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

leave their scar and sting to the end
of life; and so We may reasonably as
sumo that certain stripes. or punish
world in just the same manner. 1t will
be from these weaknesses and frailties
that they will be gradually raised up
to perfection during the blessed thou
sand years of Christ's Kingdom, when
Satan will be bound and unable to de-
ceive any one
Some may reason that if conformity
to the Divine Law in an outward way
will bring blessings to all, there still
may be an inward difference between
people. some coming heartily into ac-
cord with the Father, and others
merely assuming an appearance of har-
mony because this harmony will be the
way to perfection. Undoubtedly this
reasoning is correct. 1t is along this
very line that the parable under con-
sheep class and the goat class will have
much the same appearance and de-
meanor, except to the Judge, the King.
who will read the heart and ultimately
will manifest to all that there has been
real heart difference between the two
classes, all of whom will have been on
trial for thousand years, receiving
blessings from Messiah's Kingdom.
Character the Basis of Judgment
Meantime each individual on judg-
ment will be making character. This
the Great Judge will fully appreciate.
and will rate the individual either as
a sheep or as a goat All the sheep
class will thus be received at the right
hand of the great Jehovah; and all the
goat class will be rated as out of favor
with Him. even though all the while
they will be receiving the blessings of
the Millennial Kingdom and outward
ly rendering obedience to its laws.
Not until the close Of the Millennium
will the decision of the Judge be
manifested Then both sheep and
goats will show great surprise at His
decision.
To the sneep class the Judge will
say, "Come. We blessed of My Father
lIne klnd that My rather is pIeaseu 10
grant everlasting lifel, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world" When God
laid the foundation of the earth and
planned for its human habitation, it
was His design to give it to gou. Now
has come the times for you to enter
into this kingdom and possess it.
This is not the Messianic Kingdom
On the contrary. it is the kingdom
which God gave Adam, but which he
lost through disobedience and which
Christ redeemed by the sacrifice of
Himself. 1t will be given only to
those who will have developed the
God-like character-those who during
the Millennium have become the Lords
sheep.
To the goat class He will say, DE
part, We accursed ones [doomed onesl.
into everlasting punishment" Grant
ed all the privileges, blessings and ex-
periences of thousand years of con-
tact with righteousness. truth and the
Spirit of God. you indeed render an
outward obedience but at heart you
have not come into harmony with God
cannot present you TO the Father rs
blameless and irreprovable You must
be destroyed in the Second Death
everlasting destruction The penal
ty upon You is everlasting, because
there will be no further provision
made for your redemption or your res
direction from this Second Death
You will be as though you had never
been. You have failed utterly to ap-
preciate the goodness of God and to
copy His eharacter-likeness. Eternal
life is for those only who have the Di-
vine likeness and spirit.
Both classes were surprised at what
the King, the Judge declared to be the
basis of His judgment To the sheen
He said, 81 was hungry. and We gave
Me meat; | was thirsty. and We gave
Me drink; | was a@stranger. and We
took Me in; naked. and ye clothed Me:
was sick, and We visited Me; l was in
prison, and We came unto Me-" The
goat class. He declared, had failed to
meet these tests.
Both sheep and goats claimed to have
no knowledge of such experiences. But
The answer was. Inasmuch rs We did II
unto one of the least of these. NV
brethren. or did it not unto them, We
did 1t. or did it not. unto Me.
The Resurrection of the World.
Then the Pastor explained who these
are respecting whom there will be a
test upon the sheep class and the goat
class, and how it is that there will be
sickness, poverty, hunger and prisons
during the Messianic Kingdom. With
the establishment of the Kingdom all
who come into harmony with it will
have the great privilege OF doing some
thing to help others. The world is
blind and starved now, for want of
spiritual food and the amounting eye
salve of Truth. While the ATillenniaI
blessings will be showered upon those
who accept the Lords terms, there will
be others who win need assistance
Those who have the Spirit of God the
spirit of love, will he glad to carry the
Heavenly Message of reconciliation to
all humanity, glad to apply the eve
salye to the blind. glad to unstop the
ears of the deaf, glad to help the sin
sick back into harmony with God, glad
to help them to cover their nakedness
with Christ's merit
Those who take pleasure in this work |
will thereby demonstrate that they have
Gods Spirit and are co-laborers with |
Him. All these will be the sheep. But |
those who are careless respecting their |
Vow, and merely enjoy the Millennial |
blessings themselves, will be of The |
goat class and will thus mark them |
selves as goats. Correspondence they |
will be out of favor with the King of |
kings, their Judge.
The Prison House of Death.
Inc prison referred to-in the parable |
is undoubtedly the great prison-house
Oh death. into which approximately |
twenty thousand millions already have /
gone. All these are to come forth. not |
all at once, but every man in his own J
order as the Scriptures declare. Only |
the Church will be in the First Resur
rection During the Millennium the |
awakening from the sleep of death |
will. we believe. come about by Divine |
Power. of course, but in answer to |
prayer. Each family circle. rs it can |
prepare for another and another mem
Der, will be glad to do so. and win |
make request for his return. Thus the |
race will come out of the prison house
IN reverse order to that in which they
and will be acquainted with :
their friends and relatives who will