, 1911-12-14

creeds have biased minds to such
a degree that the expression. wrath
to conIe.' carries with it to our delud
ed brains pictures such as Dante.
Thomas a Kempis and others nave
conjured for our minds. and which be
came impressed upon US In infancy.
Tho Wrath Now Revealed.
The Bible tells what the wrath to
come Is. We will look at that in due
time. but now let us look at our text.
and at the wrath which 1t says is al
ready revealed. II 1t is revealed.
where is 1t and what is 1t?
We answer hat the expression of
Gods wrath against sin is seen in the
sentence of death against the sinner
Dying. thou shalt die" This the
Scriptures call the curse" 1t has
rested upon our race for six thousand
years. 1t is visible to all. attested by
the reign of sin and death. Do we
not see depravity all about us. and do
We not realize some of 1t In our own
selves? Do we realize that our race Is
dying. mentally. morally and physical.
ly?
Do we realize that all this is the
penalty Of sin? Every piece of crepe,
every funeral procession. every casket.
every cemetery. every undertaker's
sign. every physicians sign. all of our
weaknesses testify that Gods wrath
is upon our race. Moreover. the earth
quakes and pe%stilences. the .drouths
and floods. tell rs that our earth is not
in a perfect condition. suitable for
perfect man. It testiies that there is a
reason why our race is treated by our
Creator as n race of %convicts.
No Death Curse In Heaven.
Does anyone think that the wrath
of God is thus revealed in heaven
that amongst the holy angels is i'm
perfection. sin and death? Does any
one suppose that doctors or undertake
ers or cemeteries are there? Why
not? The answer is simple. The
wrath of God is not upon them. be-
cause they are not sinners-they have
continued to abide In obedience to
Him.
Who hath warned you to flee from
the wrath to come were John the
Baptist's words to some of the Holi
ness people Pharisees, of his day. To
what wrath did John refer? We IN
swer that he was n Prophet. and was
with which the Jewish Age ended. In
A. d. 10. There is nothing whatever
to indicate that he had made any ref
erence to a wrath of God In the fu'
ture, that would come upon his hear
ers after they were dead. On the con
trary, the Scriptures everywhere teach
that the dead are unconscious. that
they can neither enjoy nor suffer any
thing. that they must wait for resusci-
tation In the resurrection
The Wrath to Come.
Our Lord also c%orroborated the
words of John the Baptist and declar-
ed that the wrath of God upon that
nation was nigh: His words were.
These be the days of vengeance upon
this people, that all things written In
the Law and the Prophets concerning
them should be fulfilled" duke XXI. 20
~; also the Apostle Paul Il Thessa
lonians II. III. Some of the things de-
clared by the Lord In the Law and the
Prophets were fulfilled In the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem, and In the u
which I'm upon the Jews nj thnl
time. But other things written have
had II grander fulti.ment for now eight
zen hundred years: and not II jot or
little can fail until all be fulfilled.
However, st. Paul (Ephesians v, u:
CoIossians iii. o. mentions u coming
time Of Divine wrath; and Jesus urged
Ills followers saying. Watch We. thai
ye may be accounted worthy to escape
oil those things coming upon the world.
and 10 stand before the Son of Man
This intimates hat the wrath here.
mentioned is to be world wide. ana In
The end of This Age. even as the wrath
upon the Jewish nation was nation
wide, in the end of their Age.
Gods People Should Keep Hands Off
This special wrath will be manifest
IN "A time of trouble such as never
was since there was n nation u'ahlei
XII H. II will be specially upon those
VINO fail to live up to the hght ana
privilege which they enjoy. 1t VIII be
upon all the selfish or covetous. ana
upon the unclean and upon those VINO
uhduly prize earthly things. wealth.
nonor. etc. Gods people are warned
he We not partakers with them ON
wise YOU will ha We no part or lot IN
Tue glorious Kingdom TO which you
nave been called Of God. as joint heirs
win Jesus Christ. conditional upon
your suffering with Him that you may