The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-29
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Mr.. EDITOR: It il with grear
pleasure that l rcfute the objections O
ABible Reader to the view that wal
advanced in relation to the earth du
ring the 1000 years Of Rev. X. Ii
doing this, l have only to cite a few
plain texts Of scripture and draw . few
natural and obvious conclusions.
1. Isaiah xiv, l, "Behold ths
Lord maketh the earth empty" and
Sd, "Thc land shall be utterly emp
tied."s When? In the day Of Gods
wrath. When will that be? At the
close Of probation. We are now in the
day of atonement for the gospel since
the close Of prophetic item n the fall a
1874. Now If "Bible Reader" will
turn to Lev. xvi, he win there read
concerning the typical day of atone.
ment; and the scapc goat, which rep
resents the devil-upon him the sins
Of those who truly repented were laid
and he, the goat, "bore upon him al
their iniguities unto a land not inhab
itsd." Now turn back again to Isaiah
XVI, and read verse %, "And they
1.-THE wicked of the earth) shall be
gathered together as prisoners are
gathered in the pit, and shall be shu,
up in the prison (of the dead, 'un-
der worldly and sitter many DAYS
1880, 900, the 1000 years) shall they
be visited" For what? To receive
their final recompense, which will be
also in the earth. See Prov. ri, 81
"Behold the righteous shall be recon-
pensed in the earth; how much more
the wicked and the sinner" This, Of
course, is at the end Of the 1000
years, or millennium But let us
now come back again to the time just
prior to this period and hear the Sa
vior's testimony. Luke xxvii-28, 29
and 80, sI4ikewise also as it was in the
days OF Lot; they did eat, they drank.
they bought, they sold, they planted
they builded; but the same day Lo,
went out of Sodom it raincd FIRE and
birthstone from heaven and destroyed
them all. Even thus shall it be when
the Son Of Man is revealed" Now
that this will be in fulfilment of the
prophets please turn to Zeph. i-2, 81
will utterly consume all things from
off the earth saith the Lord" v. 3, 81
will consume them, man and beast,
and / will cut off man from off the
earth, saith the Lords" v. Is, '.For he
shall make even speedy radiance Of
all them that dwell in the land.s
Now this is the reason why | be-
lieve that the earth will be empty,
void and desolate during the 1000
years, as this class Of dead lived not
until the 1000 years are finished
But the glorifed saints lived, and
reigned with Christ during this. pc
Rod in the work ofjudgment (see LIST
Cor, viz in the new Jerusalem which
is above, and Free" &c. But at the
expiration of the 900 years, the city
down and all the saints with it /;
the wicked dead are raised in the four
corners Tor quarters) Of the earth, the
city having been located on the Mt.
Of Olives, the Lord God having come
with all his saints-see Zech. xiv, 5.
The devil rallies his deceived host,
whom he has deceived even unto
death, brings them up "around the
beloved city and camp of the saints, !"
to take it, and there and then
fire came down from heaven and des-
troyed them all. When the earth is
then made new, the angels word to
Luke i; 80 and 33 literal
y fulfilled, and where Jerusalem now
IS and David's throne was,-see Ps. ii,
S-shall Christ "reign over the house
If Jacob forever, and OF his kingdom
here shall be an end" Can any
bible believer, after a second thought,
that Christ will raise oil the
saints of every AGe and oonAno thorn
lpon this sin cursed earth after it is
blasted and blighted, srd wrecked by
,ha es.shYuake, WHICH VIII pc Tn coss-
'ection with the seventh plague (such
IN earthquake as never has been).-
And that, too, in the midst of the
wicked the number Of whom is as the
and of the sea, for q 900 wears; and
hey at last be forced to retreat with
christ at their head, into the city
until the wicked are cut of? Can we
,elieve it? No! for there is no repen-
ance unto salvation after Christ closes
lis priestly Office, "for he that is filthy,
'e shall be filthy still.
In conclusion, l would add word
n relation to Satan, and his binding.
cannot conclude that Bible Reader,
r any one else, has an idea that the
chain is literal, with which Satan is
0 be bound. It must be chain of
,reat circumstances that have befallen
i'm, so that he is rendered inopcra-
i've, having no subjects to deceive,as
We have seen. The wicked are dead,
nd the saints all taken to where
'hrist has gone to prepare for them.
The nations iii the four corners of
he earth, at the expiration of the
900 years, will be the wicked dead
aised to life. "When is the time for
he lion and the lamb to lie down to-
ether? Answer. When the first
ominion comes to Christ, in the new
arth-see Micah, siv, s; Gen. i, rs
he peace and good will that my
lend speaks Of, that awaits this
arth, will not take place till the dew
and his angels, and all the proud,
ca, and all that do wickedly, are
urned to ashes on the face Of the
arth--scc Malachi iv and Ezekiel
xviii--and the earth made new.
or, saith the Lord, "Behold
create all things new" Not all new
lings. Now let Bible Reader read
'ev. xiv, and know that we arc pass
y the period covered from the 9th
, l4th verses, and are into it since
344.
Lastly, let us, my friend, rs bible
,aders know that the holy word |
lust dc taken IN H very comprcncn-
We sense, as well as to be studied in
S most particular details. But of
! things the most important, both |
IF ourselves and the world Of unbe-
evers, is that we find harmony Of |
$ teaching. To my friend Bible
eader. / ,nust saw that cons;dariner