The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-21

|OIii, OOOu 10 DC EStdDilSncO.
Our only hops 10 in God. and lie la.
arranged that His blessing shall CONS
through M@sriah's Kingdom. when ws
shall have reached our extremity. Mans
astrsmity will bs Gods opportunity.
No far from gaining life everlasting for
our race. all our efforts have accomplished
nothing. Our most Learned physicians
ana specialists declare that the world II
on the verge ~ collapse. and that 81 the
present rate OF Increase. thsrs would not.
IN 100 years, be enough sa1s people IN
tho world 20 care for tbs insane They
tell ~ that various diseases are incrsas-
| Ing 30 rapidly AZ 20 endanesr the race In
a very short time and that this 10 true.
| Notwithstanding the fact that sanitary
conditions are made necessary. even 20 The
extent Of individual drinking cups
Our only hope lies In the great Eleventh.
Day. fhs antitypieai Sabbath. In II Mes
siah. associating with Himself the sanity
ones % this Gospel AGE. will ss, up the
] Divine Kingdom amongst mem spiritual
kingdom not an earthly one. but ruling
amongst mankind. blessing and uplifting
them. For thousand years the work ~
upiift viii progress. until all the willing
and ob-di-nt will have attained again the
lost likeness Of their Creator: and the
whole earth will b their Paradise
TIMES or THE 0ENTILEs"
Amongst other lessons which God has
been teaching mankind 10 the fact that
they are inespshis OF establishing a gov
srnmsn; such as is necessary for the real
blessing and upiift Of the race. God APP
/ pointed Israel after the flesh 20 b. His
typical kingdom for a time. and selected
kim David and his pos,srity TO be rulers
/ BY and by He cut ther. off discontfn-
uing the ssrthiy typical Kingdom.
The last monarch Of DAVIES line was
King zefskiah. Of whom ys read 20
thou profsns and WICKED prince. whose
time has come that iriquity shall have an
end. Remove tho disfefn. take off the
| crown. ! will o.erturn oyerturn.
overturn II until He comes whose right u
is. and will give II TO Him" Ezekiel
Il ;it-2TJ Messiah 10 the One whose right
~ fs--Jssus the Head. the Church His
Body--on the spiri, plane.
Certain Scriptures indicate that the
period during which Gods Kingdom would
be removed would be seven prophetic
Times. each tso years long. Seven Times
would therefore eqaai 1870 years. Reek-
onec from the time Of King z.dekiah.
that period ends this year; for. according
TO the Scriptures. King Zsdekfah's crown
was taksp away In eos n. c. ~ 90. With
| the close Of the present year Messiah
| should take 20 Himself this great power
and b.sin His glorious reign Of q thousand
years. the beginning Ct which. according
TO the Bible. win be q very DARK hour
! "a Time o. Troubis such was not since
thar. was a nat,on... emo. nor never ,ha,i
| 30" ths IKE sraln-panisl rf:f. xs,,bew
fsifi
When ood removed His typical King
dom. zoe p, G.. He rave to the Gsntiies
authority or permission 20 DO their best
in soys-ntnx IN. weird ana brins,ns in
| rfshteousness and happiness THAT ws
might know all this. He gave \ dream TO
| y.buchsfnesxar. king Of Babylon. ara
ssnt the Interpretation Of that dream
|, through the Prophet Daniel The dream
showed a great mare whose head was Of
gold. representing pabyion. its breast and
arms Of silver. rsprsssntirs the succeed
ing government Of the Medss and Per-
sizns; the belly Of nrass REPRESENTING the
Crscian empire which followed ,hs M.do-
rsrsisni and It's legs Of iron. representing
Roma. the government OF the cassars
Each Of shsss governments has had uni
vsrsAi sway. each has shown the best II
could DO for humanity. and each has
failed.
Nert came the fee, Of the image. which
we're Of iron srisarsd with oiay. thus
mad. 70 re..msl. sson. Tee, Th.:. iron
feet represented the Holy Roman empire.
which was really a par, Of the Roman
| enpirs and the divtsions Of which are a.
war with each other today The dream
and its Interpretation showed that . stone
cut without hands struck the fmsrS In i,s
feet ground them to powder and utterly
destroyed the entire imaxe Tnis stone
| represented Nsss,ah's hinrdom. which
win ultimately fiii the whole earth, ae-
cording to this prophecy.
| Ths CLAW srnsarsd an Tia sror S>~s
sents the fact that the prsssn, Roman
governments of Europe claim TO be
Chrtst's tfnrdon. on ,hsir coin. ana
| otherwise they claim 20 represent ,od
They have been deceived tn,o thinking
ana sp.aktnr OF th.m,.,ves a. rh-,.f.r
In reality they are the isst r.pr.sen,ativ.s
! Of Gentre pover-sk,nrdoms Of IN.
worid"-ths toes Of the image OF Gentiie
supremacy OF which King Nebueh adnersar
dreamed
Tn. present var viii vess.n m. "a
tsons. draining no, euiy thar i,ss s,oos
but also their wealth, ana /, viii demon.
.trate the ineffirfsney o. ali osn,u. stns
dcms 20 bring to the world mac,
lrixhteousnsss sattsfaotovx s,vsrrm.r,
Rot Msssiah's Kingdom. which win then
b, inaururated win he ...h. se.,r. ~ al
nations.
THE PROPHETIC FORECAST
Thi. war and the anarchy Of Armases
don which win follow II. wifi prove con
ciusiveiy the need OF ptvins fnt.rnc.,tto,
In human affairs. As Jesus said. .pesk :
tnr OF the pr.sent trouhi. ara ~. rs.nf,
inr ANARCHY ..trnIas. tho.. s.y,s.hal, 4
shortened. there would b. no flesh
saved" So vtruisn,. 40 sa,,,sh wo,,s ~. I,
rtrif. bs that our eiv,lixstion wouis ~
ian ala mot Goa through Ms,.,an.. Einx
dom. the Elect intsrven. 10 br,ng orasr
ont Of chao.
| Douhtie.. earth's rrs.t r,i.r, h.x. aor
thu hast thsy knev hov 20 AZ ,or ,h.tr
peopies some OF our vsrx herr law. cav.
from Juliu, CAESAR. In eomhlr.t,or vIth
the Mosaic code eo,n. ~ ~, yroris.s
rulers TODAY are also doing thar hest, hu,
they arc confused unvinr a Pals. is.a az
what eonstitut~s Christie ktnvdoy ,hsv
1 seen, to think 4, thar ,n,s.lon "a ca,cuer
IN. worid Thev atso haitev. ,h., ,hay
for,soc a general unrt.Inr 81 sar,ai,.m
and their hearts are fa,iinw than fear,nr
the thing. cominr upon m. earth
while they knew that mi. wouls n. IN
vor,t war ever hnavn w., ,h.v rr.,srr.a
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