The Washington times., 1915-03-01

the human family promised q share in
that the Divine arrangement for the
Parsaiss and no %amsn pesi.csion aS fa''as n ny
Rivins 1.;. Likeness; e.s;, They fail to see that
world for eighteen centuries. viii com
pose q Spiritual Kingdom which. back
cd by Infinite Wisdom and Power, will
ees .ny :srve ne ~Gsids than
that the Ancient Worthies. from Abel
down to John the Baptist. are to be
msSe m All ths 9ans. ana
sentst,yes. agents. Of the invisible ! D.
ituai Kingdom then in control.
&c our f.'1a minds is.h have been 80 long 6linssd
received 50 little Intelligent study with.
out sectarian glasses, that II is not sur
prising that We have ali 30 seriously
erred In SO important a matter.
Messiah's Kingdom Invisible.
Some OF the noblest minds have been
| repelled from faith in the Second Ad-
vent by the thought Of an early King
dom with Christ and the saints In regal
state They were quite right In think
/ ing that earthly royalty would be be-
meath the dignity Of Messiah and His
Bride. The Scriptures declare that
Jesus left His glory. humbled Himself
! to become man. In order to be the
| Great Sin-Offering for our race But
the Redeemer prayed to be elorified
with the glory which He had with the
! Father before the world was; and He
promised His Church a share in His
Heavenly glory. Did He lead US to ex-
pect Heavenly glory. Heavenly in
heritancc and glorious change to Heav-
| emily conditions. and will He give US,
instead. t. earthly glory and merely per-
fectich In the flesh?
How slow We have been to see that
GOD never purposed that either Jesus or
His faithful Elect should remain in the
| hesh. We misunderstood q few Bible
| statements. We read. Every eye shall
! see Him" and forgot that there nre cves
Of understanding az well as natural
eyes. We forgot that Jesus declares
| that very few nov see or hear--o1!y the
sanity. whose eyes OF understa ming
have been opened by the amounting OF
said. "A little while and the world
| seeth Me no more" When once we dis
Germ that He has been given a spirit
nature again. that He no longer has the
Sin n-sacrif1ce. then We see why the
world will see Him no more, and why
the Church must be changed by resi--
rcction power before she can see Him.
II Will Come Again."
Jesus left the world. not 20 much In
the sense Of going so far away that He
could not see His disciples and COM
municate with them. but rather in the
sense that He tDould not do 80. He
would compel them to walk by faith
and not by sight," to search the
Scriptures" and to receive the spiritual
blessings through the fellowship Of the
Truth. By His Holy Spirit He would
be with them, and not by further mani
festations.
/ His Second Coming would be at the
end OF the Age. to awaken His sleeping
saints and change them to the Heavenly
state. Thus he would come again and
receive His Church unto Himself-nrst
the sleeping ones and subsequently those
alive and remaining. who would expert
moment OF death. Additionally. In the
Harvest with which the Age ends, He
promised to take special supervision Of
the gathering Of His Elect.
IT Ihis & stage Of bis Coming is called. in
The world Is not to know OF His Parou-
STA On the contrary. It is described a.
secret-"as y thief In the night" Jesus
| said that at His Parousia the world
SSld ssIdnx Dc ana sans hne dinkirE ar, Dlsntns
, in the Harvest Of the Age. even a. rho
world in the days OF Noah knew not.
The intimation Is. however, thai some
Of Gods people would be aware Of His
Parousia: while others. the Foolish v;r-
gins. would be overcharged with cares
Of this life. and know not
II Jesus really meant 1t when He
said. "A little while and the world seeth
Me no more" how can humanity know
Bible answers most distinctly. 1t tells
of the shining forth. the Epiphania, Of
the Messianic Kingdom 1t tells of His
Apokalupsis, or revealment-"He shall
be revealed IN flaming fire." This nam
elsewhere. These are to be 90 severe
that the elements Of society will melt
with the fervency Of the heat in a
terrible Time Of Trouble: Additionally,
TENS. will be involved. and will pass
swav with great commotion. II Is
from this revealing in flaming fire. Di-
vine censure upon the world. that the
great. the high. the mirhty. the poor,
dens and caves Of the earth'-in the So
cial orders and in affiliations With
strong Governments. etc.
Gradually mankind will see that It 10
the time of rroase such nst as Wa: s:uset net
since there was 4 nation The ploW.
share Of trouble will 20 SO deep that
they. will effectually learn the lesson.
|
ties and blessings OF the Messianic King.
dom-"the desire Of all nations"
But first The Christ. Jesus the Head
and the Church the Body. Bridegroom
and Bride. must enter into the glory OF
the Kingdom. Then will he established
the earthly phase of the Kingdom under
the Ancient Worthless. The world will
see Abraham. Isaac, Jacob. and all tho
Prophets" hut will not see the King.
nor the Bride. nor "the virgins. her
companions on the spirit plane. These
will be as invisible to humanity as are
Satan and his demon host.
One OF our great obStacles in the past
has been the failure to discern that God
has been presenting two distinct saliva.
tions--that Of the Church to the spirit
ual. Heavenly, Divine nature. and that
Of the non-elect. through the Church
To them will come the opportunity g.
earthly Restitution to human parfer-
ton. In the image and likeness Of God
as was Adam-in a worldwide Paras
disc. Our Sav'or's First Advent va
necessary for the redemption OF maOr
kind. His Second Advent ID for ttO
overthrow Of Satan and for the relea0
Of sinners.
How Christ Has Come As q Thief.