Western Kansas world., 1912-12-28


ing of the Ages. Labor with sweat o.
face had eliminated in harvests- Bran.
bles. thorns and thistIes had been
gathered and burned. These burnings
are little Gehenna fires, or fires of de-
struction. by which all things injurious
will be destroyed In business. the
closing year is marked by taking stock,
reckoning profit and loss, declaring
dividends. advancing faithful servants
and diScharging the unsatisfactory
The Pastor likened these matters to
the closing of one Age and the open
ing of another. 1t is his opinion that
we live in the tapping of the Gospel
Age and the Millennium. He believes
that modern inventions are foregleams
of Messiah's Kingdom.
The Day of Reckoning.
God is bringing Christendom to a
great day of reckoning. The Gospel
of the Kingdom was preached for the
purpose of gathering an Elect people
to be the Bride of Christ and bear His
name. (Acts XIV. IA. Incidentally, a
great mass of professors have aSsociat-
ed themselves with the saints of God.
but have never been begotten of the
Holy Spirit. In the end of the Age, a
separation must take place, and the
effect will be a general time of trouble.
The Harvest of the Jewish Age pic
tured the closing of this Gospel Age.
There wheat" was separated from
''chdf." In the Harvest of this Age.
wheat Will be separated from 'tdres." !"
The wheat of the Jewish Age, or
'Israelites indeed, We're gathered to
the garner of Divine favor, by the be-
getting of the Holy Spirit. The wheat
of this Gospel Age will be gathered
into the Heavenly garner by the First
Resurrection. The chaff of the Jewish
Age was burned as respects hopes and
prospects. Similarly. all tares. or imi-
tation Christians. will be destroyed in
the sense of having their hopes and
prospects as the Elect wiped out.
The Pastor said that Messiah will
make all things new by ushering in the
New Dispensation and enforcing right
! eousness by Divine Power. For a long
! time Bible students were confused on
this subject. They thought that God,
not content with seeing suffering and
| distress in the present life, had pre-
pared an eternity of torture at the
hands of fireproof demons for all the
| non-elect.
Now, the eyes of our understanding
are opening to see Gods Love. Now.
we see that Satan, the prince of this
world" ''the god of this world" is
binding all except Gods Elect-blind-
ing them in respect to Gods real char
acter and purposes. QI Corinthians iv.
a. He has taken advantage of human
/ weakness, and appearing ''as an angel
| of light has deceived us. sometimes
using ministers of Christ and college
! Satan has interviewer with our theol-
ogy what ST. Paul styles doctrines OF
demons Il Timothy iv, IL Many
serve him ignorantly. not knowing the
! Scriptures. nor the Power of God
| Jesus declares that He will bind Satan,
that he may deceive the people No
more until the thousand years" of the
/ Kingdom be finished"
al Make All Thing New"
The first thing that Messiah will
make new will be the "Heavens''-the
| Church in glory. The next thing made
new will be the .-earth"-society recon
structed along the lines of righteous
ness Evidently the Lord does not mean
| that there will be a new Heavens of
Divine abode, or a new physical earth.
st. Peter declares that the present
earth" will be consumed by fire
QI Peter iii. 1Ol The heat of angry
passions, already engendered between
the elements of society. will before
long break forth in fire. to destroy
the present order of things. This strife
will extend to the ecclesiastical struc
ture. so that the present heavens. be
ing on fire." shall pass away. Then
the Prince of Glory will establish 1.-THE
New Heavens and Earth''-the new so
cial order based on Justice and Love.
Let us remember. however. that all
processing the name of Christ now
stand before His judgment seat. to
give account of our conduct as pro
fessed members of the Church of the
First -borns. Some with joy will hear.
"Weil done good and faithful servant
Enter thou into the joys of thy Lord
Others will hear the Masters voice say
ing. Depart from Me. / cannot recog-
nize YOU In My name We prophesied
! (preachei,. cast out devils md did mar
| velous works But We were servants
! of Satan and accomplished iniQuitouS
work. even though We called it Mine
Matt. vii 21-23; Luke vi, 46: xiii. 25-2S