Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

l.N' hA'H Ahhll liNF lffll NNl'flf ~
aeath, wholly unconscious waiting for
tho morning " the New Dispensation
and the awakening and the knowledge
which will reach him then.
What IN thus true respecting Adam
will be true also respecting every mem
bcr Of his pos,erity They MI loN
Gods favor and came under the curse
Of death, by heredlty, through Adam,
ana the redemption Of Adam, will
moan the redemption Of all humanity,
the payment Of the penalty OF original
sin for every member Of Adams race
The setting up Of Messlahs Kingdom
will not be for tie purpose Of further
furnishing them. for under the reign u
Sin and death they were already under
punishment
Having purchased mankind with His
own sacrifice, our Lord will inaugurate
the Messanic Kingdom for the very
purpose Of helping mankind up out or
Elm aud degradation, back TO the per
feet image and likeness to God origi
nally bestowed upon Adam. The Nil,
lennlal Age is spoken OF az q thousand
year Day OF Judgment, but this does
not signify Judgment for Adams sin
That sentence was pronounced six thou.
sand years ago.
During Chrlst's Milennial Kingdom,
mankind will 90 on trial for Judgment
to ascertain whether or not, after at.
taining full knowledge OF God, they
will avail themselves OF Messlah's as
slstance to come back into harmony
with the Creator The willing and ODE
dent will be perfected again IN the
flesh, and the remainder will be de
stroyed In the Second Death as follow.
ers OF Satan.
The Church will be associated with
her Lord in that great work Of dealing
with the world. In order TO prepare
her for that great glory and honor, her
calling and election must take place IN
advance of the coming Of the King, her
Bridegroom, II must take place. there
fore, before the end Of this Gospel Age
The Scriptures clearly teach that
some will during the Messianic reign,
receive stripes. or chastisements, for
their development In righteousness and
that the fullest penalty, Second Death,
will come only to wilful evil-doerS
And here We may note the Divine ar
rnngemcnt In respect TO all wilful sins
of the present life. Each wilful sin
makes it's mark-makes the conscience
more callopsed, and the heart the more
stony. In this manner evil-doers treas
ure up for themselves wrath against
the Day Of Wharf.-The Day OF Judg-
ment, the Day of Just retrbution.
AS the doing of righteousness pre-
duces n good character the doing Of
unrighteousness Wilfully, produces an
evil character. and will necessitate the
more stripes, which, II unhee1ed, will
bring upon the eyil-doer the Second
Death. In this connection we can re
member St Pau's words: Some mems
sins are open beforehand, going before
to judgment 1.-THE penalty, while 9th
ers they follow after" q Timothy
5:24) Not merely the Church receives
tribulation in the present time, but jus
tce sometimes overtakes evil-dOers and
works n measure Of reformation in the
present life, leaving proportionNtely
fewer steps to be retraced in the life
to come
Gods Lay, c. Forgiveness.
God has made pro,s..' ion the for
glveness and reconciliation Of Adam
ana all Of his children Some duinl
the Gospel Age are privileged TO Come
to God through Jesus as their Advo
cate and by becoming His true dis
clples to have full forgiveness of sins
and full reconciliation to the Father
For the remainder of mankind Gods
provision ~ different. Divine Justice
will forgive the world en- masse at the
instance Of the great Mediator, and
will turn the world over to Him, that
He may restore them to perfection and
make It possible for them to be re
ceivod back again into Gods family.
Thus we see that Gods forgiveness
is directed by principles OF justice
But He commands Ills people that, be
ing imperfect themselves and recip!
ents Of His Mercy, they shall not at
tempt TO deal with their fellows wholly
on the basis OF justice. but shall for
give one another, even as God fol
Christs sake has forgiven them. II
vine Mercy purposes TO embrace every
member Of Adams race in the glorious
provision through Christ.
Punishment In Our Text.
Our text is the summing up Of the
parable Of The Sheep and the Goats
Only Bible students apparently, have
noticed that this parable does not be
long to the present Age; but is a de
scription Of conditions which will pre-
vail during Messiah's Kingdom. This
is indicated by the setting. We read
when the Son OF Man shall come IN
His glory. and all the holy angels
with Him, then shall He sit upon the
Throne OF His glory; and before Him
shall be gathered all peoples and He
shall separate them one from another
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from