The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-26

- MlIl from the text nv
l. 49, 49, &kN times Of this igno-
A rance God wlnked
49, az at. hut now
God hath appointed
IX<58k&s && a Day in the which
3EMs M4 He will Judge the
49, 1901 WMl world In righteous
NJ ExE& 49, ness by that Man
ioISI5Yo 5,;iecrIII whom lie hath or
ISlzN2lS,rS- Ne9s1ss.J dained."- Acts II 80,
81.
The Judgment Day, once dreaded by
all classes. has come to have a new
meaning when studied in the light OF
the Bible alone-HOur confusing Creeds
OF the Dark Ages being set aside. said
/ "a" spenNer. During the long period OF
time from the DEUCE to tn" First Ad
vent OF our Redccmer. the world OF
mankind lay in ignorance. weakness
and vice; but. as our text declares, God
took no notice Of 4 a. n whole He gave
His entire attention 20 the little nation
! of Israel. with whom lie made q special
Law Covenant. Israel entered upon a
great schooling period first. in a con-
dition OF peOnage in Egypt; then. under
the command OF Moses. passing from
Egypt 10 Canaan, with a wandering OF
| fuIj, years in the wilderness; and later.
uud y Judges, kings, etc, In the Promised
I Land
God id not overlook sin amongst the
fsrJcItos. whom He had adopted as His
! peculiar people under the Law Covenant
m"3!atcd hy Moses. We read that
every disohed.cpce received a iust
/ rcrOmpcnSe Of reward" ITebrews 2:2D
| stripes. punishments. captlvities. under
Divine supervision and predicted by the
! Prophets. was the portion - Israel.
! Obedience on their part brought bless
! inC. but d.soredicucc and idolatrv
! brought Chast s"tncrtS--Goi winl,ed NJ
l NJ B. 4 1Itr rhncnu rNaAy1la
I the nation OF Israel
At first riRnCe This is perplexinC.
| Those not understanding the Divine
! Plan would he inclined 20 expect tho
/ favored NATION to be excused more than
/ others, that lsrne, would We the people
whose impcrfec;ions would he wlniled
{ NJ. But not So 1sr1el was chosen Cor n
/ purpose. and in order to prepare them
/ FOR their mission, The Lord Chastened
and scourGed them for their sins. Thus
/ lie educated them and assisted them out
| NJ degradation more than others. AS Il
result, when our Lord came into the
! world 10 ~ mans Redecmer. Israel,
/ under the "Aastlsing, scourging and in
/ S'ru''lnr experiences Of many centuries.
/ was hI FAR the most advanced nation in
I the world along religious lines
/ Thus u was that when the Redeemer
/ presented Himself, "A remnant Of the
/ Jews were "Israol!tes indeed" ana ready
/ 20 receive Him five hundred during His
/ earthly ministry ahd several thousan nd
! more at the following pentecostal sea-
/ son II is bIC reasonable TO suppose
7 hut no other nation IN the world would
! have furnished any such numbers ready
/ OF heart for Messiah and fully conse-
Grated 20 Him. Note. FOR instance. that
$ rauiS preaching to the Athenians on
/ Mars I'm apparently touched not even
/ one hear or head.
Tho Divine Attitude During the Christian
Age
7 Ns God "wlnkcd" n tho sins Of the
world aside from His COvenanted nation
/ Israel. so He has continued to wink at
/ 20 gnOre the sins Of the heather world
I since St Paul says "re now command
! eth An men everywhere 10 repent" but
/ only those VINO hear The command have
, a responsibility respecting Il. The
/ heather masses have never heard the
! Divine Message Offering life everlasting
/ through christ. Gods attitude toward
/ them would therefore properly he the
samc as II was toward the Gentiles dur
, ing The Jewish Age. The responsibility
/ for right-doing in this Gospel Age rests
| with those upon whom the light OF
Truth has shined. In an especial sense
/ the Illuminated onos the enlightened
ones. are the Church alone. Only Gods
( Consorrat"d people receive he hcgctting
/ of me Holy Spirit is Amounting. the
opening OF their eyes VI understanding
b And with these the measure of their on
lightonmen' varies and those who see
little nave less responsibility than those
VINO see much. Thus seen, Gods deal
ings during this Christian Age are
mercy with the Church, the saints ot
\ God, The cJnsccrated, aud not with the
heather.
But large class 81 Gentiles, styling
themselves Christcndom. have been 81
much in contact with the light Of Divn,
Truth as to have n weighty RESPONSE
bilTty upon them. II il upon this elias,
that heavy judgments are about 10 fal
, in the close Of this Age, They hav,
heard the Message II Gods mercy
. toward mankind through Christ, and o.
!, their privilege Of repenting and cominG
into Covenant relationship with God
D They have hypOcritically pretended q
, make "A covenant with the Lord, pre-
tended to be His people, while their
, hearts were far from Him" Their pun
. Ishmen. Will be greater because Of thCij
5 hypocrisy because they have fOolishl,
, thought that they could deceive the Al
mighty. They viii learn that He vii
D. MT he Knocked Nevertheless, the 70,
! Of chastisement upon them Will he will
a view 10 their recovery and not 70
their destruCtion--muCh less their cter
/
s any sine, are 10 die the Second Death.
; The WORLDS Judgment nay.
The Apostle declared that God ha
appointed a Day ia future EpoCm II
which lie viii Judge the world" Their
was no intimation by the Apostle tina
the worlds Judgment Day had begun
, | Everything in his language indicate,
that II would he future Elsewhere w
are told that when the world will be ol
p Judgment ON trial, for life or dealt
everlasting, the Church glorified will b
the Judges (Matthew 1928; l Cor
7 inthRns G;2) This means that wheI
! the Church. now on trial, shall hav
been completed. shall have passe
through the resurrection change int
: glory and become associated with III
Rcdcemor in His kingdom-then tn
. world will have It's Judgment Day o
, trial. That period. also styled the Da
l Of Christ" is SCripturally declared to h
q thousand years long. During this tim
! Messiah and His Church will Judge tn
world-giving all a test to demonstrat
their wOrthlness or unworthness q
q everlasting life.
o The opportunity then to he given IN
h world viii he a grand one. The Scrip
10 lures declare that tho Lords iudgmen
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