West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-01-23
The KINGDOM Of HEAVEN
Sermon Written on the Prophecy
OF Isaiah.
NO ONE KNOWS THR PROMISED DAY
Ard They Shall Beat Their Swords
Inta Plowshars' and Their Spears
Into Pruning Eeoks.
NO ONE KNOWS THR PROMISED DAY

written. BY the same prophet is
toretold that There shall come
tor'h shoot out of The stock of
Jesse and a branch out Of his roofs
shall bear fruit, and the Spirit of
Jehovah shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding.
the spirit Of counsel and might, the
spirit of knowledge in the fear OF
Jehovah; and he shall not Judge al
ter the sight of his eyes, neither re.
prove after the hearing of his ears;
but with nghte BUSINESS shall he Judge
the poor and reprove with equity
for the meek of the earth; and he
shall smlte the earth with the rod Of
his mouth, and with the breath of
hs lips shall he slay the wicked.
ami righteousness shall be the glrdle
OF his loinS aud failhiulness the eir-
die of his reins. Aud the wolf shall
dwell with The lamb and the leonard
snail lie down with the Kid; and the
calf aud the young lion and the fat
ling together; and little child shall
lead them. And the COW aud the
bear shall feed; their young ones
shalllie down together; and the lion
shall eat straw like the OK; and the
sucsling child shall play on the hole
OF the asp, and the weaned child
shall put his hand on the basll!sk's
den. They shall not hurt nor de.
suoy IN all my molly mountain; for
the earth shall be full of the knowl.
edge of jehovah as the waters cover
the seas.-ISa. XII.
That the branch" out of the
root of Jesse in this parable OF peace
oil earth is our Lore none will deny.
He did come of the line ofJesse and
and he commissioned his disciples
to preach To the Jewish nation "The
Kingdom Cf heaven Is at hand" The
mountain of the parable shall he es-
tabllshed at the head of the noun.
talns "and all nations shall flow Into
it," aud many people shall 80 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 in his paths; for out of
Zion shall 60 forth the law and the
word OF the Lord from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge between the ma.
tions and shall reprove many peo-
pie, and they shall beat their swords
into. plo@shares and their spears
into pruning hooks and learn
war no more"
Instead of setting up such king.
dom as promised IN our selection
from among many by all the holy
prophets, our Lord was rejected bv
the jewish nation end cruci6ed:
raised again from the dead the third
day and stter forty days ascended
to the Father, leaving the promise:
81 will come again and receive you
unto myself"
When his disciples asked him
with regard to h's coming again he
answered: "Take heed that no man
lead you as'rat, for many shall
come IN my name saying, ] am the
Chrlsij and shall lead many astray. !"
HIS whole answer shows plainly that
be will not b: visible to the eye, but
that his presence could only be
known To such that were watching
with understanding the signs. That
no man could know the time hone
but the Father only His presence
would not be manifested suddenl,
u would b. like the sun rising, shin
ing from the east TO the wesr. lie
also indicates the wisdom OF biding
the time in the Fathers own keep.
ing. Else the adversary, who holds
the present dominion Of the Garth
the god of thus cosmos, by usurpa.
tion-wouId not have been taken
unawsres.
While It is clearly foretold that
the time of his return was kept hid.
den and that as snare il should
come upon the world aud as a thief
in tie night. it is as clearly prom
ised that some should know when
he had come while others would
know not Of his presence. lust be.
fore his ascension he said, IN answer
TO their question; "But We shall re-