The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-16


The form which this opposition will
assume toward the Bible and its spirit
Of liberty, the spirit Of the New Dis
pensation, is difficult to detail in ad-
vance. We see, however, under the
guidance of the New Testament, that
this prophecy had a very limited full
filment at the First Advent; and the
fulfilment there may give US clue to
the larger fulfilment now nigh at hand.
Jesus the Head, the Church His Body.
The Lords Amounted Is The Christ of
glory-Jesus the Head, the overcom-
ing Church the Body. This prophecy
was fulfilled in respect to Jesus when
PLATE and Herod, as representing the
worldly powers, took counsel with the
chief priests, Scribes and Pharisees, as
representing the rulers of the people OF
God. The religious rulers were lead
ers, prime movers, in the opposition.
What happened to the Master Him
self in the way Of opposition from the
religious rulers and, under their insti-
cation, from the political rulers, is
what we should expect shortly as the
( fulfllment of this prophecy. The op-
position that will arise will be against
the Lord and against those who are
particularly His representatives and
mouthpieces in the world The feder-
ated religious interests, fearful Of the
Truth, and with cherished plans OPP
posed to it, will shortly denounce 1t az
Caiaphas denounced Jesus. His dec
laration was, 1t is expedient that one
man perish, rather than our whole ma
ton. John IL 800 AS Jesus was cru
cited "for the good of the cause" as
seen by the religious rulers, so we may
expect that the last sanity members
of the Body of Jesus will similarly
suffer for the supposed good Of the
cause, as viewed by the Scribes and
Pharisees of our Day.
God In Heaven Shall Laugh.
When Jesus was crucified, His enc
mics supposed that His influence
would be gone, and that their projects
would flourish But God laughed at
them, for they were really accomplish
ing His will. 1t was necessary in har-
mony with Gods arrangement that
Christ should suffer. Similarly, 1t is
necessary that the last members of the
Church, the Body of Christ, should
suffer with Him and enter into His
glory, by the resurrection change.
Then, too, instead of succeeding, the
plans of the rulers all failed. Under Di-
vine disfayor they entered the time of
trouble, which eliminated in the COM
plete overthrow of their polity. Here
we are to expect the same The Di-
vine purposes. instead of being thwart-
ed, will be helped onward by human
opposition to the Divine Plan.
The plans of these kings and rulers
will be measurably carried out because
(see verse / the heather, the Gentiles,
the irreIigious, win rage, will be In
tumult. striving for liberty and bless
ings in their own strength, not know
ing of the Divine arrangement for the
Inauguration of the new Kingdom.
which is TO bless all the families of the
earth.-Genesis2 S:14: Galatians 1916, 20.
The declaration further is that "the
people 1.-THE favored people of God.
nominal Christendoml will imagine a
vain thing They will be deceived. as
they are at present. into the expecta-
ton that then will be able to convert
the world and bring in the Messianic
Kingdom. or into believing, as some
do, that Messiah's Kingdom has al
ready come and has Intellectually been
attempting the control Of the world I'M
til now. They are waiting now for a
few millions to be poured into the
missionary treasury to effect the
worlds conversion and to insure God s
will being done on earth as in Heaven.
The picture of Gods laughing at the
poor human pride which Will thus
vaunt itself is a forceful one. The
failure that will come both to the pro
fessed people of God and TO the world
will be a great lesson in humility.
never to be forgotten. The absurdities
Of the position would make all laugh.
If they could strip themselves of their
pride and realize that. without Divine
interposltion. Gods will could never
prevail on earth as in Heaven.
"A Naughty Spirit Before FALL"
The Lords next step will be to pro
duce the Time of Trouble, which will
teach mankind the great less On they
have declined to learn otherwise.
Then shall He speak to them in His
n nd -, n
pleasure. That will be the Time of
Trouble so prominently mentioned
throughout the Bible. "a time of trou-
BILE such as never was since there wa
a nation" mo. nor ever shall be" aft
erward.-Daniel 12:1 Matthew 2I:21.
Human pride human schemes. VIII. h
have ignored the Divine Program. will
all in that time of trouble show their
weakness. The result will be as describ-
ed by the Prophet. But when the judg
ments of the Lord are abroad in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will
learn righteousness" isaiah 26:0g Hu-
manity's heartaches and disappoint-
ments will eventuate in blessings. as
they shall realize Gods great and
wonderful Plan. with its length and
breadth and height and depth of in
finite Love, In the Kingdom of Mes
siah. 1.-THE desire of all nations shall
come" Haggai 2:7) The iron rule
will compel obedience. while the Mes
sage Of Gods grace will, as promised
go forth as the Sun of Righteousness.
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The concluding verses Of this pro
phetic Psalm clearly indicate that the
trouble under Messiahs Kingdom will
burn against those persons and those
institutions which are unjust, UNI
righteous, unholy. On the contrary, all
who love righteousness and hate in
iquity will be welcomed to associate
themselves under Messiah's standard.
whether they be rich or poor, infiuen-
tial or otherwise.
As Seen In Former Times.
However strange it may appear to
us now, serious misinterpretation Of
this very prophecy of the Second
Psalm was made by our well-intention-
" A"AcAounSiS. Anu tuaL mlslHterpre-
tation brought into the world a vast
amount of trouble and persecution.
1t came to be generally believed that
the Redeemer would not come to set
up His Kingdom, to bind Satan and to
bless the world. A new theory rose.
gradually eliminating In the year 800
A. D. 1t claimed that the Church, be-
fore experiencing the resurrection
change" at the Second Coming Of
Christ, was already the Kingdom of
God and fully authorized to reign IN
der this theory, missionary work was
carried on with a. vengeance. The
sword, the thumb-screw, the rack and
the stake, as well as the national wars,