The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-11

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all may be making good. rapid prog
reSs up. up. mp out of weakness and
dying conditions. back toward the fun
perfection of Human nature which
Adam had before he Sinnpa. Whom he
wns in the image OF his Creator.
There will still he the MARKS If the
wrath upon mankind, tho weakness
and imperfections Of the human flesh.
These marks will not be. fully blotted
out until toward the close of the thou
sand years OF Messiah's reign. This
agrees fully with ST. Peters words.
That yoir sins max he hloHed ont
when times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord Acts
III. 10l 1t is therefore one thing t.
have our sins forgiven and to realize
that God is no longer angry with rs
but reronriled. and 1t is quite another
thing 10 know cur sins are hlntied ont.
The sins Of the Church are forgiven
the moment we are accepted Of God
through Christ and made partascrs OF
the Holy Spirit ard are styled chill
dren Of God and heirs, Rut the
marks, the blemishes of sin, continue
with us as long as we have our pres.
ent. imperfect bodies. This to the
Church will mean that the blot!ing
out Of their sins Will he in death. be-
cause the Church will I've awakened In
the resurrection perfect. "spollpss.'
without blame" 'irreprovablc. The
Apostle describes this resurrection az
the Chief Resurrection. saying. 1T is
sown IN weakness. it is raised in pow
or; It Is sown an animal body, It is
raised spiritual body Corinthians
XIV, A.; Rev. Xxx. G.
"The Wrath 90 Come"
If we have seen what has constitut.
ed the Divine wrath as II has baerr re-
vealed for six thousand Years. we will
be the better prepared 10 understand
what to look for In respect to any
future manifestations Of Divine wrath
wrath TO come" We are TO clearly
distinguish between the wrath Of
good man and the wrath OF a bad
man. and how these would manifest
themselves; and. similarly. we should
be able to discern between the wrath
of God and the wrath Of the devil
The wrath Of God. as exhibited 10 us
for six thousand years on the pages
Of history. has been Just dealing
the abandonment to destruction of
those who ere not worthy Of everlast.
ing life, by reason of disobedience to
Divine Law.
The redemption accomplished for
these through the death Of Jesus will
eventually be gloriously worked out.
and give 10 every man full oppor
tunity Of recovery, harmony with God
and everlasting life, The reason why
God makes this provision FOR redemp-
ten Is because only one man sinned.
wilfully and intelliGently. All the re-
mainder Of his children were born in
sin and under the death sentence,
The redemption therefore is in order
that every individual may have an
opportunity for reaching n decision as
TO obedience or disoDedience
The lesson of sin and death is taught
first. In the few years of The present
life, and the marks OF sin will so
over Till the next Age. Those marks
will be deepened in proportion rs any
in the present lie live below the
plane of their KNOWLEDGE of the hi
Vine standard and In wilful opposition
thereto. While being instructed re-
specting the other side Of the cues
tion-the Divine requirements and the
blessings attending them. mankind will
he given an indifMpGi trial or fest. 10
demonstrate whether the great lesson
has been rightly learned The willing
and obedient will get the reward OF
eternal life. the unwilling and dlsohe
Gient will receive the final penalty. the
Second Death II will be Gnal In that
God will make no provision for rescue
from that Second Death. II will be
everlasting destru; ton. Ill TheSS 10,
As the wrath of the present time Is
the Divine death sentence upon The
race. so THE wrath to come" will bel
the second death" sentence, which
will fall upon all who sin wilfully.
after they have come to n knowledge |
of the truth. With this wrath tn
come" In this complete sense may
be included inferior manifestations Of
Divine wrath: for instance. such aS
IN mo upnu fhu Inul Ia tbn and nf |
their Age destroying them as u m
tion--and such as Is to come upon
Christendom IN the end of this Age
Both of these are styled days Of
wrath" days of vengeance. The hi |
vine vengeance which overthrow the |
Jewish polity took cogilizance of the
fact that rs nntion they had en-
joyed great privileges for centuries, !
1t took note Of the fact that they
haa not lived up to their light and
privileges and We're I therefore, drserv |
ing Of n corresponding national chas.
iisement which was administered tol
them. OF that time our Lord declares.
These be the days OF vengeance. that
MI things written IN the Law and IN
the Prophets concerning them should
be fulfilled" Justice owed them those
experiences. and the account has been
squared
In the end Of this Age the wrath"
will come upon ChrisleDdom. hecausc |
Ch:iStendom In general has not AZ
preciated and used MS n micht hnv,