River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-09-03

come speedily, suddenly fguratively.
'in an hour" The descriptions of her
fall are various. In one place we read
that she shall be utterly burned with
fire. The same symbol Of fire is used
by st. Peter in referring to the same
trouble and destruction In another
place we read that Babylon shall be
cast like great milestone into the sea
and be found no more at all.
every Eye Shall See Him."
Throughout this Gospel Age, the
Lords people have with the eye of
faith recognized Jesus as their Redeem
er and Oeliverer. But comparatively
few have had such eyes of faith and
understanding The majority, as the
Apostle declares, are blinded by Satan
and by error, and fail to get a proper,
true view OF Christ He says that
1.-The god Of this world" has blinded
the minds of all unbelievers. But the
gracious promise of the Lord is that
all the blinded eyes shall be opened
The experiences of eighteen cen
turtles have done little toward opening
the eyes Of the world; but the revela-
ton Of Messiah In flaming fire will ap-
peal to them quickly. They will see
Him thus-''Every eye shall see Him.
and those also who pierced Him"-the
Jews. Instinctively they will fear. 1t
may require considerable time for
them to become fully persuaded that
the One feared is their best Friend
who gave His life as their Redemption
price. and whose judgments in the
earth are for the very purpose of
breaking the bondage of fear, igno-
rance superstition, sin, selfishness and
injustice. and Of allowing the whole
world to go free from sin-slavery
which has long oppressed them.
In due time they will learn that the
fire Of Gods anger does not burn
against the sinners for whom Christ
died, but merely against their sins. The
learning of this lesson will open their
eyes still more widely and enable them
to see something Of the length, the
breadth, the height and the depth of
Gods Love, Of which the Apostle tells
-Ephesians 3:14-19.
That the Jews will be in that trouble,
the Bible distinctly marks out 1t will
be 1.-THE time of Jacobs trouble but he
shall be saved out of it." Jeremiah
30:7) The Gospel Church having been
completed by that time and having
passed beyond the veil. Gods favor
will be restored to Natural Israel; and
the time for the special manifestation
of that favor will be in the dark hour
ef Jacobs trouble, when the Jews are
surrounded by enemies. In and through
that trouble the Lord will pour upon
them the spirit of grace and of sup
plfcation, and they will look upon Him
whom they pierced. (Zechariah 12:10.)
They will discern that they made
great and horrible mistake in cruelty
promised Messiah. We are told that
sAey SHALL EnaEEm because of Him, and
Weaa faknn dss sirit of prayer and sup
pEiEadon wifi &Ame to them and they
will see Jesus ia His real character.
At or about that same time Divine
favor will be manifested on ISrael's
behalf, and the Lord will deliver them,
as in olden times. Their eyes of faith
and understanding will open more and
more widely. Eventually, according
to the Bible, they will become the lead
ers of mankind in returning to God,
who will abundantly pardon their.
iniqufty and grant them prominent
share In the blessings of His Kingdom
"Few Stripes" and "Many Stripes"
The great Messianic Kingdom will
not spare the rod, but will infiict pun
ishments for the worlds correction in
righteousness. Some will suffer more
and some less, according to the Mas
ter's own statements. Those under
standing the principles Of righteous
ness and wilfully violating them will
be beaten heavily, with many
stripes; while others, such as the
heather, for instance, who knew little,
will receive fewer stripes, proportion
ate to their ignorance. All the stripes
however, will be reformatory, and with
view to helping and encouraging the
transgressors to abandon the ways Of
iniquity and to walk in the paths Of
righteousness.
That will be happy day for earth's
thousands of millions-a Day with the
Lord, thousand years. Everywhere
there will be evidences of the operation
of Divine Mercy and Justice, and the
necessary lessons will be quickly
learned by oil people, We cannot doubt
that even fifty years of Kingdom In
fuence will make wonderful change
in human affairs and conditions. The
blessing of the Lord will come to the
earth in proportion as Gods will shall
be done on earth.
Finally, with all sin eliminated, all
inperfections gone and all the will
fully wicked destroyed, every creature
on earth, as well as in Heaven, will be
heard saying. Blessing and honor and
glory and power be unto Him that
stitch upon the Throne and unto the