The Washington times., 1914-11-25

! Bibie. 81. Paul assures US that this
| is Satan's general procedure; that he
! puts light for darkness and darkness
! for light. Thus it comes that our text.
| which is really one of the most beau
! tiful and comforting in the whole
| Bible when understood. has to many
| become lash In the hands OF their
! fears.-2 Corinthians "A.
+ Our text Is one of the symbolisms
OF Book filled with symbols. Gods
people. guided by His Holy Spirit. in
! due time VIII appreciate these sym
! bols. For many Of them, that due
time is already mere. The Throne is
/ Mcssiah's; 1t represents His Mediate
| rial Dominion OF earth for thousand
years. It's wniteness symbolizes the
; purity, the justice, OF His Kingdom OF
Righteousness under the whole heavens.
: The heavens and earth which will
fee rom the presence Of the great
/ Emmanuel viii not be the Heavens OF
Gous Throne, nor the earth which He
. has given to the children of men. The
heavens and earth which will fee
away, and for which no place will be
found, are. Of course. the symbolical ones.
In Bible symbology the earth repre-
sents established civilization: the sea.
the restless. dissatisfied masses Of hu-
manity. and the mountains. human gov
ernments, kingdoms. which constitute
the backbone Of present social institu-
tions. The symbolic heavens represent
spiritual influences - Ecclesiasticsm.
Churchianity. Thus interpreted. our
text declares that when Messiah as
sumes control Of the world, the result
will be that the social system of to-day,
as we'll as present-day ecclesiasticism.
will pass out of existence-no place
will be found for them.
Satan Now the Prince.
Some may ask, Whatever may be sad
Of the four thousand years before the
coming Of Christ, may 1t not be claimed
that He has been reisning ever since His
ascension to the right hand OF God? We
answer, II the Redeemer Of men has
been reigning as the King OF earth Tor
the past nineteen centuries, there should
be something in the Bible to so teach.
On the contrary. the Masters own
words tell US that Satan Is the fr'nes nc. 81 %
this Age: that Christ's Kingdom is not OF
this world (Age): that He VIII come again
and receive His followers to Himself that
He went into far country to receive ti,le
to His Kingdom and to return to take
possession Of 1t. and that at His Secona
Coming He will be the great King OF
Glory.-John 1915. 80; 1851 Matthew
when we scan the pages Of history dur
ing tho past eighteen centuries. we are
convinced that Messiah has not been King
nipotent power we accredit to Him would
be to charge Him with responsibility ior
bloody and atrocious prosecutions. for
wars famines and pestilences. Surely no
risht-minded person. after mature consid-
Grafton can nationally accept the theory
that we have had the glorious Messianic
Reign Of RiEhteousness for the Siess,nf Ss., o.
No one think that the Reign 3f the
Great Mediator Is IN the past. We must
agree with our teSt that It is IN the ~
feet upon present institutions-political
social. financial. religious-will be such
that they will fee away: no place will be
found for them. From this standpoint
alone there Is hope for the world.
To-day we are living at the climax OF
civilization. Yet we behold more clearly
than ever before that the deeplv-tngTaineI
selfshness of humanity is blight upon
all our blessings. Selfshness is to be found
everywhere. Although a semhlance Of
righteousness Is insisted upon aud viola.
tors Of that standard are STYLED criminals.
nevertheless II seems impossible to l-ris-
late equity. Justice. Mems keen iutel.ects
laws and committing theft. murder. etc.
without danger OF punishment.
The Great white Throne Judgment.
Neither Jehhovah God nor His Repre-
sentative. Messiah. can in any sense or
degree be a party to injustice or inequity.
The fact that Injustice has been per
mitted, that inrnriIv has been the rule
for centuries. Is TO be accounted for by
the fact that during all this period the
world has been under the reign OF Sn
and Death. the reign Of Satan. the Prince
OF this world" and OF the darkness of sell
fshness and evil-all of which his name
represents: that the world has not been
under the dominion OF Messiah. the Rep
resentative OF jehovah and His righteous
ness. and love.
The New Dispensatfon which Messiah's
Kingdom will usher in Is pictured in our
text 1t will be the worldwide dominion
OF purity, holiness, righteousness. justice
TRUTH Great White Throne. No wonder
we read that the svmbolical heavens and
earth, representing the old order Of things
social ecclesiastical-will vanish away,
But let no think for a moment that
ecclesiastical princes. financial princes and
political princes will voluntarily acknow-
ledge that the hour has come for full
piles Of His absolute righteousness. On the
contrary, these privileged members OF our
race will be more and more drawn to-
preservation Of the special privileges
which have come into their possession.
Even now We see the prophecy OF the Sec
time when the Lord. through the Prophet
David, calls the great ones OF earth to
recognize the true situation Of our wonder
full day-that the Day of Messiah ha. az
rived. and that He should be recognized
and His principles OF righteousness obeyed.
But no. The prophecy declares that we
are in the day when the people the
masses will have foolish imaginations-
when they will think that by their own
strength they can inaugurate reign OF
righteousness along the lines of Socialism,
or by anarchy. The people must learn
that their help is in the Lord and rot in
their own frail arm. They must see the
force OF the words. Blessed are all they
that put their trust in Messiah"
On the other hand. the money kings
earthly rulers and ecclesiastical princes are
taking counsel together for the preserva-
tion OF present inequities OF the world by
which they profiting. The Lord de-
clares that in this they are banding them
selves against Him and His newly-an-
pointed King-Messiah. For over CEN
tury human liberty has been making prog
ress. despite every endeavOr to restrain il
Earth's potentates perceive the rising tide
of human Intelligence and OF demands for
equal rights. They perceive that unles,
something be done to contersct this gen
"Ns! wovement. the special advantages Of
the privileged classes will -dispappear
Even now they taking counsel to-
gether how to break the restraint which
the people are putting upon them and
now TO Tsinaugurate a reign OF autocracv
such az prevailed a century ago but upon
a higher plane, controlled by brighter wits
holding under restraint more Intelligent
masses.
BE Instructed, Ye Judx~s".
Would that be p,iIfu