Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-05-24

Surance Is found in Ps XVI. @ "He
maketh wars TO cease unto the end OF
the earth 1t is written i'm a differ
emf form IN Isa- xxi, LIZ, "A king
snail reign in Righteousness,
ana the work of righteousness shall be
peace" In Ps. Xxi, IL, we read
that "all kings shall fall down before
Him; all nations shall serve Him, In
Kew xi, 10. we are told OF the time
when 1.-The Kingdoms of this world
shall have become the kingdom of our
Lord and of His Christ" 1t would be
we'll If teachers and scholars would
search out the many passages which
'el or this Kingdom of peace on earth
when the Lord shall come in His glory
ana occupy the throne of David at
Jerusalem. ruling in the midst of Is
raei, and also us King of kings and
Lord OF lords-King over all the earth.
l will suggest few passages which
VIII lead TO many more IL any one is
willing to search: Isa tx, 6. Z: Luke
l, 81, 81; Zeph- iii, ii, 10; Zech. xiv. o;
Jer iii, IL; Dan. vii. %; Eek. xiii. Z.
Not by the armies Of the nations. nor
by peace conferences, nor by the
church, nor by missions, shall this be
brought about; nor in this present age
Oh the worlds history, but only by
Him concerning whom 1t is written.
L Will overturn, overturn, overturn il
until He come whose right it is.
and 1 will give 1t Him" Ezek. xxi. Oh.
Not by any nation now existing as
such on the face of the earth will He
bring peace on earth, but by Israel
IN no
nation and to be converted as n ma
ton when they shall see Him coming
in glory and shall receive Him as their
Messiah. Isaiah's message had spe-
cial reference to Judah and Jerusa-
lem. Micah's to Samaria and Jerusa-
lem Qsa. i, i; Mic. 1, u.
The words Israel, Zion, Jerusalem.
must always be taken in their plain lit
eral sense unless there is some quail
flying phrase or adjective Indicating
differently. The Zion and Jerusalem
of Mic. iii, 10, are the same as the
Zion of Mic. iv, Z. 1t has been over
thrown many times; it shall as truly
and literally become the throne of the
Lord, which He shall build up when
He comes in His glory ops eli. 16l.
In those days when the glory Of the
Lord shall be seen in Israel nations
shall flow to her as literally as the
queen of Sheba and the kings of the
earth came TO Solomon, or as the wise
men from the east brought their treas
ures TO the king of the Jews when He |
was but babe in Bethlehem Oh Chron.
TX. Q. 22-2D. According to Mic. V, .. it !
was predicted that He would be born
In Bethlehem, and He was. The same |
verse says that He would rule in Is
rael. and though He has never vet
done SO He will just as truly and lit
orally as He WAS born in Bethlehem.
From Jerusalem His word has gone
forth into all the world to gather out
from all the nations a people for His
name, His body, the church, to reign
with Him when He shall come In His |
glory, but that was not revealed in
Old Testament times nor until after
He had come in humiliation proclaim
ing kingdom at hand which never
came because they killed the King,
and thus postponed the kingdom till |
lie shall come again, for the heavens
have received Him until the times of
restoration of all things which God
hath spoken by the mouth of all His
holy prophets since the world began
(Acts iii. 20, %. Then shall Niic. vii.
20) be fulfilled, Thou wilt perform
the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to
Abraham, which Thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days of old"
Some nations are against Israel to
this day. but they know not the
thoughts of the Lord, neither under |
stand they His counsel, and do not
know that time is coming when their
gain and their substance shall be con
secrated unto the Lord of the whole
earth, who will then be ruler in Israel. |
See verses IL to 13 of our lesson chap |
ter and all of lisa. TX: When this great |
peace shall have come on earth none
shall make Israel afraid any more |
(verse A.; they shall not see evil any
more tZeph. iii, 15).
AS we consider the thousands still !
being driven from their homes in Rus |
STA let us pray more earnestly for the |
fulfillment of lisa. xii, II. A great |
war must come before there can be |
this good time of war no more, for 1t
is His determination to gather the |
nations to pour upon them His indig
nation because of their treatment Of |
His people Israel
He shall smite the earth with the
rod OF His mouth and with the breath |
or His lips shall He STAY the wicked |
Qsa. xi, ~. At His coming in glory |
with NIL His saints shall this be, and |
then shall the last verses of our les