The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-19


each in turn was the Roman Capital.
and representative Of the image. We
are certainly justified in watching
with considerable interest the present
war and what it may be leading to In
the way of involving all the ten king
doms represented in this prophecy.
But that is not the special point OIL
interest in my subject: rather, l am
discussing the character OF Nfsssiah's
Kingdom. which is to rule the world.
overthrow Sin and Death and uplift
humanity from ignorance. superstition.
sin. weakness and death. The dec
laration is that Messiah shall reign
until He shall have put down all In
subordination. and that the last enemy
to be destroyed will be death. Il
Corinthians Nv, %. 26J
:. This is the Kingdom for which the
Master Himself taught His followers
to pray. Nothing slight or insignificant
will be the outcome of that glorious,
Messianic reign Of thousand years.
At its very beginning Satan will be
bound, with all that this Signifies-
the repression of evil and darkness.
For thousand years the Sun of Right
eOusneSs shall pour forth the light or
truth and grace upon our poor, fallen
race until the knowledge Of Gods
glory shall fill the whole earth as the
waters cover the great deep. Habak-
kuk ii. H. Eventually all wilful op-
ponents of that Kingdom will die the
Second Death, from which there will
be no redemption. no recovery. But
meantime, all the willing and obedient
will be rising. not only from the tomb.
but also out of all the weaknesses and
frailties 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 abdicate 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
I Corinthians XIV. p. SIX. Ia
No More Signing, Crying, Dying.
What 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
stitch 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 stitch upon the Throne said.
"Behold. l make all things new" Glad
we are that our great Messiah Is about
to overthrow sin and evil. about to- es-
tablish righteousness on a permanent
and everlasting foundation. which will
insure that to all eternity Gods will
shall be done as perfectly in this earth
as it is now done in heaven.
Il ask you to consider candidly-you
need not repIy--is there a kingdom in
the.world today that in your Judgment
fifty represents a Divine government
amongst men? Is there a perfect gov
eminent. is there single spot in all
the earth where Gods will is done as
it is done in heaven? 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
tIeships and monster torpedoes. such
as the world has never known before,
are being prepared by these various
nations for use, either aggresSively or
defensively, against one another. while
they all claim to be Christ's kingdoms
Is this logical? Is this rational? Most
assuredly not! -.-....
We must go to the Bible for true in
formation on this subject. 1t tells us
that these kingdoms are not the king.
doms of God. but kingdoms Of this
world" 1t tells us that Satan is the
Prince of this world John xiv. 3d.
Ephesians ii. q; that he is '.the god OF
this world" "that now wOrketh in the
hearts of the children of disobedience''
so much more numerous than the
children of obedience that he 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 of sin
and death are permitted of God for q
limited time and for a special purpose
The testimony tells US that when the
due time shall come Messiah shall take
His great power and reign-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 its beams to food the
earth with the light of the knowledge
Of the glory of God.
The Election Hath Obtained It.
Come with me and take q cursOry
view Of Gods great work thus far &c
complished. For more than two thou
sand years God gave no clear intina
ton Of what He intended TO do for til,
fallen race Then He made q state