The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-04

was the case. Next came the inquiry,
Where are the Americans?' The an
swer was, They are down in the cell
lars packing boxes
Q.-How shall we understand the
Apostle Peters words where he says,
quoting from the prophecy of Joel-"And
saith God, / will pour out Of Ny spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your
men, shall see visions, and your old men
snail dream dreams; and on My servants
in those days Of My spirit; and they shall
prophesy?' (Aets PIT 49, Are we to I'M
derstand that. there will be two Pente-
costal outpourings of the Holy Spirit? CIV.
d. Ed
Answer.--Glaneing about over the world
we see that at no time thus far, has the
Lord's spirit been poured out upon all
fth the day of th the sep has
been poured out upon the LORD servants
pola Eaa IS And this Is Just h as tn
of Pentecost, that it would be Gin those
days and that this would occur. AS the
the LordS people throughout the Chris
tan Era, they have been able to prophesy
teach or expoundD concerning the King
dom of God and Divine purposes. But
afterwards" {Joel 2:2S), after those days
Of the outpouring of the spirit upon the
the Aneinted Class has been glorffied then
the 1 9es WIN pour s out His t SPIRIT
outpouring of the Holy Spirit will be the
blessing and enlightening of all the PEG
Lord from the least to the greatest, for
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
shall fill the whole earth as the waters
9 g:1z. cover the great deep-Ha0akhulS
Q;-In these days we hear a great deal
NAL Age and the "Millennial Reign; do
We understand these terms to refer to
Of hot
up, OF what is it?
Answer.-The terms mentioned by you
er 90 they mean a new thing The term
Millennium is derived from two Latin
mentioned IN Reve,a toe pe ad7 T IRIS
period is sometimes very properly refer
year period of time during which the
Messiah is to reign for the purpose of
to Abraham, saying, I'm thy Seed shall
All the families of the earth be blessed"
ferred to is Christ Galatians 3:16); Since
Christ is expected to reign then the time
Reign" God prospered the typical King
dom don under King David, showing us that
Christ the p Messiah De Jesus nH A tagght his
disciples to pray, Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is done in
ing that prayer since, and have been look
ing for the second coming of Christ and
the setting up of His Kingdom of right
eousness. In outlining the peaceful and
blessed conditions of that period of Mes
siah's reign of Righteousness, the Prophet
in the earth the inhabitants of the world
wnl learn righteousness" and The earth
and THE nations shall know war no
more"
Off man was not made in the image
you explain Exodus s3:1s-2s. also the APP
the the Statement that Christ assembled into
heaven in this form and shall appear In
like manner at, His second coming?-Acts
Answer.-Noting the expressions con
tanned in Exodus ss:1s-2S. the face" the
Lord, we understand these to be terms
used, not in the actual sense, but merely
main thoughts of the narrative describ
ing the events that occurred. How else
JUST Just as It is impossible for for any human
being to create a blade of grass or a peb-
Bile, so it is impossible for the human
mind to conceive. of or to create a mental
image or conception of something that Is
not based upon things already seen and
known. II we attempt to picture to our
magine something with wings, and arms
h IS wtheuf e'e that we have al
ready seen and the mind becomes a blank;
The Bible cannot rightly be u1 1d ,Dfd
angels, as spirit beings, are naturally in
visible to mortal sight and it Is only as
they assume the human form that they
become Visible to man. Note the follow
ing Scriptures in confirmation of this:
Psalm 34:7: Hebrews ia. Kings 6:15-1?;
Genesis 1871, 2. Spirit beings in their
actual state are exceedingly glorious
Daniel 1916. 10, Is, II: Acts 26:1s,15. The
ner of our Lords ascension into heaven
rather than to His appearance. AS He
assembled in quiet, transformations man
ne those
Immediate followers. so He would come
again-"as q thief in the night