Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-04

| nor InelT eIerual torture, IL TepTeSeuG
ed, periodically, the complete destruc.
ton of their Jewish hopes. Those hopes
have lain buried for eighteen centuries,
and are only now reviving, in the form
of Zionism.
The parable of The Wheat and the
Tares (Matthew 13:2430, pictures the
Lords work during the Gospel Age.
Jesus and the Apostles sowed only
good seed, the pure Message Of the
Messianic Kingdom which a sanity
few would attain, and which ultimately
would bless all the families of the
earth. But Satan, through his various
agencies (many Of whom wore the liv'
cry Of Christi oversowed the wheat
field with tare seed-false doctrines,
doctrines Of demons"
From this unauthorized sowing Of
the Adversary-as result Of these
false doctrines which he caused to be
promulgated in Chrlstendom-many
nominally came into the Church Of
Christ. These never really professed
to be wheat, never had the begetting
Of the Holy Spirit, never were disci
Piles in the only sense that Christ ac'
knowledges any to be His followers.
AS tares resemble wheat, so these de.
celved people, the progeny Of false doc
trines. think themselves Christians
and greatly outnumber the true Chris
tlans, just as the chaff of the Jewish
nation outnumbered the "lsraelites in
deed" AS God then gathered the
wheat, the "Israelites indeed" into the
spiritual House of Sons by the beget
ting Of the Holy Spirit, so now He will
gather the faithful ones Of this Age into
the Heavenly garner by the resurrec.
tlon change. AS the prospects and the
hopes Of the nominal lsraeites, or
chaff class, were consumed In the
great time Of trouble which closed that
Age, so 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 change near at hand will be
much greater than that Of eighteen cen.
turtles ago. There Jesus merely sent
forth the Message for the calling out
Of His Church. But here the Church,
being completed, Is to be glorihed; and
Messahs Kingdom is to completely
overthrow the kingdom Of Satan. The
Scriptures, In illustrating the radical
change to take place In the near future,
refer to the Deluge, which completely
, overthrow the systems Of wickedness
and unrlghteousness then prevailing.
The Apostle Peter tells us that In the
end Of this Age, the overthrow of pres
ent institutions will be as complete as
In the days of the Deluge.
st. Peter declares that the present
earthly elements Of Capital and Labor,
arlstocracy and common people, plutoc
racy and socialists, will be in terrible
strife, which can be properly symbol
lied only by consuming fire. Thus
the present evil world Is represented as
being consumed by the strife Of It's ele
ments.-2 Peter Blob.
More than this. st. Peter declares
that the heavens also will take fire
ecclesiasticism will become involved
in the strife and will pass away with q
great commotion. But let us remember
that II Is neither the physical earth
nor the Heaven Of Gods habtation
that will burn up. 1t will be merely
the social and religious institutions
which under the supervision Of the
Prince Of this world are styled. 1.-THE
present evil world,' or imperfect ar.
rangement.
AS St. Peter points out, the present
order will be superseded by new
order. st. Peter calls that new ordet
new heavens and new earth, where
in dwelleth righteousness" The new
heavens will be the Church in glory, in
Kingdom power The new earth will
be the new social arrangements insti
tuted, guided, directed by the new
heavens-Messlah's Kingdom.
The New Kingdom will enforce It's
laws NJ with a rod Of irOn-innexi
bly,, No longer will it be true that
whosoever will live godly will suffer
persecution, and have all manner of
evil said against him falsely, as a re-
ward for falthfulncss to Christ and
the Truth On the contrary, In the
Day Of Mcssiuh's Kingdom, the right
eous shall flourish, and all wilful evil
doers shall be cut off. IN the Second
Death. Psalm 1911; $40.
The Lord through the Prophet calls
attention to this new condition. say.
ing, Behold, | create new heavens
aud n new earth; aud the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into
mlnd,' 0saIah G5I7l our context
tells us Of this same new heavens aud
new earth" condition as taking the
place Of the present order of things,
II then describes the Church under the
| symbolism Of the New Jerusalem"
the capital Of Mcssah's Kingdom and
center from which authority will go
forth for mnnklnd's assistance out OF
the fallen conditions Of sin and death.
We also read that through those
blessed provisions, God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes, and
there shall be no more death. Meth.
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.
Cessful to the highest degree.