The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-08-14

dead, surely lie wasnOt waiting fo'
that which had already come. Let
us examine Il prediction made 10y
the prophets: "Am,l it shall come
TO PASS in the last days that the
mountain of the Lords house shall
be established in the top OF the
mountains, and shall be exalted Il.
boye the hills; and all nations shall
flow unto it. And many people
shall 20 and say Come ye, and let
us go up to the mountain OF the
Lord. to the house Of the God OF
Jacob and he will teach us OF his
ways, and we will walk iii his paths.
for out of Zion shall 60 forth the
law, and the word of the LcrdfTOm
Jerusalem" THIS very interesting
prophecy was uttered by Micah i'll
very nearly the same words. This
prophecy gives us to Know that the
establishment Of the mountain OF
the Lords house was 70 take place
in the last days and we can see no
other last days that could have
been intended only the last days OF
the Jewish tiiSpensatlOn-~t the last
days of that covenant which Paul
tells us had waxed old and was
ready to vanish away.
But we get another important
item of Information from this pyopl-
ecy: The word of the Lord was to
90 forth from Jerusalem. Hence,
when Jesus was inStructing and
preparing his apostles forthc cStab-
lishmcnt Of his kingdom he saiG
unto them: 'ThuS it is written
and thus it behooved Christ to Suf
fer, and to Use from the dead the
third day; and that repentance
and remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all
nations, beginning ut Jerusalem.'
Jerusalem is the place from which
the VOID OF the Lord was to 60
forth, and it consisted in Preach
ing repentance and remission Of
sins among all nations, and this
was to begin there. Bat to estab-
liSh a kingdom there must be per-
sons duly qualified for the work
hence, Jesus, at the beginning OF
his personal ministry, selected
twelve men and took them under
his immediate care, and for three
years and Il half instructed them
in the work they were to perform.
Not only this, but he selected one
OF them to lead off as foreman in
the opening of his kingdom, AMI
said to him: Thou art Peter, and
upon this rock / will build my
church, and the gates Of hell shall
not prevail against it, and | will
give thee the keys of the kingdom
OF heaven" To Peter then was
given the exalted privilege of first
the kingdom, with power
to bind and to loose on the earth,
with the assurance that his acts
would te recognized in heaven.
Notwithstanding Peter mad been
Il constant attendant upon the
teachings of the Savior, this work
was too important to be Entrusted
to unalded human frailty. Man
is imperfect and forgetful; an i'm.
lOrtant item of instruction given
by the Lord might b. forgotten by
Peter when the final destiny Of the
human race tremb!ed in awful sus.
pense upon his decision. Hence
says the Saviour ''BuC the Com.
forter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send III my
name he shall teach you all things
and bring all things toyUur 1emem.
bcrance. whatsoever 1 have said
unto you." Thus he is secured
against the frailties Of human rec
election. But operations are to
begin at Jerusalem; hence jesus
says to him, with the other apos.
Ties: "Tarry ye in the city Of
Jerusalem until We he cndued with
power from Gil high" Here is Pc
ter, the proper person, at Jerusa-
lem, the proper place, ard Jesus,
the king is Oh his throne, surely
all things are ready now. Among
other things Peter said: Therefore |.
being 10y the right hand Of God
exalted, and having received of
the Father the promise of the Holy |
Ghost, he hath shed forth this:
which ye now see and hear,
Therefore let all the house of U.s.
rael know assuredly, that God
hath made that same Jesus whom
ye have crucified both Lord and
Christ" Here, for the first time.
is the grand fact announced to the
denizens of earth, that Jesus
eigns in the Kingdom OF Heaven.
Persons ask admittance Peter
uses the keys of the kingdom, they
enter and are added to them.
Them? Whoa The disciplcs-
the hundred and twenty. After