The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-19
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deaf ears shall be %unstopped.
The Prophet Jeremiah tells us that
then It will no longer be necessary to
say to ones neighbor or to ones broth
er, Know thou the Lord; for all shall
know Him, from the least to the
greatest. The Prophet Habakkuk de-
clares that In that glorious time the
knowledge OF the glory OF God shall
Ali the whole earth.
These blessed conditions cannot come
to the world, according to the Scrip
lures, until first Gods blessing shall
be upon His ancient people Israel, as
attested by the Oath-bound Covenant,
that through them the blessing shall
extend to all the nation, Of the earth,
when the Law shall go forth from
Mount Zicn and the Word Of the Lord
from jerusalem.
I am sure that I speak directly to the
hearts Of humanity when i say that
this glorious picture Of human Resti-
tuition is far more captivating to the
great majority than are any sugges-
tons of a Heavenly kind. Had we the
time, it would afford pleasure to dis
cuss the indications that the fulflment
Of these prophecies is just at hand.
A Heavenly Kind Of Glory.
Some have imagined that Messiah's
Kingdom will be an earthly one, and
that Messiah Himself will be a great
man. But this Is q mistake. Israels
long-promised King will be, not a man,
but a spirit being. Jehovah's honored
Agent, whose glory will be far higher
than that of angels, who will be His
ministers, His servants.
Do we not all remember that It is
written in the Book of Daniel (7:13, 14)
that Messiah will come in the clouds
Of Heaven? To Him the Ancient Of
Days will give the dominion and gov
eminent, and all peoples and nations
shall serve Him. Surely we are not to
expect Messiah to come and conquer
the world with cannon and dread
noughts: God has another method by
which earthly powers shall melt be-
fore His glorious Kingdom in the hands
} Of Messiah.
Another description Of Messiah's
Kingdom c%onquering the world Is Civ
ell in the eth PSALM. There is no
doubt that this Is the prophetic picture
here given. His Kingdom, like David's
Z and Solomon's Of old, will be Jehovah's
Kingdom; but, unlike theirs, His will
> be the higher, the spiritual, Heavenly.
We read, Clouds and thick darkness
are round about Him; righteousness
and justice are the foundation" Of Hi
Throne" Destructive judgments as 6
" fire will sweep away unrighteous In
situations from the world, whether
these be backed by Jewish or by Gen
. tile capital or arms. Then, the Proph
. ct declares, "His lightnings His reVe
lationsl will enlighten land reform
the world" Society as now organized
symbolicaIly called the earth, will trem
Q bic. This Is already the case.
Soon the next verse will have fulhl
nent. The mountains will melt Xix
j wax at His presence. From the Heav
enly ones will come the message o
Y Gods righteousness; and all the pee
Q pie shall see His glory-the glory Q
s the Divine character in the righteous
|, ness of the Kingdom. All worshiper
= Of idols Of every kind will be ashamed
: Those who are ~worshlpers Of mammo
y stocks and bonds, houses and lands
l. will. as Mr.. Carnegie has declared, d
ashamed of riches accumulated col
- trary to the Golden Rule.
1t The next verse tells Of the Jews an
shows how this blessed Message of til
% Kingdom will affect them. sayini
d "'Zion heareth it and rejoiceth; gla
l. are the daughters Of Jerusalem b.
10 cause Of Thy DEGREES, o Jehovah,
d Then follows the message that Is pa
Is ticularly due today to all-both nc
d and Door Ye that love the Lord, ha'
It We the evil. He will preserve Il
l. lives Of His pious ones"
!" "Abide the Day OF Hia Coming"
v Malachi 3:1-5 is another prophe'
= speaking OF the same great Messia
Mediator of the New Covenant, Xii
=, of kings and Lord Of lords. AS Il
Representative Of Jehovah, His Z
. ther, He Is to reign until all enemi
y shall be put down; until Satan shs
~ be bound and ultimately crushed; I'm
- Adam and his race, released from t
- Divine sentence, shall under the Ne
:, Covenant conditions be lifted out
~, sin, degradation and death up to pt
- lection and life everlasting-the u
:. willing and disobedient being destro
ed in the Second Death
The Prophet Malachi points out til
~ the Messenger of the New Covenal
~ whom he announces, is the glorio
Mediator and antitypical King t
whom Israel had waited long and
whom they delighted to think. !
- would come to the Temple-thus Ii
plying that He would be not only
- antitypical Prophet, an antitypie
:" King, but also An antitypical Priest
~ "after the Order OF Melchizedek'; .
:" Priest pom His Throne"
no But after this joyful proclamati
u that Israels lo~ng-expected Mediator
us the New Covenant should be look
for, they were warned that His D
d. would be one of trial, Of special testi
DC and proving, in order that the Lo
ne might find the antitypical Priests a
ne tha autitypical Levites to serve in {