Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-04-25
The Coming
of the Kingdom
By l.. D. BARNES

BY L. D. BARNES


kCOnCluueu from last week
The Socialist contention that these
good things of earth belong to men
is right All the promises relating
to restitution, land and houses, vines
and fig trees, planting and building,
water of life, healing of the nation,
etc, are for the world, but not for the
church. The Church gives all these
up for the change to Spirit nature and
joint heirship in the throne. This
was typifed in the house of Levi, re-
presenting the household of faith.
The Levites had no Inheritance in
the land The house of Aaron and
the house of Levi we're set apart for
priestly service, and these were typical
of our Lord, the great High Priest,
and his faithful followers, who are
scripturally styled royal priesthood
and priests of God who shall reign
with Christ a thousand years. Mum.
1920; Deut. 1912; 1 Pet. 2:5,9;
Rev. $40; 20:6. The Lord is not call
ing any to be of this Kingdom class
who think more of 'houses, or breth-
ren, or sisters, or mother, or father,
or children, or LANDS" than they do
of him. Those who are thus minded
would not follow the Lord very far.
But as He says, If any man POSSESS
these things and LEAVE them for his
sake, or for the gospels sake, he
would have these multiplied in some
way many fold. But we have never
observed such case and do not un-
derstand that such one would have
'hundred fold" of mothers and sisters
and children, etc, additionally, nor
vet so much in land and houses, but
having left these, his spiritual com
fort would be thus increased. The
Lord would certainly make up to such
one because he says, the liberal soul
shall be made fat, and bread cast on
the waters shall return after many
days. But not many who have pos
sessions are willing to leave them,
even for the Lord sake, and it is Gel
tain that those who are contending for
these things now in this time, would
not leave much for the Lord, though
He were in actual want. The LORD s
people are of the poor class, mot
many rich, not many noble, but chiefly
the poor, rich in faith, heirs of the
Kingdom.
The Lords disciples are not promis-
ed great prosperity, but having food
and raiment they are to be content.
If any are truly the Lords they have
not set their affections on the earth,
but are laying up treasure where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break
through and steal. If they have dis
covered the pearl of great price, they
will leave all and work and dig for
that
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your heart be also " If you desire an
to perfect men, this will be offered
dom. This is what was lost in Ellen,
restore that which was lost. But if
any desire to give these good things
ny for the glories of the high calling
to Spirit nature and share in the
throne and as the Lambs wife to
mother the world and nurse it back to
perfection, they must be content with
such things as they have, and believe
that He will never leave nor forsake
them. They must walk the narrow
way that leads to immortality, take
up their cross daily, and believe that
all things will work together for their
good and this they will do increasing
ly if they are called according to bis
eternal purpose. Matt, IA; 10:38;
Rom, 8:9S30; Eph. 10, 10.
Thus the two phases of the Kingdom
is brought to our attention the Spir
itual invisible phase to be composed
of our Lord and his saints, and the
earthly visible phase to be composed
of mankind But the blessings cannot
come to mankind until the uue time,
not until the election and completion
of the predestined 144, 600 who are to
be in the throne joint theirs with our
Lord. For this event Paul says the
whole creation grOans and travails in
pain, waiting for the manifestation of
the Sons of God, Christ and the saints
of the first resurrection. Rom. 1879
% When the Church class are all
found and tested, then the marriage of
the Lamb will occur. Our Lord will
then become the everlasting Father
(the giver of everlasting life), and the
Church in glory will mother the
world.
AS our Lord is referred to as the
second Adam 4. Cor. 15:45, so must
the pirit-begotten Church, his bride,
and prospective wife, become the Sc
cond Eve, the world faithful mother.
When this feature of the Fathers
Plan is finished then the More Album
dant Life, promised by Jesus will be
available. The times of restitution
and refreshing preached by Peter after
Pentecost and foretold by all the pro-
phets will, indeed, be on. But until
then the world must groan and ira
vail; and not only they but we our
selves, the Church, which have the
first fruits of the Spirit. Even we
ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, our deliver
ance and manifestation as sons of God.
Having this advance knowledge Uf
Gods Plan, this mystery made known
unto us, we can certainly sympathize
with the worlds craving, groauing
and Travelling, But we can do but
little mole than sympathize now. We
have no faith in armies navies and
political parties. Even were there
hope in these, our influence would be
so small a. to amount to nothing.
This has always been true of the
Lords faithful few in this world
They see the need of master hand
They see that even blessing from