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shall be exalted above the hills and all ma
lions shall flow unto il Qsaish ii. p.
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that they will come forth from the
tomb no longer blemished and imper-
feet, but fully, completely restored to
the perfection originally enjoyed by
father Adam. Additionally these will
have the special guidance and in
struction of Messiah QHead and men,
bers) In all the affairs of mankind.
Thus as the Master said. speaking of
that time, aye shall see Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob and the prophets In the
Kingdom" duke Kill, 2S).
Gods Kingdom will be represented
in the earth by Israel-especially by
these sanity men of Israel. resurrect-
ed perfect, who will be the special ap-
pointees and representatives of the
glorifled Messiahs rule. AS it is writ
ten, instead of thy fathers (the an
cient sanity ones were styled "the
fathers" as Jesus was styled the Son
of Abraham and David shall be thy
children, whom thou mayest make
princes I'm all the earth psalm xiv,
16). These princes, acting under and
continually in contact with the spirit
ual Kingdom and rulers styled in the
Scriptures 1.-THE royal priesthood" will,
of course, be so superior in their wis
dom and power as TO command the
obedience Of the whole earth. The ma.
ton of Israel, with whom they are re-
lated. would naturally respond more
quickly than others to the New order
of things. which viii be just that for
which they huve been waiting and
praying for more than thirty centuries.
All Nations Flow Unto It.
In these words the Lord through the
prophet assures MS of the wonderful
success which will attend the estab-
lishment of the New Empire of earth
the dominion of the Prince OF light,
which will supersede the dominion of
the Prince of darkness, when Satan
shall be bound for thousand years,
that he may deceive the peoples no
more. Messiah's Kingdom will be
high above all other Kingdoms, not
only in its grandeur, majesty and au-
thority, but also in the lofty principles
which 1t will represent. Thus it Is
written, "ue shall lay righteousness to
the line and justice to the plummet
and the hail [Truthl shall sweep away
the refuge of lies' isaiah xviii, 10.
| Nevertheless. as the world shall come
to appreciate the new order Of things
! all nations shall flow unto 1t. foto up
to it--contrart to the downwardness
Of fallen human nature. 1t will make
manifest such wonderful rewards for
righteousness and obedience to God and
| It will so make manifest the stripes
that must attend all willful disobedi
ence to the Divine arrangement that
the Scripture will be fulfilled which
declares that when the judgments OF
the Lord are abroad In the earth, the
Inhabitants OF the world will learn
righteousness Qsninh XVI, 9).
Humanity for six thousand years
has been learning the exceeding sin
fulness of sim" its downward tenden
cy In every sense of the word. Every
form of government has been tried II
an endeavor TO secure the greatest
amount of blessing. But the uniform
results have been that those exalted tC
place and influence and power have
proved themselves unequal to the op
portunties and temptations of the po
sitlons and have abused them sellishly
| Whoever Is acquainted with history
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If some of us have hoped that the gen
eral education OF the masses and thu
general enlightenment OF the rae,
would abolish sin ana selllshness an'
demonstrate the uuthfulness of th
Provcrb, Honesty Is the best policy,
we are willing TO confess that this ha
been n mistake. We perceive that tn
greater the wisdom and intelligenc
granted to selfish mind and hear
the greater will be Its opportunitlc
for evil and lncltement thereto.
Every Man Against His Neishbor.
As II consequence the world is losini
confidence In itself. All. whether poll
ticlans or judges or governors, grea
or small, of one party or another, o
one nationality or another--all are nc
cused of being tarred with the sam
stick OF selhshness, The Bible clearl.
indicates that this distrust Is not with
out reason and that the great time o
trouble soon to come upon every natio
Daniel XII, u will be the direct resul
OF this loss OF confidence. The Bible
description of the matter briefly sun
med up is. Every mans hand shall b
against his nelghbor (Zechariah vii
10; xiv, l3l. II will be after that gren
time of trouble shall have thorough
: sickened humanity as respects itsel
and any hopes II might have had @
bringing about n Millennium by II
own cfforts-that God will manifest hi
Kingdom In the top OF the mountains
higher than all other kingdoms ever
l way. and all people shall dow towar
+ It. AS It IN written, The desire of n
! peoples shall come" (Haggai II, u.
/ This IL described In the verse follow
. ing olr text which reads, "And man