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tomb-will be "tl,e highway of holt
ness" Instead of stones of stumbling
we are assured that all the stumbling
stones shall be gathered out of the
way. Instead of beastly violence. over
mastering temptations and besetments,
devouring mankind because of their
weakness to resist the Adversary, the
Bible assures us that Satan will be
bound and that the wild beasts of vice
and degeneracy will all be brought
into subsection. Thus nothing shall
hurt nor destroy in all Gods holy
Kingdom" And an highway shall be
there, and it shall be called. The way
of holiness" isaiah xi, 8; xxxv, 81.
The Messianic Psalm (Seventy-sec-
ond) finds its application to that glo-
rious Millennial epoch. Thus we read,
Give the King thy judgments. o God.
and thy righteousness unto the Kings
Son. He shall judge thy people with
righteousness and thy poor with judg-
ment Oustice). He shall judge
the poor of the people, he shall save
the children of the needy and shall
break in pieces the oppressor.
He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass, as showers that water
the earth. In his days shall the right
eous flourish; and abundance of peace
so long as the moon endureth"
"The People Will Learn Righteous
ness"
AS already shown, Gods dealings in
the past have been with the world only
in the sense of executing general
sentence for Adamic sin-a death SEN
tence with all that that involves Of
mental. moral and physical degeneracy
dying. All of Gods special judg-
mentS have been with those who were
justified to special relationship through
faith. If we were to judge of the num-
Der who will be blessed during the Mil
lennium by the ''little flock" of natural
Israel and the "little flock" of spiritual
Israel. saved under Gods judgments
in advance of the millennium, the out
come Of the worlds judgment would
not appear favorable. But these would
not be fair criterions. Present con-
ditions are permitted in order to test
and to prove the faith, as well as the
obedience of those who are under trial
or judgment and who, by reason OF
the fall. have such a faith as permits
them to grasp the glorious features of
the present call. Consequently, few
there will be who will find the great
reward now offered (Matthew vii. IA.
This is as God designs it, because
he is selecting special class. But the
arrangements made for mankind in
general are that the darkness and sin
of the present time shall flee away. The
dawning of the Millennium morning.
with the rising of the Sun of Right
eouSness with healing in his beams
(The Christ in glory to enlighten the
world). will mean that knowledge will
be granted the world-facts. evidences.
proofs. The world will not be required
to walk by faith and not by sight
as are the ''elect" of this present time.
Instead Of the eye of faith of the pres
ent time will be the eye of understand
ing (knowledge). then. Instead Of the
secret Of the Lord being kept from the
world. all of his gracious purposes will
then stand fully revealed. 1.-THE knowl-
edge of the glory of God shall fill the
whole earth as the waters cover the
great deep" (Habakkuk ii, AZ. AS re-
suit none shall need to say unto his
neighbor and to his brother. Know thou
the Lord, for all shall know him, from
the least to the greatest of them. Every
knee shall bow and every tongue con-
fess to the glory Of God Romans xiv,
III. When every good deed shall receive
promptly and manifestly it's reward. and
every evil deed shall receive prompt
ly it's punishment, the world will speed
lily learn to avoid the punishments and
to win the rewards by obedience to the
laws of the Kingdom.
The Scope of Our Text.
The Prophet in our text personifies
The Christ. Jesus the Head and the
Church his Body. Note the statement,
with my soul have desired thee in
the night isaiah XVI. 81. The might"
of sin has been upon the world for
centuries. The morning" is at hand,
but not yet fully come. During the
night time the faithful Of the Church
are represented as walking in the light
Of Gods Word. "Thy Word is a
lamp unto my feet. and lantern unto
my footsteps" psalm cxix, 1O5). st.
Peter says, 1--WE have more sure
word Of prophecy, to which we do
well to take heed as unto a light shin
ing in dark place-until the day
dawn and the day star arise QI
Peter i. 19). In this night time the
"elect" are different from the major
ity of those around them-they desire
Gods righteousness and they pray.
"Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done
on earth even as it is done in heaven"
Song of Moses and the Lamb.
Those who now are able to ''sing in
the night because of their apprecia-
ton of the Divine Plan are prophetic
ally declared to 'sing the song of
Moses, the servant of God and the
song Of the Lamb. saying, Great and
rnoryoI1p11c ORC thu xvorlyS ord God