Evening journal., 1910-10-15
THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS

Matthew 95ss1 s1-4e-October 16.
~lnasmuch as ye have done II unit,
one Of the least Of these, my breath
rem, ye have done II unto me-"
Previous studies have pointed uf
to the Kingdom and melted the Lords
people to strive to become members
thereof-kings and priests unto God
I'm association with the Redeemer.
To-day's study tells of the Kingdom,
but from another standpoint. II eX-
plains the work of the Kingdom af-
ter It shall have been set up-after
Messiah at his Second Advent shall
have gathered his Jewels" 10 consti-
tute his Bride class-Rfter these shall
be with him In the Throne of his
glory-after he shall have taken unto
himself his great power and shall
have begun his Messianic reign Of
righteousness under the whole
heavens" 1t is important in every
study of the Scriptures that we
recognize the Divine Plan as a whole
and properly locate the teaching OF
each parable.
We know that the parable Of the
sheep and the goats belongs not to
Messiahs glorious reign, because the
Introduction declares this, saying,
when the Son of man shall come in
his glory and all the holy angels
with him. then shall he sit upon the
Throne OF his glory, and before him
shall be gathered all nations; and
he shall separate them one from an
other as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the goats" Those sheep and
goats will not include the Church to
whom the promise is, when he shall
appear. we also shall appear with him
in glory''-sharing his Throne.
The salvation of the Church will
be finished before the salvation of the
world will begin. To-day's study pic
lures the salvation Of the world.
showing US how every member of
Adams race will be on trial during
the reign of Messiah and, by his obe-
dience or disobsdience to the light
and knowledge then prevailing. he
will be deciding his own everlasting
future, either as a sheep or as a
goat. Il will require the entire one
thousand years Of Messiah's reign to
complete the testing and separating
work.
All then obedient will be recogniz-
ed as children of God and brethren
All the disobedient will be reckoned
as children of the Adversary and
worthy to share his fate, because, un-
der favorable conditions, they were
rebellious. Such shall be destroyed
with Satan in the Second Death
which is symbolically represented as
fire, because FIRE is always destruc-
tive, never preservative. On the con-
trary, the sheep class at the conclu-
sion of Messiah's reign will have
reached perfection, the image and
| likeness Of God, on the human plane
These will be invited to become the
kings of earth under the Divine super
vision-even as was Adam In hii
original perfection-crowned will
glory and honor and set over or II
control of the earthly creation
psalm viii, 3-5.)
The terms and conditions whicl
will test and determine who will b
sheep and who will be goats, VIII
will be obedient or disobedient to tn
Divine regulations, will be mercy
kindness, love. The loving and sym
pathetic character is the only on
which God purposes shall have etel
nal life, either on the heavenly or o
the earthly plane-all having eithe
the wolfish or devilish character, c
even the goat character-of waywart
ness and unsubmissiveness, will
accounted unworthy Of any furthe
blessing after the close of the reig
OF Messiah. The testing then wi
not be as to believing or disbelievini
striving to do well OF not striving