Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-12-25

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who with the eye of faith discerned
the righteousness of Gods dealing
with them. OF these were the proph-
cts who rehearsed the Divine dealings
and rewards and punishments, that
they were true and righteous altogeth-
er and merciful in the extreme.
Similarly during this Gospel Age
Christendom as whole has not been
in the condition of heart to hear, to un-
derstand, to appreciate. the judgments
OF the Lord. But some have been is
raelites indeed" who possessed the Sc
cret OF the Lord and who were able to
rejoice in his judgments righteous
dealings. They realized by faith Gods
love for them. 'srhe Father himself
loveth you' John xvi, 27). BY faith
they appropriated the Apostles assur-
ance that ''all things work together for
good to them that love God. to them
who are the called according to his
purpose" Romans viii. 23l.
Gods Judgments In the World.
We have seen that Gods judgments
in the past have been merely with
those who shall constitute the Seed
of Abraham natural and spiritualI,
through whom, according to the
promise, ''all the families Of the earth
shall be blessed" Genesis xviii. IA.
We now note the fact that our text does
not relate to either of these. for their
judgments could be discerned only by
the eye of faith. Our text refers to
the worlds judgments during the Mil
lennial Age. Then Gods judgments
will be abroad in the earth-not mere
ly confined to one nation or specially
called class. but will include every
member Of Adams race. And while
these are declared to be the Lords
judgments. note the fact that they will
be administered by The Christ, Of
which our glorified Retleemer shall be
the Head, and his members" when
glorified, shall be the Body = the
Church. The judgments of the Lord
abroad in the earth will not mean
havoc and dismay to mankind in gen
eral. but the very reyerse-relief, as
sistance to all who come into line with
the righteous arrangements OF that
Kingdom designed for their uplifting
from sin and death conditions. The
judgments of that Millennial Day of
thousand years will be seyere-even to
destruction-only against the willfully,
the deliberately rebellious. after they
shall have been brought to clear ap-
probation Of right and wrong. good
and evil, and their penalties. life and
death.
Mark the statement Of the Prophet
David when prophetically referring to
the Millennial Age; he points out that
the judgments Of that time will be a
cause of gladness. He says:
:.I.et the heavens be glad
And let the earth rejoice;
Let men say among the nations, Jehovah
reigneth.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
Let the fields rejoice and all that are
therein.
Then shall the trees of the wood sing
aloud
At the presence of Jehovah,
BECAUSE HE COMETH TO JUDGE
THE EARTH.
o give thanks unto Jehovah. for he is
good;
For his mercy endureth forever
II Chronicles xvi, 3i-34.
A MilIenniaI Judgment Day.
Mark the words of st. Paul respect
ing what God has in reservation for
the uortd. He says God hath ap-
pointed day 1.-THE thousand-year day
Of Christi in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness by tha,
man whom be hath ordained" (Acts
xvii. 81.
In this work ordaiHed for our Lord
he j. to have associates-the ELECT"
ChYrcb, his members of whom The
A1bstle writes. saying. Know We not
tat the saints shall judge the world?
n Corinthians vi, - And the Ancient
kvorthies enumerated by st. Paul
Hebrews il. 3S-40, will also be judges.
but on the earthly plane as representa-
tives Of the heavenly Kingdom. AS it
is written. Il will restore thy judges
as at the first and thy counsellors as
at the beginning isaiah i. 25l
Our All-Wise Creator, who has thus
made provision, both for the heavenly
and the earthly judges of the world
in the election from Israel and the
election of the Gospel Age, has thus
demonstrated to the few who under
stand 1.-The secret Of the Lord the
mystery hidden from ages ard dis
pensations past. 1t is evident that
there will be no disappointment. no
failure, in respect to Gods great oath
bound Covenant made with Abraham
Fin thy Seed shall al! the families
Of the earth be blessed" The basis Of
the blessing is the redemptive work
Of Christ finished at Calvary. The
outworking of that blessing will come
through the gloriied Lord aud his
Church, his Body" The first work
will be the establishment of a right
eous government in the hands of those
already proven absolutely loyal to God
and to his righteousness faithful
even unto death" We may have full
confidence that in that KIM lom
righteousness will be laid to the line
and justice to the plummet,' as God
has promised Csaiah xviii. III. Not
enly so. but we may have full conf
dence that mercy will have free
hand there to do all for mankind that
would be reasonable and possible. The
combination Of a strong government
with merciful assistants is represented
BY the fact that our Lord viii be, not