The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-19

med up Is. Every mans hand shall b,
against his neighbor (Zechariah viii
10; xiv, 13), 1t will be after that grea
time or trouble shall have thoroughly
sickened humanity as respects itsel
! and any hopes It might have had OF
J bringing about a Millennium by its
own efforts-that God will manifest his
Kingdom In the top Of the mountains
higher than all other kingdoms every
way, and all people shall flow toward
1t. AS 1t Is written, "The desire Of all
peoples shall come" QIaggal II, q.
This is described In the verse follow.
Ing our text which reads "And many
people shall go and say. Come We, let
us go up to the mountain (kingdom) Of
the Lord, to the house (temple) of the
God of Jacob: and he will teach us of
his ways and we will walk in his
paths. for out OF Zion 1.-THE spiritual
unseen Kingdom of MessIahl shall 60
forth the Law and the Word Of the
Lord from Jerusalem 1.-THE seat Of
earth's empire to bel. And he shall
Judge among the nations trewarding
and Furnishing JUSTLY, and shall re-
buke many people; and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares and their
spears into pruning hooks. Nation
shall not lift up sword against nation.
neither shall they learn war any more"
All Christians agree that these words
apply to the Messiah's Kingdom. They
tell us clearly and distinctly Of how
the judgments of the Lord will be
abroad In the earth, causing wars to
cease and the knowledge of the Lord
10 fill the whole earth as the waters
cover the great deep isaiah xi, 0.
o, House Of Jacob, Come!
We have already noted that this
prophecy belongs to natural Israel and
not to spiritual Israel. AS the first
verse declares, II concerns judah and
Jerusalem. BY the time this prophecy
will have begun TO be fulfilled. spir-
itual Israel will be beyond the vale.
1t is In full harmony with this that
we read in the fifth verse, 20 house of
Jacob, Come ye and let us walk in the
light of the Lord" This is particular
ly the time when this message to nat
ural Israel should 20 forth. We un-
derstand the Scriptures TO teach that
during the next few years the Lord
will have special dealings with Israel
in connection with this call. He will
point out to them the way of righteous
ness and the great privileges that are
theirs as n people, because Of Divine
promises TO their fathers, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. etc. But only those
who respond by turning to the light
Of Gods Word to walk in 1t will be
in the proper condition OF heart and
obedience TO promptly get the blessing
at the beginning of Messiah's reign. |
Those most prompt to respond will get |
the greater blessing.
Verses Clio portray some of the rea-
sons why Gods favor has been with
drawn for time from natural Israel |
aside from the fact that his special |
favor was for the time TO be given to |
Spiritual Israel. Then follows q de- |
scription of the time of trouble. In |
which present institutions will sue. |
cumb, to be followed by Messiah's en-
pire. Let us read some of these verses
and note their applicability to our day
and the correspondence between these
statements and very similar pro-
nouncements In the Book OF Reyela-
tion. applicable also to the time In
which we are living. We will quote
and paraphrase from verse IL to the
end of the chapter.
What the Trouble Will Accomplish.
The lofty looks of man shall be
humbled and the haughtiness of men
shall be bowed down; and the Lord
alone shall beeXated in that day. Oneof
the greatest Obstacles in the pathway
of humanity hlndering approach to
truth and righteousness. Is pride. The
Almighty God Is not sufficiently rev.
erenced. The very learned men Of all
our Colleges seem more and more to
doubt that there is God and that
the affairs of earth are subject TO any
other regulations than those of chance,
except as the learned can regulate
them. The time of trouble when the
various theories of man will be tried
ana found wanting will demonstrate
most thoroughly that the wisdom from
above Is neglected in favor of earthly
wisdom. The Lord says in another
place, The wisdom Of their wise men
snail perish and the understanding of
Iheir prudent men shall disappear
For the day Of the Lord of Hosts
'hail be heavy upon every one that is
proud and lofty, and upon every one
that Is lifted up, and he shall be
brought low, and upon all the cedars
d Lebanon that are high and lifted
up 1.-THE enthusiastically great and
lpon all the oaks of Bashan [the DO,
ltically strongl; upon all the high
mountains 1.-THE kingdoms Of the world ,
lnd upon all the hills that are lifted
Up lthe smaller princedomsl; and
lpon every high tower and upon every
enced wall representing human or
,anlzatiohs for strength and protec-
ION ana upon all the ships of Tar
'hish labor organlzationsl and upon
VI desirable prospects and ideals of
'arthly ambition, the arm of the Lord |
WI De heayy. The result will be that
ne lottiness shall be humbled and the !
langhtihess shall be made low and tho
'oru alone shall be exalted I'm that Q
V Ill