Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-15
TWO PHASES OF
PRESENT ORDER
Gods Kingdom Presents Two
Grand Divisions.
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Present Social Order Will Die
Hard. "A Time Of Trouble
Such As Never Known.
Light After Darkness.

Editor News:
We have noted the ordination anG
decline of the present order We have
noted some of the evidences of the
Kingdom to come, and its vast superb
ority, far above anything we could
ask or think We see clearly mans 5
lamentable case under Satanic and
fallen human influence, and the fore
told fnis of Satan beastly empire al
the hands of the Christ, who is to
smite, destroy and succeed to the spir-
itual control of earth's affairs, We
see that this succession cannot come
until the close of Gentle times and
the appearance of ea1th's new Ruler,
who is to bind Satan, and restore that
which was lost, namely, perfect hu-
man nature with abundance of life
means to insure happiness to the obed-
lent.
In this brief we draw more sharply
the two phases-the Spiritual invisible
phase and the earthly visible phase of
Gods long promised Kingdom, and for
which we still pray, Thy Kingdom
come To assist us to this view we
will notice the two phases of the pres
ent order. With our natural senses we
behold the visible working and grind-
ing processes incident to our lives all
about us. We see that conditions are
very unsatisfactory even to those who
have the best of it. The poor are rest
less and in fear of hunger the rich
and we'll to do are restless in their
craving and grasping for more and in
fear of those things coming on society.
We all see the awful results of sin and
unrighteousness. We dor t have to be
told that there is sorrow and disap-
pointment at the next door, because we
have the same troubles, see it stamped
in faces and hear it in conversation
with our neighbors We all have the
same sorrows, we progress to the same
sheOl, to the same hades, to the same
tomb some with more hope and some
less. These experiences we all have.
But for every effect there is cause.
Behind all this is the invisible work
ing of Satan, the Prince of this world
OF order, its god, its spiritual ruler.
Let us make no mistake. Let us ex-
anime some Scriptures referring to
Satan's personality, which is denied
by maryland to his characteristics
and power. There was day when
the sons of God came to present them
selves before the Lord and Satan
came also amongst them. job g.
10. II beheld Satan as lightning fall
from heaven Luke t0:18 How
art thou fallen from heaven, O Luci
fer, son of the morning lisa. t4:12
''Your adversary, the devil goetn
about as a roaring lion, seeking whom
he NAV drvour. II Pet. 5S. "Ihat
old serpent, called the Devil and Sa-
tan, which deceiveth the whole wOTlJ:
he was cast out into the earth, aud hi,
angels were cast out with him. Rev.
1919. For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against the
rulers of the darkness of this world,
against the spiritual things of the evil
one. "-Eph. 6:12, Diaglott. He laid
hold on the dragon, that old serpent
which is the Devil and Satan and
bound him thousand years
that be should deceive the nations no
more till the thousand years are finish
ed. Rev. 20:2,3 That through
death, he might destroy him that had
the power of death, that is, the Dew
il. Heb. 2:14. Much mole could be
cited but this serves our purnOse
Other Scriptures tell us that he takes
men captive at his will, and works in
tae hearts of the children of disobedi
ence That Satan is living rower-
full Spirit being there is no doubt His
ability to deceive the whole world is
attested Before his rebellion he was
one of the brightest angels called Lu
cifer. "son of the morning" His rul-
ersbip and power to deceive is attested
by our Lord, and as a teacher he
would deceive, if possible, the very
elect. Satans rulership is ,attested by
the fact that he could offer Jesus the
Kingdoms of this world and the glory
of them, if He would fall down and
worship him. Matt. 4:1-9. Satan is
ably assisted by the fallen angels, all
of whom are powerful Spirit beings,
able to obsess and influence fallen
men. Thus we have before our minds
the visible and invisible, the earthly
and spiritual phases of Satan's empire.
But we note here that Satan has not
fnll control. If he had, anarchy
,yonld soon result. While Satan is the
orince or ruler God overruleS so far as
to nreyent Satan from interfering with !
his plans, as we read: 'The Most |
High ruleth in the Kingdoms of men,
and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
and setteth up over it the basest of
mem. Dan. Ar. God wills that
satan shall have limited control for a
limited time through fallen men, some
# whom are and have been the basest !
# tyrants. And we must all own that
1eastlv aud imperfect as these govern
nents have been, they are much bet |
-ar than none-much better than an
'rchv. They represent mans best
,fforts to govern Himself ana though .
,s paul saws, "Tbey did not like to
-ptain God in their knowledge, yet
many wise laws have been made for