The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-11

harmony with GodT, The truthful an
swer would have been, NO because
you are already under a death sem
tence and alienated from God as sin.
ners"
Hence God merely overlooked or
"winked' at the Ignorance and s1per.
stition Of the period f.om Adam to the
close of the 4iGl years. But as soon
as Jesus'had dicf the Just for the TN.
just" to make reconciliation for in
iquity-immediately the message went
forth-God offered forgiveness and
reconciliation TO those who would be.
lieve In Jesus and would accept thc
Divine terms. Such have their sins
forgiven. Such may come back TO fell
lowship with God And. In the next
Age, such may eventually attain full
human perfection by restitution proc.
esses, up. up to all 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, "bc.
cause God hath appointed [futurel
Day in which lie viii Judge the world. q"
The Apostle does not refer to that Day
as already begun, but-as merely ap-
pointed or arranged for In advance. lie
means that in arranging that Jesus
by the grace OF God, should taste death
for every man." God wns arranging
that every man might have n Judgment
or trial, TO determine whether or not
he Will be worthy of this blessing
which Jesus death provides him an
opportunity TO secure. The Day was
future in Saint Paul's time, and it. 81
still future, because God 'hds. other
work which lie proposes Shall be ac'
compllshed first, beforethe worlds Day
of Judgment or trial sifi1 begin.
The worlds trial Day or period OF
Judgment, or testing as to worthiness
or unworthiness for everlasting life,
VIII be one OF the thousand-year days
mentioned by Saint Peter, who said,
"a day with the Lord is as a thou.
sand years" The same period is call
ed elsewhere the Day of Christ" the
Day or period Of Messlah's glorious
reign. BY the righteous ruling of His
Kingdom, by the suppression of Satan
and sin and the scattering of dark.
ness. ignorance and superstition. by
the shining forth Of the sun Of Right.
eousness with healing In It's beams,
that glorious Day will bring blessing
to the world In general-opportunity
for each Individual TO come into judg-
ment or trial the result of which will
be either the reward OF life cycrlast-
ing or the punishment of death ever.
MISUNDERSTANDING destruction from
the presence OF the Lord and from the
glory Of His power"
That great sthOusand-year Day Is
stlll future; and. meantime, the Apos-
ties words respecting mankind are
still true: "Thc whole creation Cronn-
eth and travalleth In pain together
'waiting for the manifestation of the
sons Of God" Romans VIII, 30, 191
If the nineteen centurics' delay In the
introduction of this great Day seems
long, let us not forget that Il Is less
than half rs long as The period which
precedcd-the period prior 10 the com
ing Of Jesus and His dying, "the lust
for the unjust Nor Is the entire pc
rlod long from the Divine standpoint.
For as the Prophet declares: ~ thou
sand years in Gods sight are hut ms
yesterday" or even shorter, "as Il
watch IN the night" The six great
Days Of a thousand years each, In
which sin and death have relgned, are
TO be followed by a great Sabbath Of
rest from evll-a thousand years of
refreshmcnt, relnvlgoratlon. upbulld-
Ing, restitutlon,-Acts III, 1923.
"1he Mystery of God"
The purpose of the nineteen centu.
rics between the tiuic when Jesus died
MS mans Ecdeemor and the time when
lie will take His Throne as the Re
storer Of Adam and his race Is spoken
Of rs n Mystery, bocause the great
work OF grace herein accomplished is
mcasurably hidden from the world.
The Jews do not understand II; they
expected that Messlah's Kingdom aud
their own national eNultution would
have come long ago. They cannot tell
ROlo why they have been for eighteen
centuries Outcast from the Divine ia
vor. 1t Is a mystery TO them.
Tho Scriptures tell us who may
know or understand this Mystery and
when it will be finished. They say.
1.-The secret of the Lord is with them
that fear Him. and He viii show them
His Covenant" They tell us that in
the days OF the voice Of the Seventh
Angel. when no shall begin to sound,
the mystery of God shall be finished"
which He hath kept secret from the
foundation OF the world. Saint Paul
refers TO this mystery, saying that It
was "hldden from past Ages ana Dis
pensalious," and that 1t "is now re-
vealed TO the saints" lie explains
what 1t is, namely, that we should be
fellow.heirs and OF the same Body
with our Rcdeemer- Ephesians III. g.
This clearly mems that the entire
Church class, sometimes called the
Body Of Christ, which Il the Church"
ana sometimes styled 'the Bride. the