The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-22

Creation depicts
this subject of the destiny of human
tty, and greatly assists the public to
words Sheol and Hades, so long mis-
understood and misrepresented- The
Pastor said:
Closing Scenes of This Age.
God has stated times and seasons for
every feature of His great Plan for the
Salvation of Mankind from sin and
death conditions. In the end of each
of these seasons there has been fin
ishing up of its work and clearing
Off of the rubbish, preparatory to the
beginning of the work of the incoming
Age. Thus In the end of the Jewish
Age there was a Harvest-a separa-
ton Of the wheat class from the chaff
and a complete rejection of the latter
class from Gods favor. With the few
judged worthy in the end of that Age
a new arrangement began-the Gospel
Age-and now we find ourselves
amidst the closing scenes of this Age
the Harvest-during which the wheat
class and the tare class are being sep
arated With the wheat class. of
which our Lord Jesus Christ is the
Head, new Age the Millennium. is
about to be inaugurated. At the close
OF the Millennial Age there will be
still another Harvest. In which the
sheep class will be separated from the
goat class, and ushered into the glory
OF the ages to follow.
In the past many Of Gods people
have read their Bibles very carelessly.
Our minds have been sluggish to spir-
itual things. For instance, the Para
BILE Of the Sheep and the Goats was at
one time applied TO the Church. We
failed altogether to notice that 1t does
not say even one word respecting the
Church, but is applied to the world. the
nations. the heather. For many cen
turtles the Jews had been accustomed
to think of themselves as Gods nation.
Gods people; all others they styled
heather, GentiIes, the nations, the peo-
pie; and In the Old Testament prophe-
cies God has treated the subject from
that standpoint.
In line With this usage. when Spirit
nal Israel was received into Divine ia
vor as the Royal Priesthood, the holy
nation. the peculiar people, all the re
mainder of mankind were properly
enough TO be thought of as the nations.
the Gentiles. Following this thought.
fx1p r.rd fu1lo in fha pat- hla Of ha
Sheep and the Goats what will befall
the nations after His Kingdom shall
have been set up--after the selection of
the true Church class to be the Bride.
the Lambs Wife.
The Parable Descriptive of the New
Ago.
That this parable refers to the work
Of the incoming Age is clearly indicat
cd In the opening verse. There the
Master distinctly says, when the Son
Of Man shall come in His glory. and
all the holy angels with Him, then
shall He sit upon the Throne of His
glory" The scene Of this parable evi-
IDENTIFY is laid after the Time Of Trou-
BILE, when the nations shall have been
subdued, Satan bound, and the authori-
ty Of Christ's Kingdom established.
Before that time shall have come. the
overcoming Church will have been
seated with her Lord as His Bride In
His Throne AS the Apostle writes,
''Know ye not that the saints shall
Judge the world y'-I Corinthians g.
Then follows description of the
work of the Messianic Age: Before
Him shall be gathered all nations"
All the people in the world. except
Gods holy nation. His peculiar people,
the Church of Christ, will be gathered
before the great white Throne of Di-
vine Justice. Mercy and Love. First
will come the living nations; and then
in their appointed time the dead of all
nations will be called to appear before
the Judgment Seat of Christ there to
receive fair. impartial trial .as indi-
viduals under the most favorable cir
cupstances, the outcome of which viii
be a final sentence of worthiness or
unworthiness of life everlasting.
Six thousand years ago, In Eden
Adam and his entire race were on trial
for life. But Adam failed, and was
sentenced to death. His posterity. sin
ming in MIN. were sentenced in him;
and none Of his race are worthy of ev-
erlasting life. All are sinners; there
is none righteous, no, not one" But
In due time God sent His Son to die
for Adams sin, in order that las by
man came death fof the entire human
racel, by man [Jesusl also will come
the resurrection of the dead 1.-THE entire
race of Adaml; for as all in Adam die,
even so all in Christ shall be made
alfve"-"every man In his own order"
Il Corinthians 1921, %.
The first order to be made alive In
Christ is the Church, which has been
called out of the world, separated, be-
gotten of the Holy Spirit This class
pass their trial, their judgment. for
life or death everlasting In the present
time. Hence the worthy ones. those
whose characters are pleasing and ac-
ceptable to God. will be quite ready to
be the Bride of Messiah, joint-heirs
sociates In His work of Judging the |
world He has promised that all who |
are faithful shall sit with Him in His |
Throne Revelation 3:21)-the very |
Throne pictured in the parable under |
cOnsideration-the Throne before which |
all the nations. all people outside of |
the Church. will be gathered.
General Description of the Judgment |
Day.
The gathering of the world will be |
the result of knowledge. The Time of |
Trouble will lead ON to great enlight7 |
eminent; all the blind eyes will be |
opened, all the deaf ears unstopped. |
and the knowledge of the glory of God |
will fill the whole earth as the waters
cover the sea. There will be some,
however, who will resist this knowl-
edge and will decline to accept Christ
as their Mediator; this class will not
enter into this judgment, but after one
years of resistance will be de
stroyed.
Those who constitute the two classes
mentioned In the parable, the Pastor
declared, are those who have accepted
christ's terms and desire to be on
Judgment, or trial. for life everlast
ng. This will include all that are in
heir graves; they will come forth, not
VI at once, but gradually. Messiah's