Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-26


ry to God In the Highest. and on earth
peace, good will toward men"
The Scriptures do not inform us Of
where Satan will be during the period
OF his bondage, during the period Of his
restraint from doing evil--during the
thousand years Of Messiab's Reign. 1t
merely informs us that at the conclu-
sion of that period he will be loosed
again, that he may bring trial and a
test upon the human family, then per
feet in the flesh. Their number, we
are told. will be as the sand Of the
seashore-a world full. They all will
have enjoyed the full benefit Of Mes
siah's Reign-Restitution to all that
was lost-to full human perfection
The earth, brought to perfection, will
be as the Garden of Eden-the Garden
Of the Lord, Paradise restored.
Why Will Satan Be Loosed7
The Bible answer is that God de
sires to prove, to test, all of the hu-
man family. They will have had a
knowledge of sin. knowledge of
Gods goodness. knowledge OF human
recovery from sin and death. But the
question which God would decide with
them is. Have they SO learned the les
son Of the sinfuness Of sin and the
bitterness Of its results that they would
hate sin and love righteousness-that
they would be obedient to God, trust
ing Him where they could trace Him
and where they could not? Amy who
after all the experiences they will have
passed through would not. be absolute
ly loyal to the Lord to the very core
In word, in deed and in thought, would
not be ependable-would not be
worthy Of eternal life, which God pur.
poses only for those who have demon.
strated fully established characters in
harmony with the Creators.
All viii Be Tested.
AS to the nature Of the test we are
not Informed. We are merely told that
Satan will be loosed that he may tempt
all mankind, We may be sure that
the temptations win be along the lines
Of full submission to the Divine will.
The Scriptures imply that when Mes
siah shall deliver up the Kingdom at
the close Of the Millennium the govern
ment Of the world will become Re-
public, in which each person is king.
and one Of these kings chosen by vote
to be the Administrator Of the affairs
Of the Government
Let us suppose as an illustration that
mankind would be expecting such a
change Of government at particular
time. Let us suppose that God had al
lowed them to misunderstood some fea-
ture OF His Plan and thus to expect the
change Of government at the wrong
time. Here would be an opportunity
for test upon all. A question would
arise which would tend to cause O d.
vision amongst all mankind. Some
might be inclined to say. The time for
the change has come. and II should be
made; and those who are retaining
the government are In error. So he.
lieving, they might make demand
upon the earthly representatives Of the
Divine Government that transfer
should be made, and that the world
should become republic instead Of re-
naming theocracy,
Others OF mankind might say. Nay;
we are debtors to God for all that we
have, We may have misunderstood
the time or some feature OF the Divine
purpose In respect to the time OF the
change in the government OF the
world, but we are very happy. very
thankful to God very appreclative Of
the blessings we are enjoying. II God
wishes to make change In the gov.
ernment, well and good. II God wishes
that the present government shall hold
over indefinitely, all well and good.
We refuse to Join with those who are
proposing demand for the transfer
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