The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-01-10

eth forever" that
it will never be de-
I(iASI0R RJSSE[D stroyed by literal
-----------V---> fire. According to
him the great event Of Christ's Com
ing will bring blessings such az we
ali desire. He seems TO have the Bible
and logic on his side too
Pastor Russell declared that false
concepts of the Second Coming Of
Christ had done great injury. The
view set forth in all orthodox creeds
is flat Christ will come again IN the
flesh. The resurrection will take place
within twenty-four hours. The sanity
will rise in the air TO meet the Lord.
Then FIRE VIII come down from heay
en-. ana consume the whole earth, Pre-
miuenn9liSts claim that Christ win
reign in feshly glory thousand years
to bless the living The majority Of
Christians disown this as ridiculous
nonsense because they believe little OF
creed or Bible A minority perceive
lis Inconsistency with the Bible.
What Bible Students Now See.
The "dre Of that day is symbollcal.
already klndlng IN society. the ele-
ments Of which, Capital and Labor,
\ are getting hotter soon they viii
melt, the symbolical earth viii be
consumed with the 'heavens" also, the
ecclesiastical powers Their passing
away will usher In new earth" or
social order, and new heavens" the
Church In glory.
The Second Coming Of Christ Is as
ISOLATED with blessings. Messiah will
abolish the curse ana bring In wonder
ful blessings, The Day OF Christ will
be "the last Day great Seventh
Tlonsand-year Day. All humanity
will be blessed, including the dead
who will then be awakened
Christ Comes to Reign.
As the redemption was necessary
for mans salvation so Messiahs King
dom IL necessary TO accomplish restitu.
ton. The delay Of more than eighteen
centuries is Scripturally explained;
< al God designed Six Great One Thou
sand Year Days to teach mankind the
exceeding sinfulness Of sin He pur-
posed that on the Seventh Day the
blessing Of Messiah should come e.
An Important work has been done
since Calvary An Elect Church has
been gathered out Of all nations
salnts made perfect through suffering.
a Little FLOCK. the Church Of the
Flrst-bornS." These are to become the
Bride Ut christ at His Second Advent
The Second Coming OF Jesus IL TO
claim His Bride class. and to exalt
them AS regards the world, He comes
60 bind Satan, to overthrow sin, aud
TO upllft fallen humanity st. Peter
tells that Restitution work, not literal
burning Of the world, awaits the Sec
ond Coming Of Jesus. Times OF re-
freshlng shall come from the presence
Of the Lord Acts III. 1921
chrisps Kingdom to Be Spiritual.
One great mistake we have all made
is IN not noticing that Jesus was hu-
man for only thirty-three and a half
years He was glorious spirit being
before He was made flesh; and He
was resurrected to spirit condition
higher than His original one How
foolish we were to think Of Jesus as
man IA little lower than angels) In thu
midst Of the Heavenly host! He Is now
partaker Of the Divine nature; His
Church ~ to be changed and made
like Him." As His descent was from
a higher to lower, so His ascent was
from a lower nature to n higher, far
above angels His is the exceeding glo
rywhich'' mo man hath seen nor can see
(which no man can approach unto"
II Il this glorious Being whose King
dom is about TO lie established He
and His Church will be az invisible
% men MS are Satan and the fallen
angels, The appearances Of Jesus II
the flesh after His resurrection were
materiallzatlons. 10 prove; a. that
Jesus was no longer dead; C2) that He
was changed born Of the Spirit, abb
70 go and come like the wind.
Psrousia. Epipl'anis, Apokalupsis.
Messlah's Kingdom win nave earthly |
representatives the faithful saints OF |
previous ages, raised to human perfec.
tion instantly. Through these the IN
visible NIesSianic Kingdom will op |
crate Jesus said. "Ye shall see Abrs
ham, Isaac. Jacob and all the prophet,
IN the Kingdom"
The patDRsia Of Jesus will come first
spresent but invisible The world will
continue with the ordinary affairs o.
life while lie is gathering the Church
AS In the days Of Noah.
After the gathering Of the Church,
there will be an epiihdnia and an apo.
kgiHpsis Of Jesus lie WIN shine forth.
He will be reyealed--no in flesh, bu.
I'm tlaming fire. the trouble Of the
Day in which the present order viii
be consumed 10 anarchy giving place
% the Kingdom Dispensaaon.