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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
earthly princes. Gods remedy is just
what humanity is coming to realize 1T
needs. In its establishment. as the
Scriptures declare. 1.-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 sanity class and is testing
and proving their loyalty to God and
TO righteousness. These are to be
Messiahs 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 typified 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. brotherly- love. In
stead we cultivated pride. ambition.
selfishness. 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
an unexpected way. Pride and selfish
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-
! it of the world-of all classes. Now.
as faith in the Bible is waning and
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 thine
Of trouble such as never was since
there was a nation?" The selfishness
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| ignorant. have cultivated will. in that
time of trouble. be represented in con-
! flicts between labor unions and capt.
! talistic trusts. The Bible declares that
/ then every mans hand will be
against his neighbor"-all confidence
will be lost-the bond of human sym
pathy and brotherhood will be utterly
! snapped in riotous selfishness.
The Scriptures identify this trouble
with Messiah's taking to himself his
Kingdom power and beginning his
4 reign Daniel xii. 1; Revelation XII, 49,.
Thank God. the intimations of the
| Scriptures are that the conflict Of that
time will be short. 1t must. however.
last long enough to teach humanity a
lesson never to be forgotten-that God
and his arrangements must stand first
and must be obeyed, if blessing is
sought
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
When it is remembered that Messi-
abs Kingdom is not only to bless those
living at the time Of it's establishment,
but gradually TO awaken the dead from
the slumber Of the tomb and to give all
of Adams race full opportunity for
attaining life eternal or death eternal,
then it will be seen that the Kingdom
must be spiritual one. Then, too,
Messiah's Kingdom of light is repre-
sented as superseding Satan's kingdom
of darkness-both spiritual. With this
thought our text is in full accord
"A King shall reign in Righteousness"
! (Messiah will be that Great King, bis
Bride being associated with him.
And princes shall execute judgment
in the earth." carrying out the DEGREES
and regulations Of the Heavenly Mes
siah This is the meaning of the
u L
store thy judges as at the first, and thy
cOunsellors as at the beginning" Qsa-
iah i. 26).
The princes who will execute judg-
ment will all be Israelitish and all
perfect men-tried and approved of
God. They will be the Ancient Wor-
thies. Abraham. Isaac and Jacob and
the prophets. Thess men, great in
faith and obedience to God, will be
known to the Jews as the fathers"
as the prophecy respecting them de-
clares. 'Instead Of the fathers shall be
the children, whom thou (Messiah)
mayest make princes in all the EARTH"
They will be the children of Messiah
in the sense that they will derive their
resurrection life from him. the Great
King. Indeed, the Scriptures assure
MS that eventually the whole world
shall receive new life from Messiah,
in Offset to the life received from
Adam forfeited through sin. Thus
amongst the various titles of Messiah
mentioned by the prophets we find
that he will be the "Age-lasting IA
| ther." as well as the prince of Peace
and mighty Elohim and a wonderful
Counsellor" isaiah tx. g..
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