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All such know too. that the Grea'
Teacher proclaimed that Kingdom and
taught Us and all Of his followers To
pray for II. Thy Kingdom come: Thy
will be done on earth rs II Ii done In
heaven" They all know. too. that all
Of the Apostles refer TO that Kingdom
and polnt the Church 10 Its estab-
Iishment for the realization or her
hones-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 be
who scattered Israel will also gather
them. and when the Law shall 60
forth from Mt Zion. the Celestial
Kingdom. and the word OF the Lord
from Jerusalem. the capital or the
earthly princes. Gods remedy is just
what humanity Is coming to realize II
needs In its establishment. as the
Scriptures declare, 1.-The desire or all
nations shall come" Haggai 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 typified
the Heavenly Father. so the Messiah
was typified 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
xrhi oh fn
! 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
| 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-
it 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 time
OF trouble such as never was since
there was nation?" The selfshness
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 seltishness.
The Scriptures identify this trouble
with Messiah's taking to himself his
Kingdom power and beginning his
reign Daniel xiii 1: Revelation xi, 49,.
Thank God. the intimations Of the
Scriptures are that the conflict Of that
time will be short. 1t must. however,
last long enough to teach humanity a
lesson never to be forgotten-that God
and his arrangements must stand FIRST
and must be obeyed, if blessing Is
sought.
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
When it is remembered that Messi.
ah's Kingdom is not only to bless those
living at the time of its establishment
but gradually TO awaken the dead from
the slumber Of the tomb and to give all
Of Adams race a full opportunity fol
attaining life eternal or death eternal
then it will be seen that the Kingdom
must be a spiritual one. Then, too
Messiah's Kingdom of light is repre-
sented as superseding Satan's Kingdom
of darkness-both spiritual. With thi.
thought our text is in full accord
"a King shall reign In righteousness
Messiah will be that Great King, hi:
. Bride being associated with him.
And princes shall execute judgmen
In the earth" carrying out the DEGREES
and regulations Of the Heavenly Mes
siah. This is the. meaning Of thu
Lords promise to Israel, 81 will re
store thy judges as at the first, and tn,
councillors as at the beginning Qsa
lab /. 90.
The princes who will execute judg
nent will all be Israelitish and al
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