The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-08


ences to the Kingdom the Kingdoml
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 to 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 GOMEZ Thy
will be done on earth as It Is done in
heavenP They all know, too, that all
Of the Apostles refer to that Kingdom
and point the Church to its estab-
llshment 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
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 it
needs In it's establishment, as the
Scriptures declare, 1.-The desire Of all
nations shall Gomez QIaggai 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
Messiah's assistants-the Bride. the
Lambs Wife. AS Abraham typified
the Heavenly Father, so the Messiah
was typified by Isaac. And Messiah's
Bride and jointheir 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
naco hlnccnnad ond hro1IOht forth
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 sptr-
1t 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 time
Of trouble such as never was since
there was a nation?" The selfishness
which both rich and poor, learned and
ignorant. have cultivated WILL in that
time of trouble, be represented in con-
fiicts between labor unions and capt.
talistic trusts. The Bible declares that
lutll every HILL uuuO Will pt
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 bis
Kingdom power and beginning his
reign Daniel xii. /: Revelation XII, 1S)
Nha. tat 81.
Scriptures are that the conflict of that
time will be short. 1t must. however
last long enough to teach humanity
| lesson never to be forgotten-that COD
and his arrangements must stand first
and must be obeyed, If blessing IL
sought.
! Messah's Kingdom Invisible.
When it is remembered that Messi
abs Kingdom is not only to bless those
living at the time Of its establishment
but gradually TO awaken the dead from
the slumber of the tomb and to give ali
of Adams race a full opportunity fol-
attaining life eternal or death eternal
then it will be seen that the Kingdom
must be a spiritual one. Then. too
Messiah's Kingdom of light is repre-
scented 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. his
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
Lords promise to Israel. II will re
store thy judges as at the first, and thy
counsellors as at the beginning" Qsa.
iah 1. 26).
The princes who will execute judg-
ment will all be lsraelitish and all
perfect men-tried and approved OF
God. They will be the Ancient Wor-
tlies. Abraham. Isaac and Jacob and
the prophets. These men, great In
faith and obedience TO Ged, will be
known to the Jews as the fathers"
as the prophecy respecting them de-
I clares. "instead of the fathers shall be
the children. whom thou (Messiahl
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
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