Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-05-06


Is declared 10 be q thousand years. The
power for the instruction Is the Mes
sianic Kingdom. the Rulers Of which
Will be Messiah and His Bridc-joint.
heir with Him In His Kingdom. Dur.
ing the past nineteen centuries God. by
His Word and proyidcnces. Inns been
calling and drawing little flock" to
Christ to be His Bride.
Aud not until all Of these shall be call.
cd. drawn, tested. proven faithful unto
death as followers IN the Masters foot.
steps. will the elect Body be complete
and the Staying Of the great monster,
Sin and Death. be begun and accom-.
plished For that day the saints are
waiting and praying. Come. Lord
Jesus. come quicklyw And for that
day the whole creation is waiting. al
though not clearly Informed respecting
the blessings In store for them (Romans
viii. 10. 2D.
"The Last Enemy"-Death.
St Paul points us TO the great De.
llverer the glori6ed Messiah. at the
time when lie shall take the Kingdom
under the whole heavens and begin the
fulflment of the prayer He taught us.
Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done
on earth as IN hcarea." He tells us He
must reign until He shall have put all
enemies under His feet-"rhe last en-
envy that shall be destroyed is death"
Il Corinthians XIV. 2G. The meaning
is clear Messiah's Kingdom will ad
dress itself promptly 10 the rectifica.
ton OF every form OF unrighteousness
financial. political. social religious.
He Will rule the world with rod Of
iron aud every nation and every sys.
tenn or element contrary to the Divine
standards OF righteousness will be bro
ken to shIvers with His Iron rod"
Thus will righteousness be established
In the earth IN the midst Of "a time
OF trouble such as never was since
there was nation"
But the putting down of sin will be
but the beginning OF Messiahs work.
Satan being bound. and the reign Of
sin thus estopped. each transgression
will receive just recompense and
each good endeavor a just reward
Gradually mankind will rise out OF sin
and therefore proportionately come
from under the power of death. until
all the willing and obedient shall be
fully delivered from all danger ms re-
spects the monster which has devour-
ed our race for sixty centuries. Not
only so, but those twenty thousand
millions who have gone into the pris
on-house of death will be released
not all at once. but gradually. MS the
Apostle declares. Every man in his
own ORDER" or band
BY the close OF the thousand years
OF Mcssiah's reign. His victory over
Sin and Death will be complete. Every
member OF Adams race will have been
lifted from the prison-house OF death.
II Will be prison-liouse no longer. for
there will be no prisoners In II; man
kind will have been lifted out of the
clutches of Sin and Death, weakness
and depravity, by the processes Of res.
AAuAiOut k{AGtD
III. 1928. The victory over sin will
be complete. because all who love sin
and are willingly its servants. after
being released from the condemnation
Of the Adamic death, will be destroyed
In the Second Death. Thus Adamlc
Sin and Death will finally be complete.
~ routed and the prlson.house of death
be broken up And Adam and his
family. not willingly sinners. will all
be set at liberty-restored to human
perfection. as the earth will be brought
TO Edenic perfection.
20 Death. Where Is Thy sins7"
Thea triH be brought 10 pass the Divine
prophecy. 20. death. where is thy
sting? o. grave. where is thy victcry?"
Il Corinthians Nv. So.
We must notice when this Is to be
brought 10 pass. II Is not now true.
The sting OF death Is In us all. for.
as the Apostle explains Sin Is the
sting OF death. And because all have
been stung by sin. all are dying. II
will require the entire Messianic Age
10 fully extract from humanity the
virus. the sting. Of sin by bringing
mankind to perfection. Only as the
sting of death Is removed will the pow.
er Of death relax. because II is part
OF the Divine Law that "Thc soul that
slnneth, II shall die" Death now has
its sting. But when that which is
perfect shall have come. the sting win
be gone. the inperfection and weak
ness will be gone. the cause for sin
will also be gone
Not now. hnt then. will be brought TO
pass the saying. 20. Hades. where is
thy victory" Hddcs. Sheoi. the grdrc.
has been having a victory over Adams
race for over sixty centuries. And its
victory will not be entirely overthrown
until the Redcemer shall have dellv
cred from the power OF the grave The
last member Of the human family--for
all Of whom "He died. the Just for the
unjust. to bring us back to God"
Thus rs the AnoStlp saws with the