The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11

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This Seventh Day IL frequently spo-
ken of as 'thGt bay" as indicating the
time when Divine power will no longer
permit the reign of sin amongst men,
but Messiab's Kingdom will actively
intervene. The overthrow of Satan.
sin and all unrighteousness will then
take place. It is during this Day that
Messiah will put down all things op-
posed TO righteousness: "The last en-
envy that shall be destroyed is death"
Throughout that glorious Day the
resurrection process win be in opera
tlon; mankind will be rising out OF its
meanness. sin, sickness and death.
back to all that was lost in Eden and
redeemed By way of the Cross In the
end of these days. or "dftcr these daDs."
of the reign of sin. God promises to
make q New Covenant with the House
OF Israel and with the House of Judah.
through which tEcy shall be upllfted;
and the blessing will Cow from them
TO all nations Jeremiah XXI. 81 IL
will be after these days also that God
will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.
Our text Is TO be considered from
fhis standpoint. In the end Of these
days. In the promised Day of Mes
siah. the Mountain of the lords
House shall he established. fixed, in
the very top Of the mountalns-above
all other kingdoms This Is In full
accord with the entire tenor of the
Scriptures. A mountain symboizes n
kingdom; and ms the Prophet declares, |
Gods Kingdom will be the highest
Mountain; 1t will he over the top OF
all other Kingdoms. It win be es-
tablishcd or fixed permanently above
all others.
Messiah. tho great King, with His |
Elect Bride and associate with Him, |
will exercise Ills Divine power, Satan |
shall be bouad for thousand years |
and sin will no longer be permitted |
From the Invisible plane of glory and |
majesty, Justice will he executed in |
the earth; cvery good word. thought |
and deed will bc rewarded. and every |
evil thought. word and deed will be |
punished - swiftly - surely. Perhaps |
paralysis Of the tongue will be the |
means by which evil speaking. false !
words aud deceptious will he punish |
I'd. Perhaps paralysis Of the arm or
finger will be the means employed TO
stop the crime Certain 1t is that
Nothing shall hurt or destroy in all |
Gods Holy Kingdom" thus established
How speedily the world will then
learn righteousnessl Now 1t doubts
the very existence of God, and de-
clares that If lie exists He pays little
or no heed to wrong-doers. Now the
wicked flourish; yea, they that tempt
God are even exalted" as the Scrip
lures declare. But the New Day will
change all this. Messiah will lay
righteousness TO the line and justice TO
the plummet. and the hail [Truthl
shall sweep away the refuge OF
lies, Misrepresentation misunderstand-
ings" Qsaiah xviii. Il, 1S). THE
blind shall see out Of obscurlty, and
the deaf ears shall he unstOpped;"
"The knowledge of the glory of the
Lord shall IN the whole EARTH" until
"None shall need say to his neighbor,
Know the Lord FOR all shall know
Him."
Gravitation Reversed
The present tendency Is TO gravitate
downward, but our text tells Of re-
versal of this order. All nations shall
then flow or gravitate upward-townrd
the righteous Kingdom of Messiah:
MANY people shall say. Let us go
up" The Kingdom, in its original
establishment, will be Israclitlsh-
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob and all the
Prophets will be made Princes in all
the earth psalm xiv. 80.
The Jews, naturally, will rally to
their standard and begin TO recognize
the fulfilment of the prophecies Of old.
Other nationalties will begin slowly
to realize the import of the great. New
| Jewish Dispensation. Their ideas and
ideals will be autagonistic for n time.
| Gradually they will see the Restitu-
tlon blessings coming to Israel. in har-
mony with the Divine arrangements
OF the Kingdom. Then, as our context
declares. MANY people will cay.
| Come. let us go up 20 the Mountain
| Of the Lord TO the House of the God
OF Jacob; lie will teach us las well as
the Jewsl His ways and we las well
as theyl will learn to walk in His
paths.'"
Both Spiritual and Natural Israel
are in the picture. Mt Zion is the
higher, the Spiritual jerusalem; the
lower. the earthly. The Law shall go
forth from Mt. Zion [splritual Zion.
the Messiah-Head and Body-Bride-
groom and Bridel-whlle the Word OF
the Lord 1.-THE directing and instruct
ingl will go forth from Jerusalem 1.-THE
Patrarchnl Princes, who will repre-
sent the Kingdoml.
Judging Among tho consilcs
The context tells us that the now
King. Messiah, will judge amongst the
nations-amongst all the peoples. II
will be general Judgment first, an
individual one subsequently. The ma
tional judgments will mean calamities
upon the nations. The demonstra-
tons OF the fraat dreadnaughts and
| great armies will prove that they are