The Glenwood post., 1912-11-09

- Pacing a mOnossoiies and utiiitbes
cd H. supplies Of nature In n.. ;,ands
- to people for ~ public q .,d The
csSsas sill t- res ched wheu the hither-
% aeshs'lders of law shall become vio-
aoaGrs of the Law aud resisters Of the
uui 81 t6r maJority as expreaseA BY
tn ballot Fear for the future will
lead the wellmeaning masses to Aesper-
sttoG: and anarchy will result when
Socialism fails.
The Clouds Silver linias-
Horrible would be this outlook for
ehe future did we not have the tnfalli-
bae Word Of God assuring us Of Q
gSsrIous outcome. Divine Wi.don has
Withheld until our day the great knowt
ed0e and skill which II at the same
dine breeding millionaires and discon-
esstA Had God lifted the veil q thou
oan4 years sooner. the world would
have lined mp for Its Armageddos q
ehoonnnd years sooner. But that
wooh have been too soon for ths d.
v1no purpose because Ne&siah's King
4oo y to he the great ThousasA-
ot tU8 WOIb0 0lDLOGy
0s6 N kindness veiisd our eyes until
- 0me when the gathering to Ar
aa0s6don would Immediately prscede
AeasGahs taking to Himself His great
Dswsr. and beginning His rsign.-Rsvs
lAtios II. II. la
-osnd rhs~ strs~e 0sivsisas!.
r. Paul wrote propheticaily Of cut
dine. that 1t would be one Of serious
Trial and testing to many PROCESSING to
be Christians. The reason for this b.
statss-they received not the Truth In
the love Of it III ThessalOnians Ii. 10.
III They preferred their own errons-
Gus theories. the Apostle explains. and
therefore God will give them over to Q
''strong deusion." and let them believe
the lie which they preferred. and let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love. Thus they
will be in the condemned host, light.
ing against God" because Of their lack
Of love for the Truth.
1t Is sad to say that we all as Chris
tians have been Iaboring under a thor
ough delusion respecting Gods Plan.
We have claimed that Christ set up
His Church in Kingdom power. and
that the Church has been reigning on
the earth as His representative. On
the strength OF this delusiOn. Jews and
heretics have been per~ecuted to death
~ opponents TO Christ's Kingdom. All
the while we thoughtiessiy repeated
the Lords prayer: THY Kingdom
come: Thy will be done on earth. a. In
Heaven" We knew that the Redeemes
said that He would come again to
make US His Bride and Joint heirs: but
Ws ignored the Scriptures. We were
drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically
say, "all nations were drunk" with the
false doctrine. It 70 this false doctrine
that will constitute the frog" spirit
which soon will begin to croak and to
prepare for Arnageddon
The Bible presentation 10 that the
world is a section Of the universe In
rebellion against Divine authority. un.
der the captaincy Of Satan and bis as-
sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace
Jesus has alreHdy tasted death fos
every. man" aud the merit Of that sac.
riiice must. eventually, grant Adam and
his po~.erity . full. fair opportunity
for the attainment Of everlasting life.
All who thus zee the Divine program
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 Armageddon] should
overtaks" them "as . thief' - IN,
awares.
Armsssddsn Net Vet but Seen.
For forty years the Armageddcn
forces have t,een mastering for both
sides Of the conflict Strikes, lockouts
and rtots. great and small. have been
merely incidental skirmishes as the
beIllgerent parties crossed each others
paths. Court and Army scandals In
Europa. Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals In America. have shaken pub
lie confidence. Dynamite plots. charg
ed BY turns ON employees and on en-
ployers. have further shaken conf
dence and tended to make each dis
trustfui of the other. Ritter and angry
icChukb Ob ASptu SiuCS dTe
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
a mere mechanism to a living force
Protestant Federation realizes that ITS
organization will still be futile unless
1t receive vitalixa xation-uniess its clergy
directly Or indirectly shall be recog
nized a. Possessed OF apostolic ordina
ton and authority to teach. This the
prophecy indicates will come from the
two horned beast. which. we believe.
symboiicaiiy represents the Church Of
England. High handed activities Of
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