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] the Divine likeness They fan 10 see
/ that the sanity Church. gathered
1 from the world for eighteen centur-
1 les. VIII compuse spiritual King
/ dom which, backed BY Infinite Wiz
dom and Power, viii better serve
/ the worlds interests than could any
! earthly kingdom and that, further
I more. the Divine Plan provides that
/ tho Ancient WORTHLESS. from Abel
I down 10 John the Baptist. are 60 be
J fcHurrected perfect human beings
and made princes IN all the earth"
representative. agents. Of the In
visible spiritual Kingdom then in
control
our minds have been 30 long
/ blinded by false theories. and tho
Bible has received 20 little lntelli-
/ gent study without Eectnrlan glasses
that II IL not surprising that We
pave All 20 seriously erred IN 80 i'm
| portant matter.
Messiah. Kingdom Invisible.
Some OF the nobiest minds have
1 been repealed from faith in the Sec
ond Advent by the thought 81 an
earthly Kingdom with Christ and
Z me saints Ia regal state. They were
quite night IN thinking that earthly
royalty would be beneath the dig
niiy - Messiah and His Bride Tic
+ scriptures declare that Jesus left
Z His glory. humbied Himself to be-
come man. ln order to be the great
SIN Offering for our race But tie
hedeemer prayed TO be glorired
/ win the glory which He had with
the Father before the world was.
and He promised Ills Church a shar.
IN lis Heavenly glory. Did He lead
us 20 expect a Heavenly glory
/ Heavenly Inheritance and glorious
change 10 Heavenly conditions. and
Will He give US. Instead. earthly
Z H..
/ flesh ''''
How slow we have been 10 see
/ mat God mover purposed thst either
Jesus or Ills faithful Elect should
( remain IN the flesh. We nnisundef-
/ stood Few Bible statements We
! read. Every eye shall see Him. and
{ forgot That there are eyes OF under
standing AZ well as natural eyes
Z We forgot that Jesus declares that
I very Few now see or hesr-only the
sanity whose eyes OF understand
Ing have been opened By the anoint-
/ ing OF the Holy Spirit We forgot
I that Jesus said. ~ iittie while and
the world seeth Me no more" When
once we discern that He has been
given a spirit nature again, that IFe
no longer has the human nature
| which lie surrendered as a Sin-sac-
| rifice, then we see why the world
/ viii see Him no more. and why the
Church must be changed by resur-
rection power before she can see
Him
~ VIII Come Again.
Jesus left the world. not so much
IN the sense OF going 30 far away
I that He could not see His disciples
and communicate with them. but
rather In the sense that He would
not do 20. He would compel them 10
walk BY faith and not by sight" TO
| search the Scriptures" and to re-
ceivc the spiritual blessings
| through the fellowship OF the Truth.
1 BY His Holy Spirit He would be with
them, and not by further manifesto
/ lions
Ills Second Coming would be at IN.
end OF the Age. 70 awaken His
/ sleeping saints and change them TO
/ the Heavenly state. Thus He would
come again and receive Ills Church
unto Himself-first the sleeping
ones and subsequently those alive
: ana remaining who would expe-
| rtence their resurrection change I'm
| the moment OF death. Additionally
IN the Harvest with which the Age
| ends. He promised TO take special
supervision OF the gathering OF its
/ Elect.
This stage OF His Coming Is called
I In the Greek. His ParouSia-Hfs
presence. The world Is not to know
! OF His Parousls. ON the contrary
! IL Is described as serret-"as a thief
I IN the night" Jesus said that at
! Ills Parousia the world would be
s ead !, drinking; planting building.
Harvest OF the Age. even as the
1 world in the DAYS Of Noah knew not
/ The intimation is. however. that
some OF Gods people would be aware
/ OF His PRrousis. while others the
| Foolish Virgins. would be over
charged with cares OF this life. and
/ know not.
| II Iesus rcaitv ,,a,p. a, ,,.h. IL
! said. "A little while and the world
+ secth Me no more" how can human
1 itv know about the new. invisible
! Kingdom? The Bible answers most
! distinctly. II tells OF the shining
4 forth. the Epiphania. Of the Mes
| slnnic Kingdom. It tells Of Ills
/ Apokaiupsis. or revealment 49, "Ha
| shall be revealed I'm flaming fire
/ This flaming fire signifies severe
! Judgments. as elsewhere These are
I TO be so severe that the elements OF
| society win melt with the fervencv
/ OF the heat IN a terrible Time 81
/ Trouble. Additionally, the heav-
ems the ecclesiastical systems. will
| be involved. and will pass away
with great commotion. IL is from
this revealing in flaming fire. Di-
| vine Censure upon the world. that
| the great. tho high. the mighty. the
/ poor. all, shall seek to hide them
selves In the dens and caves OF the
Z
affiliations with strong govern
/ ments. etc
Gradually mankind will see that
/ IL Is the wrath OF the Lamb" that
causes the Time of Trouble such
as was not since there was a
/ nation The plowshare of trouble
viii go so deep that they viii ef-
/ fectuallY learn the lesson As their
eyes OF understanding open stiU
more widely, they win discern the
| beauties aud blessings of the Mes
sianic kingdom-"the desire OF an
nations"
But first The Christ, Jesus the
Head. and the Church the Rody
| Bridegroom and Bride, must enter
into the glory OF the Kingdom. Then
/ VIII DC established the earthly
/ phase OF the Kingdom under the
/ Ancient WORTHLESS. The world win
7 see Abraham. Isaac Jacob. and All
I the Prophets" but will not see the
/ King, nor the Bride. nor the Vir-
/ gins. her companions" on the spirit
/ plane. These viii be as invisible 10
humanity as are Satan and his demon
host.
! one Of our great obstacles In the
past has been the failure TO discern
4 that God has been presenting two
distinct salvations-that OF the
/ Church TO. the spiritual, Heavenly.
| Divine nature, and that OF the non
| elect, through the Church. To them
viii come the opportunity OF earthly
| Restitution to human perfection. I'm
| the image and likeness OF God. as
was Adam-in worldwide Para
disc. our SaYlors First Advent was
necessary for the redemption Of
mankind. His Second Advent is for
the overthrow OF Satan and for the
/ release OF sinners
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