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!, selt-rcstrain,? Would IL bring us any
| blessing of everlasting life or harmony
with God?" The truthful answer would
| have been NO, because you are al
/ read. under death sentence and
alicnated from God as sinners"
| Hence. God merely overlooked or
"winked" al the Ignorance and super
sti,inn of tho period from Adam to the
| close OF the 4.l6l years. Hut as soon
as Jesus had died, tho Just for tho un-
/ just" to make reconciliation for In
| iauity--immediatcly the message went
| fortli--God offered forgiveness and
reconciliation TO those who would be-
lievc in Jesus ana would accept the Di-
vine terms. Such have their sins for
given. Such may come back to fell
lowship with God. And in the next age,
such may eventually attain full human
perfection by restitution processes. up,
up to al that was lost In Adam and
redeemed at Calvary.
Gods Appointed Day.
Let US note carefully what the apos-
tie says respecting Gods appointed
day for the judging Of the world. He
says that the command to repent now
goes forth TO all men everywhere, "be-
cause God hath appointed a tfuture)
day in which He viii judge the world"
Tho apostle does not refer 10 that day
as already begun, but as merely ap-
pointed or arranged for In advance.
He means that In arranging that
h,Y In 40 uIn
taste death for every man" God was
arranging that every man might have
a judgment or q trial, TO determine
whether or not he VIII be worthy Of
this blessing which Jesus death pro-
vidcs him an opportunity TO secure IN
81. Paul's time. and u Is still future,
because God has other work which He
proposes shall be accomplished first,
before the worlds day of judgment or
trial shall begin
The worlds trial day. or period of
judgment. or testing as TO worthiness
or unworthincss for everlasting lifc.
VIII bc one Of the thousand-ycar days
mentioned by ST. Peter who said: "a
day with the Lord is as d thousand
years" The same period Is called else
where the Day Of Christ" the day or
period of Mcssiah's glorious reign. BY
the righteous ruling OF His kingdom.
by the suppression of Satan and sin
and the scattering of darkness. ignor-
anco and superstition. by the shining
forth OF the sun of righteousness with
healing In It's beams. that glorious day
will bring blessing to the world In gen
eral-opportunity for each individual
to come into judgment or trial. the re-
suit of which viii be either tho reward
Of life everlasting or the punishment or
death verlasting-"everlasti de-
s'ruction from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory OF His power"
That great thousand year day Is still
future; and, meantime, the apostles
words respecting mankind are still
true: "The whole creation croancth
and travailcth in pain together
waiting for tho manifestation of the
sons of God" tRomans viii. 90. l9). IT
the 10 centuries delay I'm the introduce
tion OF this great day seems long. let
MS not forget that II Is less than half
az long as the period which preceded
the period prior to the coming of Jesus
and Ills dying. the Just for the un-
just" Nor Is the entire period long
from the Divine standpoint. For as the
prophet declares: "A thousand years
In Gods sight are but as yesterday" or
even shorter "as a watch In the night"
The six great days of thousand
years each. in which sin and death
have reigned, are TO be followed by
great Sabbath of rest from evil-a
thousand years OF refrcshment. rein
vigoration, upbuilding. restitution.
fActs Ill, 1929