Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-12-06

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 be
long. The parable also shows no com
munication as between the Nobleman /
and his servants in the interim. AS
matter of fact, only ten days elapsed
between our Lords ascension and His
shedding forth of the Holy Spirit at
Pente@JSt.
Jesus left the world and His disci
pies in the world. not so much in the
sense of going So far away hat He
could not see them and communicate
with them. but more particularly in
the sense that He trOHid not see them
or nmuncate with them. lie would
compel them to walk by faith and not
by sight" to search the Scriptures"
and to receive their spiritual blessing
through the fellowship of the spirit of
the Truth by His Holy Spirit He
would he with them, and not by per-
tonal contact or further manifestations.
His Second Coming would be Mt the
sleeping saints and change them to the
heavenly state. Thus He would COME
again and receive them unto Himself
first the sleeping ones, and Subsequent
~ those alive and remaining, who
would experience the resurrection
change in the moment of death. Ad
ditionally. in the Harvest with which
A "a tn 81 "a
special supervision of the gathering OF
His Elect.
This stage of the Redecmer's coming
Is, in the Greek. His PdroHsid-Ilis
presence. The world is not to know of
the time of Ills ParoHSia. On the
contrary, it Is described as secret, hid
den from the worid-"as a thief in the
night" Jesus described His ParoHSia,
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 as the
world was eating, drinking, planting,
building and marrying in the days of
Noah land knew not" The intima-
tion is, however, that some of Gods
people would be made aware of His
Parousia- the Wise Virgins, while
others of Gods people, the foolish
virgins" would be "overcharged with
the cares of this life and know not
Revealed In Flaming Fire.
If. then. only the Church may knn.
of the PdroBSid of Jesus in its tin
until they shall be changed to &
heavenly. Divine nature, how will
world ever know of Jesus ana
Kingdom? If He really meant it WI
He said ~ little while and the We"
seeth Me no more,' how can humau
know about the new, invisible Kin.
dom?
The Bible answers most distinctly
1t tells us of the shining forth O
epiphGHiG of the Lords Kingdom. Il
tells of His GpOkdiHpSis manifestatio
or revealment. He shah be revealy.
in flaming fire. This flaming fire ST
nifies severe judgments. rs elsewhere
These are to be so severe that th,
elements of earth's society will melt
with the fcrvency of the heat in
terrible time of trouble. Additionally
"the heaveus,' the ecclesiastical sys
tpms, will be involved and pass away
with great noise or cOmmOtion. II is
from this revealing in flaming fire.
Divine censurc upon the world, that
the great, the high. the mighty, the
poor, all shall seek to hide themselves
in the deus and caves of the earth
in the social orders ana in atliliation
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 will go so deep that
the world will elfectually learn the in
tended lesson. Their eyes opening to
the truth of the situation. they will
learn war no more. They will beat
their spears into pruning hooks, ana
their swords into plowsharcS." As
their eyes of understanding open sill
more widely they will discern the
beauties and blessings Of Messiahs
Kingdom, the desire of all nations
Under Messiah's Kingdom, Israel will
return from the cast-off condition in
which she has been during the selec-
tion Of ''the very Elect" The nucleus
of Israel will he the resurrected An
clent Worthless mentioned by St Paul
in Hebrews Xl, 3Sf 10. They will be
perfected in the flesh, as the Church
will 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