The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-11-17

| {EEs -Ephesians O:lS.
Al the APOSTLES
a pointed forward to
our day--to the con-
| (6ByIUK S0SSGOl clusioA Of the present
Ss1.z..nxsz74ssy Age and ths inau-
guration Of the New Kingdom. With one
voice they all tell ~ that this Age is the
one In which etil. ~ personifiedin Satan,
"the prince Of this world" prevails. and
in which the Lords Cause and His people
are more or less set at nsught. They all
tell US that the Inauguration OF Messiah's
Kingdom signifies ; momentpus change
in respect to these rhatten. I'm His day
the righteous shall flourish and the evil.
doers shall be cut off," God wisely and
kindly yelled their eyes in respect TO the
length Of time before the Reign Of Right
eousness would begin. Hence the
Apostles all speak Of the New Dispense
ton rs imminent-not, however. declar-
ing It to be expected in their day; rather.
they expected to fall asleep in death, but
with the assurance that with the dawning
Of the New Dispensation they would
share in "His Resurrection"-Christ's
resurrection--the resurrection to glory,
honor and immortality on the spisit 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.
il 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 q great Time
Of Trouble. because Satan and his de.
luded subjects will not quickly and
meckly renounce their claims to earthly
dominion and submit themselves loyalty
to the King Of kings and the Lord Of
lords. TINS will necessitate the breaking
IN pieces Of these systems-their sub
juRation.
As We have already pointed out, this
breaking and shaking and trouble are
coming from every quarter and are de-
described in the Scriptures - . great
whirlwind raised up from every quarter
Of the earth. Other Scriptures have told
us about the trouble upon the nations.
picturihg 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 betGees the people
in general and the princes d 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.
'fhe Evil Day" Upon Religionists.
Our text refers to the present time al
q evil day upon religious people-a day
Of trial, Of danger. Of victory for the few
Of disaster for the many protesting the
name Of Christ. II may surprise some
\ when we assert that We, the Church. have
, already been in this evil day referred to in
our text iotsome years, and that 1t still
continues aud will merge into the evil day
. upon the SNrld. This means that the
evil day upoa the Church began before
the evil day upon the nations. This is in
full accord with the Scriptures which de-
4 clare Judgment must begin ct the Houst
Of God"-the Church. Pet. Alt.
I For nearly forty years The Church hal
been undergoing severe trials and test
\ inRs along the very lines indicated by thu
!, Apostle in our context, and in various
other descriptions Of this time Furnished
US in the New Testament. During thil
/. period Theosophy, Christian Science
Spiritism, Higher Criticism. Evolution
ism, and various other confusing teach
ines have come forward. Each contains
fragments Of truth and masses Of error
From the Scriptural standpoint they ar
brought forward Ut the present time b.
\ the Adversary, Satan, with . view 4
}! confusing the people and leading then
away from the Truth.
4 Satan is represented Is being especial,
! active ut this time. for the reason that thi
il the time when special light upon tn
N Divine Character and Plan are due I
u come to the Church. Seeing that tn
4 people are awakening to more intelligen
2 thou ght on religious subjects, the Ad
- yersary brings forth host Of philosophie
I to entangle. to mislead. putting dgrknes
n In The puise Of light, and endca vdting l.
N make the light Of the dawning New Da,
Di appear as darkness. This the Apostl
Y refers to in the context ". 49,: For "
u wrestle not against flesh and blood, bu
N against municipalities, against power
IN aSHinst the rulers OF the darkness Of tn
Age. and against wicked spirits in big
q positions
The q wicked spirits: we understan
the Scriptures to teach, are the falle
angels, called demons throughout tn
MI New Testament. Under the captainc
of Satan they have not ceased the
warfare against the Lamb and thoi
who follow Him; nor will they cea,
until, in the due time, Emmanuel shs
\ bind that old Serpent and restrain a
NJ his evil influences. to the intent this
the world may be no longer deceived
n Revelation COILS.
During this evil day the truthiulne
osItbe Apostles word has been dernol
< strated that the people Of God requi
NJ the whole armor Of God that they ma
J be able to withstand these seducti,
and evil influences. Only thus gui d.
y with the Truth, protected with Il
- breastplate Of righteousness, shod vii
n the preparation Of the Gospel Of Peac
N armed with the shield Of faith al
~ intellectually with the helmet Of salv
NJ ton and tie Sword Of .he Spirit, viii,
~ is the Word Of God-only these ha'
Il been able TO stand. and to telp othe
a 10 stand. in y time who, thousan,
~ have been falling into errors, into u
heliei-.ome being turr aside fro
l IL simplicity d the 0otPd Asssa
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