Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10

lament Scriptures Gods promises
abound, telling Israel and all who have
ears to hear Of the glorious reign Of
Messiah and of the success Of his
Kingdom and how the result will be
that "every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess TO the glory of God
Of how 'all the blind eyes shall be
opened and all the deaf ears shall be
unstopped:" Of how the blessing Of the
Lord will be with Israel restored to
his favor aud operate through Israel
to the blessing Of all peoples We re
member the prophecies which picture
earthly governments and show us their
termination and the establishment OF
the Kingdom of Heaven on their ruins
We remember the Jubilee picture re
peated by the Israelites every fftietb
year. proclaiming liberty for the peo-
pie and restitution of all that has been
lost through sin. and which is 10 be re-
stored through Messiahs Kingdom
Bible Students know also how the
New Testament abounds With refer.
ences 10 the Kingdom the Kingdom.
the Kingdom, Nearly all the parables
that our Lord gave were I'D 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 and all of his followers to
pray for 1t, Thy Kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth as 1t Is done in
heaven" They all know. too. that all
of the Apostles refer TO that Kingdom
and point the Church to its estab
lishment for the realization of her
hopes-the time when the marriage
Of the Lamb will take place-the time
when Gods New Covenant with Israel
will 20 into effect. The time when be
who scattered Israel WIN 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 1t
needs. In its establishment. as the
Scriptures declare, 1.-The desire OF all
nations shall come" Haggai Ii. y.
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 typified by Isaac. And Messiah's
Bride and joint-heir and co-laborer in
his Kingdom was typifled 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.
selfishness. 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
Pile set by Christian people has extend
ed 10 the world and been thoroughly
appropriated. 1t has become the spir-
ii of the world-of all classes. Now.
as faith in the Bible is waning and
respect for God and his Word is pro
portionately waning, what could we
expect but that which the Scriptures
declare is at hand, namely. the "ti"le
of trouble such as never was since
there was q nation?" The selishness
which both rich and poor. learned and
ignorant. have cultivated will. in that
time of trouble, be represented in con
f1icts between labor unions and CAPT
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 selfshness.
The Scriptures identify this trouble
with Messiah's taking to himself his
Kingdom power and beginning his
reign Daniel xii, 1; Revelation xi, 49,.
| Thank God, the limitations of the
Scriptures are that the conflict of that
time will be short 1t must. however
last long enough to teach humanity
| lesson never TO be fnrgntten-that God