The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
EMBRYO KINGDOM PARALLELS.
Mark ", 1852; Matthew XIII, 80
July Fl.

July Fl.
''Thy ,r<ingdom come, Thy will =
done on earth as it is done in heaven. ,
Matthew vi, 10.
Many of us in the past have over
looked the fact that nearly all of the
| teachings of the Redeemer appertatn
| to the Messianic Kingdom. Some of us
| had the unscriptural thought that
Messiah's Kingdom WOULD consist mere
| ly of a sovereignty in the hearts of
His followers.
| Now swe see the real import Of the
| Great Teachers utterances on this sub
ject. AS He taught US to pray, Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done on
earth, even as it is done in heaven,
He meant that we should have in mind
Gods glorious promise that eventually
through Messiahs Kingdom. ignorance,
sin and death will be overthrow, and
the obedient of mankind will be re-
leased from these until every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess
to the glory of God.
Today's study sets before us a num-
Der of Jesus parallels respecting the
Kingdom. The majority of these refer
to the Kingdom Ass of the present
time rather than TO the Kingdom in
its fully developed state. AL of Gods
consecrated people since Pentecost con-
stitute the Kingdom in embryo. Some
of these embryo members may yet fail
to make their calling and election sure,
may fail to hear the well done"
The first illustration of our lesson is
that Gods Kingdom in it's embryotic
condition is of slow development, COW
ering the entire period OF this Gospel
Age 1t is like seed cast into the
ground, which brings its maturity when
it is harvested. Jesus and the Apostles
did the seed sowing, not only for their
own day but for the whole wheat
class. The gathering for the heavenly
garner will be accomplished by the
First Resurrection.
The different parallels do not view
the embyro Kingdom from the same
standpoint. The parable of the mustard
seed appears to represent the Kingdom
from the viewpoint of the world. From |
that little seed we have a great institu- |
ton today with many UNCONVENTIONAL |
branches. But alas! its thrifty develop |
fowls of the air. which the Lord else |
where describes as representing the |
Wicked One and his angels who could |
have no place in the church if it were |
to proclaim only the true Gospel
Indeed, it is the neglect to preach this |
Gospel of the marrow way" that has |
brought such prosperity to nominal |
Christianity and made it a desirable |
place for 1.-The fowls of the air''-Satan |
and his deluded ones. This seems to be |
the picture which the Great Teacher |
gives us in Revelation xviii 2: "She
hath become the hold of every foul |
spirit and the cage of every uncIean
and hateful Bird
The word Cage seems to imply |
that these birds are considered very |
desirable, and are held on to by nczni- |
nal tianity-pro bly, because re-
garded as being amongst their best
paying members.
Parable of the Leaven
Throughout the Scriptures Ieayen is |
used as the symbol for sin. Thus when |
Jesus in His purity was to be SYM |
bolized as the dread from heaven
the Jews were directed to use unleav-
Passover season, the Jews were di-
rected to cleanse their houses of leav-
en-. st. Paul, commenting on this, |
writes to the church, purge out, /
hatred, strife, etc., that you may be,
with Christ, the one unleavened Loaf. /
1t is true that in one of the official
sacrifices bread was to be baked with
the very. purpose of symbolizing the
fact that we, the church, were by ma
ture sinners, children of wrath, even
as others This baking representa-
the experiences through which we
must pass in order that sinful and cor
rupting tendencies may be completely
destroyed.
In this parable our Lord representa-
leaven with meal, with the result that
the whole mass was leavened. Con-
sequently if any of the family de-
sired pure, un1eavened bread, it would
be unobtainable. What does this rep
resent? We reply that in Scriptural
sym bolism a woman represents an &C.
system. The woman in
the parable represents a system posi-
sessed of pure meal-the pure food
provided by the Lord for the house
hold of faith.
The Word of God, originally pure, is
no longer accepted. The 1eaven has
spread so that today the entire mass
of theological doctrine is offensive to
all Christian people. The parable was
a prophecy of what has occurred. 1t
is time all true Christians were heark-
ening back from the creeds of the
Dark Ages to the Words of Jesus. the
Apostles and the Prophets