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stored through Messiah's Kingdom.
Bible Students know also how the
New Testament abounds with refer
ences to the Kingdom! the Kingdom!
the Kingdom! Nearly all the parallels
that our Lord gave were in illustration
Of something connected with the King
dom or the class called out of the
world 20 inherit the spiritual Kingdom.
All such know, too, that the Great
Teacher proclaimed that Kingdom and
taught us and all Of his followers to
pray for 1t. Thy Kingdom come! Thy
will be done on earth as 1t Is done in
heaven" They all know, too. that all
and point the Church TO its estab-
lishment for the realization of her
hopes--the time when the marriage
of the Lamb will take place-the time
when Gods New Covenant with Israel
will go into effect. The time when he
who scattered Israel will also gather
them, and when the Law shall go
forth from Mt Zion, the Celestial
Kingdom, and the word Of the Lord
from Jerusalem, the capital Of the
sarthly princes. Gods remedy is just
shat humenity is coming to realize 1t
oeeds. In its establishment, as the
Scriptures declare, "the desire OF all
nations shall come" Haggai II, y.
Bible Students are more and more
coming to see that this Gospel Age is
the time in which Messiah Is select
ing from amongst men-of Jews and
Gentiles-a sointly class and is testing
and proving their loyalty to God and
to righteousness These are to be
Messlahs assistants-the Bride, the
Lambs Wife. AS Abraham typified
the Heavenly Father, so the Messiah
was typified by Isaac. And Messiah's
Bride and joint-heir and co-laborer in
his Kingdom was typitied by Rebec-
ca. Thus seen the great Plan of God
has progressed well.
The Great Day Of Wrath.
Our neglect of the Word of God and
our study instead Of the Talmud and
the Creeds of the dark ages have been
our undOing. Under all this wrong
influence we have failed to cultivate
the fruits of the Holy Spirit-meek-
ness, gentleness, patience, long-suf-
fering, Observation-Disclosures, love. In
stead we cultivated pride, ambition,
selfshness. We have done those
things which we ought not to have
done, and we have left undone those
things which we ought to have done.
Our help must come from God. Ac-
cording to our understanding of the
Scriptures help is near, but coming in
ness blossOmed and brought forth a
fruitage of strife. The bad exam
pie set by Christian people has extend
ed to the world and been thoroughly
appropriated. 1t has become the spir-
IL of the world-of all classes Now,
respect for God and his Word is pro-
portionately waning, what could we
expect but that which the Scriptures
declare is at hand, namely, the "time
OF trouble such as never was since
there was nation?" The selfishness
poth tiNh pun, tulhtu anu
ignorant, have cultivated WILL In that
time Of trouble, be represented in con-
hicts between labor unions and CAPT
talistic trusts. The Bible declares that
then "every mans hand will be
against his neighbor"-all confidence
pathy and brotherhood will be utterly
snapped in riotous selhshness.
The Scriptures identify this trouble
with Messiah's taking to himself his
Kingdom power and beginning his
reign Daniel xii, 1; Revelation Xl, 1S).
Scriptures are that the conflict of that
time will be short. 1t must, however,
last long enough to teach humanity Il
lesson never to be forgotten-that God
nnd his arrangements must stand first
and must be obeyed, if blessing is
sought
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
When 1t is remembered that Messi.
abs Kingdom is not only to bless those
| living at the time of its establishment,
the sumber of the tomb and to give all
of Adams race Il full opportunity for
! attaining life eternal or death eternal
then 1t will be seen that the Kingdom
must be n spiritual one, Then, too,
Mcssiah's Kingdom of light Is repre-
sented as supersedng Satan's Kingdom
of darkness-both spiritual With this
! thought our text ii In full accord
"A King shall reign in righteousness. -
| Nlessiah will be that Great King, his
Bride being associated with hlm.)
And 'prinses shall execute judgment
In the EARTH" carrying out the DEGREES
and regulations of the Heavenly Mes,
stab, This is the meaning of the
Lords promise to Israel, II will re
store thy judges as ut the first, and thy
counsellors as at the beginning" Qsa.
lnh |, 26)
The princes who will execute judg.
ment will all be Israeitish and all
perfect men-trled and approved OF