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Editor Valley News
In a recent article we glanced a
failure of Gods original kingdom il
Eden and the passing Of his Israelitist
Kingdom under favored ones from Mo
ses to Zedakiah, the last to sit on the
throne of the Lord. From thence We
viewed the kingdoms of this world un
der grant of lease to the Gentiles anG
noted the downward scale of earth /
governments dominated by Prince Sa.
tan through fallen men; we saw theiI
final destruction at the hands of the
Christ, the "stone" Kingdom, which
is to fall heavily and grind them tc
powder; we noted that this "stone'
Kingdom which is to fill the whole
earth and stand forever is not any pol
itical party. but The Church of the
first born, the saint of the most
Mighty, written in heaven.-Dan. u
81. Heb. 1928.
We now attempt more fully to iden'
tify this Kingdom for which we pray
and to prove that it will not come un-
til the King comes to bind Satan and
supercede him in control of earth S
affairs, but before proceeding we note
the difference of opinion on the sub
ject. The general idea is that Christ 6
Kingdom was set up at Pentecost, and
that He has been ruling somehow ever
since. Our great Roman Catholic sys-
tenn, our Anglican Catholic system,
our Greek Catholic system, all in dark
ness claim to be the rightful represen-
tatives of our Lord empowered to con-
vert the world and bless the people.
Then we have other large and plomi-
nent systems-Presbyter Reform
ed Presbyterians, Methodists, North
ern and Southern. Then we have Bap>
lists in variety and hundreds of others
including the Mormons, all claiming
copyrights, but all of which in fact go
to make up that great system of sys-
TENS scripturally styled Mystic Bah
ylon," meaning confusion. Rev. 17:5.
The Roman Catholic system, the old
est, has long claimed to be the King
dom Of God; that it's Pope is the Vicar
of Christ, Gods representative on
earth. Similar claims are made for
the Anglican Catholic system. Its pow
or centers in the King of England and
it's Bishops purport to be the divinely
appointed successors to the Apostles.
The power of Greek Catholicism, we
believe, centers in the Gar of Russia.
The Russians expect to convert and
bless the world, but from its effect at
home it could hardly be called a
"Christianized idolatry.'. Other sys-
TENS and sub-systems make various
claims, but the truth is none of them
.por all of them constitute the King
ssom of Christ These are all man
made systems, built upon error, and
supported in ignorance of Gods Plan,
all of which will be destroyed thru
the influence of the glorified Christ
whatever the means used. ''As the
vessels of potter shall they be broken
to slivers." "This honor have all his
saints lin glory); to bind their Kings
with chains and their mobiles with fet-
ters Of iron" Note that it is tho sys-
tens that are to be destroyed and not
the people. These church systems are
part and parcel of GENTLE govern
ment and when GENTLE times expire
these will expire too. The "stone''
Kingdom, which is the Church, the
overcomers united to the Lord in glory
is to destroy these, bless the people,
and stand forever. The premise that
Christ Kingdom was set up at Pent-
ecost is Clisproved by many Scriptures;
it is disproved by comparison of
the work to be done during Christ's
reign, and that which has been done
since Penteost Our socialist friends
and all who give the matter any
thought coneede this. True, the
Church, the Kingdom class sometimes
called the Kingdom of God, has exist
ed in embryo, in course of develop
ment since Pentecost, but not in King
dom power. This-class has always
been few as compared to the nominal
mass and SO insignificant as to amount
to nothing politically, were they in
politics.
But the Socialist idea to vote the
Kingdom in without regard to time or I
season, the preseuce OF the King and |
work to be done, is also confusion of /
the worst sort. However, we regard |
IL as sign of the times, believing
that 1t presages storm, social earth
make such as was not since men were
upon the earth SO mighty an earth
onake. or great. Rev. 17:18. We GER
tainly sympathize with the Socialist
craving for something better and know
thew will get it, but on higher terms,
more than they could reasonably ask
or expect. It will include an offer of
eternal life as perfect men on the hu
man plane, conditioned on obedience
TO the new order. 1t will include all
the blessings, all the promises from
Genesis to Malachi and confirmed by
Jesus and the Apostles. But great
levelipg work must precede. 1t will
reGuire a new building on a new
foundation. Satan must be bound and
his beastly empire ground to powder
and forever abolished. This means
new order under a new King. Present
systems cannot be reformed. This is
illustrated in two of our Lords para
bles. He explains the unwisdom of I
uniting patch of new cloth on very
pld garment for the reason that the
strong new cloth would make the {
weakness of the garment more MOTTO {
ahIe and the rent be made larger; sec !
ond, that new wine put into old wine
skins, partially decayed from usage,
.sronld cause them to burst, and the
@ood new wine be lost, The new wine
ssanrasented the Lord's doctrine of the E
Kingdom of righteousness while the s
cots and systems were represented by |
tbe old garments and old wine skins.
Tbase old garments must be folded aud
laid aside There can be no Kingdom