Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-24

bringing about a Millennium by fits
own efforts-that God viii manifest bis
Kingdom in the top Of the mountains
higher than all other kingdoms every
way, and all people shall flow toward
1t. AS it is written, 'The desire Of all
peoples shall come" (Haggai II. y.
This is described in the verse follow
ing our text which reads, And many
people shall go and say. Come ye. let
us go up to the mountain kingdom) Of
the Lord. TO the house (templej Of the
God OF Jacob: and he will teach AS of
his ways and we will walk In bis
paths. for out Of Zion 1.-THE spiritual
unseen Kingdom OF Messiah shall 90
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 forwarding
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,
Shdli LhtJ iNHt "a any
All Christians agree that these words
apply to the Messiahs 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
to fll the whole earth as the waters
cover the great deep 0saiah xi, 81.
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, 1t concerns judah and
Jerusalem. BY the time this prophecy
will have begun to be fulfilled. spir-
itual Israel will be beyond the vale.
II 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 10 nat
ural Israel should go 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 a 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 6-10 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 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-
HOMOGENEOUS III the DUN Va hCNtih~
ton, applicable also to the time in
which we are living. We Will quote
and paraphrase from verse II 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
aloneshall be exalted in that day. Oneof
the greatest obstacles in the pathway
of humanity, hindering approach 10
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 10
doubt that there is a 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
and found wanting viii 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
shall perish and the understanding of
their prudent men shall diSaDDear