Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-12
! MILLENNIAL
Various thoughts Thereon
Expressed by [. D. Barnes

Editor Valley News:
I enclose 25c to keep Marion's best
paper coming. Would send more but
am making changes and may make
more presently. Have recently attend
ed Annual Convention of Information
al Bible Students Association held at
Mountain Lake Park, Maryland 1t
was a great gathering of several thous-
and Bible Students from all over the
world The ten days of preaching and
fellowship was great inspiration to
me. Mountain Lake Park is situated
on top of Allegheny Mountains. and is
reached by the B. & o. r. R. lines
The scenery is grand and climate un-
surpassed. There are no mosquitoes,
no malaria, and no excessive heat to
exhaust the rest seeker. A double and
treble track up and over the mountain
is one of the wonders of this our day,
though the B & o., crossing the AL
legbenies, is one of the oldest lines in
the country. 1t is grand sight to
see two aud three large engines climb
the sleeps with a long train of cars.
To those who see in these things full
fillment of Bible prophecy, and who
are being shown ''things to come as
Jesus said they wOuld-the wonder is
increased. Am pleased with Uncle
TOMS millenial hopes as expressed
in the News issue of Sept. 81. Uncle
Tom is evidently of those who do
not believe that our Lords Second
Coming to earth is myth. nor that it
took place at Pentecost, nor that He
comes merely in the conversion of sin
ners. Evidently Brother Carrick dom
share the opinion of DR.. Eaton, a
prominent Methodist, that "The Lord
won't come for so, 900 years yet" nor
that He comes to burn up the world
and sentence all the non-elect millions
to a place of eternal torture. There is
something very healthy in Bro. Car
rick's view. That our Lord comes to
bind or restrain Satan's power and SUI
percede him as "the god, Tor mighty
one) of this world" is blessed fact.
Indeed, the thousand year reign of our
Lord, and His "elect'' Bride will
be as Uncle Tom says. the most glori-
GUS period of the worlds history, up.
to its close 1t is during this period
that all unrighteousness shall cease,
and when the knowledge of the Lord
shall cover the earth, and all shall
know him. II is during this period
that all tears shall be wiped from all
faces, and sorrow and signing shall
flee away. In short, it is during our
Lords second presence and kingdom
that "All the families of the earth
shall be blessed" as sworn to by our
God, and spoken by all His holy
prophets and apostles. Gen. 22:15-tS;
Acts 81 1921. However, we are in
formed that at the close of the thous-
and years, Satan shall be loosed lit
tie season. Just as he is now permit
ted to annoy and sift the Church, so
he will be let loose to tempt the world
of mankind and to test their loyalty to
God and righteousness. All who do
not stand this test after having re-
ceived the full clear light and oppor-
tunities of that thousand years will |
be sifted out and will die the second
death. Sin and sinners will not be al
lowed to pass the bounds of the Mil
lennial Age, though evidently some
sin and some sinners will continue I'M
til it's close. This would seem neces-
sary, since all must have a full oppor-
tunity to choose between right and
wrong, life and death, without coer-
cion of their wills. But evil will get
no encouragement then, nor will it pre-
dominate then as now. Of the pres
ent age we read: ''Now we call the
proud happy; yea, they that work
wickedness are set up; yea, they that
tempt God are even delivered. But
during the millenium, "The righteous
shall flourish" 'tThe obedient shall
eat the good of the land" but Evil
doors shall be cut off, unless they re-
form.
But the endless ages of glory to fol-
low and the blessings in store for the
)bedient of the redeemed and deliver
ID race are not revealed The human
ace having entered upon that High
way of holiness introduced by the Mil
enium, aed referred to in lisa. 1858,
will progress in love and in the Fa-
hers favor, and having attained hui
nan perfection, the untold and ever
asting joys shall be upon their heads,
because the former things (present
of sorrow and death) will
lave passed away. 1t is certainly
nough for us to know in advance that
hese good things are on the way 1t
S enough for some of us to know ,
rom reading the signs and the fulfill ,
nent of Bible prophecy before our eyes !
hat these good things are nigh, even
t the doors. Indeed, there are many
lose obsei vers of prophecy and its ,
manifest fulfillment who firmly be- ,
ieve that our Lords return has al -,
eady taken place. The evidences of
his, and the Harvest" of the Gospel !
age in progress, are so striking. that /,
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