Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-12

ignorance and superstition which now
darken the h1man mind and cause
misapprehensions of the Divine Word
and character. simultaneously He will
let loose the blessed influences of truth
and enlightenment and the whole
earth shall be filed with the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God"
Thenceforth the wrath of God will
no longer be revealed against any on
account of Adams transgression. 1t
will no longer be necessary to be sick
all nay be making good. rapid prog
Tess up, up, up cot of weakness aud
dying conditions, back toward the full
perfection of human nature which
Adam had before he sinned, when he
vas in the image of his Creator.
There will still be the marks of the
wrath upon mankind, the weakness
and imperfections of the human flesh.
These marks will not be fully blotted
out until toward the close of the thou
sand years of Messiah's reign. This
agrees fully with st. Peters words.
''That your sins may be blotted out
when times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord" tActs
iii, 49, 1t is therefore one thing to
have our sins forgiven and to realize
that God is no longer angry with us
but reconciled, and it is quite another
thing to know our sins are blotted out.
The sins of the Church are forgiven
the moment we are accepted of God
through Christ and made partakers OF
the Holy Spirit and are styled chill
dren of God and heirs. But the
marks, the blemishes of sin. continue
with us as long as we have our pres
ent, imperfect bodies. This to the
Church will mean that the blotting
out of their sins will be in death, be-
cause the Church will be awakened in
the resurrection perfect, 'spotlesS.
without blame" ''irreprovable." The
Apostle describes this resurrection as
the Chief Resurrection. saying, at is
sown in weakness, it is raised in pow
er; 1t is sown an animal body, it is
raised spiritual body."-I Corinthians
| XIV, A; Rev. Xxx, 6.
"The Wrath to Come"
If we have seen what has constitut-
| ed the Divine wrath as it has been re-
vealed for six thousand years, we will
be the better prepared to understand
what to look for in respect to any
| future manifestations of Divine wrath
| wrath to come" We are to clearly
distinguish between the wrath of a
| good man and the wrath of bad
| man, and how these would manifest
| themselves; and, similarly, we should
be able to discern between the wrath
| of God and the wrath of the devil.
The wrath of God, as exhibited to US
| for six thousand years on the pages
OF history. has been just dealing
| the abandonment to destruction of
| those who are not worthy of everlast-
| ing life, by reason of disobedience to
| Divine Law.
The redemption accomplished for
| these through the death of Jesus will
eventually be gloriously worked out.
and give to every man o fun oppor-
tunity Of recovery, harmony with God
and everlasting lie. The reason why
God makes this provision for redemp-
ton is because only one man sinned,
wilfully and intelligently. All the re-
mainder of his children were born in
| SIM and under the death sentence.
| The redemption therefore is in order
that every individual may have an
| opportunity for reaching a decision as
to obedience or disobedience.
The lesson of sin and death is taughl
first. in the few years of the present
life, and the marks of sin will go
over till the next Age. Those marks
will be deepened in proportion as any
| in the present life live below the
plane of their knowledge of the Di-
vine standard and in wilful opposition
thereto. While being instructed re-
| speeding the other side OF the ques-
tion-the Divine requirements and the
| blessings attending them, mankind will
be given an indiridudl trial or test, to
demonstrate whether the great lesson
has been rightly learned. The willing
and obedient will get the reward of
eternal life, the unwilling and disObe-
dent will receive the final penalty, the
Second Death. 1t will be final in that
God will make no provision for rescue
from that Second Death. 1t will be
everlasting destruction III Thess. i, 8.
AS the wrath of the present time Is
the Divine death sentence upon the
race, so the wrath to come" will be
the second death" sentence, which
will fall upon all who sin wilfully,
after they have come to a knowledge
of the truth. With this wrath to
| GOMEZ in this complete sense, may
be included inferior manifestations of
Divine wrath Cor instance. such as
came upon the Jews in the end Of
their Age-destroying them as a ma
| tion-and such as is to come upon
Christendom in the end of this Age.
Both of these are styled days of
| wrath" days of vengeance" The Di-
vine vengeance which overthrow the
Jewish polity took cognizance of the
fact that as nation they had en-
| joyed great privileges for centuries.
1t took note of the fact that they
| had not lived up to their light and
| privileges and were therefore deserv-
ing of corresponding national chas-
| tisement, which was administered to
| them. OF that time our Lord declares,
"These be the days Of vengeance, that
all things written in the Law and in
the Prophets concerning them should
| be fulfilled" Justice owed them those
experiences, and the account has been
| squared.
In the end of this Age the wrath
will come upon Christendom, because
| Christendom in general has not APP
! preciated and used, as it might have
| done. the wonderful privileges. bless
! ings and enlightenments shewered
/ upon her. She has the more response
- r