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eousness" Isaiah XVI. ..

! II
Inhabitants Of the World Will Learn Right I
eousness" Isaiah XVI. q.
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| In the conGItIon of heart to hear, to un-
derstand, to appreciate, the judgments
| of the Lord. But some have been u.s.
raelites indeed who possessed the Sc
cret of the Lord and who were able to
| rejoice in his judgments-his righteous
! dealings. They realized by faith Gods
love for them. 1.-The Father himself
! loveth YOU Gohn xvi, 20. 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, 23).
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 spirituaD,
through whom, according to the
promise, 'all the families of the earth
shall be blessed" Genesis xviii, 14).
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 Redeemer 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 reverse-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 severe-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:
LET the heavens be glad,
And let the earth rejoice;
Let men say among the nations, Jehovah
regneth.
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 CONFETTI TO JUDGE
THE EARTH.
o give thanks unto Jehovah. for he is
good
For his mercy endureth forever
Il Chronicles xvi, 1884.
A MilIenniaI Judgment Day.
Mark the words of st. Paul respect
ing what God has in reservation for
the ,cOrld. He says God hath APP
pointed a day 1.-THE thousand-year day
of Christi in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness by that
man whom he hath ordained" (Acts
xvii, 81.
In this work ordaiRed for our Lord
he is to have associates-the select"
Church. his members" Of whom the
Apostle writes. saying, "Know We not
that the saints shall judge the world?'
Il Corinthians vi, q And the Ancient
Worthless enumerated by st. Paul
Hebrews *, 3S-40) will also be judges,
but on the earthly plane as representa-
tives of the heavenly Kingdom. AS it
is written, 81 will restore thy judges
as at the first and thy councillors as
at the beginning" isaiah i, 26).
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 and 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
I'm thy Seed shall all 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 glorified Lord and his
Church, Ibis 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-"fa faithful
even unto DEATH" We may have full
confidence that in that Kingdom
Righteousness will be laid to the line
and justice to the plummet,' as God
has promised isaiah xviii, ID. Not
only 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 will be, not