The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-22

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llRAsI0R RUssELDl stroyed by literal
- fire. According tO
him the great event of Christ's Com
ing will bring blessings such as we
all desire. He seems to have the Bible
and logic on his side too.
Pastor Russell declared that false
concepts OF the Second Coming ot
Christ had done great injury The
view set forth In all orthodox creedS
is that Christ will come again In the
flesh. The resurrection will take place
within twenty.four hours. The sanity
will rise In the air to meet the Lord
Then fire will come down from heAv
en-. and consume the whole earth. Pre-
nIilIenuialists claim that Christ will
reign In tieShly glory thousand years
to bless the living The majority OF
Christians disowu this rs ridiculous
nonsense because thy believe little OF
creed or Bible A minority perceive
its Inconsistency with the Bible,
What Bible Students Now See.
The lire OF that day" is symDoliraI,
already kinding in society, the eIe
ments of which. Capital and Labor
are getting hotter. Soon they will
melt. the symboIicaI earth" will be
consumed with the heavens also, the
ecclesiastical powers. Their passing
away will usher In new earth, or
social order, and new heavens" the
Church In glory.
The Second Coming of Christ is as
sociated with blessings. Messiah will
abolish the curse and bring In wonder.
full blessings. The Day Of Christ will
be "the last Day,"-the great Seventh
Thousand year Day. All humanity will
be blessed. including the dead who will
then be awakened.
Christ Comes to Reign.
As the redemption was necessary
for mans salvation SO Messiah's King
dom Is necessary to accomplish reStitn
ton. The delay of more than eighteen
centuries is Scrptnrally explained; Q'
God designed Six Great One Thou
sand Year Days to teach mankind the
exceeding sinfnlness Of sin. He pnr-
posed that on the Seventh Day the
blessing OF Messiah should come. ~
An important work has been done
since Calvary. An Elect Church has
been gathered out of all nations
saints made perfect through suffering
Little Flock. the Church OF the
First -borns." These are to become the
Bride Of Christ at His Second Advent
The Second Coming of Jesus Is to
claim His Bride class, and TO exalt
them. AS regards the world, He comes
to bind Satan, to overthrow sin. aud
to uplift fallen humanity. st. Peter
tells that Restitution work, not literal
burning of the world, awaits the Sec
ond Coming of Jesus: Times Of re
freshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord."-Acts iii. 1921.
christ's Kingdom to Be Spiritual
One great mistake we have all made
is In not noticing that Jesus was hn
man for only thirty-three and a half
years. He was glorious spirit being
before He was made flesh; and He
was resurrected to spirit condition
higher than His original one. How
foolish we were to think of Jesus as a
man Ia little lower than angelsI In the
midst Of the Heavenly host. He Is now
partaker of the Divine nature; His
Church Is to be changed" and made
like Him" AS His descent was from
higher to lower, so His ascent was
from a lower nature to higher. far
above angels" His is the exceeding GIo
ry which mo man hath seen nor can see
(which no man can approach unto"
It Is this glorious Being whose King
dom Is about to be established. He
and His Church will be as invisible
to men as are Satan and the fallen
angels. The appearances Of Jesus In
the flesh after His resurrection were
materia lizations.- to, prove: C1i that
Jesns was no longer dead; (2) that Ht
was changed, born Of the Spirit, able
to go and come like the wind
Psrousia. Epiphania. ApokaIupsis.
Messiah's Kingdom will have earthly
representatives-the faithful saints OF
previous ages raised to human perfec
ton instantly. Through these the in
visible Messianic Kingdom will op
crate. Jesus said, "Ye shall see Abra
ham. Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets
In the Kingdom"
The pdronsia Of Jesus will come frs
--present but invisible. The world vii
continue with the ordinary affairs oi
life twhile He is gathering the Church,
as In the days OF Noah.
After the gathering Of the Church
there will be M eptphdni1 and an apo
kalapsis OF Jesus He will shine forth
He will be revealed mot In flesh. hu
'tin flaming fire." the trouble OF tina
Day, I'D which the present order vii
be consumed In anarchy. giving plac'
| to the Kingdom Dispensation.