The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05

tlbAStGlk kO29LlLtj lsu>seu Vas h.S
principal speaker
this afternoon His text was. -Bnt re |
are come to the. General As /
sembly and Church of the Firstborn.
which are written in Heaven. He
brews xii. o2
The speaker declared that st Panl
| points rs back 10 the institution of the
Jewish law Covenant at Mt Sinai and
uses ii as a picture or type OF expert
ences OF the Church to be expected at
/ the Second Coming of Christ and the
| establishment of His glorious King
dom.
ST. Panl pictures the march of the
] Israelites from the Red Sea to Mt
Sinai. implying that some got to the
mountain much in advance of the 9th
4 ers. but waited there for the General
Assembly The Apostle points us
4 back TO the awful experiences con
i nected with the Inauguration of the
4 Law Covenant--Aft Sinai smoking.
i lightningS flashing from the cloud and
thick darkness which enreloped the
mountain. the earth trembling. the
fOt(G III tfths ifttit Liz ttt-bitiS-lli ACstk-
All these things. said the Pastor. &C
cordjug to st Pant. We're foreslladow-
!. ings of still more wonderful things to
be expected in the near future in con-
nection with the inauguration of the
New Covenant Many had misappre
hended the Apostles teaching in re-
spect to The New Covenant and thought
8 it already sealed and in operation. But
t not so. The Scriptures assure us that
!. the work of Christ and the Church dur.
a ing this Age li:s been a preparatory
e one. without which the New Covenant
/ could not 20 into effect.
A Time of Terrible Trouble.
: Everywhere the Bible associates
with the coming of Christ great
e trouble upon the world and assures Us
, that the faithful of the Church will be-
I spared from it hy their resurrection
L change The p.owshare Of trouble will
> upset human pride and h.nible the
l. world and make them glad to welcome
the sfessi:siiic Kingdom hen 10 be es
e tablished for the purpose of bringing
d TO Israel and TO TIE world the Ions
n I
q nant
ID The introduction of this Kingdom
IF st. Peter styles the Day-dawn. q
~ Peter |. 1917 He Describes its work a.
10 most blessed. saying. Times of re
= freshing shall come from ti,e preSenc'
i of the Lord die shall send forth Je
"a sus Christ-,rllom the heavens mus
III retain Until the Times NJ Restitution o
all fhiHgs which God hath spoken b.
the mouth, II all His holy Prophet
since tns world began. Acts ii
= 1921.
St Pants Interpretation of the vi
Sinai experiences would imply a Da
of yenge;.nce''-the very term whic
the Bible Uses. Society will be s
shaken and is experiences will he s
tidreadful that IKE the lsraeiites of oit
all will he ready TO entreat for th
- Great Mediator Tho Christ. Head an
IS. Body-JesuS and His Church in glory
IS to stand between them and the 4
no mighty. II VIII be in response to thl
I'D universal cry that the Messianic Kin:
- dom will he established and by til
do New Covenant take over the contr'
20 of the entire world of mankind, Il
- whom. by tho grace OF God. Jesu
= Christ tasted deatil.-Hebrews Ii, o.
"a Terrible as the sauaring OF th
~ worlds accounts will be preparation
49, to the opening of the New Dispens;
-. ton with a clean page. they are r;
j.. tional as we'll as Scriptural. Human
80 ity will be able to look up to God an
- acknowledge His Wisdom and Justic
=. and then to thank Him for the lovin
on provision OF tic aiessianic Kingdom
= under whose beneficient reign the
may be helped back TO full human Pc
lection and 10 Il worldwide Eden.
ing The churcl, In General Assembly.
Ich We have greatly enjoyed dear bret
snt rem. orr Convention or Assembly. b,
what will II be to be therein the Ge
erai Assembly of the entire ee
Church of God. There will be no Sc
adj tarianism there. though there doul
ION less will be saints of God from evel
ed sect In that Convention in Glory. l.
to us carry with us a sense of the rea
nee ties of the glorious promises of Il
ter Bible. which. re believe. are hastenir
rly TO fuIfiinen,
.ar- Eveu now. on every hand. we see Il
ow evidences Of social unrest: and Il
ing wonderful blessings Of orr day are b
hes ing received s,y uffhankfnl hearts wi
ger ingratitude. breeding discontent III
ers prcsaging he awful anarchy witch Il
at Bible teacii..s us to expect II Is
to time for faithfuIneSs to God. 10 II
In Word. on The part of all who are
1on ''fiie household If faith If every n
his ton aud denomination. II is ii time f
irs. ne lsfine e maze nersrif n'nhy
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