The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-31
THE GREAT
HEREAFTER
By PASTOR RUSSELL
of Brooklyn Tabernacle

days that the mountain of the Lords
house shall be esta blished in the top OF
the mountains. and shall be exalted above
the hills: and all nations shall flow into
it.-Isaiah l1:2.
Our text has not yet been fulfilled,
but we believe the beginning of its full
fillment to be near. 1t pictures Mes,
siah's kingdom, for which Christian
people have long been waiting and
praying, Thy kingdom come; they
will be done on earth as it is in
heaven"-the same kingdom for which
the Jews so long waited and are still
waiting. Our text relates not to the
spiritual part of the kingdom, which
the Gospel church is called to share,
but to the earthly part of the kingdom
which belongs to the natural seed Of
Abraham. A great mistake has been
made by many Of us in the past, in
that we have not discerned and ac-
knowledged the two Israels, spiritual
and natural, and the separate rewards
and blessings apportioned to these by
the Divine promises of the Scriptures.
Both are to be used of God in fulfilling
the promise made to Abraham-fn
blessing all the families of the earth.
After the completion of Messiah.
Head and Members, on the plane OF
glory, the New Covenant will be In
augurated with Israel, as the Scrip
lures distinctly teach Jeremiah xxi.
31-34). Our text, therefore, waits for
its accomplishment until the last mem
Der of the elect Church of Christ shall
have passed beyond the vale.
In the symbolic language of the
Scriptures a mountain is always SYM
bolical of kingdom. Hence the noun
tain of the Lords house means the
kingdom of God and that royal house
or family recognized by him. For In
stance, we read that David sat upon
the throne of the kingdom of the Lord
and that God made a covenant with
him, even the sure mercies of David"
viz, that none but his seed, his pos
terity, would ever be recognized as the
Divinely appointed representatives OF
God in kingly authority and power. In
other words, Messiah was to be the
of David, the great antitypical
David (Beloved), who must reign
from sea to sea and from the river to
the ends of the earth"
The Messiah King on the spirit plane,
the Son of God land like God invisible
to men, as are also the angels), is the
David and the antitypical
Solomon, the wise, the great, the rich.
In the days of his flesh our Lord was
the Son of David according to the flesh.
though begotten of a divine life not
tainted by any human imperfection.
He was, therefore, holy, harmless, I'M
defiled and separate from sinners. His
to the will of the Father
made him subject to all of the expe-
riences Of suffering and death, as ex-
pressed in his own words. The cup
which my Father has poured for me.
shall I refuse to drink 1t? His obedi-
ence unto death, even the death OF
the cross, demonstrating his loyalty
to the last degree and he received the
high reward appropriated Him hath
God also highly exalted and given
name that is above every name, that
at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, both of things In heaven
and of things in earth
We have before our minds the anti
typical house of David, Messiah's king
" household, the royal priesthood d.
vinely prepared. AS kingdom it will
be at the top, above all the kingdoms
of earth. Not only will this be true
of the spiritual kingdom invisible
t man as the angels are indjvisible).
but it will include also an earthly
kingdom. composed of "Israelites in
deed" At their head as princes In all
the earth will stand the resurrected
Ancient Worthless, perfected as men
and samples of all mankind, by obedt-
ence to the laws of the kingdom. may
attain to, with eternal life. These
Ancient Worthless are enumerated In
the Scriptures-Abraha Isaac, Jacob,
the prophets. etc, and described by
St. Paul in Hebrews 11:3S40. To these
belong the earthly promises OF
the Old Testament They never
heard of the heavenly or spiritual
promises. Their loyalty will find its
reward In the fact that they will come
forth from the tomb no longer blem-
tshed and imperfect, but fully, COM
pleteIy restored to the perfection orig
inally enjoyed by father Adam. Ad-
ditionally these will have the special
guidance and instruction of Messiah
Head and members) In all the az
fairs of mankind. Thus as the Mas
ter said, speaking Of that time. "Ye
shall see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
the prophets in the kingdom Luke
1929
Gods kingdom will be represented in
the earth by Isaac, especially by these
sanity men of Israel. resurrected per-
feet. who will be the special ap-
nointees and representatives of the
Messiah's rule.
Humanity for 5000 years has been
learning the exceeding sinfulness of
sim" it's downward tendency in every
sense of the word
AS a consequence, the world is los
ing confidence in itself All, whether
politicians or judges or governors,
great or small, or one party or an
other. of one nationality or another
all are accused of being tarred with
the same stick of selfishness. The
Bible clearly indicates that this dis
trust is not without reason, and that
the great time of trouble to come upon
every nation Daniel 12:D will be the
direct result of this loss of confidence.