The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-25
THE VENGEANCE OF ETERNAL FIRE"

"a 6AsAvxAA - AAsxSs
share In the opportunities of that great
epoch--an opportunity. with the. Sod,
omites. OF reconciliation TO God and
words were. Woe unto you chorazzin
and Bethsaida. for. II the mighty
works which have been done In YOU
rah they would have repented long
ago In sackcloth and ashes Therefore
l say unto you, II shall be more toll
OF judgment tthe worlds trial time.
the millennium than for you tMat-
thew II. 20. .2s). What more could we
authority could be invoked than the
Great Judge himself?
II will not do to say that Jesus did
omites mentioned by ST. jude In our
text. II will not do TO say that Jesus
mean. some sodomites living in HIS
Master Mas Ge0 distinctly tells sr' us n0 that the
same day that Lot went out OF sodom
II raintd down IRE and birthstone from
heaven and d MSIS them an Luke
that 1T shall be more tolerable for
sodom in the day OF Judgment than
for Capernaum" and the other cities
II Will still be tolerable for those peo-
pie who heard Him and who rejected
His message.
"Thus II II Written.
This gospel age which began with
our Lord's sufferings and trying expe-
experiences with His followers. has for
it's object the preparation. the qualif-
cation, OF those who will be the Judges
ee Tq Si ns ,s. aE a ss
patience, brotheriy Kindness. love-
else that Will not be AZ TO be the
required that all become copies OF the
Redeemer, Gods dear son. st. Paul
tells us this. SAYING, Know we not
and that God mas foreordained that all
OF these Judges must be copies OF His
Son? Romans viii. 20: Corinthians
Come back with me to the Old Tesla
ment scriptures and note how the d.
vine Spirit dictated this matter of the
the prophets and caused IL to be writ
ten FOR our instruction. Alas! as Jesus
said. we have been slow Of heart to
s sesSe az u ha' ,t the prophets ssxs
Ezekiel the Prophet. the LORD explains
that when the restitution time shall
come at the second advent Of our Lord
the Divine blessing will come upon Is
rael now cast of. Nor will the bless
ing Of Messiahs kingdom come upon
prophet the Lord specially emphasized
to Israel her two sister nations. Sodom
that in the day OF their pride and pros. .
perity they dlsdained these sister ma
tons as being far beneath them and
But In the restitution times (Acts fiji.
49, they will be glad to have a share
OF the Divine favor In conjunction with
The Lord declares that 1t Is not be-
cause OF the worthiness OF any OF these
that He proposes their restitution. but
His namesake: Let me quote to you
this remarkably clear statement OF the
Divine purposes future. and let us no
tice that Il Is smpha.icaliy declared
ed are the very ones who persisted In
the DAYS OF Lot. We read:
"sodom: thy sister hath not done
as thou hast done Behold,
this was the iniquity OF thy sister Sod
ON. pride, fulness OF bread, and abund-
ance of idlciNss was TO her.
the poor and the needy. And they
were naughty. and committed abomina-
ton before Me- therefore took them
away as saw good God did not see
good to take them to a hell OF eternal
torture: but he did see good to destroy
them and TO make them an example OF
pleasing to linn after enjoying
knowledge OF His grace and an oppor-
tunity for eternal Iifel. =.
h si.e also naans bars tsns own
shame for thy sins. They are more
righteous than thou Gas Jesus de-
claredl. When shall bring again their
house OF death) then will
bring again the captivity OF thy cap
t.ves in the midst Of them; that thou
| hast done. In that thou art comfort
unto them. when thy. sisters Sodom
and their daughters shall return TO
their former estate, and Samaria and
her daughters return to their former
estate, then thou and thy daughters
shall return to your foTmer estate
with thee In the days OF thy youth
and I will establish unto them an
everlasting covenant 1.-THE new law
OF which %sss r.,
torlal kingdom shall bless Israel and
ell who will come into israel under
the glorious terms OF that new cove
Then thou shalt remember thy
ways and he ashamed when thou shalt
receive thy sisters. thine elder and thy
thee for daughters. but not by thy
covenant (not under your present
law covenant. but under the new law
covenant. and It's better Mediator)
that thou maycst remember and
he COMPOUNDED and never open thy
mouth any more, because OF thy shame
WEI VII ,hat t a hast done saith the Lord
God" Ezekiel xvi. 4s-63).
Length and Breadth - Height and
Depth.
How wonderful II at first seems TO
us to find that we really have a good
kind. loving God. and not an unmeroi-
full and vcngeful one: so grossly were
we deceived respecting His character.
by the traditions handed down from
the past. that we gave Him the rev.
erence OF fear. rather than that OF
comes 10 us as a fresh revelation Of
the meaning OF the apostles words
when he wrote about lengths and
love Of God. which passeth all under
standing"
The word. OF the Lord through the
prophet come to our minds, Fear not
their fcnr neither be afraid. Their
fear OF Me - not OF Me. but Is taught
by the precepts OF man. AS the
heavens arc higher than the earth. so
arc NV ways higher than your ways
ri NJ mans hIaher than YOUR plans. y