Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-09-10

in due time God sent His Son to die
for Adams sin. in order that las by a
man came death [of the entire human
race]. by man [Jesus] also will come
the resurrection of the dead the entire
race of Adaml; for as all in Adam die
even so all in Christ shall be made
alive"-"every man in his own order"
Il Corinthians 1921, %.
The first order to be made alive in
Christ is the Church, which has been
called out of the world, separated. be
gotten of the Holy Spirit. This class
pass their trial, their judgment. for
life or death everlasting in the present
time. Hence the worthy ones those
whose characters are pleasing and &C.
ceptable to God. will be quite ready to
be the Bride of Messiah. joint-heirs
with Him in His Kingdom and His as
sociates in His work of judging the
world. He has promised that all who
are faithful shall sit with Him in His
Throne Revelation 3:2D-the very
Throne pictured in the parable under
onsideration-the Throne before which
all the nations, all people outside Of
the Church. will be gathered.
General Description Of tho Judgmen Mt
Day.
The gathering Of the world will be
the result of knowledge. The Time of
Trouble will lead on to great enlight-
eminent; all the blind eyes will be
opened, all the deaf ears unstopped.
and the knowledge of the glory Of God
will fill the whole earth as the waters
cover the sea. There will be some.
however, who will resist this knowl-
edge and will decline to accept Christ
as their Mediator; this class will not
enter into this Judgment, but after one
hundred years of resistance will be de-
stroyed.
Those who constitute the two classes
mentioned in the parable, the Pastor
declared, are those who have accepted
Christs terms and desire to be on
judgment. or trial. for life everlast-
ing. This will include all that are in
their graves; they will come forth. not
all at once. but gradually. Messiah's
Kingdom will exercise it's power and
disseminate the knowledge of God and
of the principles of righteousness. with
a view to encouraging, helping and up
lifting all the willing and obedient
All such may arise gradually out Of
sin and death conditions-up out Of
imperfection of mind and body. up
out of immoral conduct-to the full
image of God. as possessed by Father
Adam in the beginning.
The entire Millennial Age will be re-
quired to bring this about. Righteous
ness will reign then. as Sin reigns
now; that is to say. righteousness will
be in the ascendency. in the control
Then whoever sins will suffer prompt
ly Hence all mankind will avoid sin:
and the world in general will be a
grand place: nothing shall hurt or de-
stroy"; 1.-The inhabitant shall not say,
am sick; the curse shall be grad
ually rolled away. and there shall be
no more crying, no more signing. no
more dying; the blessing Of God will
prevail. bringing perfection. Surely it
will be happy Day for humanity:
and all who live throughout the thou
sand years will receive great blessing
Importance Of Right Heart Condition.
The Pastor then discussed the sub
Ject of punishment for sins committed
In this life. He showed that it will be
equally as just for God to forgive the
sins of the world for Christ's sake as
it has been just for Him to forgive the
sins of the Church for Christ's sake
If the one Is just. so will be the other;
for God Is no respecter Of persons, and
Is equally as willing to forgive the
sins of the world as the sins of the
Church. when the world repents and
turns from sin. accepting Christ as
their Redeemer.
This does not mean. however, that
justice will be ignored. In the case of
the Church. the sins of youth often
leave their scar and sting to the end
of life; and so we may reasonably as
sumo that certain stripes. or punish
ments. will be permitted to follow the
WIN just lile SdilG uluIuet. VIII
be from these weaknesses and frailties
that they will be gradually raised up
to perfection during the blessed thou
sand years of Christ's Kingdom, when
Satan will be bound and unable to de-
ceive any one.
Some may reason that If conformity
to the Divine Law in an outward way
will bring blessings to ALL there still
may be an inward difference between
people, some coming heartily into ac-
cord with the Father, and others
merely assuming an appearance of har-
mony because this harmony will be the
way to perfection. Undoubtedly this
reasoning is correct. 1t is along this
very line that the parable under con
sideration teaches. Outwardly the
sheep class and the goat class will have
much the same appearance and de-
meanor, except to the Judge, the King.
who will read the heart and ultimately
will manifest to all that there has been
real heart difference between the two
classes, all of whom will have been on
trial for thousand years, receiving