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him that sat on ii. from whose face
the earth and the heaven tied away
and there was found no place foi
them" He said:
Sin made moral towards of our race
From early infancy fear and apprehen
sion. especially in respect TO things fu'
ture. have been impressed upon us
We realize our imperfection. and that
our God is perfect. and that perfection
is the only standard which he could
approve. and that some kind of pun.
ishment for sin must be expected. The
Adversary. taking advantage OF our
forefathers, misrepresented the AL
mighty and has used our fears to
ALLEVIATE us from him and 10 wrest and
diStort his message TO us in the Bible.
St. Paul assures us that this is Satan's
general procedure: that he puts light
for darkness and darkness for light
Thus it comes that our text. which is
really one of the most beautiful and
comforting in the whole Bible when
rightly understood. has 10 many be-
come i lash in the hands of their fears.
IL is needless TO say that our text is
one of the symbolisns of Book filled
with symbols. Gods people. guided by
his holy Spirit. in due time will ap-
preciate these symbols. For many of
them the due time is already here.
The Throne is Messiah's. 1t represents
his Mediatorial Dominion of earth for
Il thousand years. Its whiteness SYM
bolizes the purity, the justice. of his
Kingdom of righteousness under the
whole heavens. The heavens and
earth which will fee away from the
presence of the great Emmanuel will
not be the heavens of Gods Throne
nor the earth which he has given to
the children of men,. The heavens and
earth which will flee away. and for
which no place will be found. are. OF
course. the symbolical ones. In Bible
symbology the earth represents estab-
lished civilization: the sea represents
the restless. dissatisfied masses Of hui.
manity. The mountains symbolic hu-
man governments. Kingdoms. which
constitute the backbone of present
spiritual influences Ecclesiasticism,
Churchianity. Thus interpreted our
text declares that when Messiah shall
assume control OF the world: when he
shall sit upon his Throne; when he
shall exercise rulership amongst men.
the result will be that the social sys-
TEN of today. as we'll as the present
day ecclesiasticism. will fee away. will
found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some man may be inclined to ask.
Has not Christ been the great Ruler
of the world for these past nineteen
centuries: And whatever may be said
of the four thousand years before the
coming Of Christ may it not be claim
ed that he has been reigning ever since
his ascension to the right hand of the
Father? We answer that if this be
true: il the Redeemer of men has been
reigning as the King of earth for
these nineteen centuries there should
be something in the Bible to so teach
But we find nothing. On the contrary.
we hearken TO the Masters own words
telling us that Satan is the Prince of
this age John xiv. 30I. We hearken
TO him again telling us. MY Kingdom
is not of this world (age)" Gohn xviii.
36). Again he says. II will come again
and receive you unto myself John
v IL t,o tzlIe l.
into far country to receive the title
10 his Kingdom, then to return to take
possession Of it Matthew xxi. SO: XIV.
I'D. and that at his second coming he
will be the great King of glory. He
tells us the same thing in Matthew
XIV. 81. When the Son of Man shall
come in his glory and all the holy an
gels with him. then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory"
On the other hand. as we scan the
pages of history during the past eight
cen centuries. we are convinced that
Messiah has not been the King of the
world. To think of him rs such. with
the omnipotent power which we ac-
credit to him. would be to charge him
with responsibility for bloody and
atrocious prosecutions and wars and
famines and pestilences. Surely no
right-minded person. after mature con-
sideration, can nationally accept the
theory that the glorious Messiah's
reign of righteousness for the blessing
of the whole earth. the uplifting of
the whole race. the enlightenment of
every creature. and the bringing of all
possible into accord with God-none of
us could think that that reign of the
great Mediator between God and men
is in the past. We must agree with
our text that it is in the future. and
that, when established. its effect upon
the institutions of the present-politi-
cal. social. financial. religious-wili be
such that they will flee away: no
place ever more will he found for
them. All. from this standpoint there
is hope: but from no other standpoint
We are living today at the very eli
max of civilization. Yet today we be-
hold more clearly than ever before
that fhe deoplv.ngrained selfshness
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