The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-18

rors were built
upon neutrality-suspicious. Of Scriptures
We report him on Revelation x, g.
7 as follows:
Our text, with other Scriptural state
ments respecting the end of the world
for instance, st. Peters statement
1.-THE heavens being on fire shall be
dissolved'0, have led Christians in
general to accept the theory that
God has decreed that shortly, or at
some time, our earth is to be burned.
The early Church expected and prayed
for the second coming of Messiah to
establish the Kingdom of righteous
ness, to overthrow sin and to release
mankind frcm its bondage and weak
ness and from the power of death, and
thus to bless the whole earth, restoring
all things to the glorious condition
represented in miniature in Eden: man
in perfection. with Paradise home
Acts ill, 1921.
But as centuries passed without the
manifestation Of Messiah's Kingdom,
those expectations yielded to another
suggestion namely, that Jesus had not
meant what had been understood, but
meant that the Church should convert
the world, under His supervision. dur
ing a period of thousand years, and
that then He would come and give
their work His stamp of approval and
wind things up by taking all the
sanity to heaven, setting fire to the
earth to entirely consume it.
Catholics and Professionals Much Con-
fused.
Both Catholics and Professionals have
been operating in harmony with this
erroneous thought. Catholics claim
that the Kingdom of Messiah was set
up long ago and that the popes and
cardinals are representatives of Jesus
and the Church. They claim that the
Pope is Christ's -gerent-that is to
say, He reigns instead of Christ, as
His representative. They claim that
'the thousand years is already in the
past, since 1899, and that we are now
in the little season. mentioned in
Revelation Xx, 3, in which Satan was
to be loosed, q; the close of the
thousand years.
Many of them understand that Prot
estanism in general, and. particularly
Socialism and Free Masonry. are
organizations of Satan, which will
soon be destroyed in the burning up
of the world,
Professionals are also much confused
on the subject. They claim that we
are in the reign of Messiah, but they
are not sure when it began or when ii
will end. Before Luther's day the
Catholic view prevailed, but accord
ing to Luthers preaching the Papal
claims were false, and later the Papal
system was branded as AntichriSt.
Since then Professionals are III con-
fusion. Some recognize the Church of
England and its kingly head as Gods
Kingdom in the earth, but they admit
that it has not yet conquered the
earth, nor is Gods will done as in
heaven, even in the British Isles The
Church of Russia makes similar
claim to being the Kingdom of God.
and honors the Pope as the reigning
representative of Messiah. Emperor
William of Germany also has on his
coins the legend that he is relgning
"by the grace of God"-that his king
dom is a part OF Messiah's Kingdom.
But all these theories Catholics and
Protestants are now ignoring In the
light of our day none dare preach such
theories. With present-day enllghten-
ment it seems foolish to declare that
the various kingdoms of Europe are
Messiah's Kingdom. and that they are
establishing a reign of righteousness.
The costly preparations for war made
by these very nations discredit entire
ly the claim that they are parts of
Messiah's great Kingdom Of righteous
ness and peace.
All denominations engaged in mis-
sionary work are processing the
thought that soon the world win be
converted; that the second coming of
christ will then take place, and then
III come the contamination, and the
1Yning OF the world How strange,
ew illoghai, Pie heather, according
o. reliable government statistics, are
tNiee as NUMEROUS today az they were
,s-r44rrrrrv ngv--'sty- nurSred millions
there were then; there are twelve hun
.drpd millions now. How long woaid
Il require, at this rate, 10 conyert the
world? And II the heatilsn were con
verified 70 the same condition of civ
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