Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-08-20

come speedily, suddenly fguratively,
lin an hour The DESCRIPTIONS of her
fall are various. In one place we read
that she shall be utterly burned with
fire. The same symbol of fire is used
by st. Peter in referring to the same
trouble and destruction. In another
place we read that Babyl Ion shall be
cast like Il great milestone into the sea
and be found no more at all
"Every Eye Shall See Him."
Throughout this Gospel Age, the
Lords people have with the eye of
faith recognized Jesus as their Redeem
err and Deliverer. But comparatively
few have had such eyes of faith and
understanding The majority. as the
APOSTLE declares, are blinded by Satan
and by error. and fail to get Il proper
true vieN of Christ. He says that
the god of this world has blinded
the minds of all unbelievers. But the
gracious promise of the Lord is that
all the blinded eyes shall be opened
The experiences of eighteen cen
turtles have done little toward opening
the eyes of the world; but the revela-
ton OF Messiah in flaming fire will APP
peal to them quickly. They will see
Him thus-"Every eye shall see Him,
and those also who pierced Him"-the
Jews. Instinctively they will fear. 1t
may require considerable time for
them to become fully persuaded that
the One feared is their best Friend,
who gave Els life as their Redemption
price. and whose judgments in the
earth are for the very purpose of
breaking the bondage of fear, igno-
rance superstition, sin, selfishness and
injustice, and of allowing the whole
world to go free from q sin-slavery
which has long oppressed them.
In due time they will learn that the
| fire of Gods anger does not burn
against the sinners for whom Christ
died. but merely against their sins. The
learning of this lesson will open their
eyes still more widely and enable them
to see something of the length, the
breadth, the height and the depth of
Gods Love, of which the Apostle tells.
l-Ephesians 3:1419.
That the Jews will be in that trouble.
| the Bible distinctly marks out 1t will
| be 1.-THE time of Jacobs trouble, but he
shall be saved out of it." Jeremiah
3O:1o The Gospel Church having been
completed by that time and having
passed beyond the veil. Gods favor
| will be restored to Natural Israel; and
the time for the special manifestation
Of that favor will be in the dark hour
Of Jacobs trouble, when the Jews are
surrounded by enemies. In and through
that trouble the Lord will pour upon
them the spirit of grace and of sup
plication, and they will look upon Him
whom they pierced. (Zechariah 12:lO9
They will discern that they made
great and horrible mistake in cruelty
ing the Friend of Sinners, their long
promised Messiah. We are told that
they shall mourn because of Him, and
that then the spirit of prayer and sup
plication will come to them and they
will see Jesus in His real character.
| At or about that same time Divine
| favor will be manifested on Israel's
behalf, and the Lord will deliver them,
as in olden times. Their eyes of faith
and understanding will open more and
more widely Eventually, according
to the Bible, they will become the lead
ers Of mankind in returning to God,
who will abundantly pardon their
iniquity and grant them prominent
share in the blessings of His Kingdom.
Few Stripes" and "Many Stripes"
The great Messianic Kingdom will
not spare the rod, but will inflict pun
ishments for the worlds correction in
righteousness. Some will suffer more
and some less, according to the Mas
ter's own statements. Those under
standing the principles of righteous
ness and wilfully violating them will
be beaten heavily, with many
stripes; while others. such as the
heather, for instance, who knew little.
| will receive fewer stripes. proportion
ate to their ignorance. All the stripes.
however, will be reformatory, and with
a view to helping and encouraging the
transgressors to abandon the ways of
iniquity and to walk in the paths of