The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-25

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 SEQ.
him thus-"Every eye shall see Him.
and those also who pierced Him"--thei
Jews. 1nstinctively they will fear. It
may require a 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 a sin-slavery
which has long oppressed them. +,
In due time they will learn that the
nre or 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 3:14-1o.
That the Jews will be in that trouble,
the Bible distinctly marks out. It will
be 1.-The time Of Jacobs trouble, but be
shall be saved out Of It." Jeremiah
3O:1) 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
OF 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
plication, and they will look upon Him
whom they pierced. (Zechariah 12:10)
They will discern that they made a
great and horrible mistake in cruelty
ing the Friend Of Sinners, their long
promised Messiah. We are told that
they shall mourn because Of Him, and
that then the spirit of prayer and sup
pltcat1On will come to them and they
Will See Jesus in His real character.
At or about that same time Divine
favor will be manifested on Israers
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
inlquity and grant them a prominent
share in the blessings Of His Kingdom.
"Few Stripes" and "Many Stripes"
The great Messianic Kingdom will
not spare the rod, but will infiCt pun
tshments 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
a view to helping and encouraging the
transgressors to abandon the ways of
iniquity and to walk in the paths Of
righteousness.
That will be a happy day for earth's
thousands of milliOns-a Day with the
Lord, a thousand years. Everywhere ,
there will be evidences of the operation
Of Divine Mercy and Justice, and the
necessary lessons will be quickly
learned by all people. We cannot doubt
that even fifty years Of Kingdom in
iuence will make a 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
imperfections 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
Lamb forever and ever" Then, and
not till then, will Gods will be done
on earth, W az it Is done in Heaven;
for not until then will there be a per-
feet race capable Of doing Gods will,
and a tested race, all of whom will de-
light to do His will.
A special lesson to Gods people to-
day is that now is the Church's time
Of calling, acceptance and making their
election sure by hearty obedience to the
Divine will. Thus neither shall we be
Of the world, who will wall because of
the sign of the Son of Man In the dis
solution Of the ecclesiastical heavens,
nor shall We be identified with the
ecclesiastical heavens. which are to be
dissolved. Rather, 1t is our privilege,
as followers Of Jesus, to walk in His
steps, to stand for the right, to be
guided Of the holy Spirit, to come out
Of Babylon" to "touch not the unholy
thing" that we may have relationship
and fellowship with the Lord, with
the Savior, with the holy Apostles and
with all the faithful martyrs and foot
step followers of OUR Master. q
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