the
: wicked, consequent on the second coming
. of Christ. A prominent cause of thi,
= egregious error is, they understand Emor,
IS properly misunderstandl that Judgment
I the Judgment OF the gfeat day--to be til,
: last Judgment = final retribution for al
= sin; whereas, it is the first judgment BY
d Christ, or under his reign. So on tn
Is other hand, in respect to the award @
20 blessing to be conferred by the Savior o.
= the saints of old, ond on the righteous {
- his day; an error Of equal ma gnitude-
offspring of the same parent, and NOR
n intensely beloved and dotted ons has bee
IL adopted as their own, and is as.nnequivo
IN cally adhered to- with as obstinate tenacil
~ as TIE other. All this, however. being a
ne vet but the writer's assertion. and may
10 deemed arrogant. both by the good an
N. the learned, add no more; hoping til
~ ere long shall hear from the good hearte
:" patrons Of the Telegraph, and from its alb
nc correspondents and contributors TO its &C
~ umns--on this all-interesting and ALA
sorbing sobjcct, the 1.-THE coming of Chr
= and the end of the world.'' Also th
ga the merit or dement, of the views ente
In tanned by each, will be made TO appear
4 listening public, onmindful of lis pc
ent wretchedness, through fear Of futu
no destiny. To return 10 our subject.
the Second. 10 regard to what is iaipli
the by the words, Kingdom. garner and V
tice sels-l. What did Moses disciples p
the sess. called the 'kingdom?' Said Jes
hat 10 the chief priests and elders, "The kin
n of dom of God shall be taken from you. 8
is Matt. xxi: 43. That these were IN heav'
ing or in possession of heaven, no one W
to affirm or even Of the kingdom of heav
! Is internally, but externally-i. e. they w
the possessed the legal dispensatior
the the a0Ord according to the lsw-the poV
on" to initiate proselytes, cast outof the sy
To gogues. temple and church. or kingdom
ness to curse BY anathemas and oppfobfi'
cred names TO punish even unto death