Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-03-18

Eden, the abode of bliss. 1t was lost
through the sin Of our first parents,
but the gracious promise of our great
Creator IL that this condition Of earth.
ly bliss shall be re-establlshed-not
merely In a little corner of the earth,
but that the whole earth shall become
the Paradise of God. Heaven is Gods
Throne and the earth is His footstool,
aud He assures us. II will make the
place Of My feet glorious"-"in due
time How this will be done is the
Gospel Message
The Divine Promise to Father Abra.
ham. thut all the families Of the earth
shall be blessed through his Seed, In.
cludes the thought OF mans full res
toration to Divine favor-as before he
sinned and fell. before Paradise was
lost, before man came under the curse,
or sentence, Of death. The Jews hoped
that Messiah would come and consti-
tute their nation the earthly Kingdom
Of God and re-estahllsh Paradise with
Palestine as it's center. They expected
that under His wise minlstratlon, u.s.
ing their nation as His instruments,
the Divine Law would extend to all
and, by bringing all people into har.
mony with God, would gradually bring
all back to the Paradise state,
A..
1t was In full harmony with this
that the dying thief asked the Lord to
remember him when He should come
into His Kingdom the Kingdom
whose dominion would establish right.
eousness in the earth, and thus CON
vert the world, under Divine favor,
into the Paradise Of God, Our Lords
answer was that verify, truly, his re-
quest should be granted-the thief
would yet be with Him In Paradise,
Paradise has not yet been established; /;
for Gods Kingdom has not yet come
to earth; It delays until certain work
for the Church shall be accomplished,
II is not the Divine purpose to make
OF the nation OF Israel Gods King.
dom In the highest sense Of the word,
though 1t will be actively identified
with the Heavenly Kingdom as its
earthly representative God is select
ing during thls Gospel Age n new na'
tion Spiritual Israel, from every ma.
ton, people, kindred, tongue AT our
Lords First Advent and subsequently,
He gathered from Israel such as were
sanity and ready for the Kingdom;
since then He has been tnklng out
from other nations enough to complete
the foreordained number Of the elect
Church. These viii constitute the
Kingdom per sc, and II cannot be set
up or established IN power until this
election. or selection, shall have been
completed and the Elect changed" or
glorlhed on the spiritual plane, by tho
power OF the First Resurrection.
Paradise, or the Garden Of the Lord.
mot only represents that earthly condl.
tion which will be restored for the
benefit and blessing Of the natural man
las the reward for his obedience TO
the rules OF lmmanuel's Kingdom dur.
lug the Mlllennlnl Age-but II also
applies to the glorious ana Heavenly
position which God has In reservation
for the Church Thus we read In the
Book Of Revelation that God has prom
ised 10 the overcomers OF the Church,
ITO him that overcometh viii give
TO eat of the Tree Of Life, which is In
the midst OF the Paradise Of Cod
Tho WORLDS Regeneration
This Is a grandly beautiful aud sym.
bolc message and promise. assuring us
OF the happiness aud Heavenly BLISS In
eterual.llte conditions OF all who are
faithful followers OF Christ IN the pres.
eni Age walking IN His footsteps In
the Narrow Way. The Book Of Rev.
ention pictures the history Of this Cos.
pei Are down into the Mlllennlal Aye
aud shows US Paradise re.establlshed
with the Heavenly City. the glorlhed
Church as lts center. Or capital The
River OF Life r. pictured M flowing
frym under the Throne On either bank
of Its crystal winters Of Truth and
Grace grow the Trees Of Ilfe after
the manner of Eden Of old
The future state win ull he Paradise
The completeness of hlessedness Will
ilFs he manifested IN the Church OF
che rnlrltunI plane; aud secondly. 4
win be manlfested In the Anclen