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years. and be unable to deceive the nations.
Likewise. mankind Will no longer be invited 20
cnce TO Hin. but. on the contrary, they will be
compelled to be obedient. AS II Is vritten.
Unto Him every knee anal bow and every
tongue confess. to the glory Of Cod uffers
Of grace viii no longer be held out. with reward
for faith attached. instead, knowledge snail fAl
the whole earth as the waters cover tire seat
deep. phil. 2:10-1t: lisa. 11:9) As a result,
no one shall. then say to HIS neighhor. or TO bis
brother. Know thou the Lord! for they all shall
know Him. from the least unto the greatest OF
HTATHEN FALL UNDER HIM.
Another Psalm describs Messiahs triumph in
the Mllennial age, saying. Gird thy sword upon
thy thigh, most Mighty, with tiny glory ana
thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride pros
perously in the cause Of truth and meekness and
righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach
thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp
in the heart Of the kings enemies; whereby the
Of the world people Esro. read the word
heather in the original, and We have
viii shortly be accomplished. we are not TO
SUPPOSE the LORD will ride rpon a horse, nor
hearts of His enemies. We are to understand
this picture TO signify our Lords triumphal con-
quering Of the world and that the arrows or
truth which will 60 forth unto the whole world
will reach the hearts Of men, ard smite tnei7
down. Even 50 read that when st. Peter
preached at Pentecost that the Jews had taken
and Crucified tie Son of God, then hearers were
cut to The heart with the lance OF truth. TnanK
God for such arrows from the culver Of divine
heat viii thus be conquered for the Lord
anc thus eventually every knee bow and every
tongue confess.
This work OF dealing with the heather, with
the world. with all except the church. viii
begin with the generation living at the time or
the establishment of the Lords Kingdom. IN
due time il will proceed and ultimately include
all that arc In their graves, in the reverse
order from that which they entered, and The
last shall be the first to come rorth-every man
in his own order o: class.
NOTE THE CONTEXT.
Too frequently do Bible students neglect 70
whether not their interpretations are
in harmony with the context Of the passages
under discussion. Let not make this mistake.
Turning to the second Psalm we find that fol-
lowing eur text and part with IT is the de-
claration, Thou shalt break them with rod
of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like q
This evidently Is to the time for our LORDS
second advent, when the selection OF the church
shall be completed. and she shan have entered
symbolirally pictured In the new jerusalem from
God out Of heaven. From that new Jerusalem
we are told that the river Of the water Of life
shall flow freely, and that vhosover will may
partake Of II freely, N that athtrst. On
either bank will grow the trees Of life, whose
leaves for the healing OF the nations. And
the spirit and the bride will say Come, ana
whosoevsr will may come and take OF dle
the nations. the world will be ready for shat
blessing from the new jerusalem, they must
needs pass through a period Of very deep ou-
since there vas a nation
Messiah on assuming His kingdom authority
for the blessing Of The world: will use that pow
of the world will be like potter's yessels-like
crockeryware. easily destroyed. And the record
vessel Remember, too. that our Lord quotes
this very prophecy in the book Of Revelation.
church Of this gospel age shall have partici-
patton in this glorious power which Will uplift
mankind. after terminal ting everything In tae
present life derogatory TO or in hindrance Of the
millpuniA reign of Righteousness.
AS for the nations Of that time. the extent
TO which they will suffer destruction will de-
pend largely their own attitude. Is init
mated BY the verses following our text. Those
of the nations who freely and heartily accept
of Messiah's rule VIII be correspondingly saved
from the breaking process. Hence II Is urged,
Kiss the Son. We kings of the earth--kiss the
Son lest he be angry with you and re perish
from the way. when HIS wrath is kindled but
a little But while this seems to offer len
ienoy, mercy. these favors are conditional on
the manner in which the Messianic Kingdom
shall be received Other scriptures seem 10 in
innate that all the nations. not only heather
but civilized Will be found in violent opposition
gether they viii be crushed as the vessels OF
''NOw is the time for Us, dear friends, to
take our stand for truth. for righteousness-on y
the Lords side. Now Is the time TO appreciate
very lightly the things OF this earth. its Joys.
it's pleasures. to esteem these nothing in
comparison with the heavenly kingdom privileges
and blessings which God has promised to them
that love Him. Now is the time TO lay aside
run with patience the race set before us. looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher Of our faith.
Lord and to the brethren at any cost. Thus we
will be proving ourselves 'overcomerg yea,
more than overcomers through Him who loved Us
and bought us with His precious blood
DO WITH THY MIGHT.
so then, dear friends. let us do with our
might what our hands 1lnd 70 GO To-wn s,d our
we are ia contact VITA the heathen either at
home or abroad, let rs use that opportunity as
while for Gods blessing upon our ministrations
Of His word; and IL in Gods providence We
arc not In contact Wiz me nea eat. OF un
contact With the world Of nominal Christendom.
let us remember that many OF these are as thor
oughly heather as those Of foreign LANDS. and
lei ms be faithful to the opportunities God
gives us to let our light 50 shine before men
that they may sec our good works and glorify
that which Is least would be faithful also in
greater things. Thus our Lord Is testing our
loyalty TO Him; our faitn IN MS promises: Inc
do love the Lord, your God. with all your heart.
and with all your strength, or not Inc prov
ing or testing. of the church is the principal
thing; and TO you, your own testing is OF para
Inovnt Importance. and TO me, my testing, and
S.Itbfniiy and hunbly and zealously before the
King Of Glory. and in due time we shat reap
II we faint NOT.
1.-The Lord tells that as the heavens are
HIGHER than the earth, 50 are His ways higher
than mans ways, and His plans higher tnsn
mans plans. And this find true we come
to better understand the Scriptures. Who ever
dreamed of such lengths and breadths and
heights and depths Of love divine, all love tx
ceiling, as are implied and included In Gods
great plan Of selecting, first, the Christ-Jesus,
the head and the church, His body, and then
through these blessing all the families OF the
eartL with a knowledge Of Himself and the glo-
rious opportunities for life eternal! We make
no claims Of universal salvation, because the
Scriptures do not authorize this. bur distinctly
speak of some who will die the second death.
proving themselves not sufficiently In haromny
with RICH .eousness TO be worthy OF eternal lie
even after being brought TO knowledge or
the truth. But the Scriptures do show us mat
when ali the unwilling and disOhedtent shall
have been cut Off in the second death. then
the Whole earth shall be filled with The knOwl-
edge of the glory of God, snd every creature
iu heaven, and IN earth. and under the eartn,
shall be heard acclaiming praise. honor, glory.
dominion and might. to Him that sitteth upon
the throne, and 10 the Lamb forever. And he
upon the throne declares Behold, I make
things new And there shall be no more signing.
and no more crying, and no more dying, Tor
the former things shall have passed away
(Rev. -2i.t:1-5.l"