The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-03

1 is declared to be a Thousand years. The
sianic Kingdom, the Rulers of which
will be Messiah and His Bride-3oint-
heir with Him in His Kingdom. Dur
ing the past nineteen centuries God, BY
His Word and providences. has been
calling and drawing little hock" to
Christ to be His Bride.
And not until all of these shall be call
ed, drawn. tested, proven faithful unto
death as followers in the Masters foot
steps. will the elect Body be complete
aud the Staying Of the great monster.
Sin and Death, be begun and accom-
piished. For that day the saints are
waiting and praying, Come, Lord
Jesus, come quickly" 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 Ensny'-Death.
st. Paul points us to the great De-
| liverer. the glorified Messiah. at the
time when He shall take the Kingdom
under the whole heavens and begin the
fulf1lment of the prayer He taught us.
"Thy Kingdom come; Thy viii be done
on earth as in hedUen." He tells us He
must reign until He shall have put all
enemies under His feet-"The last en-
envy that shall be destroyed is death"
q Corinthians XIV. 26). The meaning
is clear. Messiahs Kingdom will ad
dress itself promptly to the rectifica-
ton Of every form of unrighteousness,
financial, political. social. religious.
He will rule the world with a rod Of
iron and 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 a nation
But the putting down OF sin will be
but the beginning Of Messiah's 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 as re-
spects the monster which has devour-
ed our race for sixty centuries. Not
I Anlv hIIt thncn txrnv1tv fhnr nd
millions who have gone into the pris-
on-house of death will be released
not all at once, but gradually. as the
Apostle declares. Every man in his
own order" or band.
BY the close of the thousand years
of Messiah'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.
1t will be prison-house no longer, for
there will be no prisoners in 1t; man
kind will have been lifted out OF the
clutches Of Sin and Death. weakness
and depravity, by the processes Of res
tftution, resurrection, uplifting (Acts
i'll, 1929. 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 Adamic
Sin and Death will finally be complete
ly routed and the prison-house Of death
be broken up. And Adam and his
family, not willingly sinners. viii all
be set at lberty-restored to human
perfection, as the earth will be brought
to Edenic perfection.
20 Death, Where is Thy Singw
Then OiI be brought to pass the Divine
prophecy, 20, death. where is thy
sting? @, grave, where is thy victory 2"
| q Corinthians XIV. 55).
| We must notice when this Is to be
| brought to pass. 1t is not now true.
The sting of death is in MS all, for,
as the Apostle explains. Sin is the
sting Of death. And because all have
been stung by sin. all are dying. 1t
will require the entire Messianic Age
to 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.
e. of death relax. because 1t is part
Of the Divine Law that The soul that
sinneth, 1t shall die" Death now has
Its sting. But when that which Is
perfect shall have come. the sting will
be gone, the imperfecdon and weak
ness will be gone, the cause for sin
will ALSO be gone.
Not now, but then, will be brought to
pass the saying, 20, Hadcs. where is
thy victory? Hodes, sheol, the craze,
has been having victory over Adam s
race for over sixty centuries. And Its
victory will not be entirely overthrown
until the Redeemer shall have deliv-
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, as the Apostle says, with the
elimination Of Christ's Kingdom, with
the deliverance Of all mankind from
the power of Sin and Death. death will
be swallowed up in victory. The Apos
tie probably quoted from Hosea Kill,
| IA, where we read. II will ransom them
from the power of the grave (ske0D;;
| will redeem them from death; o death,
I will be thy plaques gradual destruc-
! toni. n prava (RhpoD 7 will no thv de-