Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-08

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thousand years ss-,ssr Nut sAas
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vtae purpose. is-caa>e Nesssahs 3 &tug-
dom In 20 bP the greed ThSaSsssd
Nesr sabbath of the wor,ds hissSry
God IN kindness veiiesl our eyes vasu
she time when the gasher,aa - As
nagesldoa would iasnseslistely prscxsie
hes-iahs taking to Himself uis sssat
power. and trgisnins His reisn.-Revs-
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st Pau wrote prophctioaliy cf eue
time. that u would he one of serious
trial and testing 10 many professing te
he Christians The reason for this he
states-they received not the Truth In
the love Of b. lIl Thc~Salonians 81. 10.
III They prefrrred their own erraoe.
ess theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God wiz give them over 10 q
''stro. delusion." aud bet them belisve
the lie which they preferred. sad <.t
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love Thus they
viii he In the condemned host. 'ragbt-
ing against God. J" be,anse of their lact
ef hove for the Truth
d is sad to say that we eli as Chris
tians have been laboring under n thoe.
ougb delusion Respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church IN Kingdom power. and
that the Church has been reigninQ oa
the earth as His representative OB
the strength of this deIusion. Jews ana
as opponents TO Cbrist's Kingdom All
the while we thoughtiessly rereated
the Lords prayer: "Thy Kingdom
come: Thy will he done ON earth. as In
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemer
said that lie would come again to
make ms His Bride and ioint heirs: hut
We ignored the Scriptures We were
drunk. as the Scriptures symbolically
say. "aIl nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. u is this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Armaeetdon.
The Bible presentation N that the
rebellion against Divine authority. IN
der the captaincy Of Satan and his as
sociated fallen angels. by Divine grace
Jesus has already TASTED death for
every man" and the merit Of that sac
rifice must. eventually. grant Adam and
his posterity fun fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life
A Al.
and are walking in the light may know
something at least respecting the ''times
and seasons These brethren "are
not in darkness. that that day land
that battle of Armageddonl should
overtake" them "as a thief" - IN
awares
Arwassdder Nst Vet but Seen.
For forty years the Armageddon
forces have been mastering for both
sides Of the conflict Strikes. lockouts
and riots, great and small. have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the
belligerent parties crossed each others
paths Court and Army scandals in
Europe, Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals In America. have shak ken pub
lic confidence Dynamite plots. charg-
ed by turns on employees and on en-
ployers. have further shaken conf
dence and tended to make each dis
trustful Of the other Bitter and angry
feelings on both sides are more and
more manifest The lines Of battle are
daily becoming more distinctly marked
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet
be fought Other matters intervene.
according to prophecy
Gentle times have still two years to
run The Image of the BEAST of our
context must yet receive Hfe-power
The Image must be transformed from
q mere mecha nism to a living force
Protestant Federation realizes that its
will still be futile unless
II receive vitalization-unless Its clergy
or indirectly shall be recog
nized as possessed Of apostolic ordina-
tion and authority to teach This the
indicates will come from the
two horned beast. which. we believe
represents the Church of
England High handed activities Of
Professionalism and Catholicism. operat-
ing In conjunction for the suppression
Of human liberties await this vivifying
Of the Image This may come soon.
but Armageddon cannot precrde it. but
must follow-perhaps a year after it.
according to our view Of the Prophecy.
Still another thing intervenes: Al
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine. gradually obtaining con-
troll OF the land OF Canaan. and al
though reports say that already nine
teen millionaires are there. nevertfle-
less prophecy requires an evidently
larger number Of wealthy Hebrews to
be there before the Armaceddon crisis
be reached Indeed We understand
that Jacobs trouble IN the Holy
Land will come Mt the very close Of
Then Messiah's King
1om will hegin TO ne manifested
Israel In the land Of prom
he will gradually rise from the ashes
n the past TO the grandeur Of preph-
-cy- Through its Divineiy appointed
,rinces Messiah's Kingdom all power