River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-03-26

llkASIGlK. KU0SELLl lions through the
public press. His
text for today is: when Thy judg
ments are abroad in the earth, the in
habitants of the world will learn right
eousness." isaiah 26:9., He said
Only those who come to an advanc
ed knowledge Of Gods Word can real
ize how Divine judgments are all good
ALI blessed. Under the influence of
the fog of superstition not understand
ing Alright the teachings of the Scrip
lures. supposing that they teach eter-
nal torment for the majority Of our
race. we feared God, rather than loved
Him. We dared not say that such
judgment on Gods part was wrong.
malicious, devilish, yet we were I'M
able to see it in any other light. Hence
have come the general perplexity of
Christendom. the general alienation of
heart, and many intelligent minds driv-
en- to infidelity, to dislike to think
about God and His supposedly terrible
purposes respecting our race, to gen
eraI awe respecting the Bible, and to
fear of it's misunderstood teachings.
Word Shining as Never Before.
But now in the dawning of the New
Dispensation, the Word of God is shin
ing as never before. One passage illu-
minating another, our fear gives place
to reverential love and filial awe. We
begin to understand that the torment
doctrines which we received are Who'll
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which, on the contrary, is distinctly
marked by Wisdom, Justice, Mercy
and Love toward all We find our
selves now in agreement with the
Scriptural declaration that Gods judg-
ments are righteous altogether" and
we delight in them.
Instead of a judgment of eternal tor
ment as a penalty for sin, we find
Judgment, or sentence, of death We
agree to the righteousness Of that YER
dict, or judgment. God had right to
demand of His creature the obedience
he was able to render He had per-
feet right to destroy him in death
when he refused the blessing of life
eternal on the terms Of obedience. See
ing this, how rejoiced we are to note
the Divine Mercy in the Plan of Re-
demption for the sinner and his off
spring through the sacrifice of Christ!
AS a result we have good hope in His
judgments; for He who once judged
us worthy of death has with equal
justice redeemed us and granted US
the opportunity of eternal life through
the resurrection.
1t was another part of the Divine
Judgment against our race that. in
stead of the death penalty's coming in
stantly upon Adam and Eve, it came
gradually, that through the processes
of gradual dying they might the better
learn the lesson of ''the exceeding sin
fitness of sin," to the intent that.
when granted the new trial secured by
the merit of Christ's sacrifice. they
might profit by it the more. The same
principle applies to all of Adams pos
terity. "Tbe whole creation groaneth
and trayaileth in pain together until
now. waiting for the manifesto
ton of the sons of God" Romans
8:22, 49, They are waiting for the
establishment of Christ's Millennial
Kingdom, under which they will have
full opportunity of coming to
knowledge of the Truth.
This is Gods provision for the world
In general! What God did for Natural
Israel during the Jewish Age. and
what He has been doing for Spiritual
Israel since Pentecost, in this Gospel
Age. are matters separate and apart
from His general dealing with man
kind. The natural and the Spiritual
Seed of Abraham are exceptions to the
rule. Natural Israel under the Law
Covenant and Spiritual Israel under
the Abrahamic Covenant have been
granted special privileges and blessings
not granted to the world in general.
From these two nominal Israels spe-
cial sovercomers'' have been chosen, or
elected. These shortly, in association
with the Redeemer. will constitute the
Kingdom of God The overcomers of
Spiritual Israel, becoming the Bride
of Christ by resurrection change to the
Heavenly nature. Will be like Him and
share His glory. and will constitute the
Kingdom class. In the highest sense
The overcomers of Natural Israel. res
directed to the perfection of human ma
ture, will constitute the earthly phase