The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-07
THREE WORLDS
THE SUBJECT OF
RALPH GREEN
LEcTuRED AT THE COURT HOUSE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON UNDER
AUSPICES OF THE iNTERNA-
TIoNAL BIBLE STUDENTS
CLASS.

| Much interest was evfnced in the
| Lecture given under the auspices Of
the International Bible Students class.
| at the court house yesterday at 3
o'clock Ralph G. Green, Of the local
class. addressed those who were IN at
| tendance on the subject OF the Three
| Worlds"
| Mr.. Green said In part: Before
| taking up the subject OF our lecture
we wish to call attention to some
Scriptures which give US assurance
that God has plan. and that His
plan is to be accomplished. This
plan must also be found to be In har-
rnony with FEis character, and revealed
In that which we have reason to call
His Word Christ says to Search
the Scriptures (John $500. Paul says
ALI Scripture is given by inspiration
OF God, and is prof1tab1e-that the
man of God may be perfect, thorough
" furnished e Tim 3:16). and Peter
says to be mindful to what tine proph-
cts have written and TO the command
ment Of we. the Apostles q Pet. SD.
These texts were given at a time
when there-waS no New Testament,
hence they apply to the Old Tesla
ment, and when Peter says in Acts
S:21, that the heavens must retain
Christ until the times of restitution,
which God hath spoken by the mouth
Of all His holy prophets, we readily
see that to find out what the times
of restitution are, we must. search
the prophets.
Seeing the necessity Of this use Of
the complete Bible, we begin to look
for a plan to be revealed in 1t. We
read in Isaiah As, that Gods purposes
shall stand, IN Isaiah IS. that His
ryfr4d
but accomplish what He pleases and
prosper in that w11ereunto He sent dt,
and in Acts 1913, Known unto God
were all His works from the founda-
tfon of the world s4s4--s4--s &
Taking the plain statements OF
Scriptures as a basis for finding Coos
purposes and plans, we read in Gen.
.1.1.2 that In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth,
and the earth was void In Eph- 2.2
we read OF the ages to come, and no
limit is set to them fly Paul Looking
then to Feel. IA, we read the earth
abideth forever, and we see why no
limit lis set to the ages to come Gen.
s: 81 says that God win no more curse
the ground, nor destroy every living
thing on the earth and in Rev. 22nd
chap, we read of the re- establish
ment Of the conditions lost in Eden,
the trees of life and no more curse.
This applies to the earth, for there has
never been a curse in heaven
This period of time, between Gen.
1 and Rev. % Dis divided into three
periods, or divisions Pet. 1855 says
the heavens were of old, and the
earth-the world that then was being
overlooked with water perished.' This
referred solely to the existing condi-
tions. for some of all flesh was saved,
the ruling powers of the heavens, the
angels who are referred to in 2 Pet.
q as not Keeping their first estate,
ard Jude tells us are reserved under
chains of darkness. and the conditions
on the earth were al destroyed. Then
Peter q Pet. 3:7) says the present
heavens and earth are reserved by the
same word. until the fire of the judg-
ment of the great day. Then in 2
Pet 80 IL he goes on to show what
the fire win do, and closes his argu-
ment by saying we look for a new
heavens and a new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness. Zeph. 3:8, 9
throws light upon the fire which is
TO destroy the present heavens and
present earth, and shows plainly that
after the fall of present conditions
then He will turn to the people pure
language that they may all call upon
the Lord, to serve Him with one con-
sent This same thought is carried
in the -25th chapter Of Isaiah. where 1t
tells of the highway of holiness
which will be cast up-and It Will be
when God turns to the people pure
is not yet"