Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-16


message sent to them. for II the mes.
senger had come and had said. RE
pent, and live contrary to your fallen
tastes and appetites," the people might
properly enough have said. why, for
what reason should we practice self
denial, self-restralnt? Would 1t bring
as any blessing Of everlasting life or
harmony with Godr The truthful an
swer would have been, mo. because
you are already under a death SEN
tence and alienated from God as sin
ners."
Hence, God merely overlooked or
"winked' at the ignorance and super
stition Of the period from Adam to the
close Of the 4101 years. But as soon
as Jesus had died. the Just for the un-
just" to make reconciliation for In.
iquity-immediately the message went
forth-God offered forgiveness and
reconciliation to those who would be-
lieve in Jesus and would accept the
Divine terms. Such have their sins
forgiven. Such may come back to fel-
lowshlp with God. And, in the next
Age, such may eventually attain full
human perfection by restitution proc
esses, up, up to all that was lost in
Adam and redeemed at Calvary.
Gods Appointed Day.
Let US note carefully what the Apos.
tle says respecting Gods appointed
Day for the judging Of the world He
says that the command to repent now
goes forth to all men everywhere, ''be.
cause God hath appointed a [futurel
Day, in which He will judge the world"
The Apostle does not refer to that Day
as already begun, but as merely ap-
pointed or arranged for in advance. He
means that in arranging that "Jesus,
by the grace OF God, should taste death
for every man." God was arranging
that every man might have a Judgment
or trial, to determine whether on not
he will be worthy Of this blessing
which Jesus death provides him an
opportunity to secure. The Day was
future in Saint paul's time, and 1t is
still future, because God has other
work which He proposes shall be &C.
complished first, before tho worlds Day
Of Judgment or trial shall begin.
The worlds trial Day or period Of
Judgment or testing as to worthiness
or unworthlness for everlasting life,
will be one Of the thousand-year days
mentioned by Saint Peter, who said.
"a day with the Lord Is as thou.
sand years" The same period is call
cd elsewhere the "Day Of Christ" the
Day or period OF MessIah's glorious
reign. BY the righteous ruling OF His
Kingdom, by the suppression Of Satan
and sin and the scattering OF dark
ness, ignorance and superstition, by
the shining forth Of the Sun OF Right.
eousness with healing In lts beams,
that glorious Day win bring blessing
to the world In general-opportunlty
for each Individual to come Into judg-
mont or trial, the result Of which will
be either the reward Of life everlast-
Ing or the punishment Of death ever.
lastlng-"everlastlng destruction from
the presence Of the Lord and from the
glory Of His power"
That great thousand.year Day Is
still FUTURE and, meantime, the Apos-
ties words respecting mankind are
still true: "The whole creation groan-
eth and travalleth In pain together
"walting for the manifestation Of the
sons Of God" ROmans viii, %, 10)
II the nineteen centuries delay In the
introduction Of this great Day seems
long, lot US not forget that Il is less
than half as long as the period which
preceded-tho period prior 10 the com
ing OF Jesus and His dying, "the Just
for the unjust" Nor Ia the entire pc.
rlod long from the Divine standpoint,
For rs the Prophet declares: "a thou.
sand years In Gods sight are but as
yesterday or even shorter, ms a
watch IN the night" The six great
Days Of a thousand years each, In
which sin and death have relgned, are
to be followed by a great Sabbath of
rest from evll--a thousand years OF
refreshment, relnvlgoNtlon, upbuIld'
Ing, restitutlon-Acts M, 1929
"Ths Mystery Of God"
The purpose OF the nineteen centu,
ries between the time when Jesus died
as mans Rcdeemer aud the time when
tio win take His Throne as the Re.
siorer OF Adam aud his race Is spoken
OF as a Mystery. because the great
work OF grace herein accomplished Is
moasumbly hidden from the world
The Jews do nor understand Il; they
expected that Messiah's Kingdom and
their own natiG,Al exalmtlon would
have come loug ago They cannot tell
Holo why they have been for eighteen
centuries outcast from the Divine Ga.
vor II is a mystery to them,
The Scriptures tell us who may
know or understand this Mystery and
when II win be finished They say
"rho secret OF the Lord Is with then
that fear Him, and lie will show then
His Covenant" They tell us that ID
tho days OF the voice Of the Seventh
Angel. when he shall begin to sound
the mystery ot God shall be 6nlshcd,
which He hath kep, secret from th'
foundation OF the world, Saint Pau
refers 70 this mystery, saying that u
was "hldden from past Ages aud Dis
pensationa" and that Il rs now 10
vealed 70 the saints" He explains
what Il lS. namely, that we should b,
felow-helrs and Of the same Body
with our Redeemer- Ephesians ~, q
/ This clonrlV mama that tina Onfir,