Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-12

toInt-hefrship with the Esdesnsg, Messiah,
will be his Queen and sit fifth him In the
Great white Throne Of Judgment men
toned in the text: as the Apostle declares,
Know We not that the saints shall judge
the wOrld?" Corinthians vi
Former Views We're Erroneous.
Our former and very unreasonable view
was that man, born in sin, shapen In
iniouity," depraved in all OF his appetites,
would be condemned Of God In the Judg
ment Day on account of this heredity and
environment, for which he is not respon-
sible. The theory was hat the heather
also would be damned in that Judgment
Day, because they did not know and did
not accept The only name given under
heaven" The theory was also that the
masses of civilized society would in that
Judgment Day be damned because they
would not, and because they did not. live
perfectly. Notwithstanding their heredity-
Now, said the speaker, we see that the
death sentence was upon Adam and all of
his race, who were In his lolns when he
sinned. We see that they could not be
put on trial a second time until released
from the first sentence. We see that their
release will be at the Second Coming Of
Messiah in the glory of his Kingdom.
when he shall cause the knowledge of the
Lord to fill the whole earth and open all
the blinded eyes. Then, because of hav-
ing satisfied the claims of Justice against
the race. the Great Redeemer, as the
Mediator Of the New Covenant. will grant
the world of mankind another judgment
or trial-additIonal to the one given to
Adam. in which they all failed and from
the penalty of which failure Jesus re-
deemed them.
True, the measure of light and knowl-
edge now enjoyed and wilfully sinned
against will work a corresponding degra-
dation of character; all such downward
steps win need to be retraced.
"Ths Great White Throne"
Symbo1ically the whiteness of the throne
indicates the purity Of the justice and
Judgment which win be melted out by the
Great Redeemer as the Messiah-Kfng.
The heavens and earth which will nea
away from the presence of that throne
are not the literal. but the symbolcal
The ecclesiastical heavens and the social
earth of the present time will not stand
in the presence of that August tribunal
The people will not be judged nationally
nor by parliaments and systems in soci-
ETY., but individually. The judgment or
trial will not merely test those living at
the time of the establishment Of the
Kingdom, but will include all the dead.
The books Of the Bible VIII then all be
opened-undeTstood. All will then see
that the Golden Rules laid down by In
SEPARATION through Moses and the Prophets,
Jesus and his Apostles, are the very ones
which God will require OF men In the
future and which Messiah will then en-
able the willing and obedient to comply
with by assisting them up out of their sin
and degradation. The Judgment OF that
time. the test, will not be OF faith, for
knowledge will be universal and all the
darkness and obscurity created by igno-
rance and superstition will have passed
away. The test at that time will be of
works, whereas the tests Of the Church at
the present time are of faith.
Another Book of Life Opened.
Pastor Russell declared that the Lambs
Book of Life alone is open now and only
those called to be members OF the Bride
class and who accept the call are written
therein. But In the great day OF the
trial or Judgment another book of
life will be opened. A record will be
made of all who, by obedience, show
themselves worthy of everlasting life on
the human plane. and. If faithful, they
eventually be accepted of the Father
to life eternal.
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