The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-23

Things, under. the control OF Messiah,
the Prince Of Light, IL to take the place
Of the present reign Of the Prince Of
Darkness. "A reign Of righteousness
and life is to succeed the present reign.
Of sin and death, according to st, Paul
Romans 5:1T, 81.
Christ's Second Coming.
The Bible everywhere represents
that Christ left a Heavenly glory when
He came to earth nearly nineteen cen.
turtles ago. 1.-THE Logos was made
flesh and dwelt among u.s." The Bible
explains that the necessity for this
humiliation, this leaving the glory and
taking a bondman's form, lay in the
fact that God had pronounced a death
sentence upon man, which mankind
were paying and from which they
could not be released unless some one
would become their redeemer and meet
the penalty for them-a death penalty,
not an eternal torment penalty, Of
which the Scriptures know nothing.
The Bible nowhere tells that Jesus
took the human nature to keep 1t for
ever, and to return with it to Heaven,
where it would be completely out Of
order and out Of place. The Bible
teaches, on the contrary, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
Of God" q Corinthians 1850; andthat
Jesus was made flesh merely "that he
by the grace Of God should taste death
for every man" Hebrews 2:e); and
that after doing this work He would
ascend up where He was before"
John 6:62). st. Paul assures us that
this, the Divine Program, has been car.
rted out After telling Of our Lords
obedience to the Fathers will In hum
bling Himself to death, even the death
Of the cross, he adds, "God hath high.
~ exalted Him"-':far above angels,
p~rincipalities and powers."-Philippi-
n 2:5-11; Ephegians 1908.
The Master declared plainly, "Yet o.
little while. and the world shall see
Me no more; but He promised that
He should be seen by His followers.
st. John declares, 1--WE shall be like
Him; for we shall see Him az He 49,"
Il John 32.) We read: EVERY eve
shall Q HIM; but this, to be In har-
mony with the other Scriptures, must
refer to the eyes Of understanding.
The Bible declares that eyes Of hui
man understanding are blinded now
by error and sin, but that shortly all
the blind eyes shan be opened. Then
all Will Q Messiah and His Kingdom
with the eye Of faith, as the Church
now Q Jesus, the crown Of life, and
the things which the natural y hath
NOT seen.
PaTeusaa~-Pressnes; Epiphanla-Mawi4
So fssEa%ioH.
Our English word coming lie used to
translate several very different Greek
words. One Of these is Parousia,
means presence, and IL used I'm
referring to the first stage Of the
Second Advent. He viii be
lnvisibly present. For a time none but
the sanity few whose eyes Of under
standing are anofnted through the
VOID and the Spirit Will realize His
Parousia, His presence, while all
things earthly viii continue as they
been-buying, selling, building,
marrying, etc. !Rhen, later on, win
come the Epiphania; that is to say,
the revelation, or manifestation, Of
the present One. This will not be q
manifestation I'm the flesh, but In a
great Time OF Trouble, syuabolfcaIy
ag fire, as when we read,
lie shall be revealed In flaming fre,
vengeance % ThesS. 1:7.10.
10 my understanding, the Bible
teaches that Jesus has been present
In the world since 1874. In other
words, .Hts Second Advent then began.
The wonderful progress I'm the world
since then Bible students tisug exp9ains
The wonderful blessing upon them and
study OF the Bible they interpret
In harmony with this. They undegs
stand the Bible TO teach that this Pa.
rousia win continue for q thousand
years; but that tho Epiphanta, or man
Hesitation TO the world, win DO due I'm
forty years from the time the Presence
began. E0r this reason they are look
very ~interestedly to see what the
present year may bring forth.
And do we NOT o everywhere signs
unrest, o time OF trouble breWtng7
looks az though this year would mark
The beginning OF the flaming fire.
judgments upon the world which
win mark the closing OF this Age and
inauguration OF ths New Dispen-
satIos OF Messiah's Kingdom, when
a1iustice shall be laid to the line and