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until the King comes. Might as wei
expect day light before sunrise. Thi
is shown by many Scriptures: In on
parable, "a certain noDleman went
into far country to receive for him
self a Kingdom and to RETURN. -
Luke 1912 Here our Lord represent
ed himself as a young nobleman; H,
went into heaven to receive his King
dom power, to await the Fathers timt
in the selection of his assista nts, ant
joint heirs, and at his return hi
Kingdom will be inaugurated. sHis
servants properly instructed and faith
full unto death will receive a crown Of
| life and reign with him for the
worlds uplift thousand years Rev.
2O:4-6; $40. "To him that overcom.
eth will | grant to sit with me in my
keepeth my works unto the end, tC
him will | give power over the ma
tions." These promises preclude any
thought that the Church is to reign in
the flesh, and certainly prove that the
Lords Kingdom was not set up at
Pentecost nor since. The parable of
the sheep and the goats, Matt 25:31,
is to the point: "When the Son of
Man shall come in bis glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall
he sit upon the throne of his glory"
This places the Kingdom at our Lord S
return. Then shall all nations be gath
erred subject to him as King to receive
his instruction in righteousness for a
thousand years. Then He will say to
the sheep class, the meek, teachable
ones, "Inherit the Kingdom prepared
for you. The non teachable, incorrig-
able goat class will be cut off.
When Jesus was about to be cruciti-
ed He said, 'My Kingdom is not of
this world" not of this evil age or
epoch. But we learn from Peter that
1.-THE WORLD (age)) TO COME
wherein dwelleth righteousness in
cludes the thousand year reign of our
Lord. In Tim. Al we read: 81
charge thee therefore before God and
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall Judge
the quick and the dead at his appear
ing and Kingdom" Here the coming
of the King and the Kingdom are in
separable. In Acts 3:19-21 we read:
"Times of refreshing shall come from
the presence of the Lord, and he shall
send Jesus Christ, who before was
preached unto you, whom the heavens
must retain until the times of restitu-
tion of all things which God hath
spoken by the mouth of all his holy
prophets since the world began" Here
again we have times of refreshing and
the Lords presence simultaneous.
More evidence, too, if needed, that the
Kingdom was not set up at Pentecost
or since.
An idea of the refreshment that
will come to the world at the times
of restitution and the Lords presence
as King may be CLEANED by a resume
of Scripture. 1t is written, "The
Lord shall be King over all the earth
in that day. He will gather together
in one all things in Christ, both
which are in heaven and which are
on earth. In his day shall the right
eous flourish God will pour out his
spirit on all flesh. He will wipe all
tears away. Nothing shall hurt nor
destroy in Gods Kingdom. All shall
know him. There shall be no sorrow.
The earth shall yield her increase.
One shall not build and another inhab
it. One shall not plant and another
consume it. Truth shall triumph. All
righteousness shall cease Blind
eyes shall be opened. Deaf ears shall
be unstopped The lame shall leap as
a hart. The tongue of the dumb shall
sing. The dead shall be raised. There
shall be no more death Every crea-
ture which is in heaven or on earth
shall praise God
ITO be continuel).