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THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS

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Previous studies have pointed us to
the Kingdom and melted the Lord S
people to strive to become members
| tkereof-kings and priests unto God in
association with the Redeemer. To-
days study tells of the Kingdom, but
| from another standpoint. 1t explains
the work of the Kingdom after it shall
have been set up-after Messiah at his
Second Advent shall have gathered
his Jewels to constitute his Bride
class-after these shall be with him in
| the Throne OF his glory-after he snail
have taken unto himself his great
| power and shall have begun his Mes
| sianic reign OF righteousness under
the whole heavens 1t is important
| in every study of the Scriptures that
We recognize the Divine Plan as d
whole and properly locate the teaching
of each parable.
We know that the parable of the
| sheep and the goats belongs not to
this Age, but to the coming Age of
| MesSiah's glorious reign. because the
| introduction declares this. saying.
| when the Son of man shall come in
| his glory ana all the holy angels with
| him, then Shall he sit upon the Throne
| of his glory. and before him shall be
| gathered all nations: and he shall
! separate them one from another as a
shepherd divideth his sheep from the
| goats" Those sheep and goats will
not include the Church, to whom the
promise is. when he shall appear. We
also shall appear with him in glory
sharing his Throne.
The salvation of the Church will be
finished before the salvation of tl-
world will begin. Today's study pic
| lures the salvation of the world, show
| ing us how every member of Adams
| race will be on trial during the reign
| of Messiah and, by his Obedience or
| Gisobedience to the light and knoWl-
| ledge then REVEALING, he will be de-
| Gliding his own everlasting future.
either as sheep or as a goat. 1t will
require the entire one thousand years
OF Messiah's reign to complete the
| testing and separating work.
All then obedient will be recognized
as children of God and brethren. All
| the disobedient will be reckoned as
| children of the Adversary and worthy
| to share his fate because, under IA
vorable conditions they We're rebel
| ious. Such shall be destroyed with
| Satan in the Second Death. which is
| symbolcally represented as fire, be-
| cause fire is always destructive. never
preservative. On the contrary. the
sheep class at the conclusion of Mes
Siahs reign will have reached perfec-
| ton, the image and likeness CT COG. ON
| the human plane. These will be invit-
| ed to become the kings of earth under
| the Divine Supervision-even as was
| Adam in his original perfection,
| crowned with glory and honor and set
over or in control of tie earthly crea-
| ton psalm viii. $50.
| The terms and conditions which will
! test and determine who will be sheep
and who will be goats, who will be
| ohedient or dsobedent to the Divine
regulations, will be mercy, kindness.
| love. The loving and sympathetic
| character is the only one which God
| purposes shall have eternal life. either
| on the heavenly or on the earthly
| piana-all having either the wolfish or
deviish character or even the goat
chara cter-of waywardness and I'M
! Submissiveness will be accounted I'M
! worthy of any further blessing after
| the close of the reign of Messiah. The
| testing then will not be as to believing
| or disbelieving, striving to do well or
| not striving to do well. The church
| is dealt with now along such lines.
| Gods dealings with us make allow
| ances for our unwilling imperfections.
But in the trial of the world in the
| future every man shall be tried ac-
cordine to his work, not according t.
his faith. In that time knowledge will
have practically supplanted faith;
hence faith will have no special re-
wards Work will then have the re-
| wards, and each member Of the race
| will be expected to strive for perfect
works and to be assistants of the
| Great King Emmanuel and his Bride.
| the Church OH the spirit plane. Man.
| kline will be enabled gradually to at
| tain such perfection of mind and of
body as will make perfect works POS
| sble. At the conclusion of the Millen-
NAL Age perfect works only will be
| rewarded
We have already referred to the re-
waros that will be granted to the
| sheep class at the close of Messiah S
| Kingdom-they will enter into life
| eternal and become pOSSeSSOrS OF tiic
earthly Kingdom originally given to
| Adam. but lost through disobedence,
and redeemed by the sacrifice of Jesus
| and restored by his Messianic reign.
fol which we pray. Thy Kingdom
| come; thy will be done on earth as in
| heaven
AS for the goat" class. we have al
| ready intimated that their punishment
| VIII consist of destruction in fire, or
| destruction everlasting, the Second
| Death-the destruction which God has
| already determined for Satan and all
| who are his messengers and servants.
! after the manner of this goat class
| because. with all the favorable oppor-
| tunities. they failed to develop such
| characters as God could reward with
| life everlasting. The contrast is en-
| plasiZed in the last Verse of the study.
| These (the goat class) shall go away
| into eternal punishment: but the right
| eous the sheep class. into eternal life.
| The contrast is perfect. The one gets
| life to all eternity. The other gets the
| specified punishment of destruction to
all eternity. The Greek word here
| translated punishment is kOlasin.
| which signifies restraint cutting. off