The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-19

good seed, the pure message of the
Messianic Kingdom which a sanity
few would attain, n which ultimate
ly would bless all the families of the
earth. But satan, through his Varl-
Gus agencies (many of whom wore the
livery of Christ) oversowed the wheat
field with tare seed-false doctrines.
doctrines of demons"
From this unauthorized sowing Of
the adversary-as a result of these
false doctrines which he caused to be
promulgated in Christendom-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 dis
ciples in the only sense that Christ
acknowledges any to be His follow
erS.
AS tares resemble wheat, SO these de-
ceived people, the progeny of false
doctrines, think themselves Christians
and greatly ou~tnumbered the trueChris-
tians, just as the chaff of the Jewish
hation outnumbered the "Israelites 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
resurrection change. AS the prospects
and the hopes of the nomina Israel
ties, or chaff class, We're consumed in
the great time of trouble which closed
of the tare class will perish in the
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 han that of Is CEN
forth the message for the calling out
of His church. But here the church,
being completed, is to be glorified; and
| Messiah's kingdom is to completely
overthrow the kingdom of satan. The
scriptures, in illustrating the radical
change to AXE place in the near flu
ture, refer to the deluge, which com
pletely overthrow the systems of wick
edness and unrfghteousness than pre-
%vailing. The Apostle Peter tells us
tina in the end of this age, the over
throw of present institutions will be
as complete as in the days of the de-
luge.
ST. Peter declares that the present
aristocracy and common people, plutoc-
racy and socialists, will be in a ter
rible strife, which can be properly
symbolized only by a consuming fire.
Thus the present world is repre-
scented as being consumed by the
strife of it's e~lements.-2 Peter 3:10-13.
More thar this, ST. Peter declares
that the heavens also will take fire
eccIesiasticism will become involved in
the strife and will pass away with a
great commotion. But let us remem-
Der that it is neither the physical
earth nor the heaven of Gods habita-
ton that will burn up. 1t will be
merely the social and religious insti-
%tutions, which under the supervision
of the prince of this world are styled,
"the present evil world" or imperfect
arrangement.
AS st. Peter points out, the present
order will be superseded by a new or
der. ST. Peter calls hat new order
"new heavens and a 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
instituted, guided, directed by the new
heavens-Messiah's kingdom.
The new kingdom will enforce its
laws as with a rod of iron-infleXi-
bly,. No longer will it be true thai
whatsoever will live Cody will suffer
persecution, and have, all manner o.
evil said against him falsely, as a re
ward for faithfulness to Christ anc
the truth. On the contrary. in thu
day of Messiah's kingdom, the right
eous shall flourish, and all wilful evil
doors shall be cut off in the secon'
death.-Psalm 1877; 1873.
I The Lord through the Prophet call
attention to this new condition, say
l ing. Behold, I create new heaven
!. and a new earth; and the forme
| shall not be remembered, nor come in
' to mind" isaiah 65:17.) Our contex
y tells us of this same new heaven
9 and new earth" condition as taking tn
place of the present order of things
) 1t then describes the church under tn
symbolism of the New Jerusalem,
the capital of Messiah's Kingdom, an
: center from which authority Will g
forth for mankind's assistance out @