The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-12

was the Justice OF exacting all that of
tho people living in the close of that
Age7 We reply that those people had
| far more responsibility than all who
preceded them. They had great Light
amongst them. shining from Jesus and
the early saints. In their treatment of
these lightbearers, crucifytng them and
lvariously inJuring them, that last gen
GRAFTON Of the Jewish Age partially cox
onerated their forefathers who had done
similar things with much less enlighten-
ment. and upon the enlightened ones
! fell the wrath
"Tbe Recompenses OF Zion.-
The Rible intimates that similar aR-
gregations of punishment are to be ex-
pected in the end OF this Gospel Age.
The great time OF trouble, or day of
wrath, IL the "RI9COMPENSES OF
| THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION"--the
saints the true Church. For eighteen
| hundred years has Jesus prophetically
foretold that the Kingdom Glass would
suffer violence. and the violent have
usurped the place of the true by force
! Matthew HE'D All tho while. the
| VIOLENT have outwardly been % sing
as the True Church of Christ, while the
saints OF God in every epoch and in
every century have suffered--"as de-
/ ceivers and yet true, as poor yet max
/ ing many rich. az having nothing vet
]
6:s) Heirs OF God and jolnt-heirs
with Jesus Christ" tRomans s:l7). they
/ have been counted the fifth and off
! securing Of the earth, OF whom the
world was not worthy Their names
have been cast out as evil, and as Jesus
! prophesied, Il has been true, They
1 shall say all manner OF evil against you
falsely, for My sake" Matt. 5:11)
These are bid rejoice and be exceeding
glad. knowing that their reward in
Heaven is great. But the sin II their
prosecutors must be liquidsted even
! though the prosecutors themselves will
I all eventually he forgiven
From this viewpoint, the Time OF
Trouble. such as never was since there
was nation" and which is now begin
ming and gradually to be contaminated,
will be the squaring OF Gods accounts
with the world, preparatory to handing
the Kingdom over to Messiah, for all
to he blessed by His rule. as Il is
written, II will give Thee the heather.
the Gent.les. for an Inheritance, and
the uttprmOst parts ~ the earth for a
possession" Psalm 2:SD First must
come the breaking in pieces as a pot
ters vessel, and the great lessons which
that tribulation will bring. in order that
the world may he prepared properly to
appreciate and love Righteousness and
hate inquty"
AS illustrative OF this principle, note
the lesson OF Revelation 6:e-1l. Fol-
lowing great persecution the Lord
hguratively represents the martyrs OF
that period as crying out to Him even
as the blood OF Abel il said TO have cried
out for vengeance. The cry is How
long. - Lord holy and true. dost Thou
not Judge and avenge our blood on them
i that dwell on the earth?" White robes
| were appOrtiuned unto them as indicat-
ing that from the Scriptural standpoint
they were pure. holy. justified through
faith and obedience. and the message
for all the martyrs Of Jesus was, Wait
"a little season, the vengeance will come
but not until all OF this Glass shall have
lngs of Christ"
To these martyrs the sufferlngs
brought polishings Of character. test
ings of faith Divine approval and an
increased glory on the Spirit Plane as
Members of tho Bride OF Chrlst-thesc
blessings to be given to them in the
First Resurrcction-the chief Resurrec-
ton. referred Ia by our Lord in Revela-
ton 20:6. The closing of this Gospel
Age viii witness the mar,yrdom Of the
last Members OF the Body Of Christ.
Then the glory OF the FIRST Eesurrec-
ton VIII signify the establishment Of
Messiah's Kingdom the time for the
rccompensing OF lions wounds in the
great tribulation. Thus Will bo accom-
pllshcd the binding OF Satan, and then
Mcsslah's Kingdom. with all of its
blessed and uplifting influences will
bless the whole world with the long
promised Restitution OF all things
which God hath spoken by the mouth OF
all The holy prophets since the world
began Acts 3:l9-23.
Modern persecutions Differ.
We do not say that the persecution
OF the laa; Members Of the Body OF
, Christ Will b" by literally cutting their
tongues out. by literally burning them
At tho stake, by literally crucifying
| them or hcheadlny them, rs was done
with some of the other Members of the
Body in the past. In our day there is a
more refined process often used. Some
,rc gibbeted by tho pulpit some arc
roasted In tho public press. some have
their tongues cut out in the sense that
their words are msrcpresented, and
; that they are denied a hearing AnC
yet there are things in the Scriptures
which seem 70 imply that there may b,
a literal assassination ana destructi Tor
Of Gods faithful people in the end OF
THIS Age as well as a hgurative one
But the Lords grace will Ice sufficient
, for these, and tho more they shall sur.
fer for His Sake. for the Truths Sake
tho greater will be their glory and sta.
ton in the Kingdom
Who shall be punished for these
, crimes against the saints Of God? W,
mites what Is to-day known as tn,
9 christian world"--a very anomalou,
u term, for The world has no identificatIo
II with Christianity nor Christianity witt
e the world. Tho so-called Chris
! tendon Of our day correspond,
l exactly to the Jewry OF Jesus
e Day. Then Scrihes and Pharisees
I hypocrisy were banded together witt
the Sadducees and Herodians. tn,
= worldly and intidel politicians. The
= object was one; namely, the perpetua
y ton Of their own institution regardless
, of Gods arrangement. SO here, tn,
% civilized world, misnaming itsel
G "Christs Kingdom" II intent upon tn,
: preservation Of the great Babylon whicl
y II has constructed, and willing TO d.
I anything TO avoid the destruction whicl
e the Rihc declares. But nothing tina
Babylon can do can avert the over
E throw of present institutions, and tn
J. establishment Of the New Order q
70 things which God has foreordained 10
II the blessing Of the world through Mes
p slabs Kingdom, for which His saint
- have long prayed, Thy kingdom come.
Hypocrisy the Greatest of All Sin,
r Taking into account the persecution
l. endured by Gods saints throughout TIL
d Gospel Age there must be heavy nc