The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-03

Gu,4 pdTdDUilcdllS. Tue COiupIeLe QeStruC-
GoD of their Jewish hopes. Those hopes
have lain buried for eighteen centuries,
and are only DOW reSiying, in the form
of Zionism. ~ 80,
Tho parable of The Wheat and the
Tarcs tMatthew 13:24s30,, pictures the
Lords work during the Gospel Age.
Jesus md the APOSTLES sowed only
good seed the, pure Message Of the
ite&siapic Kingdom which a sanity
few would attain. and which ultimately
would blesas- all the families Of the
earth Rut Satan. through Ills various
agencies tniany of whom wore the Nv
cry OF Christi ovefsowed the wheat
field with tare seed false doctrines,
doctrines Of demons.
From this unauthorized sowing of
the AdrerSary--ast, result OF these
false doctrines which he caused TO he
promulgated III C,hristeudom-m many
nominallr came into the Church Of
Christ. These never really professed
to- be wheat, never had the begettinS
Of the holy Spirit. never were disci-
pics in the only sense that Christ ac-
knowlcdgcs any TO he Ills followers.
As tarcS resemble wheat so these de-
ccircd people. the progeny OF false doc.
trincs. think themselves Christians
and greatly Outnumbcr the true Chris
tians. jaist rs the chaff of the Jewish
nation. outnumbered the ''lsraelites in
deed" As God then gathered the
wheat. the,"lSraelitCs indeed into the
spiritual House, Of Sons by the beget-
ting Of the Holy Spirit. 50 now He will
gather he faithful ones of this Age into
the Heavenly garner by the resurrec-
/ tion change. AS the prospects and the
| hopes Of the nominal lsraelites, or
chaff class. were consumed in the
great time Of trouble which closed that
Age. 50 the hopes and prospects of the
tare class will perish in the great fire,
or time. of trouble. with which this
Gospel Age will close.
The Tc'tjange near at hand will be
much greater than that Of eighteen CEN
tures ago. There Jesus merely sent
forth the Message for the calling out
or His Church. But here. the Church
being completed. is TO be. glorified: and
ateasiah's Kingdom IS 10 completely
overthrow the Kingdom of Satan. The
Scriptures, in illustrating the radical
change to take place IL the near future,
refer to he Deluge. which completely
overthrew the systems Of wickedness
and unrighteousness then prevailin ny
The Apostle Peter; tells Us that in the
end Of this Age, the overthrow of pres
ent institutions win be as complete as
in the days Of the reluge.
ST. Peter declares that the present
earthly elements Of Capital and Labor.
aristocracy and common people, .plutoc-
racy' and socialists, will be: in terrible
strife. which can be properly symbol,
lied only. by a consuming FIRE. Thus
the, present evil world is Represented as
being consumed by. the strife OF It's eie-
ments.-2 Peter 3:1O-1S.
More than this, ST Peter declares
that the heavens also will take FIRE
ecclesinsticism will become involved
in the strife and will pass away with a
great,coramotion. But let us remember
that il is neither the physical earth
nor the IJeasen OF Gods habitation
that will burn up. II will be merely
the social and religious institutions
which under the supervision of the
Prince OF this world, are styled. "the
present evil World or imperfect ar
rapgement. -
As. ST. Peter points out. the present
order will be superseded by. new
order. ST. Peter calls that new order
new heavens and q new earth, where.
in dwelleth righteousness.YS sTbe Hew
heavens will be the Church in glory, In
Kingdom power. The new. earth will
be The new social ARA ngements insti
tuted; guided. directed by the new
heaveus-A Iessiah's Kingdom.
The New Kingdom will enforce its
laws as with a rod of iron--infexi-
bly,. No longer will it be true that
whatsoever will live godly viii suffer
persecution. and have all manner Of
evil said against him falsely. as a re-
ward for faithfulness to Christ and
the Truth. On the contrary, in the
Day Of Aiessiah's Kingdom the right
eeus shall flourish. and all wilful evil
doors shall be cnt off in the Second
Death.--Psaim 1871; 37:9.
,fhe Lord through the Prophet calls
attention to this new condition. say
ing. Behold. | create new heavens
and a. new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor. come into
mind isaiah 65:lT) Our context
tells us Of this same new heavens aud
new earth condition as taking the
place Of the present order Of things.
1t then describes the Church under the
symbolism Of, the New Jerusalem
the capital Of Messiah's Kingdom. aud
center from, which authority will go
forth for mankind's assistance out OF
the fallen conditions Of sin and death.
We also read that through those
blessed t provisions, God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes, and |
there shall be no more death, neith-
er sorrow, nor crying; neither shall
there be any more pain; for the
former things 1.-THE present evil world
are passed away" The work of re-,
newing will require the thousand years
Of Messiah's Kingdom and will be sue.
ccssful to the highest degree.
Let all whose eyes Of understanding
have been opened to see these things
rejoice. aud tell abr0ad the glorious
story that the period of the reign Of
sin and death is expiring. and that
the new period of the Reign Of Right