The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-08

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tie sbeial Interest theMorld
Thus the Bible stands; and the spirit
pf hope and liberty whlchit i%nculcates
Is the Dtrine restraint, the Glands"
the ''corls," of Dur context "The
kings of the earth set themselves: and
the rulers take counsel together against
J Jehovah and His Amounted. saying, Let
us break their bands asunder, and cast
away their cords from u.s."
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
Rlment at the First Advent; and the
fulflment there may give us a clue to
the larger fplaIment now nigh at hand
Jesus the Hsads tho Church His Body.
I The Lords Anointed is The Christ Of
glory-Jesus the Head the oyercom-
ing Church the Body This prophecy
was fulfilled I'll respect to Jesus when
Plate and Herod,, as representing the
worldly powers, took counsel with the
chief priests, Scrtbes 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
fusnlmcnt OF this prophecy The on.
position that will arise will be 'ngainst
the Lord and against those who are
particularly His representatives and
mouthpieces In the world The FEEDER.
ated religious interests fearful Of the
Truth, and with cherished plans op.
posed to It, will shortly denounce 1t as
Caiaphas denounced Jesus. His dec
laration was, 1t is ~expedlent that ono
man perish, rather than u whole ma
ton. John 11:JO.) As JESUS was cru
Gifted for the good Of the cause" as
seen by the religious rulers, so we may
expect that the last sanity members
of tile Body Of Jesus will similarly
suffer for the supposed good Of the
cause, rs viewed by the Scribes and
Pharisces Of our Day.
.'
God In Heaven Shall Laugh,
When Jesus was CruciGed, His enc.
mics supposed that His influence
would be gone, and that their projects
would flourish. But God laughed ut
them, rorithey were really accomplish.
ing His will. .It.was necessary'in hair.
mouy with Gods arrangement that
Christ should suffer. Similarly, it 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 MI failed. Under d.
vine disfnvor they entered the time of
trouble, which eliminated in the COM
plete overthrow of their polity. Here
we are to expect the same. The d.
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 meRsurabIy carried out because
Csce verse II the heather, the Gentiles,
the irreliGious, will 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.-Genesis 2S:14; Galatians 3:1G, %.
The declaration further is that the
people 1.-THE favored people of God,
nominal C%hristendoml will imagine a
vain thing" They will be deceived, as
they are at present, into the expecta.
ton that they will be able to convert
the world and bring in the Messiantc
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 Gods
will being done on earth as in Heaven.
The picture OF Gods laughing ut the
poor human pride which will thus
vaunt itself Is n 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.
y to be forgotten. The absurdities
of the position would make all laugh.
II they could strip themselves Of their
pride and realize that, without Divine
interposition, Gods will could never
prevail on earth as in Heaven.
"A Naughty Spirit Before a Fall"
The Lords next step will be to pro-
duce the Time Of Trouble, which will
teach mankind the great lesson they
have declined to learn otherwise.
"Then shall He speak to them In His
wrath, aud vex them In His sore dis
pleasure" That will be the Time OF
Trouble so prominently mentioned
throughout the Bible, "a time of trou-
bic such as never was since there was
a nation" mo, nor Eel shall be" aft
erward.-Daniel 12:1: Matthew 24:2l.