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darken the human 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 6lled 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. Ii
will no longer be necessary to be sick
or in pain. or dying. On the contrary,
all may be making good. rapid prog
ress up. up. up out of weakness ana
dying conditions, back toward the fun
perfection of human nature which
Adam had before he sinned. when he
was 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 biotted
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. 19.) 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 arc styled chii-
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 win 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, 1t is raised in pow.
er; 1t is sown an animal body. it is
raised spiritual body."--I Corinthians
xv, "a; Rev. Xxx, 9.
no Wfatn TO Somo.
II we have seen what has constitut
ed the Divine wrath as it has been re
vealed for six thousand years, we viii
be the better prepared to understand
what to look for in respect to any
future manifestations of Divine wratf
wrath to come" We are to clearly
distinguish between the wrath of s
good man and the wrath OF bat
man, and how these would nantes
themselves; and, similarly, we should
be able to discern between the wratl
of God and the wrath Of the devil
The wrath of God, as exhibited to III
for six thousand years on the page
of history, has been a just dealing
the abandonment to destruction o
I those who are not worthy of everlast
ing life, by reason of disobedience u
! Divine Law.
The redemption accomplished 70
| these through the death Of Jesus vii
eventually be gloriously worked out
and give to every man full oppoi
| tunity of recovery, harmony with Go
and everlasting life. The reason VIII
God makes this provision for redemr
ton is because only one man sinnet
wilfully and intelligently. Al, the rt
mainder of his children were born Y
sin and under the death sentence
The redemption therefore Is In orde
that every individual may have a
opportunity for reaching decision q
to obedience OF disobedience.
The lesson OF sin and death is taugi
first. in the few years Of the pre;ss
life, and the marks of sin will X
over till the next Age. Those mark
will he deepened in proportion AS an
In the present life live bclow y;
plane OF their knowledge OF the D
vine standard and in wilful oppositio
thereto. While being instructed n
specting the other side Of the que
tion-the Divine requirements and th
blessings attending them, mankind wi
be given an iadiridudl trial or test,
demonstrate whether the great icsso
has been rightly learned The within
and obedient will get the reward {
eternal life, the unwilling and disob
dent will receive the final penalty Il
Second Death. II will be final In tn;
God viii make no provision fo- reset
from that Second Death. II will l
Everlasting destruction."-1II Ihess. Il,
AS the wrath Of the present time
the Divine death sentence upon Il
race, 80 the wrath to come" Will
the Second death" sentence, whic
will fall upon all who sin wilfull
after they have come to IA knowledt
of the truth. With this wrath
come" in this complete sense, ma
be included inferior manifestations I
Divine wrath; for instance. such ;
came upon the Jews In the end
their Age-destroying them MS n
tion-and such as Is to come upt
Chrlstendom in the end of this Age,
Both of these are styled days I
wrath" days OF vengeance" The l.
vine vengeance which overthrow Il
Jewish pollty took cogni2nnce of Il
fact that AS nation they had Q
joyed great privileges for centurie
II took note of the fact that tn,
had not lived up to their light M
nrivilnpaS and wpre therafora despr