Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-15

unto the LORD an oieriEE IN rignt
eousness."
e nTten shall the offering of Judah
ard Jerusalem be pleasant unto the
Lord, as in the days OF Old, and IS y
former wears"
/ Jesus testified ths. s;aai on. 10,
:, or tittiecf the N6lis ofthe Prophets
shall fall 10 the ground,
but all shall be fulfilled. d
: These words viii, therefore. surely
come TO pass. ] am aware that
some think this Prophecy was fol-
fihed In the rrst Coming oil Christ
But little examination will show
that to be an error. II says He will
come As a purifier-tiat lie will
: purify the sous OF Levi, that they
may offer unto the Lord an offering
: in Righteousness. When He frsr
9 came Il was rs the habe OF Bethle-
hem. He became ia man Of sorrows
/ and acquainted with grief.s Instead
/. CT purifying the cons Of Levi, FL,
Pronounced woe upon them. He
drove out OF the temple those that
bought and sold therein and over.
TUNED the tables OF the money
changers. He DID not purge them
: aud make ttsni flt u
offer offerings unto the Lord
. In righteousness. Toe Chief Priest
aud the Eeyites cDnhinea 10 nut
Him 10 death, They h:d condemned
and septercsd Him for blasphemy,
ceiore they delivered him to PLATE
. who sentenced him for treason.
And they stirred up the whole Jew
ish people against their Messiah,
an! with them said, Let His bloc!
be- upon u aud upon our children"
And IL has Rested upon them until
the present day. The coming re-
.e-red 10 by Malachi therefore can
not be the fret. Then Judah and
Jerusalem were rejected and We're
Afterwards trOdden under foot Of
the Gsniiies. ~ The coming here
spoken OF, '-the Offering Of Judah
and Jerusalem shall be pleasant unto
the Bord.s
Let nie read another verse:
sand Twill come near ;, ydu 10
judgment and j will te a swift witness
against the sOrcerers and against tho
adelterers. and asainst false swearers.
and against those that oppress the
hheling in his wages, the widow aud
'ne fatherless, and tina. turn aside the
stranger from his righ; aud fear not
ME saith the Lord OF Hosts"
These five verses refer to the
secoai coming OF Christ, n every
one, who will read with an unpre.
JUDGED mind, will zee. We are
apt to lie influenced by the traditions
hanied down from our fathers, not
remembering that they have gone
astray from the ordinances OF God
- predicted by Malachi In the 9Th
verse. After the Apostles OF the
Lamb were slain, darkness came
upon the world. That great church,
the woman sitting upon Scarlet
colored beast" took the place Of the
true church. 1.-THE woman clothed
with the sun, the moon I'M
der her feet and upOn her head
crown of Stars" ami who
had 10 flee i1tO the wilderness,
where a place was prepared for
her. And through taat false
I church mbny erroneous notions
were Introduced into the world. She !
made all nations Of che earth |
drunk" with the denominations in !
her golden cup. When her power 4
waned 4 little other churches ,
spraBg up; most Of them were li-roh- |
shoots; ami although these had !
many good men among them who 1
enuncia.ed many good principles,
yet they all lacked direct comniuni- |
clticn with God as well rs that au-
thority from Him which is essen
tiai TO the admiuistra ton of His 4
ordinances. Having no revelations |
they fell into many errors anu /
handed down many false ira Ii 1
tons. One OF these Is that /
the prophecy quoted refers 30 the
fist coming Of Christ.
Another erroneous christian"
tradition Is that when a person
dies in the Lord" lhat is the COM
ing Of Christ. But,as We have read,
there will be = messenger sent 10
prepare the way and there will be
people ready 10 receive him. "Be-
hold | will send my messenger, and
he shall prepare the way before me
and the Llrd shall suddenly come to
temple. even the messenger of the
covenant tohJni ys delight ie behold
lie shall come, saith the LOri Of
hosts.''
1t is n common custom in Chris
TENDON to '.spiri.ualize' and thus
pervert the plain meaning OF the
word. But,;he predictions Of the Pr.
phets which have been fulfilled av.
taken place just rs they were ut-
tered For instance, "Behoh 4
virgin shall conceive and bear a ,
Son." was fulfilled literally. Jesus
predicted that the temple should be-
destroyed. and il WAS; not zone !
stone was left upon another that
was not thrown down"-a literal /
fulfilment.
John the Baptist was the fore I
runner OF His first coming. He !
preached the baptism Of repentance :
r. the remission Of sins. az the I,
's.Ine time pointing to Him vino 1
was to naptize with the Holy Ghos. :
mi Nth fire. The predictions re- I
ating TO the second advent will take 4
Ilace as literally rs those relating a
o His first coming. n
Now, suppose that in fuifilment {
" this prophecy n messenger should o
,ome In our day ami anaouuc,. that d
ne was sent to prepare tie way
u the Lord, how many
Void receive him? Some there
we're who received John, but the
treat body of the people and priests I
elected him and hc was hehratj,-i.
sitprohable that the people Of this
century, even thou h they are called
would receive e heaven
ent messenger? No, they scorn
lie idea Of n man being n prophet :
II this enlightened gospel age. They - !.
'oint TO their learned divines aui u
'opular pre- 'chers and say that :
irophets belonged to the dark ages: !,
here Is no need for prophets now, y
lo- for angels nor for revelation. q
iet, in this aye Of gospel blszs. of " "
Enlightened civiiiZ ,tiOn, so-cllled
Tristan nations are so advanced a
nat they pray to the same God, in y
he name OF the same Jesus, that y. ~
ley may bc successful in cutting
ich others Threats. And their p
eiigious ministers cannot come To- =
ether and talk about doctrine FOR ~
n n0ur without wrangie. Their ~
'eeds are conflicting, their effect Is !. -
Infusion. and they have no unity -
the faith except as il relates TO -
lie one doctrine, the need Of belief -
J the blood of Christ. This l. all
wing to the great apcstacy that has
ken place and TIE filse traditions
at have teen Introduced. And IL dc
through trasition and false teach IA
X that the sayings Of the prophets
sihe coming OF Chris. m
III the Kingdom % God nave b-en Pr
rverted anu misunderstood. -
The time will come-I hope Il
i'll not be Thought treason 10 say
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