Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-10-19


righteous into life eternal."-Matthew
XIV, 46.
Pastor Russell proved on this occa-
sion. as he usually does, that he has
long lead on many of the theologians
of the past and present His position
with respect to this Parable is that the
application of it is not to this Age. but
TO the future one. This is distinctly
shown in the opening verse of the Par
able itself. he said: when the Son of
Man shall come in His glory. and all
the holy angels with Him. then shall
He sit upon the Throne of His Glory.
(V. BID
And besides. the Pastor said, When
the Son of Man shall sit in His Throne
and have before Him all nations, 1t IS
evident from Scripture that the true
Church will sit with Him: that the
nations will be the remainder OF hq-
mainly. As proof of this he quoted
Scripture: ITO him that overcometh
will | grant to sit with Me in Ny
Throne" Revelation iii. 21.l . Anoth-
er, ITO him that overcomeths will give
power over the nations" Revelaion
ii, O., Ard again. Know We not that
the saints shall judge the world ?'-'ail
nations"-I Corinthians vi .
That this work of judging and reign
| ing over the nations of earth is not to
be during a day of twenty-four hours.
lshe said. is evident from Scripture also
| For instance. They shall be priests OF
| God and of Christ and shall reign with
Him a thousand years" I'll Peter i'll
z, 8; Revelation Xxx. g.
There is no doubt that the correct
view of the doctrine OF Election has
| fxvsv +t,a
logical atmosphere of the miasma OF
the past. If everybody could get the
Bible focus upon this important doc
trine. every other theological question
would become as clear as MONDAY. IL
everybody could see clearly that the
true Church is being elected. or select
ed. in this Age. according to faithful
| ness and acknowledgements, by
way of prepa ra ton for the great serv-
| ice to be rendered the world in the
| next Age there would be few prob
lens remaining to be cleared up
The Sheep-the Goats-the Fire.
The Parable proceeds to show the
separating work that will progress
throughout the thousand-year exercise
/ of Divine power and authority on
earth At its conclusion all the peo-
/
their places. either as sheep or goats.
To the sheep class will be said. Come.
We blessed of My Father, inherit the
Kingdom prepared for you from the
founda ton of the world
This carries the mind back to the
time when the world was esta blished-
Adam being its first representative
was, by Divine command. given do
minion. or rulership. over it all-was
given the Kingdom of earth But he
| proved his unfitness for further exer-
else of his God-given responsibilities
by placing himself in opposition to his
Creator and on the side of the Adver-
sary. At once Adam lost his dominion.
and lost also his right to eternal life
The sheep class of the Parable rep
resent all of Adams race brought back
to perfection by the process of Restitu
ton during Messiah's reign of a thou
sand years. (Acts iii. 1929 To them
will come the dominion which Adam
lost and which Jesus redeemed at Cal
vary. Next the fate of the goat class
is stated-not in literal language. but
in symbol 1t should be borne in mind
that without a parable spake He moi
to the people In other words. every
thing which Jesus said to the people
1
those of the right condition of hear
might be able to understand, as thi:
was the character OF the class that Coo
designed should be accorded the honol
Of reigning with Messiah over the
earth To these lit is given to know
the Mysteries Of the Kingdom"
The message of the great King Il
the goat class the Parable proceeds Il
show. will be. Depart from Me. "
cursed. into everlasting Ere prepared
for the Devil and his angels There i.
large class of short-sighted people
who while thinking that the goats rep
resent an incorrigible class. insist tina
the fire is real. and not symbolic Blu
there Is an increasingly large class O
Bible students who recognize, said Pas
tor Russell. that fire throughout th,
Bible is used fguratively to represen
destruction He pointed to St Peter
summing up of the fate of the incorri
gibly wicked as follows: These as nat
ural brute beasts. made to be taken ant
destroyed. speak evil of the things tina
they understand not. and shall ufteri
perish in their own corruptfOn-"-I