Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-04

Gentiles was that It was to be a har-
vesting work, and not blowing, har-
howing, nor sowing. which had not
been done with the Gentiles. but only
with the Jews. II was appropriate,
therefore, that the Harvest. which be-
longed To the Jews, should be confined
to them. What was done fer the Cen
tiles was the seed sowing, as repre-
scented IN the parable of the Wheat
and Tares.
But now we are in the Harvest of
the Gospel Age. The reaping is to
be done amongst those who have re-
ceiYed the seed sowing-the reaping
work belongs to Christendom-to
whatever part of mankind the Gospel
Message has been made known. re-
cetved and professed. This, therefore.
is an intimation to us that the Lord
would now have the harvesting done
chiefly amongst those who profess to
be His people nominal Spiritual Israel.
Jesus specially instructed the reap
ers of that Harvest that they should
go forth fully trusting TO Divine prov
idence. They were not commissioned
TO beg nor to take up collections.
They assumed therefore that they
We're merely to accept what might be
voluntarily rendered. If they were
not Hospitality received they We're to
consider it the Lords will that they
should go elsewhere. They were sent
To search ont the worthy ones; they
should keep this in mind In going
from house to house. prayer should
be in their hearts that If there were
worthy ones there, the peace of God
and their peace might be there If
not, they were to take their blessing
with them to bestow it upon those
more worthy. "Whoeyer Will not re-
give you and hear your words, when
you depart out of that city, shake off
the dust from your feet"
more ToIerabe for Sodom."
Jesus declared that in the Day of
Judgment it will be more tolerable for
Sodom and Gomorrah than for the city
refusing to receive His representa-
tives This implies that the treatment
will be telerable, but why more toler-
able for Sodom and Gomorrah and
others in the Day of Judgment?
1t was Jesus declaration that, aside
from a sanity few who received His
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people of that time We're more hard
ened and more hlameworthy in Gods
sight than were the people of Sodom
and Gomorrah. The sins of Sodom
were certainly grieyous in the sight of
God and all good people. But the sin
of carelessness in respect to the glori-
Gus Message of the Kingdom is in
Gods sight an indication of one for
whom there is less hope of an even
tual salvation.
The SGdomites mentioned by Jesus
were not so illuminated as those living
in His day, yet He declares, Fire
rained down from heaven and de-
stroyed them all" Duke xvii, go
And that took place nearly twenty
five centuries before Jesus birth, yet
He declares that their judgment is
stin future; and. I'm the Day of
Judgment, it will be more tolerable"
for them than for the people of Beth
saida and Chorazin
The Day of Judgment.
But why should the Sodomites have
a Day of Judgment at all? Were they
not Judged, condemned and destroyed
Yes; but Adam and all his race were
ties were condemned to death before
they were born, as are all of Adam 5
ehildren-born in sin, 'shapen in iniq-
uity." The only thing that came up
ON the Sodomites in addition to what
comes upon all mankind, was that
they died violent deaths.
In this blotting out, the Apostle tells
us, they were made an example OF
all who reject Gods grace and die the
Second Death. GI Peter ii, 60 How
ever, all of Adams posterity are in
cluded in the Redemption work of
Jesus Hence they are no more dead
than Abraham, but merely sleeping
with their fathers, waiting the glori-
Gus morning, when the Redeemer of
Adam and his race shall take to Him
self His great power and begin His
work of blessing the world.
The worlds blessing will consist of
Ian awakening from the tomb, and
there viii be an opportunity for the
Sodomites. as we'll as the people in
Jesus day, to return to full harmony
with God. In that glorious Judgment
Day of a thousand years Gil Peter iii,
Z, s. the Sodomites will find it easier
to make progress than will those who
repudiated the message of Jesus and
the Apostles However fallen and de-
graded the Sodomites were in some
respects, their hearts and consciences
were less scared than those who re-
fused Gods Message