The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-05

eSuuObn DI nE-tree. lie had been
telling His disciples what might be
expectd In the end OF this age, when
lie wdId come again TO receive His
lalthfI to Himself and 10 give them
plat as His Bride upon His Throne
and establish His Kingdom under
the nole heavens for the blessing OF
lsraf and all the world through Israel.
IN rs study He tells us that amongst
the fominent signs OF the closing of
thiage and the opening of the new
WILDE the budding OF the fig tree-the
sprBing forth OF new life and new
hol In the Jewish nation And is
'oahis condition Of things manifest
inl itself today? Behold the ews
awkening and listening 10 the voice
ofMoses and the Prophets calling
thin 10 Palestine and to fresh hope
inSod and In the glorious promises
toNhich they still are heirs as the
nnral seed of Abraham For the
els and calling OF God are things He
dis not repent or (Romans ii, H.
IS
This Generation Shall Not Pass"
The generation which witnesses the
sns promised In the verses preced-
IL our lesson and which witnesses
ts putting forth OF the green leaves
ohope by Israel will see 10 the full
q accomplishment OF the glorious
cInge OF Dispensation so long fore
III. They will witness the passing Of
n reign OF the Prince OF Darkness
~ the Inauguration OF the glorious
rgn OF the Prince OF Light-Mes-
sh with His Glorious Bride class;
n, however, that mankind will see
Msiah with the natural eyes, nor
Sc even His glorious Bride, except
WI the eyes OF their understanding
Fish and blood cannot inherit the
Kihom OF God" in this highest
sen. Flesh and blood, however. will
see braham, Isaac and Jacob and all
the rophets In the Kingdom, and will
haveull testimony and practical dem
onstrion OF the Kingdom power in
the gat transformation that will be
wrong and he restitution blessings
which sill be showered upon Israel
and Jpn all rho will come into har-
mony WITH CD through lsraers New
CovenaL. (Jeemiah XXI, 81.
The pSseH ecclesiastical heavens
and thepresnt social earth will. in
OF tro,le With which this age will
end; L following these, supplanting
them, III come the new heavens and
the NJ earth-the new religious in
stitutas OF the Lord-the Church in
glory and the new social order
amobt mankind under the regula-
tionior which we still pray. Thy
Klnom come; Thy will he done on
cart Then the words OF the great
Teser will surely have fulfllment.
Thpay and Hour Had Not Been
Foretold.
D day and the hour OF the great
chge no one knew, not even the
Anls In heaven. The Master Himself
dared that He did not know-but
thFather alone This should not,
hover. be understood to mean that
th5on of God would not know about
thmatter later on. In due time, be
10 He would begin His work OF es-
tlshIng the Kingdom. Neither
wtd Il prove that Gods people, liv.
mat the time for the establishment
one Kingdom. would not know. In
IA the Master declares that all Nv
INN proper harmony with Him would
. hennI INFORMED Respecting. tiit e'A
or plans as they became due. He
dared that II they would partake
one things OF God and follow AFTER
I'm, that then they should have
nat In due season.
n this very study the Great Teacher
. lstrates this principle, referring 10
Tah and Lot Noah was informed
specting the coming change OF Dis
4 nsation when he was Instructed TO
/ md the ark one hundred and twenty
ears before the flood. Lot was In
ructed respecting the disaster com
~ upon the city in which he lived
1 ing enough in advance TO escape from
likewise the Church OF Christ is
orewarned by this illustration and
eminded that when they fee they
hall not. like Lots wife, covctously
BOX back 10 the things which, under
Divine condemnation, are to pass
way. but shall escape to the noun
ains--hee 70 the Kingdom OF God,
which will at that time he in process
t establishment
Doubtless much OF the immortality
Ind sensuality which marked the days
n Noah and the days Of Lot viii pre-
Eail in the world in the closing days
In the present age. Other Scriptures
10 inform us, even though this study
ntimates nothing OF the kind. THIS
asson brings TO our attention another
feature connected with our Lords
second Advent feature which hith'
rto has been little noticed by bible
.tudents. 1t informs us that His Sec
nd Coming will be unobserved, un-
nown to the world; that He VIII be
resent in the world and have to do
nth the gathering together of his
aints and with the great time OF
trouble which will follow, yet be en-
rely invisible TO men, recognizable
nly by outward signs OF His presence
nd known only TO the sanity few OF
humanity.
This feature OF the lesson is yelled
rom the eyes OF the average Bible
tudent by a mistranslated word. The
reek for the word coming in verses
h and 80 is parousia. which does not
bean coming, but should be rendered
resence as OF one who has already
ome.
In the Presence Of the Son Of Man."
This gives us a stupendous thought!
he great King OF kings VIII for
me he present amongst men, in
ieible. unknown, except by a very
sw Of His saints, 10 whom His pres
nee will be revealed through the
mock OF prophecy and the opening OF
ne ewes OF their understanding TO APP
reciate filfllments. Everything will
nntInua aa ordiuarily-the eating