The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-06

ct Isaiah (xlv, 1s), for he shall Save
from their SINS and from the penalty
of sin all who shall become Ibis peo-
pie" And all who will wickedly re-
fuse his rule of righteousness and his
assistance out of sin and death con-
ditions will be esteemed wicked" in
the proper sense of that word; and of
these we read: "All the wicked will
he destroy"
Love Righteousness - Hate Iniquity.
We have had too much OF hatred
and persecution because of the diff
ferences in our degrees of knowledge
as expressed in our differences Of be-
lief Let this cease. Let us unite in
our love for righteousness-in-e equity.
Let us cultivate such a sympathy for
the coming reign of righteousness to
be esta blished by Messiah (by what
ever name he and his Kingdom may
be handed down to us) that our char
acters shall be more. and more influ-
enced and transformed by the prophet
ic view. We are all agreed that Mes
siah's Kingdom Is nigh, even knocking
at the door of the world. In the won
derful inventions of our day we have
the very foregleams of that Kingdom
as outlined in prophecy. The necessi
ties of the case also corroborate this:
The tension between capital and la
Dor will soon be to it's limit and break;
the grasp of monopoly will soon be so
strong that the masses wilr be ground
between the upper and the neither mill
stones; our high tension living Is cal
culated soon to have our race in the
mad house; specialists say, within one
century. Let US believe the Word of
God delivered by the prophets of old.
Let us prepare our hearts for the
Great King and know that such will
have the chief blessing.
He Must Reign-Until.'
According to the Bible the reign of
the promised Great King shall not be
a n w he
minion of earth originally given to
Adam and lost by disobedience and
consequent incapacity, is to be restor-
ed to such of Adams race as shall at
tain earthly perfection and Jehovah's
approval Messiah's Empire will be a
Mediatorial one and, according to the
Scriptures, will continue onlysone thou
sand years. But We are assured that
the period will be quite sufficient for
the great work to be accomplished.
Father Adam, after being sentenced
for sin-"Dying thou shalt die" expe-
rfenced the dying processes for $50
years. Contrariwise the world will,
under the Messiah's rule as King and
gradually rise up, up, up. out of sin
and death conditions during a very
similar period of time.
Paradise restored will no longer be
garden merely, but the whole earth, as
Gods footstool, shall be made glorious
(Isaiah TX, 49,. The promises of God
to the children of Isaac and Jacob
are not heavenly or spiritual, but
earthly. From Genesis to Malachi
there is not suggestion of a heav-
hive a heavenly calling it is no cause
for offense to Mohammedans and Jews
neither of whom have conflicting
hopes. There is no need for conflict
every reason for harmony.
"Times of Restitution"
foretell coming blessings Of the Lord
upon Jew and Gentle. bond and free,
but the Law typified the same. Every
fiftieth year with the Jew was to be
jubilee year-a time of release from
debts and from all bondage. The les
son is that Messiah's reign will be the
great time of jubilation to men, to all
who will accept and obey this rule.
The cancellation of debts represents
that God Through Messiah) will thus
cancel the debt OF original sin and set
free Adam and his race. All will then
be given a fresh start for life eternal.
The setting free from bondage in the
Jubilee Year typified mans release
from the weaknesses inherited through
Adams fall. 1t will include the resur-
rection from the dead, the great pris-
on house mentioned by the prophet
(Isaiah Xxi, y.
If we see this great fact about to be
accomplished need we quarrel about
blessings to all who love Gods right
eousness, why dispute over details
Shall we contend with God and his
plans and promises except to our in
jury? Let us rejoice with the Jew.
God has decreed for the natural seed
of Abraham a glorious share in the
great work of blessing the world-to
the Jew, first, this means a blessing;
to the others later! The Scriptures
clearly teach that Messiah will estab-
~ ~ willy
natural Israel. Let all who reverence
the Lord acquiesce in his arrange
ments. And If the Jews shall some day
see that the oath bound promise to
Abraham meant two seeds. let them
be glad and rejoice in their portion.
II the great Messiah soon to be re-
vealed in power and great glory be
composed of many members" on the
spirit plane, what matters 1t to Jacob,
all of whose promises are on the
earthly plane? Moreover there is no
room for jealousy anyway, for these
"elect" who shall be on the spirit plane
are of all nations-the Jew being there
given also the preferred place. Fur
thermore the select or "elect" few are
not either Christians or Jews in the
ordinary usages of those words, but
sanity, holy ones chosen by the Lord
from every sect and party, because or
their love for Righteousness and faith
fitness under trials.
"I VIII Shake the Earth
The context shows us that 1.-THE de-
sire of all nations will be realized as
the result of a great shaking of the
heavens and earth and sea and all
nations. This is prophetic of the great
time of trouble. with which the col
lapse of present institutions will come
about as precedent to the establish
ment of Messiah's Kingdon-"thed de-
sire of all nations"
We are not left to speculate respect
ing the import of these words, shake
the heavens, the earth and the sea-"
The great theo1ogian, st. Paul, quoted
this very passage in his epistle to the
Hebrews (xii, 26-28). He pointed out
that the literal shaking of Mt. Sinai
and the terrible sights associated at
the time of the Inauguration of Isl
raels Law Covenant was but a feeble
picture of the awful commotion which |