The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-09

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Hence it has pleased God to have a
different method of dealing with the
world Of mankind in general from that
which He has adopted in dealing with
the Church in this Age. In the next
Age, force will be used, and not merely
moral suasion. Force will be employ.
ed in putting down the reign Of evil.
Satan will not merely be requested to
desist from deceiving the world, but
will be bound for a thousand years.
and be unable to deceive the nations.
Likewise, mankind will no longer pe
invited to accept Christ, and to give
their hearts in obedience to Him. but
on the contrary, they will be compelled
to be obedient. AS 1T is written, unto
Him every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess, to the glory of God"
Offers Of grace will no longer be held
out, with reward for faith attached;
Instead, knowledge shall fill the whole
earth, as the waters cover the great
deep. philippians 2:1O, II; Isaiah
N:9.) AS a result, no one shall then
say to his neighbor or to his brother,
Know thou the Lord! for they shall
all know Him, from the least unto tho
greatest of them.-Jeremiah 81 IA.
Heathen Fall Under Him.
Another Psalm describes Megsiah'a
triumph in the Millennial Age, saying,
"Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O
Most Mighty, with Thy glory and Thy
majesty. And in Thy majesty ride
prosperously in the cause Of Truth and
Weakness and Righteousness; and Thy
right hand shall teach Thee terrible
things. Thine arrows are sharp in tha
heart Of the Kings enemies; whereby
the people fall under Thee" psalm
45:3-5) Instead Of people here, read
heather, as in the original, and we
have a picture Of the conversion Of the
heather as 1t will shortly be- accom-.
plished. We are not to suppose the
Lord will ride upon a horse, or that
literal arrows will literally pierce the
hearts Of His enemies. We are to I'M
derstand this picture to signify our
Lords triumphal c%onquering Of the
world; and that the arrows Of Truth.
which will go forth unto the whole
world, will reach the hearts Of men
and smtte them down. Even so we
read that when st. Peter preached at
Pentecost that the Jews had taken
and cructf1ed the Son of God, the hear
ers were "cut to the heart''-with the
lance of Truth. Thank God for such
arrows from the CULVER Of Divine Wis
dom .I1TSfIan Tnro1 W. ~.:~- 49,
the heather will thus be conquered
for the Lord, and thus eventually
every knee bow and every tongue con-
Tess.
The work Of dealing with the heath
en-, with the world-with all excent
the C~hurch-will begin with the gen
Grafton living at the time of the es-
adjustment Of the Lords Kingdom,
In due time it will proceed and will
ultimately include all that are in their
graves In the reverse order from that
In which they entered. And the last
shall be the first to come forth-"ev.
cry man In his own ORDER" or class.
Deep Humiliation 10 Yet Promised the
World.
Too frequently do Bible students !
neglect to see whether or not their in |
terpretations are in harmony with the
context Of the passages under discus |
sion. Let us not make this, mistake. |
Turning to the second Psalm, we find
that following our text is the declara-
ton, Thou shalt break them with a
rod OF iron; Thou shalt dash them in
pieces like q potter's vessel" Verse
~ The application Of this evidently
Is to the time Of our Lords Second Ad-
vent, when the selection Of the Church
snail have been completed and she
have entered into His glorv as
the Bride, the Lambs Wife, symbol
lcally pictured as the New Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of Heaven,
From that New Jerusalem. we are
told, the River Of the Water Of Life
shall flow freely, and whatsoever will
may freely partake of it. On either
oank, Will grow the Trees of Life.
leaves are for the healing Of
Ehe nations. And the Spirit and the
Bride Will say, Come; and whosoever
Will may come, and take of the Wa.
'er OF Life. But In the meantime. be-
ore the nations, the world, will be-
'eady for that blessing from the New
jerusalem, they must needs pass
through a period Of very deep hu-
niliation-"A@Ti Time Of Trouble such 90 !
lever was since there was a nation."- ]
Matthew 24:21.. q
AS for the nations Of that time, the
xtent to which they will suffer de-
will depend largely upon :
heir own attitude, as is intimated by :
he verses following our text, Those
1 the nations who freely and heartily
ccept of Messiah's rule will be cor
e~spondingly saved from the breaking
recess. Hence it is urged, 'Be wise.
ye kings Of the earth! Kiss the Son,
'st He be angry. and ye perish from
way, when His wrath is kindIea
ut a little"
But while this seems to offer leni-
ncy, mercy, these favors are condi.
onal on the manner In which the
lesslanic Kingdom shall be received.
Scriptures intimate that all the
atoms, not only heather but civilized.
Ill be found in violent opposition to
70 Heavenly Kingdom, and hence that
| together they will be crushed as tho
'ssels Of a potter.
The Glorious Outcome.
The Lord tells us that as the heav.
IS are higher than the earth, SO are
s.- 100 ~r. l. u l