River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10

~ students understand that our
Lord referred to the Jewish nation
under the symbolism of fg-tree.
He had been telling his disciples
what might be expected in the end
of this age, when he would come
again to receive his faithful to him
self and to give them a place as his
Bride upon his Throne and to estab-
lish his Kingdom under the whole
heavens for Israel and all the world
through Israel. In this study he
tells us that amongst the prominent
signs of the closing of this age and
the opening of the new will be the
budding of the fig tree-the spring
ing forth of new life and new hope
in the Jewish nation. And is not
this condition of things manifest
ing itself to-day? Behold the Jews
awakening and listening to the
voice of Moses and the Prophets
calling them to Palestine and to
fresh hope in God and in the glori-
Gus promises to which they are
heirs as the natural seed of Abraham!
For the gifts and calling of God
are things he does not repent of"
(Romans ii, 1889.
This GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS"
The generation which witnesses
the signs promised in the verses
preceding our lesson and which
witnesses this putting forth of the
green leaves Of hope by Israel will
see to the full the accomplishment
of the glorious change of Dispense
ton so long foretold. They will
witness the passing Of the reign of
the Prince of Darkness and the in
auguration of the glorious reign of
the Prince of Light-Messiah with
his Bride class; not however, that
mankind will see Messiah with the
natural eyes, nor see even his glor1-
Gus Bride. except with eyes of their
understanding. Flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom Of God
in this highest sense. Flesh and
blood, however, will see Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob and all the Proph-
cts in the Kingdom, and will have
full testimony and practical demon
stration of the Kingdom power in
the great transformation that will
be wrought and the restitution
blessings which will be showered
upon Israel and upon all who will
come into harmony with God
through Israel's New Covenant
Jeremiah XXI, 81.
The present ecclesiastical heavens
and the present social earth will,
indeed, both pass away in the great
time of trouble with which this age
will end; but following these, sup
planting them, will come the new
heavens and the new earth-the
new religious institutions of the
Lord-the Church in glory, and the
new social order amongst mankind
under the regulations for which we
still pray, Thy Kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth" Then
the words of the Great Teacher will
surely have fulfllment.
THE DAY AND THE HOUR HAD NOT
BEEN FoRETOLD
The day and the hour of the great
change no one knew, not even the
angels in heaven. The Master him
self declared that he did not know
but the Father alone. This should
not, however, be understood to
mean that the Son of God would
not know about the matter later on,
in due time before he would begin
his work of establishing the King
dom. Neither would it prove that
the angels of heaven would be in
ignorance up to the last moment.
Neither would it prove that God S
people, living at the time for the
establishment of the Kingdom,
would not know. In fact, the Mas
ter declares that all living in proper
harmony with him would be kept
informed respecting the Father S
Plans as they became due. He de-
clared that if they would partake
of the things of God and follow
after them, that they should have
meat in due season
In this very study the Great
Teacher illustrates this principle,
referring to Noah and Lot. Noah
was informed respecting the COM
ing change OF Dispensation when he
was instructed to build the Ark one
hundred and twenty years before
the flood. Lot was instructed re-
speeding the disaster coming upon
the city in which he lived long
enough in advance to escape from
it; likewise the Church of Christ is