The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-10-20

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that dine eou1d never end must o.
ways endure The word delayed
should have been sdded By the trans-
,htors 10 catch the proper thought
The time mentioned would no longer
be delayed The ful6lmen& Of delayed
promises would be accomplished
These views h recent years have
been most pronouncedly voiced By
Christian brethren styled Adventdsta
but really \ 10 be found In nearly
all the creeds Of Chr4stendom. The
erroneous theory has been further Dol
stored up By the misinterpretations Of
u Lords words translated ire end Of
Tire world Our Lord sajd nothing about
the end Of the earth, %: what He did
mention was the end Of the otow or
Age in which We live. Various dt0ss
or ages have followed one another,
each ending IN turn and giving place
to another. So the present aios or age,
we believe. will o 0 give place to a
better otom or Age-the 0ion or age In
which sin and death have reigned win
give place to an Gt0n o. Age In which
Christ and His Church will reign tn
umphant.
Heavens and Earth on Fire
Those who have not-1earned that the
Bible frequently uses language In q
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 Al he used the word
heavens TO represent the ecclesiastical
powers which are even now rolling TO-
gethef a. a scroll from the two ends
the one Protestant. the other Cath
oaac The social con6agration b being
generally feared.
Although many expect the social 3D.
eagradon. not many yet fear the re-
hgious blaze predicted by the Apostle.
It surely will come; not a 3ot " little
will fail The religious "heavens" and
the social earth" will catch Ore to-
eether. After the great confagraton.
upon the ashes Of human institutions,
Messiah viii establish the Kingdom
Of glory and blessing in the interests
Of our poor. dying raca The new
heavens" viii be the new ecclesiastical
powerDthe Church In glory. The new
earth" will be the now social arrange
ment which Messiah win inaugurate
Come u ne DtASoutty
Tho early Church hoped. IN harmony
With tho Apostolic teachings, for Mes
slabs Kingdom 10 be established and
for the resulting times Of restitution
Of all things which God hath spoken
BY the mouth Of all the hoiy Prophets
stpce the world began-"-Acts III, 1921.
After tie Apostles fell asleep and
the KAgdom still delayed, false doc
tines crept into the Church, amongst
others the theory that Chrtst's King
dom vas hot to be waited for-that It
came at Pentecost and the Apostles did
not know Of It; that II must conquer It's
way 70 the Throne Of ~earth-that CON
verts must be made even though the
assistance Of inQuisitionary torments
were noceesafy to effect this.
Faiss Kingdoms Of God
When the ProtestantR Reformation 70
nounced Catholicism and denounced IL
- Anu-Christ 1t proceeded, neverthe-
hsA along the same lines. Various
Protestant Churches Hd their best to
an tns place which Papacy claimsd
and 10 get earthly kingdoms 10 support
their claims to spiritual domina1on.
Thus The CEa1 Of Russio Il the Head
Of the Greek Church. Emperor VII
ham b the Head Of the Lutheran syv-
ten. King George b Head Of the
Church Of England, theoretically. We
may b oure. however, that none Of
dheee talented men believe for a mo-
Hsnt that they are reigning a. and for
md instead Of Messiah.
None Of these are Kinedoms al
Christ nor could all Of them togethee,
called ~Chrtstendom," hope ever "a
bring 70 pass the glorious things
promised ot Nessiahh NmpireAthat
~svery hnss shan bov ana eve
eo0sus soosus 70 IT, sauey e God.
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