Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-21

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The Heavenly Father "dwelleth not
in temples made with hands,. In the
largest sense the whole Creation is
His House. every apartment of which
shall ultimately be peopled with holy,
happy beings. 'All the wicked will He
destroy. Psalm cxlv, 20.
Mans fallen condition is the result
of heredity. God made Adam in His
own image. perfect. upright. holy. Dis
obedience and sin have wrought men
tai, moral and physical infirmities, and
There is none righteous, no. not one.''
All are prone TO sin las the sparks to
fly upward
God provided Adam a mansion-the
earth-Paradise. But sin mot unfore-
seem brought Adam and his race I'M
der death sentence. God chose to
permit sin and death to reign during
Six Great Days of a thousand years
each. thus to give valuable lessons to
both angels and men. He does not in
tend that this lesson shall work disad-
vantage to any. He has provided a
great Redemption. which shows His
sympathy for His creatures and the I'M
changeableness of His Law.
The Divine Program for dealing with
| this rebellious province is to be car
ried out by the Kingdom of Messiah,
during the Seventh Great Thousand
year Day. Satan and every evil infiu-
ence shall be restrained. The Sun of
| Righteousness shall arise with healing
| in His beams and the curse of death
| will be set aside. Man will be assist
| ed toward righteousness and life ever
| lasting by the interposition of the
Kingdom for which we pray. "Thy
Kingdom come; Thy will be done on
| earth, even as it is done in Heaven"
Humanity's Mansion-Perfected Earth.
At the close of MeSsiah's reign the
mansion appropriated to Adam and
his race will be fully released from
the curse. and Gods footstool will be
a glorious Paradise. isaiah *, 49,
| All refusing the blessings of\MesSiah's
| Kingdom will be destroyed by the Sec
ond Death--Acts iii. %; Rev. Xxx, IA, Is.
| , While there were places arranged in
the Divine Plan for the angels, and for
humanity. no habitation was perfected
| for the Church. This is because the
| Church is a New Creation.
| Writing of these, ST. John says:
THE world knoweth US not. even as ii
/ knew Him not'' st. Paul refers to
this New Creation as the ministers of
Cod All of these demonstrate their
faith and obedience by walking the
narrow way of self-sacrifice, "by
faith and not by sight" To all of them
| it is declared, Through much tribula-
| ton shall We enter the Kingdom But
this class have the assurance that AL
| things work together for good to
| them: that they .'shall not be tempted
| above that they are able to BEAR
/ This New Creation is made a spec
| tacle to angels and men: God is Civ
ing the angels a great object lesson in
connection with the development OF
| this class. He is able TO transform
some of the mean things of this world
into polished Jewels "a royal diaden
in the hands of thy God.''-Malach
| iii, II; Isaiah xii. 8.
Heavenly Mansion For Church.
st. Peter tells about the mansion
designed for the Church, saying. Goo
| hath given unto US [consecrated fol
| lowers of Jesus1 exceeding great an6
precious promises. that by these we
might become partakers of the Divine
nature III Peter l. 4.
Thus we see what it means to bt
members of the New Creation! "Ey'
hath not seen; ear hath not heard; nei
Their have entered the human heart the
things which God hath in reservation
for them that love Him"-the choices
mansion. the highest place. AS ou
Lord Jesus in His Resurrection ascend
ed far above angels" SO will Hi
Church. who will share His Resurrec
ton. and be made like Him." "se'
Him as He is and share His glory
The Masters death was for human
ity in general. but its merit remained
to be appropriated at the Inauguration
of His Kingdom. The whole worlt
still ''lieth in the Wicked One" unit
Christ makes satisfaction for their sin
with the merit of His sacrifice
Meantime. our Lord deals merel.
with His Church. as we read: He ap
peared in the presence of God for us
Hebrews tx. 24D-as the Church's Ad
vocate. to make satisfaction for on
sins. The preparation in US and fo
us will be completed when the numbe
is fuli-144.OO 600. 1t is for US to compi.
with the conditions of our covenant o
| sacrifice and to walk in His steps
thus to make our calling and election
sure" as members OF the New Creation