Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-09-10


rear, proclalmlng liberty for the peo
pie and restitution Of all that has beer
lost through sin. and which is to be re
stored through Messlahs Kingdom
Bible Students know also how the
! New Testament abounds with refer
ences TO the Kingdom. the Kingdom
the Kingdom. Nearly all the parable,
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 aud all of his followers to
pray for it. Thy Kingdom come! Thy
will be done on earth as it s. done IN
heaven They all know too. that all
Of the Apostles refer to that Kingdom
and point the Church to It's estub
lishment for the realization Of het
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 vii 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 it
needs. In its establishment, as the
Scriptures declare. the desire Of all
nations shall come" 0iaggai ii. u.
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 typifed
the Heavenly Father, so the Messiah
was typifed by Isaac. And Messiah's
Bride and joint-heir and co-laborer in
his Kingdom was typifed by Rebec
ca. Thus seen the great Plan of God
has progressed we'll
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 kindness, love. In
stead we cultivated pride. ambition.
selfshness. 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-
1t of the world-of all classes Now.
as faith in the Bible is waning and
respect for God and his Word Is pro
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 natlon?" The selfishness
which both rich and poor learned and
ignorant. have cultivated will. in that
time of trouble, be represented in con-
tiicts between labor unions and capi-
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 ana beginning his
eign Daniel xii /; Revelation xi. 49,.
Thank God. the intimations of the
are that the conflict Of that
ime will be short. 1t must. however.
asst long enough to teach humanity a
esson never to be forgotten-th God
nd his arrangements must stand first
nd must be obeyed, if blessing is
ought.
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
his Kingdom is not only to bless those
wing at the time of its establishment.
ut gradually TO awaken the dead from
he slumber of the tomb and to give all
t Adams race full opportunity for
ttaining life eternal or death eternal,
hen it will be seen that the Kingdom
aust be a spiritual one. Then. too,
iessiahs Kingdom of light is repre-
ented as superseding Satan's Kingdom
darkness-both spiritual. With this
bought our text Is in full accord
King shall reign in righteousness"
Messiah will be that Great King. his
ride being associated with him.
nd princes shall execute Judgment
the earth" carrying out the DEGREES
nd regulations of the Heavenly Mes .
ah. This is the meaning of the
ord's promise to Israel, II will re- s
ore thy judges as at the first. and thy 1