The Washington times., 1914-11-28


voice they all tell us
that this Age is the one in which
evil, as personified in Satan, ''the
prince of this world" prevails. and
in which the Lords Cause and His people
are more or less set at naught. They all
tell US that the inauguration of Messiah's S
Kingdom signifies momentous change
in respect to these matters. I'm His day
the righteous shall flourish and the evil
doers shall be cut off" God wisely and
kindly .veiled their eyes in respect to the
length of time before the Reign OF
Righteousness would begin. Hence the
Apostles all speak of the New DISPENSE
ton as imminent-not, however. declar-
ing il to be expected in their day rather,
they expected to fall asleep in death, but
with the assurance that with the dawn
ing of the New Dispensation they would
share in His Resurrection"-Chriss s
resurrection-the resurrection to glory,
p honor and Immortality on the spirit
plane.
Our text is one of these prophecies re-
specting the future-picturing the inau-
guration of Messiah's Kingdom. Like all
other Scriptures bearing on this subject.
It implies that the transition from the
Reign of Sin to the Reign Of Righteous
ness, from the dominion of Satan to the
Dominion OF Christ, will be a great Time
OF Trouble. because Satan and his de-
luded subjects will not qnickly and
meekly renounce their claims to earthly
dominion and submit themselves Loyalty
20 the King of kings and the Lord of
lords. This will necessitate the breaking
in pieces OF these systems their sub
jugation.
AS we have already pointed out, this
breaking and shaking and trouble are
coming from every quarter and are de-
scribed in the Scriptures as a great
whirlwind raised up from every quarter
, Of the earth. Other Scriptures have told
US about the trouble upon the nations.
picturing to us the winds of war, to be
followed by the earthquake of Socialism.
and that to be followed by the fire of
anarchy. Still other Scriptures have
shown us the conflict between the people
IN general and the princes of the world
merchant princes, manufacturing princes,
religious and political princes and kings
showing US that eventually there will be
two great divisions in the conflict, and
that the whole earth will be terribly
devastated by the ensuing anarchy.
"The Evil Day" Upon Relisionists.
Our text refers to the present time as
m evil day upon religious people-a day
~ trial. OF danger, OF victory for The
few, Of disaster for the many processing
the name of Christ. 1t may surprise
some when we assert that we, the
Church, have already been in this evil
day referred to in our text for some
years, and that it still continues and
win merge into the evil day upon the
world. This means that the evil day
upon the Church began before the evil
day upon the nations. This Is in full
accord with the Scriptures which de-
clare Judgment must begin at the
House Of God"-the Church. Pet. Az
For nearly forty years the Church has
been undergoing severe trials and test
ings along the very lines indicated by
the Apostle in our context. and in vari-
ous other descriptions Of this time fur
niehed US in the New Testament Dur
ing this period Theosophy, Christian
Science, Spiritualism, Higher Criticism,
Evolutionism and various other confus-
ing teachings have come forward Each
contains fragments Of truths and masses
Of error From the Scriptural stand
point they are brought forward at the
present time by the Adversary, Satan,
with a view TO confusing the people and
leading them away from the Truth.
Satan is represented as being espe-
cially active at this time. for the reason
that this is the time when special light
upon the Divine Character and Plan are
due 70 come to the Church. Seeing that
the people are awakening to more intel
Iisent thought on religious subjects. the
Adversary brings forth a host OF philos-
opties to entangle. 20 mislead, putting
darkness in the guise Of light, and en-
deavoring to make the light Of the
dawning New Day appear as darkness.
This the Apostle refers to IN the con-
text ". l2): For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against
principalities. against powers, against
the rulers Of the darkness Of this Age
anu dSdIllSl "lShcu SiJII iNS III IIiBl pOSI-
tions"
These wicked spirits, we understand
the Scriptures to teach. are the fallen
angels, called demons throughout the
New Testament Under the captaincy
of Satan then have not ceased their
warfare against the Lamb and those
who follow Him; nor will they cease
until. in the due time. Emmanuel shall
bind that old Serpent and restrain all
his evil influences, to the intent that the
world may be no longer deceived
Revelation Polls.
During this evil day the truthfulness
OF the Apostles word has been demon
strated that the people Of God require
the whole armor Of God that they may
b. able TO withstand these seductive snd
evil influences Only thus guided with
the Truth, protected with the breast
plate o: righteousness, shod with the
preparation OF the Gospel OF Peace.
armed with the shield of faith aud in
tellActp"ry with the helmet OF salvation
and the Sword of the Spirit, which is
The Word Of God-only these have been
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