The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-01-09

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text, the speaker read Isaiah 341-S:
Jeremiah 25:l5. III. 2I-3S: Isaiah 66:l5.
16. Luke 21:24-o6; Revelation 60 IL: 2
Thessal0nians | - TO- Their united tes-
timony. he claimed. referred to the
present -mistranslated the end Of
the world: properly Interpreted. the
end Of the Age. inaugurating the New
Age-.rhe world to come" Gods peo-
pie Israel typitied Spiritual Israel. All
others were called the nations. the peo-
pie. (scntiIes. ana were outside cove
nant relationship with God III we rec
ognize sanity people OF all denomina-
ti,.as as the TRUE Church. and all 9TH
erx ns Gentiles. we shall get into
alignment with the Divine mind. From
fh!s viewpoint alone can Biblical
prophecies he understood
Il he Divine rod is to be expected
upon the so-calIed Christian kingdoms
--ilominnI Christians. Responsibility
and punishment win he proportionate to
fixture to live up to knowledge pos
srssed Gods wrath and the coming
Judgments are wholly different from
tn. creedal legends respecting eternal
torture for ail except the Elect
Elsewhere God shows us that the
trunbies Of the Day Of Wrath are the
outgrowth Of human wrong-doing. and
that these dire penalties for sin would
haze wrecked our social and religious
fabric long ago. had He not held back
tile storm of human passion until the
enil Of this Age. Just 50 soon as that
storm shall have taught humanity
needed lessons and liquidated long
standing accounts. Messiah's Kingdom,
with clean slate. will be inaugurated.
THE Rscompenses Of Zion"
We have reached the end Of the
world-end of this Age, the Pastor de-
clared. Then be explained that, al
fllungh God has provided. through Je-
sus sacrifice. for absolute forgiveness
OF all sins and frailties traceable to
original sin. and that certain wilful
sius have been more or less punished
during the lives Of the sinners. never
theiess this VIII not be full settle
ment for sin. Persecution of the BODY
OF Christ Ia a crime against God; and a
Divine curse has rested upon their per.
secutors. whose responsibility has been
pr0portionafe to knowledge.
The grent trouble closing the Jewish
Age was retribution for unsettled
claims Of Justice luke 1850. Oh. The
Generstion then living had far greater
responsibility than had those preceding
chem. They had great Light. shining
from Jesus and the early saints.
The Bible lntimates that similar ag-
Eregations Of punishments are due In
the end Of this Gospel Age. As Jesus
forctold. the Kingdom class have suf-
fered violence. while outwardly the
rjotenf have posed as the True Church
The Time OF Trouble now beginning
WIN be the squaring Of Gods accounts
According to Scripture. the closing
Of this Gospel Age will witness the
martyrdom Of the last members OF the
BOdy Of Christ In our day more re
fined process Of persecution obtains
Some are Oibbefed by the pulpit: some
am ro0sted in the press; some have
their tongues cut out in that their
words are risrepresented. and they
IN. denied hearing. Yet the Bible
seems to imply n destruction also.
Babylon what is known as ''the
Christian world" be punished for
these crimes against Gods saints.
sChristendom" Of today corresponds
exactly to the Jewry OF Jesusfa day.
BiIsnaming itself "Christs Kingdom"
Il Is intent upon the preservation Of
the great Babylon which II has con-
sfructed. willing TO do anything to
avoid the destruction foretoid.
Hypocrisy the Greatest Of All Sins.
Time was when men really thought
that kings ruled MS part OF Christ's
Kingdom. that human destiny was In
the hands Of the clergy. that the nom
elect were doomed to eternal torture.
But that day has passed. No longer
deceived. the clergy know that Sheol
and Hades represent the death state.
aud not ore or torture In any sense.
.Ihey see Gods character clearly: they
perceive that the Kingdoms OF this
rtFld nre merely political institutions.
Nevertheless. the Divine character is
6fill blasphemed: God is still misrepre-
lDted to the people.
1.-Two hundred thousand professed
ministers Of Christ stand before the
world today. telling legends Of the
f>os7r< Ara and hindcring peOnle from