The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-09

Body Of the Amounted One, under the
Headship of the glorified Son Of God.
and as members Of the MelchiZedek
order Of Priesthood, those faithful to
the end will receive the Divine &C
acknowledgement and association with
the Master In His Kingdom and glory.
ITO Him that overcometh will l grant
to sit with Me in My Throne. even as
I overcame and am set down with My
Father In His Throne" The promises
to these, with and under their Master.
include a participation In the Divine
characterization 3:21; 2 Peter Ia.
The Principle a General One.
The Divine Plan in many respects is
like a telescope whose joints may be
extended. We have seer how this
Psalm applies primarily to our Lord
Jesus alone. We nave seen the second
joint in the telescope extending and
making it applicable to the Church,
which is the Body Of Christ. Now let
US extend it still further, and perceive
that the principle holds in respect to
humanity.
1t would not be true to say that hu-
manity will ever be offered a share
with Christ and the Church on the
Heavenly plane of glory. 1t would not
be true to say that mankind in general
will ever have the opportunity of en-
tering into the same kind of Covenant
that Christ and the Church now enter
lntO-a Covenant Of self-sacrifce. But
1t is quite true that there is to be an
earthly Kingdom; and that mankind
will be privileged to attain to full men,
bership in it Of conditions not very dis
similar to those terms upon which the
Church become joint-heirs in the Heav-
emily Kingdom with their Lord.
Earthly Kingdom For Adam and HE
Children.
The earthly kingdom will be the
kingdom which Adam lost when he be-
came a transgressor and came under
the sentence of death. This earthly
kingdom, as we'll as the king, Adam,
and all Of his family, Jesus redeemed,
purchased back from death and desola-
ton. He purchased it not for Himself.
for He already had the Fathers prom
ise of a better and higher, a Heavenly
Kingdom. The earthly kingdom was
purchased for the very purpose Of re-
! storing 1t to Adam and his race-to as
many OF them as would avail them
selves Of the mercy of God, to be ex
tended to them by the Messianie King
dom, during the thousand years when
Satan will be bound, and when Christ
and the Church will reign until ev-
cry enemy shall be put under their
feet.
AS 1t did not please God to allow the
fallen Adam to continue to be the king
Of earth, living in sin and degradation,
a dishonor to the Creators Empire, SO
1t will not be pleasing to God that any
shall come back into rulership under
Messiah's Kingdom except, such as shall
have learned fully the lesson of the
exceeding sinfulness OF sin and the
love and mercy Of God in their redemp-
ton. and such as will then love right
eousness and hate iniquity. All others
will be destroyed as "cumberers of the
ground"-as natural brute beasts"
will they be destroyed.
The Earthly Kingdom and Holy Place.
The thousand years Of Messiah's
Reign, then, will be for the purpose of
giving to every member Of the human
race a full opportunity to return to
God. All will be made to understand,
from the least to the greatest, that by
the close Of Messiah's Kingdom an
earthly kingdom will be established
under the whole heavens, and that
none may be sharers in that kingdom
except such as have clean hands and
pure hearts, such as will humble them
selves and learn the great lessons to
be learned, and not lift up their souls
to pride, vanity and self-suficiency.
All will be taught that If they would
enter into that kingdom they must take
upon themselves vows of obedience to
the Lord. All will learn that the thou
sand-year period is for the testing OF
their. f~aithfulness to those VOWS and
those lessons which the glorious Mes
siah will bring to their attention. max