The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-12-11

being covered by the ministry of the Holy Sprtthat is
from Pentecos down to the Second Coming of Christi when
the Holy Spirit will be withdrawn and evil will be RAMPANT
throughout the world.
In the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles we are
given little glimpse of what Jesus did during the forty DAYS
between His resurrection and His ascension We are told
that He talked to the Apostles concerning things pertain
ing to the Kingdom of God and that through the Holy
Ghost He commandments unto the Apostles and then
we have brief statement of how He went out of sight
being concealed by cloud from their vew the coming of
the angels and the promise of His second comng-whch
we are looking for today
GOD HAS CERTAIN TRUTHS For CERTAIN TIMES
You doubt have read in the Bible something about
giving the people meat in due season. Now that is what
meant that the message due be delivered shall be faith
fully delivered by Gods servants For any proclaim
flood, would be meat out of due any one to
proclaim the first coming of Christ event about to
happen would be meat out of due season. other words
to proclaim event after it has happened proclaim
event before is due to happen would be giving the people
meat out of due Therefore, ea in due season.
the proclamation of the close of the Gospel Age the ap
proach of the Mllennum-the Second Coming of Jesus
Christ literally, personally, to receive His Bride
The Acts of the Apostles is most wonderful book
Some writer's that instead of calling he Acts of the
Apostles it should be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit
BIBLICAL EVENTS ARE EPoCHAL
The first event after the ascension of Christ the
selection of apostle to take the place of scaro
Them next follows epocha pour
ing out of the Holy Spirit.
went into this subject of the Holy Spirit very thorough
y during the Convocaton and believe that many of you
got great light. Perhaps not able to attend
Most of the addresses printed do not know of any
doctrine which the devil has perverted to greater extent
and made of in deceivng humanity than that of
the personality and the mission of the Holy Spirit.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT ONCE FOR ALL
One of the fundamental teachings of ZoN as pointed
out and again in the Lords Day afternoon ad
dresses BEFORE during and after the Convocaon that the
Holy Spirit poured out for a-that there be
repetition Of Pentecos than there repet
ton of the crucifxion of Jesus Christ.
Christ was crucied for ALL That crucifxion
asucen not only for the first century and the second
and third centuries but for all cenures only to the end
of the Gospel age but for all humanity God intends
that the Atonement shall reach We would consider
and exceedingly foolish of to hear them
down pleading with God for the crucxon of Christ which,
as have said for allan A-sufcent Sacrifice;
but that crucion does not avail sinner anything unless
he repents and puts himself under the blood The fact that
Christ cruced cannot and will not everybody 1t
will not only you and avail ourselves of that
crucxon through repentance and claiming the promise of
pardon for sins.
The crucixion of Christ was foreold in all the CEN
In like manner the pouring out of the Holy Spirit
the Day of Pentecost absolutely fixed in of the
ceremonies of the Mosaic law and the Holy Spirit could not
day before Pentecost neither could He day
after-for God had fixed the date absolutely When that
day arrived the Holy Spirit poured out and that mighty
epocha event accompanied by the sound of mighty
rushing wind and by fire. And the Day of Pentecost
upon whom the Holy Spirit poured out preached
the Gospel in many languages, in ineligible manner to
the members of the respective nationaltes.
There is to get down and pray "Holy Spirit,
come DOWN.! for the Holy Spirit down from Heaven
the Day Pentecos and He has gone and He
will not return until just prior to the Second Coming of
Christ when God will withdraw Him. and the devil and the
fallen angels will swoop down upon this earth, and nquy
will have full sway and the day of trouble will the
world
CHRIST CAME TO SAVE SINNERS HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO
TEACH THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM
The crucixon of Christ has to do with the sinner The
pouring out of the Holy Ghost has nothing to do with the
sinner primarily The pouring out of the Holy Ghost has to
do with the and daughters of Cod In other words
have pointed out many times and women receive
Jesus the Christ Sinners and appropriate
the Holy Ghost and daughters If the Holy Spirit
poured out for the and daughters of God then the
world" cannot Him, and the world cannot receive