Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-01-20

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the image, for be II remembered tnat
each IN turn was the Roman Capital
and representative Of the image. we
are certainly justified in watching
Witt considerable interest the present
war and what It may DO leading 70 IN
tba way OF lnyOlving all the ten KING
doms represented in this prophecy
Rnl that Is not the special point OF |
interest in my subject; rather, am
dlscuss,ng the character OF Messian's |
Flngdo1a. which is to rule the world,
ovortbrow Sin and Death and up1ft
humanity from ignorance, superstition
sin weakness and death. the dec
Iaration is that Messiah shall reign
until He shall have put down all IN
subordlnation, and that the last enemy
10 be destroyed will be DEATH u
Corinthians XIV, 25, 26)
This Is the Kingdom for which the
Master Himself taught His followers
10 pray. Nothing slight or insignificant
win be the outcome Of that glorious
Messianic reign Of thousand years
AT its very beginning Satan Will be
bound, with all that this slgnines-
the repression of evil and darkness.
For thousand years the Sun Of Right
aousness shall pour forth the nght OF
truth and grace upon our poor, fallen
race until the knowledge OF Gods
glory shall Oil the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Habak-
kuk II, 14) Eventually all wilful op-
ponents Of that Kingdom will die the
Second Death, from which there WIN
be no redemption, no recovery. But
meantime, all the willing and obedient
will be rising, not only from the tomD,
but also out Of all the weaknesses ana
frniltles Of the present time, up, up, up
to the fulness Of perfection OF life, al
though they will not live again In this
perfect sense until the thousand years
shall be finished With the close OF
that reign Of Righteousness, after 1t
shall have accomplished its work OF
delivering the groaning creation from
the bondage Of corruption, sin and
death. Messiah will abdlcate the
Throne. as It is written, HE will de-
liver up the Kingdom to God, even the
Father, that he may be all In all."-
| Corinthians XIV, "A.
No More Signing, Crying, Dying.
What a glorious triumph that Will be
when every creature In heaven and
earth and under the earth shall be
heard saying Praise, glory, honor, do
minion and might be unto Him that
sltteth upon the Throne, and unto the
Lamb, forever. Revelation v, 49,
What a glorious condition will then OBJ
tain when there shall be no more cry
ing, no more signing, no more dying,
for all the former things Of sin and
death, shall have passed away! All!
He that sltteth upon the Throne said,
"Behold, make all things newW Glad
we are that our great Messiah is about
to overthrow sin and evil, about to es-
tabllsh righteousness on a permanent
and everlasting foundation, which will
insure that to all eternity Gods win
shall be done as perfectly in this earth
as It Is now done In heaven.
ask you to consider candidly-you
need not reply-is there kingdom in
the world today that In your Judgment
ftly represents a Divine government
amongst men2 Is there perfect gov
ernment, Is there a single spot in all
the earth where Gods will is done as
1t is done In heaven2 You are con-
versant with history. You know the
bloody record which marks its pages.
You know that so-called Christian Eu-
rope has been drenched with blood
more than any other part Of the world.
You know that the cause Of wrong has
triumphed as often or oftener than the
cause of right. You know that today
these kingdoms Of Europe styled king
doms Of God, are threatening one an
other as they have done In the past.
You know that great guns, great bat
tleships and monster torpedoes, such
ps the world has never known before,
are being prepared by these various
nations for use, either aggresslvely or
defenslvely, against one another. while
they all claim to be Chrst's kingdoms,
10 this logicall Is this rationale Most
assuTedly notl
We must 20 to the Bible for true In
formation on this subject. It tells us
that these kingdoms are not the king
doms of God, but kingdoms Of this
world" It tells us that Satan is the
Prince OF this world John xiv, 80;
Ephesians II, 2) that he is "the god OF
this world" that now worketh in the
hearts Of the children of dlsobedience"
so much more numerous than the
children Of obedience that no through
them holds the worlds control. But
with equal clearness the Bible declares
the Divine Power and mastery over
Satan and that he and his reign VI sin
and death are permitted Of God for a
limited time and for a special purpose.
Tho testimony tells us that when the
due time shall come Messiah shall take
! His great power and relgn-then Satan
shall be bound and all the forces Of
sin and darkness be restrained. Then
the Sun OF Righteousness shall arise
With healing In It's beams 20 food the
earth with the light OF the knowledge
Of the glory Of God.
The Election Hath Obtained Il.
Come with me and take curscry
view of Gods great work thus far &C.
eompllshed For more than two thou.
sand years God gave no clear lntima.
ton OF what tie intended to do for the
FALLEN race. Then He made a state
ment to Abraham, so clear. so explicit,
that 81 Paul declares It was q state.
mcnt OF the Gosnel In advance CNS