The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-21

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ri "Wben the Son Of Man shall come
IN His glory and all the holy angels with
Him. then shall He sit upon tho throne OF
His glory" Concerning the coming of
che Son of Man In glory see also Math
wi. 81; xiv, 80, and compare Zeoh. xiv,
< o: Jude xiv, 10. We must keep In mind
that up to this time In our Lords min
istry there was no command to go to every
creature, but only to Israel, and that the
beginning and end of the story Of the
church, which is HIS body, is found chiefly
in the Acts, the epistles and Revelation
The church, or called out company from
all nations, being His body, we would ex-
meet 20 find Him in His body when He sits
mon His throne, and these are the assur-
anoes given us in Col Iii, 4, and Rev. iii, |
Of where we are told that when Christ |
our life shall appear we shall appear with |
Him in glory and sit with Him on His |
throne We are also told In Cor. vi, 2 |
that we shall judge the world, and this is |
An accord with Ps. cXlix, 90. That the
son of Man shall come In glory is as GER
tain as that He once came In humiliation.
70. "And before Him shall be gathered
all nations, and He shall separate them
nne from another, as a shepherd divideth
sheep from the goats. In the context of
the messages quoted concerning His COM
ing i'm glory we cannot but notice that the
Shirt always speaks of deliverance for
Israel and Judgment upon her enemies
and blessing for her friends and that Is
lust the story here, in perfect accord with
the testimony of the prophets surely
the Lord God will do nothing, but He re-
yealeth His secret unto His servants the
afrga
we would know His purposes we must go
70 those to whom He has told them We
therefore INQUIRE, "Havc the prophets said
ANYTHING about His Judging the nations
or about sheep and goatsg" AS we cannot
understand the first verse in the New Tes-
lament without considerable knowledge
of the Old so there are many other things
in the New Testament which require the
light of the Old Testament, and this Judg-
ment of the nations is one of them. Any
one familiar with Joel iii, Zeph iii and
Eek. xxxiy will feel almost at home in
our lesson and will not confound this
Judgment of living nations either with the
Judgment seat of Christ or that of the
great white throne (Rom. xiv, 10; ii Cor.
V, TO- Rev. Xxx, 12), the former for believ'
ers only and the latter for the rest of the
dead, who take no part in the first resur
rection, at the end of the Thousand years
93, "a. "Come ye blessed Of My Father
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world, 1t seem
TO me that our Lord must have had tn
words In Eek. xxxiv in His mind 10
there we read of sheep and goats ana o
the i'll treatment of the diseased and tn
sick, and of blessing that shall come t
other nations through Israel because the
were Israels friends The blessings of tn
church i'm her oneness with Christ ar
spoken of as prepared Before the founda
ton of the world (.Iohn xvii, "a; Yet
20: Eph. /, a. while the blessings OF othe
nations through Israel seem 60 be Error
the foundation of the world (heV. XII
8: xvii. g. But without pressing this
only ask that you distinguish between I'd
miilennial kingdom of blessing to nation
through Israel and the kingdom OF no
the Father to follow 1t.
80, So These are good works prepare
for all believers mt all times, and there al
always plenty of opportunities for sucn
are ready. Even Job testified that ne u
liyered the poor and the fatherless al
such as had none to help.
37-3q. We do not need to keep count
all the things we do for Him. we On
need to hold ourselves ready Tor any ma
ner of service, wholly at his coiilihan
ment. and lust do rs occasion serve us,
the moments come and go, believing th
He prepares every occasion ana ho.ic
whether we are watching His way al
ready for His every call
40. "And the King shall answer ana s.
unto them, Verify say unto you, in .
much as We have done 1t unto one Vi .
least of these, My brethren, ye nave 40
AZ unto Me" Some of us think tnao
would have been very glad 10 nave mn III
tered unto Him personally II we nau n,
when He was on the earth. We won
have followed Him like the true disclpl
and have hung upon His words
would have ministered unto Hin -
those women, and kept open MOUSE
Him. like Martha and Mary Let Us ie,
from His own lips in the words Vi :, =
verse that whatever Is done 10 oIo "
for loves sake Is the same as IL uo"o
Himself. ,,,
Al. "Then shall He say also unto .n'
on the left hand, Depart from W..
tha doy,I and his angels" He tells WI
He Himself will say, for He Is the MI
and there can be no mistake about IL,
whosoever would teach that there Is
devil and no everlasting fire Is ID paf'n
shin with the father Of lies himsen, lor
is q liar and the father of 1t John
44l and began his work by question,
the word of God and making God u
Notice that this awful place was not !
pared for man, but for the devil ior
willeth not the death of sinner; !. 80.
49-45. "Inasmuch as ye diu IL nov a
one ~ tho least of these, ye did IL no
Me-" While we are reading, as we u.l''
Of judgment of living nations ,s. w,un
israel, yet there are principles here s;aso WI
are always the same. AT al n .nh, dom
a child Of God is looked upon as ys ao1 !
not done to Christ Himself g 20 show lnS
way to show love to God Is The W. ' ouly
to preople for Christ : sas so Cod Is by 1
mission, TS' to D circumstances and to peop
not , only to the good and gentle Ou'
to the forward Il Pet II, lS).