Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-09-07
The FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE.
Df. Mack Outlines comprehensiveIy Com
Ing Events, as Revealed In the Scriptures.

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student at the seminary DR.. Rob.
ert Breckinridge, one Of the great.
est theologians of his day, was
speaking to our class on eschato.
logy or the things concerning the
future of the world and the uni.
verse. He said:
"Young gentlemen, I have read
every book that has been writ
ten on this subject. / have mas
tered all of them. l know more
than the authors of the books
themselves about this subject.
But if you live so years longer.
you will know more tIan [ do
about It,"
Thus spoke Rev. DR.. J. B. Mack,
pastor of College Park Presbyverl-
an church, Atlanta, to the Second
Presbyterian Baraca class room
which was crowded with members
of the class and others who had
come to hear him speak Oh "The
Order of Events.'
Mr.. Mack went on to say that
it would have been presumption
in any one else to have said what
Dr.. Breckinridge had said. The
great teachers works were true.
1t is the experience of all students
of prophecy to-day that the spirit
of God is unfolding it as never
before. This conforms with what
God said to Daniel: "Seal up
the prophecy until-until-the
time of the end"
We think we are the people, in
this age in which we live, Dr..
Mack went on, bat God deals with
the world in ages, and differently
in different ages. Past ages have
been, and future ages, will be Just
IS our age. We ought to widen
our vision to see this.
eff I say anything which is new
90 you," said the speaker, "differ-
mt from what you have thought,
t n hay ba evidence that what I
iaN is trna, and that ycu have
'eep wrong. It is worth open
Minded study and investigation.
don't object if you do not agree
With me.
"No man can understand the
Scriptures who doesn't t understand
;he doctrine of the ages or dispen-
'atious. Peter speaks of the age
up to the Flood, of the age that
now is, and of the millenial age to
come.
Each age has different charac-
5eristics. Before the food the
span of human life was about
1000 years. Now it is only three
score and ten. Then man did
not eat flesh. Now he does, Then
there was not written Bible
There was Bible. Its pages we're
the blue skies and the Gospel was
(and is yet) written in the heav-
9ns i'll letters of glittering stars.
Many of the errors of tie church
today are nightly contracted in
letters Of living light One, for
instance, is Gods wrath upon the
svil one and his destiny. | might
mention many others.''
The speaker went on to refer to
the Patriachal age, from the flood
to Moses; the Mosaic from the
Exodus to the Resurrection of
Jesus or Pentecost; the Christian,
in which we now live, till the
second coming of Christ. and the
Millennium. which follows.
The Mosaic age was opposed to
foreign missions. The Jews we're
only Gods chosen people. II any
Edomite moved to Judea, his
family could not be naturalized
until the third generation; if an
EIamite or Moablte, not till the
tenth generation. The only way
to get into Jewish family was by
marriage, as illustrated in the
story of Ruth and Boaz. Jesus
came only to the lost sheep of
the House of Israel He sent
His disciples only to these. He
said to the Syrophenlcian woman
1t is not meet to take the chill.
dren's bread and cast it to the
dogs This seemingly harsh
statement Of Jesus is explained by
the fact that he was obeying aid
in harmony with Gods purpose
for the age in which he was then
living.