The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-17

+ The Scriptures do not inform ussoG
where Satan will be during the perdnd
OF his bondage, during the period of hia
restraint from doing evil-during the
thousand years Of Messiah's ReignIt
merely informs us that at the corcIu.
sion of that period he win be loosed
again. that he may bring a trial and q
test upon the human family, then per-
feet in the flesh. Their number. we
are told, Will be as the sand Of the
s~eashore-a world full. They all VIII
have enjoyed the full benefit Of Mes
siah's MISREPRESENTATION to all that
was lost-to full human perfection.
The earth, brought to perfection, win
be as the Garden of Eden-the Garden
Of the Lord, Paradise restored.
Why Will Satan Be Loosed?
The Bible answer is that God de-.
sires to prove, to test, all of the hu-
man family. They will have had 81
knowledge Of sin, a knowledge OF
Gods goodness, a knowledge Of human
recovery from sin and death. But the
question which God would decide with
them iE, Have they so learned the les
son Of the sinfulness Of sin and the
bitterness of its results that they would
hate sin and love righteousness-thah
they would be obedient to God, trust.
ing Him where they could trace Him
and where they could not? Any who
after all the experiences they will have
passed through would not be absolute
~ loyal to the Lord to the very core
In word, in deed and in thought, would
net be dependable-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 Will Be Tested. -ut
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 will 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 a Re-
public, in which each person is a king,
and one of these kings chosen by vote
to be the Administrator Of the affairs
Of the Government. asa.
Let us suppose as an illustration that
mankind would be expecting such a
change Of government at a particular
time. Let US suppose that God had: AL
lowa6 tham IN m~iSrpdarcta nd coma Foo.
ture Of His Plan and thus to expect the
change Of government at the wrong
time. Here would be an opportunity
for a test upon all. A question would
arise which would tend to cause a d.
vision amongst all mankind. Some
might be inclined to say, The time for
the change has come, and it should be
made; and those who are retaining
the government are in error. So be-
lieving, they might make a demand
upon the earthly representatives of the
Divine Government that a transfer
should be made, and that the WORLD
should become a republic instead Of re-
naming a ~theocracy. -,
Others Of mankind might say, Nays
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 ap~preciative OF
the blessings we are enjoying. If God
wishes to make q change in the gov
eminent, we'll and good. II God wishes
that the present government shall hold
over indefinitely, all well and good.
We refuse to join with those who ars
proposing a demand for the transfer
Of the government.
Something Of this kind would seem
to be implied in the fgurative express
sions Of Revelation 300. THE camp Of
the saints and the Beloved City" would
seem to represent the earthly phase Of
the Kingdom, and the encompassing of
the camp would seem to imply a pro-
test. Such a division of sentiments
would show clearly how many had
fully learned to commit everything to-
God and to trust absolutely in the Dr.
vine supervision Of their affairs, and
how many, after all the great lessons,
Of seven thousand years, would still,
be inclined to take matters into their
W hands-world- wide. ego.
Destruction Of Satan and All Gods
Enemies. S72@
The denouement here and elsewhere
pictured Is that there came down fra
from Heaven and devour&d them-Sas
tan and all those who took the side OF
self-wil and who indicated a measure
Of disloyalty and unfaithfulness. .ta~sa
Many are the Scriptures which seem
to tell us Of the final destruction on
Satan: as, for instance, Romans 1920
which declares that God will ultimate
ly bruise Satan under the feet of tha
Church, thus a~ssociating the Church..
the Body Of Christ, with the Lord, the
Head. This corresponds with the DE
vine statement in Eden that ultimate.
ly the Seed Of the woman would crush
the Serpent's head-ultimately destroy
the Serpent and all that he stands forrys
namely, sin and rebellion against God.
Thus eventually the wages of ain anu
death must be meted out to any will
full, persistent rebel against the Divine
Law, whether he be an outward rebel
or n secretly disloyal. The lesson, is
one for all of Gods people and for the
whole world. IF we know the Spirit
Of the Lord in respect to sin, happy are
we If we conform our lives thereto. as