The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-05
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mill preparing food for the household;
one will be taken and another left
The Lords household is the church
and the mills which prepare the food
for the church are theological. The
intlmation is that some theologians
will be taken and some viii be left,
In the selective processes OF the pres
ence of the Son of MANN the MAX
ing up OF His jewels.
St Luke mentions another feature
OF this discourse. There shall be two
In one bed: the one shall be taken and
the other left. A bed Is place for
rest. All churches profess TO be rest
Ing places, where the weary and
heavy-laden rest through faith in God
and in His promises. The teaching,
then. would be that not all who are
resting IN the churches OF Christen-
dom. I'm the creeds, Will be amongst
the elect the gathered jewels Some
will be taken away from these beds
Others will be left In them. A vivid
description OF these creed-beds and
their unsatisfactory character is given
us by the Prophet isaiah XVIII, 2O).
Watch That We May Know.
Following these Illustrations OF His
presence and His work In the harvest
time OF this Gospel Age the Master
exhorts all OF his followers to watch,
10 be ready. to be on the alert, 10 be
on the lookout, that they may be
ready for His presence, that they
may, I'm due time, discern His pres
enee and that they may be gathered
or separated from the world and the
illogical relationship, and from earth
~ church relationship, TO the Master
Himself Some very earnest Bible
students believe that we are In this
harvest period now; that the Son OF
Man, the glorifled Messiah invisible
to men, is even now present doing a
searching and separating work in HIS
church. gathering his saints unto
Himself preparatory 10 their change
from earthly TO heavenly conditions !
and preparatory to the Inauguration |
OF the great time Of trouble by which +
present institutions Will be blotted |
out TO make way for the Kingdom OF
righteousness. for which we have so
long prayed Many Bible students /
believe that the present unrest and |
sitting and shaking amongst Chris
tians and the crecds Of all demon |
nations and the colleges and sem |
lnaries are but incidental TO this work !
which the Son of Man. present |
amongst us, is accomplishing Tor the /
purpose OF fully separating 10 Him
self His very elect Whether TINS /
proposition be agreed TO or not, the |
fact still remains that thus matters
will be whenever the time shall come.
whenever the end Of this age and the
inauguration of the new shall take
place.
His House To Be Broken Up.
All OF the foregoing suggestions are
confirmed by the symbolism OF the /
forty-third verse. Here the Master !
likens the institutions of the present !
time TO a house or household. Else |
where he informs us that satan rs
the prince OF this world, the overload !
who tyrannizes the world, operating |
through the weaknesses and passions
and depraved appetites and impaired
reasoning faculties of humanity. Had
the time OF the Lords Second Advent
been clearly made known that knowl-
edge would have so altered matters
and affairs that the world would NOT
have been taken by surprise In con
nection with the gathering OF the ,
Lords Jewels and the establishment
OF His Kingdom and thus there would
not be such breaking-up in earth's
affairs as is now impending; the
Kingdom would be established, but
not In the way in which God designed.
In this verse our Lord likens his
second presence, unknown TO the
world. to the presence OF thief in
house, unknown TO it's master. Inc
LORDS saints ia the world are His
Jewels. These he will take away and
the loss to the world Will be great.
AS the sanity ones will be gathered
from the field, from the mill and from
the bed into closer heart-union with
the Lord. those left in the world. the
mill and the bed, will be greatly dis
advantaged-not because the iewel
class are wealthy or have worldly
greatness. for of these chosen saints
Il is distinctly stated that there are
amongst them mot many great, not
many noble" But these sanity ones
are. nevertheless, the salt or the
earth and the salt Of the churches and
the salt of the theological seminaries.
After the taking away OF the salt
class. putrefaction and disintegration
will speedily follow.
In view OF all this, all VINO profess
TO be the Lords people should earn
estly watch. as we'll as pray; they
should watch their words and
thoughts and doings and see to 1t that
they worship the Lord In the beauty
of holiness and that they do not idol
ize either dead or living man or
creeds. Thus walking circumspectly
in the footsteps Of Jesus the sanity
ones will be kept in the hour of temp
tation. which shall come upon the
whole world to prove them (Revela-
ton iii. 10).
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