Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-07
Pastor RusseIPs Sermon

derstand this necessarily to mean that
Heaven Itself Is so distant as To he
beyond communication Rather the
parable shows that the time between
the going and the returning would he
long. The parable also shows no com
mu..aauon as between the NohIemaD
and H.s servants 10 the Interim. As
matter 0f fact. only ten days elapsed
between our Lords ascension and his
shedding forth Of the Holy Spirit at
peufeeost
Jesus left the world and His dIscl'
pie, BOO the world. not so much in the
sense Of going so far away that lie
could not see them and communicate
with them. but more particularly 10
the sense that He irOud not see them
or communicate with them. lie would
compel them to walk by faith and not
by sight" TO search the Scriptures,
and 10 receive their spiritual blessing
through the fellowship OF the Spirit OF
the Truth. by His Holy Spirit He
would be with them, and not by per.
sonal contact or further manifestations.
His Second Coming would be mt the
conclusion Of this Age. to awaken His
sleeping saints aud change them to the
heavenly state. Thus lie would come
again and receive them unto Himself
FIRST the sleeping ones and subsequent-
ly those alive and remaining, who
would experience the resurrection
change IN the moment Of death. Ad-
dldonally IN the Harvest with which
this Age ends, He promised to take
special supervision Of the gathering OF
His Elect
This stage Of the Redeemer's coming
IL, in the Greek. His Parousia-His
presence. The world is not to know OF
the time Of His ParOusia, On the
contrary, It IS described as secret, hid
den from the world-"as a thief IN the
night" Jesus described His Parousla,
saying that at that time the world
would be eating. drinking, planting
building, and know not Of His coming
IN the Harvest Of the Age, even ms the
world was eating. drinking, planting,
building and marrying in the days OF
Noah. "and knew not" The intima
ton is. however, that some OF Gods
people would be made aware Of His
Parousiq-the Wise Virgins, while
others Of Gods people, the foolish
virgins" would be "oyercharged with
the cares Of this life," and know not
Revealed In Flaming Fire.
II, then, only the Church may know
Of the Pqrousid OF Jesus in its time,
until they shall be changed to the
heavenly, Divine nature, how will the
world ever know OF Jesus and His
Kingdom? If He really meant II when
He said. "a little while and the world
seeth Me no more" how can humanity
know about the new, invisible King
dom2
The Bible answers most distinctly.
II tells us OF the shining forth or
epiphanid Of the Lords Kingdom. 1t
tells Of His apOkdIupsis manifestation
or revealment He shall be revealed
In flaming fire." This flaming fire sig
nihes severe judgments. as elsewhere,
These are to be so severe that the
elements Of earth's society will melt
with the feryency OF the heat In
terrible time OF trouble. Additionally
"the heavens" the ecclesiastical sys-
tens, will be involved, and pass away
with a great noise or commodon. 1t is
from this revealing IN flaming fire,
Divine censure upon the world. that
the great, the high, the mighty, the
poor, all shall seek to hide themselves
In the dens and caves Of the earth
In the social Orders and in afiiliation
with strong governments, etc.
Gradually mankind will come to
understand Gradually their eyes will
open and they will see that It is "the
wrath OF the Lamb" that causes the
time Of trouble such as never was
since there was a nation" The plow.
share Of trouble viii go so deep that
the world will etfectually learn the in.
tended lesson. Their eyes opening to
the truth OF the situation, they viii
learn war no more They viii beat
their spears into pruning hooks, and
their swords into plowshares," As
their eyes Of understanding open still
more widely, they will discern the
beauties and blessings OF Messlah's
Kingdom, "the desire OF all nations"
Under MeSsiahs Kingdom, Israel viii
return from the CASTOR condition in
which she has been during the selec,
tion OF "the very Elect The nucleus
OF Israel win be the resurrected An
Client WORTHLESS. mentioned by st. Paul
In Hebrews yi $50 They will be
perfected 10 the Aesh, as the Church
viii be perfected In the Divine nature.
But the Christ Head and Body,
Bridegroom and Bride. must first enter
into the glory OF the Kingdom Then
will be- established the earthly King.
dom 10 the hands ~ the Ancient wor.
thles The world will see Abraham.
Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets but
they will not see the King In His glory,
nor the Bride. nor the virgins, her
companions" on the spirit plane They
win all be as Invisible to humanity as
the Prince OF Darkness and bis demon
hosts at the present time The Hrst
work OF Messlahs Kingdom will be