The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-16


pray for II. THY Kingdom come, Thy
will Ice done on earth ns 1t Is done In
heaven They all know, too. that all
of the Apostles refer to that Kingdom
and point the Church to Its cstnb.
lishmcnt for the realization of her
hopes--the time when the marriage
OF the Lamb will take plnCe-thc time
when Gods New Covenant with Israel
will go into effect. The time when he
who scattered Israel will 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" QIaggai II. n.
Bible Students are more and more
coming to see that this Gospel Age is
the time I'm which Messiah Is select
ing from amongst mcn-of Jews and
GcntilcS--a sanity class and Is testing
and proving their loyalty to God and
to righteousness These are to be
Mcssiah's assistnnts-the Bride. the
Lambs wife. As Abraham typihcd
the Heavenly Father. so the Messiah
was typiicd 10y Isaac. And Messiahs
Bride and joint-hcir and co-laborer In
his Kingdom was typifcd by Rcbec-
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 CrcCdS of the dark dGcS have been
our undoing. Under all this wrong
influence we have failed to cultivate
the fruits of the Holy Spirit-meek-
ness. gcntlcncss, patience, long .suf-
fcring, brotherly kindness. love. In
stead we cultivated pride, ambition.
selhshncss. We have done those
things which we ought not to have
done. and we have left undonc 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 bloSSOmpd 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-
portionatcly waning. what could we
expect but that which the Scriptures
declare is mt hand. namely. the time
of trouble such as never was since
there was a nation?" The schshness
which both rich and poor. learned and
ignorant. have cultivated will. in that
time of trouble. be represented in CON
tlictS 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. !; Revelation xi. 1S,.
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 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 1t is remembered that Messi-
abs 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 full opportunity for
attaining life eternal or death eternal,
then 1t will be seen that the Kingdom
must be spiritual one. Then. too.
Messiah's Kingdom Of light is repre-
sented as superseding Satans Kingdom
Of darkness-both spiritual. With this
thought our text Is in full accord
"A King shall reign in righteousness"
Messiah will be that Great King. his
Bride being associated with him.
And princes shall execute judgment
in the earth" carrying out the DEGREES
and regulations of the Heavenly Mes.
Siah. This is the meaning OF the
Lords promise to Israel, II will re.
store thy judges as at the first. and thy
counSellors as at the beginning" lisa
iah /, 2G).
The princes who will execute judg-
ment will all be lsraelitish and all
perfect men-tried and approved OF
God. They will be the Ancient Wor-
thies, Abraham. Isaac and Jacob and
the prophets. These men, great in
faith and obedience to God. will be
known to the Jews as the fathers"
as the prophecy respecting them de-
clares, "lnstead of the fathers shall be
the children, whom thou (Messiah
mayest make princes in all the earth"
They will he the children OF Messiah
in the sense that they will derive their
resurrection life from him. the Great
King. Indeed, the Scriptures assure
us that eventually the whole world
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