Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-22

He tells that the wilderness shall bios
. som as the rose; that streams shal
break forth In the desert; that the
blessing Of the Lord shall be upon the
earth. and 1t shall yield its increase
He tells that then the inhabitant shall
no more say, am sick. when all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
deaf ears shall be unstopped.
The Prophet jeremiah tells us thai
then 1t will no longer be necessary to
say to ones neighbor or to ones broth.
er, Know thou the Lord; for all shall
know Him. from the least to the
greatest The Prophet Habakkuk de.
clares that In that glorious time the
knowledge Of the glory Of God shall
oil the whole earth.
These blessed conditions cannot come
to the world. according to the Scrip
lures, until FIRST Gods blessing shall
be upon His ancient people Israel, as
attested by the Oath-bound Covenant,
that through them the blessing shall
extend to all the nations of the earth,
when the Law shall go forth from
Mount Zion and the Word Of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
| am sure that speak directly to the
hearts Of humanity when | say that
this glorious picture Of human Resti-
tuition is far more captivating to the
great majority than are any sugges.
tions OF a Heavenly kind Had we the
time, II would afford pleasure to dis
cuss the indications that the fulflment
Of these prophecies Is just at hand.
A Heavenly Kind Of Glory.
Some have imagined that Messlah's
Kingdom will be an earthly one, and
that Messiah Himself will be a great
man, But this Is a mistake. Israels
ong-promised King will be, not a man.
but spirit being, Jehovahs honored
Agent, whose glory will be far higher
than that Of angels, who will be His
ministers, His servants,
Do we not all remember that 1t is
written In the Book Of Daniel 7:13, 14)
that Messiah will come In the clouds
Of Heaven? To Him the Ancient of
Days will give the dominion and gov
ernment, and all peoples and nations
shall serve Him. Surely we are not to
expect Messiah to come and conquer
the world with cannon and dread
noughts; God has another method by
which earthly powers shall melt be-
fore His glorious Kingdom In the hands
of Messiah.
Another description Of Messlah's
Kingdom conquering the world Is CIV
ell in the 97th Psalm. There Is no
doubt that this Is the prophetic picture
here given. His Kingdom, like David's
and Solomons OF old, will be Jehovahs
Kingdom; but, unlike theirs. His will
be the higher, the spiritual, Heavenly.
We read. Clouds and thick darkness
are round about Him; righteousness
and justice are the foundations OF His
Throne" Destructive judgments as a
fire will sweep away unrighteous In
stitutions from the world, whether
these be backed by Jewish or by Gen.
tile capital or arms. Then. the Proph.
ct declares, His lightnings His reve
latlonsl will enllghten land reforml
the world" Society as now organized
symbolically called the earth, will trem.
bic This is already the case.
Soon the next verse will have fulfil
ment The mountains will melt like
wax at His presence, From the Heav-
enly ones will come the message Of
Gods righteousness; and all the peo.
pie shall see His glory-the glory Of
the Divine character In the righteous
ness OF the Kingdom. All worshlpers
Of idols OF every kind will be ashamed
Those who are worshlpers Of mammon
stocks and bonds, houses and lands.
will as MIR Carnegie has declared, be
ashamed Of riches accumulated con
tmry to the Golden Rule,
The next verse tells Of the Jews and
shows how this blessed Message OF the
Kingdom will affect them, saying,
Zion heureth II and reIoceth; glad
are the daughters OF Jerusalem be
cause Of Thy DEGREES, o Jehovahw
Then follows the message that Is par.
tlcularly due today TO all-both rich
aud poor-"Ye that love the Lord. hate
ye the evil. He viii preserve the
lives OF His plous ones"
"Abido tho Day Of His Coming"
Malachi 3l-6 IL another prophecy
speaking Of the same great Messiah
Mediator OF the New Covenant, King
Of kings and Lord OF lords, As the
Representative Of Jehovah, His Fa.
ther, He Is to reign until all enemies
shall be put down; until Satan shall
be bound and ultimately crushed; until
Adam and his race, released from the
Divine sentence, shall under the New
Covenant conditions DO lifted out OF
sin, degradation aud death up TO per
fectlou and life everlasting un.
willing and dlsohedlent being destroy
ed In the Second Death,
The Prophet Malachi points out that
the Messenger Of the New Covenant,
whom he announces, Is the glorious
Mediator and antityplcOl King for
whom Israel had waited long and Of
whom they delighted to think, He
would come to the Temple thus i'm
plying that He would be not only an
antitypical Prophet an anutyplcal
King but also an antltyplcal Priest
after the Order Of Melchlzedek"; "A
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