The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-01-05
One King, but Two Kingdoms.

rael, extending that blessing to every
nation.
One King, but Two Kingdoms.
1t has escaped Christendom in gen
| eral until now that the Divine promise
| to Abraham is to be fulfilled through
two Seeds-one a heavenly class. the
/ other an earthly class, with Messiah
the Head over all. For eighteen cen
turtles God favored the Seed of Abra-
ham, the nation of Israel. ChastiSe
ments they had, reproofs in righteous
ness; yet in all that time they had also
Divine favor, as represented in their
Law and in the Prophecies and in the
| privileges which came to them under
the Law Covenant, in that they had an
/ annual Atonement Day, which cOntin-
+ ued to them Divine favor That period
of favor, explain it how we may. DO
gan to wane about the time of Jesus
death. 1t was completely removed
from them in the desOlatiOn of their
land by the Roman army A. d. 10.
Now a parallel time has been reached,
as stated in our text. Hence it is time
for the return of Gods favor, as here
in mentioned. The favor already is
returning.
The Jew has not been so comfort
able, nor so favorably fixed as he is
today, in more than eighteen cen
turtles. But his blessing is only begin
ming. Shortly Divine favor. in Gods
| due time. will accomplish for his
Chosen People all the precious prom
ises of the Law and of the Prophets
Already the Jew is awakening to a re
alization Of this great Truth Zionism.
which started as a political movement,
is about to bud and blossom into Il re
ligious movement and the blessing Of
Divine Providence will so order their
affairs. The words Of the Book. the
words Of Divine promise, so long read
ignorantly and blindly are about to
become luminous and constitute the
light which will direct them in the
ways Of the Lord-leading on to the
rehabilitation of Jerusalem and to the
attainment of loftier ideals amongst
the Jewish people. a voice is sound
ing from the wilderness, and the Jews
everywhere are hearkening to it. It
does not call them to become Chris
tians, but TO remain Jews and to real.
ize, as Jews, the ideals set before
them by the Lord in the Law and by
the Prophets. To all those exercised
thereby great blessing is near, which
will ,,oro tbou cor,Doy,co 70 Gov +l,o r1.
rows of the past. Neither by sword
nor guns, nor dreadnaughts. neither by
flying air-ships nor torpcdoes will Is
raeHs great victory be won, neither by
money power and worshipping of the
golden calf of finance. nor by trusting
in the arm of flesh, but by looking to
the Lord. from whom will come their
help.
Messiah's Spiritual Empire. about to
be established, will bind Satan. re-
strain every evil and lift UP Il stand
ard for the people. blessing Israel and
establishing with them the New Oawl
Covenant instead Of the Old Law Gov
enant-under the better Mediator. still
more capable than the great Moses:
under the greater King, still more wise
than Solomon and still more beloved
Of God than David. This great Celes-
tial Empire will be established with
great authority in the world by a time
Of trouble, d time of earthly distress.
which the prophecies picture as terri
ble-a short reign of anarchy Jews
and Gentiles will be responsible, rich
and poor, for the bringing to pass of
this awful trouble by reason of the
Selfshness which at present is govern
ing the world and which will be used
of the Lord to wreck our present grand
civilization-grand at least on its sur
face and in its aspirations and preten-
sions. A Socialistic artillery of words
and ecclesiastical bonds of similar ma
ture will only aggravate the strife.
Financial weights and levers will have
much to do with the great crash of
the forces of civilization in this near
approaching cataclysm of trouble in
which the reign of sin, inequity, in
justice, selfishness, shall forever fall.
to rise no more; and the present re-
Hgious systems also shall be found
wanting and pass away. For these
old systems, symbolically the heavens
and earth Of the present time, will be
substituted the New Heavens and the
New Earth-the Church glorified be-
yond the vail as the Bride of the
great Messiah. and, Society on earth
reorgaQiZed, will constitute the New
Earth, wherein will dwell righteous
ness. The transition will be but a
momentary ordeal, as compared with
the glorious eternity Of blessing under
Messiah's righteous supervision He
maketh wars to cease unto the end of
the EARTH
IsraePs Hopes-Why So Delayed?
The perplexing thought with our
Jewish friends, as well as with Chris
tians, is, If these things be so; if Mes
siah's Kingdom is vet 10 be establish
ed, as the Jews contemplated. only on
a spiritual plane instead OF an earthly
one; and if Gods purpose is to use
those anciontly favored people as the
channels Of bis blessing in the future.
why has there been so long delay?
We answer. This is what the Scrip
lures term The NyStcy-the matter