The Republican journal., 1896-03-05

prophecy OF the BlDle, as Ielatlng 10 the
settlement of the Eastern question, we
have very briefly examined only four lines
of prophecy; but we find they all agree,
that the next great move will be the COM
ing of Christ and the establishing of His
kingdom, and if we should examine every
line of prophecy as touching this subject
they would all come out the same.
We find prophecy relating to Christ's
kingdom scattered all through the Old
and New Testaments, and they all agree
as to location. We see in Luke l. 80 SO that
the angel said to Mary before Jesus was
born: ''He shall be great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest and the
Lord God shall give unto Him the throne
of His father David. And He shall
reign over the house of Jacob forever;
and of His kingdom there shall be no
end -
Here is pledge that Christ will occupy
David throne and again in Psalms 1872: II
We read: 1.-The Lord hath sworn in truth
unto David, He will not turn from it; of
the fruit of thy body will l set upon thy
throne'
We know that Davids throne was on
this globe OF ours, and although David's
rule extended over Canaan, Christ's do
minion will extend ''from sea to sea and
from the river unto the ends of the EARTH.
We learn from the Bible that Christ was
given for the vely purpose to become the
king of Gods people. When Plate asked
Jesus if He was a king, Christ's answer
was: ''To this end was l born In Acts
.: 30 we read that God had told David
that He would raise up Christ to sit on
His throne. In Eek. 21: 81, in speaking
of Davd's throne it says: II will over
turn, overturn, overturn it, and it shall
be no more, until He come whose right it
is; and | will give it Him. By this we
see the throne of David has been vacant for
over 2400 years, and will remain so until
Christ re-establishes it again.
That very country is now occupied by
the Turk, and the I'd Psalm, 9th verse,
will have to be applied to them before
Christ can set up His throne. 1t reads:
Thou (ChrisD shalt break them with a
rod OF iron; and shalt dash them in pieces
like potters vessel.'' In Micah 4 s we
learn that Christ is to have the first do
one that God gave Adam, and that cover
ed the whole earth; Gen. :26.
Adam and Eve lost their beautiful in
heritance and went down in death. Christ,
the second Adam, came to redeem that
that which is lost by the first Adam, viz,
from ne power of death and lost inheri-
lance or this globe of ours. We read in
lisa. is that God did not create the
earth in vain, he formed it to be inhabit-
ed
We read in Acts 3 20 ''that heaven must
receive Christ until the time of restora-
ton of all things which God hath spoken
by the mouth of all his prophets since the
world began" That must include even
the first dominion.
In Matt. % "a we have the same idea
brought out. In the chapter before this
Christ was speaking about the papal per-
secution, and the events that follow, as
the heaven Of heavens being shaken and
the tribes of the earth mourning, or this
trouble of the nations which they are pre-
pairing for, The next thing, says Christ, we
will see him coming in the clouds of hea
Ven with power and great glory. The
31st verse continues: and when the Son
of Man shall come in his glory then shall
be sit upon the throne of his glory"
This is very plain that Christ's throne is
to be on this planet on which we live.
Then Christ continues on with the judg
ment scene, and in the 34th verse he
says, ''then shall the King (Christ) say
unto them on his right hand, come We
blessed Of my Father inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of
the world. on see We are carried
right back again to the first dominion.
the same that was lost by Adam
Il we should tuln to the I'd of Revea-
ton we would find message which
christ gave to the seven churches of
Asia and they are symbolical Of the seven
church periods of the gospel dispensation
W h.tNp 1D,I,lp heat baya hoe
living in the last period (the Laodcean)
for over fifty years, and the very next
thing John saw was the Judgment scene
as found in the fourth and fifth chapters.
In the 9th verse, in speaking of Christ,
John says, ''and they sung a new song
saying, thou art worthy to take the book
and to open the seals thereof for thou
vast slain and hast redeemed us to God
by thy blood out of every kindred and
tongue and people and nation, and hast
made us unto our God, kings and priests
and we shall reign on the earth. Every
line of thought that touches on this sub
ject takes us right back to this globe
of ours before Adam fell from his first
estate.
We know that Christ plainly taught
that he was born to be King and that is
the teaching of the whole Bible. He also
said that his kingdom was not of this
world and this agrees with all Bible
writer's that he will be king and rule over
the world to come, which is this earth
made new, freed from the curse of sin and
death. There is no point brought out
any palmer in the Bible than the one
that Christ is to become the coming king
and rule in person over Gods re-estab-
lished, restored and everlasting kingdom,
the same as given to Adam, seized by
Satan, promised to Abraham, bought
by Christ. 1t is the lost Eden restored.
just think for a moment in whose hands
Palestine, Gods Holy Land, is to-day.
In the hands of the false prophet. 1t
was sold under sin, and speaking of the
Holy Land now occupied by the Turks
God says, 1.-THE land shall not be sold
forever, for the land is mine.''
If we turn to Revelation 6: 10, II we
find that John heard the cry of the mas
tiers, asking how long before the Lord
would judge the world. And the answer
they received was that they should rest
little season until their fellow servants
and brethren that should be killed as
they were, sho uld be fulfilled. Without
doubt we are having this fulfilled in
Armenia to-day, by the very people who