Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-04-30

of the world will require centuries in
| which to attain human perfection.
This Ancient Worthy class, the speak
er stated, will be associated with the
coming Kingdom of God, as our Lord
declared, saying, I'VE shall see Abra-
! ham, Isaac, Jacob and all the Prophets
On the Kingdom of God" duke 1929
Jesus will be on the Throne and the
| Church will be with Him: but they will
be invisible to men. The world will see
! these Ancient Worthless. who will be
perfect men--grand examples of the
image of God in the flesh. They will
constitute the earthly phase of the
/ Kingdom, in that they will represent
the invisible Heavenly Kingdom.
How the Blessing Will Come.
The Pastor then gave an outline OF
arrangements in the Kingdom of Mes
siah. The Spiritual Seed Of Abraham
will be in the glory of the Kingdom
spirit beings, invisible to men. The nat
] ural seed of Abraham win be princes
| in all the EARTH" as Psalm As sets
forth. When the Kingdom is set up,
! Gods blessings will first go to all "Is-
raelites indeed" The first representa-
tives will be the Ancient Worthless,
with whom the speaker thinks all the
promised earthly blessings will rest as
| representatives of Messiah on earth.
Only by coming into relationship with
this company will any get the full
blessing Of the Millennial Kingdom
/ The Pastor illustrated in the case of
the United States. There are certain
! privileges and blessings to be secured
by getting citizenship here; and as
result people flock here from every
where and become citizens, in order
that they may enjoy these blessings
i and privileges. This. he declared. is ex-
actly the picture given in the Scrip
Z lures. In the future all the world will
press for citizenship in the nation of
Israel. The terms Of citizenship there
will be full NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
sin. conservation to God, faith and
4 trust in Him. and loyalty and obedi-
ence to the great Messianic Kingdom.
The Pastor thinks that the Jews will
be the first people to come into the
Kingdom, for the reason that the offer
to mankind will be more in line with
what that people have been expecting
for many centuries. The Promise was
made to their ancestor Abraham about
four thousand years ago that in his
Seed all the families of the earth
should be blessed. The Jew still has it
in mind. the Pastor believes, that
somehow Messiah and His Kingdom
are coming. and that the blessing of
Abraham is yet to come
! The Jew does not know what to
make of all that has been going on for
the past eighteen hundred years. the
speaker declared. He has been greatly
puzzled to know why Lazarus should
have been taken into Abrahams bos-
ON as Abraham's child. and why he
himself should seemingly be rejected.
outcast and in trouble: but soon his
eyes will be opened. AT the proper
moment God will pour upon Israel the
spirit of prayer and supplication. ans!
they shall look upon Him whom they
pierced, as the Prophet Zevhariah fore
told. (Zechariah 12:l0) Then they
will begin to see something of Gods
M y
that mankind be redeemed before they
could be restored. They will begin to
get the key to the Divine Plan. which
rests upon the Cross of Christ
n The next class to come into line with
the Kingdom, the Pastor thinks. will
= be class Of Christian people that
have been considerably misled and
rnvf A c a has. hAt q,
get their eyes open little, they will
perceive that others have understood
the Scriptures better than they have
and then they will begin to study. The
Bible intimates that this will be their
course-that the foolish virgins viii
get the oil and will finally come intt
4 harmony with God Gradually the
i Message will spread until all nations
! will realize that the Kingdom of Goo
has been established. and that by be
coming Israclites they will get the
4 blessings To support this somewhat
. remarkable statement. the Pastor quot
q ed several prophecies. among which
i. was Zechariah l4:lG-21.
The speaker believes that by the enc
: of the Millennial Age all evil-doers will
/, have been destroyed and all the re
:, mainder of mankind will have becom,
Abrahan'S seed-a great number
which no man can estimate. Then viii
come trial to determine who are loya
at heart Having demonstrated tina
they could be loyal during the favorable
conditions of Christ's MeSsianic King
dom, when every wrong act was pun
ished and every good deed blessed
/ mankind will then be tried to SCI
u whether they will do right when lief
to themselves and the Kingdom with
drawn. Satan will be loosed for littl
while. Then there will be oFpotunit.
u for sin 10 prevail. The race Of Adam
e then perfect human beings will b.
Al tested in order to determine whethe
g they really love God and whether the.
e are loyal to the principles of righteous
e ness. Those who are found to be dis
II loyal to truth and righteousness ant
% God Will be destroyed from amongs