River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-06-23


being gathered out of the kingdom
(V. Al, in the sense that the church
at the present time is Gods king
dom in embryo-in state of pro-
gressive development or prepare
ton for the glory and work of the
future. All of the kingdom class
are fully consecrated to God and by
him begotten of the spirit with a
view to their becoming Divine, spir-
il beings in the resurrection. 9th
ers who are not thus spirit-begotten
have no right to class themselves
with the wheat" nor to consider
themselves heirs of the kingdom.
Their presence in the Church of
Christ is out of order. They have
been permitted to commingle with
the wheat for centuries, but with
the end of the age the dispensation-
al change will come incidental to
the Inauguration of the Millennium.
1t would be a mistake to suppose
that there are to be thieves and
murderers of the baser sort among
these offenders, but they include
some whom the Apostle describes
as doing the works of the flesh and
the devil; namely, anger, malice,
hatred, envy, strife. However,
many "tares" are fine people of
generous disposition, but not New
Creatures in Christ Jesus. They
are blame worthy not because of
not being spirit begotten, but be-
cause they are in the nominal church
and posing as christians. They are
offensive in this sense in the
Masters sight. Nor are they en-
tirely to be blamed for thinking
themselves christians. They have
been encouraged so to think and act
by preachers and teachers, many of
whom, like themselves, have no
knowledge of the Kingdom nor of
the spirit begetting power which
initiates into membership in it.
The gathering of these into
bundles into lodges, societies,
churches, sects, parties-will espec-
tally be an evidence of the harvest"
work in progress. The true are ex-
horted to stand fast in the liberty
wherewith Christ has made them
free, and that they come not into
bondage to sects and parties. They
are to avoid membership in
bundles" but stand in the full fell
lowship of all who are of the true
wheat" class.
The casting of these bundles into
the furnace will mean their destruc-
ton; but we are not to understand
the furnace to be literal one, nor
the fire which will consume the tares
to be literal fire. The fire with
which this age will end will be a
great time of trouble" foretold in
the Scriptures as preceding and in
Producing the Millennial Kingdom
GA time of trouble such as never
was since there was a nation"
Dan. 12:1.) In that time of trouble
the delusions which now make the
tares think themselves to be the
true church" will all be dissolved
they will all be reduced to their
proper plane--the earthly plane
and recognize themselves as merely
of the earth, earthly, and not in any
sense members of the called-out,
spirit-begotten elect church.
Hearken now to the Master S
words respecting the consumation
of the Church's hope in the end of
this age. He says, Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the sun in
the kingdom of their Father!" He
that hath an ear to hear, let him
hear" Not every one has the hear
ing ear, but this is the Lords mes
sage to those who have the proper
attitude of heart-to all who have
the ability to understand spiritual
things. Let such understand that
with the close of this age the Lord S
sanity ones, irrespective of the
earthly church systems, will be as
ISOLATED with the Redeemer in the
glory of his Millennial Kingdom and
will shine forth as the sun for the
blessing and enlightenment and up
lifting of the human family.
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