The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-15

stop the crime. Certain It Is tnat
Nothing shall hurt or destroy In all
Gods Holy Kingdom" thus established
How speedily the world will then
learn righteousness! Now 1t doubts
the very existence Of God, and de-
clares that If He exists He pays little
or no heed to wrong-doers. Now the
wicked flourish; yea. they that tempt
God are even exalted" as the Scrip
lures declare. But the New Day will
change all this. Messiah Twill lay
righteousness to the line and justice to
the plummet. and the hail [Truthl
shall sweep away the refuge OF
lies, Misrepresentation. misunderstand-
ings" isaiah xviii, II, 49,. The
blind shall see out of Obscurity, and
the deaf ears shall be unstOpped:'
1.-The knowledge Of the glory Of the
Lord shall fill the whole EARTH" until
None shall need say to his neighbor.
Know the Lord for all shall know
Him.
Grsvitation Reversed
The present tendency is to gravitate
downward, but our text tells Of re-
versal Of this order All nations shall
then flow or gravitate upward-toward
the righteous Kingdom Of Messiah:
MANY people shall say, Let us go
up" The Kingdom, in its original
establishment, will be Israeltish-
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob and all the
Prophets will be made Princes in all
the earth psalm xiv. 49,.
The Jews. naturally. will rally to
their standard and begin to recognize
Ge fulflment of the prophecies of old.
other nationalities will begin slowly
to realize the import Of the great, New
Jewish Dispensation. Their ideas and
ideals will be antagonistic for time.
Gradually they will see the Restitu-
ton blessings coming to Israel. in har-
mony with the Divine arrangements
Of the Kingdom. Then, as our context
declares, MANY people will say,
Come, let us go up to the Mountain
Of the Lord. to the House of the God
Of Jacob; He will teach us las well as
the Jewsl His ways and we las well
as theyl will learn to walk in His
paths"
Both Spiritual and Natural Israel
are in the picture. Mt. Zion is the
higher, the Spiritual Jerusalem; the
lower, the earthly. The Law shall go
forth from Mt. Zion [Spiritual Zion,
the Messiah-Head and Body-Bride-
oroo,,, ond, prido1 ruhila Tho Word ~
the Lord 1.-THE directing and instruct
fngl will go forth from Jerusalem 1.-THE
Patriarchal Princes, who will repre-
sent the KingdomI.
Judging Among the Gentiles
The context tells us that the new
King. Messiah, will judge amongst the
nations-amongst all the peoples. 1t
will be a general judgment first. an
individual one subsequently. The ma
tional judgments will mean calamities
upon the nations. The demonstra-
tons Of the great dreadnaughts and
great armies will prove that they are
not to be the peacemakers Of earth.
On the contrary. those trusting in these
devices will suffer most severely. All
must learn the lesson that Messiah's
Kingdom comes not by human might
nor power. but is the Lords institu-
ton. in His own appointed time.
The lesson will be so thoroughly
learned in that Day Of Trouble shat
war will forever cease. The Prophet
David tells us thst=the mighty army Of
the Lord, through Messiah's Kingdom.
will work havoc with present institu-
tons. Then He will make wars to
cease unto the ends Of the EARTH" Our
context tells us that thereafter "They
shall beat their swords into plow-
shares and their spears into pruning
hooks; nation shall not lift up sword
against nation. neither shall they learn
war any more" Even Boys Brigades,
ETC., thereafter will be at discount.
Human energy and activity will find
better employment in conquering self.
sin-sickness and death
Hiding In the Rocks
The description here given by the
Prophet Isaiah of the Day with which
this Gospel Age will end, the great
Day when Messiah's Kingdom begins,
agrees very closely with a description
Of the same given In the book of Reve-
lation. Isaiah tells us that idolatry to
gold and silver shall be brought to an
end, and the great trouble of that Day
will cause many to hide themselves in
the rocks, for fear of the Lord and for
the glory of His Majesty isaiah ii,
10. ID. '"The lofty looks Of man
shall be BUNDLED, and their haughti-
ness shall be bowed down and the
Lord alone shall be exalted in that
Day. Tvs. OLD.
The idols He shall utterly abolish.
and those who worship them shall go
into the rocks and into the caves of
the earth, for fear of the Lord and
for the glory of His Majesty. when
He ariseth to shake terribly the
earth" Tvs. 1920.
The same picture is set before us in
Revelation vi 1911. Here the great
ones of earth are represented as call
ing upon the mountains to fall on
them and to hide them from the pres
ence of the Lord. The thought is to
fall orer US. hide us, protect us. The
Prophet Malachi asks, "Who shall
abide in the great Day Of the Lord 2"
hi H. IL