Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-10-19

@a9&&9sS4D s fore, r.. and n.
rors were built upon misinterpreta-
lions Of Scripture. His text was Reve-
lation Z, g, Z. "And the angel sware
- that the time should be no long
g delayed. .ag
Pastor Russell declared that his text
has no reference to the end Of time
that time could never end, must al
ways endure. The word delayed
should have been added by the trans
lators to catch the proper thought
The time mentioned would no longer
be delayed. The fulflment Of delayed
promises would be accomplished
These views In recent years have
been most pronouncedly voiced by
Christian brethren styled Adventists.
but really are to be found in nearly
all the creeds Of Christendom. The
erroneous theory has been further boil
stored up by the neutrality-suspicious. of
our Lords words translated the end Of
the toorld Our Lord said nothing about
the end Of the earth, 0e; what He did
mention was the end Of the aion or
Age In which we live Various ATOMS
or ages have followed one another.
each ending in turn and giving place
to another. So the present 0ion or age.
we believe, will soon give place to a
better 0ion or Age-the aion or age in
which sin and death have reigned will
give place to an aion or Age in which
Christ and His Church will reign tr
umphant.
Heavens and Earth on Fire
Those who have not learned that the
Bible frequently uses language in a
symbolical manner may be excused for
taking literally some of st. Peters
statements respecting the burning of
the heavens and the earth. A critical
study shows that the Apostle could
not have referred to the literal earth
and the literal heavens as being con-
sumed He used the term earth sym
bolically. as representing society, OF
which the mountains or kingdoms are
the backbone. just as he used the word
heavens to represent the ecclesiastical
powers which are even now rolling to-
gether as scroll from the two ends
the one Protestant. the other Cath.
Ole. The social confagration is being
generally feared
Although many expect the social con
fagration, not many yet fear the re-
Hgious blaze predicted by the Apostle
It surely will come; not jot or title
will fail. The religious heavens" and
the social earth will catch fire to
gether After the great confagration.
upon the ashes of human institutions
Messiah will establish the Kingdom
Of glory and blessing in the interests
of our poor, dying race. The new
heavens will be the new ecclesiastica!
power-the Church in glory. The "new
earth" will be the new social arrange
ment which Messiah will 1naugurate
Some Of the Difficulty
The early Church hoped, in harmony
with the Apostolic teachings. for Mes
siah's Kingdom to be established and
for the resulting times of restitution
Of all things which God hath spoken
by the mouth Of all the holy Prophets
since the world began" Acts Iii, 1921
After the Apostles fell asleep and
the Kingdom still delayed, false doc
trines crept into the Church. amongst
others the theory that Christ's King
dom was not to be waited for-that il
came at Pentecost and the Apostles die
not know Of it; that it must conquer its
way to the Throne of earth-that con
verts must be made even though the
assistance Of inquisitionary torrents
were necessary to effect this.
False Kingdoms Of God
When the Protestant Reformation re
nounced Catholicism and denounced il
as Anti Christ it proceeded. neverthe
less, along the same lines. Various
Protestant Churches did their best t.
fill the place which Papacy claimed
and to get earthly kingdoms to support
their claims to spiritual, domination
Thus the Car Of Russia is the Heae
Of the Greek Church, Emperor Viii
liam is the Head Of the Lutheran sys
TEN. King George is Head of the
Church of England, theoretically. We
may be sure, however, that none Of
these talented men believe for a mo
ment that they are reigning as and fo1
and instead Of Messiah N
None Of these are Kingdoms Of
Christ. nor could all Of them together
called "Christendom,' hope ever tt
bring to pass the glorious things
promised of Messiah's Empire thai
"every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess to the glory of God.
Indeed, it is becoming more widely
known daily that heathendom. as vel
as Christendom. is doubling in popula
ton each century #